#REVIEW: Rice Talks: Food and Community in a Vietnamese Town
In his book Rice Talks: Food and Community in a Vietnamese Town, anthropologist Nir Avieli brings to light the importance […]
#REVIEW: One Hour in Paris: A True Story of Rape and Recovery, Part 2 of 2
This post marks the second part of our special review section on One Hour in Paris: A True Story of
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#Review: One Hour in Paris. A True Story of Rape and Recovery, Part 1 of 2
One Hour in Paris: A True Story of Rape and Recovery is one part personal memoir, one part intellectual exploration
Brazilian Food. Race, Class and Identity in Regional Cuisines
“The symbolic power of foods…is different from (even if related in some manner to) the tactical and structural power that
The Darjeeling Distinction. Labor and Justice on Fair-Trade Tea Plantations in India.
In The Darjeeling Distinction, Sarah Besky provides a highly readable and theoretically ambitious ethnography of tea plantations in West Bengal’s
New and Old Wars. Organized Violence in a Global Era.
An important book since its first edition, the third edition of Kaldor’s New and Old Wars struggles to keep pace
A hundred years apart: An intimate history of Italian migration to the US
“…Here being my Italy – Where memories spring like geysers, Crying at me where I place my feet; Italy which
The Anthropology of Islam Reader
Great dilemmas of selection, inclusion, and exclusion face the editor of an anthology of the anthropology of Islam. The papers
Wives, Husbands and Lovers. Marriage and Sexuality in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Urban China
Social scientists have repeatedly looked at the institution of marriage, and at the pivotal role it plays in many societies’
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Call for Reviews: Recent Publications on Children
To celebrate the arrival of another tiny Allie, Allegra is launching a small but perfectly formed list of publications on