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,
70 (or so) Essential Books in Anthropology – Allegra’s Readers’ Choices
Which books did you, our dear readers, consider as really essential reading in anthropology? Here’s the list of books that you
TOP 30 Revisited – Readers’ Choices
Back in in 2015 Allegra published “The 30 Essential Books in Anthropology” – a list curated via a small-scale survey
Humanitarian Carnival – Julie Billaud Discusses her Book with Heath Cabot
Julie Billaud‘s first monograph, entitled « Kabul Carnival: Gender Politics in Postwar Afghanistan», came out in 2015 with the University
The 30 Essential Books in Anthropology
At the end of 2015 Allegra launched a virtual survey among junior and senior anthropologists in order to select the
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