Social and cultural anthropology Books

Cinema, Cross-Cultural Collaboration, and Criticism provides a platform for a new politics of criticism, a collaborative ethos for a different kind of relationship to cross-cultural cinema that invites further conversations between filmmakers and...

What is it that police and policing actually do? What are the effects? And how are these effects mediated and experienced by different people at different times and in different contexts? Examining these questions, the contributors in this volume draw...

In their quest for greater political participation within shifting imperial fields-from Spanish (1850s-1898) to US rule (1898-)-Puerto Ricans struggled to shape and contain conversations about race. In so doing, they crafted, negotiated, and imposed on...

In this collection of essays, Keller explores the theoretical and practical challenges of ethnography, drawing on his own experiences as a fieldworker in Africa and Asia. He offers valuable insights into the complex relationship between observer and...

Delve into the history of religion in Norway with this study on pagan and Catholic practices that persisted even after the Reformation. A fascinating look at the intersection of religion and culture.This work has been selected by scholars as being...

Fletcher explores the history and cultural significance of tattooing in various societies around the world. Drawing on ethnographic research and personal observations, he sheds light on the meanings behind these often intricate and elaborate forms of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Francis Deng was in his second year in 1959-60, one of only four or five Southern law students. He was one of the favoured sons of Deng Majok, the well-known Paramount Chief of the Ngok Dinka, the only Nilotic people to live in Northern Sudan. Francis...

Fr. James Tab Charoa is the Dean of Studies of Theologicum at St. Paul's Major Seminary both Philosophicum and Theologicum Juba-South Sudan. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Khartoum in 2003. He has pastoral experience in the Archdiocese...

Exploring the controversy surrounding therapeutic human cloning, this book draws upon data collected from news articles and interviews with journalists to examine the role of mass media in shaping biomedical controversies. With specific reference to the...

How do the media represent obesity and eating disorders? How are these representations related to one another? And how do the news media select which scientific findings and policy decisions to report? Multi-disciplinary in approach, Obesity, Eating...

Garifuna Continuity in Land: Barranco Settlement and Land Use 1892 to 2000 traces the ownership and use of land in Barranco from the time of the first official survey in 1892 to 2000. In tying together land tenure with kinship the book documents not only...

Die frühe akademische Volkskunde schuf Großprojekte, aus denen umfangreiche Archive, Handwörterbücher und Atlaswerke hervorgegangen sind. Gegenwärtig sind solche Verbundunternehmen kaum in Sicht. Sollte die Volkskunde/Europäische...

In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern bildeten die Flüchtlinge und Vertriebenen nach 1945 in vielen Orten die Mehrheit unter der ansässigen Bevölkerung; unter ihnen überwogen die Frauen und Kinder. Ihre soziale und wirtschaftliche Eingliederung war über Jahre...

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2019 in the subject African Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: A, Malmö University (Global Political Studies), course: International Migration and Ethnic Rations, language: English, abstract: This research paper...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften - Sonstiges, Note: 2,0, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Fachbereich für Sprache, Kultur, Translation), Veranstaltung: Nationalismus als erfolgreiches Identitätskonzept, Sprache:...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften - Sonstiges, Note: 1,7, Universität Bayreuth (Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Arbeit „Die Scharia in Nigeria anhand der Texte von Sanusi...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften - Empirische Kulturwissenschaften, Note: 1,0, Universität Lüneburg (Kulturorganisation - und Kulturvermittlung), Veranstaltung: Grundlagen des Kulturmanagements, Sprache: Deutsch,...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Ethnologie / Volkskunde, Note: 1,5, Universität Basel (Ethnologisches Seminar), Veranstaltung: Das Lokale im Kontext der Globalisierung, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften - Empirische Kulturwissenschaften, Note: 1,3, Universität Lüneburg, Veranstaltung: Critical Whiteness Studies, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das Vorherrschen weißer Allmacht zeigt sich...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Ethnologie / Volkskunde, Note: 2,0, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Gestalt des „edlen Wilden" fungiert Erdheim zur Folge als eine leitende Idee, „mit deren Hilfe die Vielfalt der...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich Raumwissenschaften, Stadt- und Raumplanung, Note: 1,0, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Arbeit führt in das Konzept der Zwischennutzung ein, untersucht das Potenzial...

This volume explores recent developments in the practice of hospitality, as well as the curious, precarious relationship between guests and their hosts. Drawing from personal interactions with an aging innkeeper called Herr Klaus and modern Airbnb...

The concept of this volume is that the paradigm of European national languages (official orthography; language standardization; full use of language in most everyday contexts) is imposed in cookie-cutter fashion on most language revitalization efforts of...

A decade after the approval of the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), the concept has gained wide acceptance at the local, national and international levels. Communities are recognizing and celebrating...

This book examines the relationship between archaeological tourism and professional archaeology. To do so, it explores the connection - most visibly through nationalism and global capitalism - from its origins in the early modern period to World War II...

In this book, Reinhold Kramer explores a variety of important social changes, including the resistance to objective measures of truth, the rise of "How-I-Feel" ethics, the ascendancy of individualism, the immersion in cyber-simulations, the push toward...

This book analyses how Calon Gypsies in Brazil have responded to global financial transformations and shifted their economic practices from itinerant trade to moneylending. It also explores their role as ethnic credit providers, offering rare insight...

Afro-Cuban religiosity is likely to bring to mind beliefs and practices with a visibly 'African' flavour - music, dance, spirit possession, sacrifices and ritual language that have undergone a transformation, on Cuban soil, under a strong Spanish and...

Sixteen months on a small Greek island? Not the holiday of a lifetime, but the start of anthropologist Margaret E. Kenna’s involvement with the residents of Anafi and its migrant community in Athens. Greek Island Life gives a vivid and engaging...

Drawing on ethnographic inquiry and the anthropological literature on doubt and atheism, this volume explores people's reluctance to pursue religion. The contributors capture the experiences of godless people and examine their perspectives on the role of...

In recent years ever-increasing concerns about ethical dimensions of fieldwork practice have forced anthropologists and other social scientists to radically reconsider the nature, process, and outcomes of fieldwork: what should we be doing, how, for...

Babies are not simply born-they are made through cultural and social practices. Based on rich empirical work, this book examines the everyday experiences that mark pregnancy in the US today, such as reading pregnancy advice books, showing ultrasound...

Belian is an exceptionally lively tradition of shamanistic curing rituals performed by the Luangans, a politically marginalized population of Indonesian Borneo. This volume explores the significance of these rituals in practice and asks what belian...