Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography

This accessible book offers a unique, evidence-based perspective on the art and science of giving. It combines concepts from psychology, neuroscien...

This accessible book offers a unique, evidence-based perspective on the art and science of giving. It combines concepts from psychology, neuroscien...

This accessible book offers a unique, evidence-based perspective on the art and science of giving. It combines concepts from psychology, neuroscien...

This book provides a rich and full analysis of female Swahili novelists from a feminist perspective, highlighting their important contributions to ...

Autoethnography in the 21st Century offers interpretive, analytic, interactive, performative, experiential, and embodied forms of autoethnography f...

In 1978, Congolese inventor David Wabeladio Payi (19582013) proposed a new writing system, called Mandombe. Since then, Mandombe has grown and now ...

The Coloniality of Animal Monstrous Othering in Childrens Books, Films, and Toys examines how the portrayal of animals as physically distorted, beh...

**20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION** This remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are...

An ethnographic exploration of anthropological failure through the Mapuche archetypes of witch, clown, and usurper How do we learn what failure loo...

An ethnographic exploration of anthropological failure through the Mapuche archetypes of witch, clown, and usurper How do we learn what failure loo...

Graveyards, burial sites and cemeteries are as old as human civilization, resting places and memorial sites for loved ones, the great and sometimes...

Rethinking Sage Philosophy: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on and beyond H. Odera Oruka discusses a variety of aspects of Henry Odera Orukas sage p...

A nuanced look at Maya mythology, from the literary record of the Popol Vuh to a broad range of artistic depictions by ancient Maya artists

Ethnologe und Soziologe vom Beruf war Marcel Mauss (1872-1950) Philosoph, Philologe, Spezialist von alten Gesellschaften und der Neffe von Emile Du...

The Indigenous Stewardship of Environment and Alternative Development (INSTEAD) research program is a knowledge co-creation partnership of Indigeno...

The Indigenous Stewardship of Environment and Alternative Development (INSTEAD) research program is a knowledge co-creation partnership of Indigeno...

During the long eighteenth century the moral and socio-political dimensions of family life and gender were hotly debated by intellectuals across Eu...

Popular discourse around British Muslims has often been dominated by a focus on Muslim women and their sartorial choices, particularly the hijab an...

In The Charismatic Gymnasium Maria José de Abreu examines how Charismatic Catholicism in contemporary Brazil produces a new form of total power thr...