Anthropology
A bold and revolutionary perspective on the science and cultural history of menstruation
The untold story of South America’s most interesting beverage
An anthology of original essays that examine white supremacy around the globe through the lens of anthropology
A sobering look at the seductive power of fascist ideas for the young
Co-Winner of the Senior Book Prize, American Ethnological Society
What the struggle over the Indonesian rainforests can teach us about the social frictions that shape the world around us
A practical guide to the ethnographic study of online cultures, and beyond
Why and how local coffee bars in Italy—those distinctively Italian social and cultural spaces—have been increasingly managed by Chinese baristas since the Great Recession of 2008
Why software isn’t perfect, as seen through the stories of software developers at a run-of-the-mill tech company
A beautifully illustrated history of Indigenous tattooing practices around the world
A new account of the central role developmental processes play in evolution
A sweeping account of male nurturing, explaining how and why men are biologically transformed when they care for babies
Shortlisted for the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize
How an iconic bird’s final days exposed the reality of human-caused extinction
Why human biology is far more expansive than the simple categories of female and male
The strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America—from eugenics and posture pageants to today’s promoters of “paleo posture”
How understanding our genetic imperfections can change our view of evolution and enrich what it means to be human
A timely and urgent argument for preserving the work that connects us in the age of automation
How children’s non-belief and non-religion are formed in everyday life
A major new history of how African nations, starting in the 1960s, sought to reclaim the art looted by Western colonial powers
Why the pursuit of state recognition by seemingly marginal religious groups in Egypt and elsewhere is a devotional practice