Social and cultural anthropology

L'idée que les groupes francophones constituaient des unités homogènes qui se caractérisaient par un certain nombre de traits culturels hérités de la tradition a depuis été contestée en raison des nombreux emprunts culturels et des phénomènes de métissage observés par les chercheurs ces dernières années.

The second edition of Nutrition and Metabolism in Sports, Exercise and Health offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to sport and exercise nutrition, integrating key nutritional facts, concepts and dietary guidelines with a thorough discussion of the fundamental biological science underpinning physiological and metabolic processes.

Mumbai / Bombay is a quintessential urban expression which represents the questions and puzzles related to Indian urbanity.

Since the completion of the Human Genome Project, food and nutrition sciences have undergone a fundamental molecular transformation.

This authoritative introductory text takes into account the changes in the conceptualisation of kinship brought about by new reproductive technologies and the growing interest in culturally specific notions of personhood and gender.

Starry Nights: Critical Structural Realism in Anthropology offers nothing less than a reinventing of the discipline of anthropology.

This book brings together sociological theory on solidarity and anthropological theory on gift exchange.

Explores the possibility of a new search enabling a ''discovery'' of Northeast India from within.

An anthropologist among aid workers.

Polyphenols in Plants assists plant scientists and dietary supplement producers in assessing polyphenol content and factors affecting their composition.

`The Second Edition of Group Supervision is essential reading for all participants in group supervision.

Scientific advances have led to the recognition that many chronic diseases such as cancer may be preventable.

This book presents a comprehensive study of the environmental situation prevailing in the areas located near the Koshkar-Ata (Kazakhstan) tailings dump and the development of rehabilitation measures taking into account the area's soil and climatic features.

Regimes of Responsibility in Africa analyses the transformations that discourses and practices of responsibility have undergone in Africa.

This book explores how Wittgenstein's personal life provided more of a reference point for his philosophical work than has been previously thought.

This book contains the work of seven leading anthropologists on the subject of ritualized homosexuality, and it marks the first time that anthropologists have systematically studied cross-cultural variations in homosexual behavior in a non-Western culture area.

This edited volume comprehensively highlights recent advances in the metabolism, nutrition, physiology, and pathobiology of amino acids in all the systems of humans and other animals (including livestock, poultry, companion animals, and fish).

This volume examines gender and mobility in Africa though the central themes of borders, bodies and identity.

This book is a political ethnography of norm diffusion and storytelling through international institutions in China.

This book provides a comprehensive reference guide to plant-derived antioxidants, their beneficial effects, mechanisms of action, and role in disease prevention and improving general health (anti-ageing effect).

In Border Lives, Sergio Chavez moves past Tijuana's notorious image as a hub of sex, drugs, and crime to tell the story of the diverse group of individuals who use both sides of the U.

This volume provides a close look at the ways in which LGBTQ2 people form familial bonds.

Anthropology is the study of man, his origins, physical characteristics, inspirations, religious beliefs, and social relationships etc This work in nine volumes, incorporates all vital information with latest developments in the field.

In this book, Nik Taylor and Heather Fraser consider how we might better understand human-animal companionship in the context of domestic violence.

This book focuses on subjugated indentured Indian women, who are constantly faced with race, gender, caste, and class oppression and inequality on overseas European-owned plantations, but who are also armed with latent links to the women's abolition movements in the homeland.

The Routledge Handbook of Heritage Destruction presents a comprehensive view on the destruction of cultural heritage and offers insights into this multifaceted, interdisciplinary phenomenon; the methods scholars have used to study it; and the results these various methods have produced.

In this landmark book, experienced scholars take a retrospective look at the developing routes that have brought American archaeologists into the 21st century.

Ganoderma holds significant traditional importance in various ethnic cultures around the world, particularly in China, Japan, and Korea.

In September 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop to examine trends and patterns in aging and factors related to healthy aging in the United States, with a focus on nutrition, and how nutrition can sustain and promote healthy aging, not just in late adulthood, but beginning in pregnancy and early childhood and extending throughout the lifespan.

Bioactive peptides have been receiving attention recently due to their applications as health-promoting agents.

Taylor's research has demonstrated that type 2 is caused by just one factor - too much internal fat in the liver and pancreas - and that to reverse it you need to strip this harmful internal fat out with rapid weight loss.

A Filtered Life is the first comprehensive ethnographic account to explore how college students create and manage multiple identities on social media.

Without the State explores the 2013-14 Euromaidan protests - a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine - through in-depth ethnographic research with leftist, feminist, and student activists in Kyiv.

Probiotic and Prebiotics in Foods: Challenges, Innovations, and Advances reviews recent advances, innovations, and challenges in probiotics/prebiotics in food and beverages.

Made-from-Bone is the first work to provide a complete set of English translations of narratives about the mythic past and its transformations from the indigenous Arawak-speaking people of South America.

Pragmatic Imagination and the New Museum Anthropology shifts museum anthropology's relationship to the broader field from marginal to central by revealing the sophisticated transdisciplinary praxis (theory + practice) at the heart of current museum anthropologies.

Cedric Robinson traces the emergence of Black political cultures in the United States from slave resistances in the 16th and 17th centuries to the civil rights movements of the present.

Hop on Pop showcases the work of a new generation of scholars-from fields such as media studies, literature, cinema, and cultural studies-whose writing has been informed by their ongoing involvement with popular culture and who draw insight from their lived experiences as critics, fans, and consumers.

Préface d'Henri Dorion

Depuis longtemps, la Russie observe le Canada français et le Québec.

This book explores issues of national identity, history, and language in light of the 2018 Prespa Agreement.

The first general overview of narrative analysis from a sociolinguistic perspective.

Biofortification is a widely accepted cost-effective agricultural strategy to improve the nutrient deficiency in populations.

This book explores the production of Muslim youth identities, with respect to nation, religion and gender in Pakistan, Senegal, Nigeria and Lebanon.

The Children of Gregoria portrays a struggling Mexico, told through the story of the Rosales family.

Diverse Spaces of Childhood and Youth focuses on the diverse spaces and discourses of children and youth globally.

This book brings together theoretical knowledge from diverse fields as anthropology, biology, neurology, peace studies, political science, psychology, and sociology to address key challenges that transcend borders.

Michel Foucault's History of Sexuality has been one of the most influential books of the last two decades.