Anthropology

Suburban Beijing: Housing and Consumption in Contemporary China Suburban Beijing Housing and Consumption in Contemporary China Friederike Fleischer 2010 Fall
Understanding the effects of market liberalization through life in a modern Chinese suburb
Rebirth of the Clinic: Places and Agents in Contemporary Health Care Rebirth of the Clinic Places and Agents in Contemporary Health Care Cindy Patton, Editor 2010 Fall
Analyzing the medical clinic after neoliberalism
A Return to Servitude: Maya Migration and the Tourist Trade in Cancún A Return to Servitude Maya Migration and the Tourist Trade in Cancún M. Bianet Castellanos 2010 Fall
Tourism, consumption, migration, and the Maya in Cancún
Navigating the African Diaspora: The Anthropology of Invisibility Navigating the African Diaspora The Anthropology of Invisibility Donald Martin Carter 2010 Spring
Diaspora seen through the lenses of political economy and cultural production
Black and Indigenous: Garifuna Activism and Consumer Culture in Honduras Black and Indigenous Garifuna Activism and Consumer Culture in Honduras Mark Anderson 2009 Fall
Reveals that indigeneity can be a way of being more than a matter of blood
Casablanca: Movies and Memory Casablanca Movies and Memory Marc Augé 2009 Fall
A poetic and meditative essay on the impact of film on our personal and collective memories
Red Lights: The Lives of Sex Workers in Postsocialist China Red Lights The Lives of Sex Workers in Postsocialist China Tiantian Zheng 2009 Spring
A revealing and intimate study of rural Chinese women working in an urban sex trade
Deadliest Enemies: Law and Race Relations on and off Rosebud Reservation Deadliest Enemies Law and Race Relations on and off Rosebud Reservation Thomas Biolsi 2007 Spring
How U.S. federal law creates racial conflict between Native American and white people
Shimmering Screens: Making Media in an Aboriginal Community Shimmering Screens Making Media in an Aboriginal Community Jennifer Deger 2006 Fall
Reconsiders the interplay between aboriginal communities and media
The Stars The Stars Edgar Morin 2005 Spring
The legendary work on the mythic nature of movie stardom
The Cinema, or the Imaginary Man The Cinema, or the Imaginary Man Edgar Morin 2005 Spring
A classic work exploring the nexus of the cinematic image and the human mind—at last available in English!
Queer Migrations: Sexuality, U.S. Citizenship, and Border Crossings Queer Migrations Sexuality, U.S. Citizenship, and Border Crossings Eithne Luibhéid and Lionel Cantú Jr., Editors 2005 Spring
At the intersection of citizenship, sexuality, and race, a new perspective on the immigrant experience
Oblivion Oblivion Marc Augé 2004 Fall
A renowned social thinker considers the nature and necessity of forgetting
Dry Place: Landscapes of Belonging and Exclusion Dry Place Landscapes of Belonging and Exclusion Patricia L. Price 2004 Spring
Gathers tales from the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico to understand the relationship between people and place in a borderland
People of the Bomb: Portraits of America’s Nuclear Complex 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