Destination london

The legacy of emigrés in the British film industry, from the silent film era until after the Second World War, has been largely neglected in the scholarly literature. Destination London is the first book to redress this imbalance. Focusing on areas such as exile, genre, technological transfer, ...

Global exchanges

The first comprehensive book on the history of scholarship programs A book which takes into account all geographic areas A book focusing on the human dimension of scholarship programs A book that investigates the political, economic, and cultural interests involved in exchanges

Roads to the palace

Is Jewish education simply an ancient and archaic type of socialization into "customs and ceremonies" or a sophisticated practice, based on rich cultural conceptions of the educated individual, the decent society and the relationship of knowledge and virtue? This author, rather than offering a ...

The state and the social

Analyses the transformation of modern Botswana from the perspective of precolonial and colonial genealogies as well as the rise of structures of domination propelled by changing global forces An ethnographic and anthropological study of the unique formation of postcolonial Botswana T...

Oligarchs and oligopolies

As corporate practices are becoming more fused with state processes, the state itself is increasingly taking on a corporate structure, as well as a more overt oligarchic character. Evidence of this can be seen in the growing domination of political organizations and institutions by close-knit s...

Food research

A broad-based review of biocultural and archaeological research on food, past and present. Individual chapters provide opportunities to think through the adoption of methods by reviewing the history of their use along with a discussion of research conducted using those methods.

Other people's anthropologies

Anthropological practice has been dominated by the so-called "great" traditions (Anglo-American, French, and German). However, processes of decolonization, along with critical interrogation of these dominant narratives, have led to greater visibility of what used to be seen as peripheral schola...

The living ancestors

Original work both in terms of author’s chosen theoretical framework (phenomenology-holography) and the empirical richness of ethnographic detail through which the former is executed. Captivating and original ethnographic content and its articulation through conceptual and interpretive i...

Mimesis and pacific transcultural encounters

The book offers a new theory of what mimesis is and how it operates and theorizes mimesis in new contexts: in relation to history, historiography, cultural psychology, art production, tourism, colonialism, and other transcultural encounters. The book offers a unified view of mimesis in e...

The benefit of the gift

Archaeological data from the Late Archaic (4000-2000 years ago) in the Western Great Lakes are analyzed to understand the production and movement of copper and lithic exchange materials. Also considered in this volume are access to and benefits from exchange networks, as well as social changes ...

History in the plural

It offers the first comprehensive study of one of the most imposing and influential European intellectual historians in the twentieth century It contributes to the history of political, historical, and cultural thought in Germany from the 1950s until the present It contributes to our...

Creating a new public university and reviving democracy

No other book combines a conceptual analysis of academic freedom and integrity, critique of organizational design. A critique of the pseudo-corporate model used by universities now to justify their behavior and structures. A multi-stakeholder action research process to recreate unive...

Street vending in the neoliberal city

Analyzes street vending from an interdisciplinary and transnational perspective. Illustrates how street vending is conducted both in the global north and global south and shows how informal economies are inherent to neoliberal societies. Analyzes vendors’ positionalities and daily p...

Contested femininities

Contested Femininities for the first time contributes a long-view study of constructions of the Neue or Moderne Frau (New or Modern Woman) in the illustrated press providing an incredible scope of inquiry spanning the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, post-war occupation, and a divided German.

Marking evil

Addresses manifestations of Holocaust-engendered global discourse by critically examining their function and inherent dilemmas. Investigates the ways in which Holocaust related matters still instigate public debate and academic deliberation. Contends that the contradiction between th...

Sight and sound entwined

Notwithstanding the economic hardship Russian people are experiencing, their cultural life is as rich and alive as ever, as Gerald Janecek shows us in this collection of his articles on contemporary Russian poetry, which are especially written for this publication or so far only available in Ru...

Migration, memory, and diversity

Explores the complex history of migration and diversity in Germany from 1945 to today. Shows how conceptions of “otherness” developed while memories of the Nazi era were still fresh. Identifies the continuities and transformations they exhibited through the Cold War and reunification...

Foucault's orient

Method: The book uses archival research supplemented by interviews Novelty of topic: Foucault’s view of the non-Western cultures has not been studied before. Range: The book covers three different countries. There were studies of Foucault’s view of Iran, but no book covers Iran, ...

Searching for the dao of medicine

A deepened understanding of the history of medicine in late imperial China through an entirely new perspective on this history A completely new understanding of the place of medicine in the intellectual history of late imperial China A resolution to several conceptual problems that c...

Americans in tuscany

The first ethnographic monograph of Americans living in Italy The study examines how American women use charity to create a sense of belonging in Italian migrant communities A new contribution to anthropological theories of gift giving, compassion and reflexivity

The man from the third row

The first book in English about Hasse Ekman. Discusses 1940s Swedish cinema, which has previously been overlooked outside of Sweden. The first book, in any language, that discusses the whole of Ekman’s career and places it in a social and political context.

Breaking boundaries

Explores the applicability of the concept of liminality to a variety of concrete social and political problems. Examines case studies of some of the most important crises in history, society, and politics, Describes how liminality has the potential to be a leading paradigm for under...

From hard rock to heavy metal

In North America metal use by hunter-gatherer populations began as early as 9,000 years ago and continued into modern times. The regional and cultural diversity of research in this volume contributes to how we conceptualize hunter-gatherer innovation, technological proficiency, and complex deci...

Sugarlandia revisited

Sugar was the single most valuable bulk commodity traded internationally before oil became the world’s prime resource. From the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, cane sugar production was pre-eminent in the Atlantic Islands, the Caribbean, and Brazil. Subsequently, cane sugar industries in t...

Playing with languages

Playing with Languages is the first book-length exploration of everyday social interaction, language shift and revitalization, and children's play in Dominica The book offers much needed insight into Caribbean children's agency and their roles in cultural and linguistic transmission and ...

Political demography, demographic engineering

"Over the past decade, the impacts of demographic trends on international security and on peaceful relations between and within states have come to the fore in ways not seen since the aftermath of World War II. An evolving and more complex set of changes in the size, distribution, and compositi...

The nature of german imperialism

Provides the first full account of Tanzanian wildlife conservation up until World War I. Focuses upon elephant hunting and the ivory trade as vital factors in a shift from exploitation to preservation that increasingly excluded indigenous Africans. Situates East African wildlife poli...

Blood and kinship

Attempt to follow the use of blood in mapping family and kinship relations in European culture from the ancient world to the present Explores how “Blood” has come and gone in European culture, just as kinship has constantly been reconfigured Questions the development of European unde...

The unsettled clock

Counters the narrative of uniform progress in timekeeping by showing the persistence of multiple timescales serving different human needs. Offers a political and historical analysis of how timekeeping has been shaped, challenged, and manipulated. Provides a clear account of current d...

Spanish lessons

Addresses not just film (already much studied) but also TV series (more popular in Spain but unknown to outsiders) Has chapter on self-fashioning of Spain's best known auteur, Pedro Almodóvar, a new approach to an acclaimed director Deals with audiovisual works in Catalan as well as ...

Consuming the inedible

Everyday, millions of people eat earth, clay, nasal mucus, and similar substances. Yet food practices like these are strikingly understudied in a sustained, interdisciplinary manner. This book aims to correct this neglect. Contributors, utilizing anthropological, nutritional, biochemical, psych...

Europe in crisis

The volume shows how conceptions of and projects for Europe were transformed by contemporaries’ experiences of crisis between 1917 and 1957. It investigates the ideas of a wide range of intellectuals from across the continent. It examines the relationship between ideas of Europe and ...

Beyond habermas

A collection of essays on Habermas by a team of highly accomplished scholars Offers a detailed study of Habermas' early work The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere Explores the tension between politcal life and the emerging institutions of the Bourgeoisie of the 18th cen...

Being godless

Drawing on ethnographic inquiry and the anthropological literature on doubt and atheism, this volume explores people's reluctance to pursue religion. The contributors capture the experiences of godless people and examine their perspectives on the role of religion in their personal and public li...

The new face of political cinema

Since 1995 there has been a widespread return of commitment to French cinema taking it to a level unmatched since the heady days following 1968. But this new wave of political film is very different and urgently calls out for an analysis that will account for its development, its formal charact...

Things fall apart?

Presents an in-depth historical and ethnographic study of forestry in Nigeria's Edo State Challenges the routine linking of governance failure and corruption with tropical deforestation Reveals the roots of many of Nigeria's current problems with forest management Highlights the ...

Culture, creation, and procreation

As reproduction is seen as central to kinship and the biological link as the primary bond between parents and their offspring, Western perceptions of kin relations are primarily determined by ideas about "consanguinity," "genealogical relations," and "genetic connections." Advocates of cultural...

The total work of art

Demonstrates how the lineage and legacies of Gesamtkunstwerk (the ideal of the "total work of art") extend well beyond German Romanticism. Eleven compact essays trace the idea’s evolution in German-speaking Europe. Provides a broad perspective on a distinctively modern cultural form.

Environmental organizations in modern germany

Après le monde ? / after the world?

How can universality be addressed after the necessary epistemic and ethical critique of Western universalism? Building on such concepts as materiality and reparation, narration and translation, the series Beyond Universalism | Partager l’universel seeks to understand how contemporary cultural an...

Political theory and australian multiculturalism

Multiculturalism has been one of the dominant concerns in political theory over the last decade. To date, this inquiry has been mostly informed by, or applied to, the Canadian, American, and increasingly, the European contexts. This volume explores for the first time how the Australian experien...

Coming of age in times of uncertainty

Adulthood is taken for granted. It connotes the end of childhood, the resolution to the “storm and stress” period of adolescence. This conception is strongly entrenched in the sociology of youth and the sociology of the life course as well as in the policy arena. At the same time, adulthood its...

Managing ambiguity

First ethnographic study of favors in a former Yugoslav country; First ethnographic study of a welfare system in a former Yugoslav country; It explores how the same people pursue favors across several fields (social protection, healthcare, humanitarianism), rather than just to focus ...

Professional identities

In both professional and academic fields, there is increasing interest in the way in which white-collar workers engage with institutions and networks which are complex social constructions. Covering a wide variety of countries and types of organization, this volume examines the diverse ways in ...