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Islam, Globalization and Postmodernity
Routledge 1994; US$ 60.95An insightful examination of how general global processes are affecting Muslims everywhere, and the way in which these processes are moulded by particular local cultural, political, and economic configurations. more...
Interpreting Islam
SAGE Publications 2001; US$ 60.00Islam is one of the most misunderstood concepts in the West. Myths and stereotypes surround it. This clear and penetrating volume helps readers to make sense of Islam. It offers a penetrating guide to the diversity and richness of contemporary knowledge about Islam and Muslim society. Throughout, the emphasis is upon the value of pluralistic approaches... more...
The Anthropology of Ireland
Bloomsbury Publishing 2006; US$ 120.95Where and what is Ireland? What are the identities of the people of Ireland? How has European Union membership shaped Irish people's lives and interests? And how global is local Ireland? This book argues that such questions can be answered only by understanding everyday aspects of Irish culture and identity. Please note that images or diagrams... more...
Transgressive Sex
Berghahn Books 2009; US$ 90.00Sex is often regarded as a dangerous business that must be rigorously controlled, regulated, and subjected to rules. Sexual acts that defy acceptable practices may be seen as variously defiling, immoral, and even unnatural. They may challenge and subvert both cultural preconceptions and the social order in a politics of sexual transgression that threatens... more...
The Anthropology of Sex
Bloomsbury Publishing 2010; US$ 99.95Accessible and highly engaging, The Anthropology of Sex is the first work to critically synthesise over a century of comparative expertise, knowledge and understanding of diverse sexual forms. more...
Border Identities
Cambridge University Press 1998; US$ 34.00This book offers fresh insights into the complex and various ways in which international frontiers influence cultural identities. more...
A Companion to Border Studies
Wiley 2012; US$ 199.95A Companion to Border Studies introduces an exciting and expanding field of interdisciplinary research, through the writing of an international array of scholars, from diverse perspectives that include anthropology, development studies, geography, history, political science and sociology. Explores how nations and cultural identities are being... more...
Transgressive Sex
Berghahn Books 2012; US$ 29.95Sex is often regarded as a dangerous business that must be rigorously controlled, regulated, and subjected to rules. Sexual acts that defy acceptable practices may be seen as variously defiling, immoral, and even unnatural. They may challenge and subvert both cultural preconceptions and the social order in a politics of sexual transgression that threatens... more...
Borderlands
University Press of America 2012; US$ 25.99This book examines how different kinds of security and insecurity manifest and interconnect at state borders, encompassing the personal and the political, the social and the economic, in ways that reinforce or undermine the identities of those whose lives these borders frame. more...
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