The first anthropological monograph published on the Vula'a people of south-eastern Papua New Gui...

Of Alien Kings and Perpetual Kin presents a detailed understanding and analysis of the ideology o...

In this volume we are provided with a unique insider's perspective on the rich culture of the nor...

The sequel to the acclaimed Made in Niugini, which explored in unparalleled depth the material wo...

The state is frequently conceived as a universal, although one apparently extraordinarily difficu...

How does a craft reinvent itself as 'traditional' following cultural, social and political upheav...

Written at a time when disasters both natural - drought, famine - and manmade - the war in Yugosl...

Despite their ubiquity and cultural prominence, the academic study of artsfestivals has long been...

This impressive work of scholarship brings together anthropology, religion, popular culture, and ...

This collection highlights the work of the Royal Anthropological Institute's Urgent Anthropology ...

The importance and ramifications of saints, sainthood and pilgrimage in contemporary Iran and nei...

This rich account of potters in a southern Catalan village traces the history of pottery producti...