Anthropology and Sociology – Spring 2015

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|May 27, 2015|Anthropology and Sociology|0 comments

Anthropology in theory: issues in epistemology / edited by Henrietta L. Moore and Todd Sanders Ruth Landes: a life in anthropology / Sally Cole The other face of the moon / by Lévi-Strauss, Claude The ground between: anthropologists engage philosophy / edited by Veena Das, Michael Jackson, Arthur Kleinman, and Bhrigupati Singh Ethnographies of uncertainty in Africa / edited by Elizabeth Cooper and David Pratten After the ancestors: an anthropologist’s

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South Asia – January 2014

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|March 7, 2014|South Asia|0 comments

Metallic modern: everyday machines in colonial Sri Lanka / Nira Wickramasinghe. The Tamils in India, Ceylon and Malaya / by R. Visvanathan P. J. K. Indian Ocean slavery in the age of abolition / edited by Robert Harms, Bernard K. Freamon and David W. Blight. Anglicanism and South India / by Leonard Hodgson. Breaking the bow : speculative fiction inspired by the Ramayana / edited by Anil Menon, Vandana Singh

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Anthropology and Sociology – August to November 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|December 13, 2013|Anthropology and Sociology|0 comments

An anthropology of images : picture, medium, body / Hans Belting ; translated by Thomas Dunlap. Carnival and cannibal ; Ventriloquous evil / by Jean Baudrillard ; translated by Chris Turner. The spirit of mourning : history, memory and the body / by Paul Connerton. Material memories / by edited by Marius Kwint, Christopher Breward and Jeremy Aysnley. From Berg’s Materializing culture series…“This book is an attempt to understand the

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China and Inner Asia – May to June 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 11, 2013|China and Inner Asia|0 comments

Literary remains : death, trauma, and Lu Xun’s refusal to mourn / Eileen Cheng. Capitalizing China / edited by Joseph P.H. Fan and Randall Morck. Rainbow body : the life and realization of a Tibetan yogin, Togden Ugyen Tendzin / Chögyal Namkhai Norbu ; translated and annotated by Adriano Clemente. Youth culture in China : from Red Guards to netizens / Paul Clark. Chinese complaint systems : natural resistance /

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Anthropology and Sociology – April 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|May 29, 2013|Anthropology and Sociology|0 comments

Frontiers and boundaries, encounters on China’s margins / edited by Zsombor Rajkai and Ildikó Bellér-Hann. Explores processes of drawing, maintaining and transgressing spatial and conceptual boundaries on the margins of imperial and modern China. Imaging and imagining Taiwan : identity representation and cultural politics / edited by Bi-yu Chang and Henning Klöter. Read an abstract of this work. Co-written by a SOAS academic. Searching for Zion / Emily Raboteau Documents

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Anthropology and Sociology – January and February 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|March 15, 2013|Anthropology and Sociology|0 comments

Youth and globalization in Central Asia : everday life between religion, media, and international donors / Stefan Kirmse Immaterial bodies : affect, embodiment, mediation / Lisa Blackman. Asian popular culture : new, hybrid, and alternate media / edited by John A. Lent and Lorna Fitzsimmons. Highlife Saturday night : popular music and social change in urban Ghana / Nate Plageman. Poverty and exclusion of minorities in China and India /A.S.

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South East Asia and Pacific – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 1, 2012|South East Asia|0 comments

A history of Sino-Malaysian interactions / by Zhou Weimin, Tang Lingling ; adapted & ed. by See Hoon Peow ; translated by Tan Yau Chong. Belgian tourists in Burma, Siam, Vietnam and Cambodia (1897 & 1900) / Captain Georges ‘Puck’ Chaudoir, Mr. and Mrs. Émile Jottrand ; translated and with introductions by Walter E. J. Tips. Borneo transformed : agricultural expansion on the Southeast Asian frontier / edited by Rodolphe

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South Asia – June 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 10, 2012|South Asia|0 comments

Sustainable pastoralism in the Himalayas India chronic poverty report : towards solutions and new compacts in a dynamic context Wandering hermit : the Himalayas / Shakti Singh. The verses : Urdu/Hindi-English Pilgrimage tourism / Nirmala Sati, I.K. Mansoori. The hymns of Yajurveda = Yajurvedaḥ Management of water resources in Himalayan ecosystem : a case study / Khalid Rayaz. Women in terrorism : case of the LTTE / Tamara Herath An

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Development Studies – May 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 18, 2012|Development Studies|0 comments

e-books Food and environment : the quest for a sustainable future / editors, V. Popov, C.A. Brebbia. [Dawsonera] Flood prevention and remediation / edited by F.C.B. Mascarenhas. [Dawsonera] Incentives and instruments for sustainable irrigation / edited by H. Bjornlund. [Dawsonera] Management of scarce water resources : a Middle Eastern experience / Hazim K. El-Naser. [Dawsonera] The road to sustainability : GDP and future generations / Federico M. Pulselli … [et al.]. [Dawsonera]

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Development Studies – April 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 30, 2012|Development Studies|0 comments

Combating malnutrition in Ethiopia : an evidence-based approach for sustained results / Andrew Sunil Rajkumar, Christopher Gaukler, and Jessica Tilahun. Exporting services : a developing country perspective / Arti Grover Goswami, Aaditya Mattoo, and Sebastián Sáez, editors. Healthy partnerships :how governments can engage the private sector to improve health in Africa Extreme heritage management : the practices and policies of densely populated islands / edited by Godfrey Baldacchino. Understanding economic

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