Monographs

ASA publisher

Taylor and Francis publish the ASA monographs.

ASA Monographs and other publications

This is a complete list of our publications to-date. The monograph is included in certain categories of membership and is mailed out annually. Members are also reminded that they are entitled to purchase some of these volumes at a discount. Orders should be directed to the publishers and not the ASA:

• ASA Monographs 1-12 and 23-, ASA Research Methods 3- are published by Routledge.
• ASA Monographs 13-22 and ASA Research Methods 1-2 are published by Academic Press.
• The ASA Monographs 1-10 are also available in digital form on CD from the ASA administrator: click here to order.
• ASA Essays are published by ISHI: UK and European sales are now handled by Eurospan Ltd., 3 Henrietta Street, London, WC2E 8LU.
• ASA Studies. Originally published by Malaby Press. Volumes 1 and 3 are out of print. Volume 2 has been reissued by Tavistock.

ASA Monographs 40- (Taylor and Francis)

58. Anthropological Perspectives on Global Challenges (March 2024) ed Emma Gilberthorpe
59. Anthropology and Responsibility (March 2023) ed Melissa Demian, Mattia Fumanti, Christos Lynteris
60. Re-Creating Anthropology: Sociality, Matter, and the Imagination (April 2022) ed David N. Gellner, Dolores P. Martinez
61. Shifting States: New Perspectives on Security, Infrastructure, and Political Affect (December 2020) ed Alison Dundon, Richard Vokes
62. The Time of Anthropology: Studies of Contemporary Chronopolitics (December 2020) ed Elisabeth Kirtsoglou, Bob Simpson
63. An Anthropology of the Enlightenment: Moral Social Relations Then and Today (July 2020) ed Nigel Rapport, Huon Wardle
64. World Anthropologies in Practice (February 2016) ed John Gledhill
65. Art and aesthetics in a globalizing world (December 2014) ed Raminder Kaur, Parul Dave-Mukherji
66. Living Beings: Perspectives on Interspecies Engagements (2013) ed Penny Dransart
67. The Interview: an ethnographic approach (2013) ed Jonathan Skinner
68. Archaeology and anthropology: past, present and future (2011) ed David Shankland
69. Ownership and appropriation (2011) eds Veronica Strang and Mark Busse
70. Thinking through tourism (2011) eds Julie Scott and Tom Selwyn
71. Anthropology and the New Cosmopolitanism: Rooted, Feminist and Vernacular Perspectives (2007) ed Pnina Werbner
72. Creativity and Cultural Improvisation (2007) eds Elizabeth Hallam and Tim Ingold
73. Anthropology and Science: Epistemologies in Practice (2007) eds Jeanette Edwards, Penny Harvey and Peter Wade
74. Locating the Field: Space, Place and Context in Anthropology (2006) eds Simon Michael Coleman and Peter Collins
75. The Qualities of Time (2004) eds Wendy James and David Mills

ASA Monographs 23- (Tavistock 23-26, Routledge 27-39)

40. Human Rights in Global Perspective (2003) eds Richard A. Wilson and Jon P. Mitchell
41. Participating in development : approaches to indigenous knowledge (2002) eds Paul Sillitoe, Johan Pottier and Alan Bicker
42. Elite Cultures (2002) eds Cris Shore and Steve Nugent
43. An Anthropology of Indirect Communication (2001) eds J. Hendry and C.W. Watson
44. The Anthropology of Power (1999) Angela Cheater
45. Ritual, Performance, Media (1997) ed. F. Hughes-Freeland
46. After Writing Culture: Epistemology and Praxis in Contemporary Anthropology (1997) eds. A. James, A. Dawson and J. Hockey
47. Questions of Consciousness (1995) eds. AP Cohen and N Rapport
48. Environmentalism: The View from Anthropology (1993) ed. K Milton
49. Socialism: Ideals, ideologies and local practice (1993) ed. C M Hann
50. Contemporary Futures: Perspectives from Social Anthropology (1992) ed. S Wallman
51. Anthropology and Autobiography (1992), ed. J Okely and H Callaway
52. Anthropology and the Riddle of the Sphinx: Paradox and Change in the Life Course (1990), ed P Spencer
53. History and Ethnicity (1989), ed E Tonkin, M McDonald and M Chapman
54. Migrants, Workers, and the Social Order (1987), ed J S Eades
55. Anthropology at Home (1986), ed A Jackson
56. Reason and Morality (1985), ed J Overing
57. Social anthropology and development policy (1985), ed Ralph Grillo and Alan Rew

ASA Monographs 13-22 (Academic Press)

22. Semantic Anthropology (1982), ed. D. Parkin.
23. Religious Organization and Religious Experience (1982), ed J Davis 22. Semantic Anthropology (1982), ed D Parkin
24. The Structure of Folk Models (1981), ed L Holy and L Stuchlik
25. Social Anthropology of Work (1979), ed S Wallman
26. Social and Ecological Systems (1979), ed P C Burnham and R F Ellen
27. Sex and Age as Principles of Social Differentiation (1978), ed J. La Fontaine
28. Regional Cults (1977), ed R P Werbner
29. The Anthropology of the Body (1977), ed J Blacking
30. Social Anthropology and Law (1977), ed I Hamnett
31. Social Anthropology and Medicine (1976), ed J B Loudon

ASA Monographs 1-12 (Tavistock Publications, now part of Routledge)

12. Urban Ethnicity (1973), ed A Cohen
13. Rethinking Kinship and Marriage (1971), ed R Needham
14. Social Anthropology and Language (1971), ed E Ardener
15. Witchcraft Confessions and Accusations (1970), ed M Douglas
16. Socialization: The Approach from Social Anthropology (1968), ed P Mayer
17. History and Social Anthropology (1968), ed I M Lewis
18. Themes in Economic Anthropology (1967), ed R Firth
19. The Structural Study of Myth and Totemism (1967), ed E R Leach
20. The Social Anthropology of Complex Societies (1966), ed M Banton
21. Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion (1966), ed M Banton
22. Political Systems and the Distribution of Power (1965), ed M Banton
23. The Relevance of Models for Social Anthropology (1965), ed M Banton

Research Methods in Social Anthropology (1-2 Academic Press, 3-9 Routledge)

9. A Guide to Imagework (2004) I. Edgar
10. Reflexive Ethnography (1999) Charlotte Davies
11. An Anthropologist in the Field (1999) Joy Hendry
12. Key Debates in Anthropology (1996) ed. T. Ingold
13. Applications in Computing for Social Anthropologists (1993) M D Fischer
14. Oral Tradition and the Verbal Arts (1992), R Finnegan
15. Observing the Economy (1989), J Altman and C. Gregory
16. Research Practices in the Study of Kinship (1984), A Barnard and A Good
17. Ethnographic Research: A Guide to General Conduct (1984), ed. R F Ellen

Those interested in submitting proposals for new volumes (either edited, or singly or jointly authored) in the research methods series should contact publications(AT)theasa.org.

ASA Decennial Conference Series (Routledge)

5. The Future of Anthropological Knowledge (1996) ed. H. Moore
6. The Pursuit of Certainty: Religious and Cultural Formations (1995) ed. W. James
7. Shifting Contexts: Transformations in Anthropological Knowledge (1995) ed. M Strathern
8. Worlds Apart: Modernity through the Prism of the Local (1995) ed. D. Miller
9. Counterworks: Managing the Diversity of Knowledge (1995) ed. R. Fardon

ASA Studies (Malaby Press)

3. The Interpretation of Symbolism (1975), ed R Willis
4. Marxist Analyses and Social Anthropology (1975), ed M Bloch. (New paperback edition published by Tavistock, 1985.)
5. Biosocial Anthropology (1975), ed R Fox

ASA Essays (ISHI)

3. Numerical Techniques (1981), ed J C Mitchell
4. Text and Context (1976), ed R K Jain
5. Transaction and Meaning (1976), ed B Kapferer