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...