Social and cultural anthropology Books

Table of Contents1. Introduction.- Part I: Contextualizing Fatherhood.- 2. Theoretical explorations of fatherhood.- 3. Fatherhood and welfare state regimes.- Part II: Fatherhood in Transition.- 4. Images of fatherhood.- 5. Breadwinners and new fathering practices.- 6. Internet and the new landscape of fatherhood.- 7. Parenthood after divorce.- 8. Gay fatherhood.- 9. Transnational fatherhood.- Part III: Conclusions and Methodology.- 10. Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisThis is the story of the bean, the staple food cultivated by humans for over 10,000 years. From the lentil to the soybean, every civilization on the planet has cultivated its own species of bean. The humble bean has always attracted attention - from Pythagoras'' notion that the bean hosted a human soul to St. Jerome''s indictment against bean-eating in convents (because they tickle the genitals), to current research into the deadly toxins contained in the most commonly eaten beans. Over time, the bean has been both scorned as poor man''s meat and praised as health-giving, even patriotic. Attitudes to this most basic of foodstuffs have always revealed a great deal about a society. Featuring a new preface from author Ken Albala, Beans: A History takes the reader on a fascinating journey across cuisines and cultures.Trade ReviewA vividly entertaining history of the humble bean takes the reader on a curious, surprising and exciting journey across epochs, continents and cultures. * Raymond Blanc *Charming. * New York Times *I would strongly urge a reading of Beans by Ken Albala which entertainingly unravels that most complicated of legumes through space and time. * The Guardian *Fresh and engaging from the start ... A must have for any serious foodie. * The Telegraph *Extraordinarily detailed and amusing. ... It is a totally endearing mixture of expertise and whimsy and should, by rights, be a bestseller. * The Times *Albala's range of geographical, historical and cultural references is extremely impressive. * Ian Sansom, Saturday Guardian *A great read, full of exotic and intriguing information and thoroughly recommended. * Times Higher Education Supplement *Albala traces the histories of a wide range of beans and the result is an enthusiastic book which deploys commendable scholarship with the lightest of touches. * History Today *Who ever knew that beans were so complicated and interesting. Told in fascinating detail by Ken Albala, Beans: A History is an instructional book that reads like a novel. * Charlie Palmer *Here is the first biography of beans presented by Ken Albala in vivid prose. Gut-buster or aphrodisiac, lowly legume or savior of civilization, the bean is more significant than we ever realized. * Darra Goldstein *Beans is a lyrical book. It is a tale well told filled with unusual twists and turns with surprises popping up in almost every paragraph. * Andrew F. Smith, editor of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America *Lucky beans who have at last found their Homer. Who knew that the history of the Western world and parts of Asia could be illumined through the evolution of the lowly bean in its multiple forms from fava to soy? No one is better equipped than this skilled historian to wrap history, science, legend, folklore and fakelore in an entertaining narrative that delights while it informs. This is the most digestible bean dish I've ever encountered and all I want is more. * Betty Fussell, author of The Story of Corn and I Hear America Cooking: The Cooks and Recipes of American Regional Cuisine *In this delightful, informative bean biography, the author unravels the history, science and culture of beans across the world. * Sainsbury Magazine *Surprisingly readable and full of fascinating detail. ... Beans: A History would make a valuable addition to the bookshelf of anyone hungry to know the cultural and gastronomic history of the food on their plate. * Oxford Vegetarians *I was immediately hooked. What a great combination of scholarly commitment and good humour! * Jane Bowler, The Vegetarian *There appears to be very little Ken Albala doesn't know about the humble bean. ... an authentic and inclusive history. * Australian Gormet Pages Newsletter *A light-hearted and entertaining narrative. * Artisan *With not a pod left unshelled, Beans is just plain fun to read thanks to author Ken Albala's sense of humour, devotion to scholarly detail and breezy writing style. * The Roanoke Times *By successfully integrating history, geography, botany, and politics into understanding beans, Albala demonstrates the wonder of liberal education itself. * The AAG Review of Books *Table of ContentsList of Recipes Preface, Acknowledgements and a Note on Recipes 1. Introduction 2. Lentils: Fertile Crescent 3. Lupines: Europe and Andes 4. Fava Beans: Europe 5. Peas, Chickpeas and Pigeon Peas 6. Oddballs and Villains 7. Mung and the Vignas: India 8. Black-eyed Peas: Africa, Soul Food 9. Phaseolus vulgaris: Mexico and the World 10. Limas and the Lesser Phaseoli: Andes 11. Tepary beans: Native Americans 12. Soy: China, Japan and the World Postscript Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisChris William Martin is Professor of Social Sciences at Algonquin College, Canada.Trade ReviewWell written and very engaging ... A very strong ethnographic text which fuses together social semiotics and ethnography in a very accessible form. * LINGUIST *I thought I knew everything about the semiotics of tattoos, given that I have been teaching the discipline for over four decades. But this book has opened my eyes to new ways of grasping the meanings of tattoos in the world today. While it takes a historical foray into the meanings of tattoos, the book projects us into the current system of coding that tattoos evoke. It is a brilliant and refreshing new treatment of a topic that I thought had been laid to rest. * Marcel Danesi, Professor of Semiotics and Anthropology, University of Toronto, Canada *Chris William Martin’s new book, The Social Semiotics of Tattoos: Skin and Self, is a welcome new addition to the literature on tattooing. After almost 30 years worth of scholarship on the subject, much of which has been focused on deviance (or the shift away from it), the time is right for a new analysis of tattooing as an art and profession, within a context of rapid cultural change. The Social Semiotics of Tattoos is a must for anyone interested in tattoos, bodies, or art. * Margo DeMello, Adjunct Professor of Anthrozoology, Canisius College, USA *As a tattooed sociologist and a tattoo enthusiast, I found this book to be highly engaging from a number of different perspectives. In addition to its specific contribution to tattoo scholarship, the work also contributes to theory, specifically to social semiotics, and methodology, specifically to ethnographic research. * Deborah Davidson, Associate Professor of Sociology, York University, Canada and author of The Tattoo Project: Commemorative Tattoos, Visual Culture, and the Digital Archive *Chris Martin has written an absorbing study on the sociological and semiotic facets of tattooing. This book is based not only on his semiotic training and scholarship but also on the author’s own immersion and fieldwork within the tattooing and body art sub-culture. He makes a persuasive case for tattoos as anchors of meaning and identity construction in a dizzying and mercurial Liquid Modern world. He does so with great passion but roots this in close and critical reading of diverse examples. This book will help you appreciate the profundity of both the art and craft of tattooing. As someone who has overlooked tattoos as semiotic entity, his book has opened my eyes to the power of the ink! * Chris Arning, Founder-Director, Creative Semiotics, UK *Accomplish[es] a movement of tattoo studies beyond the reductive, reactionary stereotypes that keep lingering on and in doing so help[s] to pave the way for more respectful and rigorous analysis of this complex and significant art form. * Fashion Theory *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Tattoos and Tattooing in an Era of Liquid Modernity 2. The Art and Artist Behind Your Tattoo 3. Tattoo Artists as Artists 4. Permanence as Rebellion: Skin and Self 5. Of Cultural Change and Gendered Bodies 6. Tattoos as Artistic and Emotional Signifiers Conclusions Bibliography Methodological Appendix Index

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Book SynopsisThis book traces the toga's history from its origins in the Etruscan garment known as the tebenna, through its use as an everyday garment in the Republican period to its increasingly exclusive role as a symbol of privilege in the Principate and its decline in use in late antiquity. It aims to shift the scholarly view of the toga from one dominated by its role as a feature of Roman art to one in which it is seen as an everyday object and a highly charged symbol that in its various forms was central to the definition and negotiation of important gender, age and status boundaries, as well as political stances and ideologies. It discusses the toga's significance not just in Rome itself, but also in the provinces, where it reveals ideas about cultural identity, status and the role of the Roman state. The Toga and Roman Identity shows that, by looking in detail at the history of Rome's national garment, we can gain a better understanding of the complexities of Roman Trade Review[Ursula Rothe's] contribution represents not only a significant analysis of the toga but also a valuable historical resource for anyone exploring the history of Roman culture, as well as anyone interested in identity issues in the Classical world as it clearly explains the transfer of ancient dress rituals to today's cultural traditions. * The Journal of Dress History *A must-read for all those interested in Roman social history. It is readable, written in a clear style, and helpfully illustrated with photographs throughout the text. * Classics for All *This is a book sorely needed by clothing historians ... This is a wonderful up-to-date work on the toga, incorporating lashings of literary, archaeological finds and artistic evidence, and giving a full picture of draping styles well into late antiquity ... It should be on the bookshelf of everyone interested in ancient dress. * The Classical Review *Undoubtedly this book has set the standard for any future scholarship on the topic … A goldmine of information. * Journal of Classics Teaching *An in-depth and insightful account of a wide range of aspects of Roman social, political and cultural history, seen through the lens of the toga. This subtle and nuanced analysis of the toga reveals its multi-faceted significance not only for men of the elite classes at Rome, but also for women, other levels of society, and in the provinces. -- Glenys Davies, Honorary Fellow in Classical Art and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, UKA fascinating delineation of the toga’s complex history and meanings, first worn by women and men, later a male garment symbolizing status, public duty, and political power. Not simply a draped garment, but “the dress of an empire.’’ -- Joanne B. Eicher, Regents Professor Emerita in Design, Housing, and Apparel, University of Minnesota, USATable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1 Introduction 2 The Toga: A Brief History 3 The Toga and the Roman Man 4 The Toga and Social Status 5 The Toga and Politics 6 The Toga in the Provinces 7 The Toga in Late Antiquity Epilogue Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAn original history of Russia''s thousand-year past, tracing the forces and the myths that have shaped Putin''s politics and rekindled the Cold War.Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has reshaped history. In the decades after the collapse of Soviet communism, the West convinced itself that liberal democracy would henceforth be the dominant, ultimately unique, system of governance - a hubris that shaped how the West would treat Russia for the next two decades. But history wasn't over. Putin is a paradox. In the early years of his presidency, he appeared to commit himself to friendship with the West, suggesting that Russia could join the European Union or even NATO. He said he supported free-market democracy and civil rights. But the Putin of those years is unrecognisable today. The Putin of the 2020s is an autocratic nationalist, dedicated to repression at home and anti-Western militarism abroad. So, what happened? Was he lying when he proclaimed his support Trade ReviewClear, lively, and not afraid to be controversial: a stimulating anatomisation of Russia’s poisonous relationship with the West, Ukraine, and its own dark past. -- Anna Reid, author of Borderland: A Journey through the History of Ukraine and A Dirty Little WarThis is a very important account of the build-up to Russia’s invasions of Ukrainian territory. Most books and articles on the Russia-Ukraine war are very one-sided; the great merit of this book is that the Sixsmiths take a long historical perspective and enable the reader to appreciate the aspirations of both sides. The authors focus on the defects of Western societies as well as on those of Russia. This is a study that needs to be taken into account when we try to understand the lessons of the war. -- Geoffrey Hosking, Emeritus Professor of Russian History, University College LondonA fascinating and highly readable account of the background to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, informed by Martin Sixsmith’s long involvement with the region since his days as a BBC correspondent covering the last days of the Soviet Union. -- Peter Conradi, author of Who Lost Russia? From the Collapse of the USSR to Putin's War on UkraineA tremendous study of how Putin has tragically manipulated national myths for personal gain and revanchist patriotism. -- Starred Review, Kirkus Review

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Book SynopsisA New York Times Notable BookA stunningly original exploration of the ties that bind us to the beautiful, ancient, astoundingly accomplished, largely unknown, and unfathomably different species with whom we share the world. For as long as humans have existed, insects have been our constant companions. Yet we hardly know them, not even the ones we’re closest to: those that eat our food, share our beds, and live in our homes. Organizing his book alphabetically, Hugh Raffles weaves together brief vignettes, meditations, and extended essays, taking the reader on a mesmerizing exploration of history and science, anthropology and travel, economics, philosophy, and popular culture. Insectopedia shows us how insects have triggered our obsessions, stirred our passions, and beguiled our imaginations.

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Book SynopsisThis book brings to life the social and textual worlds in which the representation of contemporary Greek historical experience has been passionately debated, building on contemporary research in history and anthropology concerning the social production of the past.Trade Review'In Genres of Recollection, Penelope Papailias has given us a genre that productively defines recollection. Her book is an original exploration in the elusive but vital common ground of anthropology and history. Avoiding the abstruse abstractions that so often bedevil considerations of epistemology, Papailias brings to life the everyday social practices involved in the production of history by local writers and collectors and thereby challenges us to examine and compare the social conditions of our own intellectual production. An original and beautifully written contribution to the ethnography of Greece, this work is also an unusual experiment in the broadening of the anthropological vision.' - Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University 'In these stunning chapters on modern Greek history Penelope Papailias bypasses old disciplinary constraints to set forth a new theory and practice of anthropological reading. She finds her alternative archives in the works of amateur historians, the transcripts of Anatolian refugees, the memoir of a migrant to America, and a novel on the Civil War. The result is sustained interrogations and incisive insights concerning both the notion of an 'archive' and the historical phenomenon that is 'Greece.'' - Brinkley Messick, Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University 'The author responds to the famous question, 'What is History?' with the phrase 'Let's see what historians do.' Then, to explore this perspective, she gives the reader an ethnographic tour of historians' social worlds, thoughts and craft. I find this response quite ingenious. It is an original approach to writing about the writing of history.' - Antonis Liakos, Professor of History, University of AthensTable of ContentsPreface In the Margins of History: Peripheral States, Personal Archives and Historical Rhetorics Beyond Historiography Citing the City: Local Historians and the Possession of the Past Transcriptions of Home: An Archive of Refugee Testimony Reading War: Responsibility in Fiction Editing Migration: The Repatriation of the Story of 'Amerika' Epilogue: Textual Ethnogaphy and Historical Anthropology

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Book SynopsisIntroduction* Ethnographic Method& Context * American Individualism& Social Class Revisited * Queens Ethnoconceptions of the Child's Self * Queenston Hard Protective Individualism vs. Kelley Hard Projective Individualism * Individualism& Ethnoconceptions of the Child's Self in Parkside * Queenston& Kelley Preschools * Parkside Preschools * Balancing Psychologized Individualism with Societal Constraints& Uncovering the True SelfTrade Review"American Individualisms is ethnography in the best sense. It delineates a phenomenon of enormous theoretical import, through one of the most discerning eyes in cultural anthropology today. We see how, in the classroom as in parents and teachers values and their ideas about pedagogy, American individualism adapts itself to class, preparing children - through means sometimes quite obvious and often extremely subtle, sometimes explicitly taught and more often implicitly embodied - for the different, classed, futures that await them. We see how these different classed futures are made to seem natural. And we are shown how an ideology such as "American individualism" works, providing the barest of scaffolds on which very different, and equally powerfully motivating, versions of itself can be constructed." - Naomi Quinn, Department of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University "With subtle insight and a poet's eye for the telling detail, Adrie Kusserow grapples with the great hidden fact of American life: social class. She shows how upper class preschoolers on Manhattan's East Side learn that life is a canvas to be painted with beautiful colors and that they are flowers who must be gently nurtured; in contrast, working-class children in Queens discover that life is a dangerous mountain to be climbed and that they must be tough and hard to survive the ordeal. This important book helps the reader understand how these crucial differences in consciousness are inculcated, enacted, and reproduced in ordinary life. It should be mandatory reading for teachers, parents, and policy makers as well as social scientists who wish to better understand the complexities of American culture." - Charles Lindholm, University Professor of Anthropology, Boston University "American Individualisms sets a new standard for excellence for the study of class and inequality in America. Kusserow's insightful ethnographic account shows how class is a learned position, an orientation toward self and others that takes root in childhood through ever-so-subtle child-rearing and classroom practices. Rich in observation and sophisticated analysis of how parents and teachers unconsciously pass along the markers of social class - through tone of voice, facial expression, deportment and metaphors used to speak about a child and her future - this book deepens our understanding of what it would take to ensure that American schools leave no child behind." - Wendy Luttrell, Nancy Phforzeimer Aronson Associate Professor of Human Development and Education, Harvard Graduate School of EducationTable of ContentsIntroduction* Ethnographic Method& Context * American Individualism& Social Class Revisited * Queens Ethnoconceptions of the Child's Self * Queenston Hard Protective Individualism vs. Kelley Hard Projective Individualism * Individualism& Ethnoconceptions of the Child's Self in Parkside * Queenston& Kelley Preschools * Parkside Preschools * Balancing Psychologized Individualism with Societal Constraints& Uncovering the True Self

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Book SynopsisThis is a comparative ethnography of five Israeli schools that use state-of-the-art educational approaches to help change Israel's conflicted society. It gives an important glimpse of individuals and institutions that bravely operate as social and educational entrepreneurs, striving to change Israeli society.Trade Review'In an age when Americans are struggling with complex problems of public education and an increasingly diverse school population, Bar Shalom's study of education in Israel is a must read for anyone interested in education, immigration, and citizenship. We can learn much from his book and Israel's experience.' - Paul Finkelman, President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law and Public Policy, Albany Law School 'Yehuda Bar Shalom has written exactly the kind of exciting book that Israeli education needs at this critical time. Each chapter presents a different challenge! Indeed, other countries will learn a lot from it too.' - Joseph Lukinsky, Baumritter Professor of Jewish Education Emeritus, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America 'Dr. Bar Shalom's book shows an unknownand innovative side of education in Israel. By doing so he exposesthe strength of Israel's multi-faceted democracy.' - Aryeh Lova Eliav, founder, Nitzana Educational Community 'Educating Israel inspires because it presents heroic educators facing real problems without ideal solutions. What a hopeful book and a wonderful introduction to the challenges facing contemporary Israeli society!' - Levi Kelman, Rabbi of Congregation Kol HaNeshama, Jerusalem 'An educational revolution will happen in Israel only if we will listen to the voices of excellent teachers and educators described in the book, who are not afraid of realty, but try instead to change and design it.' - Eli Amir, Chairman of the Public Council of the Abraham Fund Initiatives 'Insightful and thought provoking, Educating Israel offers a fascinating portrait of Israeli educators committed to social transformation. Drawn from a society rife with conflict, the case studies in this work move the reader from the particular to the universal. Bar Shalom calls us to consider important issues that are at the core of our quest to live in a just and peaceful world.' - Reverend Earl Kooperkamp, Rector, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, New York City"Yehuda Bar Shalom's book contributes to the growing sentiment among critical social analysts of education against a simple assumption that schooling naturally reproduces the inequalities of its social surround. The shift in mood, from reproduction to recognition of the potential social power of education, is not always matched by specific, empirical examples of how this occurs, or might occur. Bar Shalom shares the sentiment, calling it 'entrepreneurship,' and provides a rich description of Israeli schools that represent educators' commitment to change the social status quo. In the Israeli context, there is widespread academic and public acknowledgment of the range and depth of social differences, inequalities and conflicts, in education, as well as in society. Yet, here too, there is a lack of the sort of comparative case description that this book provides of educational efforts to overcome the social conflicts. For those unfamiliar with Israeli society, Bar Shalom offers his own brand of critical hopefulness and a window into the depth and variety of social divisions in Israel, and an engaging sampler of the educational work that is being done to grapple with them." - Philip Wexler, Professor of Sociology of Education, Hebrew University of JerusalemTable of ContentsThe Narrative Component Neve Shalom

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Book SynopsisMichel Henry (1922-2002) was a leading French philosopher and novelist. He was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Montpellier, Franceand author of five novels and numerous philosophical works.ScottDavidson isAssociate Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Oklahoma CityUniversity. He is the translator of Michel Henry's works: MaterialPhenomenology (Fordham, 2008) and Seeing the Invisible(Continuum, 2009).Trade Review'Henry is one of the most exciting and radical thinkers of the last half-century. In this excellent translation of Barbarism, we get a sense of this radicalism is his critique of the "Galilean" principle - especially with regard to politics but also in his approach to art, ideology, technology, and education. It will be an invaluable addition to his other works already in English.' -- Professor John Mullarkey, Kingston University, UK.‘Scott Davidson delivers a much welcome translation of Michel Henry's provocative work on culture and critique. Barbarism is Henry's subtle radicalization of E. Husserl's analysis of the lifeworld and the crisis of the sciences. For Henry, the crisis is nothing short of barbarism: a reversal of culture which is revealed in the social, political, and epistemic practices that inhibit the self-movement of absolute Life. Yet the work itself, Barbarism, functions as a timely call to reverse this reversal, and to renew the dynamic intimacy of Self-knowledge.' -- Anthony Steinbock, Professor of Philosophy at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USATable of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition; Translator's Introduction: What Has Never Been Seen; 1. Culture and Barbarism; 2. Science Judged by the Criteria of Art; 3. Science Alone: Technology; 4. The Sickness of Life; 5. Ideologies of Barbarism; 6. Practices of Barbarism; 7. The Destruction of the University; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe study of the senses has become a rich topic in recent years. Senses of Vibration explores a wide range of sensory experience and makes a decisive new contribution to this growing field by focussing not simply on the senses as such, but on the material experience - vibration - that underpins them. This is the first book to take the theme of vibration as central, offering an interdisciplinary history of the phenomenon and its reverberations in the cultural imaginary. It tracks vibration through the work of a wide range of writers, including physiologists (who thought vibrations in the nerves delivered sensations to the brain), physicists (who claimed that light, heat, electricity and other forms of energy were vibratory), spiritualists (who figured that spiritual energies also existed in vibratory form), and poets and novelists from Coleridge to Dickens and Wells. Senses of Vibration is a work of scholarship that cuts through a range of disciplines and will reverberate for many Trade Review"This book is remarkable not only for the range of its research, extraordinary though that is. It is even more impressive because of its capacity to stir its readers into genuinely imaginative thinking, a rare feat in a work of such scholarship. If we believe Charles Babbage, 'aerial pulses, unseen by the keenest eye' make of the very air around us 'one vast library' of all that has been said and done in the world. Senses of Vibration is certainly a major contribution to that library of the imagination." (Professor Philip Davis, Director of the Centre for Research into Reading, University of Liverpool.)"Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction; 1.Nervous Motions; 2.Psychophysical Sensations and Spiritual Vibrations; 3.Wires, Rays and Radio Waves; 4.Pathological Motions: Railway Shock, Street Noises, Earthquakes; 5.Sexual Health: Bicycle Spine, Sewing Machines, the Vibrator; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking text explores the dramatic evolution in Latin American social movements over the past fifteen years. Assessing both the continuities in social movement dynamics and important new tendencies, this book will be essential reading for all students of Latin American politics and society.Trade ReviewWith engaging essays documenting grassroots resistance to neoliberalism across Latin America, this volume is a must-read for anyone interested in how ordinary people are challenging and changing the meaning of democracy in the region. -- Susan Eckstein, Boston UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction, Richard Stahler-Sholk, Harry E. Vanden, and Marc Becker Part I: Changing Contexts, Changing Responses Chapter 2: Reinventing Revolutions in Latin America: An “Other” Politics in Practice and Theory, Sara Motta Part II: Movement Dynamics, Strategies, and Identities Chapter 3: Challenges and Difficulties of Urban Territories in Resistance, Raúl Zibechi Chapter 4: Building Horizontal Political Cultures: Youth Activism and the Legacy of the Oaxacan Social Movement of 2006, Maurice Rafael Magaña Chapter 5: Praxis of Empowerment: Mística and Mobilization in Brazil’s Landless Rural Workers’ Movement, Daniela Issa Chapter 6: Network Politics in the Mesoamerican Movement against the Plan Puebla-Panamá, Alicia Swords Chapter 7: Por la refundación de Honduras: Building a New Kind of Social Movement, Suyapa Portillo Villeda Chapter 8: Popular Feminism in Contemporary Brazil: Lineage and Alliances, Nathalie Lebon Chapter 9: The Contradictions of Black Cultural Politics in Salvador da Bahia: 1970s to the Present, Kwame Dixon Part III: Dealing with the (Reconstituted) State Chapter 10: Autonomy, Collective Identity, and Social Movement Strategies: The Zapatistas and Beyond, Richard Stahler-Sholk Chapter 11: Argentina: Against and Beyond the State, Marina A. Sitrin Chapter 12: Taking the Streets, Swarming Public Spaces: The 2013 Popular Protests and Social Movements in Brazil, Harry E. Vanden Chapter 13: Bolivarianism and the Venezuelan Commune, George Ciccariello-Maher Chapter 14: Correa, Indigenous Movements, and the Writing of a New Constitution in Ecuador, Marc Becker Chapter 15: Bolivia’s MAS and Its Relation with the Movements That Brought It to State Power, Leonidas Oikonomakis and Fran Espinoza Part IV: Transnational Organizing Chapter 16: Horizontalism and the Anti-Mining Movement in El Salvador, Rose J. Spalding Chapter 17: Horizontal Dialogue in the Construction of Agroecology by CLOC/Vía Campesina, María Elena Martínez and Peter M. Rosset Chapter 18: Conclusion, Richard Stahler-Sholk, Harry E. Vanden, and Marc Becker

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Book SynopsisPaul Bouissac is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto (Victoria College), Canada. He is a world renowned figure in semiotics and a pioneer of circus studies. He runs the SemiotiX Bulletin [www.semioticon.com/semiotix] which has a global readership.Trade ReviewOne of the major contributions of the book is that, after reading it, watching clown performances can never be the same: the author guides us through the semiotics of clowning in such detail that every move and feature of clown acts will be overloaded with meaning(s) for the readers ... [A] reader-friendly book and an invaluable ethnographic approach to an area of study that has been most neglected by (humour and other) scholars ... particularly interesting for humour researchers, especially those who investigate clown performances in or, mostly nowadays, outside circuses. * European Journal of Humour Research *An important addition to literature on clowns and laughter, and an ambitious attempt to address in transcendent terms the negotiation of meaning at the heart of clown-generated laughter ... Valuable insights into practice abound ... Bouissac’s knowledge of and sensitivity to a breadth of cultural contexts allows for fascinating and relevant examinations of time-honored clown routines ... Indeed his book finds its full value in a sustained reflection from a perspective we don’t usually encounter: the sign-rich soil beneath our social interaction and the precise manner of its playful overturning by the classic circus clown. * Humor *In this book, Paul Bouissac, pioneer and master of the scientific approach to circus arts, demonstrates in a complete and brilliant way, by semiotic, anthropological and cognitive approaches, how the clowning art is a multimodal and complex act of communication, which produces laughter and sense through cognitive and cultural constructions shared by artists and spectators. THE definitive reference to understand clowning! -- Philippe Goudard, Professor of Performing Arts, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier, FranceBouissac brings his customary rigour and a true respect and love for the art of clowning to the task of discussing what clowns actually do and what it might mean. The full force of semiotic analysis bears generous fruit as Bouissac bases any theoretical analysis or deductions upon actual detailed descriptions of clowns in action. A hugely valuable contribution to the growing field of clown studies and an antidote to the lazy off-the-shelf popular mythologizing about clowning which passes for commentary in many quarters. -- Jon Davison, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Faces of the Clown Appearance and identity The making of a face Kinds and scales of facial transformations in clowns The crafting of a clown’s make-up The face of dominance Interpreting the face of a clown The modern face of the clown When clowns go post-modern 2. The Costumes of the Clowns The clowns’ trunks Splendor and sophistication of the whiteface The auguste’s misfits and tatters Sociosemiotics and biosemiotics of clown costumes Clowns in drag: cross-dressing and transvestism 3. The Clown’s Workshop The semiotics of artifacts A visit to Charlie Cairoli’s workshop When clowns play magic Clowns as craftsmen and engineers The clown’s barnyard 4. The Semiotics of Gags What is a gag? Gags in context Rob Torres: a solo clown act in New York The semiotic anatomy of gags The physics of gags 5. The Game of the Rules The language of clowning The straight, the tight, and the loose Identity: one in two, two in one 6. Clown and Trickster Master of tricks Too good to be true Transgression and consequences Master of fire The trickster and his avatars Understanding tricksters and clowns Peering in the cultural past: a reasoned speculation 7. Clowns and Gender Play: Politics and Economy of Sex Beyond sex and gender Images of desire An odd couple A “normal” couple A bird tale Gender play 8. Clowns, Death, and Laughter Death at the circus Death of the auguste Realm of the macabre: ghosts, corpses, and skeletons Clowns and death in the arts: laughter at the edge 9. Profaning the Sacred The avatars of Clown A grand narrative and its fractal performances The sacred and the profane Putting things inside out and upside down 10. Clowns without Borders Mapping clowns on the world Clowns without borders? Clowning beyond the cultural fences Clowning in Java The gentrification of clowns Clowns with a mission Conclusion: Contribution to the Theory of Laughter What is laughter? The meaning of laughter Senseless laughing Laughter as addiction: a hypothesis and an agenda References

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Book SynopsisPaul Bouissac is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto (Victoria College), Canada. He is a world renowned figure in semiotics and a pioneer of circus studies. He runs the SemiotiX Bulletin [www.semioticon.com/semiotix] which has a global readership.Trade ReviewOne of the major contributions of the book is that, after reading it, watching clown performances can never be the same: the author guides us through the semiotics of clowning in such detail that every move and feature of clown acts will be overloaded with meaning(s) for the readers ... [A] reader-friendly book and an invaluable ethnographic approach to an area of study that has been most neglected by (humour and other) scholars ... particularly interesting for humour researchers, especially those who investigate clown performances in or, mostly nowadays, outside circuses. * European Journal of Humour Research *An important addition to literature on clowns and laughter, and an ambitious attempt to address in transcendent terms the negotiation of meaning at the heart of clown-generated laughter ... Valuable insights into practice abound ... Bouissac’s knowledge of and sensitivity to a breadth of cultural contexts allows for fascinating and relevant examinations of time-honored clown routines ... Indeed his book finds its full value in a sustained reflection from a perspective we don’t usually encounter: the sign-rich soil beneath our social interaction and the precise manner of its playful overturning by the classic circus clown. * Humor *In this book, Paul Bouissac, pioneer and master of the scientific approach to circus arts, demonstrates in a complete and brilliant way, by semiotic, anthropological and cognitive approaches, how the clowning art is a multimodal and complex act of communication, which produces laughter and sense through cognitive and cultural constructions shared by artists and spectators. THE definitive reference to understand clowning! -- Philippe Goudard, Professor of Performing Arts, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier, FranceBouissac brings his customary rigour and a true respect and love for the art of clowning to the task of discussing what clowns actually do and what it might mean. The full force of semiotic analysis bears generous fruit as Bouissac bases any theoretical analysis or deductions upon actual detailed descriptions of clowns in action. A hugely valuable contribution to the growing field of clown studies and an antidote to the lazy off-the-shelf popular mythologizing about clowning which passes for commentary in many quarters. -- Jon Davison, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Faces of the Clown Appearance and identity The making of a face Kinds and scales of facial transformations in clowns The crafting of a clown’s make-up The face of dominance Interpreting the face of a clown The modern face of the clown When clowns go post-modern 2. The Costumes of the Clowns The clowns’ trunks Splendor and sophistication of the whiteface The auguste’s misfits and tatters Sociosemiotics and biosemiotics of clown costumes Clowns in drag: cross-dressing and transvestism 3. The Clown’s Workshop The semiotics of artifacts A visit to Charlie Cairoli’s workshop When clowns play magic Clowns as craftsmen and engineers The clown’s barnyard 4. The Semiotics of Gags What is a gag? Gags in context Rob Torres: a solo clown act in New York The semiotic anatomy of gags The physics of gags 5. The Game of the Rules The language of clowning The straight, the tight, and the loose Identity: one in two, two in one 6. Clown and Trickster Master of tricks Too good to be true Transgression and consequences Master of fire The trickster and his avatars Understanding tricksters and clowns Peering in the cultural past: a reasoned speculation 7. Clowns and Gender Play: Politics and Economy of Sex Beyond sex and gender Images of desire An odd couple A “normal” couple A bird tale Gender play 8. Clowns, Death, and Laughter Death at the circus Death of the auguste Realm of the macabre: ghosts, corpses, and skeletons Clowns and death in the arts: laughter at the edge 9. Profaning the Sacred The avatars of Clown A grand narrative and its fractal performances The sacred and the profane Putting things inside out and upside down 10. Clowns without Borders Mapping clowns on the world Clowns without borders? Clowning beyond the cultural fences Clowning in Java The gentrification of clowns Clowns with a mission Conclusion: Contribution to the Theory of Laughter What is laughter? The meaning of laughter Senseless laughing Laughter as addiction: a hypothesis and an agenda References

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Book SynopsisJean-Pierre Poulain is Professor of Sociology at the University of Toulouse II Jean Jaurès, France, and Chair of Food Studies: Food, Cultures and Health at Taylor's-Toulouse University Centre, Malaysia. He is the author of a number of books on the sociology of food and tourism. His work has been translated into Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese.Trade ReviewThis timely translation adds an important Continental perspective to the English-language food canon, while also reaching forward to the cross-disciplinarity that characterizes contemporary Food Studies. Poulain’s framing of systemic complexities and multiple sociologies reminds us of the critical importance of thinking-and-doing both through and with food—a holistic and necessary approach. * David Szanto, University of Gastronomic Sciences, Italy *Gives a timely and insightful narrative to readers interested in finding out more about this developing sphere of research. * LSE Review of Books *Table of ContentsList of figures and tables Preface List of abbreviations Introduction Part 1: Permanent and Changing Aspects in Modern Eating Practices Chapter 1: The Globalization of the Food Supply: De-localization and Re-localization Chapter 2: Between the Domestic and the Economic Spheres: The Ebb and Flow of Culinary Activity Chapter 3: The Evolution of Eating Practices Chapter 4: From Food Risks and Food Safety to Anxiety Management Chapter 5: Obesity and the Medicalization of Everyday Food Consumption Part 2: From Sociological Interest in Food to Sociologies of Food Chapter 1: The Major Socio-Anthropological Movements and Their Encounters with the "Food Social Fact" Chapter 2: Epistemiological Obstacles Chapter 3: From Sociological Interest in Food to Sociologies of Food Chapter 4: The Sociologies of Food and Attempts to Make Connections Chapter 5: The Sociology of French Gastronomy Chapter 6: The Food Social Space: A Tool for the Study of Food Patterns As a Conclusion: The Call for Constructivist Positivism References Index

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Book SynopsisKen Albala is Professor of History at the University of the Pacific, USA and author of many books, including Eating Right in the Renaissance; Food in Early Modern Europe; The Banquet: Dining in the Great Courts of Late Renaissance Europe; Beans: A History; and The Lost Art of Real Cooking. He is editor of Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia and coeditor of the journal, Food, Culture & Society.Trade Review[T]he six volumes of A Cultural History of Food provide an enlightening and fascinating insight into the history of food and its development throughout history in an authoritative and accessible style. -- Louise Ellis-Barrett * Social Sciences *Table of ContentsSeries Preface Introduction Ken Albala, University of the Pacific, USA 1 Food Production 29 Allen J. Grieco, Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University Centre for Italian Renaissance Studies, Italy 2 Food Systems: Pepper, Herring, and Beer Michael Krondl, Independent Scholar, USA 3 Food Security, Safety, and Crises Philip Slavin, McGill University, Canada 4 Food and Politics Eric R. Dursteler, Brigham Young University, USA 5 Eating Out Paul Freedman, Yale University, USA 6 Professional Cooking, Kitchens, and Service Work Ken Albala, University of the Pacific, USA 7 Family and Domesticity Alison A. Smith, Wagner College, USA 8 Body and Soul Joan Fitzpatrick, Loughborough University, UK 9 Food in Painting Gillian Riley, Independent Scholar 10 World Developments Fabio Parasecoli, The New School, NYC, USA Notes Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThe nineteenth-century West saw extraordinary economic growth and cultural change. This volume explores and explains the birth of the modern world through the food it produced and consumed. Food security vastly improved though malnutrition and famines persisted. Scientific research radically altered the ways in which food and its relation to the body were conceived: efficiency became the watchword, norms the measure, and standardized goods the rule. At the same time, the art of food became a luxury pursuit as interest in gastronomy soared.A Cultural History of Food in the Age of Empire presents an overview of the period with essays on food production, food systems, food security, safety and crises, food and politics, eating out, professional cooking, kitchens and service work, family and domesticity, body and soul, representations of food, and developments in food production and consumption globally.Trade Review[T]he six volumes of A Cultural History of Food provide an enlightening and fascinating insight into the history of food and its development throughout history in an authoritative and accessible style. -- Louise Ellis-Barrett * Social Sciences *Table of ContentsSeries Preface Introduction: Locating Foodways in the Nineteenth Century Martin Bruegel, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France 1 Food Production: Industrial Processing Begins to Gain Ground Pierre Saunier, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France 2 Food Systems in the Nineteenth Century Yves Segers, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium 3 Food Security and Safety Vera Hierholzer, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany 4 Food and Politics: Policing the Street, Regulating the Market Martin Bruegel, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France 5 Eating Out Peter Scholliers, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium 6 Professional Cooking, Kitchens, and Service Work Amy B. Trubek, University of Vermont, USA 7 Family and Domesticity: Food in Poor Households Anna Davin, Independent Scholar, UK 8 Body and Soul: From Tension to Bifurcation Ulrike Thoms, Institut fur Geschichte der Medizin, Berlin, Germany 9 Food Representations Kolleen M. Guy, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA 10 World Food: The Age of Empire c. 1800–1920 Fabio Parasecoli, , New School, New York, USA Notes Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisFrom David Graeber, the bestselling author of The Dawn of Everything and Debt—“a master of opening up thought and stimulating debate” (Slate)—a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs…and their consequences.Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative essay titled “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs.” It went viral. After one million online views in seventeen different languages, people all over the world are still debating the answer. There are hordes of people—HR consultants, communication coordinators, telemarketing researchers, corporate lawyers—whose jobs are useless, and, tragically, they know it. These people are caught in bullshit jobs. Graeber explores one of society’s most vexing and deeply felt concerns, indicting among other villains a par

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Book SynopsisThe Bloomsbury Handbook of the Anthropology of Sound presents the key subjects and approaches of anthropological research into sound cultures. What are the common characteristics as well as the inconsistencies of living with and around sound in everyday life? This question drives research in this interdisciplinary area of sound studies: it propels each main chapter of this handbook into a thoroughly different world of listening, experiencing, receiving, sensing, dreaming, naming, desiring, and crafting sound. This handbook is composed of six sections: sonic artifacts; sounds and the body; habitat and sound; sonic desires; sounds and machines; and overarching sensologies. The individual chapters explore exemplary research objects and put them in the context of methodological approaches, historical predecessors, research practices, and contemporary research gaps. This volume offers therefore one of the broadest, most detailed, and instructive overviews on current research in this Trade ReviewHolger Schulze is the foremost conductor of sonic anthropology. For this handbook, Maestro Schulze has assembled a chorus of many of the leading voices in Sound Studies and a range of emergent voices—junior scholars who are just breaking in on (and up) the scene, or score. There are chapters that will tantalize the listener, like Melissa Van Drie’s chapter ‘The Food,’ and other chapters that will jar you, rock you, soothe you, or leave you wondering what it was you just heard, like Tobias Ewé’s ‘The Unheard.’ The aim of The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Anthropology of Sound is to decolonialize, idiosyncratize, and sensualize our hearing as ‘humanoid aliens’ in a more-than-human world. With its sections on ‘Living with Sonic Artifacts,’ ‘Sounding Flesh,’ ‘Sonic Desires,’ and ‘Sensologies,’ this volume is as polyphonic as it is interdisciplinary, and will definitely leave the reader with the impression that the anthropology of sound is BOOMING. * David Howes, Professor of Anthropology and Co-Director of the Centre for Sensory Studies, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada *Table of ContentsContributors What is an Anthropology of Sound? Holger Schulze Part I Living with Sonic Artifacts Pulse Michael Bull 1 The Headphone Naomi Smith & Anne-Marie Snider 2 The File Jens Gerrit Papenburg 3 The Instrument Rolf Großmann 4 The Software Katrine Wallevik Coda Sebastian Schwesinger Part II Sounding Flesh Pulse Salomé Voegelin 5 The Voice Ulrike Sowodniok 6 The Food Melissa Van Drie 7 The Intimate Holger Schulze 8 The Dance Inger Damsholt Coda Astrid Ellehøj Maaløe Part III The Habitat in Sound Pulse Jean-Paul Thibaud 9 The Plaza Sam Auinger & Dietmar Offenhuber 10 The Home Jacqueline Waldock 11 The Street Juhana Venäläinen, Sonja Pöllänen & Rajko Muršic? 12 The Workplace Andi Schoon Coda Marcel Cobussen Part IV Sonic Desires Pulse Marie Thompson 13 The Admiration Marcus S. Kleiner 14 The Entertainment Macon Holt 15 The Consonance Annemette Kirkegaard 16 The Quietude Tore Tvarnø Lind Coda Jordan Lacey Part V The Listening Machines Pulse Jens Gerrit Papenburg 17 The Recording Toby Seay 18 The Amplification Carla J. Maier 19 The Studio Matthew Barnard 20 The Reproduction Anders Bach Coda Jessica Thompson Part VI Sensologies Pulse Holger Schulze 21 The Model Gabriele de Seta 22 The Everyday Jacob Kreutzfeldt 23 The Unheard Tobias Linnemann Ewé 24 The Ear Marc Couroux Coda Sam Auinger References Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisSo much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Outliers tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Malcolm Gladwell’s book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell includes: Historical context Chapter-by-chapter summaries Profiles of the main characters Important quotes Fascinating trivia Glossary of terms Supporting material to enhance your understanding of the original work About Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell: What makes high achievers, like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and members of the Beatles so successful? Is it pure talent? Personal drive? An off-the-charts IQ? In Outliers, bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell explores the subject of success and argues that there is more to the story than individual exceptionalism. In addition to inherent talent or intelligence, there are other factors that have come into play for the innovators, artists, athletes, and prodigies who have become household names. Many who have attained rock-star status in their fields may have education, culture, access to a specific technology or opportunity, and ten thousand hours of practice to thank for their reaching their goals. Through a wide range of examples and anecdotes, learn what makes outliers so extraordinary. The summary and analysis in this book are intended to complement your reading experience and bring you closer to a great work of nonfiction.

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