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Joseph S. Alter

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University of Pittsburgh

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Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Anthropology

Joseph S. Alter is currently serving as an Anthropology Professor at University of Pittsburgh.

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anthropology culture ethnography cultural studies yoga cultural anthropology east asian studies asian studies social anthropology performance studies medical anthropology sociocultural anthropology cultural history south asian culture feminist theory narrative sociology of religion body image north india anthropological theory masculinity social theory embodiment indian wrestling nature cure contemporary asia feminist studies regional studies physical anthropology cultural change ethnic studies ethnographic theory medical history japan studies spirituality cultural theory historical sociology symbolic interaction orientalism indigenous studies comparative religion men's studies muscular christianity migration studies intercultural studies ayurveda settler colonialism indigenous peoples sexology sexism gender theory regional research race relations racial studies cultural relations sport participation globalization of sport high-performance sport exercise science sport psychology biopolitics rural sociology identity politics sociological research modern india metaphysical fitness asian medicine somatic nationalism militant hinduism biomoral imperative indian state utopian somatics wimal dissanayake asian theory male celibacy seminal truth environmental health chinese medicine east asian languages south asia

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Biosemiotics and Hominidae History: Technicity, Animals, and the Limitations of Human Exceptionalism. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (2023)

Joseph S. Alter

hominidae historyanthropologycultural anthropologyroyal anthropological institutesocial anthropologybiological anthropologybiosemioticssociocultural anthropologyanthropological theoryevolutionary anthropologyhuman exceptionalismethnography

The Embodiment of Meaning and the Meaning of Embodiment. Journal of Yoga Studies (2023)

Joseph Alter

aestheticsembodied cognitionembodimentinterpretationperformance studiesyoga

The Embodiment of Meaning and the Meaning of Embodiment: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns in the Study of Postural Practice. Journal of Yoga Studies (2023)

Joseph Alter

symbolic techniquesmethodological concernsaestheticsembodied cognitionembodimentexistentialismnarrativepostural practiceritualsymbolic interactionculturehuman movementcultural practiceskinesiologyperformance studiesyoga

Nature Cure and Public Health: Illness Narratives, Medical Efficacy, and Existential Suffering. Anthropology and Medicine (2022)

Joseph S. Alter

nature cureanthropologyexistential sufferingmedicinemedical efficacyillness narrativespublic health

Biosemiotics and Religion: Theoretical Perspectives on Language, Society and the Supernatural. Theory Culture & Society (2021)

Joseph S. Alter

cultural studiessocial theorytheoretical perspectivesreligioncultural theorybiosemioticslanguageculturesocial sciencescultural change

Why Study Asian Medicine?. Asian Medicine (2021)

Joseph S. AlterJudith FarquharM.A. Mujeeb KhanWilliam A. McGrathVolker ScheidNathan SivinFaizah ZakariaKenneth Zysk

study asian medicineeast asian studies

From Lebensreform to Swadeshi. Asian Medicine (2020)

Joseph S. Alter

medicine

Mountain Temples and Temple Mountains: Architecture, Religion, and Nature in the Central Himalayas. by Nachiket Chanchani. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2019. XIII, 271 Pp. Isbn: 9780295744513 (Cloth).. The Journal of Asian Studies (2020)

Joseph S. Alter

architectureorientalismreligioncentral himalayastemple mountainsasian studiesmountain templesreligious studieseast asian studies

Pahalwan Baba Ramdev: Wrestling With Yoga and Middle-Class Masculinity in India. Modern Asian Studies (2020)

JOSEPH S. ALTER

masculinityasian studiespahalwan baba ramdevmiddle-class masculinityeast asian studiesyoga

Masculinities and Culture. SAGE Publications, Inc. eBooks (2019)

Joseph S. Alter

masculinityanthropologymen's studiesculture

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Joseph S. Alter

Professor

University of Pittsburgh

Affiliations

Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Anthropology

Joseph S. Alter is currently serving as an Anthropology Professor at University of Pittsburgh.

Honors

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Biosemiotics and Hominidae History: Technicity, Animals, and the Limitations of Human Exceptionalism. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (2023)

Joseph S. Alter

The Embodiment of Meaning and the Meaning of Embodiment. Journal of Yoga Studies (2023)

Joseph Alter

aestheticsembodied cognitionembodimentinterpretationperformance studiesyoga

The Embodiment of Meaning and the Meaning of Embodiment: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns in the Study of Postural Practice. Journal of Yoga Studies (2023)

Joseph Alter

Nature Cure and Public Health: Illness Narratives, Medical Efficacy, and Existential Suffering. Anthropology and Medicine (2022)

Joseph S. Alter

nature cureanthropologyexistential sufferingmedicinemedical efficacyillness narrativespublic health

Biosemiotics and Religion: Theoretical Perspectives on Language, Society and the Supernatural. Theory Culture & Society (2021)

Joseph S. Alter

cultural studiessocial theorytheoretical perspectivesreligioncultural theorybiosemioticslanguageculturesocial sciencescultural change

Why Study Asian Medicine?. Asian Medicine (2021)

Joseph S. AlterJudith FarquharM.A. Mujeeb KhanWilliam A. McGrathVolker ScheidNathan SivinFaizah ZakariaKenneth Zysk

study asian medicineeast asian studies

From Lebensreform to Swadeshi. Asian Medicine (2020)

Joseph S. Alter

medicine

Joseph S. Alter

architectureorientalismreligioncentral himalayastemple mountainsasian studiesmountain templesreligious studieseast asian studies

Pahalwan Baba Ramdev: Wrestling With Yoga and Middle-Class Masculinity in India. Modern Asian Studies (2020)

JOSEPH S. ALTER

masculinityasian studiespahalwan baba ramdevmiddle-class masculinityeast asian studiesyoga

Masculinities and Culture. SAGE Publications, Inc. eBooks (2019)

Joseph S. Alter

masculinityanthropologymen's studiesculture

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