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Hierarchies of CareGirls, Motherhood, and Inequality in PeruKRISTA E. VAN VLEET“Accessibly written and analytically sophisticated. Krista Van Vleet takes us backstage in a home for teenage mothers and their young children in Cusco, Peru. Faithfully witnessing the ordinary interactions of the young women, Van Vleet shows us how their moral experience is saturated by intertwined hierarchies of race, gender, and class.”—Bruce Mannheim, coeditor of Indigenous Languages, Politics, and Authority in Latin Ameri-ca: Historical and Ethnographic Perspectives230 pp. 6 x 9. 31 b & w photos, 1 map. 2019. Paper 978-0-252-08461-4. $26.00; E-book 978-0-252-05164-7. $19.95

The Street Is My PulpitHip Hop and Christianity in KenyaMWENDA NTARANGWI“Opens a window on one dimension of how younger, politically conscious Kenyan Christians express their faith.”—Christianity Today“Well written, entertaining, and eye-opening.” —Daily Nation“Refreshing and highly informative.”—Christian Century206 pp. 6 x 9. 6 b & w photos. 2016. Paper 978-0-252-08155-2. $25.00; E-book 978-0-252-09826-0. $19.95

Reinventing Chinese TraditionThe Cultural Politics of Late SocialismKA-MING WU“A lively, engaging ethnography.”—China Quarterly“This book constitutes an excellent contribution to contemporary Chinese folklore studies and would make a wonderful addition to undergraduate courses on East Asian folklore and cross-cultural explorations of contemporary cultural politics.” —Journal of American Folklore208 pp. 6 x 9. 24 b & w photos, 2 maps. 2015. Paper 978-0-252-08140-8. $25.00; E-book 978-0-252-09799-7. $14.95

Street Life under a RoofYouth Homelessness in South AfricaEMILY MARGARETTEN“A well written and often gripping ethnographi-cal study of the young, marginalized, and poor youth who live there, and who are separated from distant homes that are either unable or unwilling to provide for them. . . . The book’s findings and discussions around gender dynamics make a worthy contribution to anthropological analysis of youth and understandings of the logics of social organization that develop in tough urban environ-ments.”—African Studies Quarterly232 pp. 6 x 9. 12 b & w photos, 2 maps. 2015. Paper 978-0-252-08111-8. $25.00; E-book 978-0-252-09769-0. $14.95

Somalis AbroadClan and Everyday Life in FinlandSTEPHANIE R. BJORKwith a foreword by Abdulkadir Osman Farah”Bjork ingeniously deploys her own ethnographic experience to show how Somalis in Finland, embarrassed on the global cultural stage by the persistence of clan ideology, nevertheless use clan identities as flexible paths to the intimate reaches of diasporic life.”—Michael Herzfeld, author of Cultural Intimacy: Social Poetics in the Nation-State220 pp. 6 x 9. 3 b & w photos, 6 maps, 1 chart, 2 tables. 2017. Paper 978-0-252-08241-2. $28.00; E-book 978-0-252-09945-8. $19.95

Cultural Heritage in Mali in the Neoliberal EraROSA DE JORIO”A marvelous text. De Jorio not only discusses the cultural ramifications of ‘heritage’ in Mali, but considers it in the wake of Islamist and Tuareg rebellions in the north. She demonstrates power-fully how cultural heritage implicates questions of religious practice as they relate to the exercise of power.”—Paul Stoller, author of Yaya’s Story: The Quest for Well-Being in the World224 pp. 6 x 9. 16 b & w photos, 1 map. 2016. Paper 978-0-252-08172-9. $28.00; E-book 978-0-252-09853-6. $19.95

Cape Verde, Let’s GoCreole Rappers and Citizenship in PortugalDEREK PARDUE“Cape Verde, Let’s Go! is an interesting and worthwhile study of diasporic racial, linguistic, and musical identity. . . . The book’s greatest value. . . . is in bringing attention to an area of Europe—and to European colonial system—that is often eclipsed by focus on England, France, and Spain.”—Anthropology Review Database208 pp. 6 x 9. 15 b & w photos, 1 map, discography. 2015. Paper 978-0-252-08117-0. $25.00; E-book 978-0-252-09776-8. $14.95

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Fran Markowitz

A Bosnian Kaleidoscope

Sarajevo

Embodied ProtestsEmotions and Women’s Health in BoliviaMARIA TAPIAS“An engagingly written, and often moving, depic-tion of the lives of working class women in Bolivia. . . . The finely detailed analysis illuminates the cultural parameters of emotion and illness and the local politics of neoliberalism and we gain an appreciation for individuals’ efforts to protest the distress in their lives and enhance the well-being of themselves and others.”—Krista E. Van Vleet, author of Performing Kinship Narrative, Gender, and the Intimacies of Power in the Andes176 pp. 6 x 9. 4 b & w photos, 1 map. 2015. Paper 978-0-252-08074-6. $28.00; E-book 978-0-252-09715-7. $14.95

Maya Market WomenPower and Tradition in San Juan Chamelco, GuatemalaS. ASHLEY KISTLER“Kistler not only describes the daily lives of vendor women, she captures the broader contexts of their lives as they participate in local community politics, consider national-level Maya cultural movements, and confront typical non-Maya patri-archal forms of decision making and power that Mayas throughout Guatemala experience.” —American Anthropologist176 pp. 6 x 9. 7 b & w photos, 2 tables. 2014. Paper 978-0-252-07988-7. $27.00; E-book 978-0-252-09622-8. $19.95

Becoming MapuchePerson and Ritual in Indigenous ChileMAGNUS COURSE

“Well suited for both undergraduate introductory and area courses, and Course’s individualist ap-proach has the potential to generate much discus-sion about comparisons between the Mapuche and Western societies. . . . Well researched, well written and organized, and offers a unique and persuasive approach to the Mapuche that would be useful for other indigenous groups as well.” —American Ethnologist

216 pp. 6 x 9. 3 b & w photos, 2 line drawings, 1 map. 2011. Paper 978-0-252-07823-1. $27.00; E-book 978-0-252-09350-0. $19.95

Finding CholitaBILLIE JEAN ISBELL

”An intriguing exploration of the relationship between ethnography and memoir writing that also expands in an experimental manner the many ways in which anthropologists write about the people with whom they work. It will be of great interest to readers interested in the Andes.” —Enrique Mayer, author of The Articulated Peas-ant: Household Economies in the Andes

224 pp. 6 x 9. 2009. Paper 978-0-252-07606-0. $23.00; E-book 978-0-252-09155-1. $19.95

Victims and WarriorsViolence, History, and Memory in AmazoniaCASEY HIGH“An exciting analysis of the most intimate aspects of memory and experience in a contemporary Amazonian indigenous group in dialogue with its own stereotypes. . . . A compelling book not only for anthropologists but for anyone interested in contemporary Amerindian groups.”—European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies248 pp. 6 x 9. 20 b & w photos, 3 maps. 2015. Paper 978-0-252-08067-8. $28.00; E-book 978-0-252-09702-7. $14.95

Kings for Three DaysThe Play of Race and Gender in an Afro-Ecuadorian FestivalJEAN MUTEBA RAHIER“Kings for Three Days is a valuable, even impor-tant, study of the contrasting and changing nature of ritual. This is a salutary lesson that anthropolo-gists can apply to every aspect of culture, not to ritual alone.”—Anthropology Review Database216 pp. 6 x 9. 16 b & w photos, 3 maps. 2013. Paper 978-0-252-07901-6. $27.00; E-book 978-0-252-09472-9. $19.95

SarajevoA Bosnian KaleidoscopeFRAN MARKOWITZ“Markowitz has succeeded in combining a solid work of scholarship with a personal take on her subject which she explores in a very thorough and balanced way. This is a rich contribution to the scholarship on the issue of identify in present-day Bosnia & Hercegovina and deserves a wide audi-ence, appealing to both the academic and general reader.”—Europe-Asia Studies240 pp. 6 x 9. 21 b & w photos, 1 map, 5 tables. 2010. Paper 978-0-252-07713-5. $27.00

Ritual EncountersOtavalan Modern and Mythic CommunityMICHELLE WIBBELSMAN“An intelligent and welcome book.” —Anthropology Review Database“An important addition to the literature on Andean ethnography and the anthropology of ritual.” —Latin American Music Review232 pp. 6 x 9. 18 b & w photos, 7 line drawings. 2009. Paper 978-0-252-07603-9. $25.00; E-book 978-0-252-09287-9. $19.95

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