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AGlobalIdea
Youth,CityNetworks,andthe StrugglefortheArabWorld MayssounSukarieh
August 2023 192pp 3maps
9781501771101£22.99 / $26.95PB
9781501771095£112.00/$125.00 HB
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AVitalFrontier
WaterInsurgenciesinEurope
AndreaMuehlebach
May 2023 232pp 10illus.
9781478019831£21.99 / $25.95PB
9781478017134£90.00/$99.95 HB
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FollowsactivistsacrossEurope astheystruggletopreserve waterasacommonsandpublicgoodinthefaceof privatization.Drawingonethnographicresearch, Muehlebachpresentswaterprotestsasavital politicsthatcomprisespopularreferenda, barricadesinthestreets,hugedemonstrations,the burningofutilitybills,andlegaldisputesover transparencyandcontracts.
ActivistAffordances
HowDisabledPeopleImprovise MoreHabitableWorlds
ArseliDokumaci
April 2023 336pp 107illus.
9781478019244£24.99 / $28.95PB
9781478016601£94.00/$104.95 HB
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Drawsonethnographicworkwith differentlydisabledpeoplewhoseingenuity,labor, andartfulnessallowsthemtoachieveseeminglydaily taskslikelifting aglassofwaterortakingclothesoff. Dokumacıshowshowtheyuseimprovisationto imagineandbringintobeingmorehabitableworlds throughthesmallestofactionsandthemostfleeting ofmovements---whatshecalls“activistaffordances.”
AnarchyandtheArtof Listening
ThePoliticsandPragmaticsof
ReceptioninPapuaNewGuinea
JamesSlotta
June 2023 224pp 9b&whalftones
9781501770012£27.99 / $31.95PB
9781501770005£112.00/$125.00 HB
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AnarchyandtheArtofListening isanethnographyof politicsasitispracticedontheothersideofthe spokenword,intheactoflistening.JamesSlotta exploreshowpeopleintheYopnoValleyofPapua NewGuineacultivatetheirlisteningtoexercise power,shapetheirfutures,andsustaintheir communitiesinthefaceofambitiousleadersand powerfuloutsideinstitutions.
AidandtheHelp
InternationalDevelopmentand theTransnationalExtractionof Care
DinahHannaford
GlobalizationinEverydayLife
April 2023 200pp
9781503635500£23.99 / $28.00PB
9781503634602£81.00/$90.00 HB
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Examiningthereproductivelaborcheaplypurchased byaidworkerspostedoverseasopensthe opportunitytoassessthemultiplewaysthatthe ostensibly"giving"industryofdevelopmentcanbe anextractiveindustryaswell. AidandtheHelp addressesthismajorlacunathroughanethnographic analysisoftheintersectionofdevelopmentworkand domesticwork.
AntinuclearCitizens
SustainabilityPolicyand GrassrootsActivisminPostFukushimaJapan
AkihiroOgawa
AnthropologyofPolicy
June 2023 272pp
9781503635401£63.00 / $70.00HB
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Drawingonoveradecadeofethnographicresearch conductedacrossJapan—includingantinuclear rallies,meetingswithbureaucrats,andatrenewable energyproductionsites—Ogawapresentsan historicalrecordofordinarypeople'sactionsasthey soughttosurviveandnavigateanewrealitypostFukushima.Ogawaarguesthateffectivesustainability effortsrequirecollaborationsthataregroundedin civilsocietyandchallengehegemonicideology.
ArcofInterference
MedicalAnthropologyfor WorldsonEdge
EditedbyJoãoBiehl
&VincanneAdams
ForewardbyPaulFarmer
CriticalGlobalHealth:Evidence, Efficacy,Ethnography
April 2023 408pp 16illus.
9781478019800£25.99 / $29.95PB
9781478017097£98.00/$109.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Revisitsthevitalandcoreinsightsofmedical anthropologyinlightofcontemporaryplanetary andsocialcrises.Thisbook’smultipleethnographic arcsofinterferenceprovideavitalconceptual toolkitfortoday’sworldandabadlyneededmoral perchtopeertowardjusthorizons.
Circumcisionand MedicineinModern Turkey
OymanBasaran
April 2023 232pp 1b&wimage
9781477327029£49.00 / $55.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
Acloseexaminationofthe socioreligiouspracticeof circumcisionintwenty-fivecitiesandtheiroutlying townsandvillagesinTurkey.Byanalyzingthe changingsubjectivityofmedicalactorswhoseekto alleviatesufferinginmalecircumcision,Başaran offersapsychoanalyticallyinformedalternate approachtothestandardsociologicalarguments surroundingmedicalizationandmalecircumcision.
Documenting ImpossibleRealities
Ethnography,Memory,andthe As-If
SusanBiblerCoutin&
BarbaraYngvesson
April 2023 162pp 2b&whalftones
9781501768880£22.99 / $26.95PB
9781501768828£112.00/$125.00 HB
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DocumentingImpossibleRealities exploresthe limitationsofconventionalaccountsthroughwhich belongingisdocumented,focusingonthe experiencesofadoptees,deportees,migrants,and otherexilicpopulations.
BeingDeadOtherwise
AnneAllison
June 2023 256pp 19illus.,including8in color
9781478019848£21.99 / $25.95PB
9781478017141£90.00/$99.95 HB
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Examinestheemergenceofnew deathpracticesinJapanasthe oldcustomsofmortuarycarearecomingundone. Sheoutlinesthenewproliferationofindustries, services,initiatives,andbusinessesthatoffer alternativemeansfortendingtothedead,ranging fromautomatedgraves,collectivegravesites,and crematoriatoone-stopmortuarycomplexesand robotpriests.
CorruptionPlots
Stories,Ethics,andPublicsofthe
LateCapitalistCity
MaliniRanganathan, DavidL.Pike&SapanaDoshi
CornellSeriesonLand:NewPerspectives onTerritory,Development,and Environment
April 2023 294pp 35b&whalftones
9781501768750£29.99 / $34.95PB
9781501768743£112.00/$125.00 HB
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CorruptionPlots demonstrateshowcorruptiontalkis leveragedtomakesenseofunequalspatialchange andusedopportunisticallybythosewhoare themselvesimplicatedinwrongdoing.
Eatingbeside Ourselves
ThresholdsofFoodsandBodies
EditedbyHeatherPaxson
February 2023 248pp 13illus.
9781478019435£21.99 / $25.95PB
9781478016786£90.00/$99.95 HB
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Thecontributorsto EatingbesideOurselves examine eatingasasiteoftransferandtransformationthat createthresholdsforhumanandnonhuman relations.Thesethresholdsmediatedifferent conditionsandstatesofbeing:betweenlivingand dying,betweentheedibleandtheinedible,andthe relationshipbetweenlivingorganismsandtheir surroundingenvironment.
Friendship
MichaelJackson
June 2023 224pp
9781512824124£25.99 / $29.95PB
9781512824285£90.00/$99.95 HB
UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS
Inthisbook,renowned anthropologistMichaelJackson drawsonphilosophy,biography,ethnography,and literaturetoexplorethemeaningsandaffordances offriendship—arelationshipjustassignificantas, yetsomehowdifferentfrom,kinshipandlove. Jacksonshowsushowtheelectiveaffinitiesof friendshiptranscendculture,gender,andage,and offerusperennialmeansoftakingstockofourlives andgettingameasureofourownself-worth.
Glyphosateandthe Swirl
AnAgroindustrialChemicalon theMove
VincanneAdams
CriticalGlobalHealth:Evidence,Efficacy, Ethnography
January 2023 184pp 3illus.
9781478016755£21.99 / $24.95PB
9781478019411£85.00/$94.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Exploresthechemicalglyphosate—theactive ingredientinRoundupandapervasiveagricultural herbicide—asapredicamentofcontestedscience andchemicallysaturatedlife.Theswirlisbothan artifactofacademiccapitalism,activisttactics,and contestedscientificfactsandawaytocapturethe complexityofcontemporarylifewithchemicals.
HardLuckandHeavy Rain
TheEcologyofStoriesin SoutheastTexas
JosephC.Russo
January 2023 152pp 6illus.
9781478019053£20.99 / $23.95PB
9781478016410£81.00/$89.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Takesreadersintotheeverydaylivesoftherural residentsofsoutheastTexas,showinghowtheirhardluckstoriesrendertheregionamythopoetic landscapethatepitomizestheimpasseofAmerican latecapitalism.Heshowsthatinthissevereworld, questionsofpoliticsandhistoryarenotcutanddry, anditsdenizensarenotsimplybackwardvictimsof circumstances.
FukushimaFutures
SurvivalStoriesinaRepeatedly RuinedSeascape
SatsukiTakahashi
Seriesedited&ForewordbyK.
Sivaramakrishnan
Culture,Place,andNature
June 2023 pp 8b&willus.,1map
9780295751344£27.99 / $32.00PB
9780295751337£94.00/$105.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFWASHINGTONPRESS
Bothbeforeandafterthe2011"TripleDisaster"of earthquake,tidalwave,andconsequentmeltdown attheFukushimaDaiichinuclearpowerplant, anthropologistSatsukiTakahashivisitednearby communities,collectingaccountsoflifeand livelihoodsalongtheindustrializedseascape.
GutAnthro
AnExperimentinThinkingwith Microbes
AmberBenezra
June 2023 256pp 15blackandwhite illus.
9781517901301£21.99 / $25.00PB
9781517901295£90.00/$100.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
Thetrillionsofmicrobesinandonourbodiesare determinedbynotonlybiologybutalsooursocial connections. GutAnthro tellsthefascinatingstoryof howasocioculturalanthropologistdevelopeda collaborative“anthropologyofmicrobes”witha humanmicrobialecologisttoaddressglobalhealth crisesacrossdisciplines.
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HoardingNewGuinea
WritingColonialEthnographic CollectionHistoriesfor PostcolonialFutures
RainerF.Buschmann
CriticalStudiesintheHistoryof Anthropology
July 2023 286pp 24photos,2illus.,5 maps,3graphs,1appendix,index
9781496234643£67.00 / $75.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
Providesanewculturalhistoryofcolonialismthat payscloseattentiontothemillionsofIndigenous artifactsthatserveaswitnessestoEurope’scolonial pastinethnographicmuseums.RainerF.Buschmann investigatestheroughlytwohundredthousand artifactsextractedfromthecolonyofGermanNew Guineafrom1870to1920.
InQuestofaShared Planet
NegotiatingClimatefromthe GlobalSouth
NaveedaKhan
April 2023 240pp
9781531502782£21.99 / $24.95PB
9781531502775£81.00/$90.00 HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
Basedontheauthor’seightyearsoffieldworkwith theUnitedNations-ledConferenceofParties(COP), thisbookoffersanilluminatingfirst-person ethnographicperspectiveonclimatechange negotiations.FocusingontheParisAgreement, anthropologistKhanintroducesreaderstotheonly existingglobalapproachtotheproblemofclimate change.
InfertileEnvironments
EpigeneticToxicologyandthe ReproductiveHealthofChinese Men
JanelleLamoreaux
CriticalGlobalHealth:Evidence,Efficacy, Ethnography
January 2023 160pp 3illus.
9781478019336£20.99 / $23.95PB
9781478016700£81.00/$89.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Lamoreauxinvestigateshowepigeneticresearch conceptualizesandconfiguresenvironments.She situatesthelab’sworkwithinbroaderChinesehistory aswellasthecontemporaryculturalandpolitical moment,inwhichdecliningfertilityratesand reproductivegovernanceandtechnologyaregrowing concerns.
LaboringforJustice
TheFightAgainstWageTheftin anAmericanCity
RebeccaBerkeGalemba
April 2023 304pp
9781503635203£25.99 / $30.00PB
9781503613454£81.00/$90.00 HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Applyingapublicanthropology approachthatintegratestheexperiencesof communitypartners,students,policymakers,and activistsintheproductionofresearch,thisbookuses thepressingissueofwagethefttooffera methodologicallyrigorous,community-engaged,and pedagogicallyinnovativeapproachtothestudyof immigration,labor,inequality,andsocialjustice.
Indigenousand AfricanDiaspora Religionsinthe Americas
EditedbyBenjamin Hebblethwaite &SilkeJansen
June 2023 350pp
9781496236074£29.99 / $35.00PB
9781496235732£89.00/$99.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
Exploresspirit-basedreligioustraditionsacrossvast geographicalandculturalexpanses,including Canada,theUnitedStates,Haiti,theDominican Republic,Cuba,TrinidadandTobago,Mexico,Brazil, andChile.
InvoluntaryConsent
TheIllusionofChoiceinJapan’s AdultVideoIndustry
AkikoTakeyama
July 2023 240pp
9781503633780£21.99 / $26.00PB
9781503628762£76.00/$85.00 HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
InthisethnographyofJapan's pornindustry,AkikoTakeyamainvestigatesthe paradoxofinvoluntaryconsentinmodernliberal democraticsocieties.Takingconsentasherstarting point,TakeyamaillustratesthenuancesofJapan's pornographicandsexworkindustriesandthelegal structures,orlackthereof,thatgovernthem.
LifeBeyondWaste
WorkandInfrastructureinUrban Pakistan
WaqasButt
SouthAsiainMotion
May 2023 240pp
9781503635722£23.99 / $28.00PB
9781503634770£81.00/$90.00 HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Buildinguponconversationsaboutchanging configurationsofworkandlaborundercapitalism, andutilizingatheoreticalframeworkofreproduction, WaqasH.ButttraceshowformsoflifeinPunjab, organizedaroundcaste-basedrelations,havebecome embeddedininfrastructuresacrossPakistan,making themcrucialtonumerousprocessesunfoldingat distinctscales.
MeatMatters
EthnographicRefractionsofthe BetaIsrael
HagarSalamon
SephardiandMizrahiStudies
May 2023 166pp 30colorphotos
9780253065780£29.99 / $35.00PB
9780253065773£72.00/$80.00 HB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Drawinguponthirtyyearsoffieldwork,this beautifullywrittenandinnovativelyconstructed ethnographytellsthestoryoftheBetaIsrael,who beganimmigratingfromEthiopiatoIsraelinthe 1970s.Thisbookfollowsthemanystrandsof significancesurroundingcowsandmeat,ultimately formingavibrantwebofmeaningattheheartof theBetaIsraelcommunitytoday.
MotherhoodonIce
TheMatingGapandWhy
WomenFreezeTheirEggs
MarciaC.Inhorn
AnthropologiesofAmericanMedicine: Culture,Power,andPractice
May 2023 352pp 9b&willus.
9781479813049£25.99 / $30.00HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Whyarewomenfreezingtheireggsinrecord numbers? MotherhoodonIce exploresthisquestion bydrawingonthestoriesofmorethan150women whopursuedfertilitypreservationtechnology. Movingbetweennarrativesofpainand empowerment,thesenuancedpersonalstories revealthecomplexityofwomen’slivesasthey struggletopreserveandextendtheirfertility. ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ
NestedEcologies
AMultilayeredEthnographyof FunctionalMedicine
RosalynnA.Vega
May 2023 328pp 8b&wimages,2tables
9781477326862£29.99 / $34.95PB
9781477326855£94.00/$105.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
Howfunctionalmedicine leveragessystemsbiologyandepigeneticscienceto treatthemicrobiomeandreversechronicdisease. Drawingonnoveldigitalethnographiesandreflecting onherownexperienceofchronicillness,Vega challengesustorethinknotonlythedeterminantsof well-beingbutalsowhatitistobehuman.
ModifiedBodies, MaterialSelves
BeautyIdealsinPost-Reform
Shanghai
JulieE.Starr
July 2023 pp 2b&willus.
9780295751764£27.99 / $32.00PB
9780295751757£94.00/$105.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFWASHINGTONPRESS
Thinbody,whiteskin,andbigeyes.Suchbeauty idealsareubiquitousacrossShanghai,wheresalons andweight-lossclinicsofferinganarrayofproducts andtreatmentoptionsbeckoncitydwellerswith promisesofa"betterlife."Starrcomparesthe radicallydifferentattitudesofmiddle-classChinese andWesternwomenlivinginShanghaitowardthe pursuitofbeauty.
MovingMemory
RememberingPalestinein PostdictatorshipChile
SiriSchwabe
June 2023 162pp 1b&whalftone
9781501770647£22.99 / $26.95PB
9781501769078£112.00/$125.00 HB
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MovingMemory isan ethnographyofremembranceinthefieldoftension betweenpost-dictatorshipChileandoccupied Palestinethatoffersnewinsightsintomemory politicsasagloballyresurgentandincreasingly transnationalphenomenon.Ittellsalargelyuntold storyofaPalestiniandiaspora:howapredominantly Christian,conservative,andwealthyelitehascometo formthebackboneofadiasporiccommunityto whichthePalestinianstruggleremainsacentral mobilizingforce.
PredatoryEconomies
TheSanemaandtheSocialist StateinContemporaryAmazonia
AmyPenfield
April 2023 248pp 11b&wphotos,1b&w map
9781477327081£25.99 / $29.95PB
9781477327074£81.00/$90.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
Penfieldspenttwoandahalfyearsinthefield,living withandlearningfromSanemacommunities.This bookisstudyofthemodesofpredationusedbyand againsttheSanemapeopleofVenezuela.Arichly detailedethnography, PredatoryEconomies looks beyondwell-worntropesofactivismandresistance totellanewstoryofagencyfromanIndigenous perspective.
ProbingArtsand EmergentFormsof Life
MichaelM.J.Fischer
ExperimentalFutures
May 2023 336pp 66illus.,including37 incolor
9781478019770£21.99 / $25.95PB
9781478017059£90.00/$99.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Fischercallsforanewanthropologyoftheartsthat attendstothematerialitiesandtechnologiesofthe worldasitexiststoday.Fischerexaminesthework ofkeySoutheastandEastAsianartistswithinthe cruciblesofunequalaccess,geopolitics,the reverberationsofpasttraumas,andemergentnew socialities.
RaisingTwoFists
StrugglesforBlackCitizenshipin
MulticulturalColombia
RoosbelindaCárdenas
July 2023 312pp
9781503635807£25.99 / $30.00PB
9781503613799£81.00/$90.00 HB STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Ahistoricallygrounded ethnographyofAfro-Colombianpoliticalmobilization afterthemulticulturalturnthatsweptLatinAmerica inthe1990s,whenstatesbegantorecognizeand legallyenshrinerightsforAfro-descendants. CardenasexploresthreemajorstrategiesthatAfroColombians'developedintheirstrugglesagainst racializeddispossession,illustratinghowtheyengage inthisworkbothasparticipantsoforganizedpolitical movementsandintheireverydaylives.
RiverLifeandthe UpspringofNature
NaveedaKhan
February 2023 256pp 27illus.
9781478019398£22.99 / $26.95PB
9781478016731£90.00/$99.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Examinestherelationship betweennatureandculture throughthestudyoftheeverydayexistenceof chauras—thepeoplewholiveonsandbarswithinthe JamunaRiverinBangladesh—toshowhownature configuresdailylife.Khanshowshownaturecanboth giverisetoandinhabitsocial,political,andspiritual formsoflife.
Progressinthe Balance
MythologiesofDevelopmentin Santos,Brazil
DanielR.Reichman
August 2023 204pp 13b&whalftones, 1map
9781501770432£21.99 / $25.95PB
9781501770425£112.00/$125.00 HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Observingthatanthropologyisaprogressive disciplinewithapessimisticattitudetowards progress,DanielReichmanexplainsthecontested meaningsofprogressinBrazilandexploreshow anthropologistsandotherscandefinethisconcept moregenerally.
Remnants
EmbodiedArchivesofthe
ArmenianGenocide
ElyseSemerdjian
August 2023 424pp
9781503636125£25.99 / $30.00PB
9781503630383£81.00/$90.00 HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Withthisbook,ElyseSemerdjian offersafeministreadingoftheArmenianGenocide. SheexploreshowtheOttomanArmeniancommunal bodywasdis-membered,disfigured,andlaterrememberedbythesurvivorcommunity.Tracesof womenandchildrenrescuedduringandafterthe wararereconstructedtocenterthequietestvoicesin thehistoricalrecord.
RoughMetaphysics
TheSpeculativeThoughtand
MediumshipofJaneRoberts
PeterSkafish
April 2023 384pp 6blackandwhiteillus.
9781517915162£25.99 / $30.00PB
9781517915155£108.00/$120.00 HB UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
Whatsortofthinkingisneeded tostudyanomaliesinthought?Inthistrenchantly arguedandbeautifullywrittenbook,anthropologist PeterSkafishexploresthisprovocativequestionby examiningthewritingsofthemediumand“rough metaphysician”JaneRoberts(1929–1984).
ExcludesJapan&ANZ
ScreeningSocial Justice
BraveNewFilmsand
DocumentaryActivism
SherryB.Ortner
April 2023 160pp
9781478019510£20.99 / $23.95PB
9781478016861£81.00/$89.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Exploreshowthenonprofitfilmproduction companyBraveNewFilmsdeploysdocumentary film’scommitmenttotruthandrealismtocultivate progressivepoliticalactivism.Ortnertakesthe readerinsideboththeproductionprocessandthe screeningstoshowhowafilmcanbemadeand usedtomobilizeactionforabetterworld.
SubcontractorsofGuilt
HolocaustMemoryandMuslim
BelonginginPostwarGermany
EsraÖzyürek
April 2023 264pp
9781503635562£25.99 / $30.00PB
9781503634664£81.00/$90.00 HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Basedonethnographicresearch conductedoveradecade, SubcontractorsofGuilt exploreswhen,how,andwhyMuslimGermanshave movedtothecenterofHolocaustmemory discussions.Byfocusingontherecentlyformedbut alreadysizablesectorofMuslim-onlyanti-Semitism andHolocausteducationprograms,thisbook explorestheparadoxesofpostwarGermannational identity.
SustainingNatures
AnEnvironmentalAnthropology Reader
EditedbySarahR.
Osterhoudt
&K.Sivaramakrishnan
Culture,Place,andNature
June 2023 320pp 19b&willus.
9780295751450£27.99 / $32.00PB
9780295751443£94.00/$105.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFWASHINGTONPRESS
Intentionallycraftedforundergraduatecourseusein anthropology,geography,andenvironmentalstudies, SustainingNatures showcasesthebestcontemporary writingonnatureandsustainability.
SovereigntyUnhinged
AnIllustratedPrimerforthe StudyofPresentIntensities, Disavowals,andTemporal Derangements
EditedbyDeborahA.
Thomas&JosephMascoApril 2023 360pp 32colorillus.
9781478019084£24.99 / $28.95PB
9781478016441£94.00/$104.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Theorizessovereigntybeyondthetypical understandingsofaction,control,andthenationstate,consideringitfromtheperspectiveofhowit islivedandenactedineverydaypracticeandhowit reflectspeople’saspirationsfornewfutures.
Survivingthe SanctuaryCity
Asylum-SeekingWorkinNepali NewYork
TinaShrestha
April 2023 pp 13b&willus.,2maps
9780295751528£25.99 / $30.00PB
9780295751511£94.00/$105.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFWASHINGTONPRESS
Overthepastseveraldecades,thevibrant, multiethnicboroughofQueenshasseengrowthin thecommunityofNepalimigrants,manyofwhom arenavigatingthechallengingbureaucraticprocessof asylumlegalization. SurvivingtheSanctuaryCity followsthemthroughtheinstitutionalspacesof asylumoffices,lawfirms,andhumanrightsagencies todocumentthelaborofseekingasylum.
TheAlternative University
LessonsfromBolivarian
Venezuela
MariyaIvancheva
AnthropologyofPolicy
June 2023 232pp
9781503634749£67.00 / $75.00HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Throughparticipantobservation,extensiveinterviews withpolicymakers,seniormanagers,academics,and students,aswellasin-deptharchivalwork,Ivancheva historicizestheBolivarianUniversityofVenezuela (UBV),thevanguardinstitutionofthehigher educationreform,andexaminesthecomplexand oftencontradictoryandquixoticvisions,policies,and practicesthatturnthealternativeuniversitymodel intoalivedreality.
TheIndigenous Paleolithicofthe WesternHemisphere
PauletteF.C.Steeves
April 2023 328pp 2photos,8illus.,5 maps,7tables,1appendix,index
9781496234704£25.99 / $30.00PB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
TheIndigenousPaleolithicoftheWestern Hemisphere isareclaimedhistoryofthedeeppast ofIndigenouspeopleinNorthandSouthAmerica duringthePaleolithic.IncludesIndigenousoral traditions,archaeologicalevidence,andacritical anddecolonizingdiscussionofthedevelopmentof archaeologyintheAmericas.
TheSensationof Security
PrivateGuardsandSocialOrder
inBrazil
ErikaRobbLarkins
Police/Worlds:StudiesinSecurity, Crime,andGovernance
May 2023 174pp 29b&whalftones
9781501769740£22.99 / $26.95PB
9781501769733£112.00/$125.00 HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Exploreshowprivatesecurityguardsarea permanent,conspicuousfixtureofeverydaylifein theBraziliancityofRiodeJaneiro.Larkinsexamines theprovisionofsecurityinRiofromtheperspective ofsecuritypersonnel,providingananalysisofthe racializedlogicsthatunderpintheongoingworkof securingthecity.
ThomasCousins
ThinkingfromElsewhere
May 2023 320pp 11b&willus.
9781531503543£29.99 / $35.00PB
9781531503536£112.00/$125.00 HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
TheWorkofRepair isanethnographicexaminationof theintimaterelationshipsbetweenlaborersinthe timberplantationsofpostapartheidSouthAfrica,in thewakeoftheHIVcrisisandthecontentiouspolitics ofnutrition.Itexploreshowcapacityisaugmentedas thewoundsofhistoryareembodiedandmodulated.
ThePoliticsofGender ReforminWestAfrica Family,Religion,andtheState LudovicLado
ContendingModernities
April 2023 160pp 7b&willus.,7tables
9780268205072£29.99 / $35.00PB
9780268205065£90.00/$100.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
Thisanthropologicalstudyoffersacrucial contributiontoscholarlydebatesaboutthemaking ofAfricanmodernitybyconsideringthe implementationandreceptionofgenderreformin theWestAfricancontext.
TheSpectacular Generic Pharmaceuticalsandthe
SimipoliticalinMexico
CoriHayden
CriticalGlobalHealth:Evidence,Efficacy, Ethnography
April 2023 256pp 10:9HT,1line
9781478019046£21.99 / $25.95PB
9781478016403£90.00/$99.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Exploreshowconsumeraccesstogenericdrugshas transformedpublichealthcareandthepoliticsof pharmaceuticalsintheglobalSouth.Focusingonthe MexicanpharmacychainFarmaciasSimilaresandits proprietor,VíctorGonzálezTorres,Haydenshows howgenericshavebecomepotentcommoditiesina postpatentworld.
UntimelySacrifices
April 2023 222pp
9781501768088£25.99 / $29.95PB
9781501768071£112.00/$125.00 HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
UntimelySacrifices questionswhy individualsmaygivetheirtime andenergytothecollectiveagainsttheirownselfinterest.TurningtoFinlandwherepublichealth officialsnamedoccupationalburnoutasa"new hazard"oftheneweconomy,DaenaFunahashiasks: Whatmovespeopletoworktothepointof pathologicalstress?
ViolenceNeverHeals
TheLifelongEffectsofIntimate PartnerViolenceforImmigrant Women
AllisonBloom
AnthropologiesofAmericanMedicine: Culture,Power,andPractice
June 2023 224pp
9781479822058£23.99 / $28.00PB
9781479822041£80.00/$89.00 HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
AcrosstheUS,oneinthreewomenexperiences violenceintheirintimaterelationships.Allison Bloompresentsalife-courseperspectiveonthe disablingexperienceofviolenceinLatinaimmigrant communities.
ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ
WhenForestsRun Amok
WarandItsAfterlivesin
IndigenousandAfro-Colombian Territories
DanielRuiz-Serna
April 2023 280pp 52illus.
9781478019503£22.99 / $26.95PB
9781478016878£90.00/$99.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Ruiz-Sernaraisespotentquestionsaboutthe meaningsofjustice,theformsitcantake,andthe limitsofhuman-rightsframeworkstorepairthe cosmicorderthatwarunravelswhenitunsettles more-than-humanworlds—causingforeststorun amok.
WorkingMusicians
LaborandCreativityinFilmand
TelevisionProduction
TimothyD.Taylor
April 2023 256pp 1illus.
9781478019879£21.99 / $25.95PB
9781478017172£90.00/$99.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
TimothyD.Tayloroffersabehindthe-sceneslookattheworkingcomposers,musicians, andengineerswhocreatesoundtracksforfilm, television,andvideogames.Drawingondozensof interviewswithmusicworkersinLosAngeles,Taylor exploresthenatureoftheirworkandhowthey understandtheirrolesintheentertainmentbusiness.
WasteWorks
VitalPoliticsinUrbanGhana
BrendaChalfin
June 2023 384pp 105illus.,including37 incolor
9781478019589£25.99 / $29.95PB
9781478016946£98.00/$109.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
ExaminesGhana’splannedcity ofTema,theorizingabouttheformativeroleof wasteinfrastructureinurbanpoliticsandpubliclife. Comparinginfrastructuralinnovationsacrossthe city,ChalfinexcavateshowTemaresidentspursue novelapproachestourbanwasteandsanitation builtontheruinsoftheinheritedorder,profoundly alteringtheurbanpublicsphere.
WisdomfromtheEdge
WritingEthnographyin
TurbulentTimes
PaulStoller
Expertise:CulturesandTechnologiesof Knowledge
August 2023 174pp 11b&whalftones
9781501770661£18.99 / $21.95PB
9781501770654£112.00/$125.00 HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
WisdomFromtheEdge describeswhat anthropologistscandotocontributetothesocialand culturalchangesthatshapeasocialfutureof wellbeingandviability.PaulStollershowshow anthropologistscandevelopsensuouslydescribed ethnographicnarrativestocommunicatepowerfully theirinsightstoawiderangeofaudiences.
WorldsWithinand WorldsWithout
FieldGuidetoanIntellectual Journey
MichaelJackson
April 2023 288pp
9781501768491£45.00 / $49.95HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
AnthropologistMichaelJacksonpredicateshis intellectualautobiography, WorldsWithinandWorlds Without,ontheviewthatworksandlivesare intimatelyentangled.Throughaskillfulinterweaving ofpersonalandethnographicdescriptions,he focusesontheimaginativeandpracticalwayshuman beingsnegotiatethespacebetweenworldstheycall theirownandworldstheyregardaslyingbeyond theirimmediatepurview.
