Anthropology

Buddhist Hermits in Eastern Tibet explores the ritual and social empowerment of Buddhist monastics devoted to meditation under a charismatic master.

This book offers a close-up study of annual cycle rituals among the southern Tagbanwa of Palawan Island in the Philippines, with a particular focus on shamanic oratory and vocalized performance.

In They Write Their Dream on the Rock Forever, 'Nlaka'pamux elder Annie York explains the red-ochre inscriptions written on the rocks and cliffs of the lower Stein Valley in British Columbia.

This book reintroduces the work of Florian Znaniecki (1882-1958) as an innovative constructor of modern sociology who viewed the processes of modernity through the prism of culture and rediscovers his relational thought on the emergence and transformation of cultural and social systems.

This book focuses on the work of Chinese contemporary artist Liang Shaoji and emphasises the contribution of multispecies ethnography to art criticism.

This groundbreaking study examines the cultural manifestations of envy in China during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, a period of unprecedented economic and social change.

Diese Textsammlung dokumentiert zweisprachig eine Reihe von Lebensberichten, die im Auftrag des Kultusministeriums der Seychellen zwischen 1980 und 1983 aufgezeichnet wurden.

This book reintroduces the work of Florian Znaniecki (1882-1958) as an innovative constructor of modern sociology who viewed the processes of modernity through the prism of culture and rediscovers his relational thought on the emergence and transformation of cultural and social systems.

This book offers a close-up study of annual cycle rituals among the southern Tagbanwa of Palawan Island in the Philippines, with a particular focus on shamanic oratory and vocalized performance.

This groundbreaking study examines the cultural manifestations of envy in China during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, a period of unprecedented economic and social change.

This book examines the lived experiences of a group of Japanese women through their thirties, revealing the dynamic of human agency responding to the social changes of Japan's 'lost decades'.

Democratic capitalism is beset with many problems producing rising inequality and growing authoritarianism.

Highlights the role structural vulnerability plays in the lived realities of domestic sex trafficking survivors before, during, and after traffickingDrawing on survivor narratives and ethnographically rich accounts from frontline workers in New England, specifically Maine and New Hampshire, Trafficking Trajectories contextualizes the ways in which structural vulnerability is embodied by domestic sex trafficking survivors in complex ways over time.

Exploring Digital Ethnography: From Principles to Practice places digital ethnography within the context of the production of multimedia, multisensory "e;research-creation"e; pieces using a variety of methods, tools, and techniques.

This early work by Franz Boas was originally published in 1888 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

In 2016, the peace accords between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) and the Colombian government promised to bring an end to over fifty years of armed conflict.

This early work by Francis Sydney Marvin was originally published in 1924 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

In 2016, the peace accords between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) and the Colombian government promised to bring an end to over fifty years of armed conflict.

This early work by Franz Boas was originally published in 1920 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

This early work by Francis Sydney Marvin was originally published in 1922 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

In the aftermath of the Soviet Union's collapse, Kazakhstan inherited the remnants of one of the world's most contaminated landscapes: the Semipalatinsk Test Site, known locally as the Polygon.

In the aftermath of the Soviet Union's collapse, Kazakhstan inherited the remnants of one of the world's most contaminated landscapes: the Semipalatinsk Test Site, known locally as the Polygon.

First published in 1920, "e;Smoke and Shorty"e; contains a wonderful selection of short stories written by Jack London, including: "e;The Story of the Little Man"e;, "e;The Hanging of Cultus George"e;, "e;The Mistake of Creation"e;, "e;A Flutter in Eggs"e;, "e;The Town-site for Tra-lee"e;, and "e;Wonder of Woman"e;.

This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1882 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

La filosofía, afirmó Sócrates, es el arte de morirEl entierro, con sus rituales, es la práctica cultural-simbólica documentada más antigua: todos los humanos han desarrollado técnicas para cuidar y relacionarse con los muertos.

Spinoza, New Materialism and the Contemporary is a book about change.

This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1879 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

Spinoza, New Materialism and the Contemporary is a book about change.

Written by an international team of experts, this is the first work of its kind to offer comprehensive coverage of folklore throughout the African continent.

Before World War II, family life in Asian American communities was greatly influenced by immigration policies and cultural practices.

In the last twenty years, thousands upon thousands of the upper and middle classes have retreated into gated communities.

First Published in 1965.

Language and Social Change in China: Undoing Commonness through Cosmopolitan Mandarin offers an innovative and authoritative account of the crucial role of language in shaping the sociocultural landscape of contemporary China.

A landmark comparative study (U.

A scholarly work that aims to be both broad enough in scope to satisfy upper-division undergraduates studying folk belief and narrative and detailed enough to meet the needs of graduate students in the field.

This book examines the complex relationship between class and gender dynamics among tea ceremony (chado) practitioners in Japan.

This book studies the development of the four fields of anthropology in China.

This collection of studies uses the processes of analysis and self-analysis to examine the social, political and spiritual forces at work in the post-Soviet world.

This ground-breaking work develops theories and methods of analyzing the United States' domination of Native Americans through a study of the Lakota society known as the Sioux Nation of Indians.

The Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures are intended to commemorate both the man and his work the latter being viewed as having provided an admirably broad and substantial base for anthropologists of later generations to build upon, as they have done and continue to do in diverse ways.

This ambitious and unique volume sets a standard of excellence for research in educational ethnography.

A sourcebook devoted to historical archaeology, a significant field of study which blends together the theories and methods of anthropology, history, and archaeology.

This book is the third publication originating from the conference Legacy of Slavery and Indentured Labour: Past, present and future, which was organised in June 2013 by the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research (IGSR), Anton de Kom University of Suriname.

NAPA Bulletin is a peer reviewed occasional publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods.

NAPA Bulletin is a peer reviewed occasional publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods.

NAPA Bulletin is a peer reviewed occasional publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods.

The value of an effective, well-defined, sustainable food safety management system is priceless.

In The Spectacular Generic, Cori Hayden examines how generic drugs have transformed public health politics and everyday experiences of pharmaceutical consumption in Latin America.

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