A translation of Louis Dumont's lectures on kinship, which provide a comprehensive overview of descent theory... Læs mere
South Asia in Transition is an introductory book on the anthropology of South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. This work is suitable for students and scholars at all levels.
South Asia in Transition is an introductory book on the anthropology of South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. This work is suitable for students and scholars at all levels.
A translation of Louis Dumont's lectures on kinship which provides a comprehensive overview of descent theory... Læs mere
Studying the German-Polish ethnic relations, this book analyses the people and region through their respective borderlands, migration, official cooperation and unofficial suspicions across the border.
Hertz's work on sin and his ethnographic study of the cult of St Besse, in northern Italy are becoming better known. This work provides a reading of each of these texts before going on to show their subsequent influence on anthropologists in particular.
This book provides a partial retrospective on the field of anthropology of Europe, offering a rich collection of... Læs mere