Anthropology

During the early communist period of the 1950s, temple fairs in China were both suppressed and secularized. Temples were closed down by the secular...

This book argues for a new anthropology of the moving image, bringing together an important range of essays on time-based media in the contemporary...

This book addresses the politics of global health and social justice issues around birth, focusing on dynamic communities that have chosen to speak...

Touched by Thunder is an extraordinary journey of remembering that deeply explores Indigenous experience through autobiography, story, song, poetry...

Since 2009, international climate activism has focused on stopping coalmining in solidarity with local and Indigenous struggles that are resisting ...

Methods for the Ethnography of Communication is a guide to conducting ethnographic research in classroom and community settings that introduces stu...

Methods for the Ethnography of Communication is a guide to conducting ethnographic research in classroom and community settings that introduces stu...

Religion in Liberal Democracy as a Form of Life advances a theory to deal with the challenges connected to the liberal democratic ideal that all pe...

An ethnography of the decolonization of Maya-ness. On the Yucatan Peninsula today, undergraduates are inventing a new sense of being Maya by studyi...

An ethnography of the decolonization of Maya-ness. On the Yucatan Peninsula today, undergraduates are inventing a new sense of being Maya by studyi...

This book argues for a new anthropology of the moving image, bringing together an important range of essays on time-based media in the contemporary...

For many years, the chemistry of vitamin B12 and its derivatives has been investigated for their inherent eco-friendly and nontoxic nature. This vi...

This book advances the practice and theory of design ethnography. It presents a methodologically adventurous and conceptually robust approach to in...

This book presents some of the most recent tools, methods and concepts in historical ecology. It introduces students and researchers to state-of-th...

This book examines the question of class formation and social inequality within tribal groups in North-East India.Focussing on the Nagas, it analys...

Through meticulously researched case studies, this book explores the materiality of terracotta sculpture in early modern Europe.Chapters present a ...

This book aims to describe, understand, and explain the social, political, and geographic consequences of frontier migration, focusing on landlessn...

This book focuses on communities in the east European transition and the diverse issues which people face in them on a daily basis. It is organized...

As the concept of community resilience moves from the margins of practice and theoretical research to more mainstream scholarship, critical issues ...

This volume explores the dialogic relationship between myths and places in the historically, geographically, and culturally diverse context of Indi...

Black magic, occult practices and witchcraft still evoke huge curiosity, interest and amazement in the minds of people. Although witchcraft in Euro...

In the West the Japanese house has reached iconic status in its architecture, decoration and style. Is this neat, carefully constructed version of ...

This book breaks new ground for the philosophy of religion by showcasing work that engages with the lived reality of the spiritual life. It demonst...

Who controls space? Powerful corporations, institutions, and individuals have great power to create physical and political space through income and...

For pathways to be truly sustainable and advance gender equality and the rights and capabilities of women and girls, those whose lives and well-bei...

Anthropologists are increasingly pressurised to formulate field methods for teaching. Unlike many hypothesis-driven ethnographic texts, this book i...

This path-breaking book explains the processes through which the heterogeneous population of Roma in Europe constitutes itself into a transnational...

The very routines of our daily life are to a great extent the expression of our vulnerability and dependence on incredibly wide and complex network...

While we have become increasingly vulnerable to the ebb and flow of global finance, most of us know very little about it. This book focuses on the ...

1992 was a pivotal moment in African American history, with the Rodney King riots providing palpable evidence of racialized police brutality, media...

the urban West, it is easy to forget that most of the world's population still lives in villages, and despite increasing globalization it remains t...

The Angry Earth explores how various cultures in different historical moments have responded to calamity, offering insight into the complex relatio...

From Oaxacan wood carvings to dessert kitchens in provincial France, Critical Craft presents thirteen ethnographies which examine what defines and ...

This book shows how the performance of rituals influences the understanding that Hindu women form of their own selves, their sense of femininity, i...