One of the best early explorations of Japanese culture and samurai ethics written in the English languageInazo Nitobes book, the most influential ever written on Bushido, or the samurai Way of the Warrior, argues that the philosophy o...More info...
This book examines the experiences of single professionals living in shared housing in London, focusing on how language, communication, and social inequalities shape these living arrangements. It frames shared housing not only as an economic condi...More info...
This book explores the multispecies triad of cattle ranching, focusing on how humans, horses and cattle meet, interact and shape a common multispecies culture. Based on a year of horseback ethnography in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, it provide...More info...
Rock Art of the Waterberg: Rites and Transformation is a landmark archaeological study that unveils the nuanced world view and rituals practised by local Bushman groups living in the Waterberg area of northern South Africa millennia ago. Th...More info...
This Element reevaluates geographical writings on Rs death and sacrificial rituals, redirecting focus towards the textual transmission of ideas in both Arabic and Persian to offer a critical guide to geographical knowledge dissemination on Rs funera...More info...
(Pub. Date: 30-Sep-2025, Hardback, Publisher: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009613255)
This Element reevaluates geographical writings on Rs death and sacrificial rituals, redirecting focus towards the textual transmission of ideas in both Arabic and Persian to offer a critical guide to geographical knowledge dissemination on Rs funera...More info...
In his upcoming book, Stephen examines matrimony, and its ritual twin patrimony, and contemplates culture-making, building and preserving cultural memory, and the ache of living in a world bereft of meaning and connection. Through witty stories, ins...More info...
This book foregrounds socioecological stewardship in urban spaces. It demonstrates how activities like gardening and participating in events that spark ecological learning foster a sense of place, social connections, and lively neighbourhoods. Off...More info...
Traditional Midwives: Cross-Cultural Perspectives is a pioneering work that delves deeply into the worlds of traditional midwives, shedding light on their practices, roles, and the immense cultural value they hold within their respective co...More info...
Traditional Midwives: Cross-Cultural Perspectives is a pioneering work that delves deeply into the worlds of traditional midwives, shedding light on their practices, roles, and the immense cultural value they hold within their respective co...More info...
This book looks at the way the 2020 Second Nagorno Karabakh War allowed urban spectacular transformation in war actors attitudes towards space and transnationalism. It concentrates on some specific events, including pre- and wartime life in the N...More info...
(Pub. Date: 16-Sep-2025, Hardback, Publisher: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526169327)
Writing power radically rethinks the place of the canon and canonicity as objects and concepts in contemporary academia and the everyday intellectual practices of academics. It is distinctive in its demonstration of how academics engagements with ca...More info...
From the backstreets of Buenos Aires to Parisian high society, this is the extraordinary story of the dance that captivated the world a tale of politics and passion, immigration and romance....More info...
This book is an ethnographic work on excess. Based on a decade-long field work of a single food substance sweets it follows sweet-making in sweetshops, domestic spaces, fairs, festivals and its representation in recipe books to understand how...More info...
This book is an ethnographic work on excess. Based on a decade-long field work of a single food substance sweets it follows sweet-making in sweetshops, domestic spaces, fairs, festivals and its representation in recipe books to understand how...More info...
This edited book showcases how Global South scholars, particularly those from the Philippines, are not merely catching up with but actively reshaping the evolving landscape of visual data collection, production,...More info...
This book brings to light the sustainability dilemma in Southeast Asia, with a sharp focus on Indonesias rapid economic growth and its profound impact on natural resources, ecosystems, and society. It examines the complex challenge of fostering s...More info...
This book concerns the elemental geographies and lives and deaths of the drowned to confront enduring forms of oppression. Elaine Stratford documents with penetrating compassion and acumen how human and more-than-human bodies lose personhood in ac...More info...
Explore and understand the key ideas and movements in anthropology the study of human societies and cultures and how they work. What does it mean to be human? Why do we have rituals? How do family structures differ around the world, and...More info...
