Though they are almost completely absent from the historical record, Palestinian women were extensively involved in the…

This text compares North American and Japanese medical and political accounts of female middle age, together with narratives…

This text offers a new statement on the making of national politics. Comparing the popular political cultures and discourses…

Words are aspects of a much wider communicative context, most of which is not verbal at all. Yet words also have a nature…

Taking stock of a century of pervasive loss - of warfare, disease, and political strife - this book considers 'what is lost'…

Presents a study of personal and collective memory in Madagascar. This title challenges many cross-cultural investigations…

Develops a theory and framework to describe how archaeology can contribute to a more humane world. Recognizing that…

Gives an interdisciplinary view of contemporary Japanese women. This title looks at women politicians, practitioners of…

This collection of essays examines the tradition associated with the ancient Cynics. The contributors to this volume -…

Offers an investigation of macrogeographic variation in the Plain Titmouse (Parus inornatus) complex in western North…

This is an ethnographic study of the modern Japanese aristocracy. The author gained entry into the tightly-knit "kazoku" and…

Examines the origins and moral implications of consumer society, providing a cultural history of its emergence in late…

Tourist art production is a global phenomenon and is increasingly recognized as an important and authentic expression of…

In this work Erich Gruen draws on a variety of literary and historical texts from antiquity to explore a central question:…

Many Guatemalans speak of Mayan indigenous organizing as 'a finger in the wound'. This book explores the implications of…

This anthology presents Aristotle's "Rhetoric" in its original context, providing examples of the kind of oratory whose…

The 1960s was not just an era of civil rights, anti-war protest, women's liberation, marijuana, hippies, and rock festivals.…

Goes beyond classical, neoclassical, and poststructural theories of culture in its attempt to move away from problems of…

A study of moral and social theory that establishes the intellectual foundations of an important new movement in American…

An examination of power struggles and ideological shifts in various social sectors where the public authority of religion…

This work is a quantitative discourse study of referential devices in Yagua, a relatively unstudied language of the Amazon…

Brings feminist anthropology, highlighting the theoretical sophistication that characterizes research. This title includes…

This volume evaluates the dual roles of war and modernity in the transformation of 20th-century Chinese identity. The…

Argues that gender relations have been a particular casualty of unexamined assumptions held by Western anthropologists and…

Argues for the relocation of ethics to the center of our engagement with literature. Returning ethics to its root sense,…

Introduces students to an intersectional analysis of race, class, and gender politics. This book shows how reproductive…

This text explains the surprisingly simple analytical structure that underlies the determination of the force necessary to…

Drawing material from dozens of divided societies, this title constructs a theory of ethnic conflict, relating ethnic…

This collection of essays by interpreters of continental philosophy explores the question of whether Western thought and…

Using a combination of Sung sources and modern ethnography, this text examines the questions: were Chinese gods celestial…

This study analyzes policy-making in a non-democratic authoritarian country, explaining the history of Chinese market…

A critical biography of Walt Whitman. It offers insights into many aspects of the poet's life, including his attitudes…

Many indigenous American languages face imminent extinction, and the dictionary, often the only written documentation of…

The challenge of explaining the emotions has engaged the attention of the best minds in philosophy and science throughout…

A collection of twenty-one essays that presents case studies on Kostof's model of urban forms and fabrics. It focuses on…

A comprehensive account of Hegel's conception of recognition as the general pattern of ethical life. The author explores…

The prose writings of Charles Olson (1910-1970) have had a far-reaching impact on post-World War II American poetics. This…

Presents the prototype of the etymological thesaurus that has been the goal of the Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and…

A collection of novellas such as - "Love and Friendship Tested", "Michael Kohlhaas", "Peter Schlemihl", "Mademoiselle de…

Tracks the literary rant, an expression of provocation and resistance that imagines the power to speak in its own name where…

A study that illuminates the Egyptian experience of modernity by critically analyzing the foremost medium through which it…

This work explores the changing meaning of furniture from the mid-17th to the early-20th century. Analyzing furniture…

Ten years of research back up the theory advanced by author Thomason and Kaufman, who rescue the study of contact-induced…

Suitable for a course in literary criticism, the title is concerned with the attempt to define and track down the…

Shows the purpose of the work to propose a specific format for the settlement of the city's current difficulties with the…

This biography of the American legislator Phillip Burton, describes how he played a pivotal role in championing welfare and…

Provides a major contribution to understanding forensic evidence and its role in the criminal justice system. Arguing that…

This collection of essays concerns both urban and rural Chinese communities, ranging from professional to working-class…