Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography

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...

This book is a long-overdue contribution to the history of Black feminist activism in the UK. It provides unique insights into both historical and ...

Issues of sexuality in the Middle East and North Africa have served as a lightning rod for international discussions surrounding the treatment of t...

Issues of sexuality in the Middle East and North Africa have served as a lightning rod for international discussions surrounding the treatment of t...

An attempt to put an Asian woman on Canada's $100 bill in 2012 unleashed enormous controversy. The racism and xenophobia that answered this symboli...

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

Palomitáy is an orphanage in highland Peru that provides a home for unmarried mothers as young as twelve years old. In their ordinary lives, these ...

Longing for Belonging among the Marginalized in Urban Australia examines how Indigenous people, African refugees, and impoverished Whites in urban ...

In Amdo, a region of eastern Tibet incorporated into mainland China, young children are being raised in a time of social change. In the first decad...

In Amdo, a region of eastern Tibet incorporated into mainland China, young children are being raised in a time of social change. In the first decad...

This book examines how identities are constructed in digital, multimodal discourse, and how these identities (gender, age, race, ethnicity, profess...

Ecotourism, defined as responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people, has become o...

Fifty Key Scholars in Black Social Thought is a collaborative volume that uplifts and explores the intellectual activism and scholarly contribution...

Fifty Key Scholars in Black Social Thought is a collaborative volume that uplifts and explores the intellectual activism and scholarly contribution...

Examining how memory, intergenerational transmission, and kinship work together, Relative Strangers sheds light on Romani life in Palestine. Arpan ...

Das Handbuch Umweltethnologie bildet den Stand der Forschung der Umweltethnologie ab und beleuchtet die komplexen Mensch-Umwelt-Beziehungen. Es unt...

Magical realism has deep roots across many African languages and regions. This book explores African magical realism from a transregional and inclu...

How to dwell in a forest alongside giants, avoid disturbing a living god, assist an animal with their manners, and help an elephant cross the road....