Support H-Net | Buy Books Here | Help Support the NBN and NBN en Español on Patreon | Visit New Books Network en Español!
People’s decisions to migrate in search of work are often discussed in terms of economic necessity, but these decisions are also shaped by a host of h…
The development of a whole suite of new reproductive technologies in recent decades has contributed to broad cultural conversations and controversies …
What does it mean to be famous on the Internet? How do people become Internet celebrities, and what can that celebrity be used to do? Dr. Crystal Abid…
Analyses of the lives of black women in the United States often focus on narratives of struggle and sorrow, as black women must contend daily with the…
The production and removal of garbage, as a key element of the daily infrastructure of urban life, is deeply embedded in social, moral, and political …
What can we learn from the anthropological study of projects that are never realized, or of dreams that are never fulfilled? In her new book, Battling…
In her book Biblical Porn: Affect, Labor, and Pastor Mark Driscoll’s Evangelical Empire (Duke University Press, 2018), Dr. Jessica Johnson chronicles …
How did Nepal become synonymous, in the minds of many Westerners, with the idea of a mystical paradise and a place to find enlightenment? How did Kath…