Taking a multi-sited, cross-cultural approach, this book investigates the relationship between cultural institutions in presenting “intangible heritage.”
Shaila Bhatti's immersive study of the Lahore Museum in Pakistan is one of the first books to offer an in-depth historical and ethnographic analysis of a South Asian museum.
In a major contribution to the study of diabetes, this book is the first to analyze the disease through a syndemic framework, offering a model study of chronic disease disparity among the poor in high income countries.
A concise and helpful guide through the a qualitative doctorate program, from selecting a research topic through completing and publishing a dissertation.
This book is the roadmap to proficiency and development in the field of qualitative research.
Davis takes readers behind the scenes of qualitative research projects, using the work of ten top communication scholars, interviews with them, and her analysis.
In a wide-ranging analysis covering popular culture, policy, and underlying social structures, this book shows how drug addicts are socially constructed as useless burdens on society and who benefits from that portrayal.
This book provides a concise, unbiased and practical resource for those tasked with navigating the complicated and rapidly changing legal and ethical landscape governing the acquisition of cultural property and archaeological material.
This book provides a concise, unbiased and practical resource for those tasked with navigating the complicated and rapidly changing legal and ethical landscape governing the acquisition of cultural property and archaeological material.
Using a narrative epistemology approach against the backdrop of popular culture and the history of science, Manderson shows how people remake their bodies, identities, and biographies after catastrophic bodily loss and change.
This critical investigation highlights the politics of cultural heritage management, including authenticity and conservation, and its effects on the everyday lives of the peoples it claim to be representing through the example of Djenné in Mali.
This critical investigation highlights the politics of cultural heritage management, including authenticity and conservation, and its effects on the everyday lives of the peoples it claim to be representing through the example of Djenné in Mali.