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Serie: Contemporary ethnography
PaperbackEngels9780812220926
17-11-2009
The miraculous blends with the mundane in this book as the Samburu continue their day-to-day twenty-first-century existence. Straight describes miracles inside the cultural logic that makes them possible, questioning how anthropology can best engage with the improbable. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780812213416
1-5-1991
"The Taste of Blood brilliantly explores both Condomble and the representations of ethnographic research."-Folklore Forum Meer
PaperbackEngels9780812213669
1-3-1992
Gives an account of how the author sighted a spirit form while participating in the Ihamba ritual of the Ndembu. This work presents a view not common in anthropological writings - the view of millions of Africans - that ritual is the harnessing of spiritual power. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780812214260
1-3-1996
"Kapchan's splendid enthnographic study of women's performance genres in Beni Mellal, Morocco, is an outstanding contribution to gender studies and to the understanding of Middle Eastern society. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780812214345
1-11-1992
Presents a study of the relationship between culture and emotional distress, an examination of the cultural forces that influence, make sense of, and heal severe pain and malaise. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780812214406
1-1-1999
In Looking West, John D. Dorst examines a largely neglected pattern of seeing that stands in contrast to the universally familiar iconography. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780812215205
1-4-1995
Presents devotional "occasions" or experiences by Irish Catholics. This is an anthropological study of Irish Catholicism. It includes ethnographical material, archival sources, cultural observations, accounts of individual experiences, and scrutiny of religious questions and theories which illuminates twenty years of ethnographic fieldwork. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780812217599
22-1-2001
"A stunning, emotionally charged, intellectually stimulating, and aesthetically crafted fieldwork memoir. This is a book I will teach often, recommend to colleagues, and share with family and friends for its multifaceted delights. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780812218749
8-1-2004
In An Imagined Geography, anthropologist JoAnn D'Alisera demonstrates persuasively that the long-held anthropological paradigms of separate, bounded, and unique communities, geographically located and neatly localized, must be reconsidered in light of the range and diversity of the Sierra Leonean diaspora. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780812218763
10-5-2004
"'Who is 'African' in a global ecumene? Anthropologist Copeland Carson poses this challenging question in her study of cultural dynamics in Minneapolis-Saint Paul. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780812212693
1-8-1989
Supplements eight folk narratives with discussion of audience participation and response as well as relevant Hindu themes. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780812212822
1-5-1989
"A subversive and postmodern work about the town of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. The book considers Wyeth country-what kind of place it is and how it is constituted. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780812220681
14-4-2009
In this ethnography of contemporary youth culture in Iran's capital, Shahram Khosravi examines the practices of everyday life through which young Tehranis demonstrate defiance against the official culture and the parental generation. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780812224078
11-8-2017
The first comprehensive ethnography of the Thangmi, a marginalized community who migrate between Himalayan border zones, Rituals of Ethnicity explores Thangmi cultural worlds and regional political histories to offer a new explanation for the persistence of enduring ethnic identities despite the realities of mobile, hybrid lives. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780812221312
24-8-2010
Based on extensive fieldwork, Women of Fes shows how Moroccan women create their own forms of identity through work, family, and society. The book also examines how women's lives are positioned vis-a-vis globalization, human rights, and the construction of national identity. Meer