Anthropology
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Timba Music and Black Identity in Cuba
An ethnography of music and dance exploring the economic, social, and ideological constraints under which social classes and racial groups interact
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1.
Timba Music and Black Identity in Cuba
An ethnography of music and dance exploring the economic, social, and ideological constraints under which social classes and racial groups interact
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| Paper | — | $35.00 | Forthcoming | Add Paper for "Rebel Dance, Renegade Stance" to Cart |
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Timba Music and Black Identity in Cuba
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2. 
Performance, Ethnography, Praxis
Gathers the essential essays of Dwight Conquergood, performance studies scholar, ethnographer, and activist
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| Paper | 2013 | $37.50 | Available | Add Paper for "Cultural Struggles" to Cart |
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Performance, Ethnography, Praxis
Gathers the essential essays of Dwight Conquergood, performance studies scholar, ethnographer, and activist
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Performance, Ethnography, Praxis
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3. 
Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey, India
An investigation of the role of religion in the formation of secular-national public spheres in the Middle East and South Asia
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Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey, India
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4. 
Unsettling Knowledge, Questioning Discipline
A volume at the crossroads of History and Anthropology
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| Paper | 2011 | $40.00 | Available | Add Paper for "Anthrohistory" to Cart |
5. 
Two Young Lives and the Struggle for the Soul of an American City
A window into the lives of two young urban drug dealers
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Two Young Lives and the Struggle for the Soul of an American City
A window into the lives of two young urban drug dealers
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6. 
An Anthropological Account of World of Warcraft
An anthropologist's analysis of one of the world's most popular online world games
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An Anthropological Account of World of Warcraft
An anthropologist's analysis of one of the world's most popular online world games
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An Anthropological Account of World of Warcraft
An anthropologist's analysis of the world's most popular online world game
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7. 
A Biography of an Icelandic Dwarf in America
The story of an Icelandic dwarf who made a living in 19th-century America posing as an Eskimo
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| Hardcover | 2010 | $34.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Olof the Eskimo Lady" to Cart |
8. 
Feminism and Development in Medellin, Colombia
A vivid and detailed ethnographic account of the problems of professionalization and feminism in a community center project in one of Medellín, Colombia's most embattled working class districts
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Feminism and Development in Medellin, Colombia
A vivid and detailed ethnographic account of the problems of professionalization and feminism in a community center project in one of Medellín, Colombia's most embattled working class districts
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9. 
An Interactive Nutritional Reference of Body Size and Body Composition for Children and Adults
2nd Edition
Compiles the largest database of material on anthropometric standards from National Health Examination surveys
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| Cloth plus CD | 2008 | $95.00 | Available | Add Cloth plus CD for "Anthropometric Standards" to Cart |
10. 
Assembling Place
A historical ethnography of place amidst objects in the contemporary city of Kyongju, South Korea
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| Paper | 2008 | $26.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Kyongju Things" to Cart |
11. 
Privatizing Pastoral Lands in Kenya
Examines the highly disputed idea of privatizing communal land through one Samburu community
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| Paper | 2008 | $35.00 | Available | Add Paper for "Contesting the Commons" to Cart |
12. 
A Personal Journey Exploring Place and Story
An inquiry into how we engage with the world, and how solutions to environmental challenges can be found in the heart of our emotional relationships with places
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| Hardcover | 2008 | $24.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Weaving a Way Home" to Cart |
13. 
International Intervention and Electoral Practices in Postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina
Examines the world of humanitarian aid workers and the processes of democratization that they put into effect in Bosnia-Herzegovina
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| Paper | 2007 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Democratic Designs" to Cart |
14. 
Incarceration and Family Life in Urban America
A compelling account of the unintended social, financial, and personal consequences of incarceration on the families of prisoners
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| Paper | 2007 | $28.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Doing Time on the Outside" to Cart |
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Incarceration and Family Life in Urban America
A compelling account of the unintended social, financial, and personal consequences of incarceration on the families of prisoners
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15. 
Last Talks and Tales of Barbara Myerhoff
Takes us deeper into Barbara Myerhoff's examination of the place of narrative in human life, providing a treasury of reflection, experience, and wisdom as colorful as any collection of tales
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| Paper | 2007 | $28.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Stories as Equipment for Living" to Cart |
16. 
The Environment and Human History
A global examination of how human communities have interacted with different kinds of natural environments through their cultural, social and economic activities
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| Paper | 2006 | $40.00 | Available | Add Paper for "Natures Past" to Cart |
17. 
What's Left of the Social?
In the struggle between "social" and "cultural" thinking, the refusal to choose sides can be a radical and vital move
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18. 
A Feminist Nirvana Uncovered
A study of Muslim, Sinhala, and Tamil households in Sri Lanka that examines the commonality of the patriarchal structures and economic problems in such households
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| Paper | 2006 | $27.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Matrilineal Communities, Patriarchal Realities" to Cart |
19. 
The Anthropology of Romantic Courtship and Companionate Marriage
Grounded in recent, cutting edge feminist anthropological theory, these essays discuss how women and men do courtship, intimacy, and marriage around the world
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| Paper | 2006 | $27.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Modern Loves" to Cart |
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The Anthropology of Romantic Courtship and Companionate Marriage
Grounded in recent, cutting edge feminist anthropological theory, these essays discuss how women and men do courtship, intimacy, and marriage around the world
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20. 
Tamil Identity and the Ethnic Fetish in Malaysia
An ethnographic look at rituals across class and status among Malyasian Tamils
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| Paper | 2006 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Cage of Freedom" to Cart |
21. 
Artifacts of Modern Knowledge
Reflects on the new challenges to humanistic social science in a world in which the subjects of research increasingly share the professional passions and problems of the researcher
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| Paper | 2006 | $27.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Documents" to Cart |
22. 
A Cultural History of Killing the Dead
The first book to explore the origins of the vampire slayer
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A Cultural History of Killing the Dead
The first book to explore the origins of the vampire slayer
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23. 
Neoliberalism, Place, and Nation in the Caribbean
Considers the relationship between market liberalization, social movements, and everyday forms and narratives of work
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| Paper | 2006 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Free Trade and Freedom" to Cart |
24. 
Pioneering Women Archaeologists
Biographies of twelve often-overlooked woman archaeologists
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| Paper | 2006 | $37.50 | Available | Add Paper for "Breaking Ground" to Cart |
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24.
Pioneering Women Archaeologists
Biographies of twelve often-overlooked woman archaeologists
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| Paper | 2006 | $37.50 | Available | Add Paper for "Breaking Ground" to Cart |
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Pioneering Women Archaeologists
Biographies of twelve often-overlooked woman archaeologists
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25. 
Nation, Gender, and the Space of Modernity
Offers an account of the construction of the national economy as an object of development policy
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Nation, Gender, and the Space of Modernity
Offers an account of the construction of the national economy as an object of development policy
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