The contributors to this volume analyze the evolving anti-Jewish policies in the annexed territories and their impact on the Jewish population, as well as the attitudes and actions of non-Jews, Germans, and indigenous populations.
Polish cinema has inescapably been shaped by the nation's succession of different economic and ideological regimes over the last... Læs mere
Drawing on ethnographic inquiry and the anthropological literature on doubt and atheism, this volume explores people's reluctance to pursue religion.
Although the Wannsee Conference of January 20, 1942 is today understood as a signal episode in the history of the Holocaust, many of its attendees... Læs mere
Compilation of interdisciplinary scholarly perspectives. State-of-the-art research on current debates in creolization, ethnicity, and... Læs mere
Writing is crucial to anthropology, but which genres are anthropologists expected to master in the 21st century? Although... Læs mere
Demystifying Somali residence and mobility in urban East Africa, this volume shows its historical depth, and explores the social, cultural and political underpinnings of Somali-led urban transformation.
Despite growing affluence, a large number of urban Chinese have problems making ends meet. Based on ethnographic research in... Læs mere
Offers a reflection on memory from an Eastern European historical perspective, one that can be measured against, or applied to, historical experience in... Læs mere
Since unification, eastern Germany has witnessed a rapidly changing memorial landscape. Memorializing the GDR provides the first in-depth study of... Læs mere
The History and Function of Empathy in Historical Studies is the first comprehensive account of empathy's place in... Læs mere
Frontiers of Civil Society is a historical anthropological analysis of the roles of `civil society' in Serbia's postsocialist and postauthoritarian transformation.