Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography

A uniquely data-rich analysis of the British elite from the Victorian era to today: who gets in, how they get there, what they like and look like, ...

In the 1990s a small midwestern American town approved the construction of a massive pork complex, where almost 7 million hogs are birthed, raised,...

In the 1990s a small midwestern American town approved the construction of a massive pork complex, where almost 7 million hogs are birthed, raised,...

Metaphors in the History of Economic Thought: Crises, Business Cycles and Equilibrium explores the evolution of economic theorizing through the len...

This book explores the uncharted territory where gaming and geography intersect in Gaming and Geography (Education). This book bridges the gap betw...

The volume introduces a diverse range of themes and practices relating to sustainable heritage management. Each paper delves into the challenges, s...

Being a Woman and Being Tatar uses ethnographic research to explore the multifaceted and complex identities such as gender, ethnicity, religion o...

Bilingual education is usually framed as a tool of antiracism. In Becoming the System, author Nelson Flores challenges that framework by examining ...

Bilingual education is usually framed as a tool of antiracism. In Becoming the System, author Nelson Flores challenges that framework by examining ...

The long-awaited follow-up to Garland-Thomson's field-defining book Freakery, Freak Inheritance illuminates the convergence of the freak show era w...

Staging Tianxia explores the ancient Chinese vision of world order known as tianxia (all under heaven) by focusing on the historical, performative,...

This book facilitates constructive interdisciplinary dialogue among linguistics and philology specialists concerning various languages in Vietnam, ...

In State of Fear, Joshua Barker reckons with how fear and violence are produced and reproduced through everyday practices of rule and control. Exam...

Bringing together scholars from art history, visual studies, and related disciplines, this edited volume asks why Trumpism looks the way it does an...

Dieser Band bringt Autorinnen und Autoren aus der Ethnologie und Soziologie in ein Gespräch, um ein umfassendes praxistheoretisches Programm zu ent...

Revealing the resiliency of Nahua culture and language while highlighting the adaptations and changes they have undergone over the centuries, The N...

This book interrogates the transnational field of (anti-)corruption and elite crime. Using the lens of luxury, art, and antiquities, the contributo...

This book argues for the pragmatist thesis of the primacy of praxis on a phenomenological basis. Demonstrating the relevance of phenomenology, it p...

This volume provides readers with accounts of the contemporary consequences of the Eurocentric Western model of racialized power and extractivist d...

This book presents a new perspective on skateboarding, centred on the senses, skill acquisition, embodiment, and the concept of city craft. Skatebo...

A vivid look at how India has developed the idea of entrepreneurial citizens as leaders mobilizing society and how people try to live that promiseC...

This anthology provides a lively and stimulating view of the lives of ordinary citizens in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. For t...

In Japan today, women are the primary drivers of religious re-enchantment, and they are exerting pressure on shrines, temples, and the media indust...

In Japan today, women are the primary drivers of religious re-enchantment, and they are exerting pressure on shrines, temples, and the media indust...

The book is a study of the emergence of market economy with modern economic institutions in the early civilizations of Mesopotamia and ancient Egyp...