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This post is the transcript of an electronic interview between Philippe Willems and Berghahn blog editor Lorna Field. Philippe Willems is the author of the article Perspective Games: Cham’s Heritage and Legacy which appeared in European Comic Art, Volume 7, Number 1.
Continue reading “Learning from Comics: An Interview with Philippe Willems”
We are delighted to present a selection of our newly published November titles from our core subjects of History, Media Studies, Medical Anthropology, Sociology and Urban Studies, along with a selection of our New in Paperback titles.
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U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND THE OTHER
Edited by Michael Patrick Cullinane and David Ryan
Continue reading “Simulated Shelves: Browse November’s New Books”
In her newly published book, author Cecília Tomori explores a major challenge for new parents, the nighttime balance of sleep and breastfeeding. Nighttime Breastfeeding: An American Cultural Dilemma, published in October, is the result of her long-term ethnographic study alongside new parents and how they cope with the pressures of parenthood. Following, the author gives insight into this in-depth study which eventually became her book.
As an anthropologist seeking to learn about breastfeeding, I had the privilege of visiting new parents who had just returned home from the hospital after the birth of their first child. During these visits, the joy of becoming parents was visible in the way parents gazed upon one another and held their newborns in their arms. Their joy, however, was often complicated by exhaustion and uncertainty over some fundamental concerns: breastfeeding and sleeping at night.
Continue reading “Dilemma after Dark: Balancing Sleep and Breastfeeding”
The below is a special guest post written by Stella Butter, contributor to Anthropological Journal of European Cultures, Volume 23 (Issue 2), and author of ‘The Literary Making of Home(land): Transnational Fictions of Home in Lloyd Jones’ Mister Pip.’
We are delighted to inform you that we’re at the 113th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association Conference in Washington DC! Please stop by booths 409 & 411 to browse our selection of books for purchase and pick up journals samples.
Please join Berghahn on Friday, December 7th at 4pm in the exhibit hall for a wine reception to be held at our booth to celebrate some of our newly published titles. We’ll also be celebrating the launch of our latest journal initiatives, which include these new blog and multi-media companion sites: Focaal Blog, Museum Worlds Companion, and EnviroSociety (coming soon).
We are also delighted to announce that, on the evening of Wednesday 3rd December, Marion Berghahn received an Executive Director’s Award for Excellence from the AAA to acknowledge Berghahn’s 20th anniversary in publishing. Congratulations, Marion! For pictures from the receiving, see below.
If you are unable to attend the conference, we would like to extend a special discount offer. This month, receive a 25% discount on all Anthropology titles. Visit our website and use discount code AAA14 at checkout.
We’re at the 113th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association Conference in Washington DC! Please stop by booths 409 & 411 to browse our selection of books for purchase and pick up journals samples.
We are also delighted to announce that, on the evening of Wednesday December 3rd, Marion Berghahn (Berghahn publisher) received an Executive Director’s Award for Excellence from the American Anthropological Association to acknowledge Berghahn’s 20th anniversary in publishing.
Congratulations, Marion!
– See more at: http://berghahnbooks.tumblr.com/post/104328582046/marion-berghahn-receives-award-at-aaa2014#sthash.c9kDE5zT.dpuf
We’re at the 113th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association Conference in Washington DC! Please stop by booths 409 & 411 to browse our selection of books for purchase and pick up journals samples.
We are also delighted to announce that, on the evening of Wednesday December 3rd, Marion Berghahn (Berghahn publisher) received an Executive Director’s Award for Excellence from the American Anthropological Association to acknowledge Berghahn’s 20th anniversary in publishing.
Congratulations, Marion!
– See more at: http://berghahnbooks.tumblr.com/post/104328582046/marion-berghahn-receives-award-at-aaa2014#sthash.c9kDE5zT.dpuf
We’re at the 113th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association Conference in Washington DC! Please stop by booths 409 & 411 to browse our selection of books for purchase and pick up journals samples.
We are also delighted to announce that, on the evening of Wednesday December 3rd, Marion Berghahn (Berghahn publisher) received an Executive Director’s Award for Excellence from the American Anthropological Association to acknowledge Berghahn’s 20th anniversary in publishing.
Congratulations, Marion!
– See more at: http://berghahnbooks.tumblr.com/post/104328582046/marion-berghahn-receives-award-at-aaa2014#sthash.c9kDE5zT.dpuf
We’re at the 113th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association Conference in Washington DC! Please stop by booths 409 & 411 to browse our selection of books for purchase and pick up journals samples.
We are also delighted to announce that, on the evening of Wednesday December 3rd, Marion Berghahn (Berghahn publisher) received an Executive Director’s Award for Excellence from the American Anthropological Association to acknowledge Berghahn’s 20th anniversary in publishing.
Congratulations, Marion!
– See more at: http://berghahnbooks.tumblr.com/post/104328582046/marion-berghahn-receives-award-at-aaa2014#sthash.c9kDE5zT.dpuf
On this day in 1947, first-ever performance of Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire thrilled the audience during it’s opening on the Broadway stage of Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
Produced by Irene Mayer Selznick and directed by Elia Kazan, the play shocked mid-century audiences with its frank depiction of sexuality and brutality onstage. When the curtain went down on opening night, there was a moment of stunned silence before the crowd erupted into a round of applause that lasted 30 minutes. On December 17, the cast left New York to go on the road. The show would run for more than 800 performances, winning numerous prizes and in 1951 was made into a movie.
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In relevance to the event Berghahn is delighted to offer an array of titles on Performance Studies:
PERFORMING PLACE, PRACTISING MEMORIES
Two days after the United States announced its intention to launch an artificial satellite, on July 31, 1956, the Soviet Union announced its intention to do the same. Sputnik 1 was launched on October 4, 1957, beating the United States and stunning people all over the world. According to Carl L. Devito’s Science, SETI, and Mathematics, we have come a long way since then. Following is the author’s reflection on his volume.
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Mathematics is as much a part of our humanity as music and art.
Continue reading “Mathematics, A Fundamental Communication Tool”
When considering powerhouses of colonization, most do not rank Norway among the likes of England and France. However, this country did have numerous outposts and much influence in Africa and Oceania. These territories come into focus in Navigating Colonial Orders: Norwegian Entrepreneurship in Africa and Oceania, which was published this month. Following, editors Kirsten Alsaker Kjerland and Bjørn Enge Bertelsen share insights into their book.
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What drew you to the study of the entrepreneurial efforts of Norwegians in colonial Africa and Oceania? How was Norway’s involvement different from its counterparts in the rest of Europe at the time? How were they the same?
When looking at classical representations of colonial Africa, Oceania or, also, Latin America, one is struck by how the large colonizing countries have monopolized history. What struck us when starting to follow Norwegians that went abroad in the late 1800s and early 1900s was that this was simply not the case: The various colonial settings that we have examined have uncovered great diversity in terms of non-indigenous inhabitants and, thus, revealed different forms of colonial dynamics than what has often been contained in colonial histories of the major countries.
We are delighted to present a selection of our newly published October titles from our core subjects of Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, History, Medical Anthropology, and Socio-Legal Studies along with a selection of our New in Paperback titles.
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ANTHROPOLOGY NOW AND NEXT
Essays in Honor of Ulf Hannerz
Edited by Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Christina Garsten and Shalini Randeria
Continue reading “Simulated Shelves: Browse October’s New Books”
Now available in paperback, Learning from The Children: Childhood, Culture and Identity in a Changing World, edited by Jacqueline Waldren and Ignacy-Marek Kaminski, explores the world of children and their significant role in current society and its future. The following text is Waldren’s reflection on the book’s importance, supplemented by a selection of images from the volume.
Children have increasingly come into the forefront as culture makers and not just as extensions to the study of adults. At the same time, children are commonly depicted as victims of war, poverty or illness. Cultural values regarding the meaning of children, families, and belonging vary greatly and notions of the child, childhood and identity alter across time and space.