Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Anthropology & history Barker, Francis, Peter Hulme & Margaret Iversen (eds), Cannibalism and the colonial world Hezel, Francis X. The new shape of old island culture: a half century of social change in Micronesia Horton, Mark & John Middleton, The Swahili: the social landscape of a mercantile society Odner, Knut, Tradition and transmission: Bantu, Indo–European and Circumpolar great traditions Poyer, Lin, Suzanne Falgout & Laurence Carucci, The typhoon of war: Micronesian experiences of the Pacific war Silverman, Marilyn, An Irish working class: explorations in political economy and hegemony, 1800–1950Archaeology Bradley, Richard, An archaeology of natural places Chapman, John, Fragmentation in archaeology: people, places and broken objects in the prehistory of south eastern Europe Dietler, Michael & Brian Hayden (eds), Feasts: archaeological and ethnographic perspectives on food, politics, and power Feinman, Gary & Linda Manzanilla (eds), Cultural evolution: contemporary viewpoints Insoll, Timothy (ed.), Archaeology and world religion Stuart, David E., Anasazi America: seventeen centuries on the road from Center PlaceGender Baylies, Carolyn & Janet Bujra, AIDS, sexuality and gender in Africa: collective strategies and struggles in Tanzania and Zambia Craske, Nikki & Maxine Molyneux (eds), Gender and the politics of rights and democracy in Latin America Joyce, Rosemary A., Gender and power in prehispanic Mesoamerica Washabaugh, William (ed.), The passion of music and dance: body, gender and sexualityMedical Anthropology Furth, Charlotte, A flourishing yin: gender in China’s medical history, 960–1665 Hsu, Elisabeth, The transmission of Chinese medicine Jacobsen, Frode F., Theories of sickness and misfortune amongst the Hadandowa Beja: narratives as points of entry into Beja cultural knowledge Nisula, Tapio, Everyday spirits and medical interventions: ethnographic and historical notes on therapeutic conventions in Zanzibar TownSocial Anthropology Dei, Kojo A., Ties that bind: youth and drugs in a black community Harrell Stevan (ed.), Perspectives on the Yi of Southwest China Helliwell, Christine, Never stand alone: a study of Borneo sociality Hockings, Paul, Kindreds of the earth: Badaga household structure and demography Hollos, Marida, Scandal in a small town: understanding modern Hungary through the stories of three families Skultans, Vieda, The testimony of lives: narrative and memory in post–Soviet Latvia Juillerat, Bernard, Children of the blood: society, reproduction and cosmology in New Guinea Myers, Fred R. (ed.), The empire of things: regimes of value and material culture Pradelles de Latour, Charles–Henry, Incroyance et paternités Ravis–Giordani, Georges (ed.). Amitiés: anthropologie et histoire Silverman, Eric Kline, Masculinity, motherhood and mockery: psychoanalyzing culture and the Iatmul Naven rite in New Guinea Younger, Paul, Playing host to deity: festival religion in the South Indian traditionThe body Brodwin, Paul. E. (ed.). Biotechnology and culture: bodies, anxieties, ethics Collingham, E.M. Imperial bodies: the physical experience of the Raj c.1800–1947 Rautman, Alison E. (ed.). Reading the body: representations and remains in the archaeological recordTheory Eriksen, Thomas Hylland & Finn Sivert Nielsen. A history of anthropology Long, Norman. Development sociology: actor perspectives Mulvaney, John, Howard Morphy & Alison Petch (eds). My dear Spencer: the letters of F. J. Gillen to Baldwin Spencer Patterson, Thomas C. A social history of anthropology in the United States Roughley, Neil (ed.). Being humans: anthropological universality and particularity in transdisciplinary perspectives Runciman, W.G. (ed.). The origin of human social institutions Salzman, Philip Carl. Understanding culture: an introduction to anthropological theory Sassi, Maria Michela (transl. Paul Tucker). The science of man in ancient Greece Scott, Joan W. & Debra Keates (eds). Schools of thought: twenty–five years of interpretive social science Stocking, George W. Jr. Delimiting anthropology: occasional inquiries and reflections