Writing Material Culture Historyexamines the methodologies currently used in the historical study of material culture. T......more
Iranian Hospitality, Afghan Marginality examines the nexus of hospitality and nationhood in diverse iterations of Irania......more
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Anticipatory Materialisms explores nineteenth and early twentieth-century literature thatanticipates and pre-empts the r......more
In the eighteen years since Ivan Illich’s death, David Cayley has been reflecting on the meaning of his friend and teach......more
In A Short History of the Blockade, award-winning writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson uses Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg stori......more
At once a digital ethnography of smartphones and a classically conceived village-based ethnography, this book relocates ......more
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Pursuing current new trajectories in surveillance studies, this book explores, analyses and develops the concept of par......more
This book explores the discourse by and about refugees and asylum seekers in relation to memory with a particular focus ......more
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This volume offers insights from political anthropology on how to analyze and how to think about contemporary areas of i......more
Abstract Dates and Currency I. Introduction 1. The story of the wealthiest 2. Research question: A contract society? 2.1......more
To do ethnography, a researcher must have rapport with research subjects. But what is rapport? Ethnography and ethnograp......more
To do ethnography, a researcher must have rapport with research subjects. But what is rapport? Ethnography and ethnograp......more
"This book provides a deep reading of Nikolai Karazin’s works and his relationship with Central Asia. Elena Andreeva sho......more
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Part of the series Key Concepts in Indigenous Studies, this book focuses on the concepts that recur in any discussion of......more
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While the archaeological legacies of Greece and Cyprus are often considered to represent some of the highest values of W......more
While the archaeological legacies of Greece and Cyprus are often considered to represent some of the highest values of W......more
A bold reassessment of what caused the Late Bronze Age collapse In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Pe......more
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Based on long-term ethnographic research in the art worlds of Istanbul and Berlin, The National Frame rethinks the polit......more
The National Frame rethinks the politics of art by focusing on the role of art in state governance. It argues that artis......more
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We are in a moment of profound overlapping crises. The landscape of politics and entitlement is being rapidly remade. As......more
The fortunes of Byzantine Constantinople have always been inextricably linked to the sea. The topographical, demographic......more
Christian theologians in the Pacific Islands see culture as the grounds on which one understands God. In this pathbreaki......more
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The first in-depth study of the All World Gayatri Pariwar, a modern Indian religious movement....more
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The goal of The Oxford Handbook of African American Language is to provide readers with a wide range of analyses of both......more
This book offers a philosophical exploration of lines in art and culture, and traces their history from Antiquity onward......more
The Garifuna are a Central American, Afro-Indigenous people descended from shipwrecked West Africans and local Indigenou......more
Unexpected Subjects is an ethnography of the encounter between women s words and the demands of the law in the context o......more
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The archaeology of Cyprus during the Classical period was in the focus of an international conference, which took place ......more
PrefaceChapter I: Excavation Sites of Pottery1. Cemeteries 2. Living remains3. Deposited soilChapter II: Types of Potter......more
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Herring are vital to the productivity and health of marine systems, and socio-ecologically Pacific herring (Clupea palla......more
Herring are vital to the productivity and health of marine systems, and socio-ecologically Pacific herring (Clupea palla......more
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This collection pushes migration and "the minor" to the fore of literary anthropology. What happens when authors who the......more
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The Films of Kore-eda Hirokazu: An Elemental Cinema draws readers into the first 13 feature films and 5 of the documenta......more
This book presents the state of the art for the studies of strategies and tactics for the procurement of preys in Argent......more
This book provides a comprehensive overview of human trafficking in Cambodia and the mechanisms of poverty in Southeast ......more
Who Intervenes? takes as a given that there are tensions among ethnic groups throughout the world. But it is not at all ......more
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Despite notable explorations of past dynamics, much of the archaeological literature on mobility remains dominated by ac......more
This engaging ethnography explores how Indigenous women and their communities practice collective care to sustain tradit......more
It is only since global media and digital communications became accessible to ordinary populations - with Telstar, jumbo......more
Middle Kingdom Palace Culture and Its Echoes in the Provinces addresses the significant gaps that remain in scholarly un......more
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Epidemiological Change and Chronic Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa offers new and critical perspectives on the causes and ......more
Epidemiological Change and Chronic Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa offers new and critical perspectives on the causes and ......more
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