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Behind bars: an investigation of bartenders in Missouri-St. Louis
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2000) -
The Berdache as shaman: an analysis
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1984)The phenomenon of berdache sexual inversion among the Northern Plains Indians continues to be both a source of interest and confusion for anthropologists. Early ethnohistoric literature and later causal analyses of the ... -
Beyond the plan: plot farming in Hungary
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1983)In the course of the collectivization campaign in Hungary, the options open to the peasantry were very limited or at least heavily channeled toward specific directions. Options were open, however, as regards the engagement ... -
Beyond the total institution: an ethnographic report
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1973)The following description of recidivistic ex-inmates is drawn from an ongoing participant observational study of unemployed seamen living in several sailors' taverns on the waterfront of a European port. Data was collected ... -
Bhakti, Buddhism and the Bhagavad-Gita
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1977)In this paper, author outlines one possible influence in the development of the doctrine of Bhakti-Marga (a devotional type of worship in Hinduism) as presented in the Bhagavad-Gita (a Hindu philosophical text). This ... -
Bitch: an example of semantic development and change
(Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1984)Perhaps the most undisputable statement which can be made about language is that it changes. This process of change has occurred since the beginning of spoken language and most definitely remains active in the present ... -
Book review: A Group Called Women: Sisterhood and Symbolism in the Feminist Movement, Joan Cassell, 1977
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2008) -
Book review: A history of anthropological theory, Paul A.Erickson and Liam D.Murphy, 2001
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2005)Review of the 2nd edition of the college textbook "A History of Anthropological Theory" by Erickson and Murphy, 2001. Recommended as a good overview of major anthropological theories and figures. -
Book review: Adams, Vincanne. Tigers of the snow and other virtual Sherpas; an ethnography of Himalayan encounters. 1996, Princeton University Press. Princeton, New Jersey.
(Wichita State University. Dept. of Anthropology, 1998) -
Book review: An Introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia, Paul Sillitoe, 1998
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)A book review of "An introduction to the anthropology of Melanesia : culture and tradition" by Paul Sillitoe (1998). -
Book review: Cebuano sorcery: Malign magic in the Philippines, Richard Lieban, 1967
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2009)Review of the book Cebuano Sorcery: Malign Magic in the Philippines by Richard Lieban (viii, 163 p., University of California Press, 1967) -
Book review: Cholera:The biography. Christopher Hamlin, Oxford University Press, 2009
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2010) -
Book review: Coming of age in Second Life: an anthropologist explores the virtually human. Tom Boellstorff, 2008. Princeton University Press
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2010) -
Book review: Dark nature: a natural history of evil, Lyall Watson, 1995
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2004)A review of a popular science book "Dark Nature" by biologist-naturalist Dr. Lyall Watson that discusses evil from the point of view of sociobiology. -
Book review: Dude, you're a fag: Masculinity and sexuality in high school, C.J. Pascoe, 2007
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2008)Review of the book Dude, you’re a fag : masculinity and sexuality in high school by C.J. Pascoe (xii, 227 p., Univ. of California Press, 2007) -
Book review: Extinct Humans by Ian Tattersall and Jeffery Schwartz, 2000
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2002)Book review of Extinct Humans by Ian Tattersall and Jeffery Schwartz, 2000 -
Book review: Full house: the spread of excellence from Plato to Darwin, Stephen Jay Gould, 1997
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2003)Reviewer discusses two major themes of the Stephen Jay Gould's book "Full house: the spread of excellence from Plato and Darwin: variation and progress as well as author's comparison cultural and biological interpretation ... -
Book review: Generation X: Anthropology in a Media-Saturated World by Sherry B. Ortner, 1995
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)A review of the article “Generation X: Anthropology in a Media Saturated World.” (Ethos 23(3): 414-440) by Sherry B. Ortner. -
Book review: Good company: A study of Nyakyusa age-villages, Monica Wilson, 1963
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2009)Review of the book Good Company: A Study of Nyakyusa Age-Villages by Monica Wilson (XII, 278 p., Beacon Press, 1963) -
Book review: In one's own shadow:an ethnographic account of the condition of post-reform rural China, Xin Liu, 2000
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2008)