New Books in Anthropology

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This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

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  1. 2026-11-11 · 54 min · Episode 1537

    Youth workers are essential to the fabric of society. Schools, families, and many of our social institutions rely heavily on their work, yet their contributions often go unrecognized. Laboring in the Shadows: Precarity…

  2. 2026-11-07 · 52 min · Episode 1534

    On October 5, 2026, Brazil had elections for the president, governors, and congressmen. On October 25, 2026 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva or Lula won the presidency of Brazil. He won during the run-off election after coming…

  3. 2026-11-07 · 46 min · Episode 1536

    Zion’s Last Frontier: LDS Ranchers, Federal Regulators, and the Clash of the New West in Capitol Reef Country, Utah (U Arizona Press, 2026) is a historical ethnography that documents the uniquely Latter-Day Saints…

  4. 2026-11-06 · 1 hr 5 min · Episode 1535

    ¡Huelga!: Indigenous Farm Labor Organizing in Mexico (University of Arizona Press, 2026) highlights and centers the Indigenous workers who struggle for justice in a global food system that connects us all.

  5. 2026-11-04 · 1 hr 2 min · Episode 1533

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  6. 2026-11-03 · 47 min · Episode 1532

    Home Team Away: Watching European Football in Urban China (U Michigan Press, 2026) by Dr. Yuan Gong calls for a rethinking of sport fandom that is divorced from an attachment to location. As the first comprehensive…

  7. 2026-11-02 · 1 hr 11 min · Episode 1531

    This episode features a conversation with historical anthropologist Lisa Mitchell and political theorist Hari Ramesh whose recent books make a case against anti-state thinking in social and political theory.

  8. 2026-10-30 · 58 min · Episode 1530

    Eating Grasshoppers: Chapulines and the Women Who Sell Them (U Texas Press, 2025) is an approachable ethnography of how grasshoppers are harvested, sold, and consumed in Oaxaca. Chapulines (toasted grasshoppers) are not…

  9. 2026-10-27 · 43 min · Episode 1529

    American Amazigh: Remaking North African Indigeneity and Belonging in the Diaspora (NYU Press, 2026) by Dr. Heide Castañeda examines the complex identity negotiations of Amazigh people—also known as Berbers—as they…

  10. 2026-10-26 · 39 min · Episode 1528

    Elizabeth Roberts has experienced the suffering wrought by addiction: her sister’s destructive alcoholism and dependency on prescription drugs, her mother’s hoarding, and her own struggles with binge eating. As for so…

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