In this volume, practitioners from across anthropological disciplines - social and biological anthropology and primatology - come together to question and compare the ethical regulation of fieldwork, what is common to their practices, and what is distinctive to each discipline.
Asserts that the destabilisation of commonsense perception is the very precondition for transcending social and cultural categories Contributors explore the use of montage as a heuristic tool for comparative analysis in anthropological, film and exhibition making
It is the first study of Hannah Arendt’s interest in and indebtedness to the philosophy and political thought of Ernst... Læs mere
As the first historical study of East Germany's sepulchral culture, this book explores the complex cultural responses to death since the Second World War. Topics include... Læs mere
The relationship between migration and development is becoming an important field of study, yet the fundamentals - analytical tools,... Læs mere
Among the tremendous changes affecting Europe in recent decades, those concerning political frontiers have been some of the most... Læs mere
A clearly argued text on the intellectual history of post-1945 Germany Examines political and intellectual discourses from a wide array of political perspectives Uses Germany as a case study to investigate post-war debates around the issue of integration
This volume explores migrant's movements not only as geographical movements from here to there but also as movements that constitute an embodied, cognitive, and existential experience of living "in between" or on the "borderlands" between differently figured life-worlds.
As well as providing a case study for the purpose of investigating the changing face of global tourism from the 19th to the 21st Century, this account of Japanese tourism explores both... Læs mere
Taking a fresh look at the Georgian highlands allows the author to consider perennial questions of citizenship, belonging, & mobility in a... Læs mere
Gavin Smith opens and closes this series of interlinked essays by proposing a concise framework for untangling what he calls "the society... Læs mere
The works of popular Spanish film directors Julio Medem, Juan Jose Bigas Luna, and Jose Luis Guerin are newly appraised in relation to their engagement with alternative national and cinematic subjectivities.