The practice of karo kari allows family, especially fathers, brothers and sons, to take the lives of their daughters, sisters and mothers if they are accused of adultery. This volume examines the cent
Anyone who has heard of chiasmus is likely to think of it as no more than a piece of rhetorical playfulness, at times challenging, though useful for supplying a memorable sententious note or for perfo
In many ways what is identified today as "cultural globalization" in Eastern Europe has its roots in the Cold War phenomena of samizdat ("do-it-yourself" underground publishing) and tamizdat (publishi
Scholarship related to environmental questions in Latin America has only recently begun to coalesce around citizenship as both an empirical site of inquiry and an analytical frame of reference. This h
Rapid population aging, once associated with only a select group of modern industrialized nations, has now become a topic of increasing global concern. This volume reframes aging on a global scale by
The rapidly expanding population of youth gangs and street children is one of the most disturbing issues in many cities around the world. These children are perceived to be in a constant state of dest
A captivating time, the 60s and 70s now draw more attention than ever. The first substantial work by historians has appeared only in the last few years, and this volume offers an important contributio
Simone de Beauvoir's work has not often been associated with film studies, which appears paradoxical when it is recognized that she was the first feminist thinker to inaugurate the concept of the gend
American women make up a substantial amount of the migrant community in Tuscany, Italy, however they often struggle to adapt to the new culture and often, at least initially, face social exclusion. Ca
Inspired by the Rhetoric Culture Project, this volume focuses on the use of imagery, narrative, and cultural schemes to deal with predicaments that arise during the course of life. The contributors ex
Scholars have devoted considerable energy to understanding the history of ethnic cleansing in Europe, reconstructing specific events, state policies, and the lived experiences of victims. Yet much les
Biesele and Hitchcock take a fresh look at one of the most thoroughly anthropologically-profiled indigenous populations in the world, Ju/'hoan San, or Ju/'hoansi, of Namibia and Botswana. In the text,
"Within Germany, policies and cultural attitudes toward migrants have been profoundly shaped by the difficult legacies of the Second World War and its aftermath. This wide-ranging volume explores the
The Viennese cafe was a key site of urban modernity around 1900. In the rapidly growing city it functioned simultaneously as home and workplace, affording opportunities for both leisure and intellectu
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, there has been a proliferation of German historical films. These productions have earned prestigious awards and succeeded at box offices both at home and abroad, whe
The collapse of the Iron Curtain, the renationalization of eastern Europe, and the simultaneous eastward expansion of the European Union have all impacted the way the past is remembered in today's eas
One of the most influential anthropological works of the last two decades, Alfred Gell's Art and Agency is a provocative and ambitious work that both challenged and reshaped anthropological understand
Standard Hollywood narrative movies prescribe linear narratives that cue the viewer to expect predictable outcomes and adopt a closed state of mind. There are, however, a small number of movies that,
In order to move global society towards a sustainable "ecotopia," solutions must be engaged in specific places and communities, and the authors here argue for re-orienting environmental anthropology f
Alfred Gell (1945-1997) was a British social anthropologist who died young, of cancer. In 2008, ten years after his influential book's posthumous publication, a symposium on Art and Agency (1998) conv
Why are we obsessed with calculating our selections? The author argues that competitive trade nurtures calculative reason, which provides the ground for most discourses on economy. But market descript
Using the framework of genocide, this volume analyzes the patterns of persecution of the Roma in Nazi-dominated Europe. Detailed case studies of France, Austria, Romania, Croatia, Ukraine, and Russia
Ethnographers use conventional anthropological practice to explore the metaphoric value of vehicles for identity, history, and society in different cultures. In sections on people as vehicles, vehicle
Beer is an ancient alcoholic drink which, although produced through a more complex process than wine, was developed by a wide range of cultures to become internationally popular. This book is the firs
Echternkamp and Martens have collected sixteen essays and scholarly articles investigating the cultural memory of World War II in Europe. The text begins with an essay devoted to examining a "new pers
There is a growing interest in studies that document the relationship between science and medicine - as ideas, practices, technologies and outcomes - across cultural, national, geographic terrain. Tib
The HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa has been addressed and perceived predominantly through the broad perspectives of social and economic theories as well as public health and development disco
Cosmopolitanism is often discussed in a critical and disapproving manner: as a concept complicit with the interests of the powerful, or as a notion related to Western political supremacy, the ills of
Bringing together leading scholars from a range of nations, Rethinking Antifascism provides a fascinating exploration of one of the most vibrant sub-disciplines within recent historiography. Through c
The period between 1917 and 1957, starting with the birth of the USSR and the American intervention in the First World War and ending with the Treaty of Rome, is of the utmost importance for contextua
The Nazis' persecution of the Jews during the Holocaust included the creation of prisoner hierarchies that forced victims to cooperate with their persecutors. Many in the camps and ghettos came to hol
Massacres and mass killings have always marked if not shaped the history of the world and as such are subjects of increasing interest among historians. The premise underlying this collection is that m
During the 1990s, Naples' left-wing administration sought to tackle the city's infamous reputation of being poor, crime-ridden, chaotic and dirty by reclaiming the city's cultural and architectural he
The iconoclasm was a movement that swept Polynesia beginning in 1815 in which people destroyed sacrificial alters and god images of their native religions and adopted Christianity, explains anthropolo
Citing anthropologists as being in the best position with their historical, holistic, and cross-cultural perspective to explore authority, abuse of power, and the challenges facing the human race, and
Kasmir and Carbonella have collected articles and essays based on six ethnographies conducted over several years in countries throughout the world, including the northern and southern United States. T
Brisku (U. of Helsinki, Finland, and external politics of the European Union, U. of New York, Czech Republic) examines how Albanians and Georgians have viewed Europe and how their political and intell
They were a part of the mix from the thirteenth century, despite the fact that Germany was not unified and so did not enter into colonization until after other European countries. Africans appeared in
This work of cultural criticism studies the representation in literature and film of Jews who were forced into complicity by the Nazis--participants in the "grey zone," as conceptualized by Primo Levi
