Anthropology

A Blessing and a Curse examines the lived experience of political change, moral uncertainty, and economic crisis amid Venezuela's controversial Bolivarian Revolution.

A comparative investigation of Afro-Cuban ritual and Western science that aims to challenge the rationality of Western expert practices.

Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are a class of chemicals that are persistent, bio accumulative and toxic (PBT), which are restricted for use under the Stockholm Convention.

For decades, the outside world mostly knew Myanmar as the site of a valiant human rights struggle against an oppressive military regime, predominantly through the figure of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi.

A Blessing and a Curse examines the lived experience of political change, moral uncertainty, and economic crisis amid Venezuela's controversial Bolivarian Revolution.

Much of the debate on the future of work has focused on responses to technological trends in the Global North, with little evidence on how these trends are impacting work and workers in the Global South.

Much of the debate on the future of work has focused on responses to technological trends in the Global North, with little evidence on how these trends are impacting work and workers in the Global South.

Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are a class of chemicals that are persistent, bio accumulative and toxic (PBT), which are restricted for use under the Stockholm Convention.

A history of motivational interviewing and what its rise reveals about how cultural forms emerge and spread.

Focusing on the 25 January 2011 Egyptian revolution, this book traces its affective and emotional dynamics into the local realties and everyday politics of the urban subaltern, exploring the impact of revolutionary participation on protestors' engagement in street politics.

The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics, published in 2011, has long been a standard introduction and essential reference point to the broad interdisciplinary field of applied linguistics.

This volume examines how protest movement counter-conducts the ways in which the citizens have been governed.

First published in 1984, Women and Property studies the idea of wealth and property in relation to women in diverse countries.

Drawing on a corpus of 113 narratives told by migrant workers who have returned to their home country, Ladegaard details Indonesian and Filipina (domestic) migrant workers' experiences of homecoming after years of work abroad, separated from their loved ones.

The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics, published in 2011, has long been a standard introduction and essential reference point to the broad interdisciplinary field of applied linguistics.

First published in 1984, Women and Property studies the idea of wealth and property in relation to women in diverse countries.

This volume examines how protest movement counter-conducts the ways in which the citizens have been governed.

How can you do ethnographic field research in a safe way for you and the people you work with?

How can you do ethnographic field research in a safe way for you and the people you work with?

This exciting new book provides a novel interdisciplinary introduction to Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology.

This exciting new book provides a novel interdisciplinary introduction to Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology.

This book explores the critical role of informal diplomats in shaping contemporary global politics as they navigate complex networks of power and influence in the age of strongman leaders.

This volume brings together leading voices from the new wave of research on musical instruments to consider how we can connect the material aspects of instruments with their social function, approaches that have been otherwise too frequently separated in musical scholarship.

This book explores the critical role of informal diplomats in shaping contemporary global politics as they navigate complex networks of power and influence in the age of strongman leaders.

In April 1937, the Museum of Modern Art in New York hosted an exhibition that served as a catalyst for the appropriation of prehistoric rock art in postwar abstract painting.

This volume brings together leading voices from the new wave of research on musical instruments to consider how we can connect the material aspects of instruments with their social function, approaches that have been otherwise too frequently separated in musical scholarship.

La historia del caso más aterrador de posesión demoníaca de EE.

The first wide-ranging, organic analysis of the sociology of unmarkedness and taken-for-grantedness, this volume investigates the asymmetry between how we attend to the culturally emphasized features of social reality and ignore the culturally unmarked ones.

This ground-breaking ethnography illuminates the theory and practice of "e;aging in place"e; by examining the relationships between migrant live-in care workers of older people in Israel, and their local employers and family members.

Nearly a century ago, it was predicted that Kula, the exchange of shell valuables in the Massim region of Papua New Guinea, would disappear.

While much work has been done to apply anthropological insights to the study of missions, the sociological perspective has been generally neglected by missiologists.

This ground-breaking ethnography illuminates the theory and practice of "e;aging in place"e; by examining the relationships between migrant live-in care workers of older people in Israel, and their local employers and family members.

Nearly a century ago, it was predicted that Kula, the exchange of shell valuables in the Massim region of Papua New Guinea, would disappear.

The first wide-ranging, organic analysis of the sociology of unmarkedness and taken-for-grantedness, this volume investigates the asymmetry between how we attend to the culturally emphasized features of social reality and ignore the culturally unmarked ones.

Based on an ethnographic study of the traditional medicine of African Americans in the rural southern United States, this work concentrates on the original Louisiana Territory, with its Native and African American indigenous traditions, and the French migration and Black Haitian freed and enslaved population influx during the 1700s and 1800s.

Kenya, a land of safaris, wild animals, and Maasai warriors, perfectly represents Africa for many Westerners.

This is a comprehensive and up-to-date critical examination of cultural diversity in Germanic-speaking societies.

La comunidad Latina, the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States, has long been told that assimilation is the only way to succeed in American society.

Professors Murphy and Choi use postmodern philosophy to expose an important source of racism and cultural domination.

In April 1937, the Museum of Modern Art in New York hosted an exhibition that served as a catalyst for the appropriation of prehistoric rock art in postwar abstract painting.

Immerse yourself in my world, a life shaped by extraordinary experiences and a belief in the supernatural.

What are the potential health benefits of plant-based diets?

This book provides an approachable introduction to food labels.

An indispensable resource for readers interested in Venezuelan history, this book analyzes Venezuela's economic crisis through the context of its political and social history.