In Writing Anthropology fifty-two anthropologists reflect on scholarly writing as both craft and commitment offering insights into the myriad roles of anthropological writing the beauty and the function of language the joys and pains of writing and encouragement to... Lees meer.

This book introduces readers to the anthropology of magic witchcraft and supernatural belief. It takes a new approach to this area demonstrating that the bases for these beliefs and alleged practices are instinctual inherent in human cognition and psychology and ar... Lees meer.

Everywhere anarchism is on the upswing as a political philosophy - everywhere that is except the academy. Anarchists repeatedly appeal to anthropologists for ideas about how society might be reorganized on a more egalitarian less alienating basis. Anthropologists te... Lees meer.

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This book provides an up-to-date introduction to the important and growing field of urban anthropology. This is an increasingly critical area of study as more than half of the world s population now lives in cities and anthropological research is increasingly done in a... Lees meer.

Thoroughly updated and revised edition of a popular classic of modern anthropology. This is a thoroughly updated and revised edition of a popular classic of modern anthropology. The authors provide summaries of Enlightenment Romantic and Victorian anthropology... Lees meer.

How are children raised in different cultures. What is the role of children in society. How are families and communities structured around them. Now in its third edition this deeply engaging book delves into these questions by reviewing and cataloging the findings o... Lees meer.

Fully updated fifth edition of the classic introduction to social and cultural anthropology Remains among the most brilliant summaries of key ideas animating anthropology. In his famously accessible writing style Eriksen introduces fundamental questions that shape h... Lees meer.

In Fresh Fruit Broken Bodies Seth Holmes offers up an important and captivating new ethnography linking the structural violence inherent in the migrant labor system in the United States to the social processes by which it becomes normalized. Drawing on five years o... Lees meer.

Assembles key anthropological articles that challenge accepted definitions and ideas of space and place. Reveals how both the conceptual and material dimensions of space as well as of built forms and landscape characteristics are central to the production of social... Lees meer.

Humanity is at a crossroads. We face mounting inequality escalating political violence warring fundamentalisms and an environmental crisis of planetary proportions. How can we fashion a world that has room for everyone for generations to come. What are the possibili... Lees meer.

Decolonization has been a buzzword in anthropology for decades but remains difficult to grasp and to achieve. This groundbreaking volume offers not only a critical examination of approaches to decolonization but also fresh ways of thinking about the relationship betwe... Lees meer.

Writing in Anthropology. A Brief Guide applies the key concepts of rhetoric and composition-audience purpose genre and credibility-to examples based in anthropology. It is part of a series of brief discipline-specific writing guides from Oxford University Press des... Lees meer.

Ottenheimer s authoritative yet approachable introduction to the field s methodology skills techniques tools and applications emphasizes the kinds of questions that anthropologists ask about language and the kinds of questions that intrigue students. The text brings... Lees meer.

Western aid is in decline. Non-traditional development actors from the developing countries and elsewhere are in the ascendant. A new set of global economic and political processes are shaping the twenty-first century. This book engages with nearly two decades of contin... Lees meer.