Anthropology - Soc Sci

The Viking Age was a period of profound change, as kingdoms were established, Christianity became the encompassing ideological and cosmological framework and towns were formed. This book examines the central backdrop to these changes: the economic transformation of West Scandinavia...

Village Life in South India..

Violence and Belonging explores the formative role of violence in shaping people's identities in modern postcolonial Africa...

Violence Expressed explores the diverse expressions and manifestations through which the meaning of violent experiences and events are (re)produced. A compelling contribution to ongoing discussions on anthropological writing, this book will be of interest to anthropologists and social scientists wor..

Violence Expressed explores the diverse expressions and manifestations through which the meaning of violent experiences and events are (re)produced. A compelling contribution to ongoing discussions on anthropological writing, this book will be of interest to anthropologists and social scientists wor..

This book brings together, for the first time, W.E.B. Du Bois’s writings on Africa across half a century in magazine and journal articles, poems and book chapters, highlighting his role among the most important intellectual figures in modern African social thought...

Based on the experiences of anthropologists and others who document abuses and serve as expert witnesses, case studies from around the world offer insight into reparations proceedings; the ethical struggles associated with attempts to secure reparations; the professional and personal risks to resear..

This exciting new volume focuses on how humans inhabit their environment, considering ’techniques of the body’ and walking behaviours to better understand the variety of embodied meanings. Its original collection of work has contributions from anthropologists, sociologists, geographers and specialis..

This exciting new volume focuses on how humans inhabit their environment, considering ’techniques of the body’ and walking behaviours to better understand the variety of embodied meanings. Its original collection of work has contributions from anthropologists, sociologists, geographers and specialis..

Recognized as a major work when first published, this title has, over the years, become a classic. Forming the basis of modern social anthropology, We the Tikiopia stands in the forefront of its literature...

Recognized as a major work when first published, this title has, over the years, become a classic. Forming the basis of modern social anthropology, We the Tikiopia stands in the forefront of its literature...

This volume provides an introduction to old Bantu culture, and an account of modern Bantu life...