Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography

Sonic ethnography makes a compelling argument for taking sound seriously as a crucial component of social life and as an ethnographic form of repre...

Explorations in Cultural Anthropology is a collection of readings chosen to demonstrate the varied and valuable applications of the anthropological...

Drawing from ethnographic examples found throughout the world, this revised and updated text offers an introduction to what anthropologists know or...

The Eastern Archaic, Historicized offers an alternative perspective on the genesis and transformation of cultural diversity over eight millennia of...

The culmination of 34 years of ethnographic fieldwork and archival research, this book offers ground-breaking insights into fundamental principles ...

Ritual and Belief: Readings in the Anthropology of Religion is a collection of 41 readings in religion, magic, and witchcraft. The choice of readin...

The Peoples of Southeast Asia Today offers an anthropological treatment of the ethnography and ethnology of Southeast Asia, covering both the mainl...

Participant observation is the foundation of ethnographic research design and supports and complements other types of qualitative and quantitative ...

Participant observation is the foundation of ethnographic research design and supports and complements other types of qualitative and quantitative ...

The book presents an account of the Ohio Middle Woodland period embankment earthworks, ca 100 B.C. to A.D. 400, that is radically different from th...

In the contemporary world, war rivals infectious disease as a global cause of morbidity and mortality. Since the end of World War II, there have be...