Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute back issues from September 2002:
Sorcery in the era of 'Henry IV': kinship, mobility and mortality in Buhera district, Zimbabwe.(HIV)
Sep 01, 2002; ... <Pre> TinovenganaWe hate each other tinoroyana we bewitch each other tinorevana we gossip about each other ndizvo tichi urayana that makes us kill each other ndizvo saka tiri varombo! that's why we are poor! (1) </Pre> The ...
Responsibility, taboos and 'the freedom to do otherwise' in Ankarana, Northern Madagascar.
Sep 01, 2002; ... All societies are systems of responsibilities ... (Barnes 2000: 8). But ... society does not exist in a neutral, uncharged vacuum. It is subject to external pressures; that which is not with it, part of it and subject to its laws, is potentially against it ... [I]deas about ...
Changing places: relatives and relativism in Java.(religious and cultural diversity)
Sep 01, 2002; ... Java is well known for its cultural diversity and for the coexistence (not always peaceful) of its contrasting religious orientations. This coexistence is not a matter of different subcultures subsisting alongside each other in separate spheres; it is an immediate and intimate fact of ...
Ambiguation, disjuncture, commitment: a social analysis of Caribbean cultural creativity.(creolization)
Sep 01, 2002; ... Amongst its multiple meanings (Mintz 1996; Price 2001), creolization is widely used by anthropologists to refer to contexts of cultural medley, hybridity, or intermixture (Bolland 1992: 50-1). In the Caribbean, the term has often described a history of social compromise -- the 'cruel but ...
The purity of spirit and the power of blood: a comparative perspective on nation, gender and kinship in Cyprus.
Sep 01, 2002; ... Nationalism notoriously naturalizes, most often through taking the 'natural' units of body and kinship as its metaphorical models. In recent years, scholars concerned with the implications for nationalism of the uses of gendered models have begun to suggest that kinship is more than just' ...
The fundamentals of fertility: cosmology and conversion in a Southwestern Nigerian town.
Sep 01, 2002; ... In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth ... (Genesis 1: 1). Let us not mix up heaven and earth, the global stage and the local scene, the human and the nonhuman ... (Latour 1993: 3). The assumption that distinct dichotomies such as modern and ...
Comment.(primitive mentality)
Sep 01, 2002 ... Primitive mentality The most serious issue raised by Wilmsen's (2001a) attack on Woodburn and Widlok is not that personal abuse is academically unproductive (as Ingold quite rightly says), but that all the participants in this debate accept that it is legitimate to criticize ...
Remembering Osiris: number, gender, and the word in ancient Egyptian representational systems. (Book Reviews: Anthropology and History).
Sep 01, 2002; ... HARE, TOM. Remembering Osiris: number, gender, and the word in ancient Egyptian representational systems. xx, 322 pp., illus., map. Stanford: Univ. Press, 1999. [pounds sterling]35.00 (cloth), [pounds sterling]11.95 (paper) Remembering Osiris is an attempt to include ancient ...
The living fields: our agricultural heritage. (Book Reviews: Anthropology and History).
Sep 01, 2002; ... HARLAN, JACK R. The living fields: our agricultural heritage. xvi, 271 pp., illus., maps, tables, bibliogr. Cambridge: Univ. Press, 1998. [pounds sterling]35.00 (cloth), [pounds sterling]11.95 (paper) This book provides a nice introduction for students interested in the history ...
Royal courts of the ancient Maya. Vol. 1: theory, comparison, synthesis. (Book Reviews: Anthropology and History).
Sep 01, 2002; ... INOMATA, TAKESHI & STEPHEN D. HOUSTON (eds), Royal courts of the ancient Maya. Vol. 1: theory, comparison, synthesis. xix, 292 pp., maps, tables, illus., bibliogrs. Oxford: Westview Press, 2001. [pounds sterling]18.50 (paper) Not so long ago, Classic Maya sites (c.300-1000 AD) ...
Fertility and household labour in Tanzania: demography, economy, and society in Rufiji district, c. 1870-1986. (Book Reviews: Anthropology and History).
Sep 01, 2002; ... LOCKWOOD, MATTHEW. Fertility and household labour in Tanzania: demography, economy, and society in Rufiji district, c. 1870-1986. xiv, 203 pp., map, tables, illus., bibliogr. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. [pounds sterling]47.50 (cloth) Conventional demographic theory generally ...
Ancient Mesopotamia: the Eden that never was. (Book Reviews: Anthropology and History).
Sep 01, 2002; ... POLLOCK, SUSAN. Ancient Mesopotamia: the Eden that never was (Case Stud, early soc.). xii, 259 pp., maps, tables, illus., bibliogr. Cambridge: Univ. Press, 1999. [pounds sterling]32.50 (cloth), [pounds sterling]10.95 (paper) This is one of several volumes in the Case studies in ...
Homogeneidad y nacion: con un estudio de caso: Argentina, siglos XIX y XX. (Book Reviews: Anthropology and History).
Sep 01, 2002; ... QUIJADA, MONICA, CARMEN BERNAND & ARND SCHNEIDER. Homogeneidad y nacion: con un estudio de caso: Argentina, siglos XIX y XX (Coll. tierra nueva e cielo nuovo 42). 257 pp., tables, plates, bibliogr. Madrid: CSIC, 2000. (paper) The authors, one historian -- Quijada -- and two ...
La possession en asie du sud: parole, corps, territorie / Possession in South Asia: speech, body, territory. (Book Reviews: Anthropology of Religion).
Sep 01, 2002; ... ASSAYAG, JACKIE & GILLES TARABOUT (eds). La possession en asie du sud: parole, corps, territorie / Possession in South Asia: speech, body, territory (Collection Purusartha). 447 pp., map, illus., bibliogr. Paris: EHESS, 1999. 220 FF (paper) This substantial collection on spirit ...
Across the boundaries of belief. (Book Reviews: Anthropology of Religion).
Sep 01, 2002; ... KLASS, MORTON & MAXINE K. WEISGRAU (eds). Across the boundaries of belief (Contemp. issues in anthr. relig.). viii, 416 pp., bibliogrs. Boulder: Westview Press/HarperCollins, 1999. $30.00 (paper) Klass and Weisengrau's collection represents an attempt to update themes and topics ...
Madagascar: les ancetres au quotidien: usages sociaux du religieux sur les Hautes-Terres Malgaches. (Book Reviews: Anthropology of Religion).
Sep 01, 2002; ... RAKOTOMALALA, MALANJAONA, SOPHIE BLANCY & FRANCOISE RAISON-JOURDE. Madagascar: les ancetres au quotidien: usages sociaux du religieux sur les Hautes-Terres Malgaches. 529 pp., bibliogr. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2001. 280 FF (paper) Visitors to Imerina, the central region of ...
Courtiers en development: les villages africains en quete de projets. (Book Reviews: Development).
Sep 01, 2002; ... BIERSCHENK, THOMAS J.-P. CHAVEAU & J.-P. OLIVIER DE SARDAN (eds), Courtiers en development: les villages africains en quete de projets (Collection 'Hommes et Societes'). 328 pp., bibliogr. Paris: APAD-Karthala, 2000. [euro]24.39 (paper) This is an important study for many ...
People, plants, and justice: the politics of nature conservation. (Book Reviews: Development).
Sep 01, 2002; ... ZERNER, CHARLES (ed.). People, plants, and justice: the politics of nature conservation. xvii, 449 pp., maps, tables, illus., bibliogr. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 2000. $49.50 (cloth), $30.00 (paper) 'Environmental justice' is concerned with the just distribution of ...
Mass mediations: new approaches to popular culture in the Middle East and beyond. (Book Reviews: General).
Sep 01, 2002; ... ARMBRUST, WALTER (ed.). Mass mediations: new approaches to popular culture in the Middle East and beyond. xi, 378 pp., illus., bibliogr. London, Berkeley: Univ. California Press, 2000. [pounds sterling]15.95 (paper), [pounds sterling]35.00 (cloth) With studies of Middle Eastern ...
Delhi: urban space and human destinies. (Book Reviews: General).
Sep 01, 2002; ... DUPONT, VERONIQUE, EMMA TARLO & DENIS VIDAL (eds). Delhi: urban space and human destinies. 261 pp.' maps, figs, plates, bibliogrs. New Delhi: Manohar Publishers, 2000. Rs 475 (cloth) When I was asked to review this book about Delhi, which is also my home-town, I expected little ...
Rural development and social science research: case studies from Borneo. (Book Reviews: General).
Sep 01, 2002; ... KING, VICTOR T. (ed.). Rural development and social science research: case studies from Borneo (Borneo Res. Counc. Proc. 6). xiii, 359 pp., maps, tables, bibliogr. Phillips, ME: Borneo Research Council, 1999. $35.00 (paper) The eleven chapters (written by a total of twenty-one ...
Muslim Turkistan: Kazak religion and collective memory. (Book Reviews: General).
Sep 01, 2002; ... PRIVRATSKY, BRUCE G. Muslim Turkistan: Kazak religion and collective memory. xxi, 321 pp., maps, plates, bibliogr. Richmond, Sy.: Curzon Press, 2001. [pounds sterling]45.00 (cloth) The book is based on ethnographic fieldwork in the city of Turkistan in Kazakhstan. Its main ...
Ladakh: culture, history, and development between Himalaya and Karakoram. (Book Reviews: General).(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2002; ... VAN BEEK, MARTIJN, KRISTOFFER BRIX BERTELSEN & POUL PEDERSEN (eds). Ladakh: culture, history, and development between Himalaya and Karakoram (Recent research on Ladakh 8). 414 pp., illus., maps, tables, bibliogr. Aarhus, Oxford: Aarhus Univ. Press, 1999. [pounds sterling]24.95 (cloth) ...
Indigenous architecture in Borneo: traditional patterns and new developments. (Book Reviews: General).(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2002; ... WINZELER, ROBERT L. (ed.). Indigenous architecture in Borneo: traditional patterns and new developments (Borneo Res. Counc. Proc. 5). xii, 234 pp., illus., bibliogr. Phillips, ME: Borneo Research Council, 1998. $20 (paper) Deriving from the Borneo Research Council's 1996 ...
The evolution of Neogene terrestrial ecosystems in Europe. (Book Reviews: Human evolution).(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2002; ... AGUSTI, JORGE, LORENZO ROOK & PETER ANDREWS (eds). The evolution of Neogene terrestrial ecosystems in Europe (Hominoid Evol. clim. chge Eur 1). xvi, 512 pp., illus., maps, tables, bibliogrs. Cambridge: Univ. Press, 1999. [pounds sterling]70.00 (cloth) Climate change has been ...
Java man: how two geologists changed the history of human evolution. (Book Reviews: Human evolution).(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2002; ... CURTISS, GARNISS, CARL SWISHER & ROGER LEWIN. Java man: how two geologists changed the history of human evolution. 256 pp. map, plates, illus., notes. London: Little, Brown & Company, 2001. [pounds sterling]18.99 (cloth) This book -- a mixture of three elements: scientific ...
Phylogeny of the Neogene hominoid primates of Eurasia. (Book Reviews: Human evolution).(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2002; ... DE BONIS, LOUIS, GEORGE KOUFOS & PETER ANDREWS (eds). Phylogeny of the Neogene hominoid primates of Eurasia (Hominoid Evol. clim. chge Fur. 2). xi, 372 pp., maps, tables, plates, bibliogrs. Cambridge: Univ. Press, 2001. [pounds sterling]60.00 (cloth) This book is the second to ...
The dark side of man: tracing the origins of male violence. (Book Reviews: Human evolution).
Sep 01, 2002; ... GHIGLIERI, MICHAEL P. The dark side of man: tracing the origins of male violence. xii, 323 pp., table, notes. Reading, MA: Perseus Books, 1999. [pounds sterling]17.95 (cloth) This book claims to uncover the roots of homicide, war, and 'terrorism'. Since the author is a ...
Dou Donggo justice: conflict and morality in an Indonesian society. (Book Reviews: Legal Anthropology).
Sep 01, 2002; ... JUST, PETER. Dou Donggo justice: conflict and morality in an Indonesian society. xi, 263 pp., illus., bibliogr. Oxford, New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2001. [pounds sterling]20.95 (paper) Why would a woman falsely accuse a young man of assaulting her with a bush knife? Why ...
The cultural study of law: reconstructing legal scholarship. (Book Reviews: Legal Anthropology).
Sep 01, 2002; ... KAHN, PAUL W. The cultural study of law: reconstructing legal scholarship. x, 169 pp.' London, Chicago: Univ. Chigago Press, 1999. [pounds sterling]21.95 (cloth) Throughout the twentieth century, commentary on the decisions of superior courts represented the dominant mode of ...
Defending the land: sovereignty and forest life in James Bay Cree society. (Book Reviews: Legal Anthropology).
Sep 01, 2002; ... NIEZEN, RONALD, Defending the land: sovereignty and forest life in James Bay Cree society (Cult. Surv. Stud. Ethn. Chge). xii, 148 pp., map, illus. bibliogr. London, Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1998. $22.00 (paper) This book provides evidence against Ernest Gellner' convergence ...
Citizenship and indigenous Australians: changing conceptions and possibilities. (Book Reviews: Legal Anthropology).
Sep 01, 2002; ... PETERSON, NICOLAS & WILL SANDERS (eds). Citizenship and indigenous Australians: changing conceptions and possibilities (Reshaping Australian Institutions ser.). xiv, 222 pp., bibliogrs. Cambridge: Univ. Press, 1998. [pounds sterling]45.00 (cloth), [pounds sterling]15.95 (paper) ...
In the circle of the dance: notes of an outsider in Nepal. (Book Reviews: Method).
Sep 01, 2002; ... GUNERATNE, KATHARINE BJORK. In the circle of the dance: notes of an outsider in Nepal. x, 225 pp., map, illus. Ithaca, London: Cornell Univ. Press, 1999. $47.50 (cloth), $17.95 (paper) In 1990 Katharine Bjork Guneratne accompanied her husband, Chicago-trained Sri Lankan ...
Natives and academics: researching and writing about American Indians. (Book Reviews: Method).
Sep 01, 2002; ... MIHESUH, DEVON A. (ed.). Natives and academics: researching and writing about American Indians. xii, 212 pp., bibliogrs. London, Lincoln: Univ. Nebraska Press, 1998. [pounds sterling]14.00 (paper) This collection of essays is not new; it is a revision of an anthology which ...
Methodology in social research: dilemmas and perspectives: essays in honour of Ramkrishna Mukherjee. (Book Reviews: Method).
Sep 01, 2002; ... MUKHERJI, PARTHA NATH (ed.). Methodology in social research: dilemmas and perspectives: essays in honour of Ramkrishna Mukherjee. 263 pp., diagr., illus. London, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2000. [pounds sterling]27.50 (cloth) The man in whose honour this book has been ...
Linguistic fieldwork. (Book Reviews: Method).
Sep 01, 2002; ... NEWMAN, PAUL & MARTHA RATLIFF (eds). Linguistic fieldwork. xii, 288 pp., tables, illus, bibilogrs. Cambridge: Univ. Press, 2001. [pounds sterling]42.50 (cloth), [pounds sterling]15.95 (paper) This volume is a collection of essays about what happens when linguists research ...
Bury me standing: rite Gypsies and their journey. (Book Reviews: Social Anthropology).
Sep 01, 2002; ... FONSECA, ISABEL. Bury me standing: rite Gypsies and their journey. 322 pp., maps, plates, bibliogr. London: Chatto & Windus, 1995. [pounds sterling]18.99 (cloth) Isabel Fonseca's best-selling account of 'the least obedient people in the world' stands, like much other serious but ...
Between the folds: stories of cloth, lives, and travels from Sumba. (Book Reviews: Social Anthropology).
Sep 01, 2002; ... FORSHEE, JILL. Between the folds: stories of cloth, lives, and travels from Sumba. xiv, 265 pp., map, plates, illus., bibliogr. Honolulu: Univ. Hawaii Press, 2001. $52.00 (cloth), $23.95 (paper) This engaging book seeks to explore 'moments of possibility' (p. 3) in the lives of ...
A society without fathers or husbands: the Na of China. (Book Reviews: Social Anthropology).
Sep 01, 2002; ... HUA, CAI (transl. Asti Hustvedt). A society without fathers or husbands: the Na of China. 505 pp.' maps, figs, bibliogr. New York: Zone Books, 2001. [pounds sterling]22.95 (cloth) This is a remarkable book, about a society which is either extraordinary, or incredible. It is ...
Commercial cultures: economies, practices, spaces. (Book Reviews: Social Anthropology).
Sep 01, 2002; ... JACKSON, PETER, MICHELLE LOWE, DANIELLE MILLER & FRANK MORT (eds). Commercial cultures: economies, practices, spaces (Leisure, consumption and culture). vii, 284 pp., map, tables, bibliogrs. Oxford, New York: Berg Publishers, 2000. [pounds sterling]42.99 (cloth), [pounds sterling]l4.99 ...
People, Countries, and the Rainbow Serpent: systems of classification among the Lardil of Mornington Island. (Book Reviews: Social Anthropology).
Sep 01, 2002; ... McKNIGHT, DAVID. People, Countries, and the Rainbow Serpent: systems of classification among the Lardil of Mornington Island (Oxford studs, in anthrop. ling. 12). x, 270 pp., map, illus., tables, bibliogr. Oxford, New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1999. [pounds sterling]50.00 (cloth) ...
Antologia sobre pequeno riego, Vol II. (Book Reviews: Social Anthropology).
Sep 01, 2002; ... PALERM VIQUEIRA. JACINTA & TOMAS MARTINEZ SALDANA (eds). Antologia sobre pequeno riego, Vol. II. (Organizaciones Autogestivas). xiv, 469 pp., tables, maps, diags, bibliogr. Mexico: Plaza y Valdes Editores, 2000. $15.00 This second volume on small-scale irrigation in Mexico ...
Anthropology of food: the social dynamics of food security. (Book Reviews: Social Anthropology).
Sep 01, 2002; ... POTTIER, JOHAN. Anthropology of food: the social dynamics of food security. x, 230 pp., bibliogr. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1999. [pounds sterling]49.50 (cloth), [pounds sterling]14.99 (paper) As the subtitle makes clear, the present book is an attempt by a social anthropologist ...
Anthropology of violence and conflict. (Book Reviews: Social Anthropology).
Sep 01, 2002; ... SCHMIDT, BETTINA E. & INGO W SCHRODER (eds). Anthropology of violence and conflict (EASA). x, 229 pp.' bibliogrs. London, New York: Routledge, 2001 [pounds sterling]16.99 (paper) This very timely collection begins with two theoretical essays defining violence and proposing ways ...
Futures lost: nostalgia and identity among Italian immigrants in Argentina. (Book Reviews: Social Anthropology).
Sep 01, 2002; ... SCHNEIDER, ARND. Futures lost: nostalgia and identity among Italian immigrants in Argentina. 343 pp. maps, tables, diagrs, illus., bibliogr. Oxford, Bern: Peter Lang, 2001. [pounds sterling]33.00 (paper) This book is about people in what used to be one of the world's greatest ...
Khmer American: identity and moral education in a diasporic community. (Book Reviews: Social Anthropology).
Sep 01, 2002; ... SMITH-HEFNER, NANCY J. Khmer American: identity and moral education in a diasporic community. xx, 237 pp., illus., table, bibliogr. London, Berkeley: Univ. California Press, 1999. [pounds sterling]42.00 (cloth), [pounds sterling]14.95 (paper) How does a minority ethnic group ...
Anthropological explorations in gender: intersecting fields. (Books Reviews: Theory).
Sep 01, 2002; ... DUBE, LEELA. Anthropological explorations in gender: intersecting fields. 268 pp., tables, bibliogrs. London, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2001. [pounds sterling]29.99 (cloth) This book is a collection of articles by a senior social anthropologist who has written extensively ...
Among the anthropologists: history and context in anthropology. (Books Reviews: Theory).
Sep 01, 2002; ... KUPER, ADAM. Among the anthropologists: history and context in anthropology. x, 214 pp.' bibliogr. London, New Brunswick: Arhlone Press, 1999. [pounds sterling]45.00 (cloth) This collection of Adam Kuper's essays brings together eleven papers mostly published previously. The ...
The basic humor process: a cognitive-shift theory and the case against incongruity. (Books Reviews: Theory).
Sep 01, 2002; ... LATTA, ROBERT L. The basic humor process: a cognitive-shift theory and the case against incongruity (Humor Res. 5). xii, 257 pp., illus., bibliogr. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 1999. $88.00 (cloth) Robert Latta has written a philosopher's book about humour, or, as he ...
Blood and nation: the European aesthetics of race. (Books Reviews: Theory).(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2002; ... LINKE, ULI. Blood and nation: the European aesthetics of race. xvi, 332 pp., tables, bibliogr. Philadelphia: Univ. Pennsylvania Press, 1999. [pounds sterling]28.50 (cloth) In the burgeoning literature about race and nation, there has been little examination of the meaning of ...
Religion, agency restitution. (Books Reviews: Theory).(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2002; ... LITTLEWOOD, ROLAND. Religion, agency restitution (Wilde Lectures in Natural Religion 1999). 175 pp., bibliogr. Oxford: Univ. Press, 2001. [pounds sterling]30.00 (cloth), [pounds sterling]13.99 (paper) There are things, there are ideas, and there are words about ideas. For many ...
The way of the human being. (Books Reviews: Theory).(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2002; ... MARTIN, CALVIN LUTHER. The way of the human being. xiv, 235 pp., London, New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1999. [pounds sterling]17.95 (cloth), [pounds sterling]9.50 (paper) 'Native America has always posed a challenge to western civilization. The challenge cuts deeply ... it asks ...
The epic hero. (Books Reviews: Theory).
Sep 01, 2002; ... MILLER, DEAN A. The epic hero. xiv, 501 pp., bibliogr. London, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2000. [pounds sterling]40.50 (cloth) The laconic title suggests that the nowadays almost obligatory subtitle (Reading gender and difference in ...) would for once have been ...
Durkheim reconsidered. (Books Reviews: Theory).
Sep 01, 2002; ... STEDMAN JONES, SUSAN. Durkheim reconsidered. x, 274 pp., bibliogr. Cambridge: Polity, 2001. [pounds sterling]15.99 (paper) Should anthropologists be reading and learning from Emile Durkheim or just consider him a 'dead duck' worth only a mention in passing? Will we shortly sec ...
Metaphor and material culture. (Books Reviews: Theory).(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2002; ... TILLEY, CHRISTOPHER. Metaphor and material culture. xvi, 298 pp., maps, tables, illus., bibliogr. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1999. [pounds sterling]16.99 (paper) This book is the first that I have read that relates metaphors to both archaeological and ethnographic material ...
Life in common: an essay in general anthropology. (Books Reviews: Theory).(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2002; ... TODOROV, TZVETAN (transl. K. Golsan & L. Golsan). Life in common: an essay in general anthropology (European Horizons). xii, 174 pp., bibliogr. London, Lincoln: Univ. Nebraska Press, 2001. [pounds sterling]31.95 (cloth), [pounds sterling]14.50 (paper) Are humans basically ...
Pathways of power: building an anthropology of the modern world. (Books Reviews: Theory).
Sep 01, 2002; ... WOLF, ERIC R. Pathways of power: building an anthropology of the modern world. xx, 463 pp., illus., bibliogr. London, Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 2001. [pounds sterling]38.00 (cloth), [pounds sterling]15.95 (paper) As Sydel Silverman points Out in her Preface to this ...
Books received.(Bibliography)
Sep 01, 2002 ... ABU EL-HAJ, NADIA. Facts on the ground: archaeological practice and territorial self-fashioning in Israeli society. xi, 352 pp., illus., bibliogr. London, Chicago: Univ. Chicago Press, 2002. $50.00 (cloth), $20.00 (paper) ABU-RABI'A, 'AREF. A Bedouin century: education and ...
They Lie, We Lie.(Getting on with Anthropology)
Sep 01, 2002; ... Getting on with Anthropology Peter Metcalf, University of Virginia, USA 'A meditation on anthropological truth - more particularly, on the dilemmas of a discipline that knows it can't tell only one truth if it is to be true to the field research out of which ...
From Hunting to Drinking.
Sep 01, 2002 ... The Devastating Effects of Alcohol on an Australian Aboriginal Community David McKnight, London School of Economics, UK From Hunting to Drinking reveals the devastating effects that alcohol has had over a period of 30 years on Mornington Island, off the North ...
Getting to Know Waiwai.
Sep 01, 2002 ... An Amazonian Ethnography Alan Tormaid Campbell 'Over a spell of two years I lived in a remote area of the Amazon Forest with a people called Wayapi. They had bows and arrows; they wore loincloths; they walked barefoot; they spoke a language of their own. For ...
Chisungu.(A Girl's Initiation Ceremony Among the Bemba of Zambia)
Sep 01, 2002 ... A Girl's Initiation Ceremony Among the Bemba of Zambia Audrey Richards With a new introduction by Jean La Fontaine Audrey Richards observed the entire Chisungu or female initiation rite, an almost continuous series of complex ceremonies lasting for a ...
Mayan Visions.(The Quest for Autonomy in an Age of Globalization)
Sep 01, 2002 ... The Quest for Autonomy in an Age of Globalization June C. Nash, City College of New York, USA 'Brilliant and engaging ... This is a major rethinking of the role of anthropology in the study of globalization and the role of indigenous people as international ...
Ambivalent Europeans.(Ritual, Memory and the Public Sphere in Malta)
Sep 01, 2002 ... Ritual, Memory and the Public Sphere in Malta Jon P. Mitchell, University of Sussex, UK The book examines the potency of ritual with special reference to the island's festa (feasts), in particular that of the national patron St. Paul, showing how they are used as a ...
Building Europe.
Sep 01, 2002 ... The Cultural Politics of European Integration Cris Shore, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK 'This is a fascinating book on a vitally important subject ... The book deserves to be read by all those who have doubts about the prospects of European integration, ...