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Book Preview: Making Scenes: Global Perspectives on Scenes in Rock Art
Did scenes in rock art create new ways of seeing the world? In the spirit of the SAA annual conference we are delighted to provide a book preview (along with striking images) of Iain Davidson and April Nowell’s title, MAKING SCENES: Global Perspectives on Scenes in Rock Art.
Continue reading “Book Preview: Making Scenes: Global Perspectives on Scenes in Rock Art”Excerpt: Autism and Affordances of Achievement
Excerpted from Olga Solomon’s “Autism and Affordances of Achievement: Narrative Genres and Parenting Practices,” in The Social Life of Achievement
THE SOCIAL LIFE OF ACHIEVEMENT
Edited by Nicholas J. Long and Henrietta Moore
Vol. 2, Wyse Series in Social Anthropology
What happens when people “achieve”? Why do reactions to “achievement” vary so profoundly? And how might an anthropological study of achievement and its consequences allow us to develop a more nuanced model of the motivated agency that operates in the social world? These questions lie at the heart of this volume. Drawing on research from Southeast Asia, Europe, the United States, and Latin America, this collection develops an innovative framework for explaining achievement’s multiple effects—one which brings together cutting-edge theoretical insights into politics, psychology, ethics, materiality, aurality, embodiment, affect and narrative. In doing so, the volume advances a new agenda for the study of achievement within anthropology, emphasizing the significance of achievement as a moment of cultural invention, and the complexity of “the achiever” as a subject position.
Available in eBook and paperback
Most Popular #BerghahnOpenAnthro Articles of 2020
Berghahn Open Anthro is a subscribe-to-open model being piloted by Berghahn Books in partnership with Libraria, a group of researchers who are also supporting a number of other publishers hoping to adopt this model should the pilot prove successful. This model was developed in part through a 2019 ground-breaking collaborative meeting between publishers, libraries, funders, and OA experts.
Continue reading “Most Popular #BerghahnOpenAnthro Articles of 2020”Fascism and Film
Excerpted from Carl Plantinga’s “Fascist Affect in 300,” in Projections 13(2), 20-37.
Continue reading “Fascism and Film”Ceri Houlbrook: Love in the Time of Covid
Love-locking, the attachment of a padlock to a public structure, is the forte of the traveler. Although not exclusively a tourist custom, it is a popular practice for people visiting a new place and wanting to leave their mark on it. The love-lock has become the inverted souvenir: left behind rather than taken away, but still a token of experience. And social media brims with photographs and videos of tourists locking their love on bridges and monuments – photos and videos that become the modern-day postcard, conveyed to family and friends back home.
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Fascism and Critical Thinking
Excerpted from Alexandra Oeser’s WHEN WILL WE TALK ABOUT HITLER? German Students and the Nazi Past
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In the spirit of celebrating and supporting independent booksellers during this difficult time, we are excited to announce that we are giving away a $100 gift card to Blackwell’s, an “Oxford family bookshop.”
Why support independent booksellers? Independent bookshops, like many other small businesses, have been hugely impacted by government-mandated shutdowns as a result of the the global COVID-19 pandemic. We recognize that these bookshops play an important role in their communities, and as a gesture of support, we would like to spotlight our neighbors in Oxford, Blackwell’s.
To win this $100 Blackwell’s gift card, tune in on Thursday, January 28th, to our upcoming Salon B podcast episode on the theme of “Crisis” and listen for instructions on how to enter the contest.
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Berghahn’s Best-selling Books in History
We are delighted to present a list of our History bestsellers in honor of the American Historical Association’s 2020 – 2021 Virtual Conference. Visit our Virtual AHA Booth for special opportunities for discounts and engagements.
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