Gulag Memories explores the impact of the Gulag on collective memory as it applies to the language of commemoration in Russia, focusing on four regions particularly affected by the Gulag: Solovetsky Islands, the Komi Republic, the Perm region, and Kolyma.
Humanitarianism & Media brings together scholars from a variety of backgrounds to offer an unprecedented exploration of the history behind humanitarian efforts and the media, spanning from the late nineteenth century to the present day.
An ethnography of elite polygamy in urban Malaysia, this volume explores the impact this growing practice has on Malay gender relations, examining... Læs mere
Situates the 2015-16 ‘refugee crisis’ in Germany within the wider German history of responding politically to difference and diversity.
It focuses only on South America. It embraces both its Highlands and Lowlands. All their chapters are fieldwork-based. It critically addresses currently debated issues linked to Anthropology, Anthropocene, Climate Change, Ontologies and Non-Humans.
As the practice of divination, long stigmatized as an immoral superstition, enjoys a revival in contemporary China, Fate... Læs mere
Focusing on Italy and the Netherlands since the 1970s, Party Responses to Social Movements demonstrates how political parties have... Læs mere
A methodologically innovative ethnography of SurroMomsOnline.com, the largest surrogacy support website in the United States. Examines definitions of parenthood, the symbolic role of money, reproductive loss, altruism, and the moral valuation of relationships.
Complicating academic discourses and scholarly analyses of Germany Pluralizing popular perceptions of Germany Contributing new knowledge on postwar Germany Combining historical with political and cultural approaches to Germany
Although research into the Armenian Genocide has grown tremendously in recent years, surprisingly little is known about the actual experiences of the genocide’s victims.
Interconnects capitalism, the welfare regime and citizenship to the field of migration studies.... Læs mere
Contrary to persistent depictions of an ethnically and economically homogeneous Japan, “ghetto” or “gangsta” J-hop music gives voice to the... Læs mere