A Companion to Medical Anthropology examines the current issues, controversies, and state of the field in medical anthropology today.

• Provides an expert view of the major topics and themes to concern the discipline since its founding in the 1960s
• Written by leading international scholars in medical anthropology
• Covers environmental health, global health, biotechnology, syndemics, nutrition, substance abuse, infectious disease, and sexuality and reproductive health, and other topics

A Companion to Moral Anthropology is the first collective consideration of the anthropological dimensions of morals, morality, and ethics. Original essays by international experts explore the various currents, approaches, and issues in this important new discipline, examining topics such as the ethnography of moralities, the study of moral subjectivities, and the exploration of moral economies.

• Investigates the central legacies of moral anthropology, the formation of moral facts and values, the context of local moralities, and the frontiers between moralities, politics,...

A Companion to Heritage Studies is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art survey of the interdisciplinary study of cultural heritage.

• Outlines the key themes of research, including cultural preservation, environmental protection, world heritage and tourism, ethics, and human rights
• Accessibly organized into a substantial framework-setting essay by the editors followed by three sections on expanding, using and abusing, and recasting heritage
• Provides a cutting-edge guide to emerging trends in the field that is that is global in scope, cross-cultural in...

A Companion to the Anthropology of the Middle East presents a comprehensive overview of current trends and future directions in anthropological research and activism in the modern Middle East.

• Named as one of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles of 2016
• Offers critical perspectives on the theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical goals of anthropology in the Middle East
• Analyzes the conditions of cultural and social transformation in the Middle Eastern region and its relations with other areas of the world
• Features...