Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Anthropology and History Deloria, Philip J, Playing Indian DiköTter, Frank, Imperfect Conceptions: Medical Knowledge, Birth Defects, And Eugenics In China Edwards, Elizabeth, Raw Histories: Photographs, Anthropology And Museums Freeman, Derek, The Fateful Hoaxing Of Margaret Mead: A Historical Analysis Of Her Samoan Research Howe, K.R. Nature, Culture And History: The ‘Knowing’ Of Oceania Macgaffey, Wyatt, Kongo Political Culture: The Conceptual Challenge Of The Particular Restall, Matthew, The Maya World: Yucatec Culture And Society, 1550‐1850 Rowse, Tim, Obliged To Be Difficult: Nugget Coombs’ Legacy In Indigenous Affairs Scott, Susan & Christopher J. Duncan, Biology Of Plagues: Evidence From Historical Populations Anthropology Of Religion Aigle, Denise, Et Al , La Politique Des Esprits: Chamanismes Et Religions Universalistes Berti Daniela, La Parole Des Dieux: Rituels De Possession En Himalaya Indien Feuchtwang, Stephan, Popular Religion In China: The Imperial Metaphor Kershaw, Eva Maria, A Study Of Brunei Dusun Religion: Ethnic Priesthood On A Frontier Of Islam Marchand, Trevor H.J, Minaret Building And Apprenticeship In Yemen Nye, Malory, Multiculturalism And Minority Religions In Britain: Krishna Consciousness, Religious Freedom, And The Politics Of Location Shankland, David, Islam And Society In Turkey Werbner, Pnina & Helen Basu (Eds), Embodying Charisma: Modernity, Locality And The Performance Of Emotion In Sufi Cults General Bickel, Balthasar & Martin Gaenszle (Eds), Himalayan Space: Cultural Horizons And Practices Cobean, Robert H. & Alba Guadalupe Mastache (Trans. R. Vandenbosch), TepetitláN: A Rural Household In The Toltec Heart‐Land De Soto, Hermine G. & Nora Dudwick (Eds), Fieldwork Dilemmas: Anthropologists In Postsocialist States Dominy, MichèLe D. Calling The Station Home: Place And Identity In New Zealand’S High Country Fienup‐Riordan, Ann, Et Al , Hunting Tradition In A Changing World: Yup’Ik Lives In Alaska Today Foner, Nancy (Ed.), Islands In The City: West Indian Migration To New York Gruenbaum, Ellen, The Female Circumcision Controversy: An Anthropological Perspective Guss, David M, The Festive State: Race, Ethnicity And Nationalism As Cultural Performance Houtman, Gustaaf, Mental Culture In Burmese Crisis Politics: Aung San Suu Kyi And The National League For Democracy Kemper, Steven, Buying And Believing: Sri Lankan Advertising And Consumers In A Transnational World Paley, Julia, Marketing Democracy: Power And Social Movements In Post‐Dictatorship Chile Language And Linguistics Bowerman, Melissa & Stephen C. Levinson (Eds), Language Acquisition And Conceptual Development Casajus, Dominique, Gens De Parole: Langage, PoéSie Et Politique En Pays Touareg Dedrick, John M. & Eugene H. Casad, Sonora Yaqui Language Structures Method And Theory Abramson, J.A. Art In Non‐Literate Societies: Structural Approaches And Implications For Sociocultural And System Theories De Munck, Victor, Culture, Self, And Meaning Dresch, Paul, Wendy James & David Parkin (Eds), Anthropologists In A Wider World: Essays On Field Research Godbout, Jacques T. & Alain Caillé, The World Of The Gift Grainger, Roger, The Social Symbolism Of Grief And Mourning Robertson, A.F. Greed: Gut Feelings, Growth, And History Sahlins, Marshall, Culture In Practice: Selected Essays Slater, Don & Fran Tonkiss, Market Society: Markets And Modern Social Theory Social Anthropology Akin, David & Joel Robbins (Eds), Money And Modernity: State And Local Currencies In Melanesia Alexander, Claire E. The Asian Gang: Ethnicity, Identity, Masculinity Cameron, Mary M. On The Edge Of The Auspicious: Gender And Caste In Nepal Fleisher, Michael L. Kuria Cattle Raiders: Violence And Vigilantism On The Tanzania/Kenya Frontier Gammeltoft, Tine, Women’S Bodies, Women’S Worries: Health And Family Planning In A Vietnamese Rural Community Gardner, Peter M. Bicultural Diversity As A Frontier Adaptation Among Paliyan Foragers Of South India Herdt, Gilbert, Sambia Sexual Culture: Essays From The Field Just, Roger, A Greek Island Cosmos Osella, Filippo & Caroline Osella, Social Mobility In Kerala: Modernity And Identity In Conflict Stone, Linda (Ed.), New Directions In Anthropological Kinship Valeri, Valerio, The Forest Of Taboos: Morality, Hunting And Identity Among The Huaulu Of The Moluccas Correction Pamela J. Stewart & Andrew Strathern (Eds), Identity Work: Constructing Pacific Lives