Dear Colleague,
We are saddened to hear about the cancellation of the
Society for Applied Anthropology's annual meeting
in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but we support the decision.
Since we won't be able to meet in person, we decided to bring the Berghahn Books booth to you. Browse the latest volumes in Applied Anthropology below.
In addition, the standard conference discount has been expanded to include all Anthropology titles.
Use discount code SfAA20 to receive 25% off on all Anthropology titles ordered through our website until 5/21/2020.
View our
Anthropology Catalog
for a complete compendium of offerings.
With best wishes,
Berghahn Books
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Vol. 2
Exploring the Gap Between Knowledge, Policy and Practice
Edited by Susanna M. Hoffman and Roberto E. Barrios
Although a great deal of knowledge has been acquired regarding many aspects of disasters, such as driving factors, risk construction, complexity of resettlement, and importance of peoples’ culture, very little has become protocol and procedure.
Disaster Upon Disaster
illuminates the numerous disjunctions between the suppositions, realities, agendas, and executions in the field.
Read more.
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NOW OPEN ACCESS
Vol. 1
Edited by Gregory V. Button and Mark Schuller
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The eight book chapters offer new and innovative analysis of recent disasters that to varying degrees are all translocal, and each chapter is carried by its own 'narrative.' The book provides a fresh impetus not only for disaster scholars but also for DRR institutions and media.
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• Anthropos
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Editors:
Gregory V. Button,
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Anthony Oliver-Smith,
University of Florida
Mark Schuller,
Northern Illinois University
Catastrophes in Context
aims to bring critical attention to the social, political, economic, and cultural structures that create disasters, out of natural hazards or political events, and that shape the responses. Combining long-term ethnographic fieldwork typical of anthropology and increasingly adopted in similar social science disciplines such as geography and sociology with a comparative frame that enlightens global structures and policy frameworks,
Catastrophes in Context
includes monographs and edited volumes that bring critical scrutiny to the multiple dimensions of specific disasters and important policy/practice questions for the field of disaster research and management.
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Life Course, Culture and Aging:
Global Transformations
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Vol. 5
A Critical Appraisal
Edited by Philip B. Stafford
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Provides an excellent critical appraisal of the challenges, successes, theoretical models and their practical applicability in the building of
age-friendly communities.
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• Anthropology & Aging
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FORTHCOMING JULY 2020
Vol. 6
Rethinking Aging and Caregiving in Contemporary East Asian Societies
Edited by Jeanne Shea, Katrina Moore and Hong Zhang
Marshalling mixed methods data, this volume explores the complexities of aging and caregiving in contemporary East Asia. Questioning romantic visions of a senior’s paradise, chapters examine emerging cultural meanings of and social responses to population aging, including caregiving both for and by the elderly.
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and the Life Course.
General Editor:
Jay Sokolovsky,
University of South Florida St. Petersburg
The consequences of aging will influence most areas of contemporary life around the globe, from the makeup of households and communities and systems of care to attitudes toward health, disability and life’s end. Engaging a cross-cultural framework, this series publishes monographs and collected works that examine these widespread transformations with a perspective on the entire life course and a particular focus on mid/late adulthood.
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Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality:
Social and Cultural Perspectives
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NEW
Vol. 45
Social, Medical and Conceptual Perspectives
Edited by Susie Kilshaw and Katie Borg
Contributors use rich ethnographic and historical material to discuss how pregnancy loss is managed and negotiated in a range of societies. The book considers meanings attached to miscarriage and how religious, cultural, medical and legal forces impact the way miscarriage is experienced and perceived.
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FORTHCOMING MAY 2020
Vol. 46
Politics, Medicine and Morality
Irene Maffi
This book explores the changes and continuity in the local discourses and practices related to the body, sexuality, reproduction and gender relationships. It also investigates how the bureaucratic apparatus of government healthcare facilities affects the complex moral world of clinicians and patients.
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Editors:
Soraya Tremayne
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Founding Director, Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group and Research Associate, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford
Marcia C. Inhorn
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William K. Lanman, Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs,
Yale University
Philip Kreager
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Director, Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group, and Research Associate, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology and Institute of Human Sciences, University of Oxford
This series includes studies by specialists in the field of social, cultural, medical, and biological anthropology, medical demography, psychology, and development studies. Current debates and issues of global relevance on the changing dynamics of fertility, human reproduction and sexuality are addressed.
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Anthropological Perspectives
Edited by Birgitte Refslund Sørensen and Eyal Ben-Ari
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How Notions of Professionalism and
Civility Transformed the
Ghana Armed Forces
Humphrey Asamoah Agyekum
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FORTHCOMING JUNE 2020
Studies of Temporal Agency
Edited by Michael G. Flaherty, Lotte Meinert and
Anne Line Dalsgård
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Indigenous Revival and the Conservation of Sacred Natural Sites in the Americas
Edited by Fausto Sarmiento
and Sarah Hitchner
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Power, Politics, and Humanitarian Governance
Edited by Adèle Garnier,
Liliana Lyra Jubilut, and
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik
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Edited by Sarah Pink,
Vaike Fors, and Tom O'Dell
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titles to your institution's library by visiting the desired title's Berghahn page and clicking the 'Recommend to your Library' link.
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titles for course adoption by requesting complimentary e-Inspection copies.
Learn more about our e-Inspection program
here.
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OPEN ACCESS
Journal for Applied Anthropology in Policy and Practice
Editor: Christine McCourt
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BERGHAHN OPEN ANTHRO
Advances in Research
Editor in Chief: Erella Grassiani
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BERGHAHN OPEN ANTHRO
Advances in Research
Editors: Amelia Moore and
Jerry Jacka
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BERGHAHN OPEN ANTHRO
Advances in Research
Editors: Mette Louise Berg, Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, and
Johanna L. Waters
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BERGHAHN OPEN ANTHRO
Advances in Research
Editors: Ruy Llera Blanes,
Simon Coleman, and
Sondra L. Hausner
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BERGHAHN OPEN ANTHRO
Editor: Narmala Halstead
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BERGHAHN OPEN ANTHRO
The International Journal of Higher Education in the
Social Sciences
Editors: Penny Welch and
Susan Wright
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An Interdisciplinary Journal
Editor-in-Chief: Claudia Mitchell
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Regiones y Cohesión / Régions et Cohésion
Editors: Harlan Koff and
Carmen Maganda
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