Physical anthropology & ethnography books

Are self-interested elites the curse of liberal democracy in Africa? Is there hope against the politics of the belly,...  Read More >>

Fuyuki Kurasawa unearths what he terms ""the ethological imagination,"" a substantial countercurrent of thought...  Read More >>

Contributors research concepts of Maya identity.  Read More >>

With ""race"" being discredited as a rallying cry for populist movements because of the atrocities committed in...  Read More >>

Focusing on Australia, Allaine Cerwonka examines the physical and narrative spatial practices by which people reclaim...  Read More >>

All historians would agree that America is a nation of nations. But what does that mean in terms of the issues that...  Read More >>

Ethnographic study of life and ritual in an African American Yoruba revivalist community and its complex relation...  Read More >>

Ethnographic study of life and ritual in an African American Yoruba revivalist community and its complex relation...  Read More >>

Focusing on Australia, Allaine Cerwonka examines the physical and narrative spatial practices by which people reclaim...  Read More >>

The essential guide to understanding the history of the ethnic diversity of the former Soviet Union and the current...  Read More >>

The symposium ""Sleepers, Moles, and Martyrs: Secret Identifications, Societal Integration, and the Differing Meanings...  Read More >>

Examines the ways in which Indians and their cultures have been represented by museums and presents new directions....  Read More >>

A study of modernization and nationalization in rural Africa in the early years following Kenyan independence in...  Read More >>

Reconstructs 250 years of the Desjarlais' family history across a substantial area of North America, from colonial...  Read More >>

Volkswagen, Volksempfänger, Volkskühlschrank - das ehrenvolle Epitheton ""Volks-"" wurde im Nationalsozialismus...  Read More >>

The identification of even the smallest human fetal bone can be vital to the success of a criminal investigation...  Read More >>

Germaine Greer's controversial polemic about post-colonialism, nationhood and black/white relations. The initial...  Read More >>

This study argues that diaspora and locality are interrelated. It discusses the key concepts and theory, focusing...  Read More >>

A photographic account of John J. Honigmanns anthropological endeavours among northern First Nations from the 1940s...  Read More >>

Presents a fresh approach to the study of immigration adaptation and collective and individual identity formation....  Read More >>

Ethnographic study of shamanism in lowland South America, analyzing the relations between the social, political,...  Read More >>

Ethnographic study of shamanism in lowland South America, analyzing the relations between the social, political,...  Read More >>

Presents a series of review chapters on the various aspects of primate kinship and behavior, as a fundamental reference...  Read More >>

This book offer a new and rigorous approach to observational sociology that is grounded in ethnomethodology and...  Read More >>

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