
The Strange Rites of Celebrity
A brush with Jesse Eisenberg—anxious Hollywood star, intellectual, and advocate of anthropology—spurred one anthropologist to ponder the culture of celebrity.
A brush with Jesse Eisenberg—anxious Hollywood star, intellectual, and advocate of anthropology—spurred one anthropologist to ponder the culture of celebrity.
Whether trick-or-treating in the United States or costume play celebrations in Japan, Allhallows Eve has taken many forms as its traditions travel the world.
We’ve all been taught that human fertilization is an Olympic-style competition. The truth is that it’s much more like a gigantic lottery.
A movement in 1990s India illuminates the allure of vagueness from our leaders.
One scholar has found in the humble, rusty beer can a trusty time capsule.
Wrapping paper is a striptease that hides and reveals, transforming otherwise ordinary objects into gifts.