Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Borgstrom, Erica / Michael-Fox, Bethan / Arnason, Arnar (eds.), Doing Death Research: Interviews and Career Reflections with Death Studies Scholars. 249 pp. 2026:4 (Routledge, UK) <763-944>
ISBN 978-1-041-22349-8 hard ¥44,181.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This book brings together illuminating interviews with the most influential scholars who have shaped the interdisciplinary field of death studies. From sociological explorations to psychological frameworks, cultural analyses to digital age considerations, these conversations reveal the rich tapestry of approaches that have advanced our understanding of mortality, bereavement, and end-of-life experiences. Readers will discover how seminal works in death studies emerged, the critical role of academic and community networks, and the transformative power of examining death through diverse disciplinary lenses. The collection highlights both theoretical developments and practical applications, showcasing how scholars have navigated personal and professional boundaries while contributing to this sensitive yet vital area of study.This volume spans sociology, anthropology, psychology, cultural studies, digital humanities, and public engagement, making it an invaluable resource for academics, researchers, graduate students, and practitioners in death studies, palliative care, counseling, funeral services, and related fields.The chapters in this volume were originally published in Mortality.

Risteska, Wendy, Jungian Perspectives on Santa Muerte Devotees in Mexico: Worshipping Death. (Routledge Studies in Anthropology) 240 pp. 2026:4 (Routledge, UK) <763-867>
ISBN 978-1-032-18753-2 hard ¥47,228.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

This groundbreaking ethnography offers a deep psychological framework for understanding the Santa Muerte (Saint Death) phenomenon in Mexico. Emerging from a social landscape marked by ultra-violent criminality, government corruption, soaring rates of femicide, forced disappearances, and pervasive impunity, devotion to Santa Muerte signals a profound breakdown of the traditional Hispano-Christian image of God. Her veneration can be understood as a psychological response from a society grappling with "bad death", where loss and violence are ever-present in daily life.Anchored in intimate case studies and a Jungian archetypal interpretation, the book demonstrates how Santa Muerte's inherent moral ambiguity enables devotees to navigate the blurred boundaries between good and evil, safety and peril, and justice and lawlessness. She stands as a potent response to the ongoing socio-political and psychological instability created by Mexico's dominant patriarchal institutions (state, church, cartels).The book explores the spirituality of the most vulnerable and marginalised in response to persistent threats and the collapse of conventional safety nets, arguing that devotion to Santa Muerte functions as a critical psychological container for destructive forces, offering a sense of order and control amid the real and existential dangers of a society living through the chaos of an "apocalypse." This is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary Mexican Studies as it highlights the psychological impact of life-near-death.

Chan Johnson, Irving (ed.), Telling Other Tales: Experiencing the Balinese Mask World. (Asian Heritages) 440 pp. 2026:4 (Routledge, UK) <763-767>
ISBN 978-90-485-6077-6 hard ¥47,228.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

Since it first mesmerised Western audiences in the early twentieth century, Balinese masked dance-drama (Topeng) has drawn sustained scholarly attention. Yet until now, much of that attention has been filtered through non-Balinese perspectives. Telling Other Tales seeks to redress this imbalance by presenting Topeng as a living, plural tradition-one whose meaning is co-created by Balinese and non-Balinese performers, scholars, and other observers alike. In these essays, academic rigor and personal testimony sit in rich dialogue. Historians, anthropologists, and theatre scholars engage alongside Balinese priests, musicians, Topeng practitioners, weaving together formal analysis with evocative reflections. Together, they illuminate how this ancient theatrical form is not only studied, but lived, acted, and re imagined in the everyday.This volume will appeal to scholars of performance, Asian studies, and cultural anthropology-or to anyone curious about how traditional forms both shape and are shaped by the many people who carry them forward.

Shi, Feng, Chinese Astroarchaeology. (China Perspectives) 390 pp. 2026:4 (Routledge, UK) <763-745>
ISBN 978-1-032-67201-4 hard ¥51,799.- (税込) GB￡ 170.00

This book systematically examines Chinese astroarchaeology from the Neolithic period onwards, aiming to reconstruct premodern knowledge systems and articulate the intellectual foundations of traditional Chinese culture.As an interdisciplinary field, Chinese astroarchaeology explores cosmological frameworks and the origins of civilisation in ancient China. The book unveils the remarkable astronomical accomplishments of the ancient Chinese and investigates the interplay between science, technology, and traditional culture. It also discusses how the origins of astronomy relate to the origins of civilisation itself. Drawing on archaeological excavations, ancient artefacts, and historical documents, the study integrates research methods and findings from archaeology, paleography, the study of ancient literature, ethnology, and astronomy. Taking a theoretical and practical approach, the book establishes a framework for Chinese astroarchaeology, opening new avenues for studying the origins of Chinese civilisation and providing insights into ancient Chinese political, religious, philosophical and scientific history.The book will appeal to scholars and students of ancient Chinese history, the history of science, archaeology, astroarchaeology, art history, and cultural heritage studies.

なぜ人類学がグローバル・サウスを必要としているか
Guerron Montero, Carla / Podjed, Dan (eds.), Why Anthropology Needs the Global South. 232 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <763-726>
ISBN 978-1-032-86076-3 hard ¥47,228.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00
ISBN 978-1-032-85845-6 paper ¥12,794.- (税込) GB￡ 41.99

What would anthropology look like if the South were our North? This book turns the map upside down and calls for transforming anthropology from a singular to a plural perspective, which recognizes the Global South as a site of original theory and research rather than merely a source of information.The book acknowledges the structure of racialized and gendered inequalities within which ethnographic research has historically been, and continues to be, conducted, and recognizes the hierarchies created in the West regarding non-Western anthropologists. The authors in this book offer fresh and accessible reflections on their anthropological journeys in the Global South, North, and the worlds in between. They share their ethnographic insights and personal stories to answer the question of why anthropology still needs the Global South.Why Anthropology Needs the Global South is an essential read for anthropology students, professionals and teachers, as well as for anyone seeking a compass for navigating the contemporary world.

Narangoa, Li / Fijn, Natasha / Lindskog, B. V. (eds.), Mongolian Healing: Knowledge, Transmission and Practice Across Inner Asia. (Health, Medicine, and Science in Asia) 336 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <763-728>
ISBN 978-94-6372-969-7 hard ¥47,228.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

Mongolian Healing: Knowledge, Transmission, and Practice Across Inner Asia explores the rich and diverse medicinal healing practices by Mongolian communities across Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Kalmykia.This edited volume brings together scholars from various disciplines to examine knowledge systems and practises related to healing therapies, including nomadic healing, ritual practices including dom and shamanic healing, water as a source for healing in the landscape, and the art of Mongolian bonesetting. The second part of the book delves into the institutionalization of Mongolian medicine across Mongolia and Inner Mongolia, tracing its adaptation and its continuing presence in both urban and rural contexts, within contemporary healthcare systems, such as the hospital, laboratory and clinic. Through a Mongolian-oriented lens, this volume sheds light on the resilience and adaptability of Mongolian healing and medical traditions in the face of social, political, and cultural transformations across history. Combining historical, anthropological, and medical perspectives, it offers the first comprehensive account of how these practices have continued to thrive and adapt, bridging ancient knowledge with contemporary applications.As a part of broader Asian medical traditions, this volume is an essential resource for scholars, practitioners, and anyone interested in the dynamic interplay of ancient wisdom and ongoing innovation across Inner Asia.

Langgut, Dafna, Climate and Environment in the Southern Levant, 1300-300 BCE. (Elements in The Archaeology of Ancient Israel) 75 pp. 2026:4 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <763-893>
ISBN 978-1-009-55832-7 hard ¥16,758.- (税込) GB￡ 55.00
ISBN 978-1-009-55830-3 paper ¥5,484.- (税込) GB￡ 18.00

Past climate fluctuations significantly shaped human ways of life. This Element reconstructs the Southern Levant climate (ca. 1300-300 BCE) using high-resolution, well-dated paleoclimate records. Results show a 150-year arid phase ending the Late Bronze Age, likely driving the collapse of eastern Mediterranean complex societies. The Iron Age I saw a return to humid climate conditions, fostering highland settlement expansion and supporting the rise of the biblical kingdoms. This was one of the region's most profound cycles of collapse and revival. During Iron Age II, climate conditions were moderate, similar to today. The Achaemenid period began with brief aridity, followed by renewed humidity. Pollen evidence, along with additional data such as charcoal remains, was employed to trace environmental changes, including variations in the composition of natural vegetation. Human impacts on the environment were also identified, including fruit tree cultivation, deforestation, overgrazing, the introduction of new plant species, and landscape terracing.

ポストフクシマの日本における再活性化の政治
Polleri, Maxime, Radioactive Governance: The Politics of Revitalization in Post-Fukushima Japan. 344 pp. 2026:1 (New York U. Pr., US) <763-644>
ISBN 978-1-4798-3682-6 hard ¥19,971.- (税込) US$ 89.00
ISBN 978-1-4798-3683-3 paper ¥6,732.- (税込) US$ 30.00

Examines the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disasterThe 2011 Fukushima Dai'ichi nuclear disaster was the worst industrial nuclear catastrophe to hit Japan. It was a major event, rated at the highest severity, which released radioactive elements into the power plant's surrounding environment when back-up systems failed and could not sufficiently cool the nuclear reactors. At least 164,000 people were permanently or temporarily displaced.Radioactive Governance offers an ethnographic look at how the disaster was handled by Japan. Unlike prior nuclear-related narratives, such as those surrounding Chernobyl or Hiroshima, which focused on themes of harm, trauma, and victimization, the Japanese government consistently put forward a discourse of minimal or no radiation-related dangers, a gradual bringing home of former evacuees, a restarting of nuclear power plants, and the promotion of a resilient mindset in the face of adversity. This narrative worked to counter other understandings of recovery, such as those of worried citizens unsuccessfully fighting for permanent evacuation because they were afraid to go back to their homes. Providing a rich theorization of how both governments and citizens shape narratives about catastrophic events, Radioactive Governance not only displays how Fukushima became a story of hope and resilience rather than of victimization, but also how radioactive governance shifted from the nuclear secrecy that characterized the Cold War era to relying on international organizations and domestic citizens to co-manage the aftermath of disasters.

北中淳子他編　21世紀のための医療人類学のマッピング
Wolf-Meyer, Matthew J. / Kitanaka, Junko et al. (eds.), Mapping Medical Anthropology for the Twenty-First Century. 238 pp. 2026:4 (Rutgers U. Pr., US) <763-297>
ISBN 978-1-9788-4590-9 hard ¥29,172.- (税込) US$ 130.00
ISBN 978-1-9788-4589-3 paper ¥8,963.- (税込) US$ 39.95

Mapping Medical Anthropology for the Twenty-First Century provides readers with a comprehensive survey of topics, methodologies, and theories in the discipline, drawing on contributions from leading anthropologists around the world. As a discipline, medical anthropology provides situational analysis of health, disease, and disability to show how the experiences of medical experts, patients, and their broader communities are informed by their social and cultural contexts. Adopting a keywords-driven approach, Mapping Medical Anthropology for the Twenty-First Century provides readers with an introduction to the concepts and approaches that have animated medical anthropology over the course of the twentieth century. Authors put these keywords into dialogue with their ethnographic and archival research to demonstrate how these concepts can be expanded to address contemporary phenomena related to health, disease, and disability. Mapping Medical for the Twenty-First Century provides newcomers to medical anthropology with a robust introduction to the discipline, while providing experienced readers a set of chapters that explore the discipline in novel and exciting ways.

Borgstrom, Erica / Michael-Fox, Bethan / Arnason, Arnar (eds.), Covid-19 and Death Studies: Multidisciplinary Perspectives and Lessons. 259 pp. 2026:4 (Routledge, UK) <763-279>
ISBN 978-1-041-19960-1 hard ¥44,181.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This book examines the profound impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on how people experienced dying, death and bereavement from early 2020 onwards. This interdisciplinary collection draws together international examples rooted in empirical research from death studies scholars to make sense of these impacts. The collection includes a wide range of insights from how personal and societal responses to the pandemic shaped the ways people talked and thought about death, to the provision of palliative and intensive care, and changes in funerary practices. The book demonstrates how social responses to the pandemic shaped death in this historical moment and explores potential lasting legacies, such as altered rituals. Curated from articles originally published in the journal Mortality with a new preface by the editors, this collection showcases why death studies is crucial for understanding not only the COVID-19 pandemic but also future pandemics and mass death events.This volume will be essential reading for students, scholars, healthcare professionals, public health researchers and grief counsellors in medical anthropology, medical humanities, thanatology, sociology, bereavement studies and palliative care.The chapters in this book were originally published in Mortality.

Ballif, Edmee, Reproductive Boundaries: Psychosocial Care and Pregnancy in Switzerland. (Medical Anthropology) 162 pp. 2026:3 (Rutgers U. Pr., US) <763-277>
ISBN 978-1-9788-4053-9 hard ¥26,928.- (税込) US$ 120.00
ISBN 978-1-9788-4052-2 paper ¥6,719.- (税込) US$ 29.95

Reproductive Boundaries examines the shifting boundaries of prenatal care in Switzerland, focusing on the Pregnancy Support Center's innovative psychosocial model. By redefining the territory of care, the Center extends its reach beyond the medical domain, exemplifying the reproductivization of life, the increasing organization of various life aspects through a reproductive lens. The book explores how this approach challenges traditional borders between medical and psychosocial care, offering an alternative to Switzerland's heavily medicalized reproductive care. Through ethnographic insights into reproductive talk, it reveals how psychosocial advisors shift the boundaries of reproductive care, balancing support with broader state goals of reproductive governance. Set against Switzerland's history of stratified reproductive policies, the study critically examines how psychosocial care reshapes the landscape of pregnancy, raising questions about surveillance and evolving gender roles. This thought-provoking work invites readers to reconsider the limits and possibilities of care in a fragmented society.

Aubinet, Stephane, The Lullaby's Outline: Anthropology of a (not quite) Universal Practice. 248 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <763-1091>
ISBN 978-1-041-12982-0 hard ¥44,181.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This book offers an anthropological exploration of the lullaby, a type of music found in nearly all human societies. The chapters review diverse ethnographic cases, from bedtime routines in Western societies to historical and Indigenous practices. Moving beyond common definitions of the lullaby, the author integrates 'diverging' instances of lulling, including mythological narratives, herding songs used to soothe cattle, sleep-inducing music composed for monarchs, electronic musical dolls, and protective spells. The work considers how these varied examples can add layers and depth to our understanding of what it means to lull a child. The investigation displays an innovative approach to musical comparison by investigating the 'partial connections' that different traditions display with one another. Positioned at the meeting point of comparative musicology and ethnomusicology, the study combines comparative gestures with original fieldwork, and acknowledges both the importance of cross-cultural similarities and ethnographic entanglements that complicate generalisations. Starting from four European traditions (the Irish suantrai, the Georgian iavnana, the Ancient Roman nenia, and the Sami dovdna), the study delves into themes of power, spirituality, death, magic, technologies, and Indigenous ontologies, which echo across diverse cultural contexts without being quite universal. It will be of interest to scholars of anthropology, music, folklore, and beyond.

B.フェイガン著　狩猟
Fagan, Brian, Hunting: The Pursuit That Shaped Humanity. 272 pp. 2026:6 (Yale U. Pr., US) <763-1096>
ISBN 978-0-300-27349-6 hard ¥7,293.- (税込) US$ 32.50

From an acclaimed archaeological writer, a worldwide history of huntingHunting is one of humanity's most ancient and universal activities. It has been embedded in every facet of our lives, shaping social bonds, power hierarchies, and interactions with the spirit world. This book tells the story of how hunting evolved from a means of survival practiced with clubs and spears to a genteel display of royal power, and how it has become, in today's world, complicated and hotly contested.In this wide-ranging study, Brian Fagan discusses how Neanderthals stalked prey and killed at close range, how hunting evolved as a political spectacle, and how commercial and trophy hunting precipitated an ecological crisis. He invites us to hunt with Charlemagne, explains how there was more to the demise of North American bison herds than rifles, and describes how influential figures such as John Muir, George Bird Grinnell, and Theodore Roosevelt fought for conservation during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Filled with lively stories, fascinating discoveries, and compelling characters, Fagan's exploration of hunting-a companion to his Fishing-offers an informed and entertaining history of an essential human pursuit.

Jaeger, Mateusz / Tomczyk, Jacek / Wrzesinski, J. (eds.), From 'Adam and Eve' to the Present Day: Family and Social Bonds in Biological and Cultural Perspective. (FUNERALIA GNIEZNIENSKIE - SPOTKANIE / GNIEZNO FUNERALIA - MEETING 24) 208 S. 2025:11 (O. Harrassowitz, GW) <763-1098>
ISBN 978-3-447-12401-0 paper ¥12,619.- (税込) EUR 48.00

This volume brings together a rich collection of interdisciplinary research that explores how family and social bonds have been formed, lived and honored from prehistory to modern times. Based on presentations from the 24th Funeralia Gnie?nie?skie conference, held in Gniezno, Poland in 2024, the publication highlights the latest discoveries in funeral archaeology and anthropology, with contributions from researchers across Europe and the Americas. Spanning a remarkable chronological and geographical range ? from Bronze Age burials in Slovakia and Iron Age cemeteries in Poland to the lives of pre-Columbian children in Peru and modern Protestant communities ? From 'Adam and Eve' to the Present Day examines the enduring importance of kinship, care and identity. The studies address linguistic evidence, genetic relationships, burial practices and commemorative rituals, revealing how the concept of ‘family’ has evolved yet remained central to human experience. This is the first English-language edition of Funeralia, opening Polish scholarship to a broader global audience. It offers not only an insight into the distant past, but also a reflection on how we understand and shape family ties today. It also is a valuable resource for archaeologists, anthropologists, historians and anyone interested in the deep roots of human connection.

Lindemann, Sandra, A Radical Anthropologist: The Trials and Triumphs of Kathleen Gough. 208 pp. 2026:2 (Monthly Review, US) <763-1099>
ISBN 978-1-68590-131-8 hard ¥19,971.- (税込) US$ 89.00
ISBN 978-1-68590-130-1 paper ¥6,058.- (税込) US$ 27.00

"Anthropology is a child of Western imperialism," asserted the Marxist anthropologist Kathleen Gough in 1968, during an intense period of anti-colonial struggle in Asia and Africa. Since then, this assertion, now largely taken for granted within the discipline, has become more well-known than the intellectual who articulated it. A Radical Anthropologist: The Trials and Triumphs of Kathleen Gough tells the story of a scholar who, like many of her female peers, has been largely overlooked by history in spite of her striking contributions to her field. In her day, in the face of rampant sexism, she was an internationally renowned intellectual and political activist, publishing some seventy articles and ten books. With clear and empathetic prose, author Sandra Lindemann, herself an anthropologist, invites us to trace the arc of a life lived according to the values of a radical anthropologist. Born in England in 1925 as the youngest daughter of the village blacksmith, Gough entered the world of higher education on scholarship and continued into academia with a pronounced sense of fairness and justice. Her outspokenness in favor of civil rights and against nuclear weapons and the Vietnam War led to her placement on an FBI watch list, and institutional reactions to her progressive views disrupted her career trajectory on several occasions. She fielded the array of obstacles presented by workplace misogyny, only to find herself fired from some jobs and compelled, on principle, to resign from others. Eventually she withdrew from academia altogether to become an independent radical scholar, but not before her painstaking fieldwork in South India on marriage, class, and caste reshaped the anthropological understanding of these critical social relationships, and helped to transform the world of academia she had left behind. Through it all, she maintained her fierce dedication to the liberation of workers and peasants-whether in India, Vietnam, or anywhere in the world people were oppressed. With the rise of fascism in the United States, and the unleashing of malign forces around the world, more than ever before those who struggle for justice are searching for examples of how to live a politically relevant life: Kathleen Gough's is such a life. Fervently anti-colonial, anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist, Gough lived her life keeping a Marxist vision of a better, more peaceful, more equitable world in clear view at all times, never losing faith that such a world was within reach.

Maghakyan, Simon, Sovereign Heritage Crime: Security, Autocracy, and the Material Past. (Elements in Critical Heritage Studies) 75 pp. 2026:3 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <763-1107>
ISBN 978-1-009-61185-5 hard ¥16,758.- (税込) GB￡ 55.00
ISBN 978-1-009-61186-2 paper ¥5,484.- (税込) GB￡ 18.00

Sovereign Heritage Crime: Security, Autocracy, and the Material Past explores why autocracies intentionally exacerbate anxieties associated with an aggrieved ethnoterritorial minority's tangible heritage. Since discriminatory domestic campaigns of state-sponsored erasure are political choices, this theoretical study proposes to understand them as sovereign heritage crimes. This framework predicts that heritage securitisation - constructing disquieting material memories into ontological threats - enables legitimacy-deficient yet affluent autocracies to pursue 'performance legitimacy' by delivering a real or imagined 'permanent security'. Since this state crime is both enabled and exposed by traditional and emerging technologies, the study also explores their dual use for human rights and wrongs. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Russell, Nerissa, Hunting and Eating Symbols. (Elements in the Archaeology of Food) 75 pp. 2026:4 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <763-1108>
ISBN 978-1-009-67068-5 hard ¥16,758.- (税込) GB￡ 55.00
ISBN 978-1-009-32157-0 paper ¥5,484.- (税込) GB￡ 18.00

This Element approaches large game hunting through a social and symbolic lens. In most societies, the hunting and consumption of certain iconic species carries deep symbolism and is surrounded by ritualized practices. However, the form of these rituals and symbols varies substantially. The Element explores some recurring themes associated with hunting and eating game, such as gender, prestige, and generosity, and trace how these play out in the context of egalitarian versus hierarchical societies, foragers versus farmers, and in different parts of the world. Once people start herding domestic livestock, hunting takes on a new significance as an engagement with what is now defined as the Wild. Foragers do not make this distinction, but their interactions with prey animals are also heavily symbolic. As societies become more stratified, hunting large animals may be partly or entirely reserved for the elite, and hunting practices are elaborated to display and build power.

Nazaruk, Maja / Orlovsky, Anatoly (ed.), Exploring Fields of the Ineffable in Literary Anthropology: On Vincent Crapanzano. 206 pp. 2026:2 (Ibidem Pr., GW) <763-1101>
ISBN 978-3-8382-2050-5 paper ¥6,507.- (税込) US$ 29.00

Maja Nazaruk offers a panoramic view of Vincent Crapanzano's anthropologically-poetic thinking about the ineffable aspects of life such as otherness, the outer limits of the body, and chthonic pain. In her view, the signature summation of Crapanzano's work is to be found in his spell-working ethnographies from Morocco, South Africa, Algeria, and France as well as the United States of America. By parsing the first sections of his opus on imaginary horizons, the Polish scholar unveils the anthropologist's impulse to resort to the rhetorical device of literary slippage-shifting meaning and the indeterminacy of meaning, in his intention to convey the "irreality of the (native's) imaginary." Slippage is the pivot that makes Crapanzano switch between alterity (how the native feels foreign) and the themes of the body and trauma (that are coincidentally perceived as being foreign even to the persons to whom they belong). By bringing them to the common denominator of inquiry-driven prose poetry that underscores cultural critique and literary anthropology, Crapanzano offers a contemplation of the undefined nature of human existence. Delving into the problem of signification and of substance in the works of Judith Butler, Cathy Caruth, Elaine Scarry, Talal Assad, Mariella Pandolfi, Terence Turner, Johannes Herder, and Lacan, takes on special relevance.