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The Boundaries of Afghans’ Political Imagination
The Normative-Axiological Aspects of Afghan Tradition
How does tradition shape Afghan political attitudes? This book explores two concepts of social order: the Pashtunwali tribal code, a “circle” of consensus, and Sufism, a hierarchical “pyramid.” These competing models organize Afghan social and political reality.
How does tradition shape Afghan political attitudes? This book explores two concepts of social order: the Pashtunwali tribal code, a “circle” of consensus, and Sufism, a hierarchical “pyramid.” These competing models organize Afghan social and political reality.
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How does Europe’s economic crisis affect industry on a grassroots level? This book explores the Italian jewellery town of Valenza and its industry's downturn through the experiences of its inhabitants to understand the challenges Italy and Europe will face.
How does Europe’s economic crisis affect industry on a grassroots level? This book explores the Italian jewellery town of Valenza and its industry’s downturn through the experiences of its inhabitants to understand the challenges Italy and Europe will face.
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The Goddess and the Dragon
A Study on Identity Strength and Psychosocial Resilience in Japan
How are ordinary Japanese affected by globalization? This study of a fisheries community near Tokyo examines the risks and opportunities of mass tourism. Residents depend economically on tourists, yet maintain exclusive community bonds to assert their cultural identity.
How are ordinary Japanese affected by globalization? This study of a fisheries community near Tokyo examines the risks and opportunities of mass tourism. Residents depend economically on tourists, yet maintain exclusive community bonds to assert their cultural identity.
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The Heroic Anthropologist Rides Again
The Depiction of the Anthropologist in Popular Culture
This collection investigates how anthropologists have been portrayed in popular culture. Contributors look at specific portrayals in film, fiction, and TV, even using popular fiction to teach anthropology. The work is lively, accessible, and profound.
This collection investigates how anthropologists have been portrayed in popular culture. Contributors look at specific portrayals in film, fiction, and TV, even using popular fiction to teach anthropology. The work is lively, accessible, and profound.
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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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The Jewish Diaspora after 1945
A Study of Jewish Communities in the Middle East and North Africa
For millennia, Jews played an integral role in the Arab world, Turkey, Iran, and North Africa. The 1948 establishment of Israel was a transformational event leading to their mass expulsion and emigration, ending the existence of these vital communities.
For millennia, Jews played an integral role in the Arab world, Turkey, Iran, and North Africa. The 1948 establishment of Israel was a transformational event leading to their mass expulsion and emigration, ending the existence of these vital communities.
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The Limits of the Human Species in the Face of Sustainable Development
A Multidisciplinary Approach
This book reveals the link between the COVID-19 epidemic and the environmental catastrophe, confirming that human survival depends on radical change. It offers anthropological, religious, and philosophical tools for understanding the present and future of humanity.
This book reveals the link between the COVID-19 epidemic and the environmental catastrophe, confirming that human survival depends on radical change. It offers anthropological, religious, and philosophical tools for understanding the present and future of humanity.
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The Lionfish Effect
Reflections on Human-Lionfish Relations in The Bahamas
In The Bahamas, the invasive lionfish is more than an environmental threat—it's a political one. This book explores how efforts to control the lionfish reveal the ways societies adapt to planetary change, and how these adaptations are mediated by class, race, and power.
In The Bahamas, the invasive lionfish is more than an environmental threat—it’s a political one. This book explores how efforts to control the lionfish reveal the ways societies adapt to planetary change, and how these adaptations are mediated by class, race, and power.
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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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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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The Polyphony of Food
Food through the Prism of Maslow’s Pyramid
Food is more than a basic need. It satisfies the entire range of human motivations, from feeling safe and secure to affirming cultural identity. It is a vehicle for bonding, love, esteem, and even a means of self-actualization.
Food is more than a basic need. It satisfies the entire range of human motivations, from feeling safe and secure to affirming cultural identity. It is a vehicle for bonding, love, esteem, and even a means of self-actualization.
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The Question of Integration
Immigration, Exclusion and the Danish Welfare State
What does integration mean? Through ethnographic case studies, this book explores integration in Denmark, a welfare society facing rising nationalism. It shows that integration is not a neutral term, but an ideologically loaded concept for redefining community.
What does integration mean? Through ethnographic case studies, this book explores integration in Denmark, a welfare society facing rising nationalism. It shows that integration is not a neutral term, but an ideologically loaded concept for redefining community.
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In Sub-Saharan Africa, millions of children are AIDS orphans, street children vulnerable to exploitation, or child soldiers. This book identifies the critical problems they face, using an ethnographic approach to understand the plight of children in the world's poorest region.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, millions of children are AIDS orphans, street children vulnerable to exploitation, or child soldiers. This book identifies the critical problems they face, using an ethnographic approach to understand the plight of children in the world’s poorest region.
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Trans/American, Trans/Oceanic, Trans/lation
Issues in International American Studies
From different disciplinary angles, these essays explore key questions in International American Studies: What are the symbolic and material relations between the “Americas,” the “USA,” and the “World”? And how does American experience shape global practices?
From different disciplinary angles, these essays explore key questions in International American Studies: What are the symbolic and material relations between the “Americas,” the “USA,” and the “World”? And how does American experience shape global practices?
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Travellers’ Tales
The Expatriate English Language Teacher in the New Global Culture
The experiences of English language teachers are often overlooked. This volume explores the complexity of ELT as global ‘work’ through teacher narratives, revealing the personal, pedagogical, and cultural dimensions of their work in overseas contexts.
The experiences of English language teachers are often overlooked. This volume explores the complexity of ELT as global ‘work’ through teacher narratives, revealing the personal, pedagogical, and cultural dimensions of their work in overseas contexts.
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We Are Playing Football
Sport and Postcolonial Subjectivity, Panapompom, Papua New Guinea
This pioneering study of grassroots sport in Papua New Guinea explores how Panapompom villagers’ attempts to recreate global football entangle them in circuits of colonial power, challenging what it means to be “globalised.”
This pioneering study of grassroots sport in Papua New Guinea explores how Panapompom villagers’ attempts to recreate global football entangle them in circuits of colonial power, challenging what it means to be “globalised.”
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These essays feature an international collective of museum professionals, indigenous cultural historians and anthropologists, who address the historical role of weapon collections in ethnographic museums and the value of studying arms in order to write richer cultural histories.
These essays feature an international collective of museum professionals, indigenous cultural historians and anthropologists, who address the historical role of weapon collections in ethnographic museums and the value of studying arms in order to write richer cultural histories.
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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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ZONA NORTE
The Post-Structural Body of Erotic Dancers and Sex Workers in Tijuana, San Diego and Los Angeles
What began as an ethnographic study of sex workers on the U.S./Mexican border turned inward. The author studies himself within the culture, examining his feelings and reactions as he observes dancers and hookers on both sides of the border.
What began as an ethnographic study of sex workers on the U.S./Mexican border turned inward. The author studies himself within the culture, examining his feelings and reactions as he observes dancers and hookers on both sides of the border.
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