Anthropology

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...