Anthropology

Monsters are culturally meaningful across the world. Starting from this key premise, this book tackles monsters in the context of social change. Wr...

Advances in DNA technology have expanded such that forensic DNA profiling is now considered a routine method for identifying victims of mass fatali...

This book presents new empirical studies of social difference in the Nordic welfare states, in order to advance novel theoretical perspectives on t...

In this book, Duane Jethro creates a framework for understanding the role of the senses in processes of heritage formation. He shows how the senses...

This collection highlights the interplay between language and liminal places and spaces in building distinct narratives of selfhood. The book uses ...

Storytelling has proliferated today, from TED Talks and Humans of New York to a plethora of story-coaching agencies and consultants. These narrativ...

As the worlds greatest sporting event, the Olympic Games has always commanded intrigue, analysis and comment in equal measure. This book looks to c...

As the globalisation of migration intensifies, many countries have joined the international competition for the most talented, skilful, and resourc...

Taboo, Personal and Collective Representations examines the symbolic nature of taboo, asking what is the purpose of a taboo and how does it vary cr...

Godwired offers an engaging exploration of religious practice in the digital age. It considers how virtual experiences, like stories, games and rit...

Cinema: A Visual Anthropology provides a clear and concise summary of the key ideas, debates, and texts of the most important approaches to the stu...

Anthropological Explorations in Queer Theory offers a wide ranging fusion of queer theory with anthropological theory, shifting away from the discu...

Death is at once a universal and everyday, but also an extraordinary experience in the lives of those affected. Death and bereavement are thereby i...

Two of the key theoretical shifts over the past two decades of critical work have been the 'visual turn' and the 'material turn'. This book argues ...

With renewed American involvement in Afghanistan, Pakistan's growing fragility, and China's rise in power in the post-Soviet space, Central Asia-So...

De-Centring Western Sexualities critically assesses the current state of knowledge about sexualities outside the framings of 'The West', by focusin...

In public debates, communication campaigns and public policies, it is increasingly common to attribute to consumers and their agency an ability to ...

Despite the fact that the sea covers 70 per cent of the Earths surface, and is integral to the workings of the world, it has been largely neglected...

This book brings into focus the technologically augmented nature of global online communities, advancing research methods that reveal the imprint o...

Anthropology has a critical, practical role to play in contemporary debates about futures. This game-changing new book presents new ways of concept...

While the importance of the relationship between anthropology and contemporary art has long been recognized, the discussion has tended to be among ...

Sensing the World: An Anthropology of the Senses is a highly original and comprehensive overview of the anthropology and sociology of the body and ...

Making Homes: Anthropology and Design is a strong addition to the emerging field of design anthropology. Based on the latest scholarship and practi...

While the importance of the relationship between anthropology and contemporary art has long been recognized, the discussion has tended to be among ...

Energy is central to the fabric of society. This book revisits the classic notions of energy impacts by examining the social effects of resource ex...

Sentient Conceptualisations is about how scientists studying the past understand time in relation to space. Simonetti argues that the feelings for ...

As bearers of their own emancipation, the political agency of the subaltern classes is a vexed question, a time-honoured one at that. Why do the su...

How wine has transformed Tibetan land and livesSet in the Sino-Tibetan border region renamed Shangri-La by the Chinese government for tourism promo...

How wine has transformed Tibetan land and livesSet in the Sino-Tibetan border region renamed Shangri-La by the Chinese government for tourism promo...