Social & cultural anthropology books

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Capitalist Colonial: Thai Migrant Workers in Israeli Agriculture

Capitalist Colonial: Thai Migrant Workers in Israeli...
Author: Matan Kaminer ISBN: 9781503641099 Format: Paperback	$79.20
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Sufi Women, Embodiment, and the ‘Self’: Gender in Islamic Ritual

Sufi Women, Embodiment, and the ‘Self’: Gender in Islamic...
Author: Jamila Rodrigues ISBN: 9781032430737 Format: Paperback	$83.99
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Turkey and the Balkans: Between Europeanisation and De-Europeanization

Turkey and the Balkans: Between Europeanisation and...
Author: Başak Z. Alpan (Middle East Technical University, Turkey) , Ahmet Erdi Öztürk (London Metropolitan University, UK) ISBN: 9781032389370 Format: Paperback	$83.99
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The Secret Signs in South New Guinea Art: A comprehensive guide to understanding Asmat and Papuan Gulf Art

The Secret Signs in South New Guinea Art: A comprehensive...
Author: Holger Braun ISBN: 9789464262667 Format: Paperback	$194.06
This book presents an innovative theoretical framework that enables readers to understand the symbolic meaning in... Read More >>

Gaming and Geography: A Multi-perspective Approach to Understanding the Impacts on Geography (Education)

Gaming and Geography: A Multi-perspective Approach to...
Author: Michael Morawski , Sebastian Wolff-Seidel ISBN: 9783031422591 Format: Hardback	$448.77
This book explores the uncharted territory where gaming and geography intersect in ""Gaming and Geography (Education).""... Read More >>

The Taste of Nostalgia: Women, Race, and Culinary Longing in Peru

The Taste of Nostalgia: Women, Race, and Culinary Longing...
Author: Amy Cox Hall ISBN: 9781477330272 Format: Hardback	$277.20
An exploration of gender, race, and food in Peru in the 1950s and 1960s and today. Read More >>

Semiotic Perception and Dynamic Forms of Meaning

Semiotic Perception and Dynamic Forms of Meaning
Author: Antonino Bondi , David Piotrowski ISBN: 9783031424533 Format: Paperback	$343.17
Can we redeploy the concept of form in such a way as to make explicit such a native solidarity (‘chiasmatic’ would... Read More >>

Capitalist Colonial: Thai Migrant Workers in Israeli Agriculture

Capitalist Colonial: Thai Migrant Workers in Israeli...
Author: Matan Kaminer ISBN: 9781503640511 Format: Hardback	$316.80
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The Wonder and Complexity of the 1904 World's Fair

The Wonder and Complexity of the 1904 World's Fair
Author: The Missouri Historical Society Press , Sharon Smith ISBN: 9798985571646 Format: Paperback	$62.10
St. Louis scholars contribute essays on the untold stories of the 1904 World’s Fair. The 1904 World’s Fair was... Read More >>

The Secret Signs in South New Guinea Art: A comprehensive guide to understanding Asmat and Papuan Gulf Art

The Secret Signs in South New Guinea Art: A comprehensive...
Author: Holger Braun ISBN: 9789464262674 Format: Hardback	$388.12
This book presents an innovative theoretical framework that enables readers to understand the symbolic meaning in... Read More >>

Cave of My Ancestors: Vishwakarma and the Artisans of Ellora

Cave of My Ancestors: Vishwakarma and the Artisans of...
Author: Kirin Narayan ISBN: 9780226835297 Format: Paperback	$45.95
Exploring family stories reveals the rich history of a seventh-century Buddhist shrine. As a young girl in Bombay,... Read More >>

Equitable Education and Ghettoized Voices: A Deficit Ideology of Poverty in The Caribbean

Equitable Education and Ghettoized Voices: A Deficit...
Author: June A. Douglas ISBN: 9781032769363 Format: Hardback	$284.00
This book centres the voices of a group of marginalized residents in Grenada’s ghetto to examine questions of poverty... Read More >>

Faith in Rights: Christian-Inspired NGOs at Work in the United Nations

Faith in Rights: Christian-Inspired NGOs at Work in...
Author: Amélie Barras ISBN: 9781503610590 Format: Hardback	$184.80
Faith in Rights explores why and how Christian nongovernmental organizations conduct human rights work at the United... Read More >>

Crises in Time: Ethnographic Horizons in Amazonia and Melanesia

Crises in Time: Ethnographic Horizons in Amazonia and...
Author: Tony Crook , Marilyn Strathern ISBN: 9781912385591 Format: Paperback	$105.60
This book explores concepts of time in Amazonia and Melanesia in relation to the trajectories of change brought... Read More >>

Brooklynites: The Remarkable Story of the Free Black Communities that Shaped a Borough

Brooklynites: The Remarkable Story of the Free Black...
Author: Prithi Kanakamedala ISBN: 9781479833092 Format: Hardback	$66.99
""Brooklyn has a distinct story in the history of social justice. Explore the rich history of New York City's second... Read More >>

Forest Lost: Producing Green Capitalism in the Brazilian Amazon

Forest Lost: Producing Green Capitalism in the Brazilian...
Author: Maron E. Greenleaf ISBN: 9781478031086 Format: Paperback	$73.79
Forest Lost is an ethnography of forest carbon offsets and the wider effort to make the living rainforest valuable... Read More >>

The Rule of Dons: Criminal Leaders and Political Authority in Urban Jamaica

The Rule of Dons: Criminal Leaders and Political Authority...
Author: Rivke Jaffe ISBN: 9781478031154 Format: Paperback	$71.15
Rivke Jaffe explains how despite Jamaica’s “dons” are associated with crime and violence, they have become figures... Read More >>

Dying Abroad: The Political Afterlives of Migration in Europe

Dying Abroad: The Political Afterlives of Migration...
Author: Osman Balkan (University of Pennsylvania) ISBN: 9781009288606 Format: Paperback	$77.60
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Lebano-Pathography: Converging Pathologies and Lived Narratives Since August 4, 2020

Lebano-Pathography: Converging Pathologies and Lived...
Author: Sleiman El Hajj (Communication, Arts & Languages, Lebanese American University, Lebanon) ISBN: 9781032740058 Format: Hardback	$273.00
This book of autobiographical, autoethnographic illness narratives tackles the intersection between cultural and... Read More >>

The Return of Polyandry: Kinship and Marriage in Central Tibet

The Return of Polyandry: Kinship and Marriage in Central...
Author: Heidi E. Fjeld ISBN: 9781805397199 Format: Paperback	$41.27
Tibet is known for its broad range of marriage practices, particularly... Read More >>

Selfishness and Selflessness: New Approaches to Understanding Morality

Selfishness and Selflessness: New Approaches to Understanding...
Author: Linda L. Layne ISBN: 9781805397229 Format: Paperback	$72.32
We are said to be suffering a narcissism epidemic when the need for collective action seems more pressing than ever.... Read More >>

Can Academics Change the World?: An Israeli Anthropologist's Testimony on the Rise and Fall of a Protest Movement on Campus

Can Academics Change the World?: An Israeli Anthropologist's...
Author: Moshe Shokeid ISBN: 9781805397212 Format: Paperback	$61.97
Moshe Shokeid narrates his experiences as a member of AD KAN (NO MORE), a protest movement of Israeli academics... Read More >>

Nourishing Life: Foodways and Humanity in an African Town

Nourishing Life: Foodways and Humanity in an African...
Author: Arianna Huhn ISBN: 9781805397243 Format: Paperback	$72.32
In this accessible ethnography of a small town in northern Mozambique, everyday cultural knowledge and behaviors... Read More >>

Lost in Austin: The Evolution of an American City

Lost in Austin: The Evolution of an American City
Author: Alex Hannaford , James Meunier ISBN: 9798874800048 Format: Audio	$121.31
""A long-time Austinite and journalist's exploration of the profound movements that have shaped Austin, Texas--charting... Read More >>

Lost in Austin: The Evolution of an American City

Lost in Austin: The Evolution of an American City
Author: Alex Hannaford , James Meunier ISBN: 9798874800031 Format: Audio	$121.41
""A long-time Austinite and journalist's exploration of the profound movements that have shaped Austin, Texas--charting... Read More >>

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