Simulated Dreams

Haim Hazan

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions in Anthropology | nr. 14
• At the core of the author's concern stands the question of cultural transmutation in an era riddled with media channels and all-embracing messages. Fr... Lees meer

The Hegemonic Male

Miguel Vale De Almeida

• Hardcover | Engels | New Directions in Anthropology | nr. 4
• The construction of masculinity is becoming a field of growing interest because it is opening up new and fascinating perspectives, thus adding a furth... Lees meer

The Nomads of Mykonos

Pola Bousiou

• Hardcover | Engels | New Directions in Anthropology | nr. 29
• This is the ethnography of the Mykoniots d'élection , a 'gang' of romantic adventurers who have been visiting the island of Mykonos for the last thirt... Lees meer

Documenting Transnational Migration

Richard T Antoun

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions in Anthropology | nr. 25
• Most studies on transnational migration either stress assimilation, circulatory migration, or the negative impact of migration. This remarkable study,... Lees meer

The Nomads of Mykonos

Pola Bousiou

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions in Anthropology | nr. 29
• This is the ethnography of the Mykoniots d'élection , a 'gang' of romantic adventurers who have been visiting the island of Mykonos for the last thirt... Lees meer

The Bounded Field

Jaro Stacul

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions in Anthropology | nr. 18
• Regionalism is one of the most debated issues in contemporary western Europe. Yet why the region, rather than the nation state, can have such a strong... Lees meer

Mastering Soldiers

Eyal Ben-Ari

• Hardcover | Engels | New Directions in Anthropology | nr. 10
• Studies of the military that deal with the actual experience of troops in the field are still rare in the social sciences. In fact, this ethnographic ... Lees meer

The Hegemonic Male

Miguel Vale De Almeida

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions in Anthropology | nr. 4
• The construction of masculinity is becoming a field of growing interest because it is opening up new and fascinating perspectives, thus adding a furth... Lees meer

Morals of Legitimacy

• Hardcover | Engels | New Directions in Anthropology | nr. 12
• With the growing fragmentation of western societies and disillusionment with the political process, the question of legitimacy has become one of the k... Lees meer

Insiders and Outsiders

Jacqueline Waldren

• Hardcover | Engels | New Directions in Anthropology | nr. 3
• The indigenous population of Deià has lived side by side with increasing numbers of foreigners over the past century, and what has occurred there over... Lees meer

Troubles with Turtles

Dimitris Theodossopoulos

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions in Anthropology | nr. 16
• The people of Vassilikos, farmers and tourist entrepreneurs on the Greek island of Zakynthos, are involved in a bitter environmental dispute concernin... Lees meer

The Bounded Field

Jaro Stacul

• Hardcover | Engels | New Directions in Anthropology | nr. 18
• Regionalism is one of the most debated issues in contemporary western Europe. Yet why the region, rather than the nation state, can have such a strong... Lees meer

Foundations of National Identity

Josep R Llobera

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions in Anthropology | nr. 19
• Since it emergence in the 19th century in response to feudalism, nationalism has been a mixed blessing. Originally seen as a positive force, often eno... Lees meer

Tourism, Magic and Modernity

David Picard

• Hardcover | Engels | New Directions in Anthropology | nr. 32
• Drawing from extended fieldwork in La Réunion, in the Indian Ocean, the author suggests an innovative re-reading of different concepts of magic that e... Lees meer

Living Before Dying

Janette Davies

• Hardcover | Engels | New Directions in Anthropology | nr. 41
• This in-depth description of life in a nursing/care home for 70 residents and 40 staff highlights the daily care of frail or ill residents between 80 ... Lees meer

An Earth-Colored Sea

Miguel Vale De Almeida

• Hardcover | Engels | New Directions in Anthropology | nr. 22
• Although the post-colonial situation has attracted considerable interest over recent years, one important colonial power - Portugal - has not been giv... Lees meer

Recalling the Belgian Congo

Marie-Bénédicte Dembour

• Hardcover | Engels | New Directions in Anthropology | nr. 9
• When the author embarked on her study, her aim was to approach former colonial officers with a view to analyzing processes of domination in the ex-Bel... Lees meer

Envisioning Eden

Noel B Salazar

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions in Anthropology | nr. 31
• As tourism service standards become more homogeneous, travel destinations worldwide are conforming yet still trying to maintain, or even increase, the... Lees meer

On the Nervous Edge of an Impossible Paradise

Kenneth Little

• Hardcover | Engels | New Directions in Anthropology | nr. 45
• There are beastly forces in Belize. Forces that are actively involved in making paradise impossible. On the Nervous Edge of an Impossible Paradise is ... Lees meer

Footprints in Paradise

Andrea E Murray

• Hardcover | Engels | New Directions in Anthropology | nr. 40
• The economic imperative of sustainable tourism development frequently shapes life on small subtropical islands. In Okinawa, ecotourism promises to pro... Lees meer

The Franco-Mauritian Elite

Tijo Salverda

• Hardcover | Engels | New Directions in Anthropology | nr. 37
• Mauritian independence in 1968 marked the end of a regime favorable to the Franco-Mauritians, the island's white colonial elite. Now, in postcolonial ... Lees meer

Living Before Dying

Janette Davies

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions in Anthropology | nr. 41
• This in-depth description of life in a nursing/care home for 70 residents and 40 staff highlights the daily care of frail or ill residents between 80 ... Lees meer

Mastering Soldiers

Eyal Ben-Ari

• Paperback | Engels | New Directions in Anthropology | nr. 10
• Studies of the military that deal with the actual experience of troops in the field are still rare in the social sciences. In fact, this ethnographic ... Lees meer

After Socialism

• Hardcover | Engels | New Directions in Anthropology | nr. 6
• The collapse of Soviet influence and the disillusionment with socialism in the early 1990s led to ambitious programs of economic reform throughout Eas... Lees meer