Synthesis of Mediterraneum’s first seminar.

Shows how education reforms take place within cauldrons of political interests and conflicting values and beliefs.

Uses the concept of family, both literally and metaphorically to provide an introduction to Chinese culture.

Uses case study narratives of marginalized adults in evaluating the move from welfare to work.

A bold work of African philosophy and theology that brings together witchcraft and the philosophy of Levinas.

Compares the experiences of Soviet/Russian Jewish immigrants to the U.S. during two different time frames.

A fascinating exploration of the subculture of Japanese day laborers, whose lives depart radically from the traditions of stability Westerners associate with Japan.

An accessible, comprehensive source of information on the Korean language--its structure and history to its cultural and sociological setting.

Uses textual and archaeological evidence to argue that emerging Egyptian and Greek architectural technologies were crucial to the origins and development of Greek philosophy.

Independent researchers interview urban middle school students to get their impressions of the teachers that help them to succeed in schools.

Ranging across contemporary culture from the academy to shopping malls, this book offers engaged cultural criticism in a postfeminist context.

Drawing on textual and anthropological research, this book demonstrates how popular ritual texts and stories have shaped the religion and culture of the only surviving Mahayana Buddhist society, the Newars of Kathmandu.

Presents powerful lessons about the realities of school reform by portraying the experiences of five teachers involved in a restructuring initiative.

Looks at how teenagers in one small town use spaces and give value and meaning to specific places.

Uncovers the methodological principles that govern interpretive change.

A fascinating ethnographic study of a high school in Toronto, with surprising insights into how these adolescents identify themselves in terms of race, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality.

A fascinating look at how three epidemics of the medieval and Early Renaissance period in Western Europe shaped and altered conceptions of the human body in ways that continue today.

Explores rural resistance, class consciousness, and the politics of contemporary culture through the experience of family farmers in France's "red south."

A vivid ethnography of a group of students training to become schoolteachers in Bolivia and the challenges they face as they try to maintain their indigenous identity.

Emphasizes the role of history in shaping Yugoslav Jewish identity.

Examines the practices of life history, ethnographic fieldwork, and interpretation of women's narratives, ultimately asserting the importance of self-reflexivity for feminist methodology.

Written by leading women scholars, this first and only book published about Lithuanian women details the historical, social, economic, and political issues affecting women during the transition from communism to democracy.

An interdisciplinary exploration of the meanings of hair in Asia from classical times to contemporary contexts.

Examines the changing texture of power relations in non-traditional U. S. worksites.

Uses ethnographic tools to analyze political disorder and its representation at the end of the Cold War.