Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute back issues from December 2003:
Scooping, raking, beckoning luck: luck, agency and the interdependence of people and things in Japan.
Dec 01, 2003; ... Luck has been discussed at great length within Eastern and Western thought. A detailed discussion of the Western notion of luck (1) falls outside the scope of this article. In short, a strong emphasis is placed on unpredictability; luck implies the existence of agency, good or bad, outside ...
Animal bells as symbols: sound and hearing in a Greek island village.
Dec 01, 2003; ... When I first arrived on the island of Naxos with the intention of conducting fieldwork in the village of Philoti on the role of song in the construction of local identity, gender, and community, I already had some interest in animal bells and their significance in carnival celebrations ....
Houses and the ritual construction of gendered homes in South Africa.
Dec 01, 2003; ... This article examines the life course of people growing up in Griquatown, South Africa, and explores the manner in which people used ritual in the creation and maintenance of both a broader ethnic Griqua 'family' and a nuclear family within a private house. The key aim of the article is to ...
Form, attention and a Southern New Ireland life cycle *.
Dec 01, 2003; ... One of the ways in which we experience our surroundings is as a world of forms. Many of our interactions with that world, on that construal of our surroundings, are in the modality of form; certainly many of the ways in which we express our experience of ourselves in the world are formal ....
Becoming a Christian in Fiji: an ethnographic study of ontogeny.
Dec 01, 2003; ... Ritualized activities pervade daily life in the villages of central Fiji, including the eight villages that make up the country (vanua) of Sawaieke on the island of Gau where I did fieldwork. (1) Specifically Christian rituals include prayer before every meal (including morning or ...
'Ayyappan saranam': (1) masculinity and the Sabarimala pilgrimage in Kerala.
Dec 01, 2003; ... In this article, we approach South Indian arenas of masculine performance and senses of 'being a man' by considering the role of religious activities and devotion in the construction of male identities, focusing specifically on the annual pilgrimage to Sabarimala, the main temple of ...
'Widening the radius of trust': ethnographic explorations of trust and Indian business.
Dec 01, 2003; ... Trust has become an important focus of enquiry across the social sciences, particularly in the period since the publication of the volume edited by Gambetta, Trust: the making and breaking of cooperative relations, in 1988. Some of the work that has been done by economists, sociologists, ...
Face to face: meaning, feeling and perception in Amazonian welcoming ceremonies.
Dec 01, 2003; ... When an anthropologist has the privilege of taking part in certain welcoming ceremonies among the indigenous peoples of the Amazon, his initial impression is that of a Levi-Straussian 'emergence of culture', that moment when knowledge begins to emerge from an initial symbolic exchange. (1) ...
Anthropology and history.(Martha Brae's two histories: European expansion and Caribbean culture-building in Jamaica)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Anthropology and history BESSON, JEAN. Martha Brae's two histories: European expansion and Caribbean culture-building in Jamaica. xix, 393 pp., maps, illus., bibliogr. London, Chapel Hill: Univ. North Carolina Press, 2002. [pounds sterling]46.95 (cloth), [pounds sterling]19.95 ...
Anthropology and history.(Postnationalism prefigured: Caribbean borderlands)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Anthropology and history CARNEGIE, CHARLES V. Postnationalism prefigured: Caribbean borderlands. xii, 241 pp., illus., bibliogr. London, New Jersey: Rutgers Univ. Press, 2002. $60.00 (cloth), $25.00 (paper) Only a handful of the world's nation-states can claim control ...
Anthropology and history.(African modernities: entangled meanings in current debate)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Anthropology and history DEUTSCH, JAN-GEORG, PETER PROBST & HEIKE SCHMIDT (eds). African modernities: entangled meanings in current debate. viii, 184 pp., illus., bibliogrs. Oxford: James Currey; New Hampshire: Heinemann, 2002. [pounds sterling]40.00 (cloth), [pounds ...
Anthropology and history.(Civilising subjects: metropole and colony in the English imagination, 1830-1867)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Anthropology and history HALL, CATHERINE. Civilising subjects: metropole and colony in the English imagination, 1830-1867. xviii, 556 pp., maps, illus., bibliogr. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2002. [pounds sterling]60.00 (cloth), [pounds sterling]19.99 (paper) This ...
Anthropology and history.(Delirio: the fantastic, the demonic, and the reel: the buried history of Nuevo Leon)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Anthropology and history HERNANDEZ, MARIE THERESA. Delirio: the fantastic, the demonic, and the reel: the buried history of Nuevo Leon. xiii, 306 pp., map, illus., bibliogr. Austin: Univ. Texas Press, 2002. $55.00 (cloth), $24.95 (paper) This is an intriguing and ...
Anthropology and history.(Heat wave: a social autopsy of disaster in Chicago)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Anthropology and history KLINENBERG, ERIC. Heat wave: a social autopsy of disaster in Chicago. xvii, 305 pp., tables, figs., illus., bibliogr. London, Chicago: Univ. Chicago Press, 2002. [pounds sterling]17.50 (cloth) In mid-July 1995, Chicago experienced a ...
Anthropology and history.(Asante identities: history and modernity in an African village, 1850-1950)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Anthropology and history MCCASKIE, T.C. Asante identities: history and modernity in an African village, 1850-1950. ix, 277 pp., maps, figs., illus., bibliogr. Edinburgh: Univ. Press; Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press, 2000. [pounds sterling]14.95 (paper) McCaskie ...
Anthropology and history.(A nation of empire: the Ottoman legacy of Turkish modernity)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Anthropology and history MEEKER, MICHAEL E. A nation of empire: the Ottoman legacy of Turkish modernity. xxviii, 420 pp., tables, illus., bibliogr. London, Los Angeles: Univ. California Press, 2002. [pounds sterling]45.00 (cloth), [pounds sterling]24.95 (paper) ...
Anthropology and history.(The sacrificed generation: youth, history and the colonized mind in Madagascar)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Anthropology and history SHARP, LESLEY A. The sacrificed generation: youth, history and the colonized mind in Madagascar. xiv, 377 pp., maps, tables, illus., bibliogr. London, Berkeley: Univ. California Press, 2002. [pounds sterling]45.00 (cloth), [pounds sterling]19.95 (paper) ...
Ethnicity and nationalism.(Between China and Europe: person, culture and emotion in Macao)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Ethnicity and nationalism DE PINA-CABRAL, JOAO. Between China and Europe: person, culture and emotion in Macao. xii, 256 pp., map, tables, figs., bibliogr. London, New York: Continuum, 2002. [pounds sterling]60.00 (cloth), [pounds sterling]16.99 (paper) The Macanese ...
Ethnicity and nationalism.(Making sense of collectivity: ethnicity, nationalism and globalization.)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Ethnicity and nationalism MALESEVIC, SINISA & MARK HAUGAARD (eds). Making sense of collectivity: ethnicity, nationalism and globalization. 226 pp., bibliogrs. London, Sterling, Va.: Pluto Press, 2002. [pounds sterling]50.00 (cloth), [pounds sterling]16.99 (paper) ...
Ethnicity and nationalism.(Nationalist exclusion and ethnic conflict: shadows of modernity)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Ethnicity and nationalism WIMMER, ANDREAS. Nationalist exclusion and ethnic conflict: shadows of modernity. ix, 319 pp., figs., bibliogr. Cambridge: Univ. Press, 2002. [pounds sterling]47.50 (cloth), [pounds sterling]17.95 (paper) This book is based on a single ...
General.(Sounding indigenous: authenticity in Bolivian music performance)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... General BIGENHO, MICHELLE. Sounding indigenous: authenticity in Bolivian music performance. xiii, 289 pp., figs., illus., bibliogr. Basingstoke, New York: Palgrave, 2002. [pounds sterling]32.50 (cloth) Michelle Bigenho is both an anthropologist and an accomplished ...
General.(Spider Woman walks this land: traditional cultural properties and the Navajo nation)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... General CARMEAN, KELLI. Spider Woman walks this land: traditional cultural properties and the Navajo nation. xx, 173 pp., maps, illus., bibliogr. Oxford, New York: Altamira Press, 2002. [pounds sterling]18.95 (paper) Written for the general reader and undergraduate ...
General.(Boats of South Asia)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... General MCGRAIL, SEAN. Boats of South Asia. xvi, 316 pp., maps, tables, figs., illus., bibliogr. London, New York: Taylor & Francis, 2002. [pounds sterling]60.00 (cloth) This book was written by a multi-disciplinary team of maritime experts under the stewardship of ...
General.(Faces of the state: secularism and public life in Turkey)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... General NAVARO-YASHIN, YAEL. Faces of the state: secularism and public life in Turkey. xii, 247 pp., illus., bibliogr. Oxford, Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 2002. [pounds sterling]37.95 (cloth), [pounds sterling]15.95 (paper) Yael Navaro-Yashin's Faces of the ...
Language and linguistics.(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Language and linguistics HENDERSON, JOHN & DAVID NASH (eds). Language in native title. v, 328 pp., tables, figs., maps, bibliogrs. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press, 2002. AU$39.95 (paper) In the past couple of decades, linguists have rendered increasing assistance ...
Language and linguistics.(Pre-Indo-European)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Language and linguistics LEHMANN, WINFRED P. Pre-Indo-European. xvi, 287 pp., bibliogr. Washington, DC: Institute for the Study of Man, 2002. $52.00 (paper) Over the past few decades, much work on Indo-European has been conducted from perspectives informed by the ...
Legal anthropology.(Justice in practice: legal ethnography of a Pakistani Punjabi village)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Legal anthropology CHAUDHARY, MUHAMMAD AZAM. Justice in practice: legal ethnography of a Pakistani Punjabi village. vi, 248 pp., figs., bibliogr. Karachi: Oxford Univ. Press, 1999. [pounds sterling]10.00 (cloth) In the rural Punjab, most village disputes are dealt ...
Legal anthropology.(Crime, punishment and the prison in modern China)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Legal anthropology DIKOTTER, FRANK. Crime, punishment and the prison in modern China. xvi, 441 pp., tables, illus., bibliogr. London: Hurst & Company, 2002. [pounds sterling]35.00 (cloth) In this book, Frank Dikotter presents a history of the prison reform movement ...
Method and theory.(Doing cultural anthropology: projects for ethnographic data collection)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Method and theory ANGROSINO, MICHAEL V. (ed.). Doing cultural anthropology: projects for ethnographic data collection. ix, 180 pp., tables, diagr., bibliogrs. Prospect Heights, Ill.: Waveland Press, 2002. $12.95 (paper) Angrosino and his colleagues offer a ...
Method and theory.(Explaining human origins: myth, imagination and conjecture)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Method and theory STOCZKOWSKI, WIKTOR (trans. Mary Turton). Explaining human origins: myth, imagination and conjecture. ix, 234 pp., tables, bibliogr. Cambridge: Univ. Press, 2002. [pounds sterling]45.00 (cloth), [pounds sterling]15.95 (paper) Marshall Sahlins ...
Religion.(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Religion PALMIE, STEPHAN. Wizards and scientists: explorations in Afro-Cuban modernity and tradition. xi, 399 pp., bibliogr. London, Durham, NC: Duke Univ. Press, 2002. [pounds sterling]16.95 (paper) Palmie has written an intriguing discussion of Afro-Cuban religion ...
Religion.(The New Age in Glastonbury: the construction of religious movements)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Religion PRINCE, RUTH & DAVID RICHES. The New Age in Glastonbury: the construction of religious movements. xiii, 312 pp., illus., bibliogr. Oxford, New York: Berghahn Books, 2002. [pounds sterling]14.50 (paper) This is a collaboration between the researcher, Prince, ...
Religion.(How religion works: towards a new cognitive science of religion)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Religion PYYSIAINEN, ILKKA, How religion works: towards a new cognitive science of religion. xi, 272 pp., bibliogr. Leiden: Brill, 2001. [euro]47.00; $56.00 (cloth) In spite of its title, this book is really about what kind of thing religion might be, rather than ...
Religion.(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Religion RUMSEY, ALAN & JAMES F. WEINER (eds). Emplaced myth: space, narrative and knowledge in Aboriginal Australia and Papua New Guinea. vi, 281 pp., maps, illus., bibliogr. Honolulu: Univ. of Hawaii Press, 2001. $55.00 (cloth), $27.95 (paper) Why have concerns ...
Religion.(Shamanism: an Introduction)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Religion STUTLEY, MARGARET, Shamanism: an introduction. vii, 134 pp., bibliogr. London, New York: Routledge, 2003 This is the latest in a seemingly unending succession of academic and para-academic books on the topic of shamanism. It is both highly erudite and ...
Social anthropology.(Any time is Trinidad time: social meanings and temporal consciousness)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Social anthropology BIRTH, KEVIN. Any time is Trinidad time: social meanings and temporal consciousness. xiv, 190 pp., bibliogr. Gainesville: Univ. Press of Florida, 1999 This ethnography is a new study of Anamat--the pseudonym of a Trinidadian village investigated ...
Social anthropology.(Opening up: youth sex culture and market reform in Shanghai)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Social anthropology FARRER, JAMES. Opening up: youth sex culture and market reform in Shanghai. 385 pp., bibliogr. Chicago: Univ. Press, 2002. $50.00 (cloth), $19.00 (paper) Sociologist James Farrer's account of Shanghai's youth sex culture' casts its participants as ...
Social anthropology.(Media worlds: anthropology on new terrain)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Social anthropology GINSBURG, FAYE D., LILA ABU-LUGHOD & BRIAN LARKIN (eds). Media worlds: anthropology on new terrain. xvi, 413 pp., illus., bibliogrs. London, Berkeley: Univ. California Press, 2002. [pounds sterling]40.00 (cloth), [pounds sterling]17.95 (paper) ...
Social anthropology.(Mashindano! competitive music performance in East Africa)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Social anthropology GUNDERSON, FRANK & GREGORY BARZ (eds). Mashindano! competitive music performance in East Africa. xii, 468 pp., map, tables, bibliogr. Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, 2000. [pounds sterling]26.95 (paper) This collection of essays grew out ...
Social anthropology.(War and slavery in Sudan)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Social anthropology JOK, MADUT JOK. War and slavery in Sudan. xv, 211 pp., maps, illus., bibliogr. Philadelphia: Univ. Pennsylvania Press, 2001. [pounds sterling]38.50 (cloth), [pounds sterling]17.50 (paper) This book can be approached at two levels. At the first, the ...
Social anthropology.(Medical pluralism in the Andes)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Social anthropology KOSS-CHIOINO, JOAN D., THOMAS LEATHERMAN & CHRISTINE GREENWAY (eds). Medical pluralism in the Andes. xix, 256 pp., maps, figs., illus., bibliogrs. London, New York: Routledge, 2003. [pounds sterling]60.00 (cloth), [pounds sterling]25.00 (paper) A ...
Social anthropology.(Opacity: gender, sexuality, race and the 'problem' of identity in Martinique)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Social anthropology MURRAY, DAVID A.B. Opacity: gender, sexuality, race and the 'problem' of identity in Martinique. x, 188 pp., bibliogr. Oxford, New York: Peter Lang, 2002. $29.95 (paper) David Murray presents an ethnography of contemporary urban Martinique that ...
Social anthropology.(Fishing for heritage: modernity and loss along the Scottish coast)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Social anthropology NADEL-KLEIN, JEAN. Fishing for heritage: modernity and loss along the Scottish coast. viii, 253 pp., maps, bibliogr. Oxford, New York: Berg Publishers, 2003. [pounds sterling]44.99 (cloth), [pounds sterling]14.99 (paper) The book is a labour of ...
Social anthropology.(Knowledge and learning in the Andes: ethnographic perspectives)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Social anthropology STOBART, HENRY & ROSALEEN HOWARD (eds). Knowledge and learning in the Andes: ethnographic perspectives. x, 214 pp., illus., tables, plates, figs., bibliogrs. Liverpool: Univ. Press, 2002. [pounds sterling]14.95 (paper) While knowledge, in the form ...
Social anthropology.( rainbow of gangs: street cultures in the mega-city)(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2003; ... Social anthropology VIGIL, JAMES DIEGO. A rainbow of gangs: street cultures in the mega-city. xviii, 213 pp., figs., illus., bibliogr. Austin: Univ. Texas Press, 2002. $40.00 (cloth), $17.95 (paper) About 10 million people live in Los Angeles, a sprawling metropolis ...
Books received.
Dec 01, 2003 ... APARICIO, FRANCES R. & CANDIDA F. JAQUEZ (eds). Musical migrations, vol. 1: transnationalism and cultural hybridity in Latin / o America. 216 pp., illus., bibliogrs. Basingstoke, New York: Palgrave, 2003. [pounds sterling]15.99 (paper) BALZANI, MARZIA. Modern Indian kingship ....