Social & Cultural Anthropology

This survey of the evolution of the modern Chinese national character incorporates a blend of history and theory as well as nation, gender and film studies...

This survey of the evolution of the modern Chinese national character incorporates a blend of history and theory as well as nation, gender and film studies...

This book provides an essential foundation for understanding the impact of culture on global business and global business on culture. The authors demonstrate how the theory and insights of cultural anthropology can positively influence the conduct of global business. Consideration is given to the in..

This book challenges the perception of Japan as a ‘copying culture’ through a series of detailed ethnographic and historical case studies...

Love and Death are two major facets of the whole of human existence and in The Drama of Love and Death, Carpenter attempts to analyse the interplay of love and death in everyday life. Originally published in 1912, this study focuses on how love and death are perceived and treated in the history of h..

Love and Death are two major facets of the whole of human existence and in The Drama of Love and Death, Carpenter attempts to analyse the interplay of love and death in everyday life. Originally published in 1912, this study focuses on how love and death are perceived and treated in the history of h..

This collection offers diverse perspectives on Hawai¿i’s food system by addressing themes of place and identity across time. This book was originally published as a special issue of Food, Culture, and Society...

An eminent author in the field presents a groundbreaking examination of developments within the field of visual anthropology, develops a new approach, and examines the way forward for this sub discipline in the twenty-first century...

Until recently we have known more about gift giving practices in pre-industrial societies than about those of industrial western society. In this book, first published in 1988, David Cheal shows that the process of present giving and receiving is a vital element in contemporary social life, relevant..

The essays in this collection detail the fate of gypsies in the countries of Eastern Europe through the socialist era, and pay special attention to the experience of the Nazi holocaust. The volume includes essays on Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Albania, Hungary and Romania...

The essays in this collection detail the fate of gypsies in the countries of Eastern Europe through the socialist era, and pay special attention to the experience of the Nazi holocaust. The volume includes essays on Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Albania, Hungary and Romania...

This original and thought-provoking volume considers how cultural assumptions are built into legal decision-making, drawing on a series of case studies to demonstrate the range of ways courts express their understanding of human nature, social relationships and the sense of orderliness that cultural..