The Rites of Passage

By Arnold van Gennep

Van Gennep was the first observer of human behaviour to note that the ritual ceremonies that accompany the landmarks of human life differ only in...

2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-33023-7 (Routledge)

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The Interpretation of Ritual

Edited by J.S. La Fontaine

First published in 1972.
A revival of interest in primitive religion has been one of the most marked characteristics of British social anthropology of recent...

2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-33025-1 (Routledge)

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Rautahi: The Maoris of New Zealand

By Joan Metge

A comprehensive study of the Maori in New Zealand, this book covers Maori history and culture, language and art and includes chapters on the following:...

2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-33057-2 (Routledge)

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Political Systems and the Distribution of Power

Edited by Michael Banton

Modern political anthropology began in 1940 with the first systematic comparative studies of how primitive societies maintained law and order. The focus was on government...

2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-33059-6 (Routledge)

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Witchcraft Confessions and Accusations

Edited by Mary Douglas

Historians as well as anthropologists have contributed to this volume of studies on aspects of witchcraft in a variety of cultures and periods from Tudor...

2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-33070-1 (Routledge)

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The Structural Study of Myth and Totemism

Edited by Edmund Leach

Designed to provoke controversy, the papers in this volume concentrate on two main themes: the study of myth and totemism. Starting with an English translation...

2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-33072-5 (Routledge)

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Children's Places

Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Edited by Karen Fog Olwig, Eva Gullov

Children's Places examines the ways in which children and adults, from their different vantage-points in society, negotiate the 'proper place' of children in both social...

2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-29641-0 (Routledge)

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Kinship and Continuity

Pakistani Families in Britain

By Alison Shaw

Kinship and Continuity is a vivid ethnographic account of the development of the Pakistani presence in Oxford, from after World War II to the present...

2000 | Paperback: 978-9058230768 (Routledge)

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White Weddings

Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture

By Chrys Ingraham

1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-91840-4 (Routledge)

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Gender, Kinship and Power

A Comparative and Interdisciplinary History

Edited by Mary J. Maynes, Ann Waltner, Birgitte Soland, Ulrike Strasser

Through twenty engaging essays exploring cultures ranging from ancient Judaic civilization to contemporary Brazil, Gender, Kinship and Power places important contemporary issues related to kinship--such...

1995 | Paperback: 978-0-415-91298-3 (Routledge)

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