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Surrogates, Slips, and Incidental Intrusions: The Tale of Raja Bakaléwat's Dog
Author(s) -
Steedly Mary Margaret
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
anthropology and humanism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.153
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1548-1409
pISSN - 1559-9167
DOI - 10.1525/ahu.1999.24.2.109
Subject(s) - verisimilitude , ethnography , narrative , storytelling , relation (database) , literature , psychology , history , visual arts , sociology , art , anthropology , computer science , database
Questions ofintentionality, mastery, disclosure, and verisimilitude have been raised by practices of ethnographic writing as well as by critiques of ethnographic fieldwork. Less attention has been paid to ethnographic and narrative mishaps, like the slip that put me in touch with the story of Raja Bakaléwat. This article offers a retelling of that story, a literal cliff‐hanger, as a reflection on the relation between artistry and accident in ethnographic storytelling.