Search Results - "The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute"

Luque, Diana, AngelinaMartínez‐Yrízar, AlbertoBúrquez, GerardoLópez Cruz & Arthur D.Murphy. Complejos bioculturales de Sonora pueblos y territorios indígenas. 496 pp., maps, tables, illus., bibliogrs. Mexico: CIAD, CONACYT, 2016. 200 MXN (paper) by Narchi, Nemer E.

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Eriksen, Thomas Hylland & ElisabethSchober (eds). Identity destabilised: living in an overheated world. ix, 260 pp., maps, tables, illus., bibliogrs. London: Pluto Press, 2016. £19.99 (paper) by Lee, Alex Jong‐Seok

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Vacchiano, Francesco. Antropologia della dignità: aspirazioni, moralità e ricerca del benessere nel Marocco contemporaneo. 237 pp., Verona: Ombre Corte, 2022. €20.00 (paper) by Pina‐Cabral, João

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Charismatics without authority? Informality and commitment in charismatic small groups in Moorea (French Polynesia) by Fer, Yannick

“…This ethnography of a charismatic group in French Polynesia aims to shed light on the patterns of authority and commitment within such informal religious…”
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Life as a process of making in the Mixe Highlands (Oaxaca, Mexico): towards a 'general pragmatics' of life by Pitrou, Perig

“…In contrast to Western philosophy, which has considered the distinction between life and the living to be fundamental, anthropology seems not to have given…”
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Boltanski, Luc.Mysteries and conspiracies: detective stories, spy novels and the making of modern societies. xviii, 40 pp., bibliogr. Cambridge: Polity, 2014. £16.99 (paper) by Gilbert, Paul Robert

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Bilhaut, Anne‐Gaël. El sueño de los záparas: patrimonio onírico de un pueblo de la Alta Amazonía. 376 pp., figs, illus., bibliogr. Quito: FLACSO, 2011. $17.50 (paper) by Rival, Laura

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Pires, Flávia. Quem tem medo de mal‐assombro? Religião e infância no semiárido nordestino. 278 pp., maps, figs, illus., bibliogr. Rio de Janeiro: E‐papers Serviços Editorais, 2011. R$57.50 (paper) by Wishdal, Michele

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Beyond the suffering subject: toward an anthropology of the good by Robbins, Joel

“…In the 1980s, anthropology set aside a focus on societies defined as radically 'other' to the anthropologists' own. There was little consensus at the time,…”
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Declarations of dependence: labour, personhood, and welfare in southern Africa by Ferguson, James

“…Dependence on others has often figured, in liberal thought, as the opposite of freedom. But the political anthropology of southern Africa has long recognized…”
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Farewell to the 'childhood of man': ritual, seasonality, and the origins of inequality by Wengrow, David, Graeber, David

“…Evidence of grand burials and monumental construction is a striking feature in the archaeological record of the Upper Palaeolithic period, between 40 and 10…”
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Revisiting Basic Color Terms by Saunders, Barbara

“…This article revisits the classic paradigm of Berlin and Kay (1969). First, four substantial revisions indicating the current position and appeal to evolution…”
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What kinship is (part one) by Sahlins, Marshall

“…A modest proposal for solving the 150-year-old problem of what kinship is, its specific quality, viz. mutuality of being: persons who are members of one…”
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Affective spaces, melancholic objects: ruination and the production of anthropological knowledge by Navaro, Yael

“…This article critically engages with recent theoretical writings on affect and non-human agency by way of studying the emotive energies discharged by…”
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The cognitive origin and cultural evolution of taboos in human societies by Hong, Ze

“…Why do human societies have so many taboos, defined here as culturally prohibited activities? In this article, I offer a naturalistic account of the origin and…”
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The solar good: energy ethics in poor markets by Cross, Jamie

“…What are the ethical commitments of people who design, build, and sell solar photovoltaic technologies to those living in energy poverty across sub‐Saharan…”
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Women who pay their own brideprice: reimagining provider masculinity through Uganda's thriving wedding industry by Moore, Erin V., Schneidermann, Nanna

“…Abstract In Uganda, the ‘traditional’ wedding, wherein a groom brings money and gifts to his father‐in‐law's home, has long been understood as the ultimate…”
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Kendall, Laurel. Mediums and magical things: statues, paintings, and masks in Asian places. xx, 228 pp., illus., plates, bibliogr. Oakland: Univ. of California Press, 2021. £27.00 (paper) by Oppenheim, Robert

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Our other Others: on perpetration, morality, and ethnographic unease by Korsby, Trine Mygind, Vigh, Henrik

“…Abstract This article critically assesses the impact of political and moral positions within contemporary anthropology. Re‐examining ideas of advocacy and the…”
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Conceptualizations of ‘race’: surveys of Polish academics on the race concept by Kaszycka, Katarzyna A.

“…Abstract Recent studies suggest that race is no longer viewed as a biological category by most anthropologists in the United States, but less empirical work…”
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