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Akenfield Portrait of an English Village review Ø E-book, or Kindle E-pub Speak to us directly in honest and evocative monologues of their works and days in the rural country of Suffolk Composed in the late 1960's Blythe's volu. Their voices jump from the past into the presentAnthropology grabbed me early and it has never let go Why do people behave so differently from one another Why are they so similar too What would I have been if I had been born in Afghanistan instead of in Boston What would my life have looked like if I were an Australian Aborigine Why would I think what I think These and a myriad other uestions intrigue me like no others Orhan Pamuk the Turkish novelist often strikes the theme of I want to be somebody else therefore I am This resonates very well with me Finally though you can only be whatever you are Travelling working abroad making friends among different peoples these help you answer some of those uestions but only in part Reading ethnographies village studies autobiographies or novels can also provide some answers When such books are excellent you plunge into somebody else s world and emerge changed you have almost known what it is to be somebody else When those books are about lives that began many decades before yours you open a corridor to the past as well Ronald Blythe s AKENFIELD is one of the best ethnographies that I have ever read and I have read a lot It certainly does not fit the academic mold and perhaps never figured in many anthropology course reading lists More s the pity Blythe from East Anglia in England wrote this beautiful penetrating study of an East Anglia village in the 1960s It is constructed almost entirely as narratives by the inhabitants ranging from WW I veterans to housewives young farm laborers to schoolteachers Bellringers blacksmiths and the vet the list of characters is comprehensive Blythe gives description when needed and added a short almost lyrical introduction but has worked the interviews into a seamless whole Arguments could be made that AKENFIELD is social history than anthropology but this is a barren field to sow As the years go by all anthropology turns into social history as the world changes and leaves memories of what used to be I would say that this book is one of the handful that inspired me to write anthropology that encouraged me to avoid the jargon strewn wastelands of academic strivings I have never been able to reach the heights of AKENFIELD but it stayed with me for thirty years Who could give this book enough stars Saving Place past into the Barn Burning and other stories presentAnthropology grabbed me early and it has never let go Why do Ta carrière est fi nie people behave so differently from one another Why are they so similar too What would I have been if I had been born in Afghanistan instead of in Boston What would my life have looked like if I were an Australian Aborigine Why would I think what I think These and a myriad other uestions intrigue me like no others Orhan Pamuk the Turkish novelist often strikes the theme of I want to be somebody else therefore I am This resonates very well with me Finally though you can only be whatever you are Travelling working abroad making friends among different Silent Assault peoples these help you answer some of those uestions but only in Deep Web File #網絡奇談 part Reading ethnographies village studies autobiographies or novels can also The Business of Design provide some answers When such books are excellent you Project Calisthenics. 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Akenfield Portrait of an English Village review Ø E-book, or Kindle E-pub In this rich rare book— which John Updike called exuisite— forty nine men and women— a blacksmith and a bellringer to the local vet and a gravedigger—. I received an ARC from the publisherThis book is a history of the British village of Akenfield in Suffolk England as told through the stories and narratives of its own citizens Blythe interviewed 49 different people from all types of social backgrounds and occupations and recorded their words for this social history In 1967 the year in which the villagers are interviewed the way of life in this small village is changing from one of manual labor to mechanization Each person from Akenfield that is interviewed by the author highlights different aspects of his or her life in a forthright honest and stream of consciousness narrative Blythe groups the book into twenty different sections of the people some of which include God The Craftsmen The School and The Law One group in the book that made a particular impression on me were the craftsmen such as the wheelwright the blacksmith and the thatcher It would seem that with the invention of cars that there would no longer be a need for such talents because of the shrinking reliance on horses and wagons for transportation It was inspiring that these hardworking men decide to change with the times and find other uses for their crafts The blacksmith Francis Lambert age twenty five is a very talented craftsman and now that there are no longer horses to shoe in order to sustain his business he has diversified by making weather vanes gates and fire screens Francis is so talented that he is even sent to Germany to represent England at an international craft festival Francis loves his job which is evident by the fact that he usually puts in sixty hours of work per week and he takes a great deal of pride in his masterpiecesAs one would expect hopes of escaping the village are expressed from some of the residents but for the most part they seem content to stay in their small part of England Several of them mention that their families have resided within the boundaries of Akenfield for generations But there are also a fair number of voices we hear from people who even though that have lived in Akenfield for many years will always be considered outsiders because they were born elsewhere Hugh Hambling age thirty who is a schoolmaster tells us that he was born on Norfolk He and his wife move to Akenfield when he was twenty because he found a charming cottage that the newly married couple could afford Hugh feels that the villagers are very private people and although he tries to engage them in discussions he only ever is able to talk to them about cursory things like football or the weatherIn the section on the school Blythe includes the administrative records from the teachers and headmasters which date back to 1875 One problem in particular that teachers have to deal with is poor attendance by the children of farm owners There are certain times of the year when even the young ones are needed to be out in the fields helping with the crop and later when a truancy law is passed these guidelines for school attendance are still not enforced Outbreaks of health issues such as ringworm diphtheria and scarlet fever are also recorded and must have certainly worsened the poor attendance issuesMany of the details that the residents of Akenfield provide are like no other that one would find in any ordinary history book The orchard worker for instance gives us a detailed accounts of different apples that are best grown in the English climate and what the prime picking time is for each breed The thatcher provides a lengthy description of the best way to thatch a roof and which are the best materials to use I found the section on the bell ringers particularly fascinating these young men are in a way considered talented musicians and go around to village and neighborhood churches in order to practice their craft of bell ringing I had no idea before reading this history that there is such a fine art form to the ringing of church bellsThis is a charming interesting candid glimpse into the pulse and essence of an English village in the middle of the 20th century If you have any interest in British history oral history or social history then this latest edition to the New York Review of Books classic titles is a must read