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Amnesia
(December 2021)
A History of Democratic Idealism in Modern Thailand
Arjun Subrahmanyan - Author
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Describes the profound social impact of the overthrow of the Thai absolute monarchy in 1932, and explains the importance of democracy in a country long known for authoritarian politics.
Thailand’s monarchy and military have dominated the narrative of the country’s modern history, and their leadership is often accepted as evidence of a cultural preference for authoritarianism. Despi...(Read More) |
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Virgin Capital
(November 2021)
Race, Gender, and Financialization in the US Virgin Islands
Tami Navarro - Author
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Ethnography situating the contemporary financial services industry in the US Virgin Islands within broader histories of racial capitalism and gender inequality.
Virgin Capital examines the cultural impact and historical significance of the Economic Development Commission (EDC) in the United States Virgin Islands. A tax holiday program, the EDC encourages financial services companie...(Read More) |
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Mayalogue
(October 2021)
An Interactionist Theory of Indigenous Cultures
Victor Montejo - Author
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Offers a strong critique of traditional anthropological studies from an Indigenous and postcolonial perspective.
In Mayalogue, Native Mayan scholar Victor Montejo provides an alternative reading and interpretation of cultures, challenging Western ethnocentric approaches that have marginalized Native knowledge and worldviews in the past. He proposes instead a methodology for ...(Read More) |
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Moving for Marriage
(October 2021)
Inequalities, Intimacy, and Women's Lives in Rural North India
Shruti Chaudhry - Author
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Comparative, ethnographic study of women who migrate for marriage in rural north India.
Based on ethnographic fieldwork in a village in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Moving for Marriage compares the lived experiences of women in “regional” marriages (that conform to caste and community norms within a relatively short distance) with women in “cross-regional” marria...(Read More) |
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The Archaeology of Inequality
(September 2021)
Tracing the Archaeological Record
Orlando Cerasuolo - Editor
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Brings together archaeologists, art historians, sociologists, and classicists to explore the origins and development of unequal relationships in ancient societies.
The Archaeology of Inequality explores the different aspects of social boundaries and articulation by comparing several interdisciplinary approaches for the analysis of the archaeological data, as well as actual c...(Read More) |
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The Seasons
(July 2021)
Philosophical, Literary, and Environmental Perspectives
Luke Fischer - Editor
David Macauley - Editor
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Pioneering essays that demonstrate the significance of the seasons for philosophy, environmental thought, anthropology, cultural studies, aesthetics, poetics, and literary criticism.
Although the seasons have been a perennial theme in literature and art, their significance for philosophy and environmental theory has remained largely unexplored. This pioneering book demonstrates the...(Read More) |
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Toward an African Future—Of the Limit of World
(July 2021)
Nahum Dimitri Chandler - Author
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Examines the thought of W. E. B. Du Bois, with attention to its potential for reorienting present-day critical theory and political philosophy.
Widely known for his probing analysis of W. E. B. Du Bois's early work, in this book Nahum Dimitri Chandler references writing from across the whole of Du Bois's long career, while bringing sharp focus on two later texts issued in the immed...(Read More) |
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"Our Relations…the Mixed Bloods"
(April 2021)
Indigenous Transformation and Dispossession in the Western Great Lakes
Larry Nesper - Author
Michael S. Wiggins Jr. - With a Foreword by
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Articulates the relationships between kinship, racial ideology, mixed blood treaty provisions, and landscape transformation in the Great Lakes region.
In the Great Lakes region of the nineteenth century, “mixed bloods” were a class of people living within changing indigenous communities. As such, they were considered in treaties signed between the tribal nations and the federal gov...(Read More) |
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Boy-Wives and Female Husbands
(April 2021)
Studies in African Homosexualities
Stephen O. Murray - Editor
Will Roscoe - Editor
Marc Epprecht - Foreword by
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A significant contribution to anthropology, history, and gender studies that reveals the denials of homosexuality in traditional and contemporary African societies to be rooted in colonialist ideologies.
Among the many myths created about Africa, the claim that homosexuality and gender diversity are absent or incidental is one of the oldest and most enduring. Historians, anthropolo...(Read More) |
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Édouard Glissant, Philosopher
(April 2021)
Heraclitus and Hegel in the Whole-World
Alexandre Leupin - Author
Andrew Brown - Translator
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Translation of Alexandre Leupin’s award-winning study of Édouard Glissant’s entire work in relation to philosophy.
One of the greatest writers of the late twentieth century, Édouard Glissant’s body of work covers multiple genres and addresses many cogent contemporary problems, such as borders, multiculturalism, postcolonial and decolonial studies, and global humanities. Édouard ...(Read More) |
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