Anthropology
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Calibrations Reading for the Social Ato Quayson 2003 Fall
- Proposes an entirely new socially and politically conscious way of reading
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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
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Ethnography at the Border Pablo Vila, Editor 2003 Spring
- An illuminating account of life at the U.S.-Mexico border
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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.
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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.
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In the Metro Marc Augé 2002 Fall
- A lyrical and dynamic consideration of the Paris metro.
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Deep Mexico, Silent Mexico An Anthropology of Nationalism Claudio Lomnitz 2001 Fall
- An innovative examination of the interaction between culture and politics in Mexico.
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Metaculture How Culture Moves through the World Greg Urban 2001 Fall
- A revelatory consideration of how culture changes, evolves, and is made new.
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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.
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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.
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The Limits of Multiculturalism Interrogating the Origins of American Anthropology Scott Michaelsen 1999 Fall
- Traces anthropology’s Native American roots.
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A Poetics of Political Economy in Egypt Kristin Koptiuch 1999 Spring
- Analyzes how economic transformation changes the meaning of artisanship.
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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.
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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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The Forgotten Queens of Islam Fatima Mernissi 1997 Fall
- The essential work about women in Islamic history, now in paperback.