Social Anthropology

Book Reviewed in this article: Amit, Vered (ed.). 2002.Realizing community. Concepts, social relationships and sentiments. Anderson, Kit. 2003. Nature, culture and big old trees. Live oaks and ceibas in the landscapes of Louisiana and Guatemala. Ardener, Shirley (ed.) 2002. Swedish ventures in the Cameroon, 1883–1923. Trade and travel, people and politics. Balzani, Marzia. 2003. Modern Indian kingship. Tradition, legitimacy and power in Rajasthan. Cohen, Abner. 2004. Custom and politics in urban Africa. A study of Hausa migrants in Yoruba towns. Duranti, Alessandro (ed.). 2003. A companion to linguistic anthropology. Ebron, Paula A. 2002. Performing Africa. Ferreira, Cé 'sar, and Eduardo Dargent‐Chamot. 2003. Culture and customs of Peru. Hayward, Keith. 2004. City limits. Crime, consumer culture and the urban experience. Lanclos, Donna M. 2003. At play in Belfast, Children's folklore and identities in Northern Ireland. Modell, Judith S. 2002. A sealed and secret kinship. The culture of politics and practices in American adoption. Neveu, Catherine. 2003. Citoyenneté et espace public. Habitants, jeunes et citoyens dans une ville du Nord. Olwig, Karen Fog and Eva Gulløv (eds.). 2003. Children's places. Cross‐cultural perspectives. Pinney, Christopher, and Nicholas Thomas (eds.). 2001. Beyond aesthetics. Art and the technologies of enchantment. Robbins, Joel. 2004. Becoming sinners. Christianity and moral torment in a Papua New Guinea society. Starr, June, and Mark Goodale (eds). 2002. Practising ethnography in law. New dialogues, enduring methods. Stewart, Pamela J., and Andrew Strathern. 2004. Witchcraft, sorcery, rumors and gossip. Turner, Lucien M. 2001 [1894]. Ethnology of the Ungava district, Hudson Bay Territory. Wilson, Ara. 2004. The intimate economies of Bangkok. Tomboys, tycoons and Avon ladies in the global city. Yamashita, Shinji. 2003. Bali and beyond. Explorations in the anthropology of tourism. Translated, with an introduction by J. S. Eades.

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