This book shows how ancient means of constructing identity compare with modern means, especially that of `race'.

He finds that it plays only a small role, seemingly without ill effects, leading him to counter claims that a society without God would be hell on earth.

" His Minima Ethnographica proposes an existential anthropology that recognizes even abstract relationships as modalities of interpersonal life.

This new edition contains Montagu's most complete explication of his theory and a thorough updating of previous editions.

Ubelaker's awareness of problems and inadequacies in the excavation procedures and preservation of osteological remains spurred him to publish this book.

DIVArgues that the many forms of ethnic violence around the world, both internal and transnational, need to be seen in the context of globalization./div "Arjun Appadurai is already known as the author of striking new formulations which have ...

DIVThe first book written in the Americas in a European language, giving Pane’s fifteenth-century account of the native inhabitants he encountered during the Spanish conquest of the Antilles./div "[This book] is important for the way in ...

A sweeping work examining the evolution of "race" in the past three centuries as a cultural invention rationalizing inequality among the peoples of North America

This book is devoted to revealing just what made humans the indisputable masters of the planet.

Deeply learned, wonderfully accessible, and ethnographically rich, this remarkable book sets a new benchmark not only for all future work on transgender but also for how we might think about gender, sexuality, identity, and politics more ...