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From the former director of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, a timely and passionate case for the role of the well-designed object in the digital age. Curator and scholar Glenn Adamson ope……続きを見る

The Enlightenment sought rational order in the world and found irrationality at every turn, especially where sex was concerned. The human body and its desires exposed powerful contradictions in an a……続きを見る

**Now in a 10th Anniversary Edition: “Nothing less than a tour de forceーa heady amalgam of science, history, a little bit of anthropology and plenty of nuanced, captivating storytelling.”ーThe New ……続きを見る

In The Pulse of the Earth Adam Bobbette tells the story of how modern theories of the earth emerged from the slopes of Indonesia’s volcanoes. Beginning in the late nineteenth century, scientists bec……続きを見る

What kind of experience is incarceration? How should one define its constraints? The author, who conducted extensive fieldwork in a maximum-security jail in Papua New Guinea, seeks to address these ……続きを見る

This pioneering, interdisciplinary work shows how rituals allow us to live in a perennially imperfect world. Drawing on a variety of cultural settings, the authors utilize psychoanalytic and anthrop……続きを見る

Explores the living tradition of rock-cut tombs (liang pa') in Sulawesi, Indonesia, offering new insights into their architecture, rituals, and social contexts. Rock-cut tombs, i.e. chambered tombs ……続きを見る

This book considers young people’s conceptions and experiences of social justice through key transitions in their lives. It examines the factors shaping and constraining young people’s actions for a……続きを見る

Most social scientists are familiar with the concept of the Silk Road. In recent years, however, it is the New Silk Road that has been on the lips of many. This short guide is addressed to all those……続きを見る

Animal People introduces readers to the professionalized world of animal protection from the perspective of those who consider themselves to be "moderate" activists. Adam Reed explores the interrela……続きを見る

'Rigorous, impassioned and urgent' - Ash Sarkar We are in a moment of profound overlapping crises. The landscape of politics and entitlement is being rapidly remade. As movements against colonial le……続きを見る

Au bord de la forêt brésilienne, une petite communauté villageoise pauvre et résiliente vit au jour le jour, façonnée par les traditions ancestrales et les travaux des champs. Lala, enfant métisse à……続きを見る

Au premier plan de l’actualité nationale, les sept millions de Kikuyu, principal groupe bantou du Kenya, sont connus depuis l’insurrection mau-mau de 1952 qui aboutit en 1963 à l’indépendance de cet……続きを見る

Hidden Truth takes the reader inside a Rhode Island juvenile prison to explore broader questions of how poor, disenfranchised young men come to terms with masculinity and identity. Adam D. Reich, wh……続きを見る

Whether looking at divided cities or working with populations on the margins of society, a growing number of engaged academics have reached out to communities around the world to address the practic……続きを見る

"The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished Races" by Emory Adams Allen is an exploration of ancient civilizations and cultures that existed before recorded history. Allen delves into the archaeological an……続きを見る

This historical account of cinema in Nigeria explores the transcultural transfer of media from India to Africa through films. Hausa Cinema of Northern Nigeria examines how the Hindi Cinema of India ……続きを見る

This book examines the international causes of hunger and malnutrition and reveals how critical elements of the global economy heighten food insecurity in the developing world. At present, over two ……続きを見る

Casting the Art of Rhetoric with Theater and Drama: Taking Center Stage explores rhetoric and theater as they relate to one another, developing the understanding of rhetoric as theory and praxis. Th……続きを見る

Language and Muslim Immigrant Childhoods Documenting the everyday lives of Moroccan immigrant children in Spain, this in-depth study considers how its subjects navigate the social and political land……続きを見る

Este livro reúne as apresentações orais e as reverberações das mesas-redondas e das conferências de abertura e de encerramento do VI Negras Antropologias, evento acadêmico realizado pelo Coletivo Zo……続きを見る

É possível realizar uma etnografia dentro de casa e com pessoas da própria família? Essa é a questão central de Fazer-família e fazer-antropologia: uma etnografia dentro de casa. Neste livro, a auto……続きを見る

Las transformaciones en los espacios rurales y su papel clave en la transición ecosocial cobran un interés creciente. Aunque no es un fenómeno generalizado, emergen iniciativas locales innovadoras q……続きを見る

A Critical Companion to David Lynch builds on the vast debate of one of the most discussed and researched directors of the present era, with commercial and critical success across multiple mediums a……続きを見る

This book explores the history and development of the British daily newspaper strip. It considers such strips within their political, commercial and societal contexts and fills in a crucial section ……続きを見る

By tracing the way evictions in a small community of around 600 families made news headlines all over the world, this book explores how activists in Rio protested against evictions at the Rio 2016 O……続きを見る

“Rutherford describes [The Book of Humans] as being about the paradox of how our evolutionary journey turned ‘an otherwise average ape’ into one capable of creating complex tools, art, music, scienc……続きを見る

**National Book Critics Circle Awardー2017 Nonfiction Finalist “Nothing less than a tour de forceーa heady amalgam of science, history, a little bit of anthropology and plenty of nuanced, captivatin……続きを見る

¿Qué le pasa a una sociedad cuando relega el estudio del mundo clásico? ¿Cuáles son las consecuencias para la convivencia democrática de arrinconar las humanidades y entronizar como únicos paradigma……続きを見る

Across the United States, groups of grassroots volunteers gather in overgrown, systemically neglected cemeteries. As they rake, clean headstones, and research silenced histories, they offer care to ……続きを見る