A Semiotic Analysis of The Great Dance -- A Hunter's Story in Relation to Media Representation of the San

The Great Dance -- A Hunter's Story . Produced by Earthrise Productions, 2000. Craig Foster and Damon Foster, directors. VHS/PAL or NTSC, color, 75 mins. English and Italian versions available. Distributor: Off the Fence, Nieuwe Herengracht 31, 1011 RM Amsterdam, Netherands Sale and rental details at http://www.senseafrica.com/greatdance/sales/sales.html     

In the Shadow of Hollywood Orientalism: Authentic East Indian Dancing

Jerome Mintz Retrospective: 1968–1986 The Shoemaker. 1978, black‐and‐white, 34 minutes. Pepe's Family. 1978, black‐and‐white, 41 minutes. Perico the Bowlmaker. 1978, black‐and‐white, 45 minutes. The Shepherd's Family. 1978, black‐and‐white, 22 minutes. All produced, directed, and edited by Jerome Mintz; Camera and Sound: Jerome Mintz; Narration: Russ Salmon and Charles Vitaliano. All in Spanish with English voice‐over. 16mm and ½″ VHS video. Distributor: Documentary Educational Resources, 101 Morse Street, Watertown, MA 02172, USA, (617–926–9519).

Carnaval de Pueblo. 1987, color, 58 minutes. Produced, directed, and edited by Jerome Mintz; Camera: Jerome Mintz; Assistant Camera and Sound: Ron Hess; Assistant Editors: Michael Frisino, Carla Mintz, Maria Sendra, and Susan Schwibs; Subtitles: Elaina Frabaschi. 16 mm and ½” VHS video. Distributor: Documentary Educational Resources, 101 Morse Street, Watertown, MA 02172, USA, (617–926–9519).

Romeria: Day of the Virgin. 1986, color, 54 minutes. Produced, directed, and edited by Jerome Mintz; Camera: Jerome Mintz; Sound: Aaron Mintz; Assistant editors: Carla Mintz and Michael Frisino. 16 mm and ½″ VHS video.

An Interview with Jerome Mintz Jerome Mintz is a professor of anthropology at Indiana University, the department from which he received his Ph.D. in 1961. His main areas of interest include ethnographic film, myth and folklore, peasant society, folk religion, revitalization movements, anarchism, and Hasidism. He has conducted extensive field work in Spain as well as with Hasidic Jews in New York. While in the field in Spain, Mintz produced a large body of 16mm film footage and taped interviews between 1968 and 1971. These materials were eventually edited to produce four black‐and‐white films focusing on individuals, their families, and social networks. More recently Mintz has produced two films, Romeria: Day of The Virgin, and Carnaval de Pueblo, which have received widespread attention over the past two years. These films are all discussed in the accompanying review.

My Town—Mio Paese Produced and directed by Katherine Gulla; Camera: In Italy, Peter Sturken, in Massachusetts, Brian Dowley and Frank Lane; Sound: In Italy, Vladimir Lozinski, in Massachusetts, Francis X. Coakley, Nancy Cohen, Margo Garrison, and Dan Jones; Editor: Dan McCabe. Original languages English and Italian, English narration, English subtitles. 1986, color, 26 minutes, ½”, ¾” video. Price: Sale: $330; Rental: $35. Distributor: University of California Extension Media Center, 2176 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA, (415–642–0460).

Ave Maria: The Story of the Fisherman's Feast Produced and directed by Beth Harrington; Camera: Nancy Moloney, Kathy Campbell, Dave Zeland, and Nick Wakefield, 1986, color, 24 minutes, ½″, ¾” video. Price: Sale: $320; Rental: $33. Distributor: University of California Extension Media Center, 2176 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA, (415–642–0460).

Sophia and Her People: Eventful Lives Produced by Peter Loizos with the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation; Directed and edited by Peter Loizos; Camera: Andros Theodora. Original language Cypriot Greek with English subtitles. 1985, color and black‐and‐white, 34 minutes, ½”, ¾” NTSC, PAL video. Distributor: Peter Loizos, Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, U.K.

Warriors and Maidens: Gender Relations in a Cretan Mountain Village A film by Barry Machin. 1988, color, 51 minutes, ½″ NTSC and PAL video. Sale Price: $310. Original language Greek with English narration and subtitles. Photocopy of monograph is available for $100. Distributor: Meriwa Films, 43 Meriwa Street, Perth 6009, West Australia.

Bride Market of Imilchil Produced and directed by Christian Pierce and Steffen Pierce. Camera: Christian Pierce and Steffen Pierce; Sound: Daniel Hartnett; Editors: Tom Barber, Tom Shaker, Steven Rausch; Production Coordinator: Rebecca Willis; Translator: Mohammed Rdad. 1988, color, 58 minutes, ½” and ¾” video. Distributor: Pierce Productions, 56 Ridgemont Street, Allston, MA 02134, USA, (617–254–0821).

The Kayapó “The Kayapó” (Granada Television's Disappearing World Series). Produced and directed by Michael Beckham. Executive Producer: Rod Caird; Camera: Mike Blakeley; Sound: David Woods; Editor: Paul Griffiths‐Davies; Anthropologist: Terence Turner; Research: Peter Connors; Film Dubbing: John Whitworth; Graphic Design: Valerie Pye. 1987, color, 52 minutes, 35mm. Distributor: Granada Television of England, 36 Golden Square, London W1R 4AH, UK and 1221 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 3468, New York, NY 10020, USA. “The Golden Curse of the Kayapó.” National Geographic Explorer Series. 1988. “Without Borders”. Segment on the Kayapó Indians of Brazil. Turner Broadcasting Systems. 1988. “Os Kayapós Descobrem as Barragens”. Produced and directed by Centro Ecumenico de Documentação (CEDI) and the Kayapó of Gorotire. Camera: Paiakan Kayapó. 1988, color, 120 minutes, ½″ video. Portuguese and Kayapó. Distributor: CEDI, São Paulo, S.P., Brazil.

Consider Anything, Only Don't Cry Produced, directed, and edited by Helen De Michiel; Sound: Vernon E. Norwood. 1987, 22:05 minutes, color, ½” video. Distributor: Intermedia Arts, 425 Ontario Street, SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA, (612–627–4444).

A Song of Air Written, directed, and edited by Merilee Bennett; Production assistance: Australian Film Commission. 1987, 28 minutes, color, black‐and‐white, ½″ NTSC video, narration in English. Distributor: Australian Film Commission, 9229 W. Sunset Boulevard, #6515, Beverly Hills, CA, USA, (213–275–7074).

Marriage, migration and money: Mira Nair's cinema of displacement

So Far from India Produced and Directed by Mira Nair. Camera: Mitch Epstein. Sound: Alexander Griswold. Editor: Ann Schaetzel. 16mm, ½″ video. English subtitles. Distributed by Filmmaker's Library, 124 E. 40th Street, New York, NY 10016, USA, (212–808–4980). Film Price: Sale $750; Rental $75. Video Price: Sale $400.

India Cabaret Produced and Directed by Mira Nair. Camera: Mitch Epstein. Sound: Alexander Griswold. Editing: Barry Alexander Brown. 1985.16mm, ½” video, color, 60 minutes. English subtitles. Distributed by Filmmaker's Library, 124 E. 40th Street, New York, NY 10016, USA, (212–808–4980). Film Price: Sale $850; rental $85. Video Price: Sale $500.

Salaam Bombay! Produced and Directed by Mira Nair. Camera: S. Sissel. Editing: Barry Alexander Brown. Story: Mira Nair and Soom Taraporevala. Screenplay: Soom Taraporevala. 1988, 16mm, 35mm, color, 90 minutes. Distributed by Cinecom, Inc., New York.     

Film reviews

Frozen tombs of Siberia

The Mystery of the Frozen Tombs of Siberia. Directed by Françoise Lévie; camera, Sacha Wiernik; sound, Sarah Moon Howe; editing, Michèle Maquet; produced by Sofidoc Production. 1994,26 minutes, color and black & white, English narration.

Imbalu, a ritual of manhood

Imbalu: Ritual of Manhood of the Bagisu of Uganda. A film by Richard Hawkins and Suzette Heald; director: Richard Hawkins; camera: David and Judith MacDougall; editor: Suzette Heald and Richard Hawkins; sound: Jack Reed. 1988, 95 minutes, colour, PAL video, Lugisu and English. Rental [UK only]: £9.00 (VHS‐PAL); sale: £40/ US$72 (VHS‐PAL), £80/US$110 (VHS‐NTSC) [plus VAT and postage]. Distributor: Royal Anthropological Institute, 50 Fitzroy Street, London, W1P 5HS, U.K.

The earth is our mother

The Earth is Our Mother and The Journey Back (The Earth is Our Mother, Parts I and II). Directed by Peter Elsass; produced by Casablanca Film Group and the Danish National Film Board; camera: Morten Bruus; editing: Niels Pagh Anderson; sound: Morten Bottzau; research: Guillermo Padilla. Distributed by TV2/Danmark Sales, Sortedam Dossering 55A, DK‐2100 København Ø, Denmark (Tel: +45 35 37 22 00; fax: + 45 35 37 22 27). 1987,55 minutes, color. Narration and subtitles in English.     

BOOK REVIEW

Xingú: Body and soul Body and Soul (O Corpo e os Espímtos). Directed by Mari Corréa; camera, Dado Aguiar; sound, Myaú Kayabi. 1996; 54 mins., color. Portuguese narration; English subtitles. Distributor: Les Films du village, 24–26 rue des Prairies, 75020, Paris, France.

Emancipation Efforts of African Women: Two Activist Films I Have a Problem, Madam. Directed by Maarten Schmidt and Thomas Doebele. 1995, 59 minutes, VHS, color. Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 153 Waverly Place, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10014. Tel: (212) 727–1711. Video rental $75, video sale $390.

These Girls are Missing: The Gender Gap in African Schools. Directed by Shari Robertson and Michael Camerini. 1996, 60 minutes, VHS, color. Distributed by Filmmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016. Tel: (212) 808–4980. Fax: (212) 808–4983. Video rental $75, video sale $295.

Bury Me Twice Bury Me Twice—Tiwah: A Ngaju Dayak Death Ritual. Directed by Hanno Kampfmeyer and Sri Kuhnt Saptodewo; produced by Beate Engelbrecht for Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film, 1993; 120 mins., color; subtitles in German or English; narration in English. Distributed by IWF, Nonnenstieg 72, D‐37075 Göttingen, Germany; sale prices: 16 mm., DM 4960.80; VHS‐NTSC or VHS‐PAL, US $360.00.     

Film reviews

Beirut: The Last Home Movie Produced and directed by Jennifer Fox; Camera: Alex Nepomniaschy; Sound: Jeff Brown; Editor: John Mullen; Written by Jennifer Fox and John Mullen. Distributed by Circle Releasing Corporation, 2445 M. Street, NW, Suite 225, Washington, DC 20037, USA. Telephone 202–331–3838. 1987, 120 minutes, color, 16 mm, ½” video.

Martin Chambi and the Heirs of the Incas Produced by BBC‐TV in association with Berwich Universal Films; Andy Harris and Paul Yule, directors; Jorge Vignati, camera; Christopher Swayne and Jake Auerbach, editors; production in Peru, Ester Ventura. 1986, 16mm and video, color, 50 minutes, English and Spanish narration with English subtitles. Distributed by Cinema Guild, 1697 Broadway, New York, NY 10019, tele. 212–246–5522. Price: 16mm purchase $795, rental $85; video purchase $495, rental $85.

Family Gathering Producers: Lise Yasui and Ann Tegnell; Director: Lise Yasui; Camera: Robert Yasui, Ray T. Yasui, Lise Yasui, Michael Bailey, and Gerard Hooper; Sound; Patricia Romeu, Ann Tegnell, and Daw‐Ming Lee; Editor: Ann Tegnell; Music: Sumi Tonooka; Performed by Sumi Tonooka and Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin. 30 minutes, color, 16 mm, ½, ¾” video. Price: Sale: $450 (film); $325 (video); Rental: $60 per day/show (film); $50 per day/show (video). Distributor: New Day Films, 853 Broadway, Suite 1210, New York, NY 10003, USA, 212–477–4604.     

Walker Evans: Florida

Six Views of a Greek Village Everyday is not a Feast Day (1980, color, 110 minutes; video sale, $150) Thread of the Needle (1982, color, 22 minutes; video sale, $50) Let's Get Married! (1985, color, 35 minutes; video sale, $60) My Family and Me (1986, color, 65 minutes; video sale, $100) A Hard Life (1988, color, 55 minutes; video sale, $90) Charcoal‐Makers (1990, color, 30 minutes; video sale, $55) Filmmaker‐anthropologist: Colette Piault. All films available in 16mm, 1/2‐in. video. Distributed by Les Films du Quotidien, 5 rue des Saints‐Pères, 75006 Paris, France. Tel: 1–42 60 25 76; fax: 1–42 61 67 92); or Dr. Peter Allen, 98 Transit Street, Providence, R.I. 02906 (Tel: 401/274–2397; fax: 401/456–8379).

The Nehru Dynasty Life and Death of a Dynasty Produced by Anne and Robert Drew; narrated by Cliff Robertson. 1991, 90 minutes, color and black‐and‐white, 1/2” videotape, narration in English. Distributor: Direct Cinema Limited, P.O. Box 10003, Santa Monica, CA, 90410. Tel: (800)525–0000; Fax: (313)396–3233. Institutional sale, $195.00; rental $85.00.     

Body in the Dark

The Dancer and the Dance

Producer: National Film and Television School, and Royal Anthropological Institute; Director: Felicia Hughes‐Freeland; Camera: Amy Hardy; Sound and Editing: Felicia Hughes‐Freeland. Distributed by the Royal Anthropological Institute, 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1P 5HS, U.K. Tel: (071) 387–0455; fax (071) 383–4235. 1988, color, 44 minutes, 16mm, 1/2 inch, NTSC, PAL. Rental £27.00 for 16mm, £12.00 for video in U.K. only; for rental elsewhere, and sale prices, enquire of the R.A.I. Film Officer.

Reclaiming the Forest

Producer: National Film and Television School, and Royal Anthropological Institute; Director: Paul Henley; Camera and Editing: Paul Henley; Sound: Georges Brion. 1986–1987, 57 or 39 minutes, color. Distributed by the Royal Anthropological Institute, 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1P 5HS, U.K. Tel: (071) 387–0455; fax: (071) 383–4235. Longer version: sale, £1,210.00; rental, £20.00: 16mm only. Shorter version: sale, £35.00 (PAL) or £52.00 (NTSC), rental £12.00 (PAL), video only. Postage and VAT extra.     

Reflections of an Ethnographic Filmmaker-Maker: An Interview with Paul Henley, Director of the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester

ABSTRACT  Two decades ago the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology (GCVA) at the University of Manchester, U.K., was created. Since then it has become one of the most acclaimed postgraduate visual anthropology schools in the world, providing a space for theoretical debate and training in ethnographic filmmaking techniques. Conceived originally as a master's program under the sponsorship of Granada Television and the University of Manchester, it has now extended training to the Ph.D. level to students from around the world. In this interview, Professor Paul Henley, GCVA's director since its inception, reflects on the last 20 years of the Granada Centre, ethnographic filmmaking, the state of the art in theory and practice in visual anthropology, and new possibilities and challenges for the future. [Keywords: visual anthropology, ethnographic filmmaking, documentary, Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology]     

At the other end of the camera

A funeral in Burkina Faso Les Mémoires de Binduté Da [The Memories of Binduté Da]. Directed by Michèle Fieloux and Jacques Lombard; camera: Joseph Guerin; sound: Jacques Lombard; editing: Andrée Davanture. 1990, 52 minutes, color. French narration with English subtitles. Distributed by ORSTOM Audiovisuel, 72 Route d'Aulnay, 93143 Bondy, Cédex, France (prices on request).

Prince charming Prince Charming. Produced by ORSTOM Audiovisuel; Michèle Fieloux and Jacques Lombard, directors; Jacques Lombard, camera; Bernard Oses, sound. 1991, 42 minutes, color, Betacam SP (also available in VHS MultiStandard), Malagasy with English subtitles (French and Malagasy versions also available). Distributor: ORSTOM Audiovisuel; 72 Route dAulnay, 93143 Bondy, Cédex, France.     

Film review

The great New Zealand movie Forgotten Silver. Directed by Peter Jackson and Costa Botes; produced by Sue Rogers. Featuring Sam Neill, Leonard Maltin, etc. Made by Wingnut Films, Wellington, 1995; 52 mins. Available in NTSC and PAL VHS. World sales: New Zealand Film Commission, P.O. Box 11546, Wellington, New Zealand. Tel: +64–4‐382–7680; fax: +64–4‐384–9719. North American distributor: First Run Features, 153 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10014; Tel: (212) 243–0600; fax: (212) 989–7649. Rental/sale, US $250.     

In Pursuit of the Siberian Shaman

In Pursuit of the Siberian Shaman. Anya Bernstein, director; 2006. 75 mins., color, in Russian and Buryat with English subtitles. Distributor: DER, 101 Morse St., Watertown, MA 02472.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Anthropological Filmmaking Jack Rollwagen, editor. 1988, 396 pages, illustrated. New York: Harwood Academic Publishers.

Images from Bamun: German Colonial Photography at the Court of King Njoya, Cameroon, West Africa, 1902–1915. By Christraud M. Geary. 1988. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. Price: $15.95.

Cuyagua (Devil Dancers and The Saint With Two Faces) A film by Paul Henley and Georges Drion, produced by the National Film and Television School of Great Britain. 1983, 16mm and video, color, 108 minutes total. Original language: Spanish; English subtitles and commentary. For purchase or rental of film or video, write to: Paul Henley, Granada Center for Visual Anthropology, Manchester University, Roscoe Building, Brunswick Street, Manchester, M 13 9PL, England.     

Visual Methodologies

Three Cheers (at least) for Intervention Press! Crawford, Peter Ian, The Nordic Eye. Proceedings from NAFA 1. Aarhus; Intervention Press; 122 pp, 1992.0 US$ 18.50.

Crawford, Peter Ian and Jan K., Simonsen, Ethnographic Film. Aesthetics and Narrative Traditions. Proceedings from NAFA 2. Aarhus; Intervention Press; 251 pp, index, 1992. US$ 29.00.

Scott, Chuck., The Lesotho Video Herders Project: Explorations in Anthropology. Aarhus; Intervention Prees; in association with the Centre for Cultural and Media Studies, University of Natal, Durban. Photographs, maps, appendices, 123 pp, 1994. US$ 16.60. (The book can be ordered along with a 40 minute videotape).

European distributor: Intervention Press, Casternschioldsvej 7, DK‐8270 Højbjerg, Denmark.

North American distributor: Smyrna Press, Box 021803, GPO, Brooklyn, NY 11202, USA.

Lesotho Herders Video Project Chuck Scott, Lesotho Herders Video Project: Explorations in Visual Anthropology. Højbjerg, Denmark: Intervention Press in association with the Center for Cultural and Media Studies, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, 1994. 123pp., photographs, maps, appendices. (European orders: Intervention Press, ECU 15. North American distributor is Smyrna Press, Box 021803, Brooklyn, NY 11202). US $ 16.60.

The Tiguas Wright, Bill. The Tiguas: Pueblo Indians of Texas. El Paso: Texas Western Press, University of Texas at El Paso, 1993. 161 pp., hdbd., $40.00.

Always Getting Ready Barker, James H. Always Getting Ready Upterrlainarluta: Yup'ik Subsistence in Southwest Alaska. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1993. 144 pp. Pbk. $ 29.95.     

Book reviews

Seeing anthropology Karl G. Heider, Seeing Anthropology: Cultural Anthropology through Film. Boston: Allyn &; Bacon, 1997. xx+347 pp., photographs, maps, glossary, bibliography; with two half‐inch NTSC videotapes totalling 3hrs., 11 mins. US $37.75 nett.

History and politics Faris, James C. Navajo and Photography: A Critical History of the Representation of an American People; xv, 392 pp., 263 illus., notes, appendix, bibliography, index. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1996. $39.95 (hdbd.)

The Anthropology of Visual Communication Canevacci, Massimo, Antropologia della comunicazione visuale. Genova: Costa &; Nolan, 1995. 260 pp., photographs, bibliography. Lire 34,000, paper.     

Ancestor guardian figures and ancestral baskets among the bakuta

Religion and Custom in a Muslim Society: The Berti of Sudan. Ladislav Holy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. x + 243 pp.

The Bedovin of Cyrenaica: Studies in Personal and Corporate Power. Emrys L. Peters (edited by Jack Goody and Emmanuel Marx). Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. 310 pp.

Kinship, Honour and Solidarity: Cousin Marriage in the Middle East. Ladislav Holy. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 1989. 143 pp.

Marriage among Muslims: Preference and Choice in Northern Pakistan. Hastings Donnan. Delhi and Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1988. 231 pp.

Gender in Crisis: Women and the Palestinian Resistance Movement Julie M. Peteet. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991. 245 pp.

Tahitians: Mind and Experience in the Society Islands. Robert I Levy. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1991 /1975/. 547 pp.

Tikopia Songs: Poetic and Musical Art of a Polynesian People of the Solomon Islands. Raymond Firth (with Mervyn McLean). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. xvii + 307 pp.

Migration from Kalimantan to Madagascar. Otto Chr. Dahl. Oslo: Norwegian University Press/ The Institute for Comparative Research in Human Culture, 1991. 143 pp.

Land Filled With Flies: A Political Economy of the Kalahari. Edwin N. Wilmsen. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1989. xviii + 402 pp.

The Creative Communion. African Folk Models of Fertility and the Regeneration of Life, edited by Anita Jacobson‐Widdinc and Walter van Beek. Uppsala Studies in Cultural Anthropology, 15. Uppsala, 1990. 351 pp.

When the Grass is Gone: Development Interventions in African Arid Lands, edited by P. T. W. Baxter. Seminar Proceedings No. 25. Uppsala: The Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, 1991. 214 pp.

Women at a Loss: Changes in Maasai Pastoralism and their Effects on Gender Relations. AUD Talle. Stockholm Studies in Social Anthropology, 19. Stockholm: Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University, 1988.

The Poison in the Gift Ritual, Prestation and the Dominant Caste in a North Indian Village. Gloria Goodwin Raheja. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988. 286 pp.

The Assembly of Listeners. Jains in Society, edited by Michael Carrithers and Caroline Humphrey. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. xiii + 328 pp.

Tibetan Buddhist Nuns. History, Cultural Norms and Social Reality. Hanna Havnevik. Oslo: Norwegian University Press. 1991. 251 pp.

The Taste of Blood: Spirit Possession in Brazilian Candomblé. Jim Wafer. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991. 219 pp.

Völkerkunde im Nationalsozialismus: A spekte der An‐passung, Affinität und Behauptung einer wissenschaft‐lichen Disziplin. Hans Fischer. Hamburger Bei‐träge zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Bd. 7. Berlin &; Hamburg: Dietrich Reimer Verlag, 1990. 312 pp. List of ethnologists in Germany from 1933 (Austria from 1938) to 1945.

Buskar och fåglar: en socialantropologisk studie av gorale, brrgsfolket i södra Polen. Melcher Ekstro‐mer. Lund Monographs in Social Anthropology 1. Lund: Lund University Press, 1991.

Die Völker Nordsibiriens unter sowjetischer Herrschaft. Adelheid Weiser. Kulturanthropologische Studien Bd. 16. Hohenschäfdarn bei München: Klaus Renner Verlag, 1989. 325 pp.

Anthropology and the Riddle of the Sphinx: Paradoxes of Change in the Life Course, edited by Paul Spencer. ASA Monographs 28. London: Routledge, 1990. xii + 222 pp.     

Notes and news

Ritualized Homosexuality in Melanesia. Gilbert Herdt (Ed.)‐ Berkeley and Los Angeles: University or California Press. 1984. xvii + 409 pp.

Ways with Words: Language, Life and Work in Communities and Classrooms. Shirley Brice Heath. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1983. 421 pp. £ 25.00.

Dangerous Wives and Sacred Sisters: Social and Symbolic Roles of High‐caste Women in Nepal. Lynn Bennett. New York: Columbia University Press. 1983. xiii + 353 pp.

Riligiöst Funktionsträger in Nuristan. Jürcen Frembgen. Sankt Augustin: VGH Wissen‐schaftsverlag, 1983. xx+195 pp., diagrams, maps, bibliography, index.

Lakota Belief and Ritual. James R. Walker. Edited by Raymond J. DeMallie and Elaine A. Jahner. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1980. xxix + 329 pp. $ 21.50.

A Special Caste? Tamil Women of Sri Lanka. ElSE Skjønsberg. London: Zed Press, 1982. iii+143 pp.

Old‐Timers and New‐Comers: Politics and Ethnicity in a Sudanese Community. Sharif Harir. Bergen: African Savannah Studies, Occasional Papers in Social Anthropology, No. 29. 1983. viii+ 134 pp.

Trends in Nordic Tradition Research. Studia Fen‐nica 27. Lauri Honko and Pekka Laaksonen (eds). Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 1983. 260 pp.

Kitchen Table Society. Marianne Gullestad. Oslo: Universitets Forlaget. 1984.

Indonesia and Malaysia: Scandinavian Studies in Contemporary Society. Thommy Svensson and Per Sørensson (eds). Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies, Studies on Asian Topics No. 5, London and Malmö: Curzon Press, 1983, 282 pages.

Culture History and African Anthropology: a Century of Research in Germany and Austria. Jorgenzwer‐Nemann. Uppsala Studies in Cultural Anthropology 6. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsa‐liensis, 1983. 170 pp., figures, bibliography, index.

Managing Culture Contact: The Organisation of Swedish Immigration Policy. Morris Aaron Fred. Eifo English Series Report No 6. Stockholm: Commission for Immigrant Research, 1983. iii + 129 pp.

Evil Eye or Bacteria: Turkish Migrant Women and Swedish Health Care. Lisbeth Sachs. Stockholm: University of Stockholm, Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm Studies in Social Anthropology No. 12, 1983. xx + 257 pp.

The Traveller Gypsies. Judith Okely. Cambridge University Press, 1983, pp. 254, Index. Glossary.

Nuristani Buildings. Lennart Edelberg. Jutlan‐dic Archaeological Publications XVIII. 1984, Aarhus: Jysk Arkaeologisk Selskab, Moesgård. xxvii + 223 pp., map.     

Film review

Jungayi—Caring for Country Jungayi—Caring for Country. Directed and edited by Penny McDonald; produced by Claire Smith; camera: Warwick Thorne; sound: George Hanna. English narration and subtitling of Jawoyn and Ngalkbon languages. Distributed by International Federation of Rock Art Organisations, PO. Box 216, Caulfield South, Vic., Australia 3162.1992, 27 minutes, color, VHS‐NTSC and VHS‐PAL, sale U.S. $32.     

Audio Visual Reviews

Slides/Strips,Sewage treatment and disposal, A slide pack of 40 full-frame slides and teacher's booklet in a plastic slide wallet with optional stiff binder. Compiled by Robert Gray, Director of Cleansing and Environmental Health Officer, Borough of Airdrie. Price £11.00 (plus 75p for binder). Ref. 319. Produced and distributed by Focal Point Audio Visual Ltd, 251 Copnor Road, Portsmouth, Hants P03 5EE; B. J. Purvis

Slides/Strips,Life cycle of the locust, Set of 20 35 mm colour slides, cardmounted, presented in a plastic wallet and a stiff binder, with teaching notes by Sr M. Daniel IBVM. Price £7.00. Ref 366. Available from Focal Point Audio Visual Ltd, 251 Copnor Road, Portsmouth, Hants P03 5EE; I. Fforde

Slides/Strips,A world of its own—a meadow in midsummer, Afilmstrip of 50 full-frame colour transparencies with card mounts, and leaching notes. Compiled by Sr M. Daniel, IBVM. Price £7.27. Ref. 178. Available from Focal Point Audio Visual Ltd, 251 Copnor Road, Portsmouth, Hants P03 5EE; B. J. Purvis

Slides/Strips,Living world around us, Two filmstrips in this series, each of 36 frames, in colour, in full- or half-frame format.; A. J. Williams

Slides/Strips,Exploring a field.. Photography and notes by Joan M. Clayton. Price £4.50. Ref. JC107; A. J. Williams

Slides/Strips,Exploring a garden Photography and notes by Leslie Jackman. Price £4.50. Ref. JC131. Available from Hugh Baddeley Productions, Educational Distribution Centre, 8 Brampton Road, St Albans, Herts AL1 4PW; A. J. Williams

Multi-Media,Youth and exploration, Five audiovisual packs, each containing over 30 mounted colour slides, audio cassette, commentary notes, and background information. Published as a collaborative venture by the Royal Geographical Society and BP Educational Service. Available from BP Educational Service, PO Box 5, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7EH. Price £7.50 each (available as filmstrip and notes without packaging or cassette at £1.90); Anne Heaton

Tapes,Human genetics, A one-hour taped discussion between Michael Carter of Portsmouth Polytechnic and Professor Bryan Clarke, Senior Research Fellow at Nottingham University, together with a booklet containing summaries of the discussions, a bibliography, and questions for students. Part of series ‘Sussex Tapes’ obtainable from Sussex Publications Ltd, Freepost, Poulshot, Devizes, Wilts SNIO 1BR. Reference SC3. Price £8.50 (cassette or reel); Diana Manuel

Games,The pollution game, Board game for four or five players. Price £17.41. Ref. ZRA-950-Q. Available from Griffin and George, Gerrard Biological Centre, Worthing Road, East Preston, West Sussex BN16 IAS. (Produced and distributed in the USA by Carolina Biological Supply Company, 2700 York Road, Burlington, North Carolina; ref. 44-3436); Colin Wood-Robinson

Games,Predator—the food chain game, Card game for up to 40 players. Price £5.90. Ref. ZRA-940-A. Available from Griffin and George Ltd, Gerrard Biological Centre, Worthing Road, East Preston, West Sussex BN16 IAS. (Distributed in the USA by Carolina Biological Supply Company, 2700 York Road, Burlington, North Carolina; ref 44-3425); Colin Wood-Robinson

Games,SOS—sink or swim, A card game for up to six players. Price £1.35. Produced by Dinosaur Publications for the National Trust. Obtainable from National Trust shops; P. Burdett     

Ishi,the last American

Ishi in Two Worlds. Produced and directed by Richard Thompson and available on videotape from CRM Films. CRM Films, 1960, 20 mins.

The Last of His Tribe. HBO feature telefilm and videotape. A River City Production. Produced and directed by Harry Hook. Co‐produced by Robert Lovenheim. HBO, 1992. Approx. 90 mins.

Ishi, the Last Yahi. Dramatic Documentary Film. Rattlesnake Productions, Inc., 1992. Produced and directed by Jed Riffe and Pamela Roberts. Color, 56 mins. Information on world‐wide rights and rental pricing available from Filmmaker Jed Riffe, Saul Zaentz Film Center, 2600 Tenth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710; tel. (510) 841–2337.