Anthropology

All peoples and cultures face environmental issues-but as this accessible text shows, how they respond to such issues varies widely around the world and across human history.

el-Aswad introduces the concepts of worldviews/cosmologies of Muslims, explaining that the different types of worldviews are not constructed solely by religious scholars or intellectual elite, but are latent in Islamic tradition, embedded in popular imagination, and triggered through people's everyday interaction in various countries and communities.

Anthropologists in Arms looks at the moral and ethical debates surrounding the recent development of "e;military anthropology"e;-particularly the practice of embedding anthropologists with combat troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Anthropology of Health and Healing provides the first holistic approach to the study of medical anthropology.

The inherent dangers of war zones constrain even the most ardent researchers, with the consequence that little has been known for certain about the effects of war on stable environments.

This book explores the international legal framework developed by UNESCO to identify and protect world heritage and its implementation at the national level.

Womack offers a concise and easy-to-read overview of the power and meaning of symbols in all human societies.

Contested Images: Women of Color in Popular Culture is a collection of 17 essays that analyze representations in popular culture of African American, Asian American, Latina, and Native American women.

Elliot Fratkin shares the story of his early anthropological fieldwork in Kenya in the 1970s.

The Eastern Archaic, Historicized offers an alternative perspective on the genesis and transformation of cultural diversity over eight millennia of hunter-gatherer dwelling in eastern North America.

This book chronicles the transformation of the holistic health movement over the past three decades, as it increasingly influences the delivery of health care in America.

The essays in the book analyze cases of cooperation in a wide range of ethnographic, archaeological and evolutionary settings.

Assisted Dying is an ethnographically based murder mystery that uses the unexplained deaths of elderly people on Florida's Gold Coast as a way of examining American cultural values.

Behavioral Anthropology is a unique introduction, combining an intellectual biography with an explanation of methodological principles.

The best known, most often cited history of anthropological theory is finally available in paperback!

In Kerala, political activists with a background in Communism are now instead asserting political demands on the basis of indigenous identity.

This international collection examines the opportunities for using music-induced states of altered consciousness to promote physical and mental healing, treat substance dependence, and in spiritual and palliative care.

As human migration brings an ever more diverse range of people, cultures and beliefs into contact, Western medical systems must adapt to cater for the different approaches it encounters towards illness, the body, gender, mental health and death.

The growing absence of meaningful ritual in contemporary Western societies has led to cohesive research on the history of ritualizing behaviour in different cultures.

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

"e;How do I prove I'm gay?

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

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

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.

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

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

This definitive, detail-packed biography is the first of Frederick Starr (1856-1933), a founding father of American anthropology at the University of Chicago.

This definitive, detail-packed biography is the first of Frederick Starr (1856-1933), a founding father of American anthropology at the University of Chicago.

A firsthand look at how business owners in Havana navigate the changing Cuban market and stateThe Struggle for the Market tells the story of Cuba's economic reforms in the 2010s, focusing on the experiences a group of small business owners known as cuentapropistas.

Headstrong explores the experiences of women porters, called kayayei, in Accra, Ghana.

Investigates how Lebanese activists work through failure to keep the possibility of political change aliveA Break in the Future considers how activists keep hope alive and work toward future change when social movements fall apart and protests fail.

This ethnography unravels the continuing political tensions surrounding Senegal's 1999 national ban on "e;female genital mutilation"e;The Senegalese parliament authorized a national ban on "e;Female Genital Mutilation"e; in 1999.

An ethnography of a long-unbuilt mosque in Greece that explores government operations and contemporary democracyWhy Not Build the Mosque?

An ethnography of "e;silver backpackers"e; that offers a feminist perspective on what makes a good retirement in contemporary societiesThe moniker "e;silver backpackers"e; refers to Japanese couples who, in their mid-fifties to seventies, move to Malaysia to enjoy their retirement.

An ethnography of "e;silver backpackers"e; that offers a feminist perspective on what makes a good retirement in contemporary societiesThe moniker "e;silver backpackers"e; refers to Japanese couples who, in their mid-fifties to seventies, move to Malaysia to enjoy their retirement.

An intimate meditation on aging and dying in exile among elderly Tibetans in Dharamsala, IndiaIn a Tibetan saying, the journey of life is likened to a climb up to a mountain pass.

Why Muslims in South India observe hierarchical intra-communal relationships despite the egalitarianism of their religionIn Seeking Allah's Hierarchy, P.

An ethnography of a long-unbuilt mosque in Greece that explores government operations and contemporary democracyWhy Not Build the Mosque?

This book addresses the numerous national movements of ethnic groups around the world seeking independence, more self-rule, or autonomy-movements that have proliferated exponentially in the 21st century.

From apple pie to baklava, cannoli to gulab jamun, sweet treats have universal appeal in countries around the world.

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

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

"e;How do I prove I'm gay?

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

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.

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

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

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

Plant-based and cell-cultured meat, milk, and egg producers aim to replace industrial food production with animal-free fare that tastes better, costs less, and requires a fraction of the energy inputs.

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