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Ghosh, Sahana. 2023. A Thousand Tiny Cuts: Mobility and Security across the Bangladesh–India Borderlands . Oakland, CA: University of California Press. 296 pp. Pb.: US$29.95, ISBN: 9780520395732. Bell, Kirsten. 2022. Silent but Deadly: The Underlying Cultural Patterns of Everyday Behaviour . London: Caw Press. 288 pp. Pb.: £11.99, ISBN: 978-1-3999-3632-3. Morris, Julia Caroline. 2023. Asylum and Extraction in the Republic of Nauru . Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 308 pp. Hb.: US$67.95, ISBN: 9781501765865. Liebelt, Claudia. 2023. Istanbul Appearances: Beauty and the Making of Middle-Class Femininities in Urban Turkey . New York: Syracuse University Press. 344 pp. Hb.: US$80.00, ISBN: 9780815637905. Schuster, Caroline E., illustrated by E. Bernardou and D. Bueno. 2023. Forecasts: A Story of Weather and Finance at the Edge of Disaster. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 232 pp. Pb.: US$28.95, ISBN: 9781487542238. Kwon, June Hee. 2023. Borderland Dreams: The Transnational Lives of Korean Chinese Workers . Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 241 pp. Pb.: US$26.95, ISBN: 9781478025337. Bandak, Andreas and Daniel M. Knight (eds.). 2024. Porous Becomings: Anthropological Engagements with Michel Serres . Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 344 pp. Pb.: US$29.95, ISBN: 978-1-4780-3028-7. Zeitlyn, David. 2022. An Anthropological Toolkit: Sixty Useful Concepts . Oxford: Berghahn. 155 pp. Pb.: £9.99, ISBN: 978-1-80073-535-4. Vevaina, Leilah. 2023. Trust Matters: Parsi Endowments in Mumbai and the Horoscope of a City. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 224 pp. Pb.: US$26.95, ISBN-13: 978-1478025399. Weiss, Margot (ed.). 2024. Unsettling Queer Anthropology: Foundations, Reorientations, and Departures . Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 344 pp. Pb.: US$29.95, ISBN: 9781478030386. Shrestha, Tina. 2023. Surviving the Sanctuary City: Asylum-Seeking Work in Nepali New York . Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. 242 pp. Pb.: US$30.00, ISBN: 9780295751528. McKinley, Alexander. 2024. Mountain at a Center of the World: Pilgrimage and Pluralism in Sri Lanka. New York: Columbia University Press. 344 pp. Pb.: US$35.00, ISBN: 9780231210614. Thiemann, André. 2024. The Politics of Relations: How Self-Government, Infrastructures, and Care Transform the State in Serbia. Oxford: Berghahn Books. 302 pp. Hb.: £99.00. ISBN: 978-1-80539-551-5. Bond, David. 2022. Negative Ecologies: Fossil Fuels and the Discovery of the Environment . Oakland, CA: University of California Press. 262 pp. Pb.: US$29.95, ISBN: 9780520386785. Kato, Etsuko. 2024. Mobile Japanese Migrants to the Pacific West and East: Self-searching, Work, and Identification . New York: Routledge. 194 pp. Hb.: US$169.77, ISBN: 9781032539645.

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Social Anthropology
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2025-03-01
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Ghosh, Sahana. 2023. A Thousand Tiny Cuts: Mobility and Security across the Bangladesh–India Borderlands . Oakland, CA: University of California Press. 296 pp. Pb.: US$29.95, ISBN: 9780520395732. Bell, Kirsten. 2022. Silent but Deadly: The Underlying Cultural Patterns of Everyday Behaviour . London: Caw Press. 288 pp. Pb.: £11.99, ISBN: 978-1-3999-3632-3. Morris, Julia Caroline. 2023. Asylum and Extraction in the Republic of Nauru . Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 308 pp. Hb.: US$67.95, ISBN: 9781501765865. Liebelt, Claudia. 2023. Istanbul Appearances: Beauty and the Making of Middle-Class Femininities in Urban Turkey . New York: Syracuse University Press. 344 pp. Hb.: US$80.00, ISBN: 9780815637905. Schuster, Caroline E., illustrated by E. Bernardou and D. Bueno. 2023. Forecasts: A Story of Weather and Finance at the Edge of Disaster. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 232 pp. Pb.: US$28.95, ISBN: 9781487542238. Kwon, June Hee. 2023. Borderland Dreams: The Transnational Lives of Korean Chinese Workers . Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 241 pp. Pb.: US$26.95, ISBN: 9781478025337. Bandak, Andreas and Daniel M. Knight (eds.). 2024. Porous Becomings: Anthropological Engagements with Michel Serres . Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 344 pp. Pb.: US$29.95, ISBN: 978-1-4780-3028-7. Zeitlyn, David. 2022. An Anthropological Toolkit: Sixty Useful Concepts . Oxford: Berghahn. 155 pp. Pb.: £9.99, ISBN: 978-1-80073-535-4. Vevaina, Leilah. 2023. Trust Matters: Parsi Endowments in Mumbai and the Horoscope of a City. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 224 pp. Pb.: US$26.95, ISBN-13: 978-1478025399. Weiss, Margot (ed.). 2024. Unsettling Queer Anthropology: Foundations, Reorientations, and Departures . Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 344 pp. Pb.: US$29.95, ISBN: 9781478030386. Shrestha, Tina. 2023. Surviving the Sanctuary City: Asylum-Seeking Work in Nepali New York . Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. 242 pp. Pb.: US$30.00, ISBN: 9780295751528. McKinley, Alexander. 2024. Mountain at a Center of the World: Pilgrimage and Pluralism in Sri Lanka. New York: Columbia University Press. 344 pp. Pb.: US$35.00, ISBN: 9780231210614. Thiemann, André. 2024. The Politics of Relations: How Self-Government, Infrastructures, and Care Transform the State in Serbia. Oxford: Berghahn Books. 302 pp. Hb.: £99.00. ISBN: 978-1-80539-551-5. Bond, David. 2022. Negative Ecologies: Fossil Fuels and the Discovery of the Environment . Oakland, CA: University of California Press. 262 pp. Pb.: US$29.95, ISBN: 9780520386785. Kato, Etsuko. 2024. Mobile Japanese Migrants to the Pacific West and East: Self-searching, Work, and Identification . New York: Routledge. 194 pp. Hb.: US$169.77, ISBN: 9781032539645.

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