Anthropology
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Anthropology of Mothering
Edited by Naomi McPherson, Michelle Walks
In anthropology, cross-cultural research is fundamental. In relation to “mothering,” cross-cultural research becomes enlightening, not only to understand the practices of so-called Others, but also to understanding ourselves. The Anthropology of Mothering has developed fairly unnoticed until the last couple of years, when an increase of research, attention, and respect has suddenly appeared. In this light, An Anthropology of Mothering draws attention to recent anthropological research… (more information)
Anthropology’s World
Life in a Twenty-First Century Discipline
Ulf Hannerz
In this masterly, state of the art work, Ulf Hannerz maps the contemporary social world of anthropologists and its relation to the wider world in which they carry out their work. Raising fundamental questions such as ‘What is anthropology really about?’, ‘How does the public understand, or misunderstand, anthropology?’ and ‘What and where do anthropologists study now, and for whom do they write?’ Hannerz invites anthropologists to think again about where their… (more information)
Capability of Places
Methods for Modelling Community Response to Intrusion and Change
Sandra Wallman
How can we assess the ability of a place to respond to challenges like migration, recession and disease? Places which seem similar can respond very differently, and with varying degrees of success, to external threats and to the interventions designed to manage them. In this magisterial work, drawing on decades of research, Sandra Wallman explores how we can measure and compare the resilience of communities, looking in detail at neighbourhoods in London, Rome and Zambia. Each locale is examined… (more information)
Discovering Cape Breton Folklore
Richard MacKinnon
For more than two decades, Richard MacKinnon — Canada Research Chair in Intangible Cultural Heritage, Cape Breton University — has researched Cape Breton’s rich cultural heritage: from protest songs to company houses, from co-operative housing to nicknames, from log buildings to cockfighting. In Discovering Cape Breton Folklore, professor MacKinnon revisits some of his research and exposes us to some new. (more information)
Ethnicity and Nationalism, 3rd edition
Anthropological Perspectives
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Ethnicity and nationalism are pervasive features of the contemporary world, but how far is ethnicity a result of cultural differences, and how much is it in fact dependent on the practical use of, and belief in, such differences? In this book, Thomas Hylland Eriksen demonstrates that far from being an immutable property of groups, ethnicity is a dynamic and shifting aspect of social relationships. Drawing on a wide range of classic and recent studies in anthropology and sociology, Eriksen examines… (more information)
Humans and Other Animals
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Human-Animal Interactions
Samantha Hurn
Humans and Other Animals is about the myriad and evolving ways in which humans and animals interact, the divergent cultural constructions of humanity and animality found around the world, and individual experiences of other animals. Case studies from a wide range of cultural contexts are discussed, and readers are invited to engage with a diverse range of human-animal interactions including blood sports (such as hunting, fishing and bull-fighting), pet-keeping and ‘petishism’, eco… (more information)
In Foreign Fields
The Politics and Experiences of Transnational Sport Migration
Thomas Carter
Despite a great deal of romance surrounding international celebrity athletes, the vast majority of transnational sport migrants–players, journalists, coaches, administrators and medical personnel–toil far away from the limelight. Based on twelve years of ethnographic research conducted on three continents, Thomas F. Carter traces their lives, routes and experiences, documenting their travels and travails. He argues that far from the ease of mobility that celebrity sports stars enjoy,… (more information)
Myth, Migration and the Making of Memory
Scotia and Nova Scotia, c.1700-1990
Edited by Marjory Harper, Michael E. Vance
The essays in this volume, which are drawn from a wide range of disciplines, challenge us to consider critically the commonly held assumption that Nova Scotia is essentially Scottish in character. They do so by exploring the origin of the mythic understanding of the link between Scotland and Nova Scotia, by expanding the examination of Scottish influences from the customary focus on Highland migrants to also include mercantile, philanthropic and professional transatlantic connections, and by studying… (more information)
Small Places, Large Issues
An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
This concise introduction to social and cultural anthropology has become a modern classic, revealing the rich global variation in social life and culture. The text provides a clear overview of anthropology, focusing on central topics such as kinship, ethnicity, ritual and political systems, offering a wealth of examples that demonstrate the enormous scope of anthropology and the importance of a comparative perspective. Unlike other texts on the subject, Small Places, Large Issues incorporates… (more information)
Up in Nipigon Country
Anthropology as a Personal Experience
Edward J. Hedican
Fieldwork, once regarded as an essential pillar of social anthropology, has come under attack, especially from the post-modern school. Hedigan argues that for many in the discipline, an anthropology without fieldwork would appear to be a hollow, meaningless experience, devoid of its central epistemological value. This book, drawing on the author’s fieldwork experience among Ojibwa people in Northern Ontario, explores post-modernism’s critique of fieldwork and fieldwork’s contribution… (more information)