Social and cultural anthropology

Interest in anthocyanins has increased in the past few years, due to their potential health-promoting properties as dietary antioxidants.

Legumes have high potential for improving the nutritional quality of foods, but limited data on their bioactive compounds exists.

Coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the world but what are the health advantages or disadvantages from consuming it?

Coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the world but how does the production influence chemistry and quality?

Cancer is a major global public health problem.

Turmeric belongs to the family Zingiberaceae and is a yellow spice of high economic importance due to its medicinal value.

A precise analysis of biogenic amines is important as an indicator of food freshness or spoilage that can cause serious toxicity.

Legumes have high potential for improving the nutritional quality of foods, but limited data on their bioactive compounds exists.

Globally, cereal grains are a staple part of the diet providing primarily carbohydrates and other phytochemical components.

Coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the world but what are the health advantages or disadvantages from consuming it?

Polyphenols and carotenoids are abundant in fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices, and beverages, such as tea, cocoa and wine providing health-related benefits and antioxidant properties.

Often described as 'nature's perfect food', perceptions of egg consumption and human health have evolved substantially over the past decades, in particular dietary guidelines no longer include a limit for dietary cholesterol and recommend eggs as part of healthy eating patterns.

Polyphenols and carotenoids are abundant in fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices, and beverages, such as tea, cocoa and wine providing health-related benefits and antioxidant properties.

Globally, cereal grains are a staple part of the diet providing primarily carbohydrates and other phytochemical components.

Interest in anthocyanins has increased in the past few years, due to their potential health-promoting properties as dietary antioxidants.

I could not ignore the tiny spark of hope that whispered to me that there might be someone with whom I could be vulnerable and real, and that this time they might just not let me down.

What role do man-eating monsters - vampires, zombies, werewolves and cannibals - play in contemporary culture?

What role do man-eating monsters - vampires, zombies, werewolves and cannibals - play in contemporary culture?

Where does 'art' come from, and what is the 'meaning' of creativity?

Where does 'art' come from, and what is the 'meaning' of creativity?

2nd Runner Up - Honorary Mention - African Studies Association of Africa - Memorial Award for Excellence in African WritingFinalist for the African Studies Association's 2021 Best Book Prize.

The Lost Ethnographies reports on the methodological lessons learnt from ethnographic projects that, viewed superficially, failed.

Multi-disciplinary examination of the role of ordinary African people as agents in the generation and distribution of well-being in modern Africa.

This book explores recent developments in Institutional Ethnography (IE) and offers reflective accounts on how IE is being utilised and understood in social research.

'Who am I at this (st)age?

There are not many books about how people get younger.

The smartphone is often literally right in front of our nose, so you would think we would know what it is.

The Intimate Life of Dissent examines the meanings and implications of public acts of dissent, drawing on examples from ethnography and history.

Anti-migrant populism is on the rise across Europe, and diversity and multiculturalism are increasingly presented as threats to social cohesion.

Networks, Labour and Migration among Indian Muslim Artisans provides an ethnography of life, work and migration in a North Indian Muslim-dominated woodworking industry.

Refuge in a Moving World draws together more than thirty contributions from multiple disciplines and fields of research and practice to discuss different ways of engaging with, and responding to, migration and displacement.

Visitors to the Arctic enter places that have been traditionally imagined as otherworldly.

Since the popularisation of the internet, low-income Brazilians have received little government support to help them access it.

Climate change and globalisation are opening up the Arctic for exploitation by the world - or so we are told.

The pages of this book are the product of years of study of a Bible-lover who has gone through the fiery furnace of skepticism and has come out firmly convinced of the scientific trustworthiness of the first chapter of the Book of Genesis.

First published in 1961, this book provides a contemporary definition of race, the distinction between geographical, local and micro-races, as well as consideration of the major evolutionary mechanisms of race formation in man.

The Lost Ethnographies reports on the methodological lessons learnt from ethnographic projects that, viewed superficially, failed.

This book explores recent developments in Institutional Ethnography (IE) and offers reflective accounts on how IE is being utilised and understood in social research.

Packed with over 150 amazing coffee experiences in 37 countries, from its birthplace in East Africa, to modern-day Cuba, the United States, Australia and the UK, this follow-up to our hugely popular Global Beer Tour features legendary espresso bars, plantation tours, urban roasteries and must-visit cafes.

Coming into existence amid a wave of optimism in 2011, South Sudan has since slid into violence and conflict.

Coming into existence amid a wave of optimism in 2011, South Sudan has since slid into violence and conflict.

Sexuality is a complex and multifaceted domain encompassing bodily, contextual and subjective experiences that resist ready categorisation.