Social and cultural anthropology

People who witness acts of terror and violence are often called after the event to bear witness to what they saw.

How do people perceive the land around them, and how is that perception changed by history?

Corruption in politics and business is, after war, perhaps the greatest threat to democracy.

Neoliberalism has had a radical impact on the lived, gendered experiences of people around the world.

Neoliberalism has had a radical impact on the lived, gendered experiences of people around the world.

In the midst of the political upheavals that engulfed Myanmar from 2010 to 2011, international attention was fixed upon the military regime and its dissident opponents.

In the midst of the political upheavals that engulfed Myanmar from 2010 to 2011, international attention was fixed upon the military regime and its dissident opponents.

Have slums become 'cool'?

Have slums become 'cool'?

In 1987, more than a decade before the dawn of queer theory, Ifi Amadiume wrote Male Daughters, Female Husbands, to critical acclaim.

In 1987, more than a decade before the dawn of queer theory, Ifi Amadiume wrote Male Daughters, Female Husbands, to critical acclaim.

'In Can Non-Europeans Think?

'In Can Non-Europeans Think?

Why is it still so difficult to negotiate differences across cultures?

Why is it still so difficult to negotiate differences across cultures?

Humans of the advanced world are the most violent beings of all times.

Globalization can sometimes seem like an abstract concept, an unconscious aspect of our everyday existence.

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Transnational Memory and Popular Culture in East and Southeast Asia explores the significance of transnational popular culture in the formation and mediation of collective memories across the region.

In recent decades the concept of kinship has been challenged and reinvigorated by the so-called "e;repatriation of anthropology"e; and by the influence of feminist studies, queer studies, adoption studies, and science and technology studies.

The Spanish Civil War left a legacy of destruction, resentment and deep ideological divisions in a country that was attempting to recover from economic stagnation and social inequality.

In Search of the Afropolitan explores human encounters and moments that speak to the challenges of being a 21st century African of the world.

The image of the Caribbean figure has been reconfigured by photography from the mid-19th century onwards.

The Chinese have been one of the oldest and largest ethnic communities across the world with well over 35 million people living overseas.

The World Health Organisation estimates that, by 2030, six out of every ten people in the world will live in a city.

Urban activism can manifest in many guises, from community gardening to mass naked bike rides.

Is it desirable, or even necessary, to have distinct human rights for cultural identities?

How does the ontological turn in anthropology redefine what modern, Western ontology is in practice, and offer the beginnings of a new ontological pluralism?

Transitioning: matter, gender, thought takes the body, its ontologies and temporalities, as a primary ethnographic heuristic to explore transition contexts, relations and life processes.

Contemporary feminist theory has moved into posthuman terrains as feminist theorists utilise human/nonhuman relations and a motley crew of nonhuman entities to reinvigorate feminist critique of nature/culture dichotomies.

Much has been written about animals in applied ethics, environmental ethics, and animal rights.

As a genre that confounds the distinction between fiction and non-fiction, fictocriticism continues to gain currency.

This is a study of vulnerability as a dominant cultural discourse today, especially as it manifests in 'extreme cultures'.

This book critically examines the historical and ongoing influence of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on African broadcasting, tracing its colonial roots through to its post-colonial legacy.

Air Pollution Reviews will provide state-of-the-art reviews of key problems in air pollution science.

This invaluable volume, the third in the series Air Pollution Reviews, addresses particular questions relating to air pollution and its effect on health.

Following the recognition that airborne particulate matter, even at quite modest concentrations, has an adverse effect on human health, there has been an intense research effort to understand the mechanisms and quantify the effects.

Say goodbye to calorie counting with this revolutionary weight-loss method.

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What is happiness?

Celery juice is the new wonder ingredient on everybody's lips - in Celery Juice: Everything You Need to Know, Hannah Ebelthite investigates this humble super vegetable, explains the nutritional facts and offers a gut-healthy, anti-inflammatory 7-day wellness plan to help boost your energy, beat the bloat and feel ready for anything.

This is not a diet book.

Tracing the life of the plants and animals of Forrestdale Lake through the six seasons of the local indigenous people, the first part of Black Swan Lake presents a wetlands calendar over a yearly cycle of the rising, falling and drying waters of this internationally important wetland in south-western Australia.

Afroeuropeans: Identities, Racism, and Resistances reflects on the tensions, ambiguities, and paradoxes of Blackness in Europe.

This collection of essays begins with the premise that violence, in its relationship to order, is a central element of history.

This collection of essays begins with the premise that violence, in its relationship to order, is a central element of history.

The forms by which a deceased person may be brought to rest are as many as there are causes of death.

The forms by which a deceased person may be brought to rest are as many as there are causes of death.

This book is the first in a series of volumes which form the published proceedings of the 9th meeting of the International Council of Archaeozoology (ICAZ), held in Durham in 2002.

This book is the first in a series of volumes which form the published proceedings of the 9th meeting of the International Council of Archaeozoology (ICAZ), held in Durham in 2002.