Sherry B. Ortner. Anthropology and Social Theory: Culture, Power, and the Acting Subject. Durham: Duke University Press, 2006, 200 pp. $US 21.95 paper (0-8223-3864-5), $US 74.95 hardcover (0-8223-3811-4)
Practice theory stands as one of the most significant theoretical developments in the social sciences over the last half century. In Anthropology and Social Theory, Sherry Ortner sets out to show how, when well-grounded in original empirical research, practice theory throws new light on questions of culture, power, agency and subjectivity. Read more
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