Studies in Anthropology and History

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1. The Hard People

   Rivalry, Sympathy and Social Structure in an Alpine Valley

   By Patrick Heady

   Series: Studies in Anthropology and History

   Heady draws on both participant observation and interviews with older informants to trace the effects of recent exogenous technological and institutional changes, and the way local people have responded to them. His findings relate to such themes of recent history as nationalism, regionalism and...

   Published April 22nd 1999 by Routledge
2. A Politics of Presence

   Contacts Between Missionaries and Walugru in Late Colonial Tanganyika

   By Peter Pels

   Series: Studies in Anthropology and History

   Christian missions in Africa are commonly viewed as a blatant example of ethnocentrism. This stereotype partly exists because the day-to-day interaction between missionaries and Africans has so rarely been studied. This book shows how Africans and missionaries co-produced a Catholic Church in the...

   Published February 21st 1999 by Routledge
3. Across the Great Divide

   Journeys in History and Anthropology

   By Bronwen Douglas

   Series: Studies in Anthropology and History

   Published September 15th 1998 by Routledge
4. Androgynous Objects

   String Bags and Gender in Central New Guinea

   By M. Mackenzie

   Series: Studies in Anthropology and History

   Androgynous Objects explores the way meaning is encoded in material culture by focusing on the androgynous symbolism of the looped string bag, or bilum, of the Telefol people of Central New Guinea. The web of meanings 'woven' into the bag is shown to extend beyond women's lives and bodies. It is...

   Published May 14th 1998 by Routledge
5. Nationalism and Ethnicity in a Hindu Kingdom

   The Politics and Culture of Contemporary Nepal

   Edited by D. Gellner, J. Pfaff-Czarnecka, J. Whelpton

   Series: Studies in Anthropology and History

   With its systematic coverage of different groups, this book demonstrates how similar trends of ethnic formation are affecting all parts of Nepal. Yet, within the boundaries of a single culturally diverse state, very different forms of ethnicity have emerged. " This is a truly thematic collection...

   Published October 27th 1997 by Routledge
6. Women of the Place

   Kastom, Colonialism and Gender in Vanuatu

   By Margaret Jolly

   Series: Studies in Anthropology and History

   Published April 7th 1997 by Routledge
7. Narratives of Nation in the South Pacific

   Edited by Ton and Thomas Otto

   Series: Studies in Anthropology and History

   It is striking that in many Pacific nations, 'national' narratives are subordinate to other fundamental historical imaginings, such as those concerning local political dynasties and conversion to Christianity. While leaders in Pacific states have frequently sought to legitimate new nations through...

   Published March 18th 1997 by Routledge
8. The Textual Life of Savants

   By Gisli Pálsson

   Series: Studies in Anthropology and History

   Published September 25th 1995 by Routledge
9. Exploring Confrontation

   Sri Lanka: Politics, Culture and History

   Edited by Michael Roberts

   Series: Studies in Anthropology and History

   Published August 31st 1995 by Routledge
10. Textual Life of the Savants

    By Gisli Palsson

    Series: Studies in Anthropology and History

    Published July 31st 1995 by Routledge