Anthropology - Soc Sci

Shamanism: Soviet Studies of Traditional Religion in Siberia and Central Asia..

Shamanism: Soviet Studies of Traditional Religion in Siberia and Central Asia..

This book examines the Arabic conflict resolution method known as "sulha." In this process, notable male elders mediate conflicts between and within Arab communities. A lengthy process of political jockeying culminates in a ceremony that peaks when "enemies" shake hands and publicly forgive the crim..

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

An examination of the contexts in which people make different orders of knowledge as a prelude to questioning assumptions about the size of knowledge implied in the contrast between global and local perspectives...

Shingu, on the northern shores of Kyushu is today a suburb of Fukuoka City. Fishing is a slowly-dying occupation and this volume analyses how the fishermen adjust to changing circumstances. Although Japan is the largest fishing nation in the world, when originally published this book was the first t..

Shingu, on the northern shores of Kyushu is today a suburb of Fukuoka City. Fishing is a slowly-dying occupation and this volume analyses how the fishermen adjust to changing circumstances. Although Japan is the largest fishing nation in the world, when originally published this book was the first t..

A new wave of community arts projects has opened up exciting areas of cross-cultural creativity. Often focusing on social and cultural agendas, these collaborations of local people, arts facilitators, anthropologists and others represent a flourishing new form of collaborative anthropology. This boo..

A new wave of community arts projects has opened up exciting areas of cross-cultural creativity. Often focusing on social and cultural agendas, these collaborations of local people, arts facilitators, anthropologists and others represent a flourishing new form of collaborative anthropology. This boo..

The theoretical arguments and ethnographic perspectives of this book place it at the cutting edge of contemporary anthropological scholarship on identity with respect to the study of ethnicity, nationalism, localism and gender...

Drawing together distinguished international scholars, this volume offers a unique insight into the social and cultural hybridity of the Uyghurs. The work is comparative and interdisciplinary in focus and bridges a gap in our understanding of this group...

Drawing together distinguished international scholars, this volume offers a unique insight into the social and cultural hybridity of the Uyghurs. The work is comparative and interdisciplinary in focus and bridges a gap in our understanding of this group...