Anthropology category: 10809 books
Up Close and Personal
On Peripheral Perspectives and the Production of Anthropological Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Combining rich personal accounts from twelve veteran anthropologists with reflexive analyses of the state of anthropology today, this book is a treatise on theory and method offering fresh insights into the production of anthropological knowledge, from the creation of key concepts to major paradigm...
Public Culture and Islam in Modern Egypt
Media, Intellectuals and Society
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2016
What does it mean to be an intellectual in Egypt today? What is expected from an 'authentic scholar'? And how does the mass media influence or reflect intellectual debates? Hatsuki Aishima explores these questions by examining educated, urban Egyptians and their perceptions of what it means to be...
Finding Their Voice
Northeastern Villagers and the Thai State
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
The rural, Lao-speaking people of northeastern Thailand constitute over a third of the entire population of Thailand. Over the last century, this ethnically separate community has evolved from a traditional peasantry into “cosmopolitan” villagers who are actively shaping Thai politics. Eminent...
Symbolic Immortality
The Tlingit Potlatch of the Nineteenth Century, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2015
Decades after its initial publication, Symbolic Immortality retains its status as the most comprehensive analysis of the mortuary practices of the Tlingit Indians of southeastern Alaska—or any other indigenous culture of the Northwest Coast. This updated and expanded edition furthers our understanding...
The Reformation of Machismo
Evangelical Conversion and Gender in Colombia
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
Protestant evangelicalism has spread rapidly in Latin America at the same time that foreign corporations have taken hold of economies there. These concurrent developments have led some observers to view this religious movement as a means of melding converts into a disciplined work force for foreign capitalists...
Dreams That Matter
Egyptian Landscapes of the Imagination
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
Dreams that Matter explores the social and material life of dreams in contemporary Cairo. Amira Mittermaier guides the reader through landscapes of the imagination that feature Muslim dream interpreters who draw on Freud, reformists who dismiss all forms of divination as superstition, a Sufi devotional...
Religion
An Anthropological View
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2013
The classic anthropological analysis of religion from a pioneer in the field
From the preface:
“Scientific efforts to learn just what are the forms and functions of religion have not been few; it is the purpose of this book to review some of them and to synthesize the suggestions...
Solomoni
Times and Tales from Solomon Islands
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. During Roger's 10 year stay as a doctor there, the islands progressed through being a British Protectorate, to self-government and finally gained independence. This book is a story...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
Ritual, Performance and Media are significant areas of study which are essential to anthropology and are often surprisingly overlooked. This book brings a more anthropological perspective to debates about media consumption, performativity and the characteristics of spectacle which have transformed cultural studies over the past decade.
by Raud
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
The effect of Japan on the challenges and complexities of the modernisation process that globalisation has brought to the fore in Asia are the subject of this interdisciplinary volume by leading scholars in the field. Using fascinating examples drawn from current business and organisational practice...
by Bronislaw Malinowski
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
This fascinating book contains an account of native enterprise and adventure in the archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea, with five maps, sixty five illustrations, and two figures. The content of this book is derived from the author's personal experiences with the natives, watching them daily at...
Forest of Tigers
People, Politics and Environment in the Sundarbans
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Acclaimed for its unique ecosystem and Royal Bengal tigers, the mangrove islands that comprise the Sundarbans area of the Bengal delta are the setting for this pioneering anthropological work. The key question that the author explores is: what do tigers mean for the islanders of the Sundarbans? The...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Interest in the history of violence has increased dramatically over the last ten years and recent studies have demonstrated the productive potential for further inquiry in this field. The early modern period is particularly ripe for further investigation because of the pervasiveness of violence. Certain...
Visualising Facebook
A Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Since the growth of social media, human communication has become much more visual. This book presents a scholarly analysis of the images people post on a regular basis to Facebook. By including hundreds of examples, readers can see for themselves the differences between postings from a village north...