Sociology: Customs & Traditions

In Crisis Cultures: Narratives of Western Modernity in the Digital Age, Nicholas Manganas argues that crisis should be understood not as a series o...

A richly detailed and well-informed month-by-month accounting of all the major Polish customs and traditions practiced over the centuries. Ms. Knab...

A sobering look at the seductive power of fascist ideas for the youngRadical nationalism is on the rise in Europe and throughout the world. Living ...

Clothing, dress, and ornamentation are crucial parts of individual and communal religious life and practice, yet they are too often overlooked. Thi...

Clothing, dress, and ornamentation are crucial parts of individual and communal religious life and practice, yet they are too often overlooked. Thi...

Explore the world of Hungarian Paganism with this book's impressive collection of history, lore, and traditions from the Carpathian basin. The Hung...

This book raises questions about cultural interventions, an area of investigation somewhat overlooked in place of developing a critique of politica...

This ground-breaking volume is a follow-up to Intellectuals and Their Publics. In contrast to the earlier book, which was mainly concerned with the...

Mobility studies emerged from a postmodern moment in which global flows of capital, people and objects were increasingly noted and celebrated. With...

Uncut explores the significance of the foreskin in contemporary culture Uncut: A Cultural Analysis of the Foreskin takes an interdisciplinary appr...

This book develops a very particular concept of sociality: a holistic way of understanding how human beings have come to care about and collectivel...

This book develops a very particular concept of sociality: a holistic way of understanding how human beings have come to care about and collectivel...

Listening to the Voices of the Dead is an account of the authors search for disquieted voices of the dead in the wake of the March 11, 2011, Thoku ...

Listening to the Voices of the Dead is an account of the authors search for disquieted voices of the dead in the wake of the March 11, 2011, Thoku ...

Uncut explores the significance of the foreskin in contemporary culture Uncut: A Cultural Analysis of the Foreskin takes an interdisciplinary appr...

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...

This anthology recalls Christmas in Shakespeare's day, when it was an expansive festival, dominated by strict religious observance on the day itsel...

First published in 1992, Wedding Cakes and Cultural History is a unique contribution to the anthropology of food, tracing the fascinating history o...

White South Africans have continued to enjoy the lions share Africas land and riches since the end of statutory apartheid. With the recent threat o...

The Brontës Christmas invites you to step back in time and explore the delights of a Victorian Christmas through the eyes of our most beloved autho...

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

The Ethics of Collecting Trauma offers an interdisciplinary dialogue on the ethics of contemporary museums that are involved in collecting moments ...

The Ethics of Collecting Trauma offers an interdisciplinary dialogue on the ethics of contemporary museums that are involved in collecting moments ...

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....

Understand the unique pattern to change and you can turn that change into opportunity!Change: How to Turn Uncertainty Into Opportunity is among the...

The Perfect Gift for Tea LoversFrom recipes and advice on tea-making to the history and significance of tea, this informative guide has something f...