Anthropology - Soc Sci Books

New and Published Books

1. Solidarity in Individualized Societies

   Recognition, Justice and Good Judgement

   By Søren Juul

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   In today’s individualized, culturally diverse and globalized society, many sociologists have concluded that the conceptualizations developed by classical sociology are no longer sufficient to promote social cohesion. So what kind of solidarity can achieve this? Engaging with recent thought in...

   Published February 3rd 2013 by Routledge
2. Socialism and Religion

   Roads to Common Wealth

   By Vincent Geoghegan

   Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought

   In the past decade philosophers and political theorists have increasingly pondered the role of religion in a modern secular society, and of the possible value of religion as a resource for contemporary thinking. The global resurgence of a new religious politics – graphically symbolised by 9/11 -...

   Published January 31st 2013 by Routledge
3. Women's Studies: The Basics

   By Bonnie G. Smith

   Series: The Basics

   Women’s Studies: The Basics is an accessible introduction into the ever expanding and increasingly relevant field of studies focused on women. Tracing the history of the discipline from its origins, this text sets out the main agendas of women’s studies and feminism, exploring the global...

   Published January 29th 2013 by Routledge
4. Abandoned Japanese in Postwar Manchuria

   The Lives of War Orphans and Wives in Two Countries

   By Yeeshan Chan

   Series: Japan Anthropology Workshop Series

   This book relates the experiences of the zanryu-hojin - the Japanese civilians, mostly women and children, who were abandoned in Manchuria after the end of the Second World War when Japan’s puppet state in Manchuria ended, and when most Japanese who has been based there returned to Japan. Many...

   Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
5. Japanese Women, Class and the Tea Ceremony

   The voices of tea practitioners in northern Japan

   By Kaeko Chiba

   Series: Japan Anthropology Workshop Series

   This book examines the complex relationship between class and gender dynamics among tea ceremony (chado) practitioners in Japan. Focusing on practitioners in a provincial city, Akita, the book surveys the rigid, hierarchical chado system at grass roots level. Making critical use of Bourdieu’s idea...

   Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
6. Manual of Forensic Odontology, Fifth Edition

   Edited by David R. Senn, Richard A. Weems

   Advances in forensic odontology have led to improvements in dental identification for individual cases as well as in disaster victim identification (DVI). New and updated technologies mean advances in bitemark analysis and age estimation. Growth in the field has strengthened missing persons’...

   Published January 21st 2013 by CRC Press
7. Cultural Anthropology

   Global Forces, Local Lives, 2nd Edition

   By Jack David Eller

   Cultural Anthropology: Global Forces, Local Lives helps students understand the application of anthropological concepts to the contemporary world. It offers an exceptionally clear and readable introduction to cultural anthropology, closely relating it to key topics such as colonialism and...

   Published January 21st 2013 by Routledge
8. Tiger Girls

   Women and Enterprise in the People's Republic of China

   By Minglu Chen

   Series: Routledge Studies on China in Transition

   The existing scholarship on women in China suggests that gender inequality still exists against the background of the country’s reform and opening in recent years. However, the situation of women in enterprise ownership and leadership seems to indicate that despite such notions of disadvantage...

   Published January 16th 2013 by Routledge
9. Atomic Mumbai

   Living with the Radiance of a Thousand Suns

   By Raminder Kaur

   Atomic Mumbai offers an insightful historical and ethnographic account of how nuclear issues are represented in popular culture, print media, films, documentaries, advertising and superhero comics, driven by perceptions of those based in the city of Mumbai, a prime site of nuclear establishments in...

   Published January 9th 2013 by Routledge India
10. Dharavi

    From Mega-Slum to Urban Paradigm

    By Marie-Caroline Saglio-Yatzimirsky

    Series: Cities and the Urban Imperative

    Located in the heart of Mumbai, Dharavi is estimated to be the largest slum in Asia. Often referred to as ‘Little India’, it has been home to thousands of migrants from across the country providing opportunities for work and livelihood. As such, Dharavi presents a fascinating paradox: the...

    Published January 9th 2013 by Routledge India