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This is a major contribution to feminist theory and debate, addressing issues such as sexual violence, social violence and hatred of foreigners in a l…

In this ground-breaking study, Sophie Body-Gendrot provides a comparative analysis of the growing problem of new forms of poverty and social marginali…

In this book David Lyon analyses the various contexts of surveillance activity and offers a balanced account of the influence electronic information s…

Social Media Abyss plunges into the paradoxical condition of the new digital normal versus a lived state of emergency. There is a heightened, post-Sno…

In this book leading cultural anthropologist Anton Blok sheds new light on the lives and achievements of pioneers who revolutionized science and art o…

This book marks a radical and powerful intervention in traditional arguments about pornography. Kappeler re-examines the artistic distinctions between…

Throughout the Western world, governments and financial elites responded to the financial crisis of 2008 by trying to restore the conditions of busine…

This key work addresses one of the most central and controversial issues in contemporary feminist theory: the problem of difference.

“What is colour?”, “What is the precise meaning of the statement ‘the stock exchange closes at a 5% drop this evening’?”, “How are TV viewers defined?…

Winner of the Best Book of 2008 from The International Gender and Language Association In this ground-breaking ethnography of girls on a playground, G…

Molefi Kete Asante's Afrocentric philosophy has become one of the most persistent influences in the social sciences and humanities over the past three…

The prison is a recent invention, hardly more than two centuries old, yet it has become the universal system of punishment. How can we understand the …

In this major theoretical statement, the author offers a new and provocative interpretation of the institutional transformations associated with moder…

Developed from presentations given at the Cerisy SVSI (Sciences de la vie, sciences de l’information) conference held in 2016, this book presents a br…

This anthology provides a single-volume overview of the essential theoretical debates in the anthropology of art. Drawing together significant work in…

This text provides a clear and systematic introduction to the development of social and political theory in modern Italy. It gives particular attentio…

Pierre Bourdieu is arguably the most influential sociologist of the twentieth century, especially since the once common criticisms of his determinism …

In this major theoretical statement, the author offers a new and provocative interpretation of the institutional transformations associated with moder…

Instead of outsourcing tasks to providers using labor-intensive countries, libraries around the world increasingly appeal to the crowds of Internet us…

Drawing on his work in Iceland, Ireland, Scotland, North America, Ghana, and Fiji, linguistic anthropologist and folklorist Richard Bauman presents a …

This book is a detailed and wide-ranging account of the birth of social theory as a distinctive and modern intellectual genre, providing a brilliant a…

In the midst of the current ecological crisis, there is often lofty talk of the need for humanity to ‘overcome its divisions’ and work together to tac…

We are spurred into action by our troubles and fears; but all too often our action fails to address the true causes of our worries. When trying to mak…

This Reader brings together the exciting and innovative work that has appeared in the last 10 years in the growing field of cultural economy. Brings t…

The idea of long-term European dominance is characteristic of most evolutionary theories of human culture and society in the nineteenth century. It wa…

This is the first book in Polity's new 'Urban Futures' series. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, proclamations rang out that gentrificatio…

This major new book explores the peculiar place of feminism in contemporary culture.

Since 9/11, the American government has presumed to speak and act in the name of ‘civilization’. But isthat how the rest of the world sees it? And if …

The Blackwell Companion to Criminology provides a contemporary and global resource to scholarship in both classical and topical areas of criminology. …

A Companion to Linguistic Anthropology provides a series of in-depth explorations of key concepts and approaches by some of the scholars whose work co…

The Form of Cities offers readers a considered theoretical introduction to the art of designing cities. Demonstrates that cities are replete with symb…

This textbook aims to give an introduction to the use of documentary sources in social research. It is designed to be a companion to courses in resear…

The Virtual Self is an engaging and exciting text that addresses issues relating to our rapidly changing society, social structure, and communication …

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the archaeology of Mediterranean prehistory and an essential reference to the most recent research an…

In this new book Henrietta Moore examines the nature and limitations of the theoretical languages used by anthropologists and others to write about se…

Urbanisation and urban development issues are the focus of this comprehensive account which introduces readers to the far-reaching changes now taking …

In this path-breaking work, Mark Poster highlights the nature of the newly emerging forms of social life, in the current era. The flexibility of langu…

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists fro…

Bringing together 25 case studies from archaeological projects worldwide, Engaging Archaeology candidly explores personal experiences, successes, chal…

In this ambitious new book, Henrietta Moore draws on anthropology, feminism and psychoanalysis to develop an original and provocative theory of gender…

Urbanisation and urban development issues are the focus of this comprehensive account which introduces readers to the far-reaching changes now taking …

A Theory of Shopping offers a highly original perspective on one of our most basic everyday activities – shopping. We commonly assume that shopping is…

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists fro…

This volume provides the first critical examination of the relationship between archaeology and language, analysing the rhetorical practices through w…

This dictionary provides those studying or working in archaeology with a complete reference to the field.