Social and cultural anthropology Books

"A survey of the current state of study of indigenous Caribbean people by archaeologists, historians, and anthropologists. . . . Emphasizes that even though indigenous people were the victims of genocide, they helped to establish a persistent pattern of...

In the United States today many people are as likely to identify themselves by their ethnicity or region as by their nationality. In this country with its diversity and inequalities, can there be a shared public culture? Is there an unbridgeable gap...

The rich oral traditions of the Athabaskan Indians from southwestern Oregon are showcased in these pages for the first time. This volume features vivid and humorous tales of familiar Tricksters: Coyote, known for his unusual sexual prowess and escapades...

Blacks, Indians, and Spaniards in the Eastern Andes examines the little known province of Mizque and its colonial populations from 1550 to 1782. Mizque's sub-puna valleys, lowland plains, and tropical forests boasted multiple desirable ecological zones...

Jean-Paul Sartre and the Jewish Question examines the image of "the Jew" in Sartre's work to rethink not only his oeuvre but also the role of the intellectual in France and the politics and ethics of existentialism. It explores more broadly how French...

During the summer of 1963, Harvard linguist Karl V. Teeter traveled along the Saint John River, the great thoroughfare of Native New Brunswick, Canada, with his principal Maliseet consultant, Peter Lewis Paul. Together they recorded a series of tales...

Between Redemption and Doom is a revelatory exploration of the evolution of German-Jewish modernism. Through an examination of selected works in literature, theory, and film, Noah Isenberg investigates the ways in which Jewish identity was represented in...

A detailed and richly illustrated analysis of charisma and the political and cultural conditions in which charismatic figures arise, this work of historical sociology critically engages with Max Weber's ambiguous concept of charisma to examine the...

In this work, Bridgette Wessels offers a unique insight into the ways in which core public institutions and powerful organizations develop digital communications and services within the public realm. The book draws on her ethnographic research with the...

Since the mid-1990s, affect has become central to the social sciences and humanities. Debates abound over how to conceptualise affect, and how to understand the interrelationships between affective life and a range of contemporary political...

Through a richly detailed examination of the practices of spinning yarn from the fleece of llamas and alpacas, Earth, Water, Fleece and Fabric explores the relationship that herders of the present and of the past have maintained with their herd animals...

Originally published in 1970, this book represents a unique study of beliefs and ritual practices in a pagan religion, and of the processes by which a transformation to Christianity took place.Christianity came to the major islands of Polynesia nearly...

Over the last fifteen years local citizens' movements have spread rapidly throughout Japan. Created with the aim of improving the quality of the local environment, and of environmental management processes, such activities are widely referred to as...

Food is an important cultural marker of identity in contemporary Asian societies, and can provide a medium for the understanding of social relations, family and kinship, class and consumption, gender ideology, and cultural symbolism. However, a truly...

The Sanskrit Mahabharata is one of the most important texts to emerge from the Indian cultural tradition. At almost 75,000 verses it is the longest poem in the world, and throughout Indian history it has been hugely influential in shaping gender and...

This book follows the work of the 'Good Roots Project' - a multi-year forestry and agriculture research project in the Philippines. The scheme is an attempt on the part of industry, science and the government to better understand the processes of...

Originally published in 1974, Ritual in Industrial Society is based on several years' research including interviews and observations into the importance of ritual in industrial society within modern Britain. The book addresses how identity and meaning...

Originally published in 1989, Death, Ritual and Bereavement examines the social history of death and dying from 1500 to the 1930s. This edited collection focuses on the death-bed, funerals, burials, mourning customs, and the expression of grief. The...

In colonial Africa, Christianity has often supported, sustained, and legitimated a violent process of governance. More recently, however, following decades of violence and oppression, churches and religious organizations have mobilized African publics...

Focusing on Mexican-American and Puerto Rican populations in Chicago, Latino Ethnic Consciousness documents the development of the a collective Hispanic or Latino ethnic identity, distinct and separate from the national and cultural affiliations of...

Does the achievement of economic equality in a multiethnic society require the complete loss of a minority's cultural identity? Beyond Aztlan argues that American society has historically viewed a distinctive cultural identity as something that an ethnic...

The Palace of Culture and Science is a massive Stalinist skyscraper that was "gifted" to Warsaw by the Soviet Union in 1955. Framing the Palace's visual, symbolic, and functional prominence in the everyday life of the Polish capital as a...

At one time Francis L.K. Hsu put forth a hypothesis on kinship that proposed a functional relationship between particular kinship systems and behavior patterns in particular cultural contexts. The controversy provoked among cultural anthropologists by...

Language Unveiled is a comprehensive book written by W. and F. G. Cash and published in 1856. The book delves into the nature, origin, and secrets of language, as well as the myths and mysteries of the ancient world. The authors explore the relationship...

Australia and Oceania is a historical book written by F.D. Herbertson in 1903. It is a comprehensive account of the geography, culture, history, and politics of the region of Australia and Oceania. The book covers the countries and territories of...

""The League of Nations and Primitive Peoples"" is a historical book written by Sydney Olivier in 1918. The book explores the relationship between the League of Nations and the indigenous or primitive peoples of the world. The author argues that the...

The History Of Fashion In France: Or The Dress Of Women From The Gallo-Roman Period To The Present Time is a book written by Augustin Challamel and published in 1882. The book provides a comprehensive account of the evolution of fashion and clothing...

The book ""The Chorotes Indians in the Bolivian Chaco: A Preliminary Report"" is written by Eric Von Rosen and was first published in 1904. The book provides an in-depth study of the Chorotes Indians living in the Bolivian Chaco region. The author...

Le Mode Fran�����ois: Ou Discours Sur Les Principaux Usages De La Nation Francoise (1785) est un livre �����crit par Jean Francois Sobry. Il s'agit d'un ouvrage qui d�����crit les usages et les coutumes de la nation fran�����aise. Le livre est divis�����...

""The Ethnology of the Sixth Sense"" is a comprehensive study on the various abuses, perversions, follies, anomalies, and crimes associated with the sixth sense. Written by the pseudonymous author X. Jacobus and originally published in 1899, this book...

""Geographie Ancienne, Sacree Et Profane V4 (1790)"" de Gibrat, Jean Baptiste est un livre qui explore l'histoire de la g�����ographie ancienne, ������ la fois sacr�����e et profane. Ce quatri�����me volume couvre une vari�����t����� de sujets, notamment...

Das Buch ""Historischer Versuch �����ber Die Zigeuner"" wurde im Jahr 1787 von Heinrich Moritz G. Grellmann verfasst. Es handelt sich um eine historische Abhandlung �����ber die Zigeuner und ihre Kultur. Grellmann beschreibt ihre Herkunft, Sprache,...

The Brother And The Brotherhood is a novel written by Ira Seymour Dodd and originally published in 1908. The story revolves around the life of a young man named John, who is torn between his loyalty to his family and his desire to join a secret society...

The Golden Lotus is a novel written by Alfred Barrett in 1901. The book is set in China during the Ming Dynasty and follows the story of a wealthy merchant named Wu Song. Wu Song is married to a beautiful woman named Pan Jinlian, but he becomes...

Researches on the history of anthropological studies in India, unlike in western countries, has not yet been an established tradition, despite the fact that courses on the growth and de­velopment of anthropology in India are being taught at the...

Marxism's cultural turn, which has been prominent in its operation over at least the past four decades, continues to belie the hope it had initially held out. The idea that such a move would eventually pull Marxism out of its 'ontological crisis' is on...

Central Asia, the 'heart' of the Eurasian landmass, has through the centuries been the hub of diverse and varied cultures. These cultures have encompassed pre-Islamic religions and Islam, sedentary and nomadic lifestyles and lived through rapid...

From Society to System presents sociologist Michel Freitag's (1935-2009) distinctive, multifaceted and interdisciplinary work. Elaborated within the grand sociological tradition, his dialectical sociology redefines sociality as the realm of the symbolic...

Misanthropology: Science, Pseudoscience, and the Study of Humanity introduces students to key concepts in critical thinking across the four core branches of anthropology: cultural, linguistic, biological, and archaeological. It combines a critical...

The Routledge Companion to Media Anthropology provides a broad overview of the widening and flourishing area of media anthropology, and outlines key themes, debates, and emerging directions. The Routledge Companion to Media Anthropology draws together...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...