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Reciprocity Rules explores the rich and complicated relationships that develop between anthropologists and research participants over time. Focusing on compensation and the creation of friendship and …

Multidisciplinary perspectives on the cultural and evolutionary foundations of children’s attachment relationships and on the consequences for education, counseling, and policy.It is generally acknow …

In her role as devoted wife, the Hindu goddess Parvati is the divine embodiment of viraha, the agony of separation from one’s beloved, a form of love that is also intense suffering. These contradicto …

What makes for a meaningful life? In the Japanese context, the concept of ikigai provides a clue. Translated as ‘that which makes one’s life worth living, ‘ ikigai has also come to mean that which gi …

Examining cultures as diverse as long-house dwellers in North Borneo, African farmers, Welsh housewives, and postindustrial American workers, this volume dramatically redefines the anthropological st …

An ethnographic exploration of anthropological failure through the Mapuche archetypes of witch, clown, and usurper How do we learn what failure looks like? During the years anthropologist Magnus Cour …

What does a move from a village in the West African rain forest to a West African community in a European city entail? What about a shift from a Greek sheep-herding community to working with evictees …

When a new baby arrives among the Beng people of West Africa, they see it not as being born, but as being reincarnated after a rich life in a previous world. Far from being a tabula rasa, a Beng infa …

In this companion volume to Parallel Worlds, Alma Gottliebexplores ideology and social practices among the Beng people of Coted’Ivoire. Employing symbolic and postmodern perspectives, she highlightst …