The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

A statement from the incoming editor
pp. 1-2(2)
Author: Coleman, Simon

The creation of coevalness and the danger of homochronism
pp. 3-20(18)
Author: Birth, Kevin

Whose closure? Appearances, temporality, and mineral extraction in Papua New Guinea
pp. 21-37(17)
Author: Halvaksz, JamonAlex

When gifts become commodities: pawnshops, valuables, and shame in Tonga and the Tongan diaspora
pp. 39-59(21)
Authors: Addo, Ping-Ann; Besnier, Niko

Zones of ambiguity and identity politics in Samoa
pp. 61-78(18)
Author: Mageo, Jeannette

Modernity, `authenticity', and ambivalence: subaltern masculinities on a South Indian college campus
pp. 79-95(17)
Author: Rogers, Martyn

Who are the Kuchi? Nomad self-identities in Afghanistan
pp. 97-116(20)
Author: Tapper, Richard

The measure of a tribe: the cultural politics of constitutional reclassification in North India
pp. 117-134(18)
Author: Kapila, Kriti

Knowledge and discipline - knowledge as discipline: aspects of the oral history of Irish sexuality
pp. 135-151(17)
Author: Salazar, Carles

New kinship, Islam, and the liberal tradition: sexual morality and new reproductive technology in Lebanon
pp. 153-169(17)
Author: Clarke, Morgan

Three modes of experimentation with art and ethnography
pp. 171-194(24)
Author: Schneider, Arnd

Performance, transformation, and altered states of consciousness
pp. 195-198(4)
Author: Baeke, Viviane

Correspondence
pp. 199-199(1)
Author: Parkin, Robert

Unlocking the past: celebrating historical archaeology in North America - Edited by Lu Ann De Cunzo & John H. Jameson
pp. 201-202(2)
Author: Lewis, Ann-ElizaH.

Domestic mandala: architecture of lifeworlds in Nepal - By John Gray
pp. 202-203(2)
Author: Daryn, Gil

Anthropology, art and cultural production - By Maruška Svašek
pp. 203-204(2)
Author: Sansi, Roger

A postcolonial people: South Asians in Britain - Edited by N. Ali, V.S. Kalra & S. Sayyid
pp. 204-206(3)
Author: Tyler, Katharine

Reconstructing the nation in Africa: the politics of nationalism in Ghana - By Michael Amoah
pp. 206-207(2)
Author: Donkoh, WilhelminaJ.

Documenting transnational migration: Jordanian men working and studying in Europe, Asia and North America - By Richard T Antoun
pp. 207-208(2)
Author: Obeid, Michelle

Nationalist politics and everyday ethnicity in a Transylvanian town - By Rogers Brubaker, Margit Feischmidt, Jon Fox & Liana Grancea
pp. 208-209(2)
Author: Heintz, Monica

Yemen chronicle: an anthropology of war and mediation - By Steven Caton
pp. 209-210(2)
Author: Elie, SergeD.

The meaning of the local: politics of place in urban India - Edited by Geert De Neve & Henrike Donner
pp. 210-211(2)
Author: Thakur, ManishK.

Anthropology and expertise in the asylum courts - By Anthony Good
pp. 211-212(2)
Author: Kelly, Tobias

After the massacre: commemoration and consolation in Ha My and My Lai - By Heonik Kwon
pp. 212-214(3)
Author: Goscha, Christopher

The forbidden lands: colonial identity, frontier violence, and the persistence of Brazil's Eastern Indians 1750-1830 - By Hal Langfur
pp. 214-215(2)
Author: Harris, Mark

Postcolonial studies and beyond - Edited by Ania Loomba, Suvir Kaul, Matti Bunzl, Antoinette Burton & Jed Esty
pp. 215-216(2)
Author: deCaires-Narain, Denise

Courage tastes of blood: the Mapuche community of Nicolás Ailío and the Chilean state, 1906-2001 - By Florencia Mallon
pp. 216-217(2)
Author: Course, Magnus

Beyond belief: India and the politics of postcolonial nationalism - By Srirupa Roy
pp. 217-218(2)
Author: Parry, Jonathan

Guerra e violenza in Africa Occidentale - Edited by Fabio Viti
pp. 219-220(2)
Author: Solinas, PierGiorgio

Shamans of the Foye tree: gender, power, and healing among Chilean Mapuche - By Ana Mariella Bacigalupo
pp. 220-221(2)
Author: Course, Magnus

Sexual inequalities and social justice - Edited by Niels Teunis & Gilbert Herdt
pp. 221-222(2)
Author: Engebretsen, ElisabethLund

A problem of presence: beyond scripture in an African church - By Matthew Engelke
pp. 222-224(3)
Author: Kirsch, Thomas

Contesting rituals: Islam and practices of identity-making - Edited by Pamela J. Stewart & Andrew Strathern
pp. 224-225(2)
Author: Leichtman, MaraA.

Raja Nal and the goddess: the North Indian epic Dhola in performance - By Susan Snow Wadley
pp. 225-226(2)
Author: Gopal, Kusum

Dancing from past to present: nation, culture, identities - Edited by Theresa Jill Buckland
pp. 226-227(2)
Author: Karagiannidis, Christos

Dolly mixtures: the remaking of genealogy - By Sarah Franklin
pp. 227-228(2)
Author: Cassidy, Rebecca

The spectacular city: violence and performance in urban Bolivia - By Daniel M Goldstein
pp. 228-229(2)
Author: Gustafson, Bret

Centering the margin: agency and narrative in Southeast Asian borderlands - Edited by Alexander Horstmann & Reed L. Wadley
pp. 229-230(2)
Author: Allerton, Catherine

The Tibetans - Matthew T Kapstein
pp. 230-230(1)
Author: Mills, Martin

Scenic spots: Chinese tourism, the state, and cultural authority - Pál Nyíri
pp. 230-231(2)
Author: Notar, BethE.

Quem somos nós: os Wari' encontram os broncos - Aparecida Vilaça
pp. 231-232(2)
Authors: Luciani, JoséAntonioKelly

The black cow's footprint: time, space, and music in the lives of the Kotas of South India - Richard K. Wolf
pp. 232-233(2)
Author: Hockings, Paul

Capitalism and modernity: the great debate - Jack Goody
pp. 233-234(2)
Authors: Müller, Birgit

The social sciences and theories of race - Vernon Williams
pp. 234-235(2)
Author: Baker, LeeD.

Books received
pp. 237-241(5)