Going Abroad: Traveling Like an Anthropologist 1317258754, 9781317258759

How to Think Like an Anthropologist 9781400889525

From an award-winning anthropologist, a lively accessible, and at times irreverent introduction to the subject What is

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Going Abroad: European Travel in Nineteenth-Century American Culture 9781400887347

In a nation struggling to establish its own identity, all kinds of Americans, for all kinds of reasons, were enchanted w

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An Anthropologist in Japan 0415195748, 9780415195744

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Counterplay: An Anthropologist at the Chessboard 9780520948204

"Chess gets a hold of some people, like a virus or a drug," writes Robert Desjarlais in this absorbing book. D

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Traveling Theories, Traveling Theorists.

Theory, by definition, is more than a local act. While it is enmeshed in specific traditions and locales, and while it i

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An Anthropologist on Mars 9780330537131, 033053713X

The bestselling author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia.

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Heart of Lightness: The Life Story of an Anthropologist 9781800734067

"Edith and Victor Turner were among the most influential researchers and teachers and social and cultural anthropol

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Laura Nader: Letters to and from an Anthropologist 9781501752254

The result is an intriguing and comprehensive history of energy, physics, law, anthropology, feminism and legal anthropo

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Forbidden Fruit: An Anthropologist Looks at Incest 1804292346, 9781804292341

Exploring the role of the incest prohibition in human societies What is incest? Is it universally prohibited? Does this

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Return to Casablanca: Jews, Muslims, and an Israeli Anthropologist 9780226292694

In this book, Israeli anthropologist André Levy returns to his birthplace in Casablanca to provide a deeply nuanced and

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