We Are One is an international collaboration between tribal people, philosophers, journalists, academics, anthropologists, environmentalists and photojournalistsall brought together in support of indigenous tribes. It is both a celebration of the fragile beauty of the world's remaining tribes, and a powerful call to arms.

Addresses masculine gender expectations in a male-dominated political world, the connection between gendered identity and ethical being. This book follows the lives of two very different Japanese men entering political life in two very different communities.

An anthropological examination of how Muslims are responding to the conditions of life in France. It examines how French Muslims are fashioning various Islamic institutions and developing different ways of reasoning and teaching.

An introduction to cultural anthropology that balances coverage of core topics with contemporary changes in the field. It is suitable for cultural anthropology courses that use readings or ethnographies along with a main text.

Cultural Mobility offers, from Stephen Greenblatt and colleagues, a model for understanding the patterns of meaning that human societies create.

Human Evolution and the Environment.

Shows that individual choices, from the fatal to the mundane, are fundamentally questions of culture - what it is, where it comes from, and the complex ways it changes and evolves.

Offers a wide range of cultural perspectives on gambling organizations. This book considers the rituals, symbols, the meanings, values, legitimations, relations (formal as well as informal), and the spaces and artefacts involved in the (re)production of gambling organizations.

Addresses masculine gender expectations in a male-dominated political world, the connection between gendered identity and ethical being. This book follows the lives of two very different Japanese men entering political life in two very different communities.

An encyclopedia that provides description and analysis of the terms, concepts and issues of social and cultural anthropology.

Draws on different facets of American life to map the impact of the new economy, the 'war on terror', the 'war on drugs', racial resentments, a fraying safety net, undocumented immigration, a health care system in crisis, and more.

What is the sixth sense? Is it physical, mental or spiritual? Do we all possess it or is it unique to exceptional individuals? Might there be a seventh sense and an eighth sense as well?This title explores the cultural contexts which give rise to such reports of 'psychic' and other powers that exceed the ordinary bounds of sense.

Investigates the radically different worlds of work and leisure in identically designed casinos in the United States and South Africa. This work provides an account of two years spent by the author working among both countries' casino dealers, pit bosses and politicians.

Storymen explores the converging world views of senior Ngarinyin lawman Bungal (David) Mowaljarlai and acclaimed author Tim Winton.

An ethnography of Samburu cattle herders in northern Kenya that examines the effects of an epochal shift in their basic diet - from a regimen of milk, meat, and blood to one of purchased agricultural products. It uses food as a way to contextualize and measure the profound changes occurring in Samburu social and material life.

This book provides the tools through which we examine the politics and power of names.

Raises theoretical and methodological issues to provide the reader with an understanding of the dynamics of magic. This book brings magic, as an aspect of consciousness, into focus through the use of classic texts and research. It includes a classical anthropological debate concerning the nature of human experience.

1st ed 0742530884 Satiric TV and Political engagement.

The remarkable longhouses of Borneo remain mysterious. Peter Metcalf describes life within them, and puts them in their historical and ethnographic context.

Takes readers through the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition to show how anthropology, as conceptualized by W J McGee, the first president of the American Anthropological Association, showcased itself through programs, static displays, and exhibits for millions of people 'to show each half of the world how the other half lives'.