Modern medicine has penetrated Bedouin tribes in the course of rapid urbanization and education, but when serious illnesses strike, particularly in ...

Anthropologists who are employed to change the worlds they are researching find themselves in a potentially contradictory position. Combining the various ...

The 1950s and 1960s were a key moment in the development of postwar France. The period was one of rapid change, derived from post-World War II economic ...

Forms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in north-east Africa. These volumes provide an interdisciplinary account ...

In recent years ever-increasing concerns about ethical dimensions of fieldwork practice have forced anthropologists and other social scientists to radically ...

"Demossier's engrossing analysis of Burgundy-the wine, the place, the brand-should be imbibed (pun intended!) on many levels-and slowly, for best appreciation. ...

In various ways, the essays presented in this volume explore the structures and aesthetic possibilities of music, dance and dramatic representation ...

The rapidly expanding population of youth gangs and street children is one of the most disturbing issues in many cities around the world. These children ...

Though still a relatively young field, memory studies has undergone significant transformations since it first coalesced as an area of inquiry. Increasingly ...

Massacres and mass killings have always marked if not shaped the history of the world and as such are subjects of increasing interest among historians. ...