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Your search for anthropology in text, title, author, description found 1053 book(s). | Modify Search | Displaying 61 - 80 of 1053 book(s) | |
| 61. |  | Title: Merovingian mortuary archaeology and the making of the early Middle Ages Author: Effros, Bonnie 1965- Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: Classics | European Studies | Archaeology | Ancient History | Medieval History | Archaeology Publisher's Description: Clothing, jewelry, animal remains, ceramics, coins, and weaponry are among the artifacts that have been discovered in graves in Gaul dating from the fifth to eighth century. Those who have unearthed them, from the middle ages to the present, have speculated widely on their meaning. This authoritativ . . . [more] Matches in book (20): ...In Approaching the Past: Historical Anthropology through Irish Case Studies ,... Similar Items...The Relevance of Models for Social Anthropology , edited by Michael Banton , 25–... ...of Status and Sentiment. Current Anthropology 30 ( 1989 ): 437–58 . Cantino... |
| 62. |  | Title: "Peaks of Yemen I summon": poetry as cultural practice in a North Yemeni tribe Author: Caton, Steven Charles 1950- Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Anthropology | Cultural Anthropology | Middle Eastern Studies | Literary Theory and Criticism | Medieval Studies | Folklore and Mythology | Language and Linguistics Publisher's Description: In this first full-scale ethnographic study of Yemeni tribal poetry, Steven Caton reveals an astonishingly rich folkloric system where poetry is both a creation of art and a political and social act. Almost always spoken or chanted, Yemeni tribal poetry is cast in an idiom considered colloquial and . . . [more] Matches in book (15): ...response criticism, 249 Reflexive anthropology, 19 Remittances, 221 Reported... Similar Items...study of myth. In Structural anthropology: Essays , by Claude Lévi-Strauss, 202-... ...Marcus, G. , and M. Fischer 1986 Anthropology as cultural critique . Chicago:... |
| 63. |  | Title: Public faces, private voices: community and individuality in South India  Author: Mines, Mattison 1941- Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Anthropology | Cultural Anthropology | South Asia Publisher's Description: Individuality is often viewed as an exclusively Western value. In non-Western societies, collective identities seem to eclipse those of individuals. These generalities, however, have overlooked the importance of personal uniqueness, volition, and achievement in these cultures. As an anthropologist i . . . [more] Matches in book (6): ...on Louis Dumont's Comparative Anthropology," Contributions to Indian Sociology... Similar Items...Reconsidered," Annual Review of Anthropology 17:497-522. ———. 1988b. The Poison... ...Individualism and Equality," Current Anthropology 27 (2):121-134. ———. 1987. "... |
| 64. |  | Title: Siting translation: history, post-structuralism, and the colonial context Author: Niranjana, Tejaswini 1958- Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Postcolonial Studies | Literary Theory and Criticism | Southeast Asia | Cultural Anthropology Publisher's Description: The act of translation, Tejaswini Niranjana maintains, is a political action. Niranjana draws on Benjamin, Derrida, and de Man to show that translation has long been a site for perpetuating the unequal power relations among peoples, races, and languages. The traditional view of translation underwrit . . . [more] Matches in book (82): ...and Achievements in Social Anthropology. New York: Free Press of Glencoe, 1964.... Similar Items...and the Sudan: S. F. Nadel." In Anthropology and the Colonial Encounter , ed.... ...Formation of British Social Anthropology." In Anthropology and the Colonial... |
| 65. |  | Title: Mesocosm: Hinduism and the organization of a traditional Newar city in Nepal Author: Levy, Robert I. (Robert Isaac) 1924- Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Anthropology | Tibet | Hinduism | Asian History Publisher's Description: Mesocosm is a study of Hinduism in its most fully realized form as a symbolic system for organizing the life of a particular kind of city - what the author terms an "archaic" city. The work is a detailed description and analysis of the symbolic world of Bhaktapur, a unicultural city in the Kathmandu . . . [more] Matches in book (22): ...Harvard Universtiy, Department of Anthropology, Ph.D. thesis, 1941. Bennett,... Similar Items...560. Cohn, Bernard S. "History and Anthropology: The state of play." Comparative... ...Codes of the Hindus." Reviews in Anthropology 8, 2 (Spring 1981): 138-145. Das... |
| 66. |  | Title: The ones that are wanted: communication and the politics of representation in a photographic exhibition Author: Kratz, Corinne Ann 1953- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Anthropology | Cultural Anthropology | African Studies | Photography | Art Theory Publisher's Description: The Okiek people of Kenya's forested highlands have a long history of hunting, honey gathering, and trading with their Maasai and Kipsigis neighbors; several decades ago, they also began farming and herding. This book follows a traveling exhibition of anthropologist Corinne Kratz's photographs of th . . . [more] Matches in book (87): ...EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT FOR INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY CLASS, FALL 1997... Similar Items...for comment to nine people who were anthropology faculty at the time. Finally, a... ...of Culture(s) after Television: Anthropology, Ethnographic Studies, Egyptian... |
| 67. |  | Title: The calligraphic state: textual domination and history in a Muslim society Author: Messick, Brinkley Morris Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Anthropology | Middle Eastern History | Cultural Anthropology | Middle Eastern Studies Publisher's Description: In this innovative combination of anthropology, history, and postmodern theory, Brinkley Messick examines the changing relation of writing and authority in a Muslim society from the late nineteenth century to the present. The creation and interpretation of texts, from sacred scriptures to administra . . . [more] Matches in book (8): ...Asad, Talal. 1986. The Idea of an Anthropology of Islam. Washington: Center for... Similar Items...the Algerian Proletariat." Dialectical Anthropology 1:201-24. Benveniste, Emile.... ...Press. Rosen, Lawrence. 1989. The Anthropology of Justice: Law as Culture in... |
| 68. |  | Title: Cool conduct: the culture of distance in Weimar Germany Author: Lethen, Helmut Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: History | Sociology | German Studies | Literary Theory and Criticism Publisher's Description: Cool Conduct is an elegant interpretation of attitudes and mentalities that informed the Weimar Republic by a scholar well known for his profound knowledge of this period. Helmut Lethen writes of "cool conduct" as a cultivated antidote to the heated atmosphere of post-World War I Germany, as a way o . . . [more] Matches in book (83): ...SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY... Similar Items...HELMUTH PLESSNER'S ANTHROPOLOGY: CLOAK-AND-DAGGER, NEW OBJECTIVITY-STYLE... ...theorist Karl Bühler. 101 In anthropologies exclusively geared to action, such... |
| 69. |  | Title: Permitted and prohibited desires: mothers, comics, and censorship in Japan Author: Allison, Anne 1950- Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: Anthropology | Gender Studies | Popular Culture | Japan Publisher's Description: This provocative study of gender and sexuality in contemporary Japan investigates elements of Japanese popular culture including erotic comic books, stories of mother-son incest, lunchboxes - or obentos - that mothers ritualistically prepare for schoolchildren, and children's cartoons. Anne Allison . . . [more] Matches in book (77): ...Differences: Place and Sex in Anthropology, Feminism, and Cultural Studies... Similar Items...Differences: Place and Sex in Anthropology, Feminism, and Cultural Studies... ...Chinese Medicine." Cultural Anthropology 9(4):471–497. Ferguson, R. 1992. "... |
| 70. |  | Title: Cry for luck: sacred song and speech among the Yurok, Hupa, and Karok Indians of northwestern California Author: Keeling, Richard Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Anthropology | Ethnomusicology Publisher's Description: The "sobbing" vocal quality in many traditional songs of northwestern California Indian tribes inspired the title of Richard Keeling's comprehensive study. Little has been known about the music of aboriginal Californians, and Cry for Luck will be welcomed by those who see the interpretation of music . . . [more] Matches in book (100): ...1956. Recording at the Lowie Museum of Anthropology (24-112). Not transcribed.... Similar Items...available at the Lowie Museum of Anthropology (24-1807 and 24-1810). 7. Line 8 (... ...Recording at the Lowie Museum of Anthropology (24-1699). Not transcribed. D-3.... |
| 71. |  | Title: For documentary: twelve essays Author: Vaughan, Dai Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: Cinema and Performance Arts | Anthropology | Photography | Popular Culture Publisher's Description: These essays, which span twenty-five years of writing and a lifetime of experience, offer fresh and challenging insights into documentary. Dai Vaughan, one of the most highly regarded documentary editors to have worked in Britain in recent decades, makes his starting point plain: "Most of us would f . . . [more] Matches in book (9): ...among filmmakers in such fields as anthropology and current affairs, is that... Similar Items...of the jungle. This is strange anthropology. The villages are communities, and... ...find it a little puzzling that anthropology should have taken so readily to... |
| 72. |  | Title: Thinking from things: essays in the philosophy of archaeology Author: Wylie, Alison Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Philosophy | Archaeology | History of Science Publisher's Description: In this long-awaited compendium of new and newly revised essays, Alison Wylie explores how archaeologists know what they know. Examining the history and methodology of Anglo-American archaeology, Wylie puts the tumultuous debates of the last thirty years in historical and philosophical perspective. Matches in book (114): ...Speaking of Forked Tongues . Current Anthropology 251 : 1–24 . Bayard, D. T. (... Similar Items...on Read and LeBlanc . Current Anthropology 251 : 318 . Baynes, K. , J. Bohman,... ...pp. 5–16 . Department of Anthropology Research Report, no.23. Amherst :... |
| 73. |  | Title: The waning of the communist state: economic origins of political decline in China and Hungary Author: Walder, Andrew George Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: Politics | Sociology | European History | Asian History | China | European Studies | Economics and Business Publisher's Description: This collection of essays offers a compelling explanation for the decline of communism in the two countries that went the furthest with economic reforms - China and Hungary. Articulating a vision of change that serves as a counterpoint to the prevailing emphasis on citizen resistance and protest, th . . . [more] Matches in book (9): ...and the Mafia in Provincial Russia." Anthropology Today 7, 2: 8–13. Kaminski,... Similar Items...Work Among Factory Women." In The Anthropology of Taiwanese Society, ed. Emily... ...in China. " In Toward a People's Anthropology, ed. Fei Xiaotong, 60–77. Beijing:... |
| 74. |  | Title: Unpacking culture: art and commodity in colonial and postcolonial worlds Author: Phillips, Ruth B. (Ruth Bliss) 1945- Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: Anthropology | Social Science | Art History | Postcolonial Studies Publisher's Description: Tourist art production is a global phenomenon and is increasingly recognized as an important and authentic expression of indigenous visual traditions. These thoughtful, engaging essays provide a comparative perspective on the history, character, and impact of tourist art in colonized societies in th . . . [more] Matches in book (107): ...Richard G. Fox, ed. , Recapturing Anthropology: Working in the Present, pp. 137–... Similar Items...Commodity Fetishes." Museum Anthropology 19(1): 39–44. Lannoy, Richard. 1971.... ...Press. Layton, Robert. 1981. The Anthropology of Art. London: Elek. ———. 1991.... |
| 75. |  | Title: Reproduction and social organization in Sub-Saharan Africa Author: Lesthaeghe, Ron J 1945- Published: University of California Press, 1989 Subjects: African Studies | Cultural Anthropology | Medical Anthropology Publisher's Description: Unlike most Asian and Latin American countries, sub-Saharan Africa has seen both an increase in population growth rates and a weakening of traditional patterns of child-spacing since the 1960s. It is tempting to conclude that sub-Saharan countries have simply not reached adequate levels of income, e . . . [more] Matches in book (11): ...A cross-cultural study. Current Anthropology 13(2): 238–249. Schildkrout, E.... Similar Items...In: Explorations in cultural anthropology—Essay in honour of G. P. Murdock, ed.... ...A cross-cultural study. Current Anthropology 13(2): 238–249. Schoenmaeckers,... |
| 76. |  | Title: The naturalness of religious ideas: a cognitive theory of religion Author: Boyer, Pascal Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Anthropology | Philosophy | Psychology Publisher's Description: Why do people have religious ideas? And why those religious ideas? The main theme of Pascal Boyer's work is that important aspects of religious representations are constrained by universal properties of the human mind-brain. Experimental results from developmental psychology, he says, can explain wh . . . [more] Matches in book (96): ...Return to Anthropology: Constraints on Nonschematic Assumptions... Similar Items...important and constraining than is usually assumed in cultural anthropology.... ...G. 1982. Psychology and anthropology . London: Academic Press. Jarvie, I.... |
| 77. |  | Title: Fighting women: anger and aggression in Aboriginal Australia Author: Burbank, Victoria Katherine Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Anthropology | Women's Studies | Psychology Publisher's Description: Fighting is common among contemporary Aboriginal women in Mangrove, Australia - women fight with men and with other women. Victoria Burbank's depiction of these women offers a powerful new perspective that can be applied to domestic violence in Western settings.Noting that Aboriginal women not only . . . [more] Matches in book (76): ...in Aboriginal Social Life. In Social Anthropology and Australian Aboriginal... Similar Items...In Australian Journal of Anthropology, Special Issue no. 1, On the Generation... ...Second Sex: New Directions in the Anthropology of Gender , ed. P. Sanday and R.... |
| 78. |  | Title: The life of Judaism Author: Goldberg, Harvey E Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: Religion | Jewish Studies | Judaism Publisher's Description: Approximately thirteen million people around the world define themselves as Jews, with the majority residing in the United States and Israel. This collection portrays the diversity of Jewish experience as it is practiced and lived in contemporary societies. The book's attention to material culture o . . . [more] Matches in book (8): ...ed. , Hosts and Guests: The Anthropology of Tourism . Philadelphia : University... Similar Items...The Journal of Psychological Anthropology 2 : 443–63 . Bilu, Y. and H.... ...in the Departments of Sociology and Anthropology and of Psychology at the Hebrew... |
| 79. |  | Title: Buddhism in contemporary Tibet: religious revival and cultural identity Author: Goldstein, Melvyn C Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Religion | Cultural Anthropology | Tibet | Buddhism Publisher's Description: Following the upheavals of the Cultural Revolution, the People's Republic of China gradually permitted the renewal of religious activity. Tibetans, whose traditional religious and cultural institutions had been decimated during the preceding two decades, took advantage of the decisions of 1978 to be . . . [more] Matches in book (6): ...Popular Religion." Dialectical Anthropology 16: 251–72. Freemantle, Francesca,... Similar Items...candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Washington. He... ...and is an expert in either Tibetan anthropology/ethnology (Epstein and Peng and... |
| 80. |  | Title: Images and empires: visuality in colonial and postcolonial Africa Author: Landau, Paul Stuart 1962- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Anthropology | African Studies | Art History | Cultural Anthropology | History Publisher's Description: Figurative images have long played a critical, if largely unexamined, role in Africa - mediating relationships between the colonizer and the colonized, the state and the individual, and the global and the local. This pivotal volume considers the meaning and power of images in African history and cul . . . [more] Matches in book (102): ...in Southern African Museums," Anthropology Today 12, 5 (1996) : 7. The writer... Similar Items...Press , 1973 . Asad, Talal . Anthropology and the Colonial Encounter . New... ...and Ethnographers . Cultural Anthropology 4 ( 1989 ): 438–45 . Bryden, H. A. Gun... |