Social and cultural anthropology

Originally published in 1990, Signs of Change assess the people of San Francisco according to their own demonstrative standards through the visual symbols.

In the ruins of a medieval palace in Delhi, a unique phenomenon occurs: Indians of all castes and creeds meet to socialize and ask the spirits for help.

Taking the postcolonial - or, more specifically, the post-apartheid - university as its focus, the book takes the violence and the trauma of the global neoliberal hegemony as its central point of reference.

This book applies a framework of 'trans vitalities' through an ethnographically-anchored exploration of trans coalitional labor and activism in Washington, DC.

This book assesses how theorists explained processes of change set in motion by the rise of capitalism.

India has witnessed a sea change in its social structure and political culture since Independence.

Health figures centrally in late twentieth-century environmental activism.

In recent years, global attention has focused on how women in communities of Muslims are revitalizing Islam by linking interpretation of religious ideas to the protection of rights and freedoms.

Colonised subjects can play roles that sustain the power structure of coloniality.

This book points out how pilgrimage studies rely on interdisciplinary academic interests, being always more determined by anthropological, social, cultural and economic factors.

Indian Classical Dance and the Making of Postcolonial National Identities explores what happens when a national-cultural production is reproduced outside the immediate social, political and cultural context of its origin.

Chinese Dates: A Traditional Functional Food delivers unique information on Chinese dates (jujubes) as typical ethical foods and traditional health-promoting foods.

Divination, the use of special talents and techniques to gain divine knowledge, was practiced in many different forms in ancient Israel and throughout the ancient world.

This book explores the kinds of Christian service or diaconia that develop in non-institutionalized practices for supporting survivors of indigenous ritual servitude or Trokosi in Africa.

Contrary to mid-twentieth century predictions, ethnic pluralism has increased dramatically in North America and significantly in Europe.

After decades of increases in the obesity rate among U.

Inside the English education lab offers a range of qualitative and ethnographic explorations of the academies programme in England.

Why do British pubs have such curious names?

Zambia stands out in Africa as one of the continent's most peaceful countries.

This book focuses on social and cultural trends in present-day Hadrami Arab societies in Eastern and Central Indonesia, and the history of the Hadrami Arab people, which demonstrates an early form of globalization.

This book is the first to examine the performance of autobiographical material as a theatrical form, a research subject, and a therapeutic method.

Vietnam is currently undergoing a metamorphosis from a relatively closed society with a centrally planned economy, to a rapidly urbanising one with a global outlook.

Environmental Noise Pollution, Second Edition, addresses the key debates surrounding environmental noise pollution, its modelling and mitigation using examples from across the globe.

This book aims to present a holistic picture of the Chinese immigrants from Fuzhou in New York.

This study analyzes American, Vietnamese and Japanese personal values, attempting to understand how it can be ethnographers find large differences in values between cultures, yet empirical surveys find relatively small, almost trivial differences in personal values between cultures.

In recent years, trust has enjoyed increasing interest from a wide range of parties, including organizations, policymakers, and the media.

'This conceptually vivid book refreshes our vision' - Ruth Wilson GilmoreThe word smuggler often unleashes a simplified, negative image painted by the media and the authorities.

This multidisciplinary volume explores the role of Islamic law within the dynamic processes of postcolonial transformation, nation building, and social reform.

Minority movements tirelessly continue to engage in the process of social change, trying to promote and enforce minority protection norms and to have their world views, cultural practices, and norms recognized by the state.

Die Nanowissenschaft wurde in den letzten Jahren zu einem Synonym für Innovation.

In just over a decade, the Brazilian faith healer known as John of God has become an international superstar.

Kinshasa is sub-Saharan Africa's second largest city.

Known as highly mobile cattle nomads, the Wodaabe in Niger are today increasingly engaged in a transformation process towards a more diversified livelihood based primarily on agro-pastoralism and urban work migration.

Methods for determining, isolating and identifying human milk lipids, together with problems associated with sampling and analysis, are described in some detail in the first 3 chapters of this book.

This book offers ethnographic accounts of Aymara language media activism in Bolivia during the presidency of Evo Morales (2006 2019).

The life histories and testimonies of nine Salvadoran women from different generations shape this intimate portrayal of contemporary El Salvador.

Part of a resurgence in the comparative study of ancient societies, this book presents case studies of states, empires and chiefdoms.

Anthropological Theory for the Twenty-First Century presents a critical approach to the study of anthropological theory for the next generation of aspiring anthropologists.

A Collection of Creative Anthropologies brings together a series of creative work of anthropologists who share the art of writing that arises from 'ordinary' engagement and reveals its potential for the reimagining of anthropological futures and alternative worlds.

Animals have played a fundamental role in shaping human history, and the study of their remains from archaeological sites--zooarchaeology--has gradually been emerging as a powerful discipline and crucible for forging an understanding of our past.

This book analyses the language that ordinary people employ when discussing money, debt and financial behaviour.

Revisionist in approach, global in scope, and a seminal contribution to scholarship, this original and thought-provoking book critiques traditional notions about Anglo-Indians, a mixed descent minority community from India.

In the 1980s, a research team led by Parisian scientists identified several unique DNA sequences, or haplotypes, linked to sickle cell anemia in African populations.

Medical Nutrition and Disease: A Case-Based Approach is an ideal way for medical students, physician assistant students, dietetic students, dietetic interns, and medical residents to advance their nutrition knowledge and skills.

The body is the canvas upon which women paint their secrets, their hopes and dreams, pain and disappointments.

Addresses the incomplete understanding of the conflict in Sierra Leone by focusing on the direct experiences and interpretations of protagonists.

This volume brings together environmental and human perspectives, engages with both historians and scientists, and, being mindful that environments and disease recognize no boundaries, includes studies that touch on Europe, the wider Mediterranean world, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.