#review: space of boredom
Bruce O’Neill’s (2017) The Space of Boredom is a historically rich and theoretically innovative ethnography of contemporary homelessness and social […]
#review: anthropology and law
The task of reviewing Mark Goodale’s Anthropology and Law: A Critical Introduction was weird, in a fractal way. The book
Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
Let us face it: most anthropologists in Europe and North America, this author included, are leftist-liberal, cosmopolitan people. It regularly
Muslim Women of the Fergana Valley
When Vladimir Nalivkin, a Russian officer who had served in several military campaigns, and his wife, Maria Nalivkina, took up
Reviews week, a new call – and a thank you note!
This week we feature new reviews as well as a new call for reviews on the theme of #legalanthro! Tomorrow,
The Borderlands of Race
Today we continue our revisitation of 2016 via a review that has – sadly – only grown more topical since it
MORAL WAGES: THE EMOTIONAL DILEMMAS OF VICTIMS ADVOCACY AND COUNSELING
I was excited to dig into the book by the sociologist Kenneth A. Kolb. Why? I was keen to read
SEX AND UNISEX: FASHION, FEMINISM, AND THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION
Fashion is deeply expressive of social and individual identities, and thus, changes in fashion trends reveal much about changes in
MASCULINITIES UNDER NEOLIBERALISM
Masculinities Under Neoliberalism (2016), edited by Andrea Cornwall, Frank G. Karioris and Nancy Lindisfarne is the successor of the groundbreaking
GENDER AND GENETICS: SOCIOLOGY OF THE PRENATAL
Within the past several years, prenatal testing has significantly advanced, developing numerous methods of non-invasive prenatal testing such as examining