Decolonizing Anthropology: Moving Further Toward an Anthropology for Liberation (Harrison Faye V.)(Paperback)

Decolonizing Anthropology: Moving Further Toward an Anthropology for Liberation (Harrison Faye V.)(Paperback)

'provides a most-needed analysis of the benefits and limitations of the new cultural anthropology.' Bolles American Ethnologist, 1994 'groundbreaking' Levinson The Teachers College Record, 2008 DECOLONIZING ANTHROPOLOGY is part of a broader effort that aims to advance the critical reconstruction of

Lab Manual and Workbook for Physical Anthropology (France Diane L.)(Paperback)

Master the concepts of physical anthropology with LAB MANUAL AND WORKBOOK FOR PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY With hands-on lab assignments that help you apply physical anthropology perspectives and techniques to real situations, this lab manual walks you through difficult topics such as genetics and the

An Anthropology of Biomedicine (Lock Margaret M.)(Paperback)

In this fully revised and updated second edition of An Anthropology of Biomedicine, authors Lock and Nguyen introduce biomedicine from an anthropological perspective, exploring the entanglement of material bodies with history, environment, culture, and politics. Drawing on historical and

An Anthropology of Money: A Critical Introduction (Di Muzio Tim)(Paperback)

An Anthropology of Money: A Critical Introduction shows how our present monetary system was imposed by elites and how they benefit from it. The book poses the question: how, by looking at different forms of money, can we appreciate that they have different effects? The authors demonstrate how

Anthropology of Religion: The Basics (Bielo James)(Paperback)

Anthropology of Religion: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introductory text organized around key issues that all anthropologists of religion face. This book uses a wide range of historical and ethnographic examples to address not only what is studied by anthropologists of religion, but how

How Forests Think: Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human (Kohn Eduardo)(Paperback)

Can forests think? Do dogs dream? In this astonishing book, Eduardo Kohn challenges the very foundations of anthropology, calling into question our central assumptions about what it means to be human--and thus distinct from all other life forms. Based on four years of fieldwork among the Runa of

Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (Ahearn Laura M.)(Paperback)

A new, fully revised edition of this bestselling textbook in linguistic anthropology, updated to address the impacts of globalization, pandemics, and other contemporary socio-economic issues in the study of language Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology has introduced

Anthropology and Law: A Critical Introduction (Goodale Mark)(Paperback)

An introduction to the anthropology of law that explores the connections between law, politics, and technology.From legal responsibility for genocide to rectifying past injuries to indigenous people, the anthropology of law addresses some of the crucial ethical issues of our day. Over the past

The Anthropology of Religion: An Introduction (Bowie Fiona)(Paperback)

Now available in a revised second edition, this popular introduction to the anthropology of religion combines discussion of the origin and development of debates within the field, with a look at where the subject is heading. Introduces readers to the central theoretical ideas in the

Making: Anthropology, Archaeology, Art and Architecture (Ingold Tim)(Paperback)

This textbook takes an entirely new approach to the study of four related disciplines: anthropology, archaeology, art and architecture. Tim Ingold argues that these four disciplines are concerned with exploring, interpreting and describing the worlds we inhabit and the ways we perceive

Magic's Reason: An Anthropology of Analogy (Jones Graham M.)(Paperback)

In Magic's Reason, Graham M. Jones tells the entwined stories of anthropology and entertainment magic. The two pursuits are not as separate as they may seem at first. As Jones shows, they not only matured around the same time, but they also shared mutually reinforcing stances toward modernity and

Anthropology of Landscape: The Extraordinary in the Ordinary (Tilley Christopher)(Paperback)

An Anthropology of Landscape tells the fascinating story of a heathland landscape in south-west England and the way different individuals and groups engage with it. Based on a long-term anthropological study, the book emphasises four individual themes: embodied identities, the landscape as a

Climate, Capitalism and Communities: An Anthropology of Environmental Overheating (Stensrud Astrid B.)(Paperback)

Until now, the growing body of work on environmental anthropology has largely ignored the unavoidable impact of global capitalism on the environment and the extent to which capital itself is a key driver of climate change. Climate, Capitalism and Communities focuses explicitly on that nexus,

Anthropology for Dummies (Smith Cameron M.)(Paperback)

Study the science of all of us Anthropology is the organized study of what makes humans human. It takes an objective step back to view homo sapiens as a species and ask questions like: Given our common characteristics, why aren't all of us exactly the same? Why do people across the world have

Tarzan Was an Eco-Tourist: ...and Other Tales in the Anthropology of Adventure (Vivanco Luis)(Paperback)

Moral Laboratories: Family Peril and the Struggle for a Good Life (Mattingly Cheryl)(Paperback)

Moral Laboratories is an engaging ethnography and a groundbreaking foray into the anthropology of morality. It takes us on a journey into the lives of African American families caring for children with serious chronic medical conditions, and it foregrounds the uncertainty that affects their

An Introduction to Language (Fromkin Victoria)(Paperback)

Whether you are studying education, languages, cognitive science, psychology, anthropology, English, or teaching English as a Second Language (TESL), AN INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE, 11th Edition, offers the information you need in a clear and descriptive manner that assumes no prior knowledge of

Civilization or Barbarism: An Authentic Anthropology (Diop Cheikh Anta)(Paperback)

Challenging societal beliefs, this volume rethinks African and world history from an Afrocentric

Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Graeber David)(Paperback)

Everywhere anarchism is on the upswing as a political philosophy - everywhere, that is, except the academy. Anarchists repeatedly appeal to anthropologists for ideas about how society might be reorganized on a more egalitarian, less alienating basis. Anthropologists, terrified of being accused of

The Equality of the Human Races (Firmin Joseph-Antenor)(Paperback)

An important contribution to contemporary scholarship in anthropology, pan-African studies, and colonial and postcolonial

The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge (Castaneda Carlos)(Paperback)

In 1968 University of California Press published an unusual manuscript by an anthropology student named Carlos Castaneda. The Teachings of Don Juan enthralled a generation of seekers dissatisfied with the limitations of the Western worldview. Castaneda's now classic book remains controversial for

An Introduction to Theological Anthropology: Humans, Both Creaturely and Divine (Farris Joshua R.)(Paperback)

Written from an evangelical perspective, this comprehensive introduction explores some of the most important issues in theological

Alter-Politics: Critical Anthropology and the Radical Imagination (Hage Ghassan)(Paperback)

This book is a contribution to a long history of critical writing against an increasingly destructive global order marked by an excessive instrumentalisation, exploitation and degradation of the human and non-human environment, and ridden with unacceptable, but also, importantly, avoidable, forms

Emotional Worlds: Beyond an Anthropology of Emotion (Beatty Andrew)(Paperback)

Emotional Worlds is the first anthropological work in a generation to reconsider the nature of emotion, a preoccupation of our age. Adopting a narrative approach, it explores cultural worlds from the intimate perspective of the emotional life, showing how emotions tell a story, shaping lives,