Between Anthropology and Literature

Edited by Rose De Angelis

This collection suggests that the disciplines of literature and anthropology are not static entities but instead fluid sites of shifting cultural currents and academic interests....

Published June 13th 2002 by Routledge.

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Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Edited by Dr Alan Barnard, Jonathan Spencer

This is the only encyclopedia of social and cultural anthropology to cover fully the many important areas of overlap between anthropology and related disciplines. This...

Published May 30th 2002 by Routledge.

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From Hunting to Drinking

The Devastating Effects of Alcohol on an Australian Aboriginal Community

By David McKnight

From Hunting to Drinking reveals the social change witnessed over a period of 30 years by an anthropologist on Mornington Island, off the North Queensland...

Published May 23rd 2002 by Routledge.

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Daughters of Hariti

Childbirth and Female Healers in South and Southeast Asia

Edited by Santi Rozario, Geoffrey Samuel

Hariti is the ancient Indian goddess of childbirth and women healers, known at one time throughout South and Southeast Asia from India to Nepal and...

Published May 9th 2002 by Routledge.

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Kayapó Ethnoecology and Culture

By Darrell A. Posey Edited by Kristina Plenderleith

Darrell A Posey died in March 2001 after a long and distinguished career in anthropology and ecology. Kayapó Ethnoecology and Culture presents a selection of...

Published April 18th 2002 by Routledge.

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New Horizons in Medical Anthropology

Essays in Honour of Charles Leslie

Edited by Margaret Lock, Mark Nichter

New Horizons in Medical Anthropology is a festschrift in honor of Charles Leslie whose influential career helped shape this subfield of anthropology. This collection of...

Published April 18th 2002 by Routledge.

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Earth, Water, Fleece and Fabric

An Ethnography and Archaeology of Andean Camelid Herding

By Penny Dransart

Through a richly detailed examination of the practices of spinning yarn from the fleece of llamas and alpacas, Earth, Water, Fleece and Fabric explores the...

Published April 18th 2002 by Routledge.

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Monuments and Landscape in Atlantic Europe

Perception and Society During the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age

Edited by Chris Scarre

Atlantic Europe is the zone par excellence of megalithic monuments, which encompass a wide range of earthen and stone constructions from inpressive stone circles to...

Published April 18th 2002 by Routledge.

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Elite Cultures

Anthropological Perspectives

Edited by Stephen Nugent, Cris Shore

Drawing on a diverse, comparative ethnographic literature, this new volume examines the intimate spaces and cultural practices of those elites who occupy positions of power...

Published April 11th 2002 by Routledge.

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Connections

Brain, Mind and Culture in a Social Anthropology

By Stephen P. Reyna

Have you ever wondered how the internal space of our brain connects with the external space of society? Drawing on hermeneutics and neuroscience Stephen Reyna...

Published February 28th 2002 by Routledge.

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