Social and cultural anthropology

Seven Minutes from Home: An American Daughter's Story is a collection of linked stories written chronologically from 1980-2015.

In an effort to restyle Cairo into a global capital that would meet the demands of tourists and investors and to achieve President Anwar Sadat's goal to modernize the housing conditions of the urban poor, the Egyptian government relocated residents from what was deemed valuable real estate in downtown Cairo to public housing on the outskirts of the city.

This book gives a detailed account of the 'communal riots' between Hindus and Muslims in Mumbai in 1992-93.

Written in the aftermath of Indonesia's anti-queer panic in 2016, this book tells the story of local queer movements in challenging the heteronormative society and resisting the homophobic hostility from religious conservative groups and the state.

This book provides a practical approach for applying posthumanist insights to qualitative research inquiry.

This book explores what it takes to create a sense of home while in exile, drawing on ethnographic research conducted in German asylum reception facilities from 2016-2020.

What should South Korean offices look like in a post-hierarchical world?

This book examines American literary texts whose portrayal of "e;American"e; identity involves the incorporation of a "e;foreign body"e; as the precondition for a comprehensive understanding of itself.

Decolonizing Medicine examines Bolivian state-led efforts to decolonize health services during the administration of Evo Morales, Bolivia's first Indigenous president.

In Australia, a tribe of white, middle-class, progressive professionals is actively working to improve the lives of Indigenous people.

The global agenda of Nature conservation has led to the creation of the Masoala National Park in Madagascar and to an exhibit in its support at a Swiss zoo, the centerpiece of which is a mini-rainforest replica.

Focusing on three communities in the Americas, this book layers archaeological research with oral narratives and social memories, demonstrating a way of reconciling the tension between Western scientific and local Indigenous approaches to history.

The growing absence of meaningful ritual in contemporary Western societies has led to cohesive research on the history of ritualizing behaviour in different cultures.

Wisdom, humor, and dark observations by the founder of the Church of Satan.

What individuals consume in their diet has profound implications on their health.

This book consists of full research papers submitted by scientists/faculty/research scholars who attended the conference on "e;Earth and Environment: Pollution and Prevention"e; held at Amity University, Noida from January 28-30, 2014 and had their abstracts published in the conference proceedings.

In 1956, a group of Waorani men killed five North American missionaries in Ecuador.

This well-illustrated, concise text will serve as a benchmark study of the Nasca people and culture for years to come.

Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies provides an intimate examination of the everyday lives and suffering of Mexican migrants in our contemporary food system.

This book explores European student migration from the perspectives of Eastern European students moving to Western Europe for study.

Focusing on non-human actors, Grazyna Gajewska expands the discussion of eroticism in contemporary culture by bringing in material culture, object studies, and "e;the anthropology of things.

Obesity poses one of the greatest public health challenges of the 21st century, creating serious health, economic, and social consequences for individuals and society.

This book makes a significant interdisciplinary contribution to existing scholarship on ethnicity, conflict, nation-making, colonial history and religious minorities in the Philippines, which has been confronted with innumerable issues relating to their ethnic and religious minority populations.

Dietary Reference Intakesfor Water, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, and SulfateThe Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) are quantitative estimates of nutrientintakes to be used for planning and assessing diets for healthy people.

Where the Waves Fall (1984) centres the stories of the Pacific Islanders and how they were affected by European explorers and colonisers in this unique account of human settlement and cultural interchange in the Pacific islands.

This book offers a systematic historical analysis of the relationships between migration and the development of cities, including their physical, economic, and cultural evolution.

On May 19, 2010, the Royal Thai Army deployed tanks, snipers, and war weapons to disperse the thousands of Red Shirts protesters who had taken over the commercial center of Bangkok to demand democratic elections and an end to inequality.

The early years of the twentieth century were a formative time in the long history of struggle for black representation.

This book examines the future in Indigenous North American speculative literature and digital arts.

Offering a transnational perspective on the processes of identity transmission and identity construction of mixed families in various parts of the world, this book provides an overview of how local, national, global contexts and inter-group relations structure the development of specific forms of belonging and identification.

This book is the first comprehensive ethnographic study of the diversity of living and ageing experiences of three groups of older migrants - return, lifestyle and ageing-in-place labour migrants - from a comparative perspective.

From the laughing clubs of India and robotic granny minders of Japan to the "e;Flexsecurity"e; system of Denmark and the elderscapes of Florida, experts in this collection bring readers cutting-edge and future-focused approaches to our aging population worldwide.

Mestizo: a person of mixed blood; specifically, a personof mixed European and American Indianancestry.

From one person to the next, optimal health is governed by a huge array of minor genetic differences.

The Anthropology of Donald Trumpis an edited volume of original anthropological essays, composed by some of the leading figures in the discipline.

This comprehensive book documents African plants used for functional and medicinal foods.

This book describes and analyzes the transformation of Indian economy taking into account historical changes and present dynamics of the rural-urban nexus.

Fair trade is widely regarded as a universal good.

Describes fundamental differences in learning beliefs between the Western mind model and the East Asian virtue model of learning.

For over twenty years, A History of Anthropological Theory has provided a strong foundation for understanding anthropological thinking, tracing how the discipline has evolved from its origins to the present day.

Medicine is grounded in the natural sciences, where biology stands out with regard to our understanding of human physiology and the conditions that cause dysfunction.

As the great American work-benefit experiment erodes, companies are increasingly asking people to take responsibility for managing their own health.

This book presents the contemporary history and dynamics of Mexican midwifery - professional, (post)modern or autonomous, traditional and Indigenous - as profoundly political and embedded in differing societal stratifications.

BACKGROUND This book focuses on two major issues - vowel glottalization and nasalization - in the phonology and phonetics of Coatzospan Mixtec (henceforth CM).

Das erfolgreiche und gut eingeführte Werk Biochemie der Ernährung von Gertrud Rehner und Hannelore Daniel liegt nunmehr in der dritten Auflage vor und eignet sich als Lehrbuch für Studenten der Ernährungswissenschaft wie auch als Nachschlagewerk für Ernährungswissenschaftler, Mediziner, Biologen und Chemiker.

This collection adds to a burgeoning literature concerned with the roles played by religions in development.

Mapping a New Museum seeks to rethink the museum's role in today's politically conscious world.

A multidisciplinary and varied perspective on play, Play as Engagement and Communication continues the stimulating and informative volumes in the Play and Culture Studies series.

Using historical and ethnographic analyses, this book shows how Indian markets are embedded in society and politically contested.