Anthropology and Ethnography
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![Shaping Tradition: Cover showing a green background with a red circle on the left side that contains the title text. A photo rests along the bottom of the page that shows an Agwagune cultural gathering.](../books/images/6002-90t.jpg)
Shaping Tradition
Women's Roles in Ceremonial Rituals of the Agwagune
David Uru Iyam
Fall 2021
![Eliciting Care: Two nurses in light blue uniforms each care for a row of patients in hospital beds made up with pink sheets.](../books/images/5852-90t.jpg)
Eliciting Care
Health and Power in Northern Thailand
Bo Kyeong Seo
Spring 2020
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African Science
Witchcraft, Vodun, and Healing in Southern Benin
Douglas J. Falen
Spring 2020 (paperback)
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Packy Jim
Folklore and Worldview on the Irish Border
Ray Cashman
Fall 2017
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Black Fox
A Life of Emilie Demant Hatt, Artist and Ethnographer
Barbara Sjoholm
Fall 2017
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Truth's Fool
Derek Freeman and the War over Cultural Anthropology
Peter Hempenstall
Fall 2017
![Spirit Children: Cover showing a black woman with a black child resting his head against her shoulder. Above them, the title text is written in red and green font, sitting inside a tan block.](../books/images/5602-90t.jpg)
Spirit Children
Illness, Poverty, and Infanticide in Northern Ghana
Aaron R. Denham
Spring 2019 (paperback)
![Of Beggars and Buddhas: Cover showing a drawing of a man pointing a bow and arrow at an older man in a tree. Three dogs bark at the older man at the base of the tree. The rest of the image is filled with trees and bushes.](../books/images/5446-90t.jpg)
Of Beggars and Buddhas
The Politics of Humor in the Vessantara Jataka in Thailand
Katherine A. Bowie
Fall 2019 (paperback)
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Living Black
Social Life in an African American Neighborhood
Mark S. Fleisher
Fall 2015
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Ukrainian Otherlands
Diaspora, Homeland, and Folk Imagination in the Twentieth Century
Natalia Khanenko-Friesen
Spring 2015 (paperback)
![Goodbye, Brazil](../books/images/5127-90t.jpg)
Goodbye, Brazil
Émigrés from the Land of Soccer and Samba
Maxine L. Margolis
Spring 2013
![How Difficult It Is to Be God](../books/images/5061-90t.jpg)
How Difficult It Is to Be God
Shining Path’s Politics of War in Peru, 1980–1999
Carlos Iván Degregori, Edited and with an introduction by Steve J. Stern
Fall 2012
![The Floracrats](../books/images/4775-90t.jpg)
The Floracrats
State-Sponsored Science and the Failure of the Enlightenment in Indonesia
Andrew Goss
Fall 2010
![Beyond Displacement](../books/images/4720-90t.jpg)
Beyond Displacement
Campesinos, Refugees, and Collective Action in the Salvadoran Civil War
Molly Todd
Fall 2010
![Being Colonized](../books/images/4673-90t.jpg)
Being Colonized
The Kuba Experience in Rural Congo, 1880–1960
Jan Vansina
Spring 2010
![Spirits of Earth](../books/images/3734-90t.jpg)
Spirits of Earth
The Effigy Mound Landscape of Madison and the Four Lakes
Robert A. Birmingham
Fall 2009
![Naming Colonialism](../books/images/4571-90t.jpg)
Naming Colonialism
History and Collective Memory in the Congo, 1870–1960
Osumaka Likaka
Fall 2009
![Spirit, Structure, and Flesh](../books/images/4046-90t.jpg)
Spirit, Structure, and Flesh
Gendered Experiences in African Instituted Churches among the Yoruba of Nigeria
Deidre Helen Crumbley
Fall 2008
![Embodying Honor](../books/images/2855-90t.jpg)
Embodying Honor
Fertility, Foreignness, and Regeneration in Eastern Sudan
Amal Hassan Fadlalla
Fall 2007
![Outlawed Pigs](../books/images/4030-90t.jpg)
Outlawed Pigs
Law, Religion, and Culture in Israel
Daphne Barak-Erez
Spring 2007
![Meaning in Suffering](../books/images/4058-90t.jpg)
Meaning in Suffering
Caring Practices in the Health Professions
Edited by Nancy E. Johnston and Alwilda Scholler-Jaquish
Spring 2007
![Women in Print](../books/images/2651-90t.jpg)
Women in Print
Essays on the Print Culture of American Women from the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Edited by James P. Danky and Wayne A. Wiegand
Spring 2006
![Listening to the Whispers](../books/images/2558-90t.jpg)
Listening to the Whispers
Re-thinking Ethics in Healthcare
Edited by Christine Sorrell Dinkins and Jeanne Merkle Sorrell
Spring 2006
![Engaging Modernity](../books/images/3804-90t.jpg)
Engaging Modernity
Muslim Women and the Politics of Agency in Postcolonial Niger
Ousseina D. Alidou
Fall 2005
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Kaiso!
Writings by and about Katherine Dunham
Edited by VèVè A. Clark and Sara E. Johnson
Fall 2005
![In the Land of Orpheus](../books/images/2452-90t.jpg)
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In the Land of Orpheus
Rural Livelihoods and Nature Conservation in Postsocialist Bulgaria
Barbara A. Cellarius
Fall 2004
![Tired of Weeping](../books/images/2304-90t.jpg)
Tired of Weeping
Mother Love, Child Death, and Poverty in Guinea-Bissau
Jónína Einarsdóttir
Fall 2004
![Immortal River](../books/images/3552-90t.jpg)
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Immortal River
The Upper Mississippi in Ancient and Modern Times
Calvin R. Fremling
Fall 2004
![Population and History](../books/images/3768-90t.jpg)
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Population and History
The Demographic Origins of the Modern Philippines
Edited by Daniel F. Doeppers and Peter Xenos
Spring 2004
![Spectral America](../books/images/2355-90t.jpg)
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Spectral America
Phantoms and the National Imagination
Edited by Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
Spring 2004
![Significant Others](../books/images/2442-90t.jpg)
Significant Others
Interpersonal and Professional Commitments in Anthropology
Edited by Richard Handler
Fall 2003
![Wild Man](../books/images/2778-90t.jpg)
Wild Man
Tobias Schneebaum, New foreword by David Bergman
Fall 2003
![Yugoslavism](../books/images/2444-90t.jpg)
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Yugoslavism
Histories of a Failed Idea, 1918–1992
Edited by Dejan Djokic
Spring 2003
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Iran
From Religious Dispute to Revolution
Michael M. J. Fischer
Spring 2003
![We Alone Will Rule](../books/images/3089-90t.jpg)
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We Alone Will Rule
Native Andean Politics in the Age of Insurgency
Sinclair Thomson
Fall 2002
![Bike Lust](../books/images/3478-90t.jpg)
Bike Lust
Harleys, Women, and American Society
Barbara Joans
Fall 2001
![The Lunda-Ndembu](../books/images/3112-90t.jpg)
The Lunda-Ndembu
Style, Change, and Social Transformation in South Central Africa
James A. Pritchett
Spring 2001
![Fieldwork Dilemmas](../books/images/3062-90t.jpg)
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Fieldwork Dilemmas
Anthropologists in Postsocialist States
Edited by Hermine G. De Soto and Nora Dudwick
Fall 2000
![Patients and Doctors](../books/images/0816-90t.jpg)
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Patients and Doctors
Life-Changing Stories from Primary Care
Edited by Jeffrey M. Borkan, Shmuel Reis, Jack H. Medalie, and Dov Steinmetz
Fall 1999
![Grassroots Theater](../books/images/1169-90t.jpg)
Grassroots Theater
A Search for Regional Arts in America
Robert Gard, With a Foreword by David H. Stevens and a new Introduction by Maryo Gard Ewell
Fall 1999
![The Forest of Taboos](../books/images/0814-90t.jpg)
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The Forest of Taboos
Morality, Hunting, and Identity among the Huaulu of the Moluccas
Valerio Valeri
Spring 1999
![Dead End Kids](../books/images/0487-90t.jpg)
Dead End Kids
Gang Girls and the Boys They Know
Mark S. Fleisher
Fall 1998
![Who Owns America?](../books/images/0492-90t.jpg)
Who Owns America?
Social Conflict over Property Rights
Edited by Harvey M. Jacobs
Fall 1998
![Indigenism](../books/images/0494-90t.jpg)
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Indigenism
Ethnic Politics in Brazil
Alcida Rita Ramos
Fall 1998
![Nature's Geography](../books/images/0500-90t.jpg)
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Nature’s Geography
New Lessons for Conservation in Developing Countries
Edited by Karl S. Zimmerer and Kenneth R. Young
Fall 1998
![Dead Wrong](../books/images/0180-90t.jpg)
Dead Wrong
A Death Row Lawyer Speaks Out Against Capital Punishment
Michael A. Mello, With a Foreword by David Von Drehle
Fall 1997
![Gift Giving](../books/images/2399-90t.jpg)
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Gift Giving
A Research Anthology
Edited by Cele Otnes and Richard F. Beltramini
1996
![The Masada Myth](../books/images/0117-90t.jpg)
The Masada Myth
Collective Memory and Mythmaking in Israel
Nachman Ben-Yehuda
Fall 1995
![Oedipus](../books/images/0121-90t.jpg)
Oedipus
A Folklore Casebook
Edited by Lowell Edmunds and Alan Dundes
Fall 1995
![After the USSR](../books/images/0164-90t.jpg)
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After the USSR
Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Politics in the Commonwealth of Independent States
Anatoly M. Khazanov
Fall 1995
![Folk Law](../books/images/0135-90t.jpg)
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Folk Law
Essays in the Theory and Practice of Lex Non Scripta
Edited by Alison Dundes Renteln and Alan Dundes
Fall 1995
![After Tylor](../books/images/0138-90t.jpg)
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After Tylor
British Social Anthropology, 1888–1951
George W. Stocking, Jr.
Fall 1995
![The Lost Drum](../books/images/0140-90t.jpg)
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The Lost Drum
The Myth of Sexuality in Papua New Guinea and Beyond
James F. Weiner
Fall 1995
![Sanumá Memories](../books/images/0361-90t.jpg)
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Sanumá Memories
Yanomami Ethnography in Times of Crisis
Alcida Rita Ramos
Spring 1995
![The Wisdom of Many](../books/images/0107-90t.jpg)
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The Wisdom of Many
Essays on the Proverb
Edited by Wolfgang Mieder and Alan Dundes
Fall 1994
![Witnessing Slavery](../books/images/0326-90t.jpg)
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Witnessing Slavery
The Development of Ante-bellum Slave Narratives
Frances Smith Foster, With a New Introduction
Spring 1994
![Nomads and the Outside World](../books/images/0330-90t.jpg)
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Nomads and the Outside World
Anatoly M. Khazanov, Translated by Julia Crookenden; With a Foreword by Ernest Gellner and a new Introduction and Bibliography by the author
Spring 1994
![Living Under Contract](../books/images/0331-90t.jpg)
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Living Under Contract
Contract Farming and Agrarian Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Edited by Peter D. Little and Michael J. Watts
Spring 1994
![Breaking the Chains](../books/images/0075-90t.jpg)
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Breaking the Chains
Slavery, Bondage, and Emancipation in Modern Africa and Asia
Edited by Martin A. Klein
Fall 1993
![Confronting Historical Paradigms](../books/images/0311-90t.jpg)
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Confronting Historical Paradigms
Peasants, Labor, and the Capitalist World System in Africa and Latin America
Frederick Cooper, Allen F. Isaacman, Florencia C. Mallon, William Roseberry, and Steve J. Stern
Spring 1993
![After Freedom](../books/images/0321-90t.jpg)
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After Freedom
A Cultural Study in the Deep South
Hortense Powdermaker, With a new Introduction by Brackette P. Williams and Drexel Woodson
Spring 1993
![River of Blood](../books/images/0059-90t.jpg)
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River of Blood
The Genesis of a Martyr Cult in Southern Malawi, c. A.D. 1600
J. Matthew Schoffeleers
Fall 1992
![Kings and Clans](../books/images/0300-90t.jpg)
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Kings and Clans
Ijwi Island and the Lake Kivu Rift, 1780–1840
David Newbury
Spring 1992
![Magical Arrows](../books/images/0301-90t.jpg)
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Magical Arrows
The Maori, the Greeks, and the Folklore of the Universe
Gregory Schrempp, With a Foreword by Marshall Sahlins
Spring 1992
![From a Shattered Sun](../books/images/0023-90t.jpg)
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From a Shattered Sun
Hierarchy, Gender, and Alliance in the Tanimbar Islands
Susan McKinnon
Fall 1991
![Colonial Situations](../books/images/0339-90t.jpg)
Colonial Situations
Essays on the Contextualization of Ethnographic Knowledge
Edited by George W. Stocking, Jr.
Fall 1991
![Digging into Popular Culture](../books/images/1080-90t.jpg)
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Digging into Popular Culture
Theories and Methodologies in Archeology, Anthropology, and Other Fields
Edited by Ray B. Browne and Pat Browne
1991
![Debating Muslims](../books/images/1139-90t.jpg)
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Debating Muslims
Cultural Dialogues in Postmodernity and Tradition
Michael M. J. Fischer and Mehdi Abedi
Spring 1990
![Sharing the Dance](../books/images/0506-90t.jpg)
Sharing the Dance
Contact Improvisation and American Culture
Cynthia J. Novack
Spring 1990
![Romantic Motives](../books/images/0388-90t.jpg)
Romantic Motives
Essays on Anthropological Sensibility
Edited by George W. Stocking Jr.
Fall 1989
![Himalayan Dialogue](../books/images/0613-90t.jpg)
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Himalayan Dialogue
Tibetan Lamas and Gurung Shamans in Nepal
Stan Royal Mumford
Spring 1989
![Pastoral Cities](../books/images/1460-90t.jpg)
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Pastoral Cities
Urban Ideals and the Symbolic Landscape of America
James L. Machor
Fall 1987
![Voices](../books/images/2512-90t.jpg)
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Voices
An Anthropologist’s Dialogue with an Italian-American Festival
Richard M. Swiderski
1987
![Objects and Others](../books/images/0637-90t.jpg)
Objects and Others
Essays on Museums and Material Culture
Edited by George W. Stocking Jr.
Fall 1985
![Red Gold of Africa](../books/images/1279-90t.jpg)
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Red Gold of Africa
Copper in Precolonial History and Culture
Eugenia W. Herbert
Spring 1984
![Observers Observed](../books/images/1842-90t.jpg)
Observers Observed
Essays on Ethnographic Fieldwork
Edited by George W. Stocking, Jr.
Fall 1983
![Slavery in Africa](../books/images/1502-90t.jpg)
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Slavery in Africa
Historical and Anthropological Perspectives
Edited by Suzanne Miers and Igor Kopytoff
Spring 1977
![Eat Not This Flesh](../books/images/0110-90t.jpg)
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Eat Not This Flesh
Food Avoidances from Prehistory to the Present
Frederick J. Simoons
Fall 1961
![Dance](../books/images/0420-90t.jpg)
Dance
A Creative Art Experience
Margaret N. H’Doubler, With a New Essay by Mary Alice Brennan
1957
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