The Truth about Crime
Sovereignty, Knowledge, Social Order
“The Comaroffs’ constant articulation of sparkling ethnographic vignettes, rich statistical data, and highly imaginative insights makes for a truly effervescent argumentation, creative and, at the same time, thoroughly documented. With this combination they offer a powerful book that newly addresses a theme that is becoming central all over the world: our increasing obsession with (in)security.”—Peter Geschiere, author of Witchcraft, Intimacy, and Trust
Paper $27.50
Everyday Creativity
Singing Goddesses in the Himalayan Foothills
With a Foreword by Philip V. Bohlman
“Fluid, readable, and evocative, Everyday Creativity is enriched by Narayan’s trademark: a painterly mastery of charming, descriptive prose. We might almost forget that we are reading anthropology—yet her deep insights are gracefully woven throughout.”—Ann Grodzins Gold, coauthor of Listen to the Heron’s Words
Paper $25.00
Displaying Death and Animating Life
Human-Animal Relations in Art, Science, and Everyday Life
“An important and moving book. Reading it is a bit like catching an unexpected glimpse of yourself in a reflection and being worried about what you see. How is it that we remain, as a culture, so largely unreflective about animals and their place in our lives?”—NPR.org
Paper $30.00
Dark Matter of the Mind
The Culturally Articulated Unconscious
“Everett draws on his own deep insights gained from living and working in non-Western cultures in order to make a powerful argument for the influence of culture on unconscious forces that underlie human behavior and the individual’s sense of self.”—Elena Levy, University of Connecticut
Cloth $40.00
Affective Circuits
African Migrations to Europe and the Pursuit of Social Regeneration
“Filled with smart theory and vivid case studies—of transnational marriage, sexual triads, state-sponsored polygyny, agonistic family ordeals, child fostering, drug mules, Congolese sapeurs, and a range of other material-affective circuits—this elegant collection advances migration studies in new and unexpected directions, while also reanimating that old topic—the anthropology of kinship—that never goes away.”—Charles Piot, author of Nostalgia for the Future
Paper $35.00
Mothers on the Move
Reproducing Belonging between Africa and Europe
“A sensitive, well-grounded, and beautifully written study of the dilemmas immigrant mothers face when they migrate and the social strategies and community resources they mobilize in handling those conflicts.”—Cati Coe, author of The Scattered Family
Paper $30.00
African Futures
Essays on Crisis, Emergence, and Possibility
“At once theoretically invigorating and ethnographically attuned, African Futures brings together many of the most original thinkers in the field for a thoroughly anti-teleological consideration of the future. This book sets the terms of debate for a new and vital moment in Africanist anthropology.”—Julie Livingston, New York University
Paper $30.00
Provisional Authority
Police, Order, and Security in India
“A fascinating, rich, and resonant book. I know of no study that brings such an acute ethnographic sensibility to bear on police stations and structures as social institutions, or on those who work and live within those institutions.”—Donald Brenneis, University of California, Santa Cruz
Paper $35.00
Derivatives and the Wealth of Societies
“Derivatives have been a transformative financial innovation but have multiplied risks and complexities. Lee and Martin make an important contribution tracing the history of derivatives, how they work, and why they are important beyond technical finance.”—Craig Calhoun, director, London School of Economics
Paper $30.00
Landscapes of Accumulation
Real Estate and the Neoliberal Imagination in Contemporary India
“Landscapes of Accumulation is excellent—original, highly engaging, and on an important topic that currently lacks much quality scholarship. Searle particularly excels at posing key questions through her captivating narratives. This book clarifies a complex production process—it truly is fascinating research.”—Michael Goldman, University of Minnesota
Paper $27.50
Ours to Lose
When Squatters Became Homeowners in New York City
“Combining oral history and ethnography, Starecheski offers a remarkably candid account of how our private property regime operates to enrich the wealthy, indebt the majority, and exclude the vulnerable—yet also how alternative possibilities can nonetheless take root within the interstices of capitalism itself. This is a hard-hitting and important book.”—Kathryn Dudley, Yale University
Paper $30.00