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1	Seeing Anthropology: Cultural Anthropology Through Film more books like this by Karl G Heider Seeing Anthropologycontinues to be the only cultural anthropology text available that allows for easy integration of ethnographic films into the introductory cultural anthropology course. Visual anthropologists and contributors, Pamela Blakely and Thomas Blakely, professors who have taught many classes with each edition of this textbook and its ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Spirit Capture: Photographs from the National Museum of the American Indian more books like this by Tim Johnson (Introduction by), W Richard West, Jr. (Foreword by) "Spirit Capture" brings together 200 of the most compelling images from the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) with essays from Native American historians, anthropologists, and curators. The book accompanies an exhibit of the same name scheduled to open in the fall of 1999 at NMAI in New York City. 202 photos, 25 in color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Visual anthropology: photography as a research method more books like this by John Collier First published in 1967, "Visual Anthropology" has become a classic in its field, invaluable not only for anthropologists but for anyone using photography, film, and video to understand human behavior and culture. This completely revised and expanded edition brings the technical information up to date and includes the insights the Colliers have ... see all copies from $11.82! new only from $15.88! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Corporeal Image: Film, Ethnography, and the Senses more books like this by David MacDougall In this book, David MacDougall, one of the leading ethnographic filmmakers and film scholars of his generation, builds upon the ideas from his widely praised "Transcultural Cinema" and argues for a new conception of how visual images create human knowledge in a world in which the value of seeing has often been eclipsed by words. In ten chapters, ... see all copies from $16.85! new only from $16.85! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Trading Gazes: Euro-American Women Photographers and Native North Americans, 1880-1940 more books like this by Susan Bernardin, Melody Graulich, Lisa MacFarlane A vast archive of photographs of the American West chronicled American expansion and the subordination of many Native peoples. Many of these images either recorded the "vanishing Indian" or idealized the "civilized" native. But most of these works, produced by male photographers, obscure a wide range of intricate stories about Anglo-Indian ... see all copies from $3.12! new only from $6.67! \| first editions
6	In Search of Dignity more books like this by Gunter Pfannmuller (Photographer), Wade Davis, Wilhelm Klein Text by Wilhelm Klein. Preface by Wade Davis. A unique documentation of isolated and vanishing cultures around the world. With a traveling photographic studio setup of their own invention and a generous supply of patience and determination, this photographer-and-writer team traversed the globe in search of the last cultures to live apart from an ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $13.96! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Anthropology and Photography, 1860-1920 more books like this by Elizabeth Edwards (Editor) Since its beginnings, photography has been a resource for anthropologists in the recording of ethnographic data. This book looks at the significance and relevance of still photography in British anthropology from about 1860 until 1920. It examines how photography provides evidence of the past and how this evidence is used in conjunction with more ... see all copies from $100.00!
8	Drawing Shadows to Stone: The Photography of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, 1897-1902 more books like this by Laurel Kendall, Stanley A. Freed, Thomas Ross Miller "The Yukaghir people of northeastern Siberia, seeing a camera for the first time, called it 'the three-legged device that draws a person's shadow to stone.' The three legs were the tripod, and the shadow drawn to stone was the image inscribed onto the glass-plate negative". Photography is both a form of collecting and means of representation. This ... see all copies from $3.99! new only from $6.54! \| first editions
9	The Ones That Are Wanted: Communication and the Politics of Representation in a Photographic Exhibition more books like this by Corinne A Kratz The Okiek people of Kenya's forested highlands have a long history of hunting, honey gathering, and trading with their Maasai and Kipsigis neighbors; several decades ago, they also began farming and herding. This book follows a traveling exhibition of anthropologist Corinne Kratz's photographs of the Okiek through showings at seven venues, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| first editions
10	Camera Indica: The Social Life of Indian Photographs more books like this by Christopher Pinney Exploring the changing role of photographic portraiture in India over the last 150 years, this is an anthropological study of photographic practice in the everyday realm of Indian society. The book combines historical and ethnographic perspectives, based on the author's own experiences in India. Pinney looks at significant "moments" in Indian ... see all copies from $20.54! new only from $31.25! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Michael Rockefeller: New Guinea Photographs, 1961 more books like this by Kevin Bubriski, Michael Rockefeller (Photographer), Robert Gardner (Foreword by) From April to August 1961, recent Harvard graduate Michael Clark Rockefeller was sound recordist and still photographer on a remarkable multidisciplinary expedition to the Dani people of highland New Guinea. In five short months he produced a wonderful body of work, including over 4,000 black-and-white negatives. In this catalogue, photographer ... see all copies from $15.35! new only from $29.56! \| SVS
12 view cover	Navajo and Photography: A Critical History of the Representation of an American People more books like this by James C Faris HISTORICALLY, PHOTOGRAPHS have said less about the Navajo than about the photographers of Navajos. In Navajo and Photography James Faris calls attention to the inability of these photographs to communicate either the lived experiences of native people or their history. Beginning with the earliest photographs of Navajos in captivity at Bosque ... see all copies from $8.38! new only from $16.64! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Photograph and the American Indian more books like this by Alfred L Bush, Lee Clark Mitchell From forbidden snapshots of sacred ceremonies to formal portraits of Native Americans in Victorian dress, photography offers a fascinating record of the complex interplay of attitudes toward the indigenous peoples of the United States. This text examines photographs of Indians by both Native and Anglo Americans, from 1840 to the present, and ... see all copies from $30.00! first editions
14 view cover	Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson, and Highland Bali: Fieldwork Photographs of Bayung Gede, 1936-1939 more books like this by Gerald Sullivan In 1936 anthropologist Margaret Mead and her husband, Gregory Bateson, retreated from lowland Bali, which was the focal point of much scholarly and tourist activity, to the remote village of Bayung Gede in the island's central highlands. Although they wrote relatively little about their work in this place, which Mead called "our village, way up in ... see all copies from $23.54! new only from $56.25! \| first editions
15 view cover	A World on Display: Photographs from the St. Louis World's Fair, 1904 more books like this by Eric Breitbart, Edrington, Curtus Photography was an essential tool for scientists in many fields at the turn of the century. The 1904 world's fair offered anthropologists an unprecedented chance to see and record the world's 'primitive peoples' -- a final opportunity, many felt, for it was then widely believed that these 'vanishing races' would die out or be assimilated into the ... see all copies from $39.94! new only from $174.50! \| first editions
16 view cover	Excavating Voices: Listening to Photographs of Native Americans more books like this by Michael Katakis see all copies from $9.95! new only from $29.94!
17 view cover	Transcultural Space and Transcultural Beings more books like this by Jan Zaprudnik, David Tomas Providing a study of intercultural spaces invaded and transgressed upon by explorers, both real and fictional, this book focuses on British East India's exploration of the Andaman Islands, with illustrations, ships logs', and official published reports. However, this is used as a jumping-off point for a wide-ranging discussion of "first contact" ... see all copies from $16.50! new only from $81.54! \| first editions
18 view cover	Visualizing Anthropology more books like this by Amanda Ravetz, Anna Grimshaw (Editor) Questions of vision and knowledge are central to debates about the world in which we live. Developing new analytical approaches toward ways of seeing is a key challenge facing those working across a wide range of disciplines. How can visuality be understood on its own terms rather than by means of established textual frameworks? Visualizing ... see all copies from $37.88! new only from $37.88! \| SVS
19	Man & Picture: Papers from the First International Symposium for Ethnological Research more books like this by Nils-Arvid Bringeus (Editor) see all copies from $29.57! new only from $93.32!
20	Camaristas: Fotografos Mayas de Chiapas more books like this by Carlota Duarte see all copies from $16.10!
21 view cover	Secret Museum of Mankind more books like this by David Stiffler (Introduction by) 6X9In, 576Pp, 1000+ Black & White Photos Travel Four Continents and The Islands of The Seas Through The Pages of This Fascinating Book, Originally Published Nearly A Century Ago. Illustrated With Over A Thousand Black-And-White Photos, The Secret Museum of Mankind Offers A Glimpse Into The Lives of Hundreds of Cultures of Mankind In Nativve Dress, ... see all copies from $60.50!
22 view cover	The Tlingit Encounter with Photography more books like this by Sharon Bohn Gmelch see all copies from $27.03! new only from $51.48!
23 view cover	A Bibliography of Ethnographic Film more books like this by Rolf Husmann (Editor), J Ruehe (Editor) see all copies from $24.09!
24	Observers of man : photographs from the Royal Anthropological Institute. more books like this by Royal Anthropological Institute see all copies from $17.82! first editions
25	Le Mode Mineur de La Rialiti. Paradoxes Et Photographies En Anthropologie more books like this by Albert Piette see all copies from $31.25!

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