The reading review for Price's Travels with Tooy. All reviews should be double spaced and should consist of the following elements:
1. An overview of the anthropological setting. (the Saramaka, Suriname/French Guyane)
2. A brief discussion of the ethnography's main themes and organizing concepts (for example Obia, possession, Komanti Spirits, the different classes of gods and their historical importance--you need not including the many details of each god and his/her relationship to Tooy, but you may choose one significant god/ancestor to exemplify the concept.
3. An analysis of the notions of culture (or inter-culture) and history explored in the ethnography. How, specifically do the two intersect for Tooy?
4. A critical discussion of the ways that Tooy and Saramaka Obia men imagine time, ancestry/genealogy, and pershonhood differently than in the US/Western traditions.
5. Your own opinion of Price's writing, analysis, and presentation style. Here you may pose any personal insights you had with the text, including confusions, contradictions, etc.
While the review should contain these elements, you may include additional ones or modify any of the above. The review, moreover, should not be broken into 5 separate sections, but should be one synthetic piece of writing.
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