Results for "Gottlieb, Alma"

How do we learn what failure looks like? During the years anthropologist Magnus Course spent living with Indigenous Mapuche people in southern Chile, he came to understand failure--both his own and those of the discipline of anthropology--through Mapuche narratives of the witch, the clown, and the u... Read More about Three Ways to Fail: Journeys Through Mapuche Chile (Contemporary Ethnography)

How do we learn what failure looks like? During the years anthropologist Magnus Course spent living with Indigenous Mapuche people in southern Chile, he came to understand failure--both his own and those of the discipline of anthropology--through Mapuche narratives of the witch, the clown, and the u... Read More about Three Ways to Fail: Journeys Through Mapuche Chile (Contemporary Ethnography)

Should babies sleep alone in cribs, or in bed with parents? Is talking to babies useful, or a waste of time? A World of Babies provides different answers to these and countless other childrearing questions, precisely because diverse communities around the world hold drastically different beliefs abo... Read More about A World of Babies

Examining cultures as diverse as long-house dwellers in North Borneo, African farmers, Welsh housewives, and postindustrial American workers, this volume dramatically redefines the anthropological study of menstrual customs. It challenges the widespread image of a universal "menstrual taboo" as well... Read More about Blood Magic: The Anthropology of Menstruation

In a compelling mix of literary narrative and ethnography, anthropologist Alma Gottlieb and writer Philip Graham continue the long journey of cultural engagement with the Beng people of Côte d’Ivoire that they first recounted in their award-winning memoir Parallel Worlds. Their commitment over the s... Read More about Braided Worlds

In this companion volume to Parallel Worlds, Alma Gottlieb explores ideology and social practices among the Beng people of Côte d'Ivoire. Employing symbolic and postmodern perspectives, she highlights the dynamically paired notions of identity and difference, symbolized by the kapok tree planted at ... Read More about Under the Kapok Tree: Identity and Difference in Beng Thought