This book provides an up-to-date introduction to the important field of urban anthropology.
This is a critical area of study, as more than half of the world's population now lives in cities …

Despite its modest size, the republic of Suriname is today the site of many distinctive
processes of globalization. This intersectional study teases out the complex relationships …

Inspired by the idea of “transculturation,” formulated as a contrastive metaphor and concept
by Fernando Ortiz in the 1940s, this article seeks to explore the making of clay balls called …

Suriname was one of the first countries in the global South to produce aluminium. The
establishment of this industry, including the hydroelectric dam that was meant to power it …

Offshore Attachments reveals how the contested management of sex and race transformed
the Caribbean into a crucial site in the global oil economy. By the mid-twentieth century, the …

This article examines one crucial period of contestation in colonial Suriname, the years 1941
and 1942, when sustained labour unrest in the bauxite town of Moengo led to the …

Ethnic groups have frequently functioned as building blocks for the narration of Surinamese
and, more generally, Caribbean social histories. This focus on ethnicity may lead to the …

3. HR Wullschlägel, Deutsch-Negerenglisches Wörterbuch. Nebst einem Anhang,
Negerenglische Sprichwörter enthaltend (Löbau, 1856), p. 330 (proverb 534). https://doi …

This thesis addresses the contemporary cultural history of French Guiana (Guyane
française), an'overseas department'of France and'ultraperipheral region'of the European …

O artigo focaliza as controvérsias e conflitos decorrentes do uso de conceitos como coisa
(sani) e cultura (kulturu), bem como os significados que os maroon Cottica Ndyuka creditam …