Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography

A long-time Austinite and journalists exploration of the profound movements that have shaped Austin, Texascharting the shifts within its vibrant mu...

This book offers in-depth ethnographic analyses of key informants interviews on the ecological urbanism and ecosystem services (ES) of selected gre...

Black women in the department of Chocó, Colombia, respond to the violence endemic to their region with activism and storytelling. Tania Lizarazo fo...

As artificial reproductive technologies become available to populations that have previously not had access to them, this book asks how reproductio...

In Living Worth Stefan Ecks draws on ethnographic research on depression and antidepressant usage in India to develop a new theory of value. Framin...

On many Sundays, Black New Orleanians dance through city streets in Second Lines. These processions invite would-be spectators to join in, groovin...

Black women in the department of Chocó, Colombia, respond to the violence endemic to their region with activism and storytelling. Tania Lizarazo fo...

Documenting how in the course of acquiring language children become speakers and members of communities, The Handbook of Language Socialization is ...

In Living Worth Stefan Ecks draws on ethnographic research on depression and antidepressant usage in India to develop a new theory of value. Framin...

In Hard Luck and Heavy Rain Joseph C. Russo takes readers into the everyday lives of the rural residents of Southeast Texas. He encounters the regi...

First published in 1920, The Burial of the Dead emerged from the idea that the primitive man did not imagine graves as receptacles for the dead, bu...

When thinking of intrepid travelers from past centuries, we don't usually put Muslim women at the top of the list. And yet, the stunning firsthand ...

In Infertile Environments, Janelle Lamoreaux investigates how epigenetic research into the effects of toxic exposure conceptualizes and configures ...

Anthropology's original's aim, that of Maine and Morgan in the second half of the nineteenth-century, was to explain social variability. Behind tha...

The Power of Example is an interdisciplinary examination of the integral role that examples and exemplification play in anthropological theory and ...

The Anthropology of Performance is an invaluable guide to this exciting and growing area.  This cutting-edge volume on the major advancements in pe...

A state-of-the-art reference on educational ethnography edited by leading journal editors This book brings an international group of writers togeth...

Tales of the Barbarians traces the creation of new mythologies in the wake of Roman expansion westward to the Atlantic, and offers the first applic...

This book presents a collection of papers from the Symposium on Cultural Dynamics and Production Activities in Ancient Western Mexico, held at the ...

In Culture and Dignity - Dialogues between the Middle East and the West, renowned cultural anthropologist Laura Nader examines the historical and e...

This fascinating volume brings together leading specialists, who have analyzed the thoughts and records documenting the worldviews of a wide range ...

The Handbook of Intercultural Discourse and Communication Intercultural discourse and communication is emerging as an important area of research in...

This volume represents the final output of a long-standing collaboration by an international and cross-disciplinary team sponsored by the Center fo...

Built into a huge cliff in central France, the town of Rocamadour is a visual marvel and a place of contradictions. Pilgrims come to venerate its a...

In Pragmatic Philosophy of Religion: Melioristic Case Studies, Ulf Zackariasson argues for the fruitfulness of pragmatic philosophy of religion by ...

Musicians rapping in kriolu--a hybrid of Portuguese and West African languages spoken in Cape Verde--have recently emerged from Lisbon's periphery....

Contributors to this edited collection use a psychoanalytic lens to examine the historical and political silencing of women as portrayed through La...

In Thailands Far South, Kee Howe Yong sheds light on the Malay Muslims in Thailands far south. The book focuses on the relationship between the con...

Olonkho, the epic narrative and song tradition of Siberias Sakha people, declined to the brink of extinction during the Soviet era. In 2005, UNESCO...

Institutions in Recife, Brazil, have restructured subsidies in favor of encouraging musicians to become more entrepreneurial. Falina Enriquez explo...

In 2005, Tony Perman attended a ceremony alongside the living and the dead. His visit to a Zimbabwe farm brought him into contact with the madhlozi...