Everyday Nationalism–Now Available
11/06/2009
Everyday Nationalism: Women of the Hindu Right in India Kalyani Devaki Menon 272 pages | 6 x 9 | 4 illus. Cloth Nov 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4196-9 | $49.95 |… READ MORE
Category: Anthropology
The Blacks of Premodern China–Now Available
11/05/2009
The Blacks of Premodern China Don J. Wyatt 208 pages | 6 x 9 | 7 illus. Cloth 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4193-8 | $65.00 | £42.50 A volume in the… READ MORE
The Anatomy Murders Corpse of the Day–Dr. Robert Knox
10/28/2009
Many ironies surround the life and body of Robert Knox. Unlike the 16 people who William Burke and William Hare murdered and sold to anatomist Robert Knox for use in his teaching facilities, Knox died of natural causes. Knox’s corpse was buried in tact in 1862, over 30 years after he and his underlings had dismembered and pickled the victims of Burke and Hare.
Historian Lisa Rosner writes, “Robert Knox has been an enigma since his purchase of Burke’s and Hare’s cadavers was first made public.” How could a man of medicine be involved in a series of cold-blooded killings? How could a brilliant scientist fail to notice or suspect that the remarkably fresh bodies on his dissection table had been the victims of foul play? Was Knox, “the boy who buys the beef,” a villain or a fool? History rarely gives simple either-or answers to these questions.
Landscapes of Movement: Trails, Paths, and Roads in Anthropological Perspective–Now Available
Landscapes of Movement: Trails, Paths, and Roads in Anthropological Perspective Edited by James E. Snead, Clark L. Erickson, and J. Andrew Darling 256 pages | 6 x 9 | 79… READ MORE
Ethnographies of Neoliberalism–Now Available
Ethnographies of Neoliberalism Edited by Carol J. Greenhouse 376 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4192-1 | $55.00 | £36.00 What happens when citizens are refashioned as… READ MORE
Do Museums Still Need Objects?–Now Available
10/14/2009
Do Museums Still Need Objects? Steven Conn 272 pages | 6 x 9 | 34 illus. Cloth 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4190-7 | $39.95 | £26.00 A volume in the Arts… READ MORE
2 Scary Books by David D. Gilmore now in Paperback–Monsters and Misogyny
09/15/2009
Misogyny: The Male Malady David D. Gilmore 272 pages | 6 x 9 Paper 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-1770-4 | $22.50 | £15.00 David D. Gilmore studies the phenomenon of women-hating,… READ MORE
A New Penn Press Podcast–Do Museums Still Need Objects?
09/02/2009
In the September podcast historian Steven Conn, author of Do Museums Still Need Objects? talks about how American museums have changed over the twentieth century and what roles these popular… READ MORE
City: Rediscovering the Center–Now in Paperback with a foreword by Paco Underhill
08/31/2009
City: Rediscovering the Center By William H. Whyte. Foreword by Paco Underhill 408 pages | 7 x 10 | 95 illus. Paper 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-2074-2 | $24.95 | £16.50… READ MORE
How God Became African—Now Available
07/28/2009
How God Became African: African Spirituality and Western Secular Thought Gerrie ter Haar 128 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4173-0 | $34.95 | £23.00 While African… READ MORE
