Anthropology

Community case studies are basic to anthropology, yet there are relatively few examples in which the promotion of social change has been the explic...

This book explores the relations between literacy and people's power in the context of Mozambique's project of socialist construction. It probes th...

This book on the important question of village viability arose from several organizational innovations. It presents the important experience of int...

While it now attracts many tourists, the Colca Valley of Perus southern Andes was largely isolated from the outside world until the 1970s, when a p...

Engaging Communities in Museums is designed for museum professionals who are hungry for information about how to design experiences in partnership ...

Bridging the gap between studies orientated around parenthood and those on the globalization of childhood, Parenting After the Century of the Child...

This volume explores the late medieval and early modern periods from the perspective of objects. While the agency of things has been studied in ant...

Respecifying Lab Ethnography delivers the first ethnomethodological study of current experimental physics in action, describing the disciplinary or...

This book considers the lessons learnt so far from the emergence of the Internet and the development of the field of Internet studies, whilst also ...

Being the Chosen explores Christian fundamentalism in the USA, focusing particularly on the belief system of Protestant fundamentalists. It establi...

For courses in Social Organization, Kinship, and Cultural Ecology.Kinship has made a come-back in Anthropology. Not only is there a line of noted, ...

Migrating Genders presents a sustained description of male-to-female transgendered identities, explaining how the fa'afafine fit within the wider g...

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...