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1. Christopher Pinney

Pleasure and the Nation

This text addresses aspects of popular culture in a manner that connects with contemporary political controversy, for example liberalization and Hinduvata. It concentrates mainly on film and mass media, and includes contributions by Ravi Vasudevan, Patricia Uberoi, Sara Dickey and Nicholas Dirks.

Citizens of Photography

“Ambitious in its theoretical and ethnographic reach, this vital volume robustly explores the unruly political potentialities of photography while laying out multiple directions for a future anthropology of photography. Citizens of Photography is a landmark book.” - Karen Strassler, author of (Demanding Images: Democracy, Mediation, and the Image-Event in Indonesia) "Citizens of Photography is a coherent whole. It is both a theoretical and participant-observational work in anthropology, and thankfully, the latter does not get trumped by the former. The volume would be accessible to a variety of disciplinary orientations, and the chapters work in tandem or for stand-alone use in undergraduate or graduate courses. In short, Citizens of Photography is a welcome addition to any cannon related to media, visual, or political anthropology." - Leighton C. Peterson (Visual Communication Quarterly) "For the careful reader, untold stories of unknown photographers and cultural tropes emerge that reveal worlds of photographic and ethnographic practice from many countries often ignored by Anglo-American historians. How do other cultures use photography? This volume answers this question and analyzes the results. Recommended. General readers through faculty." - R. Hackemann (Choice)

Citizens of Photography

“Ambitious in its theoretical and ethnographic reach, this vital volume robustly explores the unruly political potentialities of photography while laying out multiple directions for a future anthropology of photography. Citizens of Photography is a landmark book.” - Karen Strassler, author of (Demanding Images: Democracy, Mediation, and the Image-Event in Indonesia) "Citizens of Photography is a coherent whole. It is both a theoretical and participant-observational work in anthropology, and thankfully, the latter does not get trumped by the former. The volume would be accessible to a variety of disciplinary orientations, and the chapters work in tandem or for stand-alone use in undergraduate or graduate courses. In short, Citizens of Photography is a welcome addition to any cannon related to media, visual, or political anthropology." - Leighton C. Peterson (Visual Communication Quarterly) "For the careful reader, untold stories of unknown photographers and cultural tropes emerge that reveal worlds of photographic and ethnographic practice from many countries often ignored by Anglo-American historians. How do other cultures use photography? This volume answers this question and analyzes the results. Recommended. General readers through faculty." - R. Hackemann (Choice)

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"The Savage Hits Back" Revisited

In einer weitgehend in Vergessenheit geratenen Intervention kehrte der Kurator und Ethnologe Julius Lips den kolonialen Blick auf die "Anderen" um. 1937 im Exil publiziert, versammelt sein Buch "The Savage Hits Back or the White Man through Native Eyes" Artefakte aus kolonialen Kontaktzonen, die den Europäer als exotischen oder barbarischen Fremden zeigen. Die Autoren des vorliegenden Bandes werfen einen neuen Blick auf Werk und Biografien von Julius und Eva Lips und befassen sich mit Ethnologie, Kunstwissenschaft und musealen Praktiken vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Dabei erkunden sie die Spuren einer Inversion des Blicks in der globalen Kunst und die Möglichkeiten einer symmetrischen Kunstgeschichte und Anthropologie. - Mit einem Bestandskatalog der "Sammlung Lips" im Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Köln.

1. Christopher Pinney

The Waterless Sea

The Waterless Sea is the first book devoted to the theories and history of mirages. Christopher Pinney navigates a sinuous pathway through a mysterious and evanescent terrain, showing how mirages have impacted politics, culture, science, and religion, and how we can continue to learn from their sublimity.

1. Chris Pinney

The Complete Home Veterinary Guide

Intended for those enthusiasts who want to take intelligent, loving care of their pets - whether that pet be a dog, cat, bird, fish, or some exotic species. This book covers: preventive health care, diet, grooming, training, diseases, traveling with pets, selection, first aid, anatomy, holistic pet care, and much more.