{"product_id":"anthropology-islands-and-the-search-for-meaning-in-the-anthropocene-9781032285900","title":"Anthropology, Islands, and the Search for Meaning in the Anthropocene","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThis book explores the ways that islands shape human experiences, combining ethnography, memoir, and critical reflection on the Anthropocene. It examines how islands connect, separate, and divide us, using anthropological perspectives from fieldwork in Micronesia and northern Iceland. It offers a narrative route to understand the cultural resonance of islands and provides a reflective guide for scholars and readers in social sciences and humanities. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 68 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 02 November 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis captivating book delves into the multifaceted realm of islands, seamlessly blending ethnography, memoir, and critical reflection on the Anthropocene. Through meticulous anthropological insights drawn from over a decade of fieldwork, the author employs islands as a rich and complex lens to explore the intricate connections, separations, and divisions that shape our human experiences, both mundane and extraordinary. Spanning across time, place, and disciplinary boundaries, this book weaves a narrative journey that traverses the remote islands of Micronesia to the subarctic expanses of northern Iceland. Its purpose is to unravel the profound cultural resonance of islands, offering the reader an ideological travel guide that substitutes restaurant reviews and hotel recommendations for pathways of reflection and alternative modes of perceiving and being in the world. This captivating work will captivate scholars and readers alike from the fields of social sciences, humanities, human geography, cultural studies, sociology, philosophy, and American studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 170g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 144 x 222 x 12 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781032285900\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JustinArmstrong","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44103850492154,"sku":"9781032285900","price":48.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/noImage_1_302c673b-8836-48e1-809f-fcb693f01fdd.jpg?v=1668932859","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/anthropology-islands-and-the-search-for-meaning-in-the-anthropocene-9781032285900","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}