The author examines the cultural and social context of breast feeding among the African Gogo women of the Cigongwe's village in Tanzania.
Disputing the notion of a 'miracle' transition in South Africa, the author argues that the new South Africa had... Læs mere
As the field of film studies rediscovers film history and the value of historical context for the analysis of individual films, monographs on filmmakers are increasingly valuable to scholars and students of both film history and cultural studies.
The authors, anthropologists from the U.S.A. and Canada, offer us an analysis of homelessness that is grounded in anthropological research in North... Læs mere
The most original, new work on Hesse in many years and the definitive study of the young Herman Hesse, offering much previously unknown material such as his "neo-Romantic" poetry of which two dozen are published here for the first time in the original.
Over the last few years, there has been a noticeable increase in studies on the postwar period of Germany, reflecting... Læs mere
Having taken over the leadership of the French school of sociology after the death of his uncle, Emile Durkheim, in 1917, Mauss, celebrated author of The Gift, re-launched the... Læs mere
These essays explore the structures and aesthetic possibilities of music, dance and dramatic representation in ritual and... Læs mere