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  • New Directions in Anthropological Kinship

    by Lynn Åkesson, Lisa M. Anderson-Levy, Caroline B. Brettell, Rosa De Jorio, Allen S. Ehrlich, Kathy-Lee Galvin, Ilana Gershon, Barry S. Hewlett, David Jacobson, William Jankowiak, Louise Lamphere, Joan H. Liem, Susanne Lundin, Richard E. Maddy, Judith S. Modell, Cynthia Robin, Joan B. Silk, Karen Sinclair, Robert S. Weiss ...
    Following periods of intense debate and eventual demise, kinship studies is now seeing a revival in anthropology. New Directions in Anthropological Kinship captures these recent trends and explores new avenues of inquiry in this re-emerging subfield. The book comprises contributions from primatology, evolutionary anthropology, archaeology, and cultural anthropology. The authors review the history ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

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    Disgust, Shame, and the Law

    by Martha C. Nussbaum ...
    Should laws about sex and pornography be based on social conventions about what is disgusting? Should felons be required to display bumper stickers or wear T-shirts that announce their crimes? This powerful and elegantly written book, by one of America's most influential philosophers, presents a critique of the role that shame and disgust play in our individual and social lives and, in particular, ... Read more

    $34.59 USD

  • Simians, Cyborgs, and Women

    The Reinvention of Nature

    by Donna J. Haraway ...
    Simians, Cyborgs and Women is a powerful collection of ten essays written between 1978 and 1989. Although on the surface, simians, cyborgs and women may seem an odd threesome, Haraway describes their profound link as "creatures" which have had a great destabilizing place in Western evolutionary technology and biology. Throughout this book, Haraway analyzes accounts, narratives, and stories of the ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • What Kinship Is-And Is Not

    by Marshall Sahlins ...
    In this pithy two-part essay, Marshall Sahlins reinvigorates the debates on what constitutes kinship, building on some of the best scholarship in the field to produce an original outlook on the deepest bond humans can have. Covering thinkers from Aristotle and Lévy- Bruhl to Émile Durkheim and David Schneider, and communities from the Maori and the English to the Korowai of New Guinea, he draws on ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Debating Procreation

    Is It Wrong to Reproduce?

    by David Benatar, David Wasserman ...
    Series series Debating Ethics
    While procreation is ubiquitous, attention to the ethical issues involved in creating children is relatively rare. In Debating Procreation, David Benatar and David Wasserman take opposing views on this important question. David Benatar argues for the anti-natalist view that it is always wrong to bring new people into existence. He argues that coming into existence is always a serious harm and that ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Open Your Eyes

    Deaf Studies Talking

    Edited by H-Dirksen L. Bauman ...
    This groundbreaking volume introduces readers to the key concepts and debates in deaf studies, offering perspectives on the relevance and richness of deaf ways of being in the world. In Open Your Eyes, leading and emerging scholars, the majority of whom are deaf, consider physical and cultural boundaries of deaf places and probe the complex intersections of deaf identities with gender, sexuality, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Wayward Women

    Sexuality and Agency in a New Guinea Society

    by Holly Wardlow ...
    Written with uncommon grace and clarity, this extremely engaging ethnography analyzes female agency, gendered violence, and transactional sex in contemporary Papua New Guinea. Focusing on Huli "passenger women," (women who accept money for sex) Wayward Women explores the socio-economic factors that push women into the practice of transactional sex, and asks how these transactions might be an ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Peter Singer Under Fire

    The Moral Iconoclast Faces His Critics

    Edited by Ph.D. Jeffrey A. Schaler ...
    One of the leading ethical thinkers of the modern age, Peter Singer has repeatedly been embroiled in controversy. Protesters in Germany closed down his lectures, mistakenly thinking he was advocating Nazi views on eugenics. Conservative publisher Steve Forbes withdrew generous donations to Princeton after Singer was appointed professor of bioethics. His belief that infanticide is sometimes morally ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • Legal Anthropology

    An Introduction

    by James M. Donovan ...
    Legal Anthropology: An Introduction offers an initial overview of the challenging debates surrounding the cross-cultural analysis of legal systems. Equal parts review and criticism, James M. Donovan outlines the historical landmarks in the development of the discipline, identifying both strengths and weaknesses of each stage and contribution. Legal Anthropology suggests that future progress can be ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Animals and Women

    Feminist Theoretical Explorations

    by Joan Dunayer, Lynda Birke, Marti Kheel ...
    Animals and Women is a collection of pioneering essays that explores the theoretical connections between feminism and animal defense. Offering a feminist perspective on the status of animals, this unique volume argues persuasively that both the social construction and oppressions of women are inextricably connected to the ways in which we comprehend and abuse other species. Furthermore, it ... Read more

    $22.29 USD

  • The Language of Law School

    Learning to "Think Like a Lawyer"

    by Elizabeth Mertz ...
    In this linguistic study of law school education, Mertz shows how law professors employ the Socratic method between teacher and student, forcing the student to shift away from moral and emotional terms in thinking about conflict, toward frameworks of legal authority instead. ... Read more

    $56.69 USD

  • Why Worry About Future Generations?

    by Samuel Scheffler ...
    Series series Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics
    The things we do today may make life worse for future generations. But why should we care what happens to people who won't be born until after all of us are gone? Some philosophers have treated this as a question about our moral responsibilities, and have argued that we have duties of beneficence to promote the well-being of our descendants. Rather than focusing exclusively on issues of moral ... Read more

    $18.99 USD