A new, fully revised edition of this bestselling textbook in linguistic anthropology, updated to
address the impacts of globalization, pandemics, and other contemporary socio-economic …

In Kashmir's frigid winter a woman leaves her door cracked open, waiting for the return of
her only son. Every month in a public park in Srinagar, a child remembers her father as she …

The arrival of Kent Brantly and Thomas Duncan in the United States in late summer 2014
marked a shift in American news media's coverage of the 2014 Ebola outbreak. The media …

This article explores the relationship between discourse and experiences of ill health.
Drawing on narratives, it shows how a mother who is experiencing difficulties with …

Following the global proliferation of technologies of digital communication, linguistic
anthropologists have investigated the associated signifying practices. Such practices …

In this review, I discuss recent works that embody Monica Heller's (2017, 12) assertion that
anthropology is about “imagining alternative worlds.” In the first section,“Presence (s) …

This dissertation is a mixed-methods ethnographic and linguistic study of how local
understandings of femininity interact with medical practices among women with Turner …

Ethnographic research requires that social scientists build relationships with the people
whose lives they describe. Sometimes these relationships become friendships …

Hong Kong nostalgia has become a trademark aesthetic in representations of the city from
literature and cinema to branding and advertising. This article traces the social construction …

Résumé À l'instar de plusieurs groupes autochtones des différentes régions du monde, les
Pekuakamiulnuatsh (Innus du Lac Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada) de la communauté de …