{"id":11680,"date":"2018-08-28T07:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T07:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/?p=11680"},"modified":"2025-04-29T14:33:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T14:33:03","slug":"simulated-shelves-browse-august-2018-new-books-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/simulated-shelves-browse-august-2018-new-books-3","title":{"rendered":"SIMULATED SHELVES: BROWSE August 2018 NEW BOOKS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We\u2019re delighted to offer a selection of latest releases from our core subjects of Anthropology, Archaeology, History, Medical Anthropology, Mobility Studies, Performance Studies, and Refugee & Migration Studies, along with our New in Paperback titles.<\/h3>\n

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Anthropology<\/a><\/h4>\n

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\"RomaROMA ACTIVISM<\/a>
\nReimagining Power and Knowledge
\nEdited by Sam Beck and Ana Ivasiuc<\/p>\n

NEW SERIES: <\/strong>Volume 1, Romani Studies<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Exploring contemporary debates and developments and gathering together contributors from activism, academia, and the worlds of policy and development, this volume argues for taking up reflexivity as practice in in Roma-related research and forms of activism, and advocates a necessary renewal of research sites, methods, and epistemologies.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0Renewing Research and Romani Activism<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"AllALL OR NONE<\/a>
\nCooperation and Sustainability in Italy’s Red Belt
\nAlison S\u00e1nchez Hall<\/p>\n

Volume 3, Anthropology of Europe<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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All or None is a social history and anthropological study of the world\u2019s oldest voluntary collective farms in Ravenna, Italy, addressing the question of the viability of cooperative enterprise as a potential solution for displaced workers, and as a more humane alternative to capitalist agribusiness.<\/p>\n

Read Chapter 1.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cAlice Nel Paese Delle Meravilige\u201d (Alice the Anthropologist in Wonderland)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"TheTHE RITE OF URBAN PASSAGE<\/a>
\nThe Spatial Ritualization of Iranian Urban Transformation
\nReza Masoudi<\/p>\n

NEW SERIES: <\/strong>Volume 2, Articulating Journeys: Festivals, Memorials, and Homecomings<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Focusing on the spatial dynamics of Muharram processions in the Iranian city, this book offers an alternative approach to understanding the process of urban transformation, and puts forward a spatial genealogy of Muharram rituals that provides a platform for developing a fresh spatial approach to ritual studies.<\/p>\n

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\"TheTHE WHEEL OF AUTONOMY<\/a>
\nRhetoric and Ethnicity in the Omo Valley
\nFelix Girke<\/p>\n

Volume 18, Integration and Conflict Studies<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Through the theoretical lens of rhetoric, this book offers an interactionalist analysis of how the Kara \u2013 a small population in southern Ethiopia \u2013 negotiate ethnic and non-ethnic differences among themselves, the relations with their various neighbors, and eventually their integration in the Ethiopian state.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0How Do They Do It<\/a><\/p>\n

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Archaeology<\/a><\/h4>\n

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\"Communities,COMMUNITIES, LANDSCAPES, AND INTERACTION IN NEOLITHIC GREECE<\/a>
\nEdited by Apostolos Sarris, Evita Kalogiropoulou, Tuna Kalayci, and Evagelia Karimali<\/p>\n

Volume 20, International Monographs in Prehistory: Archaeological<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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This volume provides a synthetic overview of recent developments in the study of Neolithic Greece, and reconsiders the dynamics of human-environment interactions while recording the growing diversity in layers of social organization. It fills an essential lacuna in contemporary literature and enhances our understanding of the Neolithic communities in the Greek Peninsula.<\/p>\n

Read Chapter 1.<\/strong>\u00a0Communities, Landscapes, and Interaction: An Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n

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Medical Anthropology<\/a><\/h4>\n

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\"Being<\/a>BEING A SPERM DONOR<\/a><\/div>\n

Masculinity, Sexuality, and Biosociality in Denmark
\nSebastian Mohr<\/p>\n

Volume 40, Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Through ethnographic explorations of the everyday lives of Danish sperm donors, Being a Sperm Donor<\/em> explores how masculinity and sexuality are reconfigured in a time in which the norms and logics of (reproductive) biomedicine have become ordinary, and examines how the latter\u2019s socio-cultural and political dimensions become intertwined with men\u2019s intimate sense of self.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0Being a Sperm Donor<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mobility Studies<\/a><\/h4>\n

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\"HealthcareHEALTHCARE IN MOTION<\/a>
\nImmobilities in Health Service Delivery and Access
\nEdited by Cecilia Vindrola-Padros, Ginger A. Johnson, and Anne E. Pfister<\/p>\n

Volume 5, Worlds in Motion<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Healthcare in Motion<\/em> explores the dynamic interrelationship between mobility and healthcare, drawing on case studies from across the world and examining the day-to-day practices of patients and professionals. It considers how the need for health services engenders particular (im)mobility forms, and how mobility is experienced and imagined when it is required for healthcare.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:\u00a0<\/strong>Healthcare in Motion<\/a><\/p>\n

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Performance Studies<\/a><\/h4>\n

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\"LullabiesLULLABIES AND BATTLE CRIES<\/a>
\nMusic, Identity and Emotion among Republican Parading Bands in Northern Ireland
\nJaime Rollins<\/p>\n

Volume 13, Dance and Performance Studies<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Lullabies and Battle Cries<\/em> examines the relationship between music, emotion, memory, and identity in Northern Irish republican parading bands, exploring how rebel parade music provides a foundational idiom of national and republican expression, acting as a critical medium for shaping new political identities.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0Entering the Field<\/a><\/p>\n

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Refugee & Migration Studies<\/a><\/h4>\n

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\"RefugeeREFUGEE RESETTLEMENT<\/a>
\nPower, Politics, and Humanitarian Governance
\nEdited by Ad\u00e8le Garnier, Liliana Lyra Jubilut, and Kristin Bergtora Sandvik<\/p>\n

Volume 38, Forced Migration<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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The first of its kind, this volume explores refugee resettlement as a form of humanitarian governance; it offers a detailed understanding of resettlement practices, from the selection of refugees to their long-term integration in resettling states, and highlights the relevance of a lifespan approach to resettlement analysis.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:\u00a0<\/strong>Refugee Resettlement as Humanitarian Governance: Power Dynamics. Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"MigrationsMIGRATIONS IN THE GERMAN LANDS, 1500-2000<\/a>
\nEdited by Jason Coy, Jared Poley, and Alexander Schunka<\/p>\n

Volume 13, Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe majority of essays deserve being highly praised as many authors provide well-written analyses and insights that are full of detail and highly original\u2026The quality of the volume\u2026ensures scholars working on specific aspects of migration in German territory will find valuable information in it.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 German History<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0Migration in the German Lands: An Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"DifferentDIFFERENT GERMANS, MANY GERMANIES<\/a>
\nNew Transatlantic Perspectives
\nEdited by Konrad H. Jarausch, Harald Wenzel, and Karin Goihl<\/p>\n

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\u201cAlthough the book is not intended as a history of modern Germany, advanced students will discover many tantalizing perspectives in what outsiders see as German as well as the German response. With this publication, Berghahn Books remains the strongest source for quality academic publications addressing all aspects of German studies\u2026 Highly Recommended.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Choice<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Humour,HUMOUR, COMEDY AND LAUGHTER<\/a>
\nObscenities, Paradoxes, Insights and the Renewal of Life
\nEdited by Lidia Dina Sciama<\/p>\n

Volume 8, Social Identities<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cThis book is a valuable contribution to the anthropology on humour as there is so little of it, despite the important place of humorous phenomena within social life. The wide variety of topics reflects the myriad ways humour may figure in different contexts: how in some cases it is an important aspect of the situation in question and in others it provides a specific lens through which to consider a topic.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Journal of Royal Anthropological Institute<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"MakingFINALIST FOR THE AFRICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION 2016 BETHWELL A. OGOT BOOK PRIZE<\/p>\n

MAKING UBUMWE<\/a>
\nPower, State and Camps in Rwanda’s Unity-Building Project
\nAndrea Purdekov\u00e1<\/p>\n

Volume 34, Forced Migration<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cAlthough the author focuses upon Rwanda\u2019s unity-building project, she places her analysis within a wider social and political reflection. This makes the book a major contribution to the literature on contemporary Rwanda.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 African Affairs<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"LivingLIVING BEFORE DYING<\/a>
\nImagining and Remembering Home
\nJanette Davies<\/p>\n

Volume 41, New Directions in Anthropology<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201c<\/em>Living Before Dying is an important and timely contribution to a rising body of social scientific and bioethical work about dementia, including the anthropology of senility. It should be read by all those who want care to improve for older people, with and without dementia.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Times Higher Education<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Cosmos,COSMOS, GODS AND MADMEN<\/a>
\nFrameworks in the Anthropologies of Medicine
\nEdited by Roland Littlewood and Rebecca Lynch<\/p>\n

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“[this book] provides an effective and timely response to the current comparative biomedical focus within medical anthropology, by reconnecting with its social origins.”\u00a0\u2022<\/em> Anthropology & Medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0Divinity, Disease, Distress<\/a><\/p>\n

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