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ABlessingandaCurse
Oil,Politics,andMoralityin
BolivarianVenezuela
MattWilde
October 2023 232pp
9781503637078£25.99/ $30.00PB
9781503636620£81.00/$90.00 HB
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Offeringanewsynthesisbetweenanthropological workonenergy,politics,andmorality,thebook exploreshowtheuseofoilmoneytofundthe revolution'ssocialprogramsandpoliticalreforms producedprofoundculturalanxietiesaboutthe contaminatingeffectsofpetroleumrevenuesin everydaysettings.
Architectureof Migration
TheDadaabRefugeeCampsand
HumanitarianSettlement
AnooradhaIyerSiddiqi
TheoryinForms
January 2024 392pp 107colorillus.
9781478025245£26.99/ $30.95PB
9781478020387£103.00/$114.95 HB DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Environmentsassociatedwithmigrationareoften seenasprovisional,lackinghistoryorarchitecture. FocusingontheDadaabrefugeecampsestablishedin 1991ontheKenya-Somaliaborder,thisbookshows howarefugeecamp’saestheticandmaterial landscapes—evenifbornoutofemergency—reveal histories,futures,politics,andrhetorics.
AtthePivotofEastand West
Ethnographic,Literary,andFilmic Arts
MichaelM.J.Fischer
ExperimentalFutures
August 2023 368pp 15illus.
9781478019893£25.99/ $29.95PB
9781478017189£98.00/$109.95 HB
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Examinesdocumentaryfilmmaking,literature,and innovativedancefromS.E.Asia.Fischerexemplifies howartandfictiontracethewaysinwhichtaken-forgrantedcommonsensechangesovertime,speakto thetransnationalpresent,andtracksignalsofthe futurebeforetheysurfaceinpublicawareness.
ABookofWaves
StefanHelmreich
TheLewisHenryMorganLectures
August 2023 432pp 85illus.,including 15incolor
9781478020417£27.99/ $31.95PB
9781478019947£106.00/$117.95 HB DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Drawingonethnographicwork amongoceanographersandcoastalengineersinthe Netherlands,theUnitedStates,Australia,Japan, andBangladesh,StefanHelmreichexaminesocean wavesasformsofmediathatcarryaquatic, geopolitical,andclimatologicalnewsaboutour planetanditsfuture.Helmreichdemonstrateshow wavesmarkoutthewakesandbreaksofsocial historiesandfutures.
Artifactual
ForensicandDocumentary
Knowing
ElizabethAnneDavis
ExperimentalFutures
August 2023 400pp 55colorillus.
9781478019886£26.99/ $30.95PB
9781478017202£103.00/$114.95 HB
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ElizabethAnneDavisexploreshowCypriot researchers,scientists,activists,andartistsprocess andreckonwithcivilandstateviolencethatledto theenduringdivisionoftheisland,usingforensicand documentarymaterialstoretellandrecontextualize conflictsbetweenandwithintheGreek-Cypriotand Turkish-Cypriotcommunities.
BeyondDescription
AnthropologiesofExplanation
EditedbyPaoloHeywood&by MateiCandea
December 2023 264pp 1b&whalftone
9781501771576£27.99/ $31.95PB
9781501771569£112.00/$125.00 HB
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Bringsanthropologistsandother socialscientiststogethertoexaminetheproblemof explanation.Bycombiningethnographicstudiesof practicesofexplanationinarangeofcontemporary political,medical,artistic,religious,andbureaucratic settings,theessaysin BeyondDescription offer criticalexaminationsofchangingnormsandformsof explanationintheworldandwithinanthropology itself.
BlackFeminist Constellations
DialogueandTranslationacross theAmericas
EditedbyChristenA.Smith&
LorraineLeu
December 2023 336pp 35colorphotos, 43b&wphotos
9781477328309£25.99/ $29.95PB
9781477328293£81.00/$90.00 HB UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
FocusedonandwrittenbyBlackwomenofthe southernAmericas,theoriginalworkscomposing thisvolumemakelegibletheepistemologiesthat sustainradicalscholarship,art,andpolitical organizingbyBlackwomeneverywhere.
BrownSaviorsandTheir Others
Race,Caste,Labor,andthe GlobalPoliticsofHelpinIndia
ArjunShankar
August 2023 360pp 11illus.
9781478025092£25.99/ $29.95PB
9781478020110£98.00/$109.95 HB
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Drawsfromtheauthor’slong-termethnographic workwithaneducationalNGOinIndiatocritiquethe roleofthe“brownsavior”—thegroupofglobally mobile,upper-caste,liberalIndianandIndian diasporictechnocratswhodominateIndia’s contemporaryhelpeconomy.Shankarintroducesa frameworkforthestudyoftheglobalhelp economiesthatreckonswiththeongoinglegaciesof racialandcastecapitalism.
CitizensofPhotography
TheCameraandthePolitical Imagination
EditedbyChristopherPinney, NaluwembeBinaisa,Vindhya
Buthpitiya,byKonstantinos
Kalantzis,byIleanaL.Selejan
&SokpheaYoung
September 2023 368pp 156colorillus.
9781478020769£25.99/ $29.95PB
9781478020004£98.00/$109.95 HB
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Exploreshowphotographyoffersaccesstoformsof citizenshipbeyondthoseavailablethroughordinary politics.Thisvolumedemonstratesthatasmuchas photographylookstothepast,itpointstothefuture, actinginadvanceofsocialreality.
BorderlandDreams
TheTransnationalLivesof KoreanChineseWorkers
JuneHeeKwon
November 2023 248pp 30illus.
9781478025337£22.99/ $26.95PB
9781478020516£92.00/$102.95 HB DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
DocumentsthediverseaspirationsofKorean ChinesemigrantworkersmovingfromChinato SouthKoreawhocaughtbetweenarisingChinese andthewaningoftheKoreandream.Chartingthe interplayofbodies,money,andtime,the ethnographyrevealshowthesemigrantworkers,in thecourseofpursuingtheirborderlanddreams,are transformedintoatransnationalethnicizedclass.
Catalonia'sHuman Towers
Castells,CulturalPolitics,andthe StruggletowardtheHeights
MariannVaczi
September 2023 282pp 29b&willus. 9780253067166£27.99/ $32.00PB
9780253067159£72.00/$80.00 HB
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Anethnographiclookatthethrivingcastells practice—asymbolofCatalanculturalheritageand identityamiddebatesaroundnationalautonomyand secessionfromSpain.Highlightingtheintersectionof folklore,performance,andsport,thisbookcaptures thesubtleprocessesbywhichthebodybecomes politicizedandideologybecomesembodied,withall thedesires,risksandprecaritiesofcollective constructions.
ColdWarDeceptions
TheAsiaFoundationandtheCIA
DavidH.Price
February 2024 320pp 2tables
9780295752242£27.99/ $32.00PB
9780295752235£94.00/$105.00 HB
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DuringtheearlyColdWar,the CentralIntelligenceAgency createddozensoffundingfrontstosupportworkthat alignedwithCIAgoals,fromclandestineoperations andresearchtoliberalanticommunistprograms.Cold WarDeceptionsprovidesarareviewintothe bureaucraticfunctioningofacovertoperationin whichmostemployeesdidnotknowtheywere workingfortheCIA.
ComingofAgein Chicago
The1893World'sFairandthe CoalescenceofAmerican Anthropology
EditedbyCurtisM.Hinsley& DavidR.WilcoxNovember 2023 624pp 46photos,25 illus.,2tables,2appendixes,index
9781496236852£40.00/ $45.00NIP
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
Combinesscholarlyessaysandprimarydocuments toexplorethesignificanceofthe1893World’sFair andthehistoryofAmericananthropology.These textsexplorethenetworkingofthinkers,planners, dreamers,schemers,andscholarswhointeractedin avarietyofvenuestolaythegroundworkfor museums,academicdepartments,andexpeditions.
ConceivingChristian America
EmbryoAdoptionand ReproductivePolitics
RisaCromer
AnthropologiesofAmericanMedicine: Culture,Power,andPractice
September 2023 320pp 7b&wfigures
9781479818594£25.99/ $30.00PB
9781479818587£80.00/$89.00 HB
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ConceivingChristianAmerica isthefirstbookon embryoadoptiontracinghowthispowerfulsocial movementdrawsonwhitesavioristtropesintheir aimstoreconceivepersonhood,withdrastic consequencesforreproductiverightsandjustice.
Drones,Tones,and Timbres
SoundingPlaceamongNomads oftheInnerAsianMountainSteppes
CarolePegg
January 2024 344pp 30b&wphotos,1 chart,4tables
9780252045455£76.00/ $85.00HB
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AnindispensablestudyofthemusicofAltai-Sayan peoples.Basedonmorethantwentyyearsof collaborativeresearch,CarolePegg’slong-awaited participatoryethnographyexploreshowIndigenous nomadicpeoplesofRussia’ssouthernSiberian republics(Altai,Khakassia,Tyva)soundmultiphonies ofplaceinapost-Sovietglobalworld.
ComposingAid
Music,Refugees,and HumanitarianPolitics
OliverY.Shao
ActivistEncountersinFolkloreand Ethnomusicology
October 2023 210pp
9780253067654£25.99/ $30.00PB
9780253067647£67.00/$75.00 HB
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ShaoturnsacriticaleartowardstheUnited Nations-runKakumaRefugeeCampinKenya,oneof thelargestandoldestencampmentsintheworld. Thispoliticallyengagedethnographydelvesinto variousculturalpractices,includinghiphopshows, traditionaldances,religiousceremonies,andNGO events,inanurbanizedborderlandareabesetwith precarityandinequality.
DivineMoney
Islam,Zakat,andGivingin
Palestine
EmanuelSchaeublin
MuslimPhilanthropyandCivilSociety
October 2023 180pp 12b&willus.
9780253066572£21.99/ $25.00PB
9780253066565£54.00/$60.00 HB
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Zakatgivingormutualaidisasacredpracticein Islam.Schaeublinshowshowzakatinstitutionsand directzakatdonationsfunctionincontemporary Palestine.Basedonhisethnographicfieldworkinthe cityofNablus,Schaeublintraceszakatflowsasthey providecriticalsupporttohouseholdslivingunder militaryruleandsecuritysurveillance.
FlamencoMusic
History,Forms,Culture
PeterManuel
November 2023 352pp 8b&wphotos,1 chart,38musicexamples
9780252087455£29.99/ $35.00PB
9780252045332£112.00/$125.00 HB
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AniconicsymbolofSpain, flamencohasbecomeaglobalphenomenon.Peter ManueloffersEnglish-languagereadersarare portraitofthemusic’shistory,styles,andcultural impact.Beginningwithflamenco’sMoorishand Romainfluences,Manuelfollowsthemusic’s evolutionthroughitsconsolidationinthemid-1800s andontothevibrantcontemporaryscene.
FolkArt
Continuity,Creativity,andthe BrazilianQuotidian HenryGlassie&Pravina Shukla
August 2023 612pp 549colorphotos,1 map
9780253067210£36.00/ $40.00HB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
ListentotheartistsoftheBrazilianNortheast.Their work,theysay,comesofcontinuityandcreativity. Continuityrunsalonglinesoflearningtowardsocial coherence.WhattheysayanddoinBrazilaligns withethnographicevidencefromNewMexicoand NorthCarolina;fromIreland,Portugal,andItaly; fromNigeria,Turkey,India,andBangladesh;from ChinaandJapan.Thisbookisaboutthat,aboutfolk artasasignofhumanunity.
GenomicswithCare
MindingtheDoubleBindsof Science
MikeFortun
ExperimentalFutures
August 2023 352pp 20illus.
9781478020400£25.99/ $29.95PB
9781478017233£98.00/$109.95 HB
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Presentsanexperimentalethnographyof contemporarygenomics,analyzingscienceasa complexamalgamofcognitionandaffect,formal logicsandtacitknowledge,statistics,andethics. Fortunexaminesgenomicsintermsofcare—adense compositeofaffectiveandcognitiveforcesthatdrive scientistsandtherelationstheyformwiththeir objectsofresearch,data,knowledge,and community.
HauntingBiology
ScienceandIndigeneityin
Australia
EmmaKowal
ExperimentalFutures
November 2023 264pp 27illus.
9781478025375£23.99/ $27.95PB
9781478020592£94.00/$104.95 HB
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RecountsthetroubledhistoryofWesternbiological studiesofIndigenousAustraliansandaskshowwe nowmightseecontemporarygenomics,especially thatconductedbyAboriginalandTorresStrait Islanderscientists.Kowalillustrateshowthematerial persistenceofsamplesoverdecadesandcenturies foldstogetherthefatesofdifferentscientific methodologies.
ForcedOut
MigrantMothersinSearchof RefugeandHope
SusanJ.Terrio
February 2024 224pp
9781479823536£23.99/ $28.00PB
9781479823529£80.00/$89.00 HB
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Featuresthestoriesofundocumentedmotherswho reunitewiththeirchildrenintheUSyearsafter fleeingviolenceathome. ForcedOut tracesthe women’sevolvingattitudestowardtheviolence embeddedininstitutionsandeverydaylifeintheir homecountries,aswellastheircontinued vulnerabilityanddependenceintheUS.
GoverningtheDisplaced
RaceandAmbivalenceinGlobal Capitalism
AliBhagat
February 2024 192pp
9781501773617£23.99/ $27.95PB
9781501773600£112.00/$125.00 HB
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GoverningtheDisplaced answers astraightforwardquestion:howarerefugees governedundercapitalisminthismomentof heightenedglobaldisplacement?Initsintersectional engagementwiththeoriesofracialcapitalismwith respecttoright-wingpopulismthebookisatimely andnecessarycontributiontothefieldofmigration studiesandtopoliticaleconomy.
HumorandPowerin Algeria,1920to2021
ElizabethM.Perego
PublicCulturesoftheMiddleEastand NorthAfrica
November 2023 292pp 28b&willus.
9780253067616£29.99/ $35.00PB
9780253067609£76.00/$85.00 HB
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HumorandPowerinAlgeria, 1920to2021reveals howAlgerianshaveharnessedhumortoexpress competingvisionsforunityinadividedcolonial society,tochannelandprocessemotionssurrounding abrutalwarofdecolonizationandtheforgingofa newnation,andtodemonstrateresilienceintheface ofaterrifyingcivilconflict.
Indifference
OnthePraxisofInterspecies Being
NaisargiN.Davé
August 2023 208pp
9781478025139£21.99/ $25.95PB
9781478020158£90.00/$99.95 HB
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Examinesthecomplexworldsofanimalistsand animalisminIndia.Throughethnographicfieldwork withanimalhealers,animalactivists,farmers, laborers,transporters,andanimalsthemselves,and movingacrossanimalsheltersanddairyfarmsto citystreetsandabattoirs,Davéshowshowhumananimalrelationsoftenmanifestthroughcareand violence.
IntimateStrangers
ShinIsseiWomenand
ContemporaryJapanese AmericanCommunity,19802020
TritiaToyota
AsianAmericanHistory&Culture
October 2023 240pp
9781439923528£27.99/ $32.95PB
9781439923511£99.00/$110.50 HB
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ShinIsseiwomentellstoriesofprecarity,inequality, andcontinuingmarginality,firstinJapan,wherethey wererestrictedbygenderedsocialstructures,and laterintheUS,wheretheirexperienceswere compoundedbyissuessuchascitizenship.
LessonsfromFort Apache BeyondLanguage
EndangermentandMaintenance
M.EleanorNevinsForewordby
ClineGriggs&MonaEleando
January 2024 284pp 2illus.,1table,2
appendixes,index
9781496231468£29.99/ $35.00PB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
AnethnographyofIndigenouslanguagedynamicson theFortApachereservationinArizona.Moving beyondanarrowfocusonlinguisticdocumentation, Nevinsexamineshowthelinguisticsandcultural identitiesofIndigenouspopulationsareattributed withmeaningagainstothersocioculturalconcerns andinterests.
Infrastructuresof Impunity
NewOrderViolencein
Indonesia
ElizabethF.Drexler
December 2023 276pp 20b&w halftones
9781501773105£23.99/ $27.95PB
9781501773099£112.00/$125.00 HB
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Drexlerarguesthatthecreationandpersistenceof impunityfortheperpetratorsoftheColdWar Indonesiangenocide(1965–66)isnotonlyalegal status,butalsoaculturalandsocialprocess. Impunityfortheinitialkillingsandforsubsequent actsofpoliticalviolencehasmanyelementsand togethertheirexistenceexplainsthepersistenceof impunity.
IslamicEcumene
ComparingMuslimSocieties
EditedbyDavidS.Powers& EricTagliacozzo
November 2023 312pp 6b&whalftones, 2maps
9781501772399£29.99/ $34.95PB
9781501772382£112.00/$125.00 HB
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TheessaysaddressthewaysinwhichMuslimsfrom MoroccotoIndonesiaandfromsub-SaharanAfricato thesteppesofUzbekistanaremembersofabroad culturalunit. IslamicEcumene seekstounderstand Islamicidentityasadynamicphenomenonthatis reflectedinthemultivalentpracticesofthemore thanonebillionpeoplewhoidentifyasMuslims.
MedinabytheBay ScenesofMuslimStudyand Survival MaryamKashani
August 2023 264pp 12illus.
9781478025177£23.99/ $27.95PB
9781478020219£94.00/$104.95 HB
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ExamineshowmultiracialMuslim communitiesintheSanFranciscoBayareaforge alternatewaysofsurvivingandflourishingintheface ofcolonialracialcapitalism.Throughout,Kashani arguesthatcontemporaryIslamemergesfromthe specificitiesoftheBayArea,fromitslandscapesand infrastructurestoitsMuslimliberalartscollege, mosques,andprisoncourtyards.
MesquitePodsto Mezcal
10,000YearsofOaxacan Cuisines
EditedbyVerónicaPérez
Rodriguez,byShantiMorellHart&StacieM.KingFebruary 2024 344pp 90illus.
9781477327968£54.00/ $60.00HB
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Thisvolume,thefirsttoaddressfoodpractices acrossOaxacathroughalong-termhistoricallens, coversthefullspectrumofhumanoccupationin Oaxaca,fromtheearlyHolocenetocontemporary times.Contributorsconsiderthedeephistoryof agroecologicalmanagementandlarge-scale landscapetransformation.
NakedFieldnotes
ARoughGuidetoEthnographic Writing
EditedbyDenielleElliott&
MatthewJ.Wolf-Meyer
February 2024 384pp 72b&willus.
9781517916145£24.99/ $29.00PB
9781517916138£104.00/$116.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
Unpackshowethnographicresearchresearchworks, itschallengesanditspossibilities.Thevolumepairs fieldnotesbasedonobservations,interviews, drawings,photographs,soundscapes,andother contemporarymodesofrecordingresearch encounterswithshort,reflectiveessays,offeringrich examplesofhowfieldnotesarecomposedand shapedbyresearchexperiences.
PakistanDesires
QueerFuturesElsewhere
EditedbyOmarKasmani
November 2023 288pp 36illus.
9781478025238£23.99/ $27.95PB
9781478020325£94.00/$104.95 HB
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Offersamultidisciplinaryviewon figuresandformsofqueernessin Pakistan,invitingreflectiononqueer’smyriad meaningsinPakistanandexplorehowdesirecan serveasamodeofqueerfuture-making.By embracingformsofdesireelsewhere,onesthat cannotcorrelatetooroftenfalloutsidedominant Westerntheorizationsofqueerness,thisvolume gathersotherwaysofbeingqueerintheworld.
October 2023 312pp
MusicandtheMaking ofPortugalandSpain
NationalismandIdentityPolitics
intheIberianPeninsula
EditedbyMatthewMachin-
Autenrieth,SalwaEl-Shawan Castelo-Branco &SamuelLlano9780252087448£27.99/ $32.00PB
9780252045325£112.00/$125.00 HB
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Howmusicembodiesandcontributestohistorical andcontemporarynationalism.
OntheDoorstepof Europe
AsylumandCitizenshipinGreece HeathCabot
TheEthnographyofPoliticalViolence
August 2023 280pp 5b&willus.
9781512825213£22.99/ $26.50NIP UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS
Cabotpresentsanethnographicstudyoftheasylum systeminGreece,tracingthewaysasylumseekers, bureaucrats,andserviceprovidersattemptto navigatethedilemmasofgovernance,ethics, knowledge,andsocialrelationsthatemergethrough thislegalprocess.Cabot’saccountshowshowthe difficultiesencounteredbyasylumseekersinan earliertimeremainrelevantinthefaceofongoing crises.
PeasantPoliticsofthe
MarcEdelman
CornellSeriesonLand:NewPerspectives onTerritory,Development,and Environment
February 2024 354pp 5b&whalftones
9781501773945£32.00/ $36.95PB
9781501773440£112.00/$125.00 HB
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Edelmanexplainshowpeasantmovementsare stakingtheirclaimsfromfarmers'fieldstomassive protestsaroundtheworld,shapingheateddebates overpeasants'rightsandtheverycategoryof "peasant"withintheagrarianorganizationsandin theUN.
PinkGold
Women,Shrimp,andWorkin
Mexico
MaríaL.Cruz-Torres
December 2023 384pp 14b&wphotos, 1map
9781477328026£29.99/ $34.95PB
9781477328019£94.00/$105.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
Documentstheshrimptraders'resilienceand resourcefulness,fromtheirearlyconflictswiththe cityandformingaunion,tocarvingoutaphysical spaceforaseafoodmarket.Cruz-Torresexplores theinspiringnarrativeofthisoverlookedgroupof womeninvolvinggrassrootspolitics,transborder andfamilialnetworking,debtandinformal economicpractices,personalsacrifices,andsimple courage.
PrecariousLives
WaitingandHopeinIran
ShahramKhosravi
ContemporaryEthnography
November 2023 288pp 6illus.
9781512825565£21.99/ $24.95NIP UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS
Khosraviweavestogether individualstories,governmentreports,statistics,and culturalanalysisofartandliteraturetodepicthow Iraniansreacttotheexperienceofprecarityandthe possibilityofhope. PrecariousLives isavitalworkof contemporaryanthropologythatservesasa testamenttothesharedhardshipandhopeofthe Iranianpeople.
ReckoningwithHarm
TheToxicRelationsofOilin
Amazonia
AmeliaM.Fiske
October 2023 280pp 20b&wphotos,4 b&willus.,2maps
9781477327784£29.99/ $34.95PB
9781477327777£94.00/$105.00 HB
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Covering50yearsofsettlercolonizationand industrialtransformationoftheEcuadorianAmazon, Fiskeinterrogatestherelationsofharm.Shemoves betweenforest-courtroomsandoilywastepits,farms andtoxictours,toexploreboththewaysinwhich harmfromoilisentangledwithdailylifeandthe tensionssurroundingeffortstoverifyandredressitin practice.
PoliticalActivist Ethnography
StudiesintheSocialRelations ofStruggle
EditedbyAgnieszkaDoll, LauraBisaillon&KevinWalby
November 2023 304pp 8figures
9781771993982£38.00/ $41.95PB
UNIVERSITYOFBRITISHCOLUMBIAPRESS
Examineshowresearchcanproduceknowledgefor socialtransformationbyusingpoliticalactivist ethnography,auniquesocialresearchstrategythat usespoliticalconfrontationasaresourceand focusesonmomentsandspacesofdirectstruggle torevealhowrulingregimesareorganizedso activistsandsocialmovementscanfightthem.
RaisingTwoFists
StrugglesforBlackCitizenshipin
MulticulturalColombia
RoosbelindaCárdenas
February 2024 278pp
9781503635807£25.99/ $30.00PB
9781503613799£81.00/$90.00 HB STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
RaisingTwoFists isahistorically groundedethnographyofAfro-Colombianpolitical mobilizationafterthemulticulturalturnthatswept LatinAmericainthe1990s,whenstatesbeganto recognizeandlegallyenshrinerightsforAfrodescendants.Cárdenasexploresthreemajor strategiesthatAfro-Colombians'developedintheir strugglesagainstracializeddispossession.
Rightsand ResponsibilitiesinRural SouthAfrica
Gender,Personhood,andthe CrisisofMeaning
KathleenRice
August 2023 198pp 1b&wphoto
9780253066176£29.99/ $35.00PB
9780253066169£67.00/$75.00 HB
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Focusingparticularlyonthewomenofthevillageof Mhlambini,thisbookofferscompellingportraitsof howtheyexperienceandnavigatewidespreadsocial andeconomicchangeandpresentstheirexperiences asawayofunderstandinghowpeoplenavigatethe moralambiguitiesofcontemporarySouthAfricanlife.
RightsRefused
GrassrootsActivismandState ViolenceinMyanmar
ElliottPrasse-Freeman
StanfordStudiesinHumanRights
September 2023 336pp
9781503636712£25.99/ $30.00PB
9781503634725£81.00/$90.00 HB
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Takingthereaderfromprotestcamps,toflop houses,toprisons,andpresentingpracticesas variedascourtroomimmolation,occultcursing ceremonies,andlandreoccupations, RightsRefused showshowBurmesesubalternpoliticscompelusto reconsiderhowrightsframeworksoperate everywhere.
Self-Alteration
HowPeopleChangeThemselves
AcrossCultures
EditedbyJean-Paul
Baldacchino&Christopher
Houston
November 2023 208pp 4colorimages
9781978837225£29.99/ $34.95PB
9781978837232£108.00/$120.00 HB
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Manyofusfeelapressingdesiretobedifferent--to beotherthanwhoweare.Theessaysin SelfAlteration comeatthesubjectoftheselfandits becomingthroughcasestudiesofmodesof transformationoftheself.Theydothiswithsocial processesandprojectsthatrevealhowtheself acquiresanon-trivialnewmeaninginandthroughits veryprocessofalteration.
SharingOurKnowledge
TheTlingitandTheirCoastal
Neighbors
EditedbySergeiKan
&SteveHenriksonDecember 2023 544pp 118photos,17 illus.,5maps,4tables,1appendix,index
9781496236883£40.00/ $45.00NIP
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
BringstogetherNativeelders,traditionbearers, educators,culturalactivists,anthropologists, linguists,historians,andmuseumprofessionalsto exploretheculture,history,andlanguageofthe TlingitpeopleofsoutheastAlaskaandtheircoastal neighbors.Thisvolumefocusesonthepreservation anddisseminationofTlingitlanguage,traditional culturalknowledge,andhistoryfromanactivist Tlingitperspective.
ScienceInterrupted
RethinkingResearchPractice withBureaucracy,Agroforestry, andEthnography
TimothyG.McLellan
Expertise:CulturesandTechnologiesof Knowledge
January 2024 180pp
9781501773334£22.99/ $26.95PB
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McLellanoffersatheoreticalframeworkfor analyzingtheformalproceduralworkofChinese bureaucracy—workthatisoverlookedwhenChina scholarsrestricttheirgazetotheinformaland interpersonalchannelsthroughwhichbureaucracy isoftennavigated.
SensingOthers
VoicingBatekEthicalLivesatthe EdgeofaMalaysianRainforest
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ExploresthelivesofBatek hunter-gatherersinPeninsularMalaysiaamidthe strangeandthenewintheborderlandbetween protectednationalparkandoilpalmplantation. Drawingonmeticulous,long-termethnographic researchwithBatekpeople,Rudgearguesthatas peopleseektomakehabitableaconstantlychanging landscape,whatcountsasOthernessisalwaysunder negotiation.
Speechifying
TheWordsandLegacyof JohnnettaBetschCole
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Speechifying collectsthemostimportantspeechesof Dr.JohnnettaBetchCole—notedBlackfeminist anthropologist,thefirstBlackfemalepresidentof SpelmanCollege,formerdirectoroftheSmithsonian Institute’sNationalMuseumofAfricanArt,and formerchairandpresidentoftheNationalCouncilof NegroWomen.
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AmishandUltra-Orthodox JewishWomenNegotiating Media
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StrictlyObservant presentsacompelling ethnographicstudyofthecomplexdynamic betweenwomeninboththePennsylvanianOld OrderAmishandIsraeliUltra-OrthodoxJewish communitiesandcontemporarymedia technologies.
SweetDeal,Bitter Landscape
GenderPoliticsandLiminalityin Tanzania'sNewEnclosures
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CornellSeriesonLand:NewPerspectives onTerritory,Development,and Environment
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Bringsustothemid-2000s,whentheTanzanian governmentstruckadealwithaforeigninvestorto convertmorethan20,000hectaresoflong-settled coastallandtoestablishasugarcaneplantation.Ten yearson,thedealwasabruptlyabandoned.
TheCenterCannotHold DecolonialPossibilityinthe CollapseofaTanzanianNGO JennaN.Hanchey
August 2023 248pp
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Examinesthedecolonial potentialemergingfromprocessesofruinationand collapse.Drawingonethnographicfieldworkinrural TanzaniaataninternationallyfundedNGOasit underwentdissolution,Hancheytracestheconflicts betweenlocalleadershipandWesternpaternalismas wellastheunstablesubjectivityofWestern volunteerswhoareunabletowithstandthe contradictionsofplayingthedualrolesof decolonializingallyandwhitesavior.
SufiCivilities ReligiousAuthorityandPolitical ChangeinAfghanistan
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November 2023 296pp
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Basedonlong-termethnographicfieldresearch amongmultipleSuficommunitiesindifferenturban areasofAfghanistan,thebookexamines navigationalstrategiesemployedbySufileaders overthepastfourdecadestoweatherperiodsof instabilityandpersecution,showinghowthey adaptedtochangingconditionsinnovelwaysthat craftedSufismasaforceinthecivilsphere.
TenementNation
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Exploresthebattleforaneighborhoodcalledthe CanongateinEdinburgh'sOldTown.Tooley's insightfulstudyoftheworking-classCanongate communityastheynegotiategentrificationplans offersacomplexviewofclassandnation. Tenement Nation exploresthesenegotiationsbetween socioeconomicclassesandevennationalitiestoshow whatTooleycallsa"working-classcosmopolitanism" inpursuitofsocial,economic,andpoliticalinclusion.
TheCunningofGender Violence
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EditedbyLilaAbu-Lughod, RemaHammami&Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian
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Combatingviolenceagainstwomenandgenderbasedviolenceconstitutesahighlyvisibleand powerfulagendaenshrinedininternational governanceandlawandembeddedinstateviolence andglobalsecuritization.
TheEndsofResearch
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Explorestheafterlivesofseveralresearchinitiatives thatemergedinthewakeofthe“Warinthe Woods,”aperiodofanti-loggingblockadesin Canadainthelatetwentiethcentury.TomÖzdenSchillingexaminestheseresearchers’lasting investmentsandthewaystheystruggletocontinue theirworklongafterthelossofgovernment funding.
TheIndebtedWoman Kinship,Sexuality,and Capitalism
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TheIndebtedWoman discussesthecrucialyet invisiblerolespoorwomenplayinmakingand consolidatingdebtandcreditmarkets.Isabelle Guérin,SantoshKumar,andG.Venkatasubramanian spentovertwodecadesobservingacreditmarket thatspecificallytargetswomenintheIndian countrysideofeast-centralTamilNadu.
TheNaturalBorder
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Tellstherecenthistoryof Mediterraneanruralcapitalism fromtheperspectiveofmarginalizedBlackAfrican farmworkers.Raeymaekersshowsthatinthecontext ofglobalsupplychainsandrepressiveborder regimes,thebookforegroundsthefundamental racialhierarchiesuponwhichagrarianproduction andreproductionarebased.
TheEntabloManuscript
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September 2023 296pp 25b&w
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SarahBennisonoffersacritical introductiontotheEntablo,aSpanishtranscription ofthedocument,andanEnglishtranslation.Among itsotherrevelations,theEntablodelvesintotheuse ofkhipuboards,devicesthatmeldthetraditional knottedstringsknownaskhipuswithawritten alphabet.
TheLetteredIndian Race,Nation,andIndigenous EducationinTwentieth-Century Bolivia
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January 2024 496pp 38illus.
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Bringingintodialoguethefieldsofsocialhistory, Andeanethnography,andpostcolonialtheory, The LetteredIndian mapsthemoraldilemmasand politicalstakesinvolvedintheprotractedstruggle overIndianliteracyandschoolingintheBolivian Andes.LarsontracesBolivia’smajorstateeffortsto educateitsunrulyIndigenousmassesatkeyjunctures inthetwentiethcentury.
ThePerversityof Gratitude AnApartheidEducation GrantFarred
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Bringstobeartheworkofinfluentialphilosophers suchasMartinHeideggerandJacquesDerrida.The booktacklesbroadphilosophicalconcepts— transgression,withdrawal,andthedialectic.This leadstothecreationofanewconcept,“thediasporain-place,”whichFarredexplains,“ishavinglefta placebeforeonephysicallyremovesoneselffromthis place.”
ThePoliticsofPotential GlobalHealthandGendered FuturesinSouthAfrica
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Thefirst1000daysofhumanlife,ortheperiod betweenconceptionandagetwo,isoneofthe mostpivotalperiodsofhumandevelopment. The PoliticsofPotential examinesearlylifeinterventions inthefirst1000daysoflifeinSouthAfrica,drawing onfieldworkfrominternationalconferences, governmentofficesandhealthcarefacilities.
TheViolenceof Recognition
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TheEthnographyofPoliticalViolence
November 2023 232pp 2maps
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Hotaexplorestherootsofethnonationalistconflict betweentwohistoricallymarginalizedgroups,the Kandha,andthePaanaanddocumentshowHindutva mobilizationledtolarge-scaleviolence.
UnseenFlesh
GynecologyandBlackQueer Worth-MakinginBrazil
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9781478025184£22.99/ $26.95PB
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ExploreshowBlacklesbiansin Brazildefineandsustaintheirwell-beingandselfworthagainstpersistentracial,sexual,class,and gender-basedprejudice.Focusingonthetrauma causedbyinteractionswithgynecologists,Faludraws onin-depthethnographicworkamongtheBlack lesbiancommunitytorevealtheirprofoundly negativeaffectiveexperienceswithinBrazil’sdeeply biasedmedicalsystem.
ThePromiseofPiety
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February 2024 234pp 6b&whalftones
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ShowshowTablighisconstituteadistinctformof piousrelationalityintheritualprocessesand everydaypracticesofdawat.Khanexploresboth thepromiseandlimitsoftheTablighiprojectof creatinganIslamicmoralorderthatcantranscend thepoliticalfragmentationandviolenceoflifein postcolonialPakistan.
TrustMatters
ParsiEndowmentsinMumbai andtheHoroscopeofaCity
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December 2023 224pp 12illus.
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Althoughnumberingfewerthan 60,000inacityofover12million,Mumbai’sParsi communityisoneofthelargestprivatelandowners inthecityduetoitsnetworkofpubliccharitable trusts.ThisbookexploreshowtheParsicharitable trustsinMumbaishapeandconstrainthelifeand deathoftheParsicommunityandthecityasawhole.
ViolenceofDemocracy
InterpartyConflictinSouthIndia RuchiChaturvedi
August 2023 272pp
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Drawingonethnographic fieldworkandextensivearchival research,Chaturvediinvestigatestheunique characteroftheconflictbetweenthepartyleftand theHinduright.Thisconflict,sheshows,defies explanationscenteringreligious,caste,orideological differences.Itoffersinsteadnewwaysof understandinghowquotidianpoliticalcompetition canproduceantagonisticmajoritariancommunities.
WaysofBelonging
UndocumentedYouthinthe ShadowofIllegality
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Drawingonfiveyearsofethnographicfieldwork, FrancescaMelonishowshowambivalenceshapes thelivesofyoungpeoplewhoarecaughtbetween thedesiretobelongandtheimpossibilityoffully belonging.Melonipayscloseattentiontothese youngpeople’sstrugglesandhopes,showingus whatitmeanstobelongandtoendureincontexts ofsocialexclusion.
AMaverickBoasian
TheLifeandWorkofAlexanderA.
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CriticalStudiesintheHistoryof Anthropology
February 2023 282pp 16photos,index
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AlexanderGoldenweiser,ascholarconsideredbyhis contemporariestobeFranzBoas’smostbrilliantand mostfavoredstudent.Forthefirsttime,SergeiKan bringstogetherandexaminesallofGoldenweiser’s publishedscholarlyworks,archivalrecords,personal correspondences,nonacademicpublications,and livingmemories.
Afro-Sweden
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ContemporarySwedenisacountrywithaworldwide progressivereputation,despiteanundeniable traditionofracismwithinitsborders.Inthefaceof thiscontradictionofcultureandhistory,Afro-Swedes haveemergedasavibrantdemographicpresence, fromgenerationsofdiasporicmovement,migration, andhomemaking.
WitnesstotheHuman RightsTribunals
HowtheSystemFails
IndigenousPeoples
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Drawsontestimony,ethnographicdata,andyears oftribunaldecisionstoshowhowspecificcasesare fought,andoffersanin-depthlookat anthropologicalexpertiseinthecourts.Miller’s candidanalysisrevealsthedouble-edgednatureof thetribunal,whichbothprotectshumanrightsand re-engagesthetraumaofdiscriminationthat suffusessocialandlegalsystems.
ARitualGeology
GoldandSubterranean KnowledgeinSavannaWest Africa
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August 2022 328pp 31illus.
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TellsthehistoryofWestAfrica’scenturies-old indigenousgoldminingindustriesanditsshared practices,prohibitions,andcosmological engagements.Introducestransnationalgeological formationsasanewregionalframeworkforAfrican studies,environmentalhistory,andanthropology.
Ain'tIanAnthropologist ZoraNealeHurstonBeyondthe LiteraryIcon
JenniferL.FreemanMarshall NewBlackStudiesSeries
February 2023 264pp 10b&wphotos
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Iconicasanovelistandpopularculturalfigure,Zora NealeHurstonremainsunderappreciatedasan anthropologist.IsitinevitablethatHurston’sliterary authorityshouldeclipseheranthropological authority?Ifnot,whatsocio-culturalandinstitutional valuesandprocessesshapethedifferentwayswe readherwork?
DrawingDeportation
ArtandResistanceamong ImmigrantChildren SilviaRodriguezVega
February 2023 240pp 18b&willus.38 colorillus.
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Basedontenyearsofworkwithimmigrantchildren asyoungassixyearsoldinArizonaandCalifornia— andfeaturingananalysisofthreehundred drawings,theaterperformances,andfamily interviews—thisbookillustrateshowthechildrenof immigrantsusearttograpplewithissuesof citizenship,stateviolence,andbelonging.
FreeCultureandtheCity Hackers,Commoners,and NeighborsinMadrid,1997–2017
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February 2023 288pp 17b&whalftones
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Drawingontwodecadesofethnographicand historicalworkwithfreeculturecollectivesinMadrid, FreeCultureandtheCity examineshowandwhyfree softwarespreadbeyondtheworldofhackersand softwareengineerstobecomethebasisforanurban movementnowheraldedbyscholarsasamodelfor emulationandinspiration.
MotherCow,Mother India
AMultispeciesPoliticsofDairyin
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YaminiNarayanan
SouthAsiainMotion
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Howcows,buffaloesandtheircalvesareembroiled inIndia'sdairyindustrialcomplexasreproductive, religious,andpoliticalcapitaloftheHindutvacow protectionagenda,anauthoritarianformofHindu nationalism.
EverydayWar TheConflictoverDonbas, Ukraine GretaLynnUehling
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Providesanaccessiblelens throughwhichtounderstandwhatnon-combatant civiliansgothroughinacountryatwar.InUkraine, landscapesfilledwithdeathanddestruction promptedattentivenesstohumanvulnerabilities andthecultivationofeveryday,interpersonal peace.Bridgingthefieldsofpoliticalgeography, internationalrelations,peaceandconflictstudies, andanthropology, EverydayWar considersa differentsitewherepeacecanbecultivatedatan everydaylevel.
LearningtoSavethe World GlobalHealthPedagogiesand FantasiesofTransformationin Botswana BetseyBehrBrada
February 2023 288pp 4b&whalftones,2 maps,1chart
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Thisbookrevealshowindividualsandcollectivities engagedinglobalhealth—visitingexpertsaswellas localcliniciansandpatients—cometoregard themselvesandothersintermsofthisframework. Bradashowsthatglobalhealthisafrontier,an imaginativeframeworkthatorganizesthespace, time,andethicsofencounter.
WorldsWithinand WorldsWithout
FieldGuidetoanIntellectual Journey
MichaelJackson
April2023288pp
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AnthropologistMichaelJacksonpredicateshis intellectualautobiography,WorldsWithinandWorlds Without,ontheviewthatworksandlivesare intimatelyentangled.Throughaskillfulinterweaving ofpersonalandethnographicdescriptions,he focusesontheimaginativeandpracticalwayshuman beingsnegotiatethespacebetweenworldstheycall theirownandworldstheyregardaslyingbeyond theirimmediatepurview.
