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Title: very poorly researched, don't bother
Review: As valuable as it may be as raw documentation, the author should have spent more time researching a little more about the society she was visiting. It is impossible to avoid societal preconceptions, but the picture she paints of Venezuela from the moment of her arrival (or South America, as she interexchangeably refers to it) is shallow and uninformed, like a grotesque caricature.Key sources of such lack of research are demonstrated in mediocre references to Spanish (most words are incorrect in spelling, use and context), and incredibly poor information on population distribution in Venezuela or the true socio-economical situation at the time of the study. It is unfortunate that so much bias goes into what could have otherwise been an interestin study.I tried picking the book back up time and time again, but it's hard to read through the condescending, uninformed background of the author.
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