An enlightening chronicle of General Kurt von Hammerstein’s daughters, Marie Louise, Maria Therese, and Helga, and... Læs mere
Marcus Banks was one of the scholars who changed the way visual anthropology and visual methods were regarded in... Læs mere
This book argues that disasters are intimately linked to historical processes that foster contemporary unequal relationships, and should... Læs mere
Wrestling with Hope in Urban Senegal follows the journey of football players and wrestlers in Dakar as they confront... Læs mere
There is little agreement today on what it takes to be intelligent. Yet this word is widely believed to be about something real, mostly biological, and important. Looked at closely, it turns out this word belongs more in the realm of traditional folklore than modern science.
An innovative exploration of the lives of Habsburg civil servants from the nineteenth century onwards, this volume spotlights the role they... Læs mere
Based on fieldwork conducted between 2001-2008 in urban East Africa, this book explores who the patients, practitioners and paraprofessionals doing Chinese medicine were in this early period of renewed China-Africa relations.
The “meantime” represents the gap between what is past and the unknown future. When considered as waiting, the meantime is defined as a period of... Læs mere
The contributions in this volume demonstrate that even as forms of... Læs mere
Ambiguous Transitions provides an accessible, intimate exploration of gender and citizenship in socialist... Læs mere
In North America metal use by hunter-gatherer populations began as early as 9,000 years ago... Læs mere