American Anthropological Association

Welcome to our virtual booth for the American Anthropological Association annual conference where we’ve collected our new books and conference discount to share with you during this year’s meeting, November 15-19, 2023, in Toronto, Ontario.

 

We are pleased to offer AAA members a 30% discount on all orders of our anthropology books placed through December 15, 2023. Enter promo code WAS3 at checkout through our website orEnter promo code WAS3 at checkout through our website or through our Canadian Distributor, University of Toronto Press.

 

Our acquisitions editors are still eager to connect with current and prospective authors about new projects and book proposals. They have been working to transition their usual in-person conference appointments to virtual meetings by phone or Zoom. If you have a project you’d like to discuss, please get in touch with one of our editors:

 

Mike Baccam, Acquisitions Editor, mbaccam@uw.edu

Asian American studies, western US history, environmental history, and critical ethnic studies

Caitlin Tyler-Richards, Acquisitions Editor, ctylerri@uw.edu

Anthropology; Native and Indigenous studies; women’s, gender, and sexuality studies; and Asian studies

 

We’ve curated a selection of our new and noteworthy books below, and you can find additional titles here.

New in Anthropology

Cherokee Earth Dwellers

Cherokee Earth Dwellers

Stories and Teachings of the Natural World

Christopher B. Teuton, Loretta Shade, Hastings Shade, Larry Shade, MaryBeth Timothy

$34.95

Paperback

296 Pages

Modified Bodies, Material Selves

Modified Bodies, Material Selves

Beauty Ideals in Post-Reform Shanghai

Julie E. Starr

$35.00

Paperback

228 Pages

Fukushima Futures

Fukushima Futures

Survival Stories in a Repeatedly Ruined Seascape

Satsuki Takahashi, K. Sivaramakrishnan, K. Sivaramakrishnan

$35.00

Paperback

194 Pages

Resisting the Nuclear

Resisting the Nuclear

Art and Activism across the Pacific

Elyssa Faison, Alison Fields, Laura Kina

$35.00

Paperback

344 Pages

Queer Data Studies

Queer Data Studies

Patrick Keilty, Rebecca Herzig, Banu Subramaniam

$30.00

Paperback

312 Pages

Tengautuli Atkuk / The Flying Parka

Tengautuli Atkuk / The Flying Parka

The Meaning and Making of Parkas in Southwest Alaska

Ann Fienup-Riordan, Alice Rearden, Marie Meade

$45.00

Paperback

320 Pages

Surviving the Sanctuary City

Surviving the Sanctuary City

Asylum-Seeking Work in Nepali New York

Tina Shrestha

$30.00

Paperback

242 Pages

Sustaining Natures

Sustaining Natures

An Environmental Anthropology Reader

Sarah R. Osterhoudt, K. Sivaramakrishnan, K. Sivaramakrishnan

$32.00

Paperback

400 Pages

Spawning Modern Fish

Spawning Modern Fish

Transnational Comparison in the Making of Japanese Salmon

Heather Anne Swanson, K. Sivaramakrishnan, K. Sivaramakrishnan

$35.00

Paperback

274 Pages

Hacking the Underground

Hacking the Underground

Disability, Infrastructure, and London's Public Transport System

Raquel Velho, Banu Subramaniam, Rebecca Herzig

$30.00

Paperback

202 Pages

Cold War Deceptions

Cold War Deceptions

The Asia Foundation and the CIA

David H. Price

$35.00

Paperback

358 Pages

An Ecological History of Modern China

An Ecological History of Modern China

Stevan Harrell

$35.00

Paperback

582 Pages