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| 101. |  | Title: The way the world is: cultural processes and social relations among the Mombasa Swahili  Author: Swartz, Marc J Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Anthropology | Cultural Anthropology | African Studies Publisher's Description: Marc Swartz takes us for the first time into the homes and neighborhoods of the Swahili in the East African port of Mombasa. At the same time he develops a new model for the operation and transmission of culture.In asking how cultural elements influence the social behavior of those who do not share . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 102. |  | Title: Refuge of the honored: social organization in a Japanese retirement community Author: Kinoshita, Yasuhito 1953- Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Anthropology | Cultural Anthropology | Sociology | Japan Publisher's Description: Faced with the decline of the traditional family and the explosive growth of the over-65 population, the Japanese are looking for new ways to care for their elders. This timely study documents the birth of a major social phenomenon in Japan - the planned retirement community.In the mid-1980s, Yasuhi . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 103. |  | Title: The Codex Mendoza Author: Berdan, Frances Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Anthropology | Cultural Anthropology | Latin American Studies | Native American Studies | Latin American History | Art Publisher's Description: This book is available in two editions: a four-volume deluxe hardcover edition and a single-volume paperback abridgment. The four-volume hardcover facsimile edition of Codex Mendoza places the most comprehensive, most extensively illustrated document of Aztec civilization within reach of a broad aud . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 104. |  | Title: Masquerade politics: explorations in the structure of urban cultural movements Author: Cohen, Abner Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Anthropology | Politics Publisher's Description: Carnival, that image of sensuous frivolity, is shown by Abner Cohen to be a masquerade for the dynamic relations between culture and politics. His masterful study details the transformation of a local, polyethnic London fair to a massive, exclusively West Indian carnival, known as "Europe's biggest . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 105. |  | Title: International development and the social sciences: essays on the history and politics of knowledge Author: Cooper, Frederick 1947- Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: History | Social Science | Postcolonial Studies | Anthropology | Economics and Business | Politics Publisher's Description: During the past fifty years, colonial empires around the world have collapsed and vast areas that were once known as "colonies" have become known as "less developed countries" or "the third world." The idea of development - and the relationship it implies between industrialized, affluent nations and . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 106. |  | Title: Inalienable possessions: the paradox of keeping-while-giving Author: Weiner, Annette B 1933- Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Anthropology | East Asia Other Publisher's Description: Inalienable Possessions tests anthropology's traditional assumptions about kinship, economics, power, and gender in an exciting challenge to accepted theories of reciprocity and marriage exchange. Focusing on Oceania societies from Polynesia to Papua New Guinea and including Australian Aborigine gro . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 107. |  | Title: The hyena people: Ethiopian Jews in Christian Ethiopia Author: Salamon, Hagar Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: Jewish Studies | Anthropology | African Studies Publisher's Description: The Jews (Falasha) of northwestern Ethiopia are a unique example of a Jewish group living within an ancient, non-Western, predominantly Christian society. Hagar Salamon presents the first in-depth study of this group, called the "Hyena people" by their non-Jewish neighbors. Based on more than 100 in . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 108. |  | Title: The age of wild ghosts: memory, violence, and place in Southwest China Author: Mueggler, Erik 1962- Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: Anthropology | Cultural Anthropology | Asian Studies | China | Ethnic Studies Publisher's Description: In Erik Mueggler's powerful and imaginative ethnography, a rural minority community in the mountains of Southwest China struggles to find its place at the end of a century of violence and at the margins of a nation-state. Here, people describe the present age, beginning with the Great Leap Famine of . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 109. |  | Title: Nomad: a year in the life of a Qashqa'i tribesman in Iran Author: Beck, Lois 1944- Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Anthropology | Cultural Anthropology | Middle Eastern Studies | Middle Eastern History Publisher's Description: Borzu Qermezi was the headman and political leader of a group of nomadic pastoralists who were part of the Qashqa'i confederacy of southwest Iran. Proud, complex, strong-willed, witty, and cunning, Borzu successfully led his people on their annual migrations for many years. He regulated their travel . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 110. |  | Title: Cultural curiosity: thirteen stories about the search for Chinese roots Author: Khu, Josephine M.T 1964- Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: Ethnic Studies | Asian Studies | Anthropology | Social Science | Asian American Studies | China Publisher's Description: This anthology of autobiographical essays reveals the human side of the Chinese diaspora. Written by ethnic Chinese who were born or raised outside of China, these moving pieces, full of the poignant details of everyday life, describe the experience of growing up as a visible minority and the subseq . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 111. |  | Title: Leveling crowds: ethnonationalist conflicts and collective violence in South Asia Author: Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja 1929- Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Anthropology | South Asia | Politics | Asian History | Religion Publisher's Description: Ethno-nationalist conflicts are rampant today, causing immense human loss. Stanley J. Tambiah is concerned with the nature of the ethno-nationalist explosions that have disfigured so many regions of the world in recent years. He focuses primarily on collective violence in the form of civilian "riots . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 112. |  | Title: Fieldwork under fire: contemporary studies of violence and survival Author: Nordstrom, Carolyn 1953- Published: University of California Press, 1996 Subjects: Anthropology | Cultural Anthropology | Social Problems Publisher's Description: Fieldwork Under Fire is a path-breaking collection of essays written by anthropologists who have experienced the unpredictability and trauma of political violence firsthand. These essays combine theoretical, ethnographic, and methodological points of view to illuminate the processes and solutions th . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 113. |  | Title: Shadows of war: violence, power, and international profiteering in the twenty-first century Author: Nordstrom, Carolyn 1953- Published: University of California Press, 2004 Subjects: Anthropology | African Studies | Economics and Business | Global Studies | Politics Publisher's Description: In this provocative and compelling examination of the deep politics of war, Carolyn Nordstrom takes us from the immediacy of war-zone survival, through the offices of power brokers, to vast extra-legal networks that fuel war and international profiteering. She captures the human face of the front li . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 114. |  | Title: Cinderella dreams: the allure of the lavish wedding Author: Otnes, Cele Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: Sociology | Anthropology | Women's Studies | Consumerism | United States History Publisher's Description: The fabulous gown, the multitiered cake, abundant flowers, attendants and guests in their finery. The white wedding does more than mark a life passage. It marries two of the most sacred tenets of American culture - romantic love and excessive consumption. For anyone who has ever wondered about the m . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 115. |  | Title: Promoting human wellness: new frontiers for research, practice, and policy Author: Jamner, Margaret Schneider Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: Medicine | Public Policy | Anthropology | Aging | Education Publisher's Description: This book is a state-of-the-art educational resource on the latest research and public-policy developments in the fields of wellness promotion and disease prevention. Based on award-winning lectures by University of California faculty on nine campuses as part of the Wellness Lectures Program jointly . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 116. |  | Title: Understanding Vietnam Author: Jamieson, Neil L Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: Anthropology | Politics | Cultural Anthropology | Asian History | Southeast Asia Publisher's Description: The American experience in Vietnam divided us as a nation and eroded our confidence in both the morality and the effectiveness of our foreign policy. Yet our understanding of this tragic episode remains superficial because, then and now, we have never grasped the passionate commitment with which the . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 117. |  | Title: Missing persons: a critique of the social sciences Author: Douglas, Mary Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Sociology | Anthropology | Public Policy | Economics and Business Publisher's Description: The Western cultural consensus based on the ideas of free markets and individualism has led many social scientists to consider poverty as a personal experience, a deprivation of material things, and a failure of just distribution. Mary Douglas and Steven Ney find this dominant tradition of social th . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 118. |  | Title: Nationalism and the genealogical imagination: oral history and textual authority in tribal Jordan Author: Shryock, Andrew Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Anthropology | Middle Eastern Studies | Middle Eastern History Publisher's Description: This book explores the transition from oral to written history now taking place in tribal Jordan, a transition that reveals the many ways in which modernity, literate historicity, and national identity are developing in the contemporary Middle East. As traditional Bedouin storytellers and literate h . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 119. |  | Title: Oil age Eskimos Author: Jorgensen, Joseph G 1934- Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Anthropology | Ecology | Economics and Business Publisher's Description: In a book made especially timely by the disastrous Exxon Valdez oil spill in March 1989, Joseph Jorgensen analyzes the impact of Alaskan oil extraction on Eskimo society. The author investigated three communities representing three environments: Gambell (St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea), Wainwright . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 120. |  | Title: Cultural encounters: the impact of the Inquisition in Spain and the New World Author: Perry, Mary Elizabeth 1937- Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: History | Anthropology | European History | Religion | Renaissance History Publisher's Description: More than just an expression of religious authority or an instrument of social control, the Inquisition was an arena where cultures met and clashed on both shores of the Atlantic. This pioneering volume examines how cultural identities were maintained despite oppression.Persecuted groups were able t . . . [more] Similar Items |