Paul Stoller

In 1978, Stoller obtained his Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin with his field research on religious practices among the Songhay in Tillaberi and Mehanna and Wanzerbe in the Republic of Niger and Mali.

[1] Out of his research, Stoller has published eleven books including ethnographies, biographies, memoirs and novels as well as copious articles that have been nominated for awards.

In this examination of the documentary filmmaker and ethnographer, Stoller offers insights into the controversial pioneer of cinema verité arguing that Rouch's films blended artful narrative with grounded ethnography to produce an aesthetic fusion known as ethno-fiction.

[4] In a review in Anthropology Quarterly, Constantine Hriskos referred to this work as a call for "a more engaged, lived, and embodied scholarship that would 'resensualize us' (p.xviii) and others".

Catherine Aleen, Ruth Behar, Michael Taussig and others engage in blurring genres of writing that include interspersing critical analysis with personal reflection.