Books in the Southern Anthropological Society Proceedings series

The 11 anthropologists, economists and researchers represented in this volume address what they consider to be the disparities of global capitalism and offer solutions to the effects that the burgeoning ""global marketplace"" has on some of today's struggling communities.

These case studies explore how competing interests among the keepers of a community's heritage shape how the community both regards itself and reveals itself to others.

Moving back and forth through the colonial and postcolonial eras of the American South and the Caribbean, the six essays in this volume take a fresh look at the regions' transnational linkages. These essays aim to challenge our notions about the cultural and economic trajectories of the African diaspora.

As the anthropological study of sex becomes more focused within the discipline, this volume offers a cross-section of current research that examines the biological and cultural interface of sexuality.