Anthropology 8

Postmodernism has been a buzzword in contemporary society for the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler challenges and explores the key ideas of ……続きを見る

Populism, misogyny, rampage murders. Digital media seem to lie at the heart of sinister, intractable social challenges. Curiously, the very societies who fear such things are often dismissive of med……続きを見る

A Cultural History of Objects in the Renaissance covers the period 1400 to 1600. The Renaissance was a cultural movement, a time of re-awakening when classical knowledge was rediscovered, leading to……続きを見る

Information and Knowledge Organisation explores the role of knowledge organisation in the digital humanities. By focusing on how information is described, represented and organised in both research ……続きを見る

The destructive effects of modern industrial societies have shaped the planet in such profound ways that many argue for the existence of a new geological epoch called the Anthropocene. This claim br……続きを見る

This open access book approaches the anxieties inherent in food consumption and production in Vietnam. The country’s rapid and recent economic integration into global agro-food systems and consumer ……続きを見る

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. Offering key insights into critical debates on the construction, management and destruction of heritage in Muslim contexts, this volume considers ……続きを見る

This book examines the phenomenon of war-related contents tourism throughout Japanese history, from conflicts described in ancient Japanese myth through to contemporary depictions of fantasy and fut……続きを見る

Nazo ke maHlubi izibong'o nezibongh'elo zenu njhenghoba bening'phile. Ng'iyathemba zizoba lulutho kuthi sonke sitjo sikwazi ukuzibongh'ela ngokugcwele ze nabantabethu bakwazi uzibongh'ela. Aythabe b……続きを見る

Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon……続きを見る

This is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license The history of Charismatic Christianity in the Nordic countries reaches as far back as Pentecostalism itself. The bounds of these categories remain a to……続きを見る

Land of the Spotted Eagle is an ethnographic description of traditional Lakota life and customs, criticizing whites' efforts to "make over" the Indian into the likeness of the white race. Luther Sta……続きを見る

This open access book examines the lived experiences of diasporic Korean youth in light of the transnational flows of South Korean popular culture, known as the Korean Wave, or Hallyu. Drawing on an……続きを見る

La obra analiza cómo el pueblo shuar ejerció su capacidad de acción frente a las tres dimensiones de la misión salesiana: civilización, evangelización y educación, a través de movimientos que fluctú……続きを見る

El libro propone una interpretación cultural de la configuración metropolitana de Quito. El argumento es más allá del interés municipal en fortalecer su capacidad institucional para controlar la exp……続きを見る

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book presents insights into the lived realities of children with disabilities in primary schools in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It examines specif……続きを見る

Nigeria is a country shaped by internal diversity and transnational connections, past and present. Leading Nigerian writers from Chinua Achebe, Amos Tutuola and Wole Soyinka to Chimamanda Ngozi Adic……続きを見る

This book scrutinizes how contemporary practices of security have come to rely on many different translations of security, risk, and danger. Institutions of national security policies are currently ……続きを見る

Refugees on the Move highlights and explores the profound complexities of the current refugee issue by focusing specifically on Syrian refugees in Turkey and other European countries and responses f……続きを見る

This book offers in-depth insight into the lives of queer Roma, thus providing rich evidence of the heterogeneity of Roma. The lived experiences of queer Roma, which are very diverse regionally and ……続きを見る

Etnografías. Procesos experiencias y resistencias sociales es el resultado de la investigación realizada a partir del trabajo etnográfico y de la observación participante. Áreas marginales de Colomb……続きを見る

En conmemoración del Bicentenario de Independencia, la Universidad Politécnica Salesiana junto al Grupo de Investigación Gamelab-UPS y la dirección de Carrera de Comunicación -sede Cuenca- presenta ……続きを見る

This astonishing book presents a distinctive approach to the politics of everyday life. Ranging across a variety of spaces in which politics and the political unfold, it questions what is meant by p……続きを見る

In this ethnographic study of post-paternalist ruination and renovation, Christian Straube explores social change at the intersection of material decay and social disconnection in the former mine to……続きを見る

Petronius' Satyricon is a fascinating and satirical novel that offers a glimpse into the decadent and hedonistic world of ancient Rome. Written in a unique and vibrant style, the book combines eleme……続きを見る

This open access volume assesses the influence of our changing media environment. Today, there is not one single medium that is the driving force of change. With the spread of various technical comm……続きを見る

Less than a year after the end of authoritarian rule in 1998, huge images of Jesus Christ and other Christian scenes proliferated on walls and billboards around a provincial town in eastern Indonesi……続きを見る

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This book summarizes the NGO Master Plan that provides a comprehensive program to rehabilitate the Lower Jordan River and its tributaries in Jordan, Israel and Palestine. It is a regional and civil ……続きを見る

This open access book offers an interdisciplinary perspective and presents various case studies on music as ICH, highlighting the importance and functionality of music to stimulating social innovati……続きを見る