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How We Got “Stuck With” Tourism
Nov 16 2020
By Matilde Córdoba Azcárate, author of Stuck with Tourism: Space, Power, and Labor in Contemporary YucatánChances are that you have been a tourist, traveling to experience new things, learn from others, encounter new landscapes and emotions, and give back or rediscover your inner self. And c
#RaisingOurVoices2020: Browse Titles for Your Anthropology Courses
Nov 14 2020
Explore our groundbreaking books that facilitate teaching across disciplines. To request an exam copy, click on “Request an Exam or Desk Copy” on the book page, and this will take you to our distributor's site where you can order your copy.Connected: How a Mexican Village Built Its Own C
Struggling to “Have a Life” – How Adolescents Navigate Psychiatric Care
Nov 13 2020
This post is part of our #RaisingOurVoices2020 blog series. Learn more at our American Anthropological Association virtual exhibit.By Janis H. Jenkins and Thomas J. Csordas, co-authors of Troubled in the Land of Enchantment: Adolescent Experience of Psychiatric TreatmentNew Mexico is a p
Q&A with Anthropologist Rebecca Lester: What We Get Wrong about Eating Disorders
Nov 12 2020
This post is part of our #RaisingOurVoices2020 blog series. Learn more at our American Anthropological Association virtual exhibit.UC Press author and anthropologist Rebecca Lester recently won the 2020 Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing for her book Famished: Eating Disorders and F
Series Spotlight – Atelier: Ethnographic Inquiry in the Twenty-First Century with Kevin Lewis O’Neill
Nov 06 2020
This post is part of our #RaisingOurVoices2020 blog series. Learn more at our American Anthropological Association virtual exhibit.For this year’s virtual AAA conference, series editor Kevin Lewis O'Neill joined us to talk about Atelier: Ethnographic Inquiry in the Twenty-First Century,
What the history of Puerto Rican farmworkers tells us about U.S. colonialism
Oct 23 2020
This blog is adapted from an original article published in CENTRO, with permission, and is part of our AAA #RaisingOurVoices2020 event blog series. Check out our virtual exhibit page for more.By Ismael García-Colón, author of Colonial Migrants at the Heart of EmpireColonial Migrants at t
Watch: Why is the U.S. Always at War?
Oct 13 2020
The United States has been fighting wars constantly since invading Afghanistan in 2001. This nonstop warfare is far less exceptional than it might seem: the United States has been at war or has invaded other countries almost every year since independence. In his new book, The United States of Wa
How to Sustain a Mass Movement? Lessons from Urban Indigenous Youth Collectives and “Decolonial Anarchism” in Mexico
Oct 12 2020
by Maurice Rafael Magaña, author of Cartographies of Youth Resistance: Hip-Hop, Punk, and Urban Autonomy in MexicoDespite the COVID-19 pandemic and global stay-at-home orders, 2020 has been a year of historic mass mobilizations. The most spectacular constellation of actions has emerged from the
Author Spotlight: Interview with Salih Can Açiksöz, author of award-winning Sacrificial Limbs
Oct 12 2020
This post is part of our #MESA2020 blog series. Learn more at our MESA virtual exhibit.We're thrilled to announce Salih Can Açiksöz has won MESA's 2020 Fatima Mernissi Book Award for Sacrificial Limbs: Masculinity, Disability, and Political Violence in Turkey! This award is given to the
Staying Connected in Turbulent Times: A Lesson from a Mexican Village
Sep 22 2020
This post is part of our AAA #RaisingOurVoices2020 event blog series. Check out our virtual exhibit page for more.by Roberto J. González, author of Connected: How a Mexican Village Built Its Own Cell Phone NetworkRight now, many of us are reevaluating what it means to be connected. In th