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Becoming Frum
Subtitle: How Newcomers Learn the Language and Culture of Orthodox Judaism
Author: Sarah Bunin Benor
Pages:
288 pages
Publication Date:
November 2012

 

Killing with Kindness
Subtitle: Haiti, International Aid, and NGOs
Author: Mark Schuller
Pages:
256 pages
Publication Date:
September 2012

 

Ambivalent Encounters
Subtitle: Childhood, Tourism, and Social Change in Banaras, India
Author:Jenny Huberman
Pages:
264 pages
Publication Date:
January 2013

Surviving HIV/AIDS in the Inner City
Subtitle: How Resourceful Latinas Beat the Odds
Author: Sabrina Marie Chase
Pages:
228 pages
Publication Date:
March 2012

Disenchanting Citizenship
Subtitle: Mexican Migrants and the Boundaries of Belonging
Author: Luis F. B. Plascencia
Pages:
272 pages
Publication Date:
June 2012

Obesity Patient Citizens, Immigrant Mothers
Subtitle: Mexican Women, Public Prenatal Care, and the Birth-weight Paradox
Author: Alyshia Galvez
Publication Date: October 2011


Sleep Paralysis Sleep Paralysis
Subtitle: Night-mares, Nocebos, and the Mind-Body Connection
Author:
Shelley R. Adler
Editions: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: January 2011
Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology series

Obesity Obesity
Subtitle: Cultural and Biocultural Perspectives
Author:
Alexandra A. Brewis
Editions: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: January 2011
Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology series 

Surviving Hiv/AIDS in the Inner CityDecoding Gender Surviving Hiv/AIDS in the Inner City
Subtitle: How Resourceful Latinas Beat the Odds
Author:
Sabrina Marie Chase
Editions: Cloth
Publication Date: February 2011
Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology series

Take Me to My Paradise Take Me to My Paradise
Subtitle: Tourism and Nationalism in the British Virgin Islands
Author:
Colleen Ballerino Cohen
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: October 2010

Everyday Revolutionaries
Subtitle: Gender, Violence, and Disillusionment in Postwar El Salvador
Author: Irina Carlota Silber
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: December 2010
Series: Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights

Comprehending Drug Use Comprehending Drug Use
Subtitle: Ethnographic Research at the Social Margins
Author: J. Bryan Page and Merrill Singer
Editions: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: October 2010
Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology series


Healing the Body Politic
Healing the Body Politic
Subtitle: El Salvador's Popular Struggle for Health Rights from Civil war to Neoliberal Peace
Editor:
Sandy Smith-Nonini
Editions: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: March 2010
Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology


Transitional Justice
Transitional Justice
Subtitle: Global Mechanisms and Local Realities after Genocide and Mass Violence
Edited and with an Introduction by Alexander Laban Hinton
Editions: Cloth
Publication Date: July 2010
Series: Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights



Conjuring Crisis
Subtitle: Racism and Civil Rights in a Southern Military City
Author:
George Baca
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: July 2010


Contesting Community
Contesting Community
Subtitle: The Limits and Potential of Local Organizing
Authors: James DeFilippis, Robert Fisher, and Eric Shragge
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: June 2010


Revolutionizing Romance
Revolutionizing Romance
Subtitle: Interracial Couples in Contemporary Cuba
Author: Nadine T. Fernandez
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: March 2010


Chronic Conditions, Fluid States
Chronic Conditions, Fluid States
Subtitle: Chronicity and the Anthropology of Illness
Edited and with an Introduction by
Lenore Manderson and Carolyn Smith-Morris
Afterword by Arthur Kleinman and Rachel Hall-Clifford
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: May 2010
Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology

The Social Life of Scriptures The Social Life of Scriptures
Subtitle: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Biblicism
Edited and with an Introduction by James S. Bielo
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: September 2009
Series: Signifying (on) Scriptures

One People, One Blood First Paperback Edition
One People, One Blood
Subtitle:
Ethiopian-Israelis and the Return to Judaism
Author:
Don Seeman
Editions: Paper
Publication Date: September 2010
Series:
Jewish Cultures of the World series


Power Politics
Power Politics
Subtitle: Environmental Activism in South Los Angeles
Author: Karen Brodkin
Editions:
Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: September 2009

Your Pocket Is What Cures You
Subtitle: The Politics of Health in Senegal
Author: Ellen E. Foley
Editions: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: January 2010
Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology


Marketing Dreams, Manufacturing Heroes
Marketing Dreams, Manufacturing Heroes
Subtitle: The Transnational Labor Brokering of Filipino Workers
Author: Anna Romina Guevarra
Editions: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: November 2009

Embodying Culture Embodying Culture
Subtitle: Pregnancy in Japan and Israel
Author: Tsipy Ivry
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: November 2009
Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology

The Prohibition Hangover The Prohibition Hangover
Subtitle: Alcohol in America from Demon Rum to Cult Cabernet
Author: Garrett Peck
Edition: Cloth
Publication Date: September 2009

An Island Called Home
First Paperback Edition
An Island Called Home

Subtitle: Returning to Jewish Cuba
Author: Ruth Behar
Photographs:
Humberto Mayol

Edition: Paper
Publication Date: March 2009

    Veins of Devotion
Subtitle: Blood Donation and Religious Experience in North India
Author: Jacob Copeman
Editions: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: February 2009
Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology
    Pleasures and Perils
Subtitle: Girls’ Sexuality in a Caribbean Consumer Culture
Author: Debra Curtis
Editions: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: March 2009
Series: Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies
Translating Childhoods Translating Childhoods
Subtitle: Immigrant Youth, Language, and Culture
Author: Marjorie Faulstich Orellana
Editions: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: May 2009
Series: Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies

Indianizing FilmHindu Primary Sources Indianizing Film
Subtitle: Decolonization, the Andes, and the Question of Technology
Author: Freya Schiwy
Editions: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: May 2009
Series: New Directions in International Studies

One People, One Blood One People, One Blood
Subtitle: Ethiopian-Israelis and the Return to Judaism
Author: Don Seeman
Editions: Cloth
Publication Date: July 2009
Series: Jewish Cultures of the World

With Shaking Hands
With Shaking Hands
Subtitle: Aging with Parkinson's Disease in America's Heartland
Author: Samantha Solimeo
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: May 2009
Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology

Abject Relations Abject Relations
Subtitle: Everyday Worlds of Anorexia
Author: Megan Warin
Editions: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: November 2009
Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology

A Place to Be
A Place to Be
Subtitle: Brazilian, Guatemalan, and Mexican Immigrants in Florida's New Destinations
Editor: Philip J. Williams, Timothy  J. Steigenga, and Manuel A Vásquez
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: April 2009

  An Uncertain Cure   An Uncertain Cure
Subtitle: Living with Leprosy in Brazil
Author: Cassandra White
Editions: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: February 2009
Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology
    Veins of Devotion
Subtitle: Blood Donation and Religious Experience in North India
Author: Jacob Copeman
Editions: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: February 2008
Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology

      Matters of Choice
Subtitle: Puerto Rican Women's Struggle for Reproductive Freedom
Author: Iris Lopez
Editions: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: November 2008
 
Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age
Editors: Barbara A. Koenig, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, and Sarah S. Richardson
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: August 2008
    Citizenship, Political Engagement, and Belonging
Subtitle: Immigrants in Europe and the United States
Editors: Deborah Reed-Danahay and Caroline B. Brettell
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: July 2008
Conversion of a Continent Conversion of a Continent
Subtitle: Contemporary Religious Change in Latin America 
Editors: Timothy J. Steigenga and Edward L. Cleary
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: January 2008

Social JusticeSecurity Disarmed Security Disarmed
Subtitle: Critical Perspectives on Gender, Race, and Militarization
Editors: Barbara Sutton, Sandra Morgen, and Julie Novkov
Editions: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: October 2008
The Public Life of a Fetal Sonogram
The Public Life of the Fetal Sonogram
Subtitle: Technology, Consumption, and the Politics of Reproduction
Author: Janelle S. Taylor
Editions: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: October 2008
Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology
Decoding Gender Decoding Gender
Subtitle: Law and Practice in Contemporary Mexico
Editors: Helga Baitenmann, Victoria Chenaut, and Ann Varley
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: August 2007


An Island Called Home

 

An Island Called Home
Subtitle: Returning to Jewish Cuba
Author: Ruth Behar
Photographs by: Humberto Mayol
Edition: Cloth
Publication Date: November 2007

Making Democracy Matter Making Democracy Matter
Subtitle: Identity and Activism in Los Angeles
Author: Karen Brodkin
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: March 2007


Negras in Brazil Negras in Brazil
Subtitle: Re-envisioning Black Women, Citizenship, and the Politics of Identity
Author: Kia Lilly Caldwell
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: February, 2007


A Land of GhostsA Land of Ghosts A Land of Ghosts
First Paperback Edition
Subtitle: The Braided Lives of People and the Forest in Far Western Amazonia
Author: David G. Campbell
Edition: Paper
Publication Date: March 2007


Money Jungle Money Jungle
Subtitle: Imaging the New Times Square
Author: Benjamin Chesluk
Edition: Cloth
Publication Date: November 2007
Transcultural Bodies Transcultural Bodies
Subtitle: Female Genital Cutting in Global Context
Editors: Ylva K. Hernlund and Bettina K. Shell-Duncan
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: July 2007



Surgery Junkies
Subtitle: Wellness and Pathology in Cosmetic Culture
Author: Victoria Pitts-Taylor
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: May 2007
Theories of Religion Theories of Religion
Subtitle: A Reader
Author: Seth D. Kunin with Jonathan Miles-Watson
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: September 2006

Race and Religion among the Chosen Peoples Race and Religion among the Chosen Peoples
Full-Title: Race and Religion among the Chosen Peoples of Crown Heights
Author: Henry Goldschmidt
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: September 2006

Black Athena Black Athena
Subtitle: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization, Volume III: The Linguistic Evidence
Author: Martin Bernal
Edition: Cloth
Publication Date: November 2006

The New Durkheim The New Durkheim
Author: Ivan Strenski
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: December 2006

Engaged Observer Engaged Observer
Subtitle: Anthropology, Advocacy, and Activism
Author: Victoria Sanford and Asale Angel-Ajani
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: December 2006

Shipwrecked Identities Shipwrecked Identities
Subtitle: Navigating Race on Nicaragua's Mosquito Coast
Author: Baron L. Pineda
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: May 2006

Vietnam's Children in a Changing World Vietnam's Children in a Changing World
Author: Rachel Burr
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: May 2006

Series: Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies

Menopause Menopause
Subtitle: A Biocultural Perspective
Author: Lynnette Leidy Sievert
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology
Publication Date: September 2006

Reproducing Inequities Reproducing Inequities
Subtitle: Poverty and the Politics of Population in Haiti
Author: M. Catherine Maternowska
Edition: Paper
Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology
Publication Date: August 2006

Thinking About Dementia Thinking About Dementia
Subtitle: Culture, Loss, and the Anthropology of Senility
Author: Annette Leibing, Lawrence Cohen
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology
Publication Date: March 2006

Liquid Relations Liquid Relations
Subtitle: Contested Water Rights and Legal Complexity
Author: Dik Roth, Rutgerd Boelens, Margreet Zwarteveen
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: November 2005

Who Defines Indigenous? Who Defines Indigenous?
Subtitle: Identities, Development, Intellectuals, and the State in Northern Mexico
Author: Carmen Martinez Novo
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: December 2005




Who Owns the Past?
Subtitle: Cultural Policy, Cultural Property, and the Law
Author: Kate Fitz Gibbon
Edition: Cloth
Series: The Public Life of the Arts
Publication Date: September 2005
Grandmotherhood Grandmotherhood
Subtitle: The Evolutionary Significance of the Second Half of Female Life
Author: Eckart Voland, Athanasios Chasiotis, Wulf Schiefenhevel
Edition: Cloth
Publication Date: August 2005



Armies of the Young
Subtitle: Child Soldiers in War and Terrorism
Author: David M. Rosen
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: January 2005




Who Owns Culture?
Subtitle: Appropriation and Authenticity in American Law
Author: Susan Scafidi
Edition: Paper
Series: The Public Life of the Arts
Publication Date: July 2005
Birthing Fathers Birthing Fathers
Subtitle: The Transformation of Men in American Rites of Birth
Author: Richard K. Reed
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: February 2004

Political Ecology across Spaces, Scales, and Socia Political Ecology across Spaces, Scales, and Socia
Title: Political Ecology across Spaces, Scales, and Social Groups
Editors: Susan Paulson and Lisa Gezon
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: November 2004

A Prehistory of the North A Prehistory of the North
Subtitle: Human Settlement of the Higher Latitudes
Author: John F. Hoffecker
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: November 2004

Consuming Motherhood Consuming Motherhood
Editors: Janelle S. Taylor, Linda L. Layne and Danielle F. Wozniak
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: August 2004

At Play in Belfast At Play in Belfast
Subtitle: Children's Folklore and Identities in Northern Ireland
Author: Donna M. Lanclos
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: October 2003

Series: Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies


Genomic Imprinting and Kinship
Genomic Imprinting and Kinship
Author: David Haig
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Series: Rutgers Series in Human Evolution
Publication Date: January 2002
 
Postnationalism Prefigured Postnationalism Prefigured
Subtitle: Caribbean Borderlands
Author: Charles V. Carnegie
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: September 2002

Digging New Jersey’s Past Digging New Jersey’s Past
Subtitle: Historical Archaeology in the Garden State
Author: Richard Veit
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: September 2002

When Culture and Biology Collide When Culture and Biology Collide
Subtitle: Why We Are Stressed, Depressed, and Self-Obsessed
Author: E. O. Smith
Edition: Cloth
Publication Date: July 2002

Origins of Psychopathology Origins of Psychopathology
Subtitle: The Phylogenetic and Cultural Basis of Mental Illness
Author: Horacio Fbrega Jr., M.D.
Edition: Cloth
Publication Date: February 2002


Black Feminist Anthropology
Black Feminist Anthropology
Subtitle: Theory, Politics, Prxis, and Poetics
Author: Irma McClaurin
Edition: Paper
Publication Date: September 2001
Dreaming Equality Dreaming Equality
Subtitle: Color, Race, and Racism in Urban Brazil
Author: Robin E. Sheriff
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: December 2001

Biography of a Chairman Mao Badge Biography of a Chairman Mao Badge
Subtitle: The Creation and Mass Consumption of a Personality Cult
Author: Melissa Schrift
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Publication Date: June 2001

Smoking and Pregnancy Smoking and Pregnancy
Subtitle: The Politics of Fetal Protection
Author: Laury Oaks
Edition: Paper
Publication Date: January 2001



Black Feminist Anthropology
Subtitle: Theory, Politics, Prxis, and Poetics
Editor: Irma McClaurin
Edition: Paper
Publication Date: January 2001
Theorizing the City Theorizing the City
Subtitle: The New Urban Anthropology Reader
Editor: Setha M. Low
Edition: Paper/Cloth
Pages: 432 pp., 13 photos

Publication Date: November 1999

Water and Power in Highland Peru Water and Power in Highland Peru
Subtitle: The Cultural Politics of Irrigation and Development
Author: Paul H. Gelles
Edition: Paper
Pages: 256pp., 29 b&w illus.

Publication Date: June 2000

Stunted Lives, Stagnant Economies Stunted Lives, Stagnant Economies
Subtitle: Poverty, Disease, and Underdevelopment
Author: Eileen Stillwaggon
Edition: Cloth/Paperback
Pages: 384 pp., 28 tables, 2 maps
Publication Date: January 1998

Racism in a Racial Democracy Racism in a Racial Democracy
Subtitle: The Maintenance of White Supremacy in Brazil
Author: France Winddance Twine
Edition: Cloth/Paperback
Pages: 192 pp., 20 b&w photos

Publication Date: October 1997

Race Race
Author: Steven Gregory, Roger Sanjek
Edition: Paper/Cloth

Publication Date: November 1994
White By Definition White By Definition
Subtitle: Social Classification in Creole Louisiana
Author: Virginia Dominguez
Edition: Paper






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