Review Copies

REVIEW COPIES OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL NOTEBOOKS 2023/24

This is a list of books offered for review in Anthropological Notebooks. If you are interested in reviewing any of the books, please send an email to nastja.slavec@zrc-sazu.si, mentioning the postal address to where I could send the book and the guidelines. The deadline for book reviews is usually set within 3 months from the dispatch of the book.

 

  1. Henningsen, Erik. 2020. Management and Morality. An Ethnographic Exploration of Management Consultancy Seminars. London and New York: Berghahn Books. 200 pp. Hb.: $120.00/£89.00. ISBN: 9781789206180.
  2. Binford, Leigh, Lesley Gill, and Steve Striffler (eds.). 2020. Fifty Years of Peasant Wars in Latin America. London and New York: Berghahn Books. 228 pp. Hb.: $120.00/£89.00 ISBN: 9781789205619.
  3. Sen, Atreyee, Johan Lindquist, and Marie Kolling (eds.) 2020. Who’s Cashing in? Contemporary Perspectives on New Monies and Global Cashlessness (Foreword by Keith Hart). New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books. 158 pp. Pb.: $14.95/£10.95. ISBN: 9781789209150.
  4. Díaz-Barriga, Miguel and Margaret E. Dorsey. 2020. Fencing in Democracy. Border Walls, Necrocitizenship, and the Security State. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 200 pp. Pb.: $24.95. ISBN: 978147800693-0.
  5. Watson, Matthew C. 2020. Afterlives of Affect. Science, Religion, and an Edgewalker’s Spirit. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 280 pp. Pb.: $26.95. ISBN: 9781478008439.
  6. Billé, Franck (eds.). 2020. Voluminous States. Sovereignty, Materiality, and the Territorial Imagination. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 304 pp. Pb.: $28.95. ISBN: 9781478008422.
  7. Hemmasi, Farzaneh. 2020. Tehrangeles Dreaming. Intimacy and Imagination in Southern California's Iranian Pop Music. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 264 pp. Pb.: $26.95. ISBN: 9781478008361.
  8. Green, Lesley. 2020. Rock | Water | Life. Ecology and Humanities for a Decolonial South Africa. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 320 pp. Pb.: $27.95. ISBN: 9781478003991.
  9. Schwenkel, Christina. 2020. Building Socialism. The Afterlife of East German Architecture in Urban Vietnam. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 432 pp. Pb.: $30.95. ISBN: 9781478011064.
  10. Ahlers, Anna L., Mette Halskov Hansen, and Rune Svarverud (eds.). 2020. The Great Smog of China. A Short Event History of Air Pollution. New York: Columbia University Press. 148 pp. Pb.: $16.00/£12.99. ISBN: 9780924304927.
  11. Dattatreyan, Ethiraj Gabriel. 2020. The Globally Familiar. Digital Hip Hop, Masculinity, and Urban Space in Delhi. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 264 pp. Pb.: $25.95. ISBN: 9781478011200.
  12. Knox, Hannah. 2020. Thinking Like a Climate. Governing a City in Times of Environmental Change. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 328 pp. Pb.: $27.95. ISBN: 9781478010869.
  13. Bickford, Andrew. 2021. Chemical Heroes. Pharmacological Supersoldiers in the US Military. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 320 pp. Pb.: $27.95. ISBN: 9781478011354.
  14. Povinelli, Elizabeth. 2021. The Inheritance. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 336 pp. Pb.: $27.95. ISBN: 9781478014034.
  15. Masco, Joseph. 2021. The Future of Fallout, and Other Episodes in Radioactive World-Making. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 440 pp. Pb.: $29.95. ISBN: 9781478011149.
  16. Peterson, Marina. 2021. Atmospheric Noise. The Indefinite Urbanism of Los Angeles. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 256 pp. Pb.: $25.95. ISBN: 9781478011828.
  17. de Abreu, Maria José. 2021. The Charismatic Gymnasium. Breath, Media, and Religious Revivalism in Contemporary Brazil. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 256 pp. Pb.: $25.95. ISBN: 9781478011347.
  18. Björkman, Lisa (eds.). 2021. Bombay Brokers. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 472 pp. Pb.: $31.95. ISBN: 9781478011491.
  19. Thomas, Todne. 2021. Kingcraft. The Making of Black Evangelical Sociality. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 264 pp. Pb.: $26.95. ISBN: 9781478011781.
  20. Jerrentrup, Maja Tabea. 2021. A Twisted Style. The Culture of Dreadlocks in “Western” Societies. London and New York: Berghahn Books. 144 pp. Hb.: $120.00/£89.00. ISBN: 9781800730700.
  21. Kościańska, Agnieszka. 2021. To See a Moose. The History of Polish Sex Education. (Foreword by Frances Pine.) London and New York: Berghahn Books. 354 pp. Hb.: $145.00/£107.00 ISBN: 9781800730601.
  22. Jarrín, Alvaro and Chiara Pussetti (eds.). 2021. Remaking the Human. Cosmetic Technologies of Body Repair, Reshaping, and Replacement. London and New York: Berghahn Books. 290 pp. Hb.: $130.00/£97.00. ISBN: 9781800730311.
  23. Moeran, Brian. 2021. Ethnography in The Raw. Life in a Luzon Village. London and New York: Berghahn Books. 298 pp. Hb.: $130.00/£97.00. ISBN: 9781800730748.
  24. Mageo, Jeannette and Bruce Knauft (eds.). 2021. Authenticity and Authorship in Pacific Island Encounters. New Lives of Old Imaginaries. (Afterword by Margaret Jolly.) London and New York: Berghahn Books. 246 pp. Hb.: $120.00/£89.00. ISBN: 9781800730540.
  25. Kaneff, Deema and Kirsten W. Endres (eds.). 2021. Explorations in Economic Anthropology. Key Issues and Critical Reflections. London and New York: Berghahn Books. 316 pp. Hb.: $135.00/£100.00. ISBN: 9781800731394.
  26. Kingfisher, Catherine. 2021. Collaborative Happiness. Building the Good Life in Urban Cohousing Communities. London and New York: Berghahn Books. 254 pp. Hb.: $135.00/£99.00. ISBN: 9781800732391.
  27. Bošković, Aleksandar. 2021. William Robertson Smith. London and New York: Berghahn Books. 120 pp. Pb.: $24.95/£19.95. ISBN: 9781800731585.
  28. Demian, Melissa. 2021. In Memory of Times to Come. Ironies of History in Southeastern Papua New Guinea. London and New York: Berghahn Books. 240 pp. Hb.: $135.00/£99.00. ISBN: 9781800731165.
  29. Lévi-Strauss, Claude. 2021. Wild Thought. (Translated by Jeffrey Mehlman and John Leavitt.) Chicago: Chicago University Press. 328 pp. Pb.: $20.00. ISBN: 9780226413082.
  30. Hinkson, Melinda. 2021. See How We Roll. Enduring Exile between Desert and Urban Australia. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 240 pp. Pb.: $25.95. ISBN: 9781478014775.
  31. Desmond Arias, Enrique and Thomas Grisaffi. 2021. Cocaine. From Coca Fields to the Streets. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 376 pp. Pb.: $ 28.95. ISBN: 9781478014652.
  32. Hage, Ghassan (eds.). 2021. Decay. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 192 pp. Pb.: $24.95. ISBN: 9781478014737.
  33. Povinelli, Elizabeth A. 2021. Between Gaia and Ground. Four Axioms of Existence and the Ancestral Catastrophe of Late Liberalism. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 200 pp. Pb.: $24.95. ISBN: 9781478014577.
  34. Bonilla, Yarimar, Greg Beckett and Mayanthi L. Fernando (eds.) / Trouillot, Michel-Rolph. 2021. Trouillot Remixed. The Michel-Rolph Trouillot Reader. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 456 pp. Pb.: $30.95. ISBN: 9781478014225.
  35. Loperfido, Giacomo (ed.). 2021. Extremism, Society, and the State. London and New York: Berghahn Books. 156 p Pb.: $14.95/£11.95. ISBN: 9781800733459.
  36. Bluteau, Joshua M. 2021. Dressing up. Menswear in the Age of Social Media. 184 pp. Hb.: $120.00/£89.00. ISBN: 9781800732766.
  37. Mathur, Nayanika. 2021. Crooked Cats. Beastly Encounters in the Anthropocene. Chicago: Chicago University Press. 224 pp. Pb.: $27.50. ISBN: 9780226771922.
  38. Ecks, Stefan. 2022. Living Worth. Value and Values in Global Pharmaceutical Markets. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 288 pp. Pb.: $26.95. ISBN: 9781478017677.
  39. Allen, Jafari S. 2022. There’s a Disco Ball Between Us. A Theory of Black Gay Life. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 440 pp. Pb.: $30.95. ISBN: 9781478014591.
  40. Byler, Darren. 2022. Terror Capitalism. Uyghur Dispossession and Masculinity in a Chinese City. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 296 pp. Pb.: $26.95. ISBN: 9781478017646.
  41. Vaughn, Sarah E.. 2022. Engineering Vulnerability. In Pursuit of Climate Adaptation. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 272 pp. Pb.: $26.95. ISBN: 9781478018100.
  42. d′Avignon, Robyn. 2022. A Ritual Geology. Gold and Subterranean Knowledge in Savanna West Africa. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 328 Pb.: $27.95. ISBN: 9781478018476.
  43. Theidon, Kimberly. 2022. Legacies of War. Violence, Ecologies, and Kin. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 128 pp. Pb.: $22.95. ISBN: 9781478018384.
  44. Kim, Eleana J.. 2022. Making Peace with Nature. Ecological Encounters along the Korean DMZ. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 224 pp. Pb.: $25.95. ISBN: 9781478018353.
  45. Tyler, Bradway and Elizabeth Freeman. 2022. Queer Kinship. Race, Sex, Belonging, Form. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 360 pp. Pb.: $28.95. ISBN: 9781478018650.
  46. Oza, Rupal. 2022. Semiotics of Rape. Sexual Subjectivity and Violation in Rural India. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 240 pp. Pb.: $25.95. ISBN: 9781478019343.
  47. Adams, Vincanne. 2023. Glyphosate and the Swir. An Agroindustrial Chemical on the Move. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 184 pp. Pb.: $24.95. ISBN: 9781478016755.
  48. Lamoreaux, Janelle. 2023. Infertile Environments. Epigenetic Toxicology and the Reproductive Health of Chinese Men. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 160 pp. Pb.: $23.95. ISBN: 9781478019336.
  49. Christopher Pinney, PhotoDemos Collective, Naluwembe Binaisa, Vindhya Buthpitiya, Konstantinos Kalantzis, Ileana L. Selejan, and Sokphea Young (eds.). 2023. Citizens of Photography. The Camera and the Political Imagination. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 368 pp. Pb.: $29.95. ISBN: 9781478020769.
  50. Helmreich, Stefan. 2023. A Book of Waves. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 432 pp. Pb.: $31.95. ISBN: 9781478020417.
  51. Chalfin, Brenda. 2023. Waste Works. Vital Politics in Urban Ghana. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 376 pp. Pb.: $29.95. ISBN: 9781478019589.
  52. Fischer, Michael M. J.. 2023. Probing Arts and Emergent Forms of Life. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 336 pp. Pb.: $25.95. ISBN: 9781478019770.
  53. Falu, Nessette. 2023. Unseen Flesh. Gynecology and Black Queer Worth-Making in Brazil. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 201 pp. Pb.: $25.95. ISBN: 9781478025184.
  54. Fisher, Michael M. J.. 2023. At the Pivot of East and West. Ethnographic, Literary, and Filmic Arts. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 356 pp. Pb.: $29.95. ISBN: 9781478019893.
  55. Fortun, Mike. 2023. Genomics with Care: Minding the Double Binds of Science. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 342 pp. Pb.: $29.95. ISBN: 9781478020400.
  56. Kashani, Maryam. 2023. Medina by the Bay. Scenes of Muslim Study and Survival. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 305 pp. Pb.: $28.95. ISBN: 9781478025177.
  57. Hee Kwon, June. 2023. Borderland Dreams. The Transnational Lives of Korean Chinese Workers. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 241 pp. Pb.: $26.95. ISBN: 9781478025337.
  58. Davé, Naisargi N.. 2023. Indifference. On the Praxis of Interspecies Being. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 200 pp. Pb.: $25.95. ISBN: 9781478025139.
  59. Kasmani, Omar, ed. 2023. Pakistan Desires. Queer Futures Elsewhere. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 274 pp. Pb.: $27.95. ISBN: 9781478025238.
  60. Kowal, Emma. 2023. Haunting Biology: Science and Indigeneity in Australia. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 248 pp. Pb.: $27.95. ISBN: 9781478025375.
  61. Vevaina, Leilah. 2023. Trust Matters: Parsi Endowments in Mumbai and the Horoscope of a City. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 210 pp. Pb.: $26.95. ISBN: 9781478025399.
  62. Iyer Siddiqi, Anooradha. 2023. Architecture of Migration: The Dadaab Refugee Camps and Humanitarian Settlement. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 432 pp. Pb.: $31.95. ISBN: 9781478025245.
  63. Özden-Schilling, Tom. 2023. The Ends of Research: Indigenous and Settler Science after the War in the Woods. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 320 pp. Pb.: $28.95. ISBN: 9781478025535.
  64. Elliott, Denielle and Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer (eds.). 2024. Naked Fieldnotes: A Rough Guide to Ethnographic Writing. University of Minnesota Press. 368 pp. Pb.: $27.00. ISBN: 9781517916145.
  65. Masco, Joseph and Lisa Wedeen (eds). 2024. Conspiracy/Theory. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 512 pp. Pb: $33.95. ISBN: 9781478025559.
  66. Kusserow, Adrie. 2024. The Trauma Mantras. A Memoir in Prose Poems. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 176 pp. Pb.: $19.95. ISBN: 9781478025573.
  67. Vah Jevšnik, Mojca and Kristina Toplak, eds. 2023. Further Discussions on Labour Mobility in the EU. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC SAZU. 177 pp. Pb.: € 19.00. ISBN: 9789610508014.
  68. Elliot, Denielle and Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer (eds.). 2024. Naked Fieldnotes. A Rough Guide to Ethnographic Writing. Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press. 320 pp. Pb.: $27.00. ISBN: 9781517916145.
  69. Bandak, Andreas and Daniel M. Knight (eds.). 2024. Porous Becoming. Anthropological Engagements with Michel Serres. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 344 pp. Pb.: $29.95. ISBN: 9781478030287.
  70. Petrović, Tanja. 2024. Utopia of the Uniform. Affective Afterlives of the Yugoslav People's Army. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 256 pp. Pb.: $26.95. ISBN: 9781478025689.
  71. Taylor, Timoty D. 2024. Making Value. Music, Capital and the Social. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 240 pp. Pb.: $26.95. ISBN: 9781478030355.
  72. Briggs, Charles L. 2024. Incommunicable. Toward Communicative Justice in Health and Medicine. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 336 pp. Pb.: $28.95. ISBN: 9781478026006.
  73. Weiss, Margot, ed. 2024. Unsettling Queer Anthropology. Foundations, Reorientations, and Departures. Durham and London: Durham University Press. 344 pp. Pb.: $29.95. ISBN: 9781478030386.
  74. Peterson, Kristin and Valerie Olson. 2024. The Ethnographer’s Way. A Handbook for Multidimensional Research Design. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 376 pp. Pb.: $29.95. ISBN: 9781478030157.
  75. Beliso-De Jesús, Aisha. 2024. Excited Delirium. Race, Police Violence, and the Invention of a Disease. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 320 pp. Pb.: $28.95. ISBN: 9781478030553.
  76. Lomnitz, Claudio. 2024. Sovereignty and Extortion. A New State Form in Mexico. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 240 pp. Pb.: $26.95. ISBN: 9781478030737.
  77. Barua, Maan. 2024. Plantation Worlds. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 312 pp. Pb.: $28.95. ISBN: 9781478025610.
  78. Barker, Joshua. 2024. State of Fear. Policing a Postcolonial City. Durham and London: Duke University Press. 328 pp. Pb.: ISBN: 9781478030768.