Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Bae, Christopher J., The Paleoanthropology of Eastern Asia. 277 pp. 2024:9 (U. Hawai'i Pr., US) <733-971>
ISBN 978-0-8248-9765-9 paper ¥17,248.- (税込) US$ 80.00

In Asia, research in human evolution has long been considered to have lagged far behind what was going on in places like Africa and Europe. Oftentimes this is due to the limited dissemination of research findings rather than the lack of actual research. The Paleoanthropology of Eastern Asia is an attempt to rectify this discrepancy by providing rich evidence rooted in deep research traditions from East and Southeast Asia. It covers fossils from the earliest arrival of hominins more than two million years ago to the end of the last Ice Age 15,000 years ago. During this wide span of time, many exciting and important events happened in eastern Asia. The earliest hominins arrived in the region; various hominin species evolved and interacted with one another, including Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, and a few more in between. While fossils can reveal what these hominins may have looked like, the rich Paleolithic archaeological record yields clues to their behavior. Handaxes have been found in eastern Asia where they were previously believed to have been absent. Watercraft was used by foragers as early as 40,000 years ago to reach regions like the Japanese archipelago, showing that deep-sea voyaging has a long and deep history. In Indonesia, captivating cave art older than the famous Lascaux paintings from France have been reported. The story continues with a tremendous amount of new and important discoveries from the region being reported almost daily. Providing comprehensive coverage of paleoanthropological research in eastern Asia-from the groundbreaking finds in a cave near Beijing in the early twentieth century to the discovery and identification of new human species during the twenty-first century-this book will interest anyone wishing to learn about the human evolutionary record.

Krutak, Lars, Tattoo Traditions of Asia: Ancient and Contemporary Expressions of Identity. 277 pp. 2024:10 (U. Hawai'i Pr., US) <733-981>
ISBN 978-0-8248-9570-9 hard ¥19,404.- (税込) US$ 90.00 *

For millennia, tattoos have documented the history of humanity one painful mark at a time. They form a visual language on the skin, expressing an individual's desires and fears as well as cultural values, family ties, and spiritual beliefs on the surfaces of the body. The Indigenous peoples of Asia have created some of the world's oldest and most distinctive tattoos, but their many contributions to body art and practice have been largely overlooked. Tattoo Traditions of Asia is the first single volume dedicated to the anthropological study of an ancient cultural practice and artform that spans many countries and societies, ancestral lands, and contemporary communities across the continent and its islands. This richly illustrated survey combines the author's twenty years of fieldwork, interviewing hundreds of Indigenous tattoo bearers and contemporary tattoo practitioners, with painstaking research conducted in obscure archives throughout the region and elsewhere to break new ground on one of the least-understood mediums of Indigenous Asian expressive culture-a vital tradition to be celebrated, an inspirational story told in skin and ink.

Holleman, Mirjam, Navigating Disability Stigma in Poland's Changing Cultural Landscape: An Ethnographic and Quantitative Exploration of Social Integration in the European Context. 182 pp. 2024:11 (Lexington Books, US) <733-362>
ISBN 978-1-66696-163-8 hard ¥22,638.- (税込) US$ 105.00

Assessing the social integration of people with disabilities in an intra-culturally valid yet cross-culturally replicable and comparative manner is a crucial but challenging tasks for policy makers across the EU. Stigma has been shown to interfere with the successful implementation of public policy and hinder the social integration of people with disabilities. Navigating Disability Stigma in Poland's Changing Cultural Landscape: An Ethnographic and Quantitative Exploration of Social Integration in the European Context employs a mixed method research approach to investigate the stigma toward people with disabilities in Poland. Using a novel approach to existing methods in the field of cognitive anthropology, the author develops a quantitative and potentially cross-culturally replicable assessment of this stigma, offering a vital tool for monitoring social integration. This book navigates the evolving cultural landscape of post state-socialist Poland, where the discourse on disability intersect with shifting societal values and tensions surrounding independence versus state care.

Kodre, Lenart, Exploring the Interplay of Edward Sapir's Anthropology and Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Culture and Subjectivity. 2024:12 (Lexington Books, US) <733-1383>
ISBN 978-1-6669-6722-7 hard ¥22,638.- (税込) US$ 105.00

Miller, Lauren Elizabeth / Miller, Lauren E., Anthropology Anywhere: Understanding Lived Experience. 352 pp. 2024:12 (Rowman & Littlefield, US) <733-1386>
ISBN 978-1-5381-3278-4 hard ¥34,496.- (税込) US$ 160.00
ISBN 978-1-5381-3279-1 paper ¥16,170.- (税込) US$ 75.00

Using contemporary theoretical approaches as a foundation, Anthropology Anywhere introduces anthropology as a way for students to ask questions about the world around them, from classroom experiences to global conflicts. Without sacrificing topics expected in an anthropology text, this book presents a new framework for today's students to think about how the same issues shape very different lives, highlighting how topics such as relationships, prestige, and social roles transcend place alone.

言語・文化・社会－言語人類学入門　第8版
Stanlaw, James / Adachi, Nobuko, Language, Culture, and Society: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology. 8th ed. 552 pp. 2025:3 (Routledge, UK) <733-1387>
ISBN 978-1-03-236137-6 hard ¥39,886.- (税込) GB￡ 140.00
ISBN 978-1-03-236136-9 paper ¥17,945.- (税込) GB￡ 62.99

Why should we study language? How do the ways in which we communicate define our identities? And how is this all changing in the digital world? Over seven editions, many have turned to Language, Culture, and Society for answers to questions like these because of its comprehensive coverage of all critical aspects of linguistic anthropology. This eighth edition carries on the legacy while addressing some of the newer, pressing, and exciting challenges of the 21st century, such as issues of language and power, language ideology, linguistic diasporas, as well as online and digital ecosystems. New to this edition are a reconceptualization of how linguistics approaches race, gender, and sexuality, with additional chapters and sections on how linguistics benefits archaeology and biological anthropology, as well as considerations of the relationship between language and truth, ethics, and war and politics. It also features enhanced and updated pedagogical features, such as learning objectives, updated resources for continued learning, and cross-references to updated encyclopedias of linguistic anthropology.

Sutton, Mark Q., Archaeology: The Science of the Human Past. 7th ed. 528 pp. 2025:1 (Routledge, UK) <733-1388>
ISBN 978-1-03-275665-3 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00
ISBN 978-1-03-275558-8 paper ¥10,253.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99

Archaeology: The Science of the Human Past introduces students to the wide ranging and fascinating world of archaeology and provides them with a comprehensive understanding of fundamental archaeological concepts and methods. The seventh edition keeps pace with the developments in archaeological science with up-to-date information on dating, artifact analyses, and remote sensing. Theoretical developments in power, gender, and cognition are also included. Introducing the key components of archaeology, including sites, artifacts, ecofacts, remote sensing, and excavation, it discusses the ways archaeologists obtain, analyze, and interpret evidence. Varying perspectives are considered to provide holistic coverage of how archaeological techniques and methods are used to formulate and test models of what happened in the past. Cultural resource management and the laws and regulations that deal with archaeology around the world are described. Archaeology is placed in the context of current topics, from environmental problems to issues affecting Indigenous populations. Archaeology: The Science of the Human Past remains an ideal introduction to archaeology by offering students a broad and clear understanding of the theoretical and scientific aspects of archaeology and how various archaeological perspectives and techniques help us comprehend not just the past but the contemporary world as well.

McArthur, Phillip, Dialogues with a Trickster: On the Margins of Myth and Ethnography in the Marshall Islands. 277 pp. 2024:10 (U. Hawai'i Pr., US) <733-1060>
ISBN 978-0-8248-9761-1 hard ¥16,170.- (税込) US$ 75.00 *

We joked often-laughed to the point of crying (that deep visceral laughter)-not just about the subversive antics of Letao, but to all the allusions to how he, my friend, and I, were tricksters in our own right, moving between our cultural worlds, illuminating ambiguities and celebrating them."This rich, experimental ethnography plays within the margins of mythology and ethnographic practice to pursue a decolonizing method of inquiry and intercultural engagement. Through a range of mischievous narratives about the mythological trickster Letao, a riM?ajel? (Indigenous Marshall Islander) storyteller takes the author on a journey into a deep cosmological and epistemological past and back into the colonial and imperial present. Transcribed in this book, the simultaneously effortless and pointedly deliberate conversations between author Phillip H. McArthur and respected riM?ajel? elder Kometo Albot subvert and dismantle boundaries of time, culture, and religion.Through lighthearted dialogue, Kometo explores serious histories of imperial abuse, war, atomic bomb testing, ideologies of social power, decolonization, Christianity, magic, sex, and death. He plays upon a range of ambiguities such as the slipperiness of mythic discourse, ethnographic entanglements, ambivalent analogies about Americans, cosmological musings about Western and Indigenous deities, the complexities of matrilineal kinship and modern manifestations of power, the interplay of magic within politics and religion, the social efficacy of ideologies of deception and revelation through divination, the way by which risky topics and profane stories bring the sacred into relief, and prophecies that presage the end of culture and the death of the trickster.In this way of relating, the boundaries blur between ethnographer and subject and the theories of myth and folklore; all become part of the dialogic process. The author critically attends to his positionality, as well as to how Kometo slyly positions them through his jokes and in drawing the author into trickster mythologies. Written in a narrative style that combines transcribed dialogue, poetic ethnographic descriptions, applied theory and sharp analysis, and storytelling, this book grants us insight into a decade-long friendship and honors the wisdom of a trickster.

Barbosa, Thiago P., Racializing Caste: Anthropology Between Germany and India and the Legacy of Irawati Karve (1905-1970). (Veroeffentlichungen des Deutschen Historischen Instituts London / Publications of the German Historical Institute London) 295 pp. 2025:3 (de Gruyter Oldenbourg, GW) <733-1067>
ISBN 978-3-11-154556-1 hard ¥14,111.- (税込) EUR 59.95

Akpan, Unwana Samuel / Mutua, Eddah Mbula (eds.), Indigenous African Communication and Media Systems in a Digitized Age. 284 pp. 2024:12 (Lexington Books, US) <733-1122>
ISBN 978-1-66696-530-8 hard ¥24,794.- (税込) US$ 115.00

Through a meticulous exploration of oral traditions and community-based media practices, Unwana Samuel Akpan, Eddah Mutua, and the contributors of Indigenous African Communication and Media Systems in a Digitized Age explore the intricate interplay between traditional African communication methods and the modern digital terrain to unveil how these age-old systems are continuously evolving in response to globalization and digital advancements. From the rhythmic beats of the talking drum to the vibrant tapestry of oral histories, this book traces how Indigenous African societies have historically disseminated knowledge and preserved cultural identities. It examines the transformative impact of digital technologies on these practices to explore the rise of social media, mobile connectivity, and online storytelling platforms within African contexts. Akpan and Mutua challenge conventional narratives of media development by highlighting the resilience and relevance of African cultural expressions in an increasingly interconnected world. This book is essential reading for Afrocentric scholars and those interested in media studies, cultural anthropology, and the dynamic intersections of tradition and technology.

Bridges, Eric M. / Smith McKoy, Sheila et al. (eds.), The Wisdom of Ifa: An Ancient Paradigm for the Twenty-First Century and Beyond. (The Black Atlantic Cultural Series: Revisioning Artistic, Historical, Literary, Psychological, and Sociological Perspectives) 200 pp. 2024:12 (Lexington Books, US) <733-1126>
ISBN 978-1-66693-140-2 hard ¥22,638.- (税込) US$ 105.00