Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
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'I Am Here', Abraham Said: Emmanuel Levinas and Anthropological ScienceOne of the most significant philosophical voices of the twentieth century - the philosopher of 'the Other' - Emmanuel Levinas' work offers a challenge to the discipline of anthropology that claims knowledge of the human. For Levinas, the 'secrecy' of subjectivity - a fundamental...
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Grateful Prey: Rock Cree Human-Animal RelationshipsGrateful Prey uncovers the interaction between magico-religious ideology and hunting strategies among the Asinskâwôiniwak, or Rock Crees, of Northern Manitoba. Brightman maintains that subsistence strategies need to be analyzed in terms of the foragers' own ethnoecological categories and postulates, both sacred and secular, a...
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Food and Families in the Making: Knowledge Reproduction and Political Economy of Cooking in MoroccoEven in the context of rapid material and social change in urban Morocco, women, and especially those from a low-income household, continue to invest a lot of work in preparing good food for their families. Through the lens of domestic food preparation, this book...
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Father Time: A Natural History of Men and BabiesA sweeping account of male nurturing, explaining how and why men are biologically transformed when they care for babies It has long seemed self-evident that women care for babies and men do other things. Hasn't it always been so? When evolutionary science came along,...
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Exit Wounds: How America's Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border Volume 57Turns the familiar story of trafficking across the US-Mexico border on its head, looking at firearms smuggled south from the United States to Mexico and their ricochet effects. American guns have entangled the lives of people on both sides of the US-Mexico border in...
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Economy and Society: A New TranslationThe definitive new translation of Max Weber's classic work of social theory--arguably the most important book by the foremost social theorist of the twentieth century. Max Weber's Economy and Society is the foundational text for the social sciences of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries,...
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Dark Matter of the Mind: The Culturally Articulated UnconsciousIs it in our nature to be altruistic, or evil, to make art, use tools, or create language? Is it in our nature to think in any particular way? For Daniel L. Everett, the answer is a resounding no: it isn't in our nature...
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California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing CoastlineNow in paperback: a "deeply researched and reported" (San Francisco Chronicle) exploration of sea level rise in California that "breathes exquisite detail and dialogue" (Science Magazine) into the subject.2023 Golden Poppy Award Winner for Nonfiction, Chosen by the California Independent Booksellers Alliance"Viscerally urgent, thoroughly...
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Between Life and Thought: Existential Anthropology and the Study of ReligionBringing together major scholars, Between Life and Thought explores the burgeoning subfield of existential anthropology as a truly humanistic social science, a space of convergence for anthropology, philosophy, and religious studies.Author: Don SeemanPublisher: University of Toronto PressPublished: 05/18/2024Pages: 288Binding Type: HardcoverSize: 9.00h x 6.00w...
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Assyrians in ChicagoThe pictorial history of Assyrian immigration to Chicago encompasses more than 100 years. Their first pioneers came to the United States in the late 1800s. Eventually, by the turn of the century, they began to reside in Chicago. Following several waves of persecution in...
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American Afterlives: Reinventing Death in the Twenty-First CenturyAuthor: Shannon Lee DawdyPublisher: Princeton University PressPublished: 12/12/2023Pages: 272Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.43h x 5.35w x 0.79dISBN: 9780691254708About the AuthorShannon Lee Dawdy is an anthropologist, archaeologist, and filmmaker. A professor at the University of Chicago and a MacArthur Fellow, she is the author of...
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After the Tsunami: Disaster Narratives and the Remaking of Everyday Life in AcehThe 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami caused immense destruction and over 170,000 deaths in the Indonesian province of Aceh. The disaster spurred large-scale social and political changes in Aceh, including the intensified implementation of shari'a law and an end to the long separatist conflict. After...
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Wild Hunger: The Primal Roots of Modern AddictionThis pioneering work explores why our culture is plagued by addictions-by giving serious attention to our genetic legacy from our hunter-gatherer ancestors.Author: Bruce WilshirePublisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersPublished: 10/27/1999Pages: 304Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.84lbsSize: 8.97h x 5.85w x 0.68dISBN: 9780847689682
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Violence and Inequality: An Archaeological HistoryViolence and Inequality explores the deep-time archaeological relationship between violence and inequality, focusing on prehistoric archaeology's contribution to the understanding of the human dynamics among coercive force, aggression, and the state. Detailed archaeological case studies within a strong theoretical framework built from historical studies...
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The Politics of Kinship: Race, Family, GovernanceWhat if we understood the idea of family as central to representing alternative forms of governance as expressions of racial deviance? In The Politics of Kinship, Mark Rifkin shows how ideologies of family, including notions of kinship, recast Indigenous and other forms of collective...
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The Paiján People: Burials and Paleoindian human remains from coastal PeruFrom 1972 to 1997, archaeological research was undertaken on open air early sites on the north coast of Peru (Cupisnique region: about 7 30 south latitude). These sites contained lithic tools and faunal remains belonging to the Paiján tradition, dating from around 13000 to...
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The Language Puzzle: Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words EvolvedA top scholar reveals the most complete picture to date of how early human speech led to the languages we use today The emergence of language began with the apelike calls of our earliest ancestors. Today, the world is home to thousands of complex...
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The Japanese: Who Are They?The Japanese: Who Are They? is a non-fiction book written by Thomas W. Plant that explores the cultural and social identity of the Japanese people. The book delves into the history, traditions, and customs of Japan, examining the country's unique cultural practices and how...
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The Future of Bangalore's Cosmopolitan Pasts: Civility and Difference in a Global CityBangalore is often heralded as India's future--a city where global technologies converge with multinational capital to produce a cosmopolitan workforce and vibrant economic growth. In this narrative the city's main challenge revolves around its success: whether its physical infrastructure can support its burgeoning population....
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The Color of Sound: Race, Religion, and Music in BrazilThroughout Brazil, Afro-Brazilians face widespread racial prejudice. Many turn to religion, with Afro-Brazilians disproportionately represented among Protestants, the fastest-growing religious group in the country. Officially, Brazilian Protestants do not involve themselves in racial politics. Behind the scenes, however, the community is deeply involved in...
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