Social & cultural anthropology books

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Life at the Center: Haitians and Corporate Catholicism in Boston

Life at the Center: Haitians and Corporate Catholicism...

Author: Erica Caple James
ISBN: 9780520400542
Format: Paperback
$57.95

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

Porous Becomings: Anthropological Engagements with Michel Serres

Porous Becomings: Anthropological Engagements with Michel...

Author: Andreas Bandak ,  Daniel M. Knight
ISBN: 9781478030287
Format: Paperback
$79.07

The contributors to Porous Becomings draw on the work of French philosopher of science Michel Serres (1930–2019)...  Read More >>

The Universal State of America: An Archetypal Calculus of Western Civilisation

The Universal State of America: An Archetypal Calculus...

Author: Simon Sheridan
ISBN: 9780648948667
Format: Paperback
$60.72

In this sequel to his 2021 book, The Devouring Mother: The Collective Unconscious in the Time of Corona, author...  Read More >>

Principles of Subjective Anthropology: Concepts and the Knowledge System

Principles of Subjective Anthropology: Concepts and...

Author: Binggong Chen ,  Xianming Liu
ISBN: 9789811988851
Format: Paperback
$422.37

This book puts forward the concept of “subjective anthropology” and outlines a theoretical system that will allow...  Read More >>

The Anthropology of Ambiguity

The Anthropology of Ambiguity

Author: Mahnaz Alimardanian ,  Timothy Heffernan
ISBN: 9781526173843
Format: Hardback
$206.99

This is an anthropological exploration of the existential and philosophical qualities of ambiguity as a generative...  Read More >>

Queering Black Churches: Dismantling Heteronormativity in African American Congregations

Queering Black Churches: Dismantling Heteronormativity...

Author: Brandon Thomas Crowley (Lecturer in Ministry Studies and Pastor, Lecturer in Ministry Studies and Pastor, Harvard Divinity School; Myrtle Baptist Church)
ISBN: 9780197662625
Format: Paperback
$52.95

Queering Black Churches provides a systematic approach for dismantling heteronormativity within African American...  Read More >>

Aquatopia: Climate Interventions

Aquatopia: Climate Interventions

Author: May Joseph (Pratt Institute, USA) ,  Sofia Varino
ISBN: 9781032418261
Format: Paperback
$35.99

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Baloch Midwives: Contesting Global Perceptions of Midwifery in Balochistan, Pakistan

Baloch Midwives: Contesting Global Perceptions of Midwifery...

Author: Fouzieyha Towghi
ISBN: 9781032571195
Format: Hardback
$273.00

As the first major ethnography of Baloch midwives in Pakistan, this book draws on long-term ethnographic research...  Read More >>

Anthropological Perspectives on Global Challenges

Anthropological Perspectives on Global Challenges

Author: Emma Gilberthorpe
ISBN: 9781032586168
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This volume offers a snapshot of anthropological perspectives on global challenges.  Read More >>

Words and Silences

Words and Silences

Author: L Vallikivi
ISBN: 9780253068767
Format: Paperback
$82.99

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Globalizing Local Policing: An Ethnography of Change and Concern Among Danish Detectives

Globalizing Local Policing: An Ethnography of Change...

Author: David Sausdal
ISBN: 9783031189210
Format: Paperback
$343.17

The book examines 'the globalization of local policing' through an ethnographic study of the Danish Police. Where...  Read More >>

Words and Silences

Words and Silences

Author: L Vallikivi
ISBN: 9780253068750
Format: Hardback
$186.99

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Community, Identity, Conflict: The Jewish Experience in Ireland, 1881-1914

Community, Identity, Conflict: The Jewish Experience...

Author: Eamon Maher ,  Natalie Wynn
ISBN: 9781787074835
Format: Paperback
$103.50

This book charts the history of Ireland’s Jewish community at a time of rapid growth and cultural, political and...  Read More >>

Wonderstruck: How Wonder and Awe Shape the Way We Think

Wonderstruck: How Wonder and Awe Shape the Way We Think...

Author: Helen De Cruz
ISBN: 9780691232126
Format: Hardback
$49.99

A philosopher explores the transformative role of wonder and awe in an uncertain world Wonder and awe lie at the...  Read More >>

Indigenous Psychology in Africa: A Survey of Concepts, Theory, Research, and Praxis

Indigenous Psychology in Africa: A Survey of Concepts,...

Author: Seth Oppong (University of Botswana)
ISBN: 9781009392846
Format: Paperback
$43.99

This Element discusses the motivations for AP, centrality of culture, demarcations of AP, and the different strands...  Read More >>

Indigenous Psychology in Africa: A Survey of Concepts, Theory, Research, and Praxis

Indigenous Psychology in Africa: A Survey of Concepts,...

Author: Seth Oppong (University of Botswana)
ISBN: 9781009486972
Format: Hardback
$129.35

This Element discusses the motivations for AP, centrality of culture, demarcations of AP, and the different strands...  Read More >>

La chance: Uncertainty, Knowledge Production and Gameplay among University Graduates in Bamako, Mali

La chance: Uncertainty, Knowledge Production and Gameplay...

Author: Susann Ludwig
ISBN: 9783837669893
Format: Paperback
$90.95

Providing an explorative experience to the reader, this study accounts for the elusiveness of la chance in the Bamako...  Read More >>

The Acceleration of Cultural Change: From Ancestors to Algorithms

The Acceleration of Cultural Change: From Ancestors...

Author: R. Alexander Bentley (Professor, University of Tennessee) ,  Michael J. O'Brien (Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Provost, Texas A&M University - San Antonio)
ISBN: 9780262551977
Format: Paperback
$54.99

"How culture evolves through algorithms rather than knowledge inherited from ancestors. How culture evolves through...  Read More >>

The Death of Home: Aura and Space in the Age of Digitalization

The Death of Home: Aura and Space in the Age of Digitalization...

Author: Saladdin Ahmed Bahozde
ISBN: 9783111078311
Format: Hardback
$261.33

Digital technology has revolutionized connectivity, but it has also overcome spatial obstacles that used to shield...  Read More >>

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