We Were Adivasis: Aspiration in an Indian Scheduled Tribe
We Were Adivasis takes readers into the daily lives and aspirations of the Dhanka of Rajasthan—a community that challenges anthropological imaginations. Since the 1950s, the Dhanka have…
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Review Essay: Managing Uncertainty: The Linguistic Transformation of Markets, Governance, and Politics
In today’s era of finance-dominated accumulation, global governance, and increasing economic precarity, Arjun Appadurai claims the ‘spirit of uncertainty’ has reawakened. Ulrich Beck (1992) once ascribed this…
When I Wear My Alligator Boots: Narco-Culture in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
When I Wear My Alligator Boots: Narco-Culture in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands is an ethnography of the drug industry’s asymmetrical distribution…
Days of Revolution: Political Unrest in an Iranian Village
Days of Revolution is an ethnography of politics in Iran, seen from the perspective of a village half an…