Cahokia: The Great Native American Metropolis

Cahokia: The Great Native American Metropolis. Biloine Whiting Young and Melvin L. Fowler. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2000. 366 pp.     

The human histocompatibility system: Anthropological considerations

The human histocompatibility system (HLA) is a linked complex of genes on human chromosome 6. Many of the loci in this region are highly polymorphic. This endows the system with unique differentiating powers, both in terms of the population genetics of the reconstruction of evolutionary trees to assess biological divergences (or affinities) in human populations, and in terms of detecting the genetic component of the many diseases which show an association with certain variants (alleles) of the HLA system. Different racial groups often exhibit different HLA disease associations; that is, a different allele is associated with the disease in different populations, although in some cases the same allele is associated with the disease in all populations. The classical example of this latter situation is the association of B27 with ankylosing spondylitis. This disease will be used as an example to illustrate how population observations allow inferences to be made regarding the evolutionary histories of the HLA-associated diseases, as well as the genetic mechanisms of the diseases.     

The Female Circumcision Controversy: An Anthropological Perspective

The Female Circumcision Controversy: An Anthropological Perspective. Ellen Gruenbaum. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001. 242 pp.     

Shameless Women: The Anthropological Mirror as Speculum

Woman: An Intimate Geography. Natalie Angier. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. 398 pp.
After Silence: Rape and My Journey Back. Nancy Venable Raine. New York: Crown, 1998. 278 pp.
Cunt:. Declaration of Independence. Inga Muscio. Seattle: Seal, 1998. 277 pp.     

Pattini: The Anthropological Consummation of a Goddess

The Cult of the Goddess Pattini . Gananath Obeyesekere . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984. xvii + 629 pp. $42.50 (cloth).     

Nature and Society: Anthropological Perspectives

Nature and Society: Anthropological Perspectives. Philippe Descola and Gisli Pálsson. eds. New York: Routledge, 1996. 310pp.     

Women and Migration: Anthropological Perspectives

Women and Migration: Anthropological Perspectives. Jacqueline Knorr and Barbara Meier. eds. Frankfurt: Campus Verlag, 2000. 268 pp.     

Hong Kong: The Anthropology of a Chinese Metropolis

Hong Kong: The Anthropology of. Chinese Metropolis. Grant Evans and Maria Tarn Siu-Mi. eds. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997.336 pp.     

Sickness and Healing: An Anthropological Perspective

Sickness and Healing: An Anthropological Perspective. Robert A. Hahn. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1995 (cloth and paper), viii. 327 pp.