Finding europe

In the last decade or so, many books have been devoted to the history of Europe.Two conceptual axes predominate in a large number of these accounts: a discourse focusing on Europe’s values, and another discourse, fashioned largely in opposition to the first, which emphasizes the process of Euro...

The men we loved

Some semi-public, exclusive male settings, most noticeably in the military, encourage the production of intimacy and desire. Yet whereas in most instances this desire is displaced through humor and aggressive gestures, it becomes acknowledged and outright declared once associated with sites of ...

The anthropology of empathy

Exploring the role of empathy in a variety of Pacific societies, this book is at the forefront of the latest anthropological research on empathy. It presents distinct articulations of many assumptions of contemporary philosophical, neurobiological, and social scientific treatments of the topic....

Variations on uzbek identity

Combines a historical analysis with ethnographic field research Analyzes decision making processes by Uzbeks Examines ethnic groups in varying regions of contemporary Uzbekistan

Views of violence

Focus on WWII related memories in museum and memorials International comparison (Germany and austria in the wider Wetern and Eastern European context + North America) Views of Violencepresents the first edited collection on the English-speaking market that targets the specific medi...

Negotiating risk

Drawing on fieldwork with British Pakistani clients of a UK genetics service, this book explores the personal and social implications of a ‘genetic diagnosis’. Through case material and comparative discussion, the book identifies practical ethical dilemmas raised by new genetic knowledge and sh...

Existentialism and contemporary cinema

This unique volume brings together experts on Sartre and on Cinema who provide existentialist readings of contemporary films The international breadth of this volume demonstrates the extent to which 'existential' themes transcend space and time, continue to resonate with film directors a...

The environment in jewish law

Environmental concerns are at the top of the agenda around the world. Judaism, like the other world religions, only rarely raised issues concerning the environment in the past. This means that modern Judaism, the halakhic tradition no less than others, must build on a slim foundation in its eff...

Returning life

The book centers on vernacular concepts and claims to investigate how ‘life’ is an effect of transfers and transformations of ‘life force’ that occur through parts of persons, houses, livestock, and crops in the activity of ‘dwelling’ and that afford and constitute the existence of beings of...

Salma makes a home

Charming, creative Salma takes on big feelings with even bigger ideas as she navigates life in a new country, Syrian identity, family changes and new friendships in this engaging and heartfelt early chapter book series. After a year, eleven months, and six days apart, Salma’s dad is finally joini...

Tracing slavery

Looking at the ways in which the memory of slavery affects present-day relations in Amsterdam, this ethnographic account reveals a paradox: while there is growing official attention to the country’s slavery past (monuments, festivals, ritual occasions), many interlocutors showed little interest...

The rise of market society in england, 1066-1800

A case study of one of the most successful market societies, carving out both the merits and limits of markets with respect to economic development and the development of civil society. Draws comparisons between the rise of a market society and modern capitalism in England and the circum...

Sinister and righteous

This research demonstrates the ubiquitous, but often overlooked, occurrence of material culture meaningfully arranged according to deeply entrenched left and right concepts and is the first to bring together and expand upon these cultural ideologies.

Judgment at istanbul

Turkey’s bid to join the European Union has lent new urgency to the issue of the Armenian Genocide as differing interpretations of the genocide are proving to be a major reason for the delay of the its accession. This book provides vital background information and is a prime source of legal evi...

Torn is the curtain

Re-examining film’s potential as both an artistic and ideological discipline, Torn is the Curtain interrogates the relationship between early film cultures within Istanbul and ever-changing ideas of social transformation, highlighting how emergent ideas of post-colonialism, Orientalism, and fem...

Anthropology and sexual morality

The history of sexual morality in Ireland has been traditionally associated with repression. In the last two decades, however, repression seems to have given way to its exact opposite. But where did this “repression” originate? And how can we account for this sudden and sweeping transformation ...

Between anthropology and psychiatry

Bridging Psychology and Anthropology, this volume critiques dominant models such as psychoanalysis and the biopsychosocial framework. Drawing on cross-cultural case studies –from Hasidic healing to jinn possession, it argues for plural approaches that integrate biological, psychodynamic and soc...

Visitors to the house of memory

By accompanying a range of senior high school history students before, during and after their visits to the museum, Visitors to the House of Memory is an intimate exploration of how young Berliners from across the city experience the Jewish Museum Berlin.

United in discontent

Offers multi-disciplinary interpretations of cosmopolitanism and globlisation. Assumes an analytical and critical stance towards the concepts of parochialism and localism. Explains reservation towards the sincerity of international politics, reliance on conspiracy theories or nationa...

Living like a girl

Contested mediterranean spaces

Pilgrimage and political economy

Pilgrimage has always had a tendency to follow – and sometimes create – trade routes. This volume explores how wider factors behind transnational and global mobility have impacted on pilgrimage activity across the world, and examines the ways in which pilgrimage relates to migration, diaspora, ...

Peace at all costs

Peace at All Costs reconsiders postwar Polish-German relations as an interdisciplinary case study of reconciliation and follows an influential network of non-state peace activists, major players in print and audiovisual media, as they attempted to establish dialogue in the 1950s and 1960s.

Changing identifications and alliances in north-east africa

A useful guide to ethnographical approaches applied by international scholarship Draws on the expertise of historians, anthropologists and geographers Provides a thorough introduction to the region and its people

Daily life in the abyss

There have been, to date, no other contributions to the field of late Ottoman studies and Armenian studies based on an approach of the kind I take in my book. I am not aware of any scholarly monograph or even essay that takes the Armenian Genocide as the object of a microhistorical study...

Pastoralism in africa

Comprehensive account of anthropology and archaeology of African pastoralism in one volume Comprehensive account of long-term social-ecological and political processes in rural African societies Diversification and specialization as key-principles of economic adaptation to a diverse ...

A new look at thai aids

Following the detection of the first HIV infections in the early 1980s, by the 1990s Thailand was routinely depicted as having the world’s fastest moving HIV/AIDS epidemic. However, by the early 2000’s the bulk of scholarly and medical AIDS literature portrayed the epidemic as being largely und...

Unveiling the whale

Whaling has become one of the most controversial environmental issues. It is not that all whale species are at the brink of extinction, but that whales have become important symbols to both pro- and anti-whaling factions and can easily be appropriated as the common heritage of humankind. This b...

Territory, state and nation

Rudolf Kjellén, regularly referred to as “the father of geopolitics”, developed in the first decade of the twentieth century an analytical model for calculating the capabilities of great-power states and promoting their interests in the international arena. Territory, State and Nation explores ...

The inverted mirror

It is hard to imagine nowadays that, for many years, France and Germany considered each other as "arch enemies." And yet, for well over a century, these two countries waged verbal and ultimately violent wars against each other. This study explores a particularly virulent phase during which each...

Banned in berlin

Imperial Germany’s governing elite frequently sought to censor literature that threatened established political, social, religious, and moral norms in the name of public peace, order, and security. It claimed and exercised a prerogative to intervene in literary life that was broader than that o...

Lullabies and battle cries

No extensive studies published to date on republican parading or republican bands in Northern Ireland Very little published on republican culture and commemorations in Northern Ireland This book offers a unique perspective of parading in Northern Ireland that remains a mystery to mos...

Labour, unions and politics under the north star

Includes material on all five Nordic countries, including Iceland. Combines studies of Nordic labour movements and labour politics with attention to work in historical perspective. Covers broad historical period, ranging from the early modern period to the present day. Sets Nordi...

Civilizing nature

Explores the concept and expansion of the National Park from a global historical perspective, studying how a Western blueprint organised social and cultural relations to Nature into a multitude of ecological as well as political systems all over the world Situates the idea of confining n...

Western historical thinking

What is history – a question historians have been asking themselves time and again. Does "history" as an academic discipline, as it has evolved in the West over the centuries, represent a specific mode of historical thinking that can bedefined in contrast to other forms of historical consciousn...

The body swap film

First book-length study of body swap cinema – Offers the only comprehensive account of a globally popular tradition, from Freaky Friday to Miss Granny and beyond. Interdisciplinary appeal – Bridges film studies with gender, race, disability, trans, and media theory, making it relevant to...

Difference and sameness in schools

Through eleven case studies across Europe, this book looks at the handling of difference and sameness in European schools from an anthropological perspective. It offers insights into the diversity of and within these central institutions and, in a broader sense, European society itself.

Let them not return

The fist edited volume about the Assyrian genocide Focusing specifically on by far under-studied and denied genocide Authors from different disciplines

Postsocialist europe

Now that nearly twenty years have passed since the collapse of the Soviet bloc there is a need to understand what has taken place since that historic date and where we are at the moment. Bringing together authors with different historical, cultural, regional and theoretical backgrounds, this vo...

Biopolitics, militarism, and development

Bringing together original, contemporary ethnographic research on the Northeast African state of Eritrea, this book shows how biopolitics - the state-led deployment of disciplinary technologies on individuals and population groups - is assuming particular forms in the twenty-first century. Once...

Children dancing in bali

An illuminating ethnographic study of Balinese dance traditions, Children Dancing in Bali examines how children navigate the nexus of power, practice, and performance through the medium of Balinese culture, in order to negotiate fluctuations in their identity and society.

Landscapes beyond land

Goes beyond the theoretical dichotomy of structure and experience Focuses on routes, aesthetics and narratives Wide regional spread of ethnography Links British and French traditions of landscape study

Global migrants, global refugees

In recent years, several influential commentators have stated or strongly implied that the advanced industrial democracies are today being overwhelmed by a host of problems - including rapid population growth, the breakup of multi-ethnic states, environmental degredation, and increasing economi...

Stars and stardom in brazilian cinema

First book-length broad study of stardom in Brazilian cinema in either Portuguese or English. Its historical scope makes it particularly important – the chapters cover the evolution of stardom as a phenomenon in Brazilian cinema from the silent era to the present day. Its combination...