There was a review of "The Good Parsi" in the book review section of the
Journal of Contemporary Religion (I think?) about 8 years ago that made
similar complaints. There's no on-line index of their reviews for me to
double check, unfortunately.
Regards, Peter
--- heliade <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi, this is a question that might be best answered
> by the anthropologists here... You know Tanya
> Luhrman's "Persuasions of the Witch's Craft"? Well,
> I know that many, or is it most, of the Witches and
> Magicians that she studied felt that she hadn't
> represented them corectly, or that she was sarcastic
> or otherwise betrayed them.
>
> Is this the only complaint about her methods / book?
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