In this powerful new work, Simone Toji reconsiders ethnography as a form of appreciation of the contradictions inherent in the making of life itself. Recovering Bronislaw Malinowski's idea of the "imponderabilia of actual life" as an inspiring ethnog...
In 2002 young Fadime Sahindal was brutally murdered by her own father. She belonged to a family of Kurdish immigrants who had lived in Sweden for almost two decades. But Fadime's relationship with a man outside of their community had deeply dishonore...
ISBN: PB: 9780300251524,
ISBN: HB: 9780300235777,
Yale University Press,
April 2020
480 pp.,
22.9x15.2 cm, 28 colour illus.
What did it mean to be 'civilized' in Early Modern England?
Keith Thomas's seminal studies "Religion and the Decline of Magic", "Man and the Natural World", and "The Ends of Life", explored the beliefs, values and social practices of the years bet...
ISBN: HB: 9781787381469,
Hurst Publishers,
June 2019
272 pp.,
21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only!
Many people today have never heard of the Comoros, but these islands were once part of a prosperous economic system that stretched halfway around the world. A key node in the trading networks of the Indian Ocean, the Comoros th...
ISBN: HB: 9783791358161,
Prestel Publishing,
February 2019
160 pp.,
27x25 cm, 110 colour illus.
Traditionally used in Aboriginal funeral ceremonies, memorial poles have been transformed into compelling contemporary artworks. The memorial pole is made from the trunk of the Eucalyptus tetradonta, hollowed naturally by termites. When the bones of...
ISBN: PB: 9780300196511,
Yale University Press,
March 2018
416 pp.,
23.5x15.6 cm, 28 black&white illus.
In 1911, the publication of Franz Boas's "The Mind of Primitive Man" challenged widely held claims about race and intelligence that justified violence and inequality. Now, a group of leading scholars examines how this groundbreaking work hinged on re...
ISBN: PB: 9780226412139,
ISBN: HB: 9780226411941,
University of Chicago Press,
December 2016
328 pp.,
22.8x15.2 cm, 37 halftones
How do contemporary generations come to terms with losses inflicted by imperialism, colonialism, and war that took place decades ago? How do descendants of perpetrators and victims establish new relations in today's globalized economy? With "Inherita...
In anthropology, a field that is known for its critical edge and intellectual agility, few books manage to maintain both historical value and contemporary relevance. Roy Wagner's "The Invention of Culture", originally published in 1975, is one. Wagne...
ISBN: PB: 9781849042796,
ISBN: HB: 9781849042789,
Hurst Publishers,
November 2013
320 pp.,
21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only!
Until the 1930s no woman could perform in public and retain respectability in India. Professional female performers were courtesans and dancing girls who lived beyond the confines of marriage, but were often powerful figures in...
ISBN: PB: 9780300180565,
Yale University Press,
January 2012
356 pp.,
23.4x15.6 cm, 50 black&white illus.
This compelling book explores the lived experience of empire in the Pacific, the last region to be contacted and colonized by Europeans following the great voyages of Captain Cook. Unlike conventional accounts that emphasize confrontation and the des...