Diaspora studies continue to expand in range and scope and remain fertile terrain for investigating multiple techniques of myth creation in dance performance, history as performance, dramatic narrative, and staged rituals in the field.
The Great Nation of Futurity is situated within the discourse and ideology of American exceptionalism which has undergirded the nation's identity throughout its history.
The Great Nation of Futurity is situated within the discourse and ideology of American exceptionalism which has undergirded the nation's identity throughout its history.
In a remarkable literary career, Andrew Lang challenged the increasing specialism that accompanied the advance of modernity and science in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, authoring an extraordinary body of rigorous, scholarly works in the fields of social anthropology, folklore, Homeric studies, history, and religion, while simultaneously turning out novels, poems for periodicals, and inexhaustible columns of prose journalism to make money.
In a remarkable literary career, Andrew Lang challenged the increasing specialism that accompanied the advance of modernity and science in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, authoring an extraordinary body of rigorous, scholarly works in the fields of social anthropology, folklore, Homeric studies, history, and religion, while simultaneously turning out novels, poems for periodicals, and inexhaustible columns of prose journalism to make money.
The Performance of Body, Space, and Place offer a groundbreaking methodology for performance in the Anthropocene, addressing the spiritual and ecological crises of our time through a fusion of Indigenous knowledge and contemporary practice.
Dhobis of Delhi: An Urban Ethnography from the Margins, 1974-2023 is a saga covering more than four decades of interactions with an 'untouchable' caste--the Dhobis (washermen and washerwomen), who are among Delhi's oldest inhabitants.
In an era defined by social upheaval and rapid digital transformation, this Handbook offers a compelling exploration of how communities are reshaping the cultural, economic, and political fabric of contemporary life.
The Meeting of Rivers reconstructs the prehistory of India's newest religion, Virasaivism (or Lingayatism) from its own voices, drawing on unstudied and unpublished archival sources in several south Indian languages.
The Meeting of Rivers reconstructs the prehistory of India's newest religion, Virasaivism (or Lingayatism) from its own voices, drawing on unstudied and unpublished archival sources in several south Indian languages.
Drawing on multilingual and cross-regional historical and archaeological materials, this book uses an interdisciplinary approach to reconstruct the historical landscape of the West Uighur Kingdom along the eastern Silk Road from the ninth to the thirteenth centuries.
A source of profound insights into human existence and the nature of lived experience, phenomenology is among the most influential intellectual movements of the last hundred years.
A source of profound insights into human existence and the nature of lived experience, phenomenology is among the most influential intellectual movements of the last hundred years.
The language used by American military personnel can be intense and confrontational, yet the relationship between language and military violence is rarely examined in depth.
The language used by American military personnel can be intense and confrontational, yet the relationship between language and military violence is rarely examined in depth.
Forensic Recovery of Human Remains: Archaeological Approaches provides a comprehensive and updated guide to the search, recovery, documentation, and excavation of human remains in forensic contexts.
Forensic Recovery of Human Remains: Archaeological Approaches provides a comprehensive and updated guide to the search, recovery, documentation, and excavation of human remains in forensic contexts.
This book presents visual ethnography as a transformative approach to understanding, documenting, and representing the layered realities of marginalized communities and often-overlooked institutional contexts.
This book presents visual ethnography as a transformative approach to understanding, documenting, and representing the layered realities of marginalized communities and often-overlooked institutional contexts.
More than 20 percent of Americans are Catholic, and overall membership in the Catholic Church has remained relatively steady even as increasing numbers of people claim no religious affiliation.
Kits for Digital Methods: Doing Sociotechnical Research is a guide to innovating research methods for a world where digital technologies permeate everyday life and research.
The scramble for distant riches has featured centrally in the history of the Global South-from the first forays of European imperialists to the recent fascination with emerging markets.
Diaspora studies continue to expand in range and scope and remain fertile terrain for investigating multiple techniques of myth creation in dance performance, history as performance, dramatic narrative, and staged rituals in the field.
Within the discipline of criminology and criminal justice, relatively little attention has been paid to the relationship between criminal law, punishment, and imperialism, or the contours and exercise of penal power in the Global South.
In Socialism Now: Singing Activism after Yugoslavia, Ana Hofman embarks on a captivating journey through singing, songs, and other cultural expressions to trace the recent recuperation of socialist ideas and experiences in the post-Yugoslav context.
More than 20 percent of Americans are Catholic, and overall membership in the Catholic Church has remained relatively steady even as increasing numbers of people claim no religious affiliation.