Books by Abner Cohen

Explores the dynamic relations between cultural forms and political formations in some urban cultural movements. The analysis is based on a detailed study of the structure and development of the London Notting Hill Carnival. The celebration is contrasted with other carnival movements, such as California's 'Renaissance Pleasure Faire'.

Facsimile reprint of edition published in 1974 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.

"A 'good read, ' and at the same time an outstanding and well-balanced theoretical contribution to current debates about the relation of art to politics."--Frederick G. Bailey, University of California, San Diego

This book examines the complex phenomenon of urban ethnicity; including Britain, the USA, Indonesia, Israel and East, West and Central Africa.

Based on Cohen's fieldwork in the 60s among the Hausa migrants, this is a landmark work in urban anthropology and provides a comparative framework for studying political processes in African societies.