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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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Politics of Female Genital Cutting (FGC), Human Rights and the Sierra Leone State
The Case of Bondo Secret Society
This ethnographic study explores Female Genital Cutting (FGC) within Sierra Leone's powerful Bondo society. It examines the complex politics and culture sustaining the practice against international condemnation, offering a nuanced view beyond blunt criticism.
This ethnographic study explores Female Genital Cutting (FGC) within Sierra Leone’s powerful Bondo society. It examines the complex politics and culture sustaining the practice against international condemnation, offering a nuanced view beyond blunt criticism.
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This collection discusses key field-based studies in cultural anthropology and places them in dialogue with related studies in social history, linguistics and philosophy, among others. It engages a critical dialogue with past and present directions in cultural-historical studies.
This collection discusses key field-based studies in cultural anthropology and places them in dialogue with related studies in social history, linguistics and philosophy, among others. It engages a critical dialogue with past and present directions in cultural-historical studies.
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Snakes, People, and Spirits, Volume One
Traditional Eastern Africa in its Broader Context
This analysis of ophidian symbolism in Eastern Africa connects the topic to ancient civilizations. It shows that the meanings attributed to snakes were multifaceted and paradoxical, and that the widely acknowledged assimilation of snakes to death and Evil is unrepresentative.
This analysis of ophidian symbolism in Eastern Africa connects the topic to ancient civilizations. It shows that the meanings attributed to snakes were multifaceted and paradoxical, and that the widely acknowledged assimilation of snakes to death and Evil is unrepresentative.
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Humans, Other Beings and the Environment
Harurwa (Edible Stinkbugs) and Environmental Conservation in Southeastern Zimbabwe
Mawere presents an ethnographic case study of the possibilities for the symbiotic co-existence of human beings, a unique species of forest insects and natural forests, and highlights the continuum among humans, insects and environmental conservation outcomes in rural Zimbabwe.
Mawere presents an ethnographic case study of the possibilities for the symbiotic co-existence of human beings, a unique species of forest insects and natural forests, and highlights the continuum among humans, insects and environmental conservation outcomes in rural Zimbabwe.
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North American Indian Medicine Powers
Spirit Talkers
This book challenges the notion that American Indian medicine powers are mere superstition. Utilizing a recent discovery in quantum mechanics, it explains shamanic ceremony, arguing there is now more evidence to assume these powers are real than to assume they are not.
This book challenges the notion that American Indian medicine powers are mere superstition. Utilizing a recent discovery in quantum mechanics, it explains shamanic ceremony, arguing there is now more evidence to assume these powers are real than to assume they are not.
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Averting a Global Environmental Collapse
The Role of Anthropology and Local Knowledge
Averting environmental catastrophe is a socio-political, not technical, challenge. This volume presents papers from international experts exploring how anthropology and indigenous knowledge can provide solutions for sustainable environments, resource management, and justice.
Averting environmental catastrophe is a socio-political, not technical, challenge. This volume presents papers from international experts exploring how anthropology and indigenous knowledge can provide solutions for sustainable environments, resource management, and justice.
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These essays document a way of life that has now virtually disappeared. Based on anthropological fieldwork in a remote Greek village in the 1970s, they focus on family, kinship, and gender, and the profound transformation of rural society as it was occurring at the time.
These essays document a way of life that has now virtually disappeared. Based on anthropological fieldwork in a remote Greek village in the 1970s, they focus on family, kinship, and gender, and the profound transformation of rural society as it was occurring at the time.
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This journal has been discontinued. Any issues are available to purchase separately.
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This latest issue of the International Journal of Business Anthropology contains seven articles, including a special section of four papers from Japan, in addition to an editorial commentary providing an introduction to the field of business anthropology in Japan.
This latest issue of the International Journal of Business Anthropology contains seven articles, including a special section of four papers from Japan, in addition to an editorial commentary providing an introduction to the field of business anthropology in Japan.
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This book uses food and feasts as a tool to understand the social organisation of the Newāḥ of Nepal. It details life-cycle rituals and kinship obligations to exchange food, considering married daughters' special role, to show how sharing is an integral part of their culture.
This book uses food and feasts as a tool to understand the social organisation of the Newāḥ of Nepal. It details life-cycle rituals and kinship obligations to exchange food, considering married daughters’ special role, to show how sharing is an integral part of their culture.
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Effects of Interpersonal Relationships on Shared Reminiscence
Whose Memory is It?
Condon documents the results of a research project investigating the effects of interpersonal relationship factors on shared reminiscence, an important endeavour given the limited research measuring the specific interpersonal effects of trust and confidence on memory distortion.
Condon documents the results of a research project investigating the effects of interpersonal relationship factors on shared reminiscence, an important endeavour given the limited research measuring the specific interpersonal effects of trust and confidence on memory distortion.
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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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Beyond the Genre
Approaching Travel (and) Writing through Interviews with Authors and Bloggers
What is the value of travel writing in a digital age? This volume compares printed books and travel blogs to explore how media choices impact writing and travel. Based on interviews with Western and Chinese writers in China, it deconstructs the genre’s traditional ethnocentrism.
What is the value of travel writing in a digital age? This volume compares printed books and travel blogs to explore how media choices impact writing and travel. Based on interviews with Western and Chinese writers in China, it deconstructs the genre’s traditional ethnocentrism.
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In-Between Fiction and Non-Fiction
Reflections on the Poetics of Ethnography of Literature and Film
This title invites the reader to participate in the recent emphasis on subjectivity and self-reflection as the means of understanding and engaging with current social changes through storytelling. It centres its attention on the symbiosis between anthropology and fiction.
This title invites the reader to participate in the recent emphasis on subjectivity and self-reflection as the means of understanding and engaging with current social changes through storytelling. It centres its attention on the symbiosis between anthropology and fiction.
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In an age of relativism and uncertainty, how can sociology move forward? This book charts a new path by critically re-examining Durkheim and Giddens. It outlines new approaches to social processes, time, and predicting the future, transforming contemporary sociological thought.
In an age of relativism and uncertainty, how can sociology move forward? This book charts a new path by critically re-examining Durkheim and Giddens. It outlines new approaches to social processes, time, and predicting the future, transforming contemporary sociological thought.
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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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In India, individuals cannot escape the inequalities of gender, ethnic, and social hierarchies, a struggle for survival and status. This volume highlights these realities through four decades of empirical anthropological research across India, considering their historical roots.
In India, individuals cannot escape the inequalities of gender, ethnic, and social hierarchies, a struggle for survival and status. This volume highlights these realities through four decades of empirical anthropological research across India, considering their historical roots.
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Narratives and Songs from Atauro Island, Timor-Leste
Voices of the Hunting Bows
This first-ever multilingual archive of endangered oral traditions from Atauro, Timor-Leste, was created in collaboration with the island's communities. Discover tales of the island's origin—revealed when arrows pierce the sea—alongside traditional songs and cultural texts.
This first-ever multilingual archive of endangered oral traditions from Atauro, Timor-Leste, was created in collaboration with the island’s communities. Discover tales of the island’s origin—revealed when arrows pierce the sea—alongside traditional songs and cultural texts.
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