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James Andrew Whitaker
The Shamanism of Eco-Tourism

In the first book in English to focus specifically on the Makushi in Guyana, James Andrew Whitaker examines how shamanism informs Makushi interactions with outsiders in the context of historical missioniz…

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Gold in India

India is developing as a global gold powerhouse. Yet its intricate web of trade and transformations remains largely overlooked in scholarly research. This book delves into the economic significance and cu…

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Daniela Stockmann, Ting Luo
Governing Digital China

China's approach to digital governance has gained global influence, often evoking Orwellian 'Big Brother' comparisons. Governing Digital China challenges this perception, arguing that China's approach is …

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Tim Zajontz
The Political Economy of China's Infrastructure Development in Africa

"Theoretically informed and enriched by fieldwork, this book sheds light on the sometimes-murky depths of Chinese infrastructure engagement in Africa. Using Tanzania and Zambia to ground the research…

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Briana L Wong
Cambodian Evangelicalism

The Cambodian Civil War and genocide of the late 1960s and '70s left the country and its diaspora with long-lasting trauma that continues to reverberate through the community. In this book, Briana L. Wong…

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Harvesting the Sea in Southeastern Arabia

Traditional livelihoods and the ecosystems that sustain them are dying out around the world. This book is a collection of research on the relationships between people, their environment, their expertise a…

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Yuliya Grinberg
Ethnography of an Interface

Technologists frequently promote self-tracking devices as objective tools. This book argues that such glib and often worrying assertions must be placed in the context of precarious industry dynamics. The …

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Linda Cimardi
Performing Arts and Gender in Postcolonial Western Uganda

Focusing on runyege, the main traditional performance genre of the Banyoro and Batooro people, this book explores the entanglement of traditional music, dance, and theater with gender and postcolonialism …

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David Dickinson
South Africa's Constitution and the Law of the Township

How are residents of South Africa's townships responding to socio-economic inequality and a pervasive sense that the country's democratic transition has not delivered on its constitutional promises of soc…

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Raluca Bianca Roman
Kaale Belongings and Evangelical Becomings

Roma History and CultureRoma History and Culture - Band 7

By looking at the national Roma community in Finland, the Finnish Kaale, this book explores the impact of Evangelical Christianity on social and political mobilisation, and the ways in which religious ide…

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Georgios S. Tsourous
Orthodox Choreographies

The book offers a comprehensive anthropological study of lived Christianity in Jerusalem's Old City, with a special focus on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre or the Church of the Anastasis. Based on in-de…

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Peter Lockwood
Peasants to Paupers

On the northern periphery of Nairobi, in southern Kiambu County, the city's expansion into a landscape of poor smallholders is bringing new opportunities, dilemmas, and conflicts. Drawing on extensive eth…

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Filiz Kahraman
Labor in Hard Times

Labor in Hard Times examines how organized labor in Turkey and the United Kingdom turned to international human rights law in response to domestic repression and neoliberal restructuring. Drawing on exten…

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Steen Steensen
Casual Democracy

This open access book asks how the retreat of local journalism and the advance of social media platforms reshapes democracy at the grassroots level. It presents a unique ethnographic exploration of two di…

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Miao Lu
The Transsion Approach

Technology translation as a framework for understanding tech flows today, and tomorrow How do we explain China's tech rise in Africa? As Africa's top phone seller, the Shenzhen-based company Transsion has…

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Portia Roelofs
Good Governance in Nigeria

"Drawing on original fieldwork in Nigeria, Portia Roelofs argues for an innovative re-conceptualisation of good governance. Contributing to debates around technocracy, populism and the survival of de…

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Aidan Seale-Feldman
The Work of Disaster

A compelling portrait of post-disaster imaginaries of repair in Nepal.In a world marked by escalating disasters, the forms that care takes are increasingly fraught. In this powerful book, anthropologist A…

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Understanding the Religions of the World

A comprehensive, visually rich introduction to the world's major religious traditionsNow in its second edition, Understanding the Religions of the World: An Introduction provides an essential framework fo…

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Matías Dewey, André Vereta Nahoum
Low-Cost Fashion

This Element analyses a fundamentally new regional configuration of the garment sector, covering much of South America. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and in-depth interviews with a wide range of actors,…

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Thea Riofrancos
Extraction

In the fight against climate change, lithium's role in reducing emissions by powering green economies is a mixed blessing. Drawing on ground-breaking fieldwork in Chile, Nevada and Portugal, Thea Riofranc…

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