Edited by David Warren Sabean (NHC Fellow, 2008–09), Christopher H. Johnson, Bernhard Jussen, and Simon Teuscher The word “blood” awakens ancient ideas, but we know little about its historical representation in Western cultures. Anthropologists have customarily studied how societies think about the bodily substances that unite them, and the contributors to this volume develop those … Continued
Edited by Ákos Östör (NHC Fellow, 1980–81), Lina Fruzzetti, and Steve Barnett Using rich ethnographic detail, this work looks at the extent to which new models of kinship, caste and marriage translate into regional and Indian Models. The contributors, all distinguished scholars of South Asia, tackle different geographical areas and such diverse topics as hierarchy, … Continued
By Nancy Scheper-Hughes (NHC Fellow, 1989–90) When lives are dominated by hunger, what becomes of love? When assaulted by daily acts of violence and untimely death, what happens to trust? Set in the lands of Northeast Brazil, this is an account of the everyday experience of scarcity, sickness and death that centres on the lives … Continued
By Ákos Östör (NHC Fellow, 1980–81)
Edited by David Warren Sabean (NHC Fellow, 2008–09) and Christopher H. Johnson Recently considerable interest has developed about the degree to which anthropological approaches to kinship can be used for the study of the long-term development of European history. From the late middle ages to the dawn of the twentieth century, kinship – rather than … Continued
Edited by David Warren Sabean (NHC Fellow, 2008–09), Christopher H. Johnson, Simon Teuscher, and Francesca Trivellato While the current discussion of ethnic, trade, and commercial diasporas, global networks, and transnational communities constantly makes reference to the importance of families and kinship groups for understanding the dynamics of dispersion, few studies examine the nature of these … Continued