The Return of Ethnographic Theory

Hau Books is committed to publishing the most distinguished texts in classic and contemporary sociocultural anthropology and related social sciences. Along with Hau: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, our publications highlight ethnography, based on extended fieldwork, as the prime heuristic of anthropology and the wellspring of conceptual developments in the discipline. In partnership with The University of Chicago Press and Knowledge Unlatched, Hau offers its titles in print editions, open-access PDFs, and sometimes e-books.

New Releases

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H. Clark Barrett et al.
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João Pina-Cabral
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Agnieszka Kedzierska Manzon
Cover of Inventing Writing by Pierre DéléageInventing Writing

Pierre Déléage

Series

Monographs
Single-author works joining sustained fieldwork and original theory.
Collectives
Edited volumes bringing multiple perspectives to shared theoretical problems.
Essays
Concentrated arguments, longer than an article and shorter than a monograph, and compilations of essays.
Classics
Reissued landmarks and new translations, with original critical introductions.
Stories
Books in which the story itself carries the argument.

Bestsellers – Frontlist

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Peasants and Capital

Michel-Rolph Trouillot
Cover of Becoming Somebody Else by Joshua Burraway
Becoming Somebody Else

Joshua Burraway
Cover of Journeys into the Invisible by Charles Stépanoff
Journeys into the Invisible

Charles Stépanoff
Cover of An Outline of the Origins of Money by Heinrich Schurtz
An Outline of the Origins of Money

Heinrich Schurtz

Bestsellers – Backlist

Cover of The Gift: Expanded Edition by Marcel Mauss
The Gift: Expanded Edition

Marcel Mauss
Cover of On Kings by David Graeber & Marshall Sahlins
On Kings

David Graeber &
Marshall Sahlins
Cover of Magic: A Theory from the South by Ernesto de Martino
Magic: A Theory from the South

Ernesto de Martino
Cover of Dictionary of Indo-European Concepts and Society by Émile Benveniste
Dictionary of Indo-European Concepts and Society

Émile Benveniste
Cover of The Mythology in Our Language by Ludwig Wittgenstein
The Mythology in Our Language

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Cover of The Anti-Witch by Jeanne Favret-Saada
The Anti-Witch

Jeanne Favret-Saada
Cover of The Relative Native by Eduardo Viveiros de Castro
The Relative Native

Eduardo Viveiros de Castro
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Why We Play

Roberte Hamayon

 

 

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