Addiction has recently emerged as an object of anthropological inquiry. In a wonderful, focused volume of ethnographies of addiction in a wide range of contexts, Eugene Raikhel and…
[Cross-posted from New Books in East Asian Studies] Two main questions frame Sienna R. Craig’s beautifully written and carefully argued new book about Tibetan medical practices and cultures: How is…
Two main questions frame Sienna R. Craig‘s beautifully written and carefully argued new book about Tibetan medical practices and cultures: How is efficacy determined, and what is at…
Rachel Prentice‘s new book blends methodological approaches from science studies and anthropology to produce a riveting account of anatomical and surgical education in twenty-first century North… Visit New…
[Cross-posted from New Book in East Asian Studies] This cat has a complicated history. In addition to filling stationery stores across the globe with cute objects festooned with…
This cat has a complicated history. In addition to filling stationery stores across the globe with cute objects festooned with little whiskers and bowties, Hello Kitty has inspired…
[Cross-posted from New Books in East Asian Studies] John Osburg’s new book explores the rise of elite networks of newly-rich entrepreneurs, managers of state enterprises, and government officials in…
John Osburg‘s new book explores the rise of elite networks of newly-rich entrepreneurs, managers of state enterprises, and government officials in Chengdu. Based on extensive fieldwork that incl……
[Cross-posted from New Books in Science, Technology, and Society] Dorothea was a widow who treated Martin Luther, the Duke of Saxony, and throngs of poor peasants with her…
Dorothea was a widow who treated Martin Luther, the Duke of Saxony, and throngs of poor peasants with her medicinal waters. Anna was the powerful wife of the…
[Cross-posted from New Books in Science, Technology and Society] “The humans are dead.” Whether or not you recognize the epigram from Flight of the Conchords (and if not, there are worse…
[Cross-posted from New Books in East Asian Studies] It opens with a parakeet named Homer, and it closes with a dog named Hachiko. In the intervening pages, Barbara Ambros explores…
[Cross-posted from New Books in Science, Technology, and Society] “By error or by chance, I think I have discovered an angel.” First things first: Hawking Incorporated: Stephen Hawking and the…