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Collected ethnographies

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  • The Sorrow of the Lonely and the Burning of the Dancersby Edward Schieffelin

    Palgrave Macmillan 2005; US$ 34.00

    This classic ethnography, now in its second edition, describes the traditional way of life of the Kaluli, a tropical forest people of Papua New Guinea. The book takes as its focus the nostalgic and violent Gisalo ceremony, one of the most remarkable performances in the anthropological literature. Tracking the major symbolic and emotional themes of... more...

  • In the Way of Developmentby Mario Blaser; Harvey A. Feit; Glenn McRae

    International Development Research Centre 2004; US$ 60.00

    Indigenous peoples today are enmeshed in the expanding modern economy, subject to the pressures of both market and government. This book takes indigenous peoples as actors, not victims, as its starting point in analysing this interaction. It assembles a rich diversity of statements, case studies and wider thematic explorations, primarily from North... more...

  • Indigenous Diplomaciesby J. Marshall Beier

    Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 105.00

    This volume explores broad conceptual questions raised by the 'discovery' of indigenous peoples as increasingly important global political actors - questions made all the more urgent by the sudden recognition that indigenous diplomacies are not at all new, but merely newly noticed. more...

  • Tribeswomen of Iranby Julia Huang

    I.B.Tauris 2009; US$ 89.00

    Since the revolution in 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran has permitted few Western scholars to conduct research in the country. Here Julia Huang provides a remarkable account of local tribal life in Iran and depicts a community largely beyond the scope and reach of foreign travellers and the Western media. Huang documents the difficult livelihoods... more...

  • Watching the Englishby Kate Fox

    Hodder & Stoughton 2005; US$ 20.83

    In "Watching The English" anthropologist Kate Fox takes a revealing look at the quirks, habits and foibles of the English people. She puts the English national character under her anthropological microscope, and finds a strange and fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules and byzantine codes of behaviour. The rules of weather-speak.... more...

  • The Politics of Indigeneityby Sita Venkateswar; Emma Hughes

    Zed Books 2011; US$ 34.95

    The Politics of Indigeneity explores the concept of indigeneity across the world and the ways in which it intersects with local, national and international social and political realities. The authors discuss with indigenous spokespersons, scholars and activists the possibilities of a ‘second-wave indigeneity’, one that is alert to the challenges... more...

  • Other Side of Edenby Hugh Brody

    D & M Publishers 2009; US$ 26.95

    Part memoir, part adventure story, part intellectual voyage, The Other Side of Eden begins in the High Arctic of the 1970s. This was where Hugh Brody first lived with hunting peoples and where, as he explains, he first encountered a way of being that would transform how he saw the world. In this marvellous new book, Brody?s travels take him... more...

  • The Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherersby Vicki Cummings

    Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 25.99

    This book provides a basic introduction to key debates in the study of hunter-gatherers, specifically from an anthropological perspective, but designed for an archaeological audience. Hunter-gatherers have been the focus of intense anthropological research and discussion over the last hundred years, and as such there is an enormous literature on communities... more...

  • Gypsy and Traveller Ethnicityby Brian A Belton

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 180.00

    The book explores the notion of Gypsy and Traveller ethnicity and provides a critique of the conceptual basis of racial and ethnic categorisation. An analysis of the post-war housing situation is given in order to illustrate a connection between social and economic conditions, legislation affecting gypsies and travellers and the visibility and general... more...

  • Present Politics of the Pastby Seán Patrick Eudaily

    Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 44.95

    Each phrase in the title of this work gives a clue as to its purpose and agenda. ?The present politics of the past? refers to the conditions that have arisen in the recent politics of advanced liberal states with indigenous populations (such as the U.S., Canada, Aotearoa/New Zealand, and Australia) where ?the past? is an issue or even at stake in contemporary... more...