SOW - Anthropology 1

Depuis la fin des années 1980, le rap est devenu, au Gabon comme dans d’autres États du continent africain, le levier de constructions identitaires, de reconfigurations des rapports au politique et ……続きを見る

This book explores the recurrence of Apocalyptic motifs and imagery in blues and spirituals recorded by blues musicians. It looks at the ways in which Black Americans portray Apocalypse ideas about ……続きを見る

"Omaha Dwellings, Furniture and Implements" by James Owen Dorsey is an anthropological study focused on the material culture of the Omaha tribe, a Native American people of the Great Plains. Drawing……続きを見る

Manorial Capitalism, Enslavement, and the Logic of Dividuation proffers three perspectives on the plantation slave economy of the Antebellum South. The first explores the paternal function as exempl……続きを見る

Through a meticulous exploration of oral traditions and community-based media practices, Unwana Samuel Akpan, Eddah Mutua, and the contributors of Indigenous African Communication and Media Systems ……続きを見る

In "Siouan Sociology," James Owen Dorsey offers a pioneering ethnographic study of the Siouan tribes, meticulously dissecting their social structures, cultural practices, and systems of belief. Empl……続きを見る

Although multilingualism is the norm in the day-to-day lives of most sub-Saharan Africans, multilingualism in settings outside of cities has so far been under-explored. This gap is striking when con……続きを見る

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In "Omaha Sociology," James Owen Dorsey offers a pioneering exploration of the Omaha tribe's societal structures and cultural practices during the early 1880s. Through methodical ethnographic observ……続きを見る

This volume focuses on leprosy in a country with which this 'tropical' disease is rarely associated in the professional or public mind; the United States. An important scholarly contribution where G……続きを見る

Religion and Sports in American Culture explores the relationship between religion and modern sports in America. Whether found in the religious purpose of ancient Olympic Games, in curses believed t……続きを見る

This book adopts an explicitly postmodernist perspective of the digital revolution. While exploring issues relating to the re-creation of social life in the digital world, its main focus is on the p……続きを見る

In Cultural Collisions Raphael Sassower brings postmodernism face to face with technoscience and considers the viability of public works, such as the Superconducting Supercollider, in a postmodern a……続きを見る

In 'The Siouan Cults (Illustrated Edition)' by James Owen Dorsey, the author delves into the religious practices and beliefs of the Siouan people. Written in a scholarly and meticulous style, Dorsey……続きを見る

Originally published in 1930, this volume documents the years 1746-1757 from the perspective of an Irish slave-dealer, Nicholas Owen, travelling between Africa and America. 続きを見る

Raphael Sassower examines the concept of hypocrisy for its strategic potential as a means of personal protection and social cohesion. Given the contemporary context of post-truth, the examination of……続きを見る

Contemporary society is rife with instability. Our active and invasive study of genetics has given life to one of the great specters of biological science: the clone. The scarcity of natural energy ……続きを見る