We’re delighted to offer a selection of latest releases from our core subjects of Anthropology, Archaeology, Film Studies, History, Museum Studies, and Sociology, along with our new in paperback titles and new Berghahn Journal issues published in February.
Anthropology
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GOING TO PENTECOST
An Experimental Approach to Studies in Pentecostalism
Annelin Eriksen, Ruy Llera Blanes, and Michelle MacCarthy
Volume 7, Ethnography, Theory, Experiment
Co-authored by three anthropologists with long–term expertise studying Pentecostalism in Vanuatu, Angola, and Papua New Guinea/the Trobriand Islands respectively, Going to Pentecost offers a comparative study of Pentecostalism in Africa and Melanesia, focusing on key issues as economy, urban sociality, and healing.
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FATE CALCULATION EXPERTS
Diviners Seeking Legitimation in Contemporary China
Geng Li
Volume 9, Asian Anthropologies
Fate Calculation Experts explores how diviners attempt to achieve legitimation in a society which identifies strongly with modernity, science, and rationality.
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AT HOME ON THE WAVES
Human Habitation of the Sea from the Mesolithic to Today
Edited by Tanya J. King and Gary Robinson
Volume 24, Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology
This collection explores the variety of ways in which people have long made themselves at home at sea, and continue to live intimately with it.
Read Introduction: At Sea in the Twenty-First Century
DEMOCRACY’S PARADOX
Populism and its Contemporary Crisis
Edited by Bruce Kapferer and Dimitrios Theodossopoulos
Volume 18, Critical Interventions: A Forum for Social Analysis
The volume provides an important critique that exposes the exclusionary essentialisms spread by populist rhetoric while also directing attention to local views of political accountability and historical consciousness that are key to understanding this paradox of democracy.
Read Introduction: Populism and its Paradox
Archaeology
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION
Developing and Fostering Stewardship for an Archaeological Future
Edited by Katherine M. Erdman
Contributors to this volume share effective approaches for engaging and educating learners of all ages about archaeology and how one can encourage them to become stewards of the past.
Read Introduction: Opening a Dialog: Bringing Archaeology to the Public
Film Studies
SCREENING ART
Modernist Aesthetics and the Socialist Imaginary in East German Cinema
Seán Allan
Volume 20, Film Europa
Spanning newsreels, documentaries, and feature films, Screening Art is the first full-length investigation into a genre that has been largely overlooked in studies of DEFA, the state-owned Eastern German film studio.
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History
THE INDOCTRINATION OF THE WEHRMACHT
Nazi Ideology and the War Crimes of the German Military
Bryce Sait
Far from the image of an apolitical, “clean” Wehrmacht that persists in popular memory, German soldiers regularly cooperated with organizations like the SS in the abuse and murder of countless individuals. This in-depth study reveals that military indoctrination was but one piece of the larger effort at the socialization of young men during the Nazi era.
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NEW SERIES! New Perspectives on Central and Eastern European Studies
Investigating its history, with a special focus on the Baltic States, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary, New Perspectives on Central and Eastern European Studies addresses specific topics and questions arising from the region´s history, shaped by multi-ethnicity, legacies of European Empires and national conflicts, thus providing a better understanding of many of Eastern Europe’s current problems.
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RAMPART NATIONS
Bulwark Myths of East European Multiconfessional Societies in the Age of Nationalism
Edited by Liliya Berezhnaya and Heidi Hein-Kircher
Rampart Nations delves deeper into the bulwark (antemurale) myth and uncovers the stories that have helped to spread it within Eastern Europe. Through perspectives that range from Eastern European art history to theology, with a concentration on the nexus of political, social, and religious history, this volume explores historical narratives that have shaped contemporary Eastern European national identities.
Read Introduction: Constructing a Rampart Nation: Conceptual Framework
Museum Studies
EXTINCT MONSTERS TO DEEP TIME
Conflict, Compromise, and the Making of Smithsonian’s Fossil Halls
Diana E. Marsh
Extinct Monsters to Deep Time is an ethnography that documents the growing friction between the research and outreach functions of the museum in the 21st century.
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Sociology
PARTY RESPONSES TO SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
Challenges and Opportunities
Daniela R. Piccio
Volume 26, Protest, Culture & Society
Focusing on Italy and the Netherlands since the 1970s, Party Responses to Social Movements demonstrates how political parties have incorporated the demands of movements to a surprising extent, even as both have grappled with fundamental and inevitable tensions between their respective roles and aims.
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New In Paperback
GENDER, VIOLENCE, REFUGEES
Edited by Susanne Buckley-Zistel and Ulrike Krause
Volume 37, Forced Migration
“…an excellent read and contribution to the fields of refugee and gender studies…[that] should be a required reading for graduate students and scholars of (forced) migration and policymakers working with displaced populations.” • Gender & Society
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THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF BORDER DRAWING
Arranging Legality in European Labor Migration Policies
Regine Paul
“The book contains key statistics on legal migration in each country and clearly summarizes each chapter’s main analytical points and findings, making it very reader-friendly. It can be recommended for both academic scholars and policy practitioners seeking better understanding of the methods and management of labor migration.” · International Migration Review
RELIGION AND SCIENCE AS FORMS OF LIFE
Anthropological Insights into Reason and Unreason
Edited by Carles Salazar and Joan Bestard
“The publication of this volume marks a rich addition to long-established anthropological fields of magic, religion, and science. More importantly, however, the book is an important, much-needed injection to arguably sidelined anthropological fields of belief, disbelief, and, relatedly, unresolved contradiction.” • Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI)
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CZECHOSLOVAK STUDIES ASSOCIATION BOOK PRIZE WINNER 2017
RATIONED LIFE
Science, Everyday Life, and Working-Class Politics in the Bohemian Lands, 1914–1918
Rudolf Kučera
“This compelling social history (in the best sense of the term) of the Bohemian Lands during World War I is a must-read on the subject and opens the field for a broader reassessment of life in the late Habsburg Empire.” • Austrian History Yearbook
Berghahn Journals
New Issues Published in February 2019
Nature and Culture
A forum for the international community of scholars and practitioners to present, discuss, and evaluate critical issues and themes related to the historical and contemporary relationships that societies, civilizations, empires, regions, and nation-states have with nature.
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Anthropology in Action: Journal for Applied Anthropology in Policy and Practice
A peer-reviewed journal publishing articles, commentaries, research reports, and book reviews in applied anthropology.
Social Analysis: The International Journal of Anthropology
Volume 62, Issue 4: Matsutake Worlds
An international peer-reviewed journal devoted to exploring the analytical potentials of anthropological research.
Transfers: Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies
Volume 8, Issue 3: Postcolonial Intersections: Asia on the Move
A peer-reviewed journal publishing cutting-edge research on the processes, structures, and consequences of the movement of people, resources, and commodities.
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