This title explores the history of anthropology, and challenges contemporary anthropologists to radically rethink the utility of the concept of... Læs mere
At the beginning of Whitebread Protestants, Daniel Sack writes "When I was young, church meant food. A blend of popular culture, religious... Læs mere
The last two decades have witnessed a profound change in the way we receive the literary texts of early modern England.
While most people are well-informed about the Holocaust and the consequences that this tragic event has had for the world, very few people... Læs mere
Primitive Pictures explores the relationship between early German cinema and anthropology's fascination with 'primitive'... Læs mere
Essays by Paul Alpers, Douglas Bruster, Stephen Cohen, Heather Dubrow, William Flesch, Joseph Loewenstein, Elizabeth Harris Sagaser, and Mark Womack, together with an introduction of Mark David Rasmussen and an afterword by Richard Strier.
The recent centennial of the original publication of Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams has generated a new wave... Læs mere
Same-Sex Love in India presents a stunning array of writings on same-sex love from over 2000 years of Indian literature.
Martin Buber was professor of the history of religions and Jewish religion & ethics from 1923 to 1933 at the University of Frankfurt.
This volume, a collection of essays by a number of high-profile personalities working in philosophy, literature,... Læs mere
Religion, Art, and Visual Culture is a cross-cultural exploration of the study of visuality and the arts from a religious perspective. This... Læs mere
Together these chapters demonstrate that the ideas of progress, rationality, order, and development encompassed by 'modernity' are profoundly gendered, whether conveyed by mass media images of consumption, agendas of nation-building, or legal discourse.