Examines and reconstructs the original indigenous logic behind sorcery, analyzing manifestations from the early Olmec to the ethnographic present. While the topic of sorcery and witchcraft in anthropology is well developed ...

Redefines the relationships of rhetoric for scholars, teachers, and students in the twenty-first century. Essays by accomplished scholars exploring the diversity of ethical perspectives animating contemporary writing ...

Bringing important new research on site-level social, economic, and behavioral impacts from large-scale energy development. Featuring conceptual and empirical research from leading social scientists and compares, synthesizes, ...

Offers an in-depth examination of sociopolitical conflict in seventeenth-century New Mexico, detailing the effects of Spanish colonial policies on settlers', missionaries', and Indigenous peoples' struggle for economic and ...

Explores the rich landscapes and diverse social histories of the San Luis Valley, an impressive mountain valley spanning over 9,000 square miles that crosses the border of south-central Colorado and north-central New Mexico. ...

Examines complex cultural meanings of manipulation of remains after death and combines social theory and bioarchaeology to examine how the living manipulate the bodies of the dead for social purposes. From prehistoric to ...

Explores the ramifications of overly-theoretical ideological arguments about teacher neutrality in higher education. Focuses on this contentious concept, emphasizing practical possibilities and impossibilities of neutrality ...

Emotional labor is not adequately discussed by writing program administrators. The Things we carry makes this often-invisible labor visible, demonstrates a strategy to navigate it reflectively, and opens a path for research. ...

A personal tour of classrooms and teaching practices of sixteen distinguished two-year college English teachers and frames the teachers, students, and administrators work as a matter of social justice and brings together ...

A resource for understanding and resolving issues graduate students face. Offering diverse approaches, this book bridges the gap between theory and practice through structured examination of graduate students' narratives ...