Social & cultural anthropology books

Beyond Liminality: Ontologies of Abundant Betweenness examines the concept of liminality, exposing and critiquing...  Read More >>

A practical guide to the ethnographic study of online cultures, and beyond Ethnography and Virtual Worlds is the...  Read More >>

This book explores representations of Amazonian Indigenous peoples in contemporary cultural texts.  Read More >>

Centring the experiences of men and women affected by rural water projects in Mozambique, Emily Van Houweling provides...  Read More >>

DIE GEHEIMNISSE ALTER WELTKARTEN Zum vierten Mal laden die Autoren Peter Hertel & Tim Gernitz ihre Leser zu einer...  Read More >>

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How the booming Islamic finance industry became an ultramodern hybrid of religion and markets In just fifty years,...  Read More >>

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Exploring the difficult and contested sites of deindustrialized society on the brink of transformation to either...  Read More >>

In Rethinking Japan’s Modernity, M. William Steele takes a new look at the people, places, and events associated...  Read More >>

From ancient Mesopotamia to today, an ""exceptionally rich narrative"" (Wall Street Journal) of how humans have...  Read More >>

""The elements have never seemed more vital, or accessible, or just plain gorgeous. The elementals is a suite to...  Read More >>

""The exceptionally diverse, fascinating, fact-filled, evocative, and awe-inspiring reflections in Elementals shatters...  Read More >>

""This is literary environmental writing at its best.”—Amy Brady, author of Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks—a...  Read More >>

""Refreshing as desert rain yet implacable as a flash flood...The talking leaves in this bundle of books torque...  Read More >>

""Together, the words in this collection make triumphant and vital cacophony that add to their meditations on earth,...  Read More >>

In this volume, French, German and Italian authors continue the dialogue between realism and idealism in contemporary...  Read More >>

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Originally published: New York, NY: Avid Reader Press, 2024.  Read More >>

""Originally published in German in 2022 under the title Warum Kirche? Selbstoptimierung oder Glaubensgemeinschaft.""...  Read More >>

Argues that the dairy industry in Japan has always been entwined with notions of Otherness and security seeking,...  Read More >>

Explores the music of the Tibetan Chöd tradition.  Read More >>

In Endurance Alex Pillen offers a portrait of Northern Kurdish as a focal point for a sense of uniqueness that...  Read More >>

""Originally published in German in 2022 under the title Warum Kirche? Selbstoptimierung oder Glaubensgemeinschaft.""...  Read More >>

"""Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times: Life Lessons from Philosophy"" by Rowan Everhart is a transformative journey...  Read More >>