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Birds of Passage
August 2023

Birds of Passage

Hunting and Conservation in Malta

Falzon, M.-A.
Being Bedouin Around Petra
August 2023

Being Bedouin Around Petra

Life at a World Heritage Site in the Twenty-First Century

Bille, M.
Testimonies of Resistance
August 2023

Testimonies of Resistance

Representations of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Sonderkommando

Chare, N. & Williams, D. (eds)
Fifty Years of Peasant Wars in Latin America
August 2023

Fifty Years of Peasant Wars in Latin America

Binford, L., Gill, L., & Striffler, S. (eds)
Deadly Contradictions
August 2023

Deadly Contradictions

The New American Empire and Global Warring

Reyna, S. P.
Remapping Knowledge
August 2023

Remapping Knowledge

Intercultural Studies for a Global Age

Spariosu, Mihai I.
Peripheries at the Centre
August 2023

Peripheries at the Centre

Borderland Schooling in Interwar Europe

Venken, M.
Beyond the Social Contract
August 2023

Beyond the Social Contract

An Anthropology of Tax

Makovicky, N. & Smith, R. (eds)
Shakespeare and Social Engagement
August 2023

Shakespeare and Social Engagement

Mackenzie, R. & Shaughnessy, R. (eds)
Jaguars of the Dawn
September 2023

Jaguars of the Dawn

Spirit Mediumship in the Brazilian Vale do Amanhecer

Pierini, E.
Crossing Histories and Ethnographies
September 2023

Crossing Histories and Ethnographies

Following Colonial Historicities in Timor-Leste

Roque, R. & Traube, E. G. (eds)
Love, Loyalty and Deceit
September 2023

Love, Loyalty and Deceit

Rosemary Firth, a Life in the Shadow of Two Eminent Men

Firth, H. & Brown, L.
Mary Douglas
September 2023

Mary Douglas

Richards, P. & 6, P.
Alfred Cort Haddon
September 2023

Alfred Cort Haddon

A Very English Savage

Walsh, C.
Politics of Personal Information, The
September 2023

The Politics of Personal Information

Surveillance, Privacy, and Power in West Germany

Frohman, L.
German Division as Shared Experience
September 2023

German Division as Shared Experience

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Postwar Everyday

Carter, E., Palmowski, J., & Schreiter, K. (eds)
Bigger Fish to Fry
September 2023

Bigger Fish to Fry

A Theory of Cooking as Risk, with Greek Examples

Sutton, D. E.
Moral Economy at Work
September 2023

Moral Economy at Work

Ethnographic Investigations in Eurasia

Yalçın-Heckmann, L. (ed)
Friendship without Borders
September 2023

Friendship without Borders

Women's Stories of Power, Politics, and Everyday Life across East and West Germany

Leask, P.
Vital Diplomacy
October 2023

Vital Diplomacy

The Ritual Everyday on a Dammed River in Amazonia

Nahum-Claudel. C.
Fierce Medicines, Fragile Socialities
October 2023

Fierce Medicines, Fragile Socialities

Grounding Global HIV Treatment in Tanzania

Mattes, D.
Resisting Persecution
October 2023

Resisting Persecution

Jews and Their Petitions during the Holocaust

Pegelow Kaplan, T. & Gruner, W. (eds)
Heritage under Socialism
October 2023

Heritage under Socialism

Preservation in Eastern and Central Europe, 1945–1991

Gantner, E. B., Geering, C., & Vickers, P. (ed)
Lands of the Future
October 2023

Lands of the Future

Anthropological Perspectives on Pastoralism, Land Deals and Tropes of Modernity in Eastern Africa

Gabbert, E. C., Gebresenbet, F., Galaty, J. G., & Schlee, G. (eds)
Alienating Labour
October 2023

Alienating Labour

Workers on the Road from Socialism to Capitalism in East Germany and Hungary

Bartha, E.
How Materials Matter
October 2023

How Materials Matter

Design, Innovation and Materiality in the Pacific

Were, G.

Open Access Titles

Anthropology of Intellectual Exchange, An

An Anthropology of Intellectual Exchange

Interactions, Transactions and Ethics in Asia and Beyond

Copeman, J., Long, N. J., Chau, L. M., Cook, J. & Marsden, M.(eds)
Translocal Care across Kosovo’s Borders

Translocal Care across Kosovo’s Borders

Reconfiguring Kinship along Gender and Generational Lines

Leutloff-Grandits, C.
Entertaining German Culture

Entertaining German Culture

Contemporary Transnational Television and Film

Ehrig, S., Schaper, B. & Ward, E. (eds)
Beyond the Social Contract

Beyond the Social Contract

An Anthropology of Tax

Makovicky, N. & Smith, R. (eds)
Temple Tracks

Temple Tracks

Labour, Piety and Railway Construction in Asia

Sinha, V.
Once Upon a Time is Now

Once Upon a Time is Now

A Kalahari Memoir

Biesele, M.
Cryptopolitics

Cryptopolitics

Exposure, Concealment, and Digital Media

Bernal, V., Pype, K., & Rodima-Taylor, D. (eds)
Visions of Marriage

Visions of Marriage

Politics and Family on Kinmen, 1920-2020

Chiu, H.-C.
From Village Commons to Public Goods

From Village Commons to Public Goods

Graduated Provision in Urbanizing China

Trémon, A.-C.
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Paradoxes of State Capitalism

Corporate Social Responsibility and the Paradoxes of State Capitalism

Ethnographies of Norwegian Energy and Extraction Businesses Abroad

Knudsen, S. (ed)
Integrating Strangers

Integrating Strangers

Sherbro Identity and The Politics of Reciprocity along the Sierra Leonean Coast

Ménard, A.
Girl in the Pandemic, The

The Girl in the Pandemic

Transnational Perspectives

Mitchell, C. & Smith, A. (eds)
Citizens into Dishonored Felons

Citizens into Dishonored Felons

Felony Disenfranchisement, Honor, and Rehabilitation in Germany, 1806-1933

de Groot, T.
Power of the Story, The

The Power of the Story

Writing Disasters in Haiti and the Circum-Caribbean

Joos, V., Munro, M. & Ribó, J. (eds)
Making Multiple Babies

Making Multiple Babies

Anticipatory Regimes of Assisted Reproduction

Wu, C.-L.
Terrorism and the Pandemic

Terrorism and the Pandemic

Weaponizing of COVID-19

Gunaratna, R. & Pethö-Kiss, K.
Resettled Iraqi Refugees in the United States

Resettled Iraqi Refugees in the United States

War, Refuge, Belonging, Participation, and Protest

Keyel, J.
This Land Is Not For Sale

This Land Is Not For Sale

Trust and Transitions in Northern Uganda

Meinert, L. & Reynolds Whyte, S. (eds)
Sentient Ecologies

Sentient Ecologies

Xenophobic Imaginaries of Landscape

Coțofană, A. & Kuran, H. (eds)
Thinking Europe

Thinking Europe

A History of the European Idea since 1800

Andrén, M.
Living on a Time Bomb

Living on a Time Bomb

Local Negotiations of Oil Extraction in a Mexican Community

Schöneich, S.
Managing Sacralities

Managing Sacralities

Competing and Converging Claims of Religious Heritage

Hemel, E. van den, Salemink, O., & Stengs, I. (eds)
Risky Futures

Risky Futures

Climate, Geopolitics and Local Realities in the Uncertain Circumpolar North

Ulturgasheva, O. & Bodenhorn, B. (eds)
Return of Polyandry, The

The Return of Polyandry

Kinship and Marriage in Central Tibet

Fjeld, H. E.
Tangled Mobilities

Tangled Mobilities

Places, Affects, and Personhood across Social Spheres in Asian Migration

Fresnoza-Flot, A. & Liu-Farrer, G. (eds)

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