{"id":10008,"date":"2017-05-11T07:00:17","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T07:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/?p=10008"},"modified":"2025-05-12T08:15:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T08:15:33","slug":"simulated-shelves-browse-april-2017-new-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/simulated-shelves-browse-april-2017-new-books","title":{"rendered":"SIMULATED SHELVES: BROWSE April 2017 NEW BOOKS"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re delighted to offer a selection of latest releases from our core subjects of Anthropology<\/a>, Educational Studies<\/a>, Environmental Studies<\/a>,\u00a0Genocide Studies<\/a>, History<\/a> and Jewish Studies<\/a>, along with our New in Paperback<\/a> titles.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Paperback Original <\/em><\/p>\n

REDESCRIBING RELATIONS<\/a>
\nStrathernian Conversations on Ethnography, Knowledge and Politics
\nEdited by Ashley Lebner
\nAfterword by Marilyn Strathern<\/p>\n

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Marilyn Strathern is among the most creative and celebrated contemporary anthropologists, and her work draws interest from across the humanities and social sciences. Redescribing Relations brings some of Strathern\u2019s most committed and renowned readers into conversation in her honour \u2013 especially on themes she has rarely engaged. The volume not only deepens our understanding of Strathern\u2019s work, it also offers models of how to extend her relational insights to new terrains. With a comprehensive introduction, a complete list of Strathern’s publications and a historic interview published in English for the first time, this is an invaluable resource for Strathern\u2019s old and new interlocutors alike.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction:<\/strong> Strathern\u2019s Redescription of Anthropology<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"METHODOLOGIES OF MOBILITY<\/a>
\nEthnography and Experiment
\nEdited by Alice Elliot, Roger Norum, and Noel B. Salazar
\nAfterword by Simone Abram<\/p>\n

NEW SERIES <\/strong>Volume 2, Worlds in Motion<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Research into mobility is an exciting challenge for the social sciences that raises novel social, cultural, spatial and ethical questions. At the heart of these empirical and theoretical complexities lies the question of methodology: how can we best capture and understand a planet in flux? Methodologies of Mobility<\/em> speaks beyond disciplinary boundaries to the methodological challenges and possibilities of engaging with a world on the move. With scholars continuing to face different forms and scales of mobility, this volume strategically traces innovative ways of designing, applying and reflecting on both established and cutting-edge methodologies of mobility.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction:<\/strong> Studying Mobilities: Theoretical Notes and Methodological Queries\u2028<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"UNDERSTANDING CONFLICTS ABOUT WILDLIFE<\/a>
\nA Biosocial Approach
\nEdited by Catherine M. Hill, Amanda D. Webber and Nancy E. C. Priston<\/p>\n

Volume 9, Studies of the Biosocial Society<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Conflicts about wildlife are usually portrayed and understood as resulting from the negative impacts of wildlife on human livelihoods or property. However, a greater depth of analysis reveals that many instances of human-wildlife conflict are often better understood as people-people conflict, wherein there is a clash of values between different human groups. Understanding Conflicts About Wildlife<\/em> unites academics and practitioners from across the globe to develop a holistic view of these interactions. It considers the political and social dimensions of \u2018human-wildlife conflicts\u2019 alongside effective methodological approaches, and will be of value to academics, conservationists and policy makers.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction:<\/strong> Complex Problems: Using a Biosocial Approach to Understanding Human-Wildlife Interactions<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/em>GRACE AFTER GENOCIDE<\/a>
\nCambodians in the United States
\nCarol A. Mortland<\/p>\n

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Grace after Genocide<\/em> is the first comprehensive ethnography of Cambodian refugees, charting their struggle to transition from life in agrarian Cambodia to survival in post-industrial America, while maintaining their identities as Cambodians. The ethnography contrasts the lives of refugees who arrived in America after 1975, with their focus on Khmer traditions, values, and relations, with those of their children who, as descendants of the Khmer Rouge catastrophe, have struggled to become Americans in a society that defines them as different. The ethnography explores America\u2019s mid-twentieth century involvement in Southeast Asia and its enormous consequences on multiple generations of Khmer refugees.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction: <\/strong>From Cambodians to Refugees<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"WOLF CONFLICTS<\/a>
\nA Sociological Study
\nKetil Skogen, Olve Krange, and Helene Figari<\/p>\n

NEW SERIES<\/strong> Volume 1, Interspecies Encounters<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Wolf populations have recently made a comeback in Northern Europe and North America. These large carnivores can cause predictable conflicts by preying on livestock, and competing with hunters for game. But their arrivals often become deeply embedded in more general societal tensions, which arise alongside processes of social change that put considerable pressure on rural communities and on the rural working class in particular. Based on research and case studies conducted in Norway, Wolf Conflicts<\/em> discusses various aspects of this complex picture, including conflicts over land use and conservation, and more general patterns of hegemony and resistance in modern societies.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"DEATH OF THE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY?<\/a>
\nUncertain Futures for Higher Education in the Knowledge Economy
\nEdited by Susan Wright and Cris Shore<\/p>\n

Volume 3, Higher Education in Critical Perspective: Practices and Policies<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Universities have been subjected to continuous government reforms since the 1980s, to make them \u2018entrepreneurial\u2019, \u2018efficient\u2019 and aligned to the predicted needs and challenges of a global knowledge economy. Under increasing pressure to pursue \u2018excellence\u2019 and \u2018innovation\u2019, many universities are struggling to maintain their traditional mission to be inclusive, improve social mobility and equality and act as the \u2018critic and conscience\u2019 of society. Drawing on a multi-disciplinary research project, University Reform, Globalisation and Europeanisation (URGE), this collection analyses the new landscapes of public universities emerging across Europe and the Asia-Pacific, and the different ways that academics are engaging with them.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction: <\/strong>Privatizing the Public University: Key Trends, Countertrends and Alternatives<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"HAIRY HIPPIES AND BLOODY BUTCHERS<\/a>
\nThe Greenpeace Anti-Whaling Campaign in Norway
\nJuliane Riese<\/p>\n

Volume 21, Protest, Culture & Society<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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In the popular imagination, no issue has been more closely linked with the environmental group Greenpeace than whaling. Opposition to commercial whaling has inspired many of the organization\u2019s most dramatic and high-profile \u201cdirect actions\u201d\u2014as well as some of its most notable failures. This book provides an inside look at one such instance: Greenpeace\u2019s decades-long campaign against the Norwegian whaling industry. Combining historical narrative with systems-theory analysis, author Juliane Riese shows how the organization\u2019s self-presentation as a David pitted against whale-butchering Goliaths was turned on its head. She recounts how opponents successfully discredited the campaign while Greenpeace struggled with internal disagreements and other organizational challenges, providing valuable lessons for other protest movements.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction:<\/strong> Observing Greenpeace through the Systems-theoretic Lens<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"LET THEM NOT RETURN<\/a>
\nSayfo \u2013 The Genocide Against the Assyrian, Syriac, and Chaldean Christians in the Ottoman Empire
\nEdited by David Gaunt, Naures Atto, and Soner O. Barthoma<\/p>\n

Volume 26, War and Genocide<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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The mass killing of Ottoman Armenians is today widely recognized, both within and outside scholarly circles, as an act of genocide. What is less well known, however, is that it took place within a broader context of Ottoman violence against minority groups during and after the First World War. Among those populations decimated were the indigenous Christian Assyrians (also known as Syriacs or Chaldeans) who lived in the borderlands of present-day Turkey, Iran, and Iraq. This volume is the first scholarly edited collection focused on the Assyrian genocide, or \u201cSayfo\u201d (literally, \u201csword\u201d in Aramaic), presenting historical, psychological, anthropological, and political perspectives that shed much-needed light on a neglected historical atrocity.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction: <\/strong>Contextualizing the Sayfo in the First World War<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"CONFLICT, DOMINATION, AND VIOLENCE<\/a>
\nEpisodes in Mexican Social History
\nCarlos Illades
\nTranslated by Philip Daniels<\/em><\/p>\n

NEW SERIES <\/strong>Volume 2, Studies in Latin American and Spanish History<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Conflict, domination, violence\u2014in this wide-ranging, briskly narrated volume from acclaimed Mexican historian Carlos Illades, these three phenomena register the pulse of a diverse, but inequitable and discriminatory, social order. Drawing on rich and varied historical sources, Illades guides the reader through seven signal episodes in Mexican social history, from rebellions under Porfirio D\u00edaz\u2019s dictatorship to the cycles of violence that have plagued the country\u2019s deep south to the recent emergence of neo-anarchist movements. Taken together, they comprise a mosaic history of power and resistance, with artisans, rural communities, revolutionaries, students, and ordinary people confronting the forces of domination and transforming Mexican society.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Chapter 1. <\/strong>The Historiography of Social Movements<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"FASCISM WITHOUT BORDERS<\/a>
\nTransnational Connections and Cooperation between Movements and Regimes in Europe from 1918 to 1945
\nEdited by Arnd Bauerk\u00e4mper and Grzegorz Rossoli\u0144ski-Liebe<\/p>\n

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It is one of the great ironies of the history of fascism that, despite their fascination with ultra-nationalism, its adherents understood themselves as members of a transnational political movement. While a true \u201cFascist International\u201d has never been established, European fascists shared common goals and sentiments as well as similar worldviews. They also drew on each other for support and motivation, even though relations among them were not free from misunderstandings and conflicts. Through a series of fascinating case studies, this expansive collection examines fascism\u2019s transnational dimension, from the movements inspired by the early example of Fascist Italy to the international antifascist organizations that emerged in subsequent years.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction:<\/strong> Fascism without Borders. Transnational Connections and Cooperation between Movements and Regimes in Europe, 1918 \u2013 1945<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"LABOUR, UNIONS AND POLITICS UNDER THE NORTH STAR<\/a>
\nThe Nordic Countries, 1700-2000
\nEdited by Mary Hilson, Silke Neunsinger, and Iben Vyff<\/p>\n

Volume 28, International Studies in Social History<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden today all enjoy a reputation for strong labour movements, which in turn are widely seen as part of a distinctive regional approach to politics, collective bargaining and welfare. But as this volume demonstrates, narratives of the so-called \u201cNordic model\u201d can obscure the fact that experiences of work and the fortunes of organized labour have varied widely throughout the region and across different historical periods. Together, the essays collected here represent an ambitious intervention in labour historiography and European history, exploring themes such as work, unions, politics and migration from the early modern period to the twenty-first century.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction:<\/strong> Labour, Unions and Politics in the Nordic Countries, c.1700\u20132000<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"EVIDENCE AND MEANING<\/a>
\nA Theory of Historical Studies
\nJ\u00f6rn R\u00fcsen
\nTranslated from the German by Diane Kerns and Katie Digan<\/p>\n

Volume 28, Making Sense of History<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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As one of the premier historical thinkers of his generation, J\u00f6rn R\u00fcsen has made enormous contributions to the methods and theoretical framework of history as it is practiced today. In Evidence and Meaning<\/em>, R\u00fcsen surveys the seismic changes that have shaped the historical profession over the last half-century, while offering a clear, economical account of his theory of history. To traditional historiography R\u00fcsen brings theoretical insights from philosophy, narrative theory, cultural studies, and the social sciences, developing an intricate but robust model of \u201chistorical thinking\u201d as both a cognitive discipline and a cultural practice\u2014one that is susceptible neither to na\u00efve empiricism nor radical relativism.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"SISTERS IN ARMS<\/a>
\nMilitant Feminisms in the Federal Republic of Germany since 1968
\nKatharina Karcher<\/p>\n

Volume 38, Monographs in German History<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Few figures in modern German history are as central to the public memory of radical protest than Ulrike Meinhof, but she was only the most prominent of the countless German women\u2014and militant male feminists\u2014who supported and joined in revolutionary actions from the 1960s onward. Sisters in Arms<\/em> gives a bracing account of how feminist ideas were enacted by West German leftist organizations from the infamous Red Army Faction to less well-known groups such as the Red Zora. It analyzes their confrontational and violent tactics in challenging the abortion ban, opposing violence against women, and campaigning for solidarity with Third World women workers. Though these groups often diverged ideologically and tactically, they all demonstrated the potency of militant feminism within postwar protest movements.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"THE ABSENT JEWS<\/a>
\nKurt Forstreuter and the Historiography of Medieval Prussia
\nCordelia Hess<\/p>\n

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For nearly a century, it has been a commonplace of Central European history that there were no Jews in medieval Prussia\u2014the result, supposedly, of the ruling Teutonic Order\u2019s attempts to create a purely Christian crusader\u2019s state. In this groundbreaking historical investigation, however, medievalist Cordelia Hess demonstrates the very weak foundations upon which that assumption rests. In exacting detail, she traces this narrative to the work of a single, minor Nazi-era historian, revealing it to be ideologically compromised work that badly mishandles its evidence. By combining new medieval scholarship with a biographical and historiographical exploration grounded in the 20th century, The Absent Jews<\/em> spans remote eras while offering a fascinating account of the construction of historical knowledge.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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NEW IN PAPERBACK<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"WITCHCRAFT, WITCHES, AND VIOLENCE IN GHANA
\nMensah Adinkrah<\/p>\n

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“By attending to witch hunts in all its facets in Ghanaian society, [the author] offers the most in-depth examination of witchcraft to date\u2026 Although the author focuses on Ghana, the work draws attention to the fact that witchcraft-related violence is not unique to the country, but very much a part of global history, past and present. The wide variety of sources it pulls together and the human face it gives to witchcraft related violence are the biggest strengths of <\/em>Witchcraft, Witches, and Violence. This is a valuable book for both undergraduate and graduate students in anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, and African studies.”<\/em> \u00b7 International Journal of African Historical Studies (IJAHS<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/a><\/strong> Witchcraft Violence in Comparative Perspective<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"WHOSE COSMOPOLITANISM?<\/a>
\nCritical Perspectives, Relationalities and Discontents
\nEdited by Nina Glick Schiller and Andrew Irving<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe strengths of this volume are numerous. It is interdisciplinary, contains ethnographic original data, and is extremely well organized despite its complexity and high number of chapters. It is also appealing to a large audience including the undergraduate and graduate students, and scholars in the disciplines of cultural studies, anthropology and sociology, migration, international development and religious studies\u2026This collection, without hesitation, is an asset, a timely contribution to a number of fields.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Anthropological Forum<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/a><\/strong> What\u2019s In a Word? What\u2019s in a Question?<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"ECONOMY AND RITUAL<\/a>
\nStudies of Postsocialist Transformations
\nEdited by Stephen Gudeman and Chris Hann<\/p>\n

Volume 1, Max Planck Studies in Anthropology and Economy<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe result of these six ethnographies is a compelling case for attention to the ritual aspects of the economy and the economic aspects of ritual. But this is a revelation that anthropologists are completely prepared to receive, given our basic commitment to holism and cultural integration. The chapters feature useful descriptions of ritual economics and economic rituals, as well as the invention of traditions and non-market forms of production and exchange.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Anthropology Review Database<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong> Ritual, Economy and the Institutions of the Base<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"BODIES IN PAIN<\/a>
\nEmotion and the Cinema of Darren Aronofsky
\nTarja Laine<\/p>\n

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\u201cLaine\u2019s evocative, near-poetic style is refreshing after the former domination of strenuous cognitivist theory in the study of film emotion, and she offers plenty of empirical evidence to back up her claims. Surely such a sensory art form as cinema deserves to be seen (or felt) through an affective lens, and Laine makes an engaging and accessible yet thoroughly rigorous argument for doing so through her study of Aronofsky\u2019s work. <\/em>Bodies in Pain is recommended for those interested in film phenomenology as well as the intersections of aestheticism, emotion, and philosophy in the cinema.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Film-Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read Introduction: <\/strong>Aronofsky, Auteurship, Aesthetics<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"EVIDENCE, ETHOS AND EXPERIMENT<\/a>
\nThe Anthropology and History of Medical Research in Africa
\nEdited by P. Wenzel Geissler and Catherine Molyneux<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cEach of the chapters is noteworthy. Together, they offer a promising opportunity to broaden the field of postcolonial science studies in ways that remind us how ethicality is at the heart of these encounters of science\u2026 the volume will be useful to medical anthropologists, science studies scholars, and generalist scholars of Africa and global health. Individual chapters, as well as whole sections of the book, will be particularly useful for teaching at the upper-division undergraduate or graduate levels.\u201d<\/em> Medical Anthropology Quarterly<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/a><\/strong> Studying trial communities: anthropological and historical inquiries into ethos, politics and economy of medical research in Africa<\/a><\/p>\n

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