Anthropology

This volume explores the moment of death in ancient cultures, from Asian religions to heroic sagas. Despite the diversity of traditions, these essays reveal a fundamental human need to see in death a possibility of choice and a promise of hope.

This volume examines how the intangible is made real, how culture mediates our experience of the world, and what about the real resists transcription. Analyses include attempts to inscribe the soul and the material manifestations of capitalism and empire.

Though often ignored, smells shape our social world. This pioneering book explores how smell constructs boundaries of race, class, and gender. It reveals how scents offer insights into social relations and power structures, using Singapore as a case study.

This book reviews man’s relationship with the forces of evolution in a biological and spiritual sense. It is an innovative excursion into the arguments between evolutionists and creationists regarding the fate of man.

This collection of contemporary research offers crucial insights into the South Sudanese resettlement experience in Australia and New Zealand. Diverse scholars examine the challenges, opportunities, and successes of one of the region’s fastest-growing communities.

This volume breaks down disciplinary barriers to explore popular culture from an interdisciplinary perspective. It brings together a plethora of methodological and theoretical approaches, fostering dialogue between international scholars on the topic.