Anthropology

Development' is clearly a contentious concept. It is common knowledge that there is frequently a troubling divide between what Western developers t...

In this radical account of the decline of twentieth-century American culture, Time art critic Robert Hughes insists that the politicization of almo...

Medical Materialities investigates possible points of cross-fertilisation between medical anthropology and material culture studies, and considers ...

This book attempts a broad theoretical synthesis within the field of sociology and its closely allied sister discipline of anthropology. It draws t...

This is the 19th volume in a series of research in economic anthropology. It covers: studies of Otavalo, Ecuador; commoditization; women as consume...

This thoroughly updated third edition provides students with an accessible overview of Vygotsky’s work, combining reprints of key journal and text ...

The baseball glove is a ubiquitous item, a crucial piece of equipment in the game of baseball, and it offers the opportunity to examine the product...

Married at twelve, then separated, divorced and widowed, Nisa is the mother of four children, none of whom survived. She is strong, capable of fora...

This volume is initial reflections on the meaning and the implications of Yuk Hui’s notion of cosmotechnics, which opens up an anti-universalist an...

The work of Pierre Bourdieu, one of the most influential French intellectuals of the twentieth century, has had an enormous impact on research in f...

Quick Ethnography (QE) is an easy-to-read guide to the rapid collection of high quality ethnographic data for use in research, policy analysis, and...

The Role of Corpus Linguistics in the Ethnography of a Closed Community analyses the interactions of immigrants within an Irish reception centre fo...

Originally published in 1914, this text describes L.T. Headland and his wife’s experience in China in the early twentieth century. With a focus on ...

The baseball glove is a ubiquitous item, a crucial piece of equipment in the game of baseball, and it offers the opportunity to examine the product...

First Published in 1998. This volume brings together for the first time in a single volume the highly significant works on ancient Egyptian religio...

How are girls represented in written and graphic texts, and how do these representations inform our understanding of girlhood? In this volume, co...

Following World War II, America was witness to two great struggles. The first was on the international front and involved the fight for freedom aro...

Migrant networks, in the form of families, associational ties and social organizations, stretch across the globe, connecting cultures and bridging ...

This book explores human–animal relations amongst the Bebelibe of West Africa, with a focus on the establishment of totemic relationships with anim...

Offering diverse perspectives on Hawaiʻi’s food system, this book addresses themes of place and identity across time. From early Western contact to...

Focusing on contexts of accelerated economic and political reform, this volume critically examines the role of slogans in the contemporary projects...

This book examines the interplay between political culture and diplomatic strategy in the U.S., revealing the transformation of American political ...

First published in 1999. This study looks at the relationship between the quest for Chicano community empowerment in the Winter Garden region, the ...