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A radical reappraisal of the relationship between East and West. This inter-disciplinary volume refutes Euro-centric assumptions, exploring the complex cultural, diplomatic, mercantile, and military encounters between 1453 and 1699.
A radical reappraisal of the relationship between East and West. This inter-disciplinary volume refutes Euro-centric assumptions, exploring the complex cultural, diplomatic, mercantile, and military encounters between 1453 and 1699.
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Ethnicity and Englishness
Personal Identities in a Minority Community
This book explores nationality, groups and religion through the inner lives of second-generation immigrants in England. It analyses the reasons for prejudice between groups and suggests ways to deal with it.
This book explores nationality, groups and religion through the inner lives of second-generation immigrants in England. It analyses the reasons for prejudice between groups and suggests ways to deal with it.
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Nation vs. People
Bosnia is just a case
Provoked by the tragedy of Bosnia, this book tackles the global challenge of reconciling 200 states with 8000 ethnic groups. Are nation-states the only answer? The author insists on new notions of nation and people, defining them as societal phenomena.
Provoked by the tragedy of Bosnia, this book tackles the global challenge of reconciling 200 states with 8000 ethnic groups. Are nation-states the only answer? The author insists on new notions of nation and people, defining them as societal phenomena.
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Postcolonial Identities
Constructing the "New Irish"
One man’s story of exile and renewal. Traumatised by the genocides of Burundi and Rwanda, artist Jean Hakizimana journeyed to Ireland. There, he rediscovered the healing power of painting, his story reflecting the multicultural experience of the “new” Irish.
One man’s story of exile and renewal. Traumatised by the genocides of Burundi and Rwanda, artist Jean Hakizimana journeyed to Ireland. There, he rediscovered the healing power of painting, his story reflecting the multicultural experience of the “new” Irish.
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All Graceful Instruments
The Contexts of the Grateful Dead Phenomenon
This anthology gathers essays from a wide array of fields to reveal the Grateful Dead cultural phenomenon. Experts use criticism, sociology, and more to explore the music, the band's success, and the Deadheads, making a case for their academic importance.
This anthology gathers essays from a wide array of fields to reveal the Grateful Dead cultural phenomenon. Experts use criticism, sociology, and more to explore the music, the band’s success, and the Deadheads, making a case for their academic importance.
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Encounters | Materialities | Confrontations
Archaeologies of Social Space and Interaction
This collection provides a theoretical and methodological platform for studying social encounters in archaeology. A social encounter focuses on the confusion, tension, and social change that emerge when people and things interact, with often unpredictable effects.
This collection provides a theoretical and methodological platform for studying social encounters in archaeology. A social encounter focuses on the confusion, tension, and social change that emerge when people and things interact, with often unpredictable effects.
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Orientalism is typically associated with Western scholars. This book presents alternative views from regions like Latin America, also affected by colonialism. Rather than constructing the Orient as an inferior other, these essays attempt to understand the Asian within us.
Orientalism is typically associated with Western scholars. This book presents alternative views from regions like Latin America, also affected by colonialism. Rather than constructing the Orient as an inferior other, these essays attempt to understand the Asian within us.
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Writing Imagined Diasporas
South Asian Women Reshaping North American Identity
This study argues that diasporic South Asian women writers are not merely assimilating to North American culture but actively reshaping it. Their writings of imagined diasporas create new, hybrid identities that challenge "national" discourses.
This study argues that diasporic South Asian women writers are not merely assimilating to North American culture but actively reshaping it. Their writings of imagined diasporas create new, hybrid identities that challenge “national” discourses.
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Body Politic
Political Metaphor and Political Violence
For millennia, society has been imagined as a body. This engrossing book is more than a history of a metaphor: it is a history of how the idea is converted into action, taking us from ancient India to computer hackers, from assassination to aerial warfare.
For millennia, society has been imagined as a body. This engrossing book is more than a history of a metaphor: it is a history of how the idea is converted into action, taking us from ancient India to computer hackers, from assassination to aerial warfare.
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This book introduces a new genre: the shamanic story. Analyzing tales from different cultures—including the Book of Jonah and Georgian and Korean folklore—it reveals the pervasive, universal influence of shamanism on storytelling.
This book introduces a new genre: the shamanic story. Analyzing tales from different cultures—including the Book of Jonah and Georgian and Korean folklore—it reveals the pervasive, universal influence of shamanism on storytelling.
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A valuable and timely collection by specialists tackling terrorism, human rights, Islamic radicalism, and identity in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. Highly recommended.
A valuable and timely collection by specialists tackling terrorism, human rights, Islamic radicalism, and identity in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. Highly recommended.
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The Nomadic Subject
Postcolonial Identities on the Margins
This book explores the image of the Traveller, nomad, migrant, and outsider amid cultural diaspora and globalisation. With a focus on the experiences of Irish Travellers and Roma, these essays resonate with the hybrid narratives of many Western countries today.
This book explores the image of the Traveller, nomad, migrant, and outsider amid cultural diaspora and globalisation. With a focus on the experiences of Irish Travellers and Roma, these essays resonate with the hybrid narratives of many Western countries today.
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Cosmologies of Suffering
Post-communist Transformation, Sacral Communication, and Healing
This volume explores the permanent ‘transition’ and persistent social suffering in post-communist countries. Ethnographic accounts reveal how people cope with trauma by relinquishing reliance on the self and turning towards a higher power.
This volume explores the permanent ‘transition’ and persistent social suffering in post-communist countries. Ethnographic accounts reveal how people cope with trauma by relinquishing reliance on the self and turning towards a higher power.
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Children of the Sun
An Ethnographic Study of the Street Children of Latin America
An ethnographic study of street children in Mexico and Peru. Based on firsthand knowledge gained from living and working with them, this book offers an in-depth look at their subculture, drug use, crime, and the effects on their development.
An ethnographic study of street children in Mexico and Peru. Based on firsthand knowledge gained from living and working with them, this book offers an in-depth look at their subculture, drug use, crime, and the effects on their development.
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The Irish Celebrating
Festive and Tragic Overtones
This collection of essays explores the dual aspects of celebrating in Ireland—‘the festive’ and ‘the tragic’. Insightful essays examine how feasts, literature, and commemorations have shaped Ireland’s past, present, and national identity.
This collection of essays explores the dual aspects of celebrating in Ireland—‘the festive’ and ‘the tragic’. Insightful essays examine how feasts, literature, and commemorations have shaped Ireland’s past, present, and national identity.
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This volume contains selected papers on Man and Environment, exploring human origins and the variability of populations. It discusses evolution, adaptation, skeletal variations, the effects of lifestyle on genetic structure, growth, and ageing.
This volume contains selected papers on Man and Environment, exploring human origins and the variability of populations. It discusses evolution, adaptation, skeletal variations, the effects of lifestyle on genetic structure, growth, and ageing.
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This book marks a new direction in Eurasian archaeology, focusing on how people lived in their local environments. It re-images Eurasia as a complex landscape of shifting social boundaries, questioning rigid stereotypes and offering novel interpretations of the past.
This book marks a new direction in Eurasian archaeology, focusing on how people lived in their local environments. It re-images Eurasia as a complex landscape of shifting social boundaries, questioning rigid stereotypes and offering novel interpretations of the past.
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Irelands of the Mind
Memory and Identity in Modern Irish Culture
This compelling series of essays explores changing images of Ireland from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Its prevailing theme is the complicated sense of belonging in modern Irish culture, giving questions of national identity a new treatment.
This compelling series of essays explores changing images of Ireland from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Its prevailing theme is the complicated sense of belonging in modern Irish culture, giving questions of national identity a new treatment.
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Bodily Inscriptions
Interdisciplinary Explorations into Embodiment
This collection of essays explores the body as a site of cultural inscription within popular culture. Topics range from fat and anorexia to tattoos, mastectomy, and gender identity, drawing on perspectives from Queer Theory, Fat, and Disability Studies.
This collection of essays explores the body as a site of cultural inscription within popular culture. Topics range from fat and anorexia to tattoos, mastectomy, and gender identity, drawing on perspectives from Queer Theory, Fat, and Disability Studies.
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This timely contribution explores the theme of evidence in anthropology. Using diverse case studies, these ethnographically-grounded essays ask: What constitutes viable evidence? Together, they challenge the boundaries of what anthropologists recognise and construct as evidence.
This timely contribution explores the theme of evidence in anthropology. Using diverse case studies, these ethnographically-grounded essays ask: What constitutes viable evidence? Together, they challenge the boundaries of what anthropologists recognise and construct as evidence.
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