Appetites and Identities is a clear, inviting and fascinating introduction to the social anthropology of western Europe. It covers food, migration, po ...
Focuses on the use of the methods and theories of anthropology to solve the practical problems of human communities. It addresses a wide range of prob ...
This book develops a theory and framework to describe how archaeology can contribute to a more humane world. Recognizing that archaeology is an inhere ...
In Art and Agency, Alfred Gell formulates an anthropological theory of visual art that focuses on the social context of art production, circulation, a ...
Asian Anthropology raises important questions regarding the nature of anthropology and particularly the production and consumption of anthropological ...
(24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture)Course No. 1573Taught by Barbara J. KingThe College of William and MaryPh.D., University of OklahomaCourse Lecture Ti ...
This is perhaps one of the most comprehensive treatments of this now broad subject area that I have ever read. The authors are to be applauded for gat ...
17 b/w photographs, 1 map In this rich, evocative study, Rhoda Ann Kanaaneh examines the changing notions of sexuality, family, and reproduction among ...
The anthropology of Britain is hotly debated. What does it mean to live in Britain and to be 'British', and is an anthropology of Britain even a legit ...
This revised edition of a cross-cultural study of rituals surrounding death has become a standard text in anthropology, sociology, and religion. Part ...
Political parties in Europe face a crisis of legitimacy, which manifests itself through a decline in partisan identification, an increase in electoral ...
This book illuminates one of the world's most troubled regions from a unique perspective-that of a prominent Russian intellectual. Valery Tishkov, a l ...
This landmark study of Zengbu, a Cantonese community, is the first comprehensive analysis of a rural Chinese society by foreign anthropologists since ...
Have you ever wondered how the internal space of our brain connects with the external space of society? Drawing on hermeneutics and neuroscience Steph ...
Control and Subversion makes an important contribution to the study of Muslim societies in general, while also being a unique study of a neglected are ...
The relationship between human beings and their gods lies at the centre of all questions of identity, individual and collective. Nadia Lovell examines ...
Corruption in politics and business is, after war, perhaps the greatest threat to democracy. Academic studies of corruption tend to come from the fiel ...
A leading name in anthropology, Conrad Philip Kottak continues to define student learning in the cultural anthropology course. Cultural Anthropology o ...
John Whiting is a leading figure in psychological anthropology and a pioneer in the development of systematic cross-cultural research. His work is int ...
