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Anthropology of Tobacco: Ethnographic Adventures in Non-human Worlds (2019)
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Tobacco has become one of the most widely used and traded commoditites on the planet. Reflecting contemporary anthropological interest in material culture studies, Anthropology of Tobacco makes the plant the centre of its own, contentious, global sto... Read More about Anthropology of Tobacco: Ethnographic Adventures in Non-human Worlds.
Jews and Muslims in South Asia: Reflections on Difference, Religion and Race (2018)
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Jews and Muslims in South Asia examines how Jews and Muslims relate to each other in a place where, in contrast to Europe, their perceived attitudes towards one another do not often make headlines. In the European imagination, Jews and Muslims have b... Read More about Jews and Muslims in South Asia: Reflections on Difference, Religion and Race.
Green Ice. Tourism Ecologies in the European High North (2016)
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Tourism has been expanding rapidly in the European Arctic alongside growing international interest in the Arctic as a site of extreme, palpable climate change. This chapter explores the idea of tourism ecologies, tracing the development of tourism in... Read More about Green Ice. Tourism Ecologies in the European High North.
Shadow Wars: The Secret Struggle for the Middle East (2016)
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For more than a century successive US and UK governments have sought to thwart nationalist, socialist and pro-democracy movements in the Middle East. Through the Cold War, the ‘War on Terror' and the present era defined by the Islamic State, the West... Read More about Shadow Wars: The Secret Struggle for the Middle East.
Suicide in Sri Lanka: The anthropology of an epidemic (2014)
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Why people kill themselves remains an enduring and unanswered question. With a focus on Sri Lanka, a country that for several decades has reported ‘epidemic’ levels of suicidal behaviour, this book develops a unique perspective linking the causes and... Read More about Suicide in Sri Lanka: The anthropology of an epidemic.
History, Time and Economic Crisis in Central Greece. (2015)
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History, Time, and Economic Crisis in Central Greece examines a period when nearly three decades of Greek economic prosperity were suddenly replaced by austerity, crisis, and destitution. Through detailed ethnographic and historical data collected ov... Read More about History, Time and Economic Crisis in Central Greece..
Culture and Planning. (2011)
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Kuna Art and Shamanism: An Ethnographic Approach (2012)
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The first book to study wood carving and its relation to shamanism among Kuna people from the San Blas Archipelago, providing a rich new lens for understanding the Kuna worldview Known for their beautiful textile art, the Kuna of Panama have been scr... Read More about Kuna Art and Shamanism: An Ethnographic Approach.
Media, Anthropology and Public Engagement (2015)
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Media, Anthropology and Public Engagement looks at how changing public media and arts practices are enabling the emergence of a new public anthropology. In doing so, we address a set of key questions about anthropology’s public role. Each of the key... Read More about Media, Anthropology and Public Engagement.