Anthropology

Maring Hunters and Traders: Production and Exchange in the Papua New Guinea Highlands offers a detailed exploration of the intricate trade systems and ecological interactions of the Maring people, located on the northern fringe of Papua New Guinea's highlands.

This book explores the notions of violence, care, and cure within the medical encounter and seeks to foreground the ways in which, whether individually or as a triad, they are prone to ambiguous interpretations.

Socialization for Achievement: Essays on the Cultural Psychology of the Japanese by George A.

The use of computation in archaeology is a kind of magic, a way of heightening the archaeological imagination.

Opium production and use connote international intrigues, illicit wealth, and social degeneracy to industrialized societies.

Public Opinion and Canadian Identity offers a profound exploration of the complex and evolving nature of Canadian national identity, as seen through the lens of public opinion data spanning two decades.

Public Opinion and Canadian Identity offers a profound exploration of the complex and evolving nature of Canadian national identity, as seen through the lens of public opinion data spanning two decades.

The New Brahmans: Five Maharashtrian Families offers an illuminating exploration of the societal transformations in Maharashtra during a pivotal era in Indian history.

The New Brahmans: Five Maharashtrian Families offers an illuminating exploration of the societal transformations in Maharashtra during a pivotal era in Indian history.

Duana Fullwiley has penned an intimate chronicle of laboratory life in the genomic age.

Examining newly defined values and attitudes among lesbians, this study focuses on the lesbian community of San Francisco, where women organized centers providing instruction in health care, women's studies, and self-defense.

Among the founding nations of the European Union, no nation has experienced a more devastating affect from the 2008 economic crisis than Italy.

Examining newly defined values and attitudes among lesbians, this study focuses on the lesbian community of San Francisco, where women organized centers providing instruction in health care, women's studies, and self-defense.

Paris's Gare du Nord is one of the busiest international transit centers in the world.

Featured prominently in the Netflix series Narcos, Badiraguato is known as the birthplace of Mexicos most notorious criminals, from Caro Quintero to El Chapo.

Opposition in a Dominant-Party System: A Study of the Jan Sangh, Praja Socialist Party, and Socialist Party in Uttar Pradesh, India offers an in-depth examination of the dynamics and challenges faced by opposition parties operating within a dominant-party system.

Germany has one of the liveliest and well-developed punk scenes in the world.

Margaret Mead has had much recognition in the professional community as past president of American Anthropological Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

The concept of Waithood was developed by political scientist Diane Singerman to describe the expanding period of time between adolescence and full adulthood as young people wait to secure steady employment and marry.

Opposition in a Dominant-Party System: A Study of the Jan Sangh, Praja Socialist Party, and Socialist Party in Uttar Pradesh, India offers an in-depth examination of the dynamics and challenges faced by opposition parties operating within a dominant-party system.

Where Cloud Is Ground offers an ethnography of the international data storage industry and an inquiry into the relationship between data and place.

How does a "e;homogeneous"e; society like Japan treat the problem of social inequality?

How does a "e;homogeneous"e; society like Japan treat the problem of social inequality?

Where Cloud Is Ground offers an ethnography of the international data storage industry and an inquiry into the relationship between data and place.

Exploring the social complexities of the Frieda River Project in Papua New Guinea, this book tells the story of local stakeholder strategies on the eve of industrial development, largely from the perspective of the Paiyamo one of the project s so-called impact communities .

What to Do About AIDS: Physicians and Mental Health Professionals Discuss the Issues, edited by Leon McKusick, brings together leading clinicians and researchers at a pivotal moment in the history of the epidemic.

Reigniting a tradition of learning from experience, Search After Method is a plea for livelier forms of anthropology.

What to Do About AIDS: Physicians and Mental Health Professionals Discuss the Issues, edited by Leon McKusick, brings together leading clinicians and researchers at a pivotal moment in the history of the epidemic.

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The rapprochement of anthropology and literary studies, begun nearly fifteen years ago by such pioneering scholars as Clifford Geertz, Edward Said, and James Clifford, has led not only to the creation of the new scholarly domain of cultural studies but to the deepening and widening of both original fields.

Organized around issues, debates and discussions concerning the various ways in which the concept of nature has been used, this book looks at how the term has been endlessly deconstructed and reclaimed, as reflected in anthropological, scientific, and similar writing over the last several decades.

In five wide-ranging essays, A.

What can the lived experiences of Czechoslovak Cold War refugee children tell us about the lifetime impact of childhood forced migration?

Rural Small-Scale Industry in the People's Republic of China explores the sprawling, shape-shifting world of county-jurisdiction factories-some "e;rural,"e; many in county towns; some "e;small,"e; others with 500+ workers-visited by a 12-member, China-savvy delegation in summer 1975.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.

Rural Small-Scale Industry in the People's Republic of China explores the sprawling, shape-shifting world of county-jurisdiction factories-some "e;rural,"e; many in county towns; some "e;small,"e; others with 500+ workers-visited by a 12-member, China-savvy delegation in summer 1975.

In five wide-ranging essays, A.

The Making of Psychological Anthropology offers a comprehensive exploration of the evolution, challenges, and future directions of psychological anthropology.

In this accessible ethnography of a small town in northern Mozambique, everyday cultural knowledge and behaviors about food, cooking, and eating reveal the deeply human pursuit of a nourishing life.

This book provides a historical and ethnographic examination of gender relations in Malay society, in particular in the well-known state of Negeri Sembilan, famous for its unusual mixture of Islam and matrilineal descent.

The Elites of Barotseland: 1878-1969 offers a comprehensive political history of Zambia's Western Province, focusing on the Lozi people and their interactions with imperial powers, especially in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

This title was originally published in 1984.

The Making of Psychological Anthropology offers a comprehensive exploration of the evolution, challenges, and future directions of psychological anthropology.

This title was originally published in 1984.

How do the people of a village that is both Chinese and Christian reconcile the contradictions between their religious and ethnic identities?

This comprehensive book offers a unique lens through which we can understand the complexities of global interactions and the social dynamics that underpin them.