Books by Kris Manjapra
Interviews where books by Kris Manjapra were recommended
-
1
Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution
by Tania Branigan -
2
Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire
by Nandini Das -
3
The Violence of Colonial Photography
by Daniel Foliard -
4
Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation
by Kris Manjapra -
5
Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World
by Irene Vallejo -
6
Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living
by Dimitris Xygalatas
The 2023 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding, recommended by Madawi Al-Rasheed
The 2023 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding, recommended by Madawi Al-Rasheed
The annual British Academy Book Prize seeks out books that promote ‘global cultural understanding’—something we could all do with more of right now. Anthropologist Madawi Al-Rasheed, a visiting professor at LSE and one of the prize’s judges, talks us through the six excellent books that made the 2023 shortlist, from the ancient Library of Alexandria to fire walking in contemporary Greece.
