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
"Peasants tell tales," one prominent cultural historian tells us (Robert Darnton). Scholars must then determine and analyze what it is they are saying and whether or not to incorporate such tellings i
Hosfeld, a writer and intellectual freelancer, presents a thematic intellectual "biography" of Karl Marx. Aimed at those familiar with Marx's life, Hosfeld's text contextualizes many of Marx's greates
While the genre of the road movie is typically thought of as a product of American filmmaking, if one moves beyond generic specificity and considers road movies to be those that explore space and mobi
In 10 papers from a 2009-10 series of senior seminars at the University of Cambridge, British and American anthropologists ponder what an anthropology of human sociology would look like. Their topics
Based on several years of ethnographic fieldwork, the book explores life in and around a Luo-speaking village in western Kenya during a time of death. The epidemic of HIV/AIDS affects every aspect of
Burrell (anthropology, State U. of New York at Albany) and Moodie (anthropology, U. of Illinois) present ethnographic studies of contemporary Central America that emphasize local responses to four int
Noting that the "Third World" served as both inspiration and model for many of the radical left movements of the 1960s, the editors (both of Northeastern U.) of this collection wondered why there was
Presented by Tomlinson (anthropology, Australian National U.) and McDougall (anthropology and sociology, U. of Western Australia), eight chapters offer ethnographic and historical investigations of th
That the best-laid plans of western peace-makers and democratizers are often thwarted by existing cultural norms is widely recognized today. Aronoff (political science, anthropology, and Jewish studie
Cultural diversity - the multitude of different lifestyles that are not necessarily based on ethnic culture - is a catchphrase increasingly used in place of multiculturalism and in conjunction with gl
The use of Patwa (an Afro-French creole) in Dominica is in the midst of conflicting pressures. On the one hand, parents and schools prohibit the use of this natural language as it impairs children's a
Ulturgasheva (social anthropology, U. of Cambridge) has conducted research in Siberia for a decade, and in 2003-04 spent 12 months studying ideas of the Eveny in a village in northeastern Siberia abou
Focusing on the local Aboriginal community and a wave of countercultural settlers in the rural town of Kuranda, this ethnographic study examines the ways political identities are produced within the f
Anthropologists, geographers, and sociologists, many but not all from Asia, take contemporary migration in East Asia as a valuable opportunity to rethink a mass of migration research and theory that h
With the 1961 labor recruitment agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Turkey, a migration flow was launched bringing large numbers of Turks to Germany and resulting, so
All but one of the chapters began as presentations at Tsing Hua University in Taiwan, where most of the contributing anthropologists work. They pivot on the interface between tradition and modernity,
In this volume, edited by Kringelbach (U. of Oxford, England) and Skinner (Queen's U. Belfast, Northern Ireland), anthropologists engage with dance through three themes: dance and globalization; touri
The essays collected in this volume are based on a selection of papers from the "Europe before the European Community" conference in 2008. They examine the relationship between ideas of Europe and pro
Although the Israeli state subscribes to the principles of administrative fairness and equality for Jews and Arabs before the law, the reality looks very different. Focusing on Arab land loss inside I
Many people investigating the operation of large-scale environmentalist organizations see signs of power, knowledge and governance in their policies and projects. This collection indicates that such a
A great deal of attention continues to focus on Berlin's cultural and political landscape after the fall of the Berlin Wall, but as yet, no single volume looks at the divided city through an interdisc
"This volume is an important contribution to current rethinking of the sociological categories of religion and the secular. As a whole the collection demonstrates the development of new perspectives a
Social anthropologists examine landscapes that involve relations between people, animals, and plants--between beings and ways of being--in a variety of locales. Their topics include walking the past i
The Sahrawi and Afghan refugee youth in the Middle East have been stereotyped regionally and internationally: some have been objectified as passive victims; others have become the beneficiaries of num
The Durkheimians have traditionally been understood as positivist, secular thinkers, fully within the Enlightenment project of limitless reason and progress. In a radical revision of this view, this b
Ogata-mura is a village founded in 1964 upon farmland reclaimed from a lagoon in Japan's Akita prefecture that was intended to serve as a model for efficient and highly mechanized agriculture. In this
Joshi (social and cultural anthropology, Oxford U.) has been studying the Naga people of northeastern India since 1985. Over the past two or three generations, she says, many have converted from their
Based on the PhD thesis of Overland (currently at the Russian and Eurasian studies, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs) and fieldwork of Berg-Nordlie, a Sami from Norway, (Russian Sami polit
This study provides an assessment and analysis of the intellectual career of founding sociological figure, Emile Durkheim (1858-1917), as well as a consideration of the enduring relevance of Durkheim'
Presenting European views on America and American views on Europe, Trans Atlantic Perspectives explores the European and North American cultural exchanges and interactions across the Atlantic. Second
After 1945, those responsible for conservation in Germany resumed their work with a relatively high degree of continuity as far as laws and personnel were concerned. Yet conservationists soon found th
German Jews faced harsh dilemmas in their responses to Nazi persecution, partly a result of Nazi cruelty and brutality but also a result of an understanding of their history and rightful place in Germ
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
The result of two years of intensive fieldwork in Bangladesh, this book looks at ideas and experiences of mental illness in the Sylhet community. Madness (by local definition) is common; the author co
This collection explores different forms of property rights in livestock in pastoralist societies. Editors Khazanov (emeritus, anthropology, U. of Wisconsin-Madison, US) and Schlee (director, Max Plan
Siberia and Amazonia are both frontier zones associated with extractive economies where indigenous peoples are reasserting their distinctive ethnic and cultural identities. In addition, the people of
This translation brings historian and journalist Jochen Thies' book on the goals of Adolph Hitler into English. Though the translation, by Ian Cooke and Mary-Beth Friedrich, is unlikely to be as eloqu
