Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography

Set on the Italian island of Sardinia, Sing Me Back Home explores language and culture through songwriting as an ethnographic method. Based on thir...

A vivid, artfully crafted, and deeply hopeful account of one communitys struggle to rediscover and reinvent itself after a century of genocidal los...

A vivid, artfully crafted, and deeply hopeful account of one communitys struggle to rediscover and reinvent itself after a century of genocidal los...

Egypt's January 2011 uprising spurred millions to action with a cacophony of demandsincluding the call to address Egypt's education crisis and adul...

Egypt's January 2011 uprising spurred millions to action with a cacophony of demandsincluding the call to address Egypt's education crisis and adul...

This book presents a multi-voice narrative of the history and significance of current contestations over the increasing prominence of expressive pi...

In Between Gaia and Ground Elizabeth A. Povinelli theorizes the climatic, environmental, viral, and social catastrophe present as an ancestral cata...

The Parashakthi Temple in Pontiac, Michigan serves as a site of worship for the Hindu goddess Karumariamman, whose origins are in South India. In h...

The Parashakthi Temple in Pontiac, Michigan serves as a site of worship for the Hindu goddess Karumariamman, whose origins are in South India. In h...

Onda compares Japans traditional mutual help practices, an integral part of the nations societal fabric, with those of other countries across Asia,...

This book explores anthropological and global art collections as a catalyst, a medium, and an expression of relations. Relationsbetween and among o...

This unique book is the only fully interdisciplinary and comprehensive study of the Australian desert and its pivotal role in the cultural history ...

This unique book is the only fully interdisciplinary and comprehensive study of the Australian desert and its pivotal role in the cultural history ...

Deaf people are usually regarded by the hearing world as having a lack, as missing a sense. Yet a definition of deaf people based on hearing loss o...

Set on the Italian island of Sardinia, Sing Me Back Home explores language and culture through songwriting as an ethnographic method. Based on thir...

In the north Indian state of Uttarakhand, in the Central Himalayas, Hindu deities are ever present in the lives of devotees. Through ritual practic...

In the north Indian state of Uttarakhand, in the Central Himalayas, Hindu deities are ever present in the lives of devotees. Through ritual practic...

In recent years, migration across urban centers and national borders has radically reshaped West African societies and sparked a global debate on t...

In recent years, migration across urban centers and national borders has radically reshaped West African societies and sparked a global debate on t...

The music industry is dominated today by three companies. Outside of it, thousands of small independent record labels have developed despite the fa...

This book is written against the backdrop of heightened racism and xenophobia in the contemporary world. It elucidates how race operates in raciall...