An insider's account of lucha libre, the popular Mexican version of professional wrestling. It explores lucha libre as a... Læs mere
A passionate call for Native peoples to decolonize their own concepts and self-determination projects
A history of the oil industry s rise in Venezuela focused especially on the experiences and perceptions of industry employees, both American and Venezuelan.
In this ethnography of sexual violence during the 1971 Bangladesh War for Independence, Nayanika Mookherjee shows how... Læs mere
Social history of Iranian cinema that explores cinema's role in creating national identity and contextualizes Iranian cinema within an international arena.
A cultural history describing how folklore studies and the music industry helped to create a "musical color line" in the South, associating certain genres with particular racial and ethnic identities.
Scholars of Asia, most of whom are anthropologists, examine the transformations precipitated or accelerated by the spread of photography across East and Southeast Asia.
Presents a history of Colombia's "long twentieth century," from the civil wars of the late nineteenth century to the drug wars of the late... Læs mere
An attempt to gauge the impact of Chile's neo-liberal reform policies and of the Chilean "economic miracle" on various groups of workers
A reader aimed at revitalizing left legal and political critique.
Compares the discourses of indigeneity used by Maori and Native American peoples and proposes the concept treaty discourse to characterize the relevant form of postcolonial situation.
Includes the essays that focus on China and its interactions with the West to historicise an economy of translation. This work... Læs mere