Social & cultural anthropology books

The evolution and spread of Protestantism has been shaped largely by its focus on reading and interpreting the Bible....  Read More >>

This book asks us to consider what is absent, rather than what is present, when studying religions. Priya Swamy...  Read More >>

Philosopher and popular Middlebury professor Dr. Lorraine Besser reveals the missing third piece in our search for...  Read More >>

How animal conservation became a defense against cultural erasure China today positions itself as a model of state-led...  Read More >>

A close look at how wylers, a popular musical style from the island of St. Kitts and Nevis, expresses a unique mode...  Read More >>

The Man in the Dog Park offers the reader a rare window into homeless life. Spurred by a personal relationship...  Read More >>

This book examines how identities are constructed in digital, multimodal discourse, and how these identities (gender,...  Read More >>

Dialogue between a medical anthropologist and a Cherokee linguist about health, well-being, and environmental issues....  Read More >>

An exploration of social anthropology's failure to explain sociocultural variability.  Read More >>

Exploring Non-Monogamous Traditions delves into the rich and diverse world of non-monogamous relationships across...  Read More >>

The first book-length study of Catawba women’s role in creating and preserving a cohesive tribal identity over three...  Read More >>

In Created in the Image of God, a missionary to the Ch�cobo brings the Gospel to a dying tribe in Bolivia, South...  Read More >>

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En Globalismo: Ingeniería social y control total en el siglo XXI, el autor best seller Agustín Laje desafía las...  Read More >>

A close look at how wylers, a popular musical style from the island of St. Kitts and Nevis, expresses a unique mode...  Read More >>

While a growing body of scholarship and internal advocacy groups have brought more open dialogue within the Middle...  Read More >>

Law in Light is a groundbreaking book on the resurgence and transformation of Akan path spiritual communities in...  Read More >>

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing...  Read More >>

Surveying characters from Aunt Bee and Auntie Em to Bernie Mac's Aunt Wanda and House of Payne's Aunt Ella and countless...  Read More >>

В книге «Прохождение тундры» рассказывается о том, как этот коренной народ на Дальнем Востоке России переживал,...  Read More >>

This book focuses on the effects of the EU and intra-EU border regime not only on migrants but also on receiving...  Read More >>

Discover the diverse world of cultural health practices in Exploring Traditions: Cultures and Health Techniques....  Read More >>

Illustrated with 180 photographs with detailed captions explaining their history and often ghostly past, Graveyards...  Read More >>

While a growing body of scholarship and internal advocacy groups have brought more open dialogue within the Middle...  Read More >>

This book elucidates the citizenship experiences of marginalized groups in urban Australia under neoliberal governance,...  Read More >>