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Virgínia Amaral,
Areruya and Indigenous Prophetism in Northern Amazonia

Based on four years of ethnographic research, this book discusses the influence of Christianity on Areruya, an indigenous religious movement in Northern Amazonia.

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Monuments and Memory

This volume examines many different public monuments, exploring the cultural factors behind their creation, their messages and evolving meanings, and the role of such markers in conveying the memory of hi…

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Eliot Stein
Custodians of Wonder

"A vivid look at the ten key people who are maintaining some of the world's oldest and rarest cultural traditions. Eliot Stein has traveled the globe in search of remarkable people who are preserving…

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Kelsey Mckinney
You Didn't Hear This from Me

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMESAND USA TODAY BESTSELLER • NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH BY TIME MAGAZINE , AMAZON, AND KOBO • NAMED MOST ANTICIPATED BY LIT HUB, PUREWOW, AND W MAGAZINE" Gossip is the only…

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Parin Dossa
Ethics of Co-Existence

Ethics of Coexistence maps a pathway for a socially just world through activist pedagogy of ethno-photography.

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David A B Murray
Queer Anthropology

Queer Anthropology offers a short introduction to an evolving subfield of socio-cultural anthropology, exploring its historical development, critiques over the past two decades, and responses to emerging …

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Kristina Wirtz
Ritual, Discourse, and Community in Cuban Santería

Examining the religious lives of Santería practitioners in Santiago de Cuba, this book explores how practitioners of different backgrounds create and maintain religious communities.

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A. N. Devers (Freelance Writer, UK, and Owner of The Second Shelf bookstore)
Train

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Triggering severe nostalgia and denoting adventure, mystery, and glamour, the passenger train is s…

lieferbar ab 1.4.2027.

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Myriam Lamrani
The Intimacy of Images

La Santa Muerte becomes a lens for understanding how Oaxacans relate to saints, loved ones, and other "special dead."

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Hervé Corvellec
Waste as a Critique

Waste as a Critique reveals how waste in its manifold variety provides an innovative starting point for interrogating 21st century society.

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David A B Murray
Queer Anthropology

Queer Anthropology offers a short introduction to an evolving subfield of socio-cultural anthropology, exploring its historical development, critiques over the past two decades, and responses to emerging …

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Parin Dossa
Ethics of Co-Existence

Ethics of Coexistence maps a pathway for a socially just world through activist pedagogy of ethno-photography.

lieferbar ab 2.12.2025.

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David C Thompson
Where the Sun Rises Square

Brazil's prison population, estimated at 90,000 in 1990, has exploded to over 650,000, the third highest in the world behind the US and China. Systematically targeting poor, Black communities, Brazil's pr…

lieferbar ab 25.11.2025.

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Aidan Seale-Feldman
The Work of Disaster

A compelling portrait of post-disaster imaginaries of repair in Nepal.In a world marked by escalating disasters, the forms that care takes are increasingly fraught. In this powerful book, anthropologist A…

lieferbar ab 5.12.2025.

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The Oxford Handbook of the Anthropology of Religion

Anthropologists of religion study themes central to the understanding of humanity, such as the power of ritual, the authority of language, and the exemplary character of myth. This Handbook brings togethe…

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Leslie A Duram
Endangered Places

"Discover the existential threats facing 50 unique places across the globe and the possible solutions that may save them from vanishing forever"--

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Emily Hong
Borderland Solidarity

Kachinland is an unrecognized state in the borderlands of Myanmar, India, China, and Thailand. Its geography throws into sharp relief the intersecting dynamics of British colonialism, settler colonialism,…

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Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution

This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of Cultural Evolution, which has in recent years matured into an increasingly diverse and wide-reaching but intellectually cohe…

lieferbar ab 30.10.2025.

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Caroline M Parker
Carceral Citizens

"In Carceral Citizens, anthropologist Caroline Parker offers an ethnographic portrait of faith-based therapeutic communities in Puerto Rico. A joint product of the carceral state and the non-profit s…

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Markus Eberl
War Owl Falling

Drawing on archaeological findings from the Maya lowlands, this book shows how innovation and creativity led to social change in ancient societies

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