Social and cultural anthropology

Chia Power can make you skinny, strong, and healthyThe Aztecs cultivated the world's most nutritious foods, which provided them with the strength to build one of civilization's greatest empires.

Au gré des processus de décolonisation et d’autodétermination, la définition « classique » de la souveraineté, qui a pour assise l’autorité suprême et l’intégrité des États ainsi que la non-ingérence dans leurs affaires internes, est remise en question.

Guided by the thesis that literature can transform social reality, Tirana Modern draws on ethnographic and historical material to examine the public culture of reading in modern Albania.

Transforming Saints explores the transformation and function of the images of holy women within wider religious, social, and political contexts of Old Spain and New Spain from the Spanish conquest to Mexican independence.

Although we may not think we notice them, storefronts and their signage are meaningful, and the impact they have on people is significant.

No detailed description available for "e;Making the Modern Primitive"e;.

Embark on a mystical journey through the veil between the material world and the spiritual.

The Witch of Oz has been studying and practicing Wicca for more than five decades, and she's the perfect person to explore how the ancient pagan system can lead to a reawakening.

Guided by the thesis that literature can transform social reality, Tirana Modern draws on ethnographic and historical material to examine the public culture of reading in modern Albania.

Recetas del corazon para el corazon nace en principio de la vivencia de tener un miembro de la familia con la condicion de hipertension.

For the Public Good details the role of the Comprehensive Rural Health Project (CRHP), a groundbreaking, internationally recognized primary health care model that uses local solutions to solve intractable global health problems.

For centuries the Huichol (Wixarika) Indian women of Jalisco, Mexico, have been weaving textiles on backstrap looms.

At the border where Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina meet under the scrutiny of the US and Mercosur (the large South American trade bloc), Arabs have long fulfilled what author John Tofik Karam calls a manifold destiny.

This book focuses on urban development and planning in Nigeria by analyzing the nature and determinants of urban and regional planning strategies and outcomes in Rivers State, Nigeria.

Are you a frustrated church or nonprofit leader with years of experience and yet fail to see real change in the lives of those you serve?

James B.

In Making Intangible Heritage, Valdimar Tr.

Based on extensive field research, the essays in this volume illuminate the experiences of migrants from their own point of view, providing a critical understanding of the complex social reality in which each experience is grounded.

John Ankerberg, John Weldon, and Dillon Burroughs team up to revise and update The Facts on Halloween, a significant book from the popular Facts On Series (more than 1.

Although we may not think we notice them, storefronts and their signage are meaningful, and the impact they have on people is significant.

The delivery of health care can present a minefield of communication problems, particularly in cross-cultural settings where patients and health practitioners come from dissimilar cultures and speak different languages.

If you are a male over fifty-five, slightly overweight, out of shape, and hooked on a diet of greasy foods, you are a prime candidate for coronary artery disease, CAD.

For the Public Good details the role of the Comprehensive Rural Health Project (CRHP), a groundbreaking, internationally recognized primary health care model that uses local solutions to solve intractable global health problems.

No detailed description available for "e;In Pursuit of Progress"e;.

Flexible Families examines the struggles among Nicaraguan migrants in Costa Rica (and their families back in Nicaragua) to maintain a sense of family across borders.

No detailed description available for "e;Feasting in Southeast Asia"e;.

Each August staff and volunteers begin to construct Black Rock City, a temporary city located in the hostile and haunting Black Rock Desert of northwestern Nevada.

Avec son bonheur de façade et ses émotions fabriquées, la culture de l’illusion étend son emprise sur les États-Unis.

We are said to be suffering a narcissism epidemic when the need for collective action seems more pressing than ever.