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The Currency of Truth
Newsmaking and the Late-Socialist Imaginaries of China's Digital Era
Emily H. C. Chua
Explores the complex interpersonal networks and differing ethical standpoints that shape the news in China
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The Currency of Truth
Newsmaking and the Late-Socialist Imaginaries of China's Digital Era
Emily H. C. Chua
Explores the complex interpersonal networks and differing ethical standpoints that shape the news in China
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The Currency of Truth
Newsmaking and the Late-Socialist Imaginaries of China's Digital Era
Emily H. C. Chua
Explores the complex interpersonal networks and differing ethical standpoints that shape the news in China
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Architectures of Hope
Infrastructural Citizenship and Class Mobility in Brazil's Public Housing
Moisés Kopper
On the eve of the 2008 financial crisis, Brazil implemented its largest-ever public housing program, the Minha Casa Minha Vida
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Architectures of Hope
Infrastructural Citizenship and Class Mobility in Brazil’s Public Housing
Moisés Kopper
On the eve of the 2008 financial crisis, Brazil implemented its largest-ever public housing program, the Minha Casa Minha Vida
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Architectures of Hope
Infrastructural Citizenship and Class Mobility in Brazil's Public Housing
Moisés Kopper
On the eve of the 2008 financial crisis, Brazil implemented its largest-ever public housing program, the Minha Casa Minha Vida
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3. Cover image for 'Blindness Through the Looking Glass'
Blindness Through the Looking Glass
The Performance of Blindness, Gender, and the Sensory Body
Gili Hammer
Challenges visuality as the dominant mode through which we understand gender, social performance, and visual culture
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Blindness Through the Looking Glass
The Performance of Blindness, Gender, and the Sensory Body
Gili Hammer
Challenges visuality as the dominant mode through which we understand gender, social performance, and visual culture
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Blindness Through the Looking Glass
The Performance of Blindness, Gender, and the Sensory Body
Gili Hammer
Challenges visuality as the dominant mode through which we understand gender, social performance, and visual culture
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4. Cover image for 'The Resonance of Unseen Things'
The Resonance of Unseen Things
Poetics, Power, Captivity, and UFOs in the American Uncanny
Susan Lepselter
An interdisciplinary study of how conspiracy theories and stories persist and resonate among different Americans
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The Resonance of Unseen Things
Poetics, Power, Captivity, and UFOs in the American Uncanny
Susan Lepselter
An interdisciplinary study of how conspiracy theories and stories persist and resonate among different Americans
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The Resonance of Unseen Things
Poetics, Power, Captivity, and UFOs in the American Uncanny
Susan Lepselter
An interdisciplinary study of how conspiracy theories and stories persist and resonate among different Americans
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5. Cover image for 'Cultural Struggles'
Cultural Struggles
Performance, Ethnography, Praxis
Dwight Conquergood
Gathers the essential essays of Dwight Conquergood, performance studies scholar, ethnographer, and activist
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Cultural Struggles
Performance, Ethnography, Praxis
Dwight Conquergood
Gathers the essential essays of Dwight Conquergood, performance studies scholar, ethnographer, and activist
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Cultural Struggles
Performance, Ethnography, Praxis
Dwight Conquergood
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6. Cover image for 'Visualizing Secularism and Religion'
Visualizing Secularism and Religion
Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey, India
Alev Cinar, Srirupa Roy and Maha Yahya, Editors

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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Visualizing Secularism and Religion
Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey, India
Alev Cinar, Srirupa Roy and Maha Yahya, Editors
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Anthrohistory
Unsettling Knowledge, Questioning Discipline
Chandra Bhimull, David William Cohen, Fernando Coronil, Edward L. Murphy, Monica Patterson, and Julie Skurski, Editors
A volume at the crossroads of History and Anthropology
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8. Cover image for 'Olof the Eskimo Lady'
Ólöf the Eskimo Lady
A Biography of an Icelandic Dwarf in America
Inga Dóra Björnsdóttir
The story of an Icelandic dwarf who made a living in 19th-century America posing as an Eskimo
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9. Cover image for 'When Women Have Wings'
When Women Have Wings
Feminism and Development in Medellin, Colombia
Donna F. Murdock

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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When Women Have Wings
Feminism and Development in Medellin, Colombia
Donna F. Murdock

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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10. Cover image for 'Kyongju Things'
Kyongju Things
Assembling Place
Robert Oppenheim
A historical ethnography of place amidst objects in the contemporary city of Kyongju, South Korea
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11. Cover image for 'Contesting the Commons'
Contesting the Commons
Privatizing Pastoral Lands in Kenya
Carolyn K. Lesorogol
Examines the highly disputed idea of privatizing communal land through one Samburu community
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12. Cover image for 'Weaving a Way Home'
Weaving a Way Home
A Personal Journey Exploring Place and Story
Leslie Van Gelder

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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13. Cover image for 'Democratic Designs'
Democratic Designs
International Intervention and Electoral Practices in Postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina
Kimberley Coles
Examines the world of humanitarian aid workers and the processes of democratization that they put into effect in Bosnia-Herzegovina
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14. Cover image for 'Doing Time on the Outside'
Doing Time on the Outside
Incarceration and Family Life in Urban America
Donald Braman
A compelling account of the unintended social, financial, and personal consequences of incarceration on the families of prisoners
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Doing Time on the Outside
Incarceration and Family Life in Urban America
Donald Braman
A compelling account of the unintended social, financial, and personal consequences of incarceration on the families of prisoners
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15. Cover image for 'Stories as Equipment for Living'
Stories as Equipment for Living
Last Talks and Tales of Barbara Myerhoff
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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16. Cover image for 'Matrilineal Communities, Patriarchal Realities'
Matrilineal Communities, Patriarchal Realities
A Feminist Nirvana Uncovered
Kanchana N. Ruwanpura
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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17. Cover image for 'Modern Loves'
Modern Loves
The Anthropology of Romantic Courtship and Companionate Marriage
Jennifer S. Hirsch and Holly Wardlow, Editors
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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Modern Loves
The Anthropology of Romantic Courtship and Companionate Marriage
Jennifer S. Hirsch and Holly Wardlow, Editors
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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Cage of Freedom
Tamil Identity and the Ethnic Fetish in Malaysia
Andrew C. Willford
An ethnographic look at rituals across class and status among Malyasian Tamils
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Documents
Artifacts of Modern Knowledge
Edited by Annelise Riles
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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20. Cover image for 'Slayers and Their Vampires'
Slayers and Their Vampires
A Cultural History of Killing the Dead
Bruce A. McClelland
The first book to explore the origins of the vampire slayer
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Slayers and Their Vampires
A Cultural History of Killing the Dead
Bruce A. McClelland
The first book to explore the origins of the vampire slayer
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Slayers and their Vampires
A Cultural History of Killing the Dead
Bruce A. McClelland
The first book to explore the origins of the vampire slayer
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21. Cover image for 'Free Trade and Freedom'
Free Trade and Freedom
Neoliberalism, Place, and Nation in the Caribbean
Karla Slocum
Considers the relationship between market liberalization, social movements, and everyday forms and narratives of work
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States of Violence
Fernando Coronil and Julie Skurski, Editors
An exploration of the often unrecognized violent foundations of modern nations
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Paper 2005 $38.95 Available Add Paper for "States of Violence" to Cart
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Islam and the Prayer Economy
History and Authority in a Malian Town
Benjamin F. Soares
A close look at the changing terms of exchange between gifts and blessings
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The Development of Arab-American Identity
Ernest McCarus, Editor
Looks at all aspects--political, religious, and social--of the Arab-American experience.
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Hardcover 1994 $89.95 Available Add Hardcover for "The Development of Arab-American Identity" to Cart
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