Ethnology

In het boek ‘Japan’ neemt de auteur, Aimé Humbert, de lezer mee op een intellectuele reis door het culturele landschap van Japan. Met een scherp oog voor detail en een diepgaande analyse van de Japan …

‘It was a pleasant surprise for me Ashraf Chaudhry, a capable and inspiring professor of English Literature and my friend and my colleague of 35 years, turn into a forceful political analyst, an enli …

Paddy Puzo didn’t want to get involved in civil rights and American revisionary politics, but a bizarre midnight taxi ride in the most dangerous part of Los Angeles abruptly catapults him into the wi …

This book offers an innovative perspective on Muslim family life in British society. Drawing on recent debates, the book considers how theories of family have overlooked Muslim families and offers a …

In choosing this manuscript, you are entering into the realm of adventure, travel, synchronicity, and enlightenment. It is a rich read with stories of high altitude adventures and deep cultural immer …

Provides a child’s-eye perspective on how the culture wars are playing out in our nation’s schools Kids are at the center of today’s “culture wars”—pundits, politicians, and parents alike are debatin …

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach …

This book is about some taboos among the Igbo people of Southeastern Nigeria. They are not the kind of topics for normal open conversations but, rather, are the sort of things whispered between membe …

Stupidity can come in many forms, but for Bertie, the stupidity that is heavily linked to his immaturity hides a very dark problem-successful, a City of London–based investment banker by day, center …

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach …