This innovative reader brings together key works that demonstrate the importan...This innovative reader brings together key works that demonstrate the important and unique contributions anthropologists have made to the understanding and practice of human rights over the last 60 years. Draws on a range of intellectual and...more
Updated to reflect the most current thinking on urban studies The Blackwell Ci...Updated to reflect the most current thinking on urban studies The Blackwell City Reader Second Edition features a comprehensive selection of multidisciplinary readings relating to the analysis and experience of global cities. Includes new sections of...more
A Reader in Medical Anthropology: Theoretical Trajectories Emergent Realities ...A Reader in Medical Anthropology: Theoretical Trajectories Emergent Realities brings together articles from the key theoretical approaches in the field of medical anthropology as well as related science and technology studies. The editors comprehensive...more
Psychological Anthropology: A Reader in Self in Culture presents a selection o...Psychological Anthropology: A Reader in Self in Culture presents a selection of readings from recent and classical literature with a rich diversity of insights into the individual and society. Presents the latest psychological research from a variety...more
The first comprehensive collection of the work of Richard Rorty (1931-2007) Th...The first comprehensive collection of the work of Richard Rorty (1931-2007) The Rorty Reader brings together the influential American philosopher s essential essays from over four decades of writings. Offers a comprehensive introduction to Richard...more
A state-of-the-art psychological perspective on positivity and strengths-based...A state-of-the-art psychological perspective on positivity and strengths-based approaches at work This handbook makes a unique contribution to organizational psychology and HRM by providing comprehensive international coverage of the contemporary field...more
A Reader in Medical Anthropology: Theoretical Trajectories Emergent Realities ...A Reader in Medical Anthropology: Theoretical Trajectories Emergent Realities brings together articles from the key theoretical approaches in the field of medical anthropology as well as related science and technology studies. The editors comprehensive...more
In The Anthropology of Politics: A Reader in Ethnography Theory and Critique e...In The Anthropology of Politics: A Reader in Ethnography Theory and Critique editor Joan Vincent offers her readers a selection of classic and contemporary articles on the anthropology of politics. Her introduction headnotes and suggested readings make...more
Linguistic Anthropology: A Reader is a comprehensive collection of the best wo...Linguistic Anthropology: A Reader is a comprehensive collection of the best work that has been published in this exciting and growing area of anthropology and is organized to provide a guide to key issues in the study of language as a cultural resource...more
Taking an anthropological perspective this comprehensive book offers a highly ...Taking an anthropological perspective this comprehensive book offers a highly readable and concise overview of what constitutes gender violence its social context and important directions in intervention and reform. Uses stories personal accounts case...more
A broad and ambitious reexamination of anthropology s potential and obligation...A broad and ambitious reexamination of anthropology s potential and obligation to transform human rights theory and practice.more
A Companion to the Anthropology of the Body and Embodiment offers original ess...A Companion to the Anthropology of the Body and Embodiment offers original essays that examine historical and contemporary approaches to conceptualizations of the body. In this ground-breaking work on the body and embodiment the latest scholarship from...more
American Literature in Context after 1929 American Literature in Context after...American Literature in Context after 1929 American Literature in Context after 1929 is the perfect companion for readers who want to familiarize themselves with the historical events and literary movements that shaped American literature from the Great...more
This book places major literary works within the context of the topics that en...This book places major literary works within the context of the topics that engaged a great number of American writers in the period from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the Great Depression Topics include Civil War memory the virtual...more