How do Balinese manage to present to the world the clear, bright face, the grace and poise, that they regard as crucial to self-respect and social esteem? How can the anthropologist pass behind the conventions of such a complex culture to recognize what is going on between people, in terms that conv[...]

All over Western Europe, the lot of many non-Western immigrants is one of marginalization, discrimination, and increasing segregation. In this book, the author shows how an excessive respect for "their culture" has been part of the problem. Culture has become a new concept of race, sustaining ethnic[...]

"I, without earning a penny, have to be the provider!" Thus Umm Ali sums up the nearly impossible challenge of her daily existence. Living in a poor neighbourhood of Cairo, she has raised eight children with almost no help from her husband or the Egyptian government and through hardships from domest[...]

"Resonance" gathers together forty years of anthropological study by a researcher and writer with one of the broadest fieldwork resumes in anthropology: Unni Wikan. In its twelve essays - four of which are brand new - "Resonance" covers encounters with transvestites in Oman, childbirth in Bhutan, po[...]

Boka går bak stereotypiene og lar deg møte arabere og muslimer i sin fulle kompleksitet som mennesker. Sentralt i skildringen står Umm Ali og hennes miljø. Med åtte barn og uten jobb er hun familiens forsørger. Boka tegner et portrett av denne imponerende kvinnen og gir samtidig et bilde av mi[...]

Vad kan få en far att döda sitt barn, eller en bror sin syster, för hederns skull? Hur kan en människa drivas så långt att mord känns som enda utvägen? Unni Wikan, norsk professor i socialantropologi, bestämde sig efter mordet på Fadime Sahindal för att undersöka företeelsen[...]