Sociology: Customs & Traditions

The summer of 2022 saw the celebration of the seventieth anniversary of Queen Elizabeth IIs coronation, the first time in British history that a mo...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

Footbinding was common in China until the early twentieth century, when most Chinese were family farmers. Why did these families bind young girls' ...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

How evangelical activism in England contributes to the secularizing forces it seeks to challengeOver the past two decades, a growing number of Chri...

This groundbreaking anthology provides the most comprehensive overview for understanding the fascinating relationship between religion and violence...

What does it mean to be a rights-holder and how does it come about? Remote Freedoms explores the contradictions and tensions of localized human rig...

Every year in the highlands of Guatemala, the town of Sumpango celebrates Day of the Dead by flying kites. The kites are massive, the largest measu...

Throughout the history of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, leading officers and strategists have advocated for formal colleges and schools for naval...

Japan at Natures Edge is a timely collection of essays that explores the relationship between Japans history, culture, and physical environment. It...

Winner, 2013-2014 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, Adult Non-Fiction presented by the Asian Pacific American Librarian Association Duri...

Today, Im starting a rent a person who does nothing service . . . Except for very simple conversation, Im afraid I can do nothing.Shoji Morimoto wa...

Hope is an integral part of social life. Yet, hope has not been studied systematically in the social sciences. Editors Hirokazu Miyazaki and Richar...

Official and popular celebrations marked the Brazilian empire's days of national festivity, and these civic rituals were the occasion for often int...

Winner of the 2016 Association for Asian American Studies Award for Best Book in Cultural Studies The Exquisite Corpse of Asian America addresses ...

Rock art images around the world are often difficult for us to decipher as modern viewers. Based on authentic records of the beliefs, rituals and d...

The Edge of Law explores the spatial implications of establishing a new legal institution in the wake of violent conflict. Using the example of the...

In Narrative Productions of Meanings: Exploring the Work of Stories in Social Life, Donileen R. Loseke examines the importance of stories in an ant...

The transformational possibilities of everyday hygiene and care practices   In order to mitigate the worst forecasts of climate change, many of us...

The transformational possibilities of everyday hygiene and care practices   In order to mitigate the worst forecasts of climate change, many of us...

Ricardo Palmas Tradiciones is the first full-length account of Ricardo Palma informed by theories of cultural criticism. Elisa Sampson Vera Tudela ...

Male Circumcision in Japan offers an analysis of the surgical procedure based on extensive ethnographic investigation, and is framed within histori...

The concept of culture has long been criticized, with many scholars reformulating it or discarding it entirely. The field of intercultural communic...

There has been a widespread fascination with age-dissimilar couples in recent years. This book examines how the romantic relationships of these cou...

The brief, practical texts in the Essentials of Qualitative Methods series introduce social science and psychology researchers to key approaches to...

A major player in Japanese society is its government bureaucracy. Neither Japan's phenomenal track record in the world marketplace nor its remarkab...

A major player in Japanese society is its government bureaucracy. Neither Japan's phenomenal track record in the world marketplace nor its remarkab...

Japan, although a small country, is identified as perhaps the only civilization composed of just one nation. In spite of its many encounters with a...

New English translation of Llull's classic and significant text, restoring the nuances of the original. Ramon Llull (1232-1316) composed The Book ...

Winner of the 2014 John Collier Jr. Award. Winner of the Jo Anne Stolaroff Cotsen Prize. Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century cross-cuts the ra...