Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacific

Series Editors:

Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew Strathern

University of Pittsburgh, USA

This series offers a fresh perspective on Asian and Indo-Pacific Anthropology. Acknowledging the increasing impact of transnational flows of ideas and practices across borders, the series widens the established geographical remit of Asian studies to consider the entire Indo-Pacific region. In addition to focussed ethnographic studies, the series incorporates thematic work on issues of cross-regional impact, including globalization, the spread of terrorism, and alternative medical practices.

The series further aims to be innovative in its disciplinary breadth, linking anthropological theory with studies in cultural history and religious studies, thus reflecting the current creative interactions between anthropology and historical scholarship that are enriching the study of Asia and the Indo-Pacific region. While the series covers classic themes within the anthropology of the region such as ritual, political and economic issues will also be tackled. Studies of adaptation, change and conflict in small-scale situations enmeshed in wider currents of change will have a significant place in this range of foci.

We publish scholarly texts, both single-authored and collaborative as well as collections of thematically organized essays. The series aims to reach a core audience of anthropologists and Asian Studies specialists, but also to be accessible to a broader multidisciplinary readership.

Titles in the series

Aboriginal Art, Identity and Appropriation

Elizabeth Burns Coleman

ISBN 0 7546 4403 0

The Making of Global and Local Modernities in Melanesia

Humiliation, Transformation and the Nature of Cultural Change

Edited by

Joel Robbins and Holly Wardlow

ISBN 0 7546 4312 3

Of Marriage, Violence and Sorcery

The Quest for Power in Northern Queensland

David McKnight

ISBN 0 7546 4465 0