An interdisciplinary exploration of indigenous bodies.

Explores how indigenous nationhood has emerged and been maintained in the face of aggressive efforts to assimilate Native peoples.

Offers new ways of comparing features of the world’s religions.

Interdisciplinary study of the role of violence in the Mediterranean and Europe.

A fascinating study of the gemstone industry of Jaipur with special emphasis on its ownership class.

Explores how American Indian businesses and organizations are taking on images that were designed to oppress them.

Traces the historical dimensions of Native North American drama using a critical perspective.

Surveying spiritual and philosophical traditions, this volume revives the search for wisdom for modern times.

Explores the end-of-life spiritual needs of people who do not identify with traditional religions.

A contemporary history of one of the best-known American Indian nations.

The definitive history of the Tuscaroras and their return to western New York.

Provides a critique of and alternative to the dominant paradigm used in biomedical ethics by exploring the Japanese concept of autonomy.

Uplifting account of the struggle between the Grassy Narrows First Nation and the Canadian logging industry.

A wide-ranging scholarly consideration of the martial arts.

A striking look at the death rituals of an indigenous community in North America.

Interdisciplinary celebration of the cultural contributions of members of the African Diaspora in the Western hemisphere.

A renowned authority on East Africa examines the effects of witchcraft beliefs on African culture, politics, and family life.

Brilliant study of the effects of colonialism on the physical, mental, and spiritual health of Native Hawaiians, and their efforts to decolonize through healing and remembering.

Explores the potential for trade unions to defend the socioeconomic rights of women.

Perspectives on Kant's teachings on geography and how they relate his understanding of the world.

International scholars share their experiences with the challenges inherent in representing indigenous cultures and decolonizing cross-cultural research.

Detailed study of how Anaximander’s cosmological and philosophical conceptions were affected by architectural technologies.

A critical look at the development of the phenomenological approach to the study of religion, revealing its evaluative and metaphysical concepts.

Examines New York City as a paradigmatic example of the tensions between privatization and public uses of space in the contemporary U.S.

Examines the relationship of precarious employment to state policies on citizenship and social inclusion in the context of postapartheid South Africa.