Dear Colleague, We are delighted to inform you that we will be attending the American Anthropological Association 's annual meeting on November 20 – 24, 2019. Please stop by booth #308 to browse our selection of books and pick up free journal samples.  Please join us on Thursday, November 21st at 3:30 PM for a wine reception at the Berghahn booth to celebrate our 25 th anniversary ! We look forward to toasting to our new book titles as well as to introducing Berghahn Open Anthro , a pilot to convert 13 core anthropology journals to full Open Access in 2020. We hope to see you there!   If you are unable to attend the conference, we would like to remind you that we are currently offering a 25% discount on all print titles and eBooks ( use code BB25). Browse our new 2019–20 Anthropology and Sociology Catalog online or visit our website for a complete listing of all published and forthcoming titles. To celebrate, Berghahn Journals is offering full access to the entire Berghahn Open Anthro Collection until the end of the year. Please view details below. We hope to see you in Vancouver!  Best wishes, Berghahn Books

Below is a preview of some of our newest releases on display. To view more please visit our booth or browse our website.

Forthcoming June 2020!  OURS ONCE MORE Folklore, Ideology, and the Making of Modern Greece Michael Herzfeld Epilogue by Sharon Macdonald When this work – one that contributes to both the history and anthropology fields – first appeared in 1982, it was hailed as a landmark study of the role of folklore in nation-building. In this expanded edition, a new introduction by the author and an epilogue by Sharon Macdonald document its importance for current debates about Greece’s often contested place in the complex politics of the European Union.

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New Series! Catastrophes in Context Series Editors: Gregory V. Button,   University of Michigan at Ann Arbor Anthony Oliver-Smith,   University of Florida Mark Schuller,   Northern Illinois University Catastrophes in Context  aims to bring critical attention to the social, political, economic, and cultural structures that create disasters out of natural hazards or political events that shape the responses.

Vol. 2 DISASTER UPON DISASTER Exploring the Gap Between Knowledge, Policy and Practice Edited by Susanna M. Hoffman and Roberto E. Barrios Read Introduction

New Series! Politics of Repair Series Editors: Francisco Martínez, University of Leicester Patrick Laviolette, Anthropological Journal of European Cultures   Politics of Repair  is set up to study the social efficacy of fixing and mending as well as the link between the negligence of built forms and the visibility of power. The series welcomes comparative anthropological studies addressing how repair practices and perceptions of brokenness vary culturally and the resulting consequences for how we think about politics.

Vol. 1 REPAIR, BROKENNESS, BREAKTHROUGH Ethnographic Responses Edited by Francisco Martínez and Patrick Laviolette Read Introduction

New Series! Romani Studies Series Editor: Sam Beck,   Cornell University In the course of the twenty-first century, Europe has become aware that the Roma are its largest minority, with an estimated population of 11 million people. As a result, Romani Studies has emerged as an interdisciplinary field that offers perspectives derived from the humanities and social sciences in the context of state and transnational institutions.

Vol. 2 INWARD LOOKING The Impact of Migration on Romanipe from the Romani Perspective Aleksandar G. Marinov Read Introduction

New Series! Egalitarianism General Editor: Bruce Kapferer,   Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Bergen, and Honorary Professor, University College London Although frequently understood as having originated in the European Enlightenment and discussed as a key concept of a Western modernity, egalitarianism is conceived here as an energy underpinning most human action when confronted with forms of oppression that deny, destroy, inhibit or limit the achievement of human potential. The volumes in this series contribute to the general understanding of egalitarian processes and the barriers to their realization.

Forthcoming March 2020 Vol. 1 Open Access! AFTER THE PINK TIDE Corporate State Formation and New Egalitarianisms in Latin America Edited by Marina Gold and Alessandro Zagato

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MANAGEMENT BY SECLUSION A Critique of World Bank Promises to End Global Poverty Glynn Cochrane In this book, anthropologist and former World Bank Advisor Glynn Cochrane argues that instead of Washington’s “management by seclusion,” poverty alleviation requires personal engagement with the poorest by helpers with hands-on local and cultural skills. Read Introduction

BOURDIEU AND SOCIAL SPACE Mobilities, Trajectories, Emplacements Deborah Reed-Danahay Vol. 6, Worlds in Motion French sociologist and anthropologist Pierre Bourdieu’s relevance for studies of spatiality and mobility has received less attention than other aspects of his work. Here, Deborah Reed-Danahay argues that the concept of social space, central to Bourdieu’s ideas, addresses the structured inequalities that prevail in spatial choices and practices. Read Introduction

IT HAPPENS AMONG PEOPLE Resonances and Extensions of the Work of Fredrik Barth Edited by Keping Wu and Robert P. Weller Afterword by Ulf Hannerz Vol. 8, Wyse Series in Social Anthropology Written by eleven leading anthropologists from around the world, this volume extends the insights of Fredrik Barth, one of the most important anthropologists of the twentieth century, to push even further at the frontiers of anthropology and honor his memory. Read Introduction

MULTIPLE NATURE-CULTURES, DIVERSE ANTHROPOLOGIES Edited by Casper Bruun Jensen and Atsuro Morita Vol. 9, Studies in Social Analysis Over time, the role of nature in anthropology has evolved from being a mere backdrop for social and cultural diversity to being viewed as an integral part of the ontological entanglement of human and nonhuman agents. This transformation of the role of nature offers important insight into the relationships between diverse anthropological traditions.  Read Introduction

PC WORLDS Political Correctness and Rising Elites at the End of Hegemony Jonathan Friedman Vol. 2, Loose Can(n)ons This provocative work offers an anthropological analysis of the phenomenon of political correctness, both as a general phenomenon of communication, in which associations in space and time take precedence over the content of what is communicated, and at specific critical historical conjunctures at which new elites attempt to redefine social reality. Read Introduction

WATER, LIFE, AND PROFIT Fluid Economies and Cultures of Niamey, Niger Sara Beth Keough and Scott M. Youngstedt Water, Life, and Profit  offers a holistic analysis of the people, economies, cultural symbolism, and material culture involved in the management, production, distribution, and consumption of drinking water in the urban context of Niamey, Niger.  Read Introduction

CLAIMING HOMES Confronting Domicide in Rural China Charlotte Bruckermann Volume 26, Dislocations Chinese citizens make themselves at home despite economic transformation, political rupture, and domestic dislocation in the contemporary countryside. By mobilizing labor and kinship to make claims over homes, people, and things, rural residents withstand devaluation and confront dispossession. Read Introduction

SOMETIME KIN Layers of Memory, Boundaries of Ethnography Sandra Wallman In  Sometime Kin , Sandra Wallman paints the portrait of an Alpine settlement – its history, economy and culture, and its unusual resistance to outsiders and modernization. Against this, her journal shows the villagers embracing her four small children and acting as participant observers in the two-way process of research. Read Introduction

MOBILE URBANITY Somali Presence in Urban East Africa Edited by Neil Carrier and Tabea Scharrer This volume demystifies Somali residence and mobility in urban East Africa, showing its historical depth and exploring the social, cultural and political underpinnings of Somali-led urban transformation.  Read Introduction

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RESEARCH METHODS FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDIES OF FOOD AND NUTRITION Volumes I – III Edited by Janet Chrzan and John Brett Published in Association with the Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (SAFN) and in Collaboration with Rachel Black and Leslie Carlin 

Vol. I FOOD RESEARCH Nutritional Anthropology and Archaeological Methods Biocultural and archaeological research on food, past and present, often relies on very specific, precise, methods for data collection and analysis. These are presented here in a broad-based review. Read Introduction.

Vol. II FOOD CULTURE Anthropology, Linguistics and Food Studies This volume offers a comprehensive guide to methods used in the sociocultural, linguistic and historical research of food use. This volume is unique in offering food-related research methods from multiple academic disciplines, and includes methods that bridge disciplines to provide a thorough review of best practices. Read Introduction.

Vol. III FOOD HEALTH Nutrition, Technology, and Public Health This volume provides in-depth analysis and comprehensive review of methods necessary to design, plan, implement and analyze public health programming related to food and nutrition using anthropological best practices. Read Introduction.

BURGUNDY A Global Anthropology of Place and Taste Marion Demossier Vol. 43, New Directions in Anthropology Drawing on more than twenty years of fieldwork, this book explores the professional, social, and cultural world of Burgundy wines, the role of terroir, and its transnational deployment in China, Japan, South Korea, and New Zealand.  Read Introduction

SEARCHING FOR A BETTER LIFE Growing Up in the Slums of Bangkok Sorcha Mahony This book offers an ethnographic account of young people growing up in the slums of Bangkok, exploring their struggles to get by in conditions of severe structural constraint and the outcomes and side effects of their endeavours; in doing so, it offers an antidote to neoliberal assumptions about personal responsibility. Read Introduction

THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE FETUS Biology, Culture, and Society Edited by Sallie Han, Tracy K. Betsinger, and Amy B. Scott Vol. 37, Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives Anthropology of the Fetus  brings together specialists in biological anthropology, archaeology, and cultural anthropology.  Read Introduction

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EXPERIENCING ARCHAEOLOGY A Laboratory Manual of Classroom Activities, Demonstrations, and Minilabs for Introductory Archaeology Lara Homsey-Messer, Tracy Michaud, Angela Lockard Reed, and Victoria Bobo  See Accompanying Instructor Edition This laboratory-style manual compiles a wide variety of uniquely designed, hands-on classroom activities to acquaint advanced high school and introductory college students to the field of archaeology.  Read Introduction

BORN A SLAVE, DIED A PIONEER Nathan Harrison and the Historical Archaeology of Legend Seth Mallios Few people in the history of the United States embody ideals of the American Dream more than Nathan Harrison. His is a story with prominent themes of overcoming staggering obstacles, forging something-from-nothing, and evincing gritty perseverance. This book uses spectacular recent discoveries from the Nathan Harrison cabin site to offer new insights and perspectives into this most American biography. Read Introduction

PLAYING WITH THE PAST Exploring Values in Heritage Practice Kate Clark Playing with the Past  is the first ever action-learning book about heritage. Over eighty creative activities and games encompass the basics of heritage practice, from management and decision-making to community engagement and leadership. Although designed to ‘train the trainers’, the activities in the book are relevant to anyone involved in caring for heritage.  Read Preface

Berghahn Journals

Berghahn Journals is excited to introduce  Berghahn Open Anthro , a subscribe-to-open pilot launched in partnership with Libraria and Knowledge Unlatched to convert 13 core anthropology journals to open access in 2020! In recognition, we are offering full access to the entire BOA Collection until the end of the year. To redeem, please use code: AAA19. View redemption instructions Interested in supporting the BOA-S2O pilot for 2020?  Please recommend  one journal or the entire collection to your library!

In addition to celebrating BOA-S2O at the AAA reception, we will also be marking the transfer of editorship from Environment and Society founding editors Paige West and Dan Brockington to Amelia Moore and Jerry Jacka.

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