Anthropology

People of the Bomb Portraits of America’s Nuclear Complex Hugh Gusterson 2004 Spring

How the American military-industrial complex has invaded our consciousness to create consent for its programs

Calibrations Reading for the Social Ato Quayson 2003 Fall

Proposes an entirely new socially and politically conscious way of reading

Double Cross Japanese Americans in Black and White Chicago Jacalyn D. Harden 2003 Spring

Examines relations between peoples of color to offer a compelling new approach to understanding race in America

Ethnography at the Border Pablo Vila, Editor 2003 Spring

An illuminating account of life at the U.S.-Mexico border

The Postnational Self Belonging and Identity Ulf Hedetoft and Mette Hjort, Editors 2002 Fall

A timely look at how our globalized era has reconfigured experiences of belonging.

Entry Denied Controlling Sexuality at the Border Eithne Luibhéid 2002 Fall

A revelatory examination of 150 years of sexuality-based discrimination against immigrants to the United States.

In the Metro Marc Augé 2002 Fall

A lyrical and dynamic consideration of the Paris metro.

Deep Mexico, Silent Mexico An Anthropology of Nationalism Claudio Lomnitz 2001 Fall

An innovative examination of the interaction between culture and politics in Mexico.

Metaculture How Culture Moves through the World Greg Urban 2001 Fall

A revelatory consideration of how culture changes, evolves, and is made new.

Landscapes of Urban Memory The Sacred and the Civic in India’s High-Tech City Smriti Srinivas 2001 Spring

A rich analysis of religion, civic life, and global transformation in India.

In and Out of Morocco Smuggling and Migration in a Frontier Boomtown David A. McMurray 2001 Spring

A revealing inquiry into how global culture is lived locally.

The Limits of Multiculturalism Interrogating the Origins of American Anthropology Scott Michaelsen 1999 Fall

Traces anthropology’s Native American roots.

A Poetics of Political Economy in Egypt Kristin Koptiuch 1999 Spring

Analyzes how economic transformation changes the meaning of artisanship.

Spaces of Their Own Women’s Public Sphere in Transnational China Mayfair Mei-hui Yang 1998 Fall

An exploration of women’s public expression--in China and beyond.

In Near Ruins Cultural Theory at the End of the Century Nicholas B. Dirks, Editor 1998 Fall

A group of leading scholars considers the current state of cultural analysis.

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