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  • Some Spirits Heal, Others Only Dance

    A Journey into Human Selfhood in an African Village

    by Roy Willis ...
    Where does 'the self' in 'myself' begin and end? And what do ideas of 'spirit' tell us about the nature of human selfhood? To investigate these poorly understood matters, veteran anthropologist, neo-shaman and paranormal healer Roy Willis spent five months in a remote part of northern Zambia exploring human consciousness in a fascinating and sometimes terrifying series of adventures. This ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Astrology, Science and Culture

    Pulling down the Moon

    by Roy Willis, Patrick Curry ...
    Mainstream science has long dismissed astrology as a form of primitive superstition, despite or perhaps even because of its huge popular interest. From daily horoscopes to in-depth and personalized star forecasts, astrology, for many, plays a crucial role in the organization of everyday life. Present-day scholars and scientists remain baffled as to why this pseudo-science exercises such control ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Toward a New Art of Border Crossing

    Edited by Ananta Kumar Giri, Arnab Roy Chowdhury, David Blake Willis ...
    Boundaries, borders and margins are related concepts and realities, and each of these can be conceptualized and organized in closed or open ways—with degrees of closure or openness. The logics of stasis and closure, as well as cults of exclusivist and exclusionary sovereignty, are reflected and embodied in the closed xenophobic conceptualization and organization of boundaries, borders and margins. ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • The Fipa and Related Peoples of South-West Tanzania and North-East Zambia

    East Central Africa Part XV

    by Roy G. Willis ...
    Series Book 15 - Ethnographic Survey of Africa
    Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and social conditions of African peoples.Concise, critical and (for its time) accurate, the Ethnographic Survey contains sections as follows:Physical ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Signifying Animals

    Edited by Roy Willis ...
    Series series One World Archaeology
    A fresh assessment of the workings of animal symbolism in diverse cultures. Reconsiders the concept of totemism and exposes common fallacies in symbolic interpretation. ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Acculturation and the Criminal Justice System

    by Dr. Willie Roy Cameron ...
    The book provides a psychological journey into the problems that most communities face when dealing with aspects pertaining to the criminal justice system. It provides constructs that are present and must be addressed before effective problem-solving can occur. Readers will be interested in this book because it provides an honest aspect pertaining to the current problems facing individuals who ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • Towards a Mwaghavul History: an Exploration

    by Joseph Dahip ...
    The history of the Mwaghavul is a long one, documented in various forms, ranging from records of administration by the colonialist, to the documentation of archaeological discoveries by white explorers and administrators, documentation and analysis of languages, oral lore and culture by linguists and the latest series of narration and documentation of various aspects of the Mwaghavul people by ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Ecstasy, Ritual, and Alternate Reality

    Religion in a Pluralistic World

    by Felicitas D. Goodman ...
    A cross-disciplinary exploration of comparative religion that offers a "unified field theory" of religion as human behavior.In this book, anthropologist and spiritual explorer Felicitas Goodman examines ritual, the religious trance, alternate reality, ethics and moral code, and the named category designating religion. The analysis is divided into two sections. The first reviews species-wide human ... Read more

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  • Thinking Through Things

    Theorising Artefacts Ethnographically

    Edited by Amiria Henare, Martin Holbraad, Sari Wastell ...
    Drawing upon the work of some of the most influential theorists in the field, Thinking Through Things demonstrates the quiet revolution growing in anthropology and its related disciplines, shifting its philosophical foundations. The first text to offer a direct and provocative challenge to disciplinary fragmentation - arguing for the futility of segregating the study of artefacts and society - ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • Craft and the Kingly Ideal

    Art, Trade, and Power

    by Mary W. Helms ...
    In ancient Mediterranean cultures, diamonds were thought to endow their owners with invincibility. In contemporary United States culture, a foreign-made luxury car is believed to give its owner status and prestige. Where do these beliefs come from?In this study of craft production and long-distance trade in traditional, nonindustrial societies, Mary W. Helms explores the power attributed to ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Nature, Ritual, and Society in Japan's Ryukyu Islands

    by Arne Røkkum ...
    Series series Japan Anthropology Workshop Series
    Despite their small area, the southern islands of Japan can be seen as stepping stones towards a more nuanced view of cultural osmosis between Japan and the outside world. This book presents an ethnographic portrayal of the people of the Southern Ryukyu Islands and their world. In particular it explores the mind of the islanders, their relationship with the natural world, their social ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Taming Time, Timing Death

    Social Technologies and Ritual

    Edited by Rane Willerslev, Dorthe Refslund Christensen ...
    Series series Studies in Death, Materiality and the Origin of Time
    Departing from a persisting current in Western thought, which conceives of time in the abstract, and often reflects upon death as occupying a space at life's margins, this book begins from position that it is in fact through the material and perishable world that we experience time. As such, it is with death and our encounters with it, that form the basis of human conceptions of time. Presenting ... Read more

    $76.99 USD