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Attempts to understand the dilemmas average Nigerians face every day as they try to get ahead - or just survive - in a society riddled with corruption. This book paints a portrait of Nigerian corruption - of nationwide fuel shortages in Africa's oil-producing giant, Internet cafes where the young launch their e-mail scams, and more.

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A reference for students contemplating a career in physical anthropology, this text describes several rewarding career paths that physical anthropologists have chosen. Students will understand how anthropological theory, methods and training are applicable to job responsibilities and development.

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A History of Anthropology as a Holistic Science discusses the four fields of anthropology as a holistic science and the feasibility of such an approach through an examination of its history and its philosophical foundation. It elucidates the 1960s movement that threatens to discredit the discipline as an effective way of understanding humankind.

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A History of Anthropology as a Holistic Science discusses the four fields of anthropology as a holistic science and the feasibility of such an approach through an examination of its history and its philosophical foundation. It elucidates the 1960s movement that threatens to discredit the discipline as an effective way of understanding humankind.

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With the growing interest in the great number of culturally, linguistically, and ethnically different families entering the United States, it is essential for researchers and mental health practitioners to acquire a working knowledge that can aid in a healthier adjustment of these families.

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Offering a different approach to landscape perception, this book is a photographic essay about topographic features of the landscape. Integrating philosophical approaches to landscape perception with anthropological studies, it uses this perspective to examine the relationship between prehistoric sites and their topographic settings.

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This book is an extended photographic essay about the topographic features of the landscape. The author puts forward a radically new perspective for conceptualizing the meaning and significance of prehistoric monuments in relation to the natural landscape.

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Deana L. Weibel explains the shifting identities of Rocamadour, a medieval Black Madonna shrine turned tourist attraction, which enchants both the devout and secular. Weibel analyzes how locals and visitors compete to define Rocamadour, arguing that the unusual properties of the cliff-hanging site make it a prize worth fighting for.

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A Sensory Education takes a close look at how sensory awareness is learned and taught in expert and everyday settings around the world.

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African American Life and Culture in Orange Mound is an exploration of the conditions of living for residents of the unincorporated subdivision in the deep south from 1890 to 1919.

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African American Life and Culture in Orange Mound is an exploration of the conditions of living for residents of the unincorporated subdivision in the deep south from 1890 to 1919.

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This volume studies global and national transformation from the point of view of families in local communities.

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Serah Shani examines the socioeconomic and cultural forces behind the success of model minority immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa in the United States. In particular, Shani looks at the integral role of the Ghanaian Network Village, a transnational space that provides educational resources beyond local neighborhoods in the US.

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Draws on such disciplines as history, political science, anthropology, cultural studies, ecology and archaeology to introduce some dominant critiques of non-Aboriginal ways of perceiving Aboriginality. The book focuses on the moral and legal traditions of settlers and indigenous peoples.

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Drawing on ethnographic research in salsa classes and oral histories this book details the everyday practices of femininity, heterosexuality and new intimacies among women in midlife. Challenging conventional notions of the baby boomers it draws attention to how these practices are classed and raced, emphasising the quest for respectability.

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Seeking to better understand what it means to grow older in contemporary Britain from the perspective of older people themselves, this richly detailed ethnographic study engages in debates over selfhood and people's relationships with time. -- .

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Agency in Constrained Academic Contexts: Explorations of Space in Educational Anthropology examines social agency and the construction space in academic environments.

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An in-depth ethnographic exploration of how the AIDs pandemic has played out at a local level in South Africa, revealing the importance of understanding culture for shaping effective strategies of AIDs treatment.