Anthropology

The Aesthetics of Food sets out the continuing philosophical debate about the aesthetic nature of food.

Racism has never been simple.

This monograph analyzes the developments in rural life in detail and at the same time places them in a wider context, exploring the strengths and weaknesses of theoretical writings on modern agriculture.

Is travel inherently beneficial to human character?

Anthropologists have long looked to forager-cultivator cultures for insights into human lifeways.

Globalization is not a new phenomenon in the international system.

Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve (MBR), the largest protected area in Central America, is characterized by rampant violence, social and ethnic inequality, and rapid deforestation.

Winner of the 2021 New Voices Book Award by the Society for Linguistic Anthropology

Exploring the ways in which the development of linguistic practices helped expand national politics in remote, rural areas of Venezuela, Language and Revolutionary Magic in the Orinoco Delta situates language as a mediating force in the creation of the 'magical state'.

A pioneering exploration of form, meaning, theme and function in African American slang, illustrated with thousands of contextual examples.

A Sunday Times Best Seller.

One interesting feature of tribal history in India is the number of revolts and uprisings that have taken place as a result of the tribal peoples attempts to fight injustice, oppression and exploitation.

Through a set of unique case studies written by an international group of practicing forensic anthropologists, Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology: Bonified Skeletons prepares students and professionals for the diverse range of cases and challenges they will encounter in the field.

Land for the adivasi Santal women in Dumka, Jharkhand stands for security, social position and identity, and in this men have a distinct advantage.

Yoruba culture has been a part of the Americas for centuries, brought from Africa during the transatlantic slave trade and maintained in various forms ever since.

Enclaves along the India-Bangladesh border have posed conceptual and pragmatic challenges to both states since Partition in 1947.

"e;Behind-the-scenes"e; stories of ranting directors, stingy producers, temperamental actors, and the like have fascinated us since the beginnings of film and television.

Consumer interest in diet and nutritional supplements is increasing dramatically.

Communal Intimacy and the Violence of Politics explores the notoriously brutal Philippine war on drugs from below.

The aim of the book was to produce the most comprehensive examination of a pandemic that has ever been attempted.

While previous studies have contrasted the relative optimism of middle-class social scientists before 1848 with a later period of concern for national decline and racial degeneration, Staum demonstrates that the earlier learned societies were also fearful of turmoil at home and interested in adventure abroad.

This book critically examines the cultural politics of visuals in South Asia.

The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Tourism explores and critically evaluates the debates and controversies in this field of Tourism.

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In high-profile investigations, when the suspect pool is very large, resources are unduly strained unless the pool can be narrowed down to the most likely offenders.

Communication and relationships have become an increasing focus of attention in debates about the future of health and social care.

By addressing the issue of food and eating in Britain today this collection considers the ways in which food habits are changing and shows how social and personal identities and perceptions of health risk influence people's food choices.

This book concentrates on female shamanisms in Asia and their relationship with the state and other religions, offering a perspective on gender and shamanism that has often been neglected in previous accounts.

This book explores the relationship between subjective experience and the cultural, political and historical paradigms in which the individual is embedded.

Altruism and self-assertiveness went hand in hand for Victorian women.

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

How do we understand and respond to the pressing health problems of modern society?

Including the latest reviews of the most current issues related to food and nutrition toxicity, Reviews in Food and Nutrition Toxicity, Volume 3 distills a wide range of research on food safety and food technology.

Benjamin Franklin grew up in a devout Protestant family with limited prospects for wealth and fame.

Researchers now recognize that silent inflammation is responsible for most chronic deseases, including heart disease, Alzheimer's, and cancer.

How could a person portrayed as a terrorist by the Tajik state also be seen as a mujahid fighter in Islam and be a cousin all at the same time?

A rethinking of contemporary social theory that provides a vision about the modern world through key ideas developed by ''maverick'' anthropologists.

Making creates knowledge, builds environments and transforms lives.

Northeast India has witnessed several nationality movements during the 20th century.

Comparing policy in America, France, and Turkey, this book analyzes the impact of ideological struggles on public policies toward religion.

In They Write Their Dreams 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.

Rapid industrialization, urbanization, and marketization have led to startling social changes in reform-era China.

A Unique Life, a Gifted Calling, a Lasting LegacyJohn Wimber is not only revered as the founder of the Vineyard movement but is renowned for his unique ability to capture truth in pithy little phrases.

Rapid advances in high-throughput genome sequencing technologies foreshadow a near-future in which millions of individuals will gain affordable access to their complete genome sequence.

Eric Anderson is Professor of Sport, Masculinities, and Sexualities at the University of Winchester.

While Protestant Christians made up only a small percentage of China's overall population during the Republican period, they were heavily represented among the urban elite.

The New England Watch and Ward Society provides a new window into the history of the Protestant establishment's prominent role in late nineteenth-century public life and its confrontation with modernity, commercial culture, and cultural pluralism in early twentieth-century America.