Hakutulokset: Sarja World Anthropology
yhteensä 95 hakutulosta
The Pathan Unarmed
Examines the rise in the inter-war years of a Gandhian influenced non-violent movement in the North West Frontier. The Pukhtun (Pathan) of the North West Frontier are regarded as a …
Turkish Region
Examines contemporary identities in a region of Turkey's eastern Black Sea coast. Based on fieldwork carried out between 1983 and 1999, this is an exploration of contemporary …
Hinduism and Hierarchy in Bali
The book looks at how conflict and competition between various forms of Hinduism undermines and sustains relations of hierarchy. In the context of Dutch colonialism, world war, the …
Imagined Diasporas Among Manchester Muslims
Reveals the multi-centred world among Manchester Pakistanis. The public sphere of the Manchester Muslim diaspora is a place of intense local micro-politics of honour and shame, …
Melodies of Mourning
Presents an ethnographical account of the way that song, dance and musical sensitivity weave into the lives of an aboriginal community of Australia. Invites the reader to rethink …
Modern Indian Kingship
Addressed not only to those interested in the culture and politics of present day India, but also to those more generally concerned with theories of kingship and ritual and the …
Inside West Nile
This work examines the relationship between violence, narrative and memory in the former West Nile district of Uganda. West Nile is best known as the home of Uganda's notoriously …
Greek Island Cosmos
This volume reveals the historical dynamism of what appears at first sight to be a forgotten backwater. Meganisi is one of the smallest and most remote of the Greek Ionian islands. …