"In Merchants in the City of Art, Anne Schiller addresses classic anthropological questions about culture change and places them in a contemporary context, bringing together issues of work, heritage, immigration, and tourism. San Lorenzo, a neighborhood located in the historic c…
Du site de l'éd.: Since the 1990s, the Ankarana region of northern Madagascar has developed a reputation among globe-trotting gemstone traders and tourists as a source of some of the world's most precious natural wonders. Although some might see Ankarana's sapphire and ecotouris…
Globalizing Afghanistan offers a kaleidoscopic view of Afghanistan and the global networks of power, influence, and representation in which it is immersed. The military and nation-building interventions initiated by the United States in reaction to the events of September 11, 20…
Seeking to understand the events of the past decade in a broad frame, the contributors draw on cultural and postcolonial approaches to provide new insights into this ongoing conflict such as: the implications of Afghanistan's lucrative opium trade, links between the Taliban and …
Drinking the Sea at Gaza maps the zones of ordinary Palestinian life. Hass gives voice to Gaza's doctors and housewives, its taxi drivers, farmers, and Islamic leaders. From her friends, she learns the secrets of slipping across sealed borders and stealing through night streets …
"In contrast to the plethora of works focusing on the tragic loss of human lives during the First World War, little is known about the more hopeful realities of thousands of prisoners of war from Britain, France, Germany and Belgium who were sent to Switzerland from 1916. This b…
"Islamophobia, Race, and Global Politics is a powerful introduction to the scope of Islamophobia in the US. Drawing on examples ranging from the Muslim-branding of former president Barack Obama to the disparity in media coverage of terrorist attacks in Beirut and Paris the same …
"The European Union is founded on the idea of free movement. A generation of West European citizens - referred to by the author as "Eurostars"--Have pioneered a new kind of highly skilled and educated migration. In an integrating Europe built on economic theories, they appeared …
