The contributors are for the most part academics--in sociology, anthropology, biology, environment and resource studies, philosophy, geography, ethnoecology, religious studies, economics--all with pas
Whereas the history of workers and labor movements has been widely researched, the history of work has been rather neglected by comparison. This volume offers original contributions that deal with cul
Anthropologist Faircloth (U. of Kent, UK) specializes in the study of parenting culture. This book presents her study of women in London and Paris who are participating in a trend termed attachment pa
Anthropology seeks to understand the roots of our common humanity, the diversity of cultures and world-views, and the organisation of social relations and practices. As a method of inquiry it embraces
This volume of ten essays examines several ways that ordinary people living under Soviet rule in Eastern Europe (1945-1989) escaped into cultural and consumerist oases. The contributors argue that the
Do-it-yourself underground publishing (samizdat) and publishing abroad (tamizdat) were fundamental to expression and cultural transmission between East and West during the Cold War. Expanding the conc
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
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
"Conflicting parties worldwide increasingly use the Internet in a strategic way, and conflicts carried out on a local level achieve a new dimension. This new kind of medialization results in a conflic
Steinmuller (anthropology, London School of Economics, UK) has taken on an unusual project in that anthropologists generally don't tackle ethics and moralities directly but, rather, indirectly via stu
"The text itself is useful, entertaining, and informative. In addition, each chapter is a model for modern ethnobotanical studies. Rather than simply cataloguing plant use, each researcher analyzes th
What is it to be human? What are our specifically human attributes, our capacities and liabilities? Such questions gave birth to anthropology as an Enlightenment science. This book argues that it is a
The editors introduce and explain the concept of civil society and the idea of the family as it serves to link individuals, society as whole, and the state. Contributions address feminist historical v
European collective memory and the concepts of community and identity among European countries are the broad themes uniting 12 contributions in this volume. The contributors are a mix of scholars of h
The history of the distribution, exhibition, marketing, and reception of French films in Britain is complex and distinctive--and a rich source for cultural analysis. Mazdon (film studies, U. of Southa
Despite international congresses and international journals, anthropologies of education differ significantly around the world. Linguistic barriers constrain the flow of ideas, which results in a vast
The "managerial revolution," or the rise of management as a distinct and vital group in industrial society, might be identified as a major development of the modernization processes, similar to the sc
While we often tend to think of the Third Reich as a zone of lawlessness, the Nazi dictatorship and its policies of persecution rested on a legal foundation set in place and maintained by judges, lawy
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,
Rinner (German studies, U. of North Carolina-Greensboro) traces the emergence of a cultural memory of the 1960s German student movement, subsequent social movements, and terrorist groups in fiction pu
A specialist in the history of Portuguese anthropology and colonialism, Matos (anthropology, U. of Lisbon) looks at the role race played in the country's colonial thinking and behavior. She covers the
..".an excellent collection of anthropological autobiographical essays focusing on the positionality and resource of the self in ethnography...The essays are engaging and well written... and] remind m
Jerzy Skolimowski is one of the most original Polish directors and one of only a handful who has gained genuine recognition abroad. This is the first monograph, written in English, to be devoted to hi
Halilovich (Monash U., Australia) examines the relationship between forced displacement, popular memory, and trans-local identities as experienced by Bosniaks (or Bosnian Muslims), Bosnian Serbs, and
This collection of thirteen essays explores kinship and blood as a substance of relatedness, exploring the merits of kinship as a category for social analysis or whether "relatedness" is more appropri
The 2008 exhibition Vienna Cafe 1900 at the University of London, was accompanied by the conference The Viennese Cafe as an Urban Site of Cultural Exchange and the 11 essays here are based on presenta
Whereas in English-speaking countries comics are for children or adults 'who should know better', in France and Belgium the form is recognized as the 'Ninth Art' and follows in the path of poetry, arc
Railroads, telegraphs, lithographs, photographs, and mass periodicals-the major technological advances of the 19th century seemed to diminish the space separating people from one another, creating new
Since 1945 Europe has experienced many periods of turmoil and conflict and as many moments of peace and integration: from the devastation felt in the aftermath of World War II to the recovery in the 1
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
This is a collection of a dozen anthropological essays that draw on ethnographic and other cultural or literary data to explore how and why we strive for authenticity. The essays interrogate the conce
Contrary to ingrained academic and public assumptions, wherein indigenous lowland South American societies are viewed as the product of historical emplacement and spatial stasis, there is widespread e
This volume presents historical investigations into the interacting territorial goals and practices of Nazi Germany and its allies within the framework of the German policy of Lebensraum during World
Popular presentations of history have recently been discovered as a new field of research, and even though interest in it has been growing noticeably very little has been published on this topic. This
The German Empire, its structure, its dynamic development between 1871 and 1918, and its legacy, have been the focus of lively international debate that is showing signs of further intensification as
At the turn of the millennium, Indian journalism has undergone significant changes. The rapid commercialization of the press, together with an increase in literacy and political consciousness, has led
In this work of political philosophy, Swiss lawyer and politician Haller argues that rather than establish human rights through the work of experts and the courts, human rights must be established dem
Prevailing scholarship on migration tends to present migrants as the objects of history, subjected to abstract global forces or to concrete forms of regulation imposed by state and supra state organiz
"The book will be of value to those who study the religions of Oceania and those who are concerned with missions and local Christianities." Anthropos"What Jebens has provided us on the whole, is a den
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
