White Weddings

Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture

By Chrys Ingraham

This is a groundbreaking study of our culture's obsession with weddings. By examining popular films, commercials, magazines, advertising, television sitcoms and even children's toys, this...

Published January 31st 2008 by Routledge.

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Thinking Through Things

Theorising Artefacts Ethnographically

Edited by Amiria Henare, Martin Holbraad, Sari Wastell

Drawing upon the work of some of the most influential theorists in the field, Thinking Through Things demonstrates the quiet revolution growing in anthropology and...

Published November 30th 2006 by Routledge.

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The Future of Visual Anthropology

Engaging the Senses

By Sarah Pink

From an eminent author in the field, The Future of Visual Anthropology develops a new approach to visual anthropology and presents a groundbreaking examination of...

Published December 22nd 2005 by Routledge.

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Photographs Objects Histories

On the Materiality of Images

Edited by Elizabeth Edwards, Janice Hart

This innovative volume explores the idea that while photographs are images, they are also objects, and this materiality is integral to their meaning and use....

Published March 25th 2004 by Routledge.

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We the Tikopia

A sociological study of kinship in primitive Polynesia

By Raymond Firth

Recognized as a major work when first published, this title has, over the years, become a classic. Forming the basis of modern social anthropology, We...

Published February 26th 2004 by Routledge.

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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...

Published February 26th 2004 by 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...

Published February 26th 2004 by 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:...

Published February 26th 2004 by 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...

Published February 26th 2004 by 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...

Published February 26th 2004 by Routledge.

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