Kinship & Community Books

New and Published Books

1. National Myths

   Constructed Pasts, Contested Presents

   Edited by Gérard Bouchard

   National myths are now seriously questioned in a number of societies. In the West, for instance, a number of factors have combined to destabilise the symbolic foundation of nations and collective identities. As a result, the diagnosis of a deep cultural crisis has become commonplace. Indeed, who...

   Published April 1st 2013 by Routledge
2. 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 17th 2013 by Routledge
3. Kinship and Social Organisation (Routledge Revivals)

   By W. H. R. Rivers

   First published in 1914, W. H. R. Rivers' hugely influential study was the first to effectively demonstrate the close connection between methods of denoting relationship or kinship and forms of social organisation, including those based on different forms of the institution...

   Published November 21st 2012 by Routledge
4. United Kingdom? (Routledge Revivals)

   Class, Race and Gender since the War

   By E. Cashmore

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1989, United Kingdom? examines the three main divisions in British society in the post-war period: class, race and gender. During the 1980s there was an increasing concern about deep, and often bitter, divisions in British society. Events such as the miners’ strike of 1984-5, the...

   Published November 6th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Logic of Racism (Routledge Revivals)

   By E. Cashmore

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1987, The Logic of Racism provides a portrait of race relations based on the stories of 800 different individuals from all sections of society. In this book, voices from the author’s tape recorder are converted to the page for the reader to experience the vivid, sometimes...

   Published November 6th 2012 by Routledge
6. Emotions and Human Mobility

   Ethnographies of Movement

   Edited by Maruška Svašek

   This book provides insights into the emotional dimensions of human mobility. Drawing on findings and theoretical discussions in anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, philosophy, linguistics, migration studies, human geography and political science, the authors offer interdisciplinary...

   Published June 20th 2012 by Routledge
7. The Neighborhood in the Internet

   Design Research Projects in Community Informatics

   By John M. Carroll

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   Today, "community" seems to be everywhere. At home, at work, and online, the vague but comforting idea of the community pervades every area of life. But have we lost the ability truly to understand what it means? The Neighborhood in the Internet investigates social and civic effects of community...

   Published March 18th 2012 by Routledge
8. Millennium and Charisma Among Pathans (Routledge Revivals)

   A Critical Essay in Social Anthropology

   By Akbar Ahmed

   First published in 1976, this Routledge Revivals reissue presents an analysis of the Swat Pathans, the people of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, who belong administratively to Pakistan despite being a fiercely independent group, with their own codes and ways of life. Akbar S. Ahmed,...

   Published March 1st 2012 by Routledge
9. Methods and Contexts in the Study of Muslim Minorities

   Visible and Invisible Muslims

   Edited by Nadia Jeldtoft, Jørgen Nielsen

   Series: Ethnic and Racial Studies

   In the past decade Muslims in Europe have been the subject of heated debates on the place and role of religion in the public space. Research into the issues involved has often used visible and formalised expressions of Muslim religiosity as its empirical point of departure. This book instead...

   Published January 18th 2012 by Routledge
10. Productive Engagement in Later Life

    A Global Perspective

    Edited by Nancy Morrow-Howell, Ada Mui

    Productive Ageing is the involvement of older adults in society through employment, volunteering, caregiving, education and skill building. In 2020 there will be 248 million people in China aged 60 and over. At the same time, the birth rate continues to drop and family structures are being...

    Published January 15th 2012 by Routledge