Social And Cultural Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, Social Sciences

Emily Hammer
The Archaeology of Pastoralism, Mobility, and Society

"In this book, Emily Hammer articulates a new framework for investigating variability in past pastoral practices. She proposes ways to develop a more rigorous relationship with pastoralist ethnograph…

lieferbar ab 31.8.2025.

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David Graeber,
The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World . . .

Drawn from more than two decades of pathbreaking writing, the iconic and bestselling David Graeber's most important essays and interviews. "The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is someth…

lieferbar ab 11.11.2025.

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Donna Young
A Bridge to Nowhere

This lyrical ethnography sheds light on the lives of people in remote settlements in Canada, exploring themes of memory and the lingering legacies of resource extraction and rural poverty.

lieferbar ab 20.10.2025.

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Modern Primitives: An Investigation of Contemporary Adornment & Ritual

Re/Search - Band 12

First published 20 years ago, "Modern Primitives" is still called "the bible of the tattooing-piercing underground." Here is a celebratory reprinting, complete with a new introduction …

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Collaborative and Community-Engaged Archaeology

This book highlights approaches to archaeological research that emphasize active involvement of local communities and descendant groups in the design, investigation, interpretation, and management of site…

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Eliot Stein
Custodians of Wonder

"A vivid look at the ten key people who are maintaining some of the world's oldest and rarest cultural traditions. Eliot Stein has traveled the globe in search of remarkable people who are preserving…

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Monuments and Memory

This volume examines many different public monuments, exploring the cultural factors behind their creation, their messages and evolving meanings, and the role of such markers in conveying the memory of hi…

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States of Return

"State of Return theoretically explores the concept of "return" and ethnographically traces different experiences of return migration across the globe with emphases on temporality, kinship,…

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Jamshid Tehrani
Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution

This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of Cultural Evolution, which has in recent years matured into an increasingly diverse and wide-reaching but intellectually cohe…

lieferbar ab 30.10.2025.

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David A B Murray
Queer Anthropology

Queer Anthropology offers a short introduction to an evolving subfield of socio-cultural anthropology, exploring its historical development, critiques over the past two decades, and responses to emerging …

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Myriam Lamrani
The Intimacy of Images

La Santa Muerte becomes a lens for understanding how Oaxacans relate to saints, loved ones, and other "special dead."

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David A B Murray
Queer Anthropology

Queer Anthropology offers a short introduction to an evolving subfield of socio-cultural anthropology, exploring its historical development, critiques over the past two decades, and responses to emerging …

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A. N. Devers (Freelance Writer, UK, and Owner of The Second Shelf bookstore)
Train

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Triggering severe nostalgia and denoting adventure, mystery, and glamour, the passenger train is s…

lieferbar ab 7.5.2026.

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Kristina Wirtz
Ritual, Discourse, and Community in Cuban Santería

Examining the religious lives of Santería practitioners in Santiago de Cuba, this book explores how practitioners of different backgrounds create and maintain religious communities.

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Hervé Corvellec
Waste as a Critique

Waste as a Critique reveals how waste in its manifold variety provides an innovative starting point for interrogating 21st century society.

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David C Thompson
Where the Sun Rises Square

"Brazil's prison population, estimated at 90,000 in 1990, has exploded to over 800,000, the third highest in the world behind the US and China. Systematically targeting poor, Black communities, Brazi…

lieferbar ab 25.11.2025.

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Clive Hamilton, Myra Hamilton
The Privileged Few

Clive Hamilton and Myra Hamilton show that elite privilege is not a mere by-product of wealth but an organising principle for society as a whole. They explore the practices and processes that sustain, leg…

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Tom Boellstorff, Bonnie Nardi, Celia Pearce, T L Taylor
Ethnography and Virtual Worlds

"Ethnography and Virtual Worlds is the only book of its kind--a concise, comprehensive, and practical guide for students, teachers, designers, and scholars interested in using ethnographic methods to…

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David C Thompson
Where the Sun Rises Square

"Brazil's prison population, estimated at 90,000 in 1990, has exploded to over 800,000, the third highest in the world behind the US and China. Systematically targeting poor, Black communities, Brazi…

lieferbar ab 25.11.2025.

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Michael Lambek
Cohabiting with Spirits

Exploring the experience of living with spirits in everyday life and over a lifetime, Cohabiting with Spirits recounts the lives of a married couple and their cohabitation with various spirits that come t…

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