Professor Emma Tarlo from the Department of Anthropology wins 1st Prize in the 2017 Victor Turner Prize for Ethnographic Writing. Emma’s book Entanglement: The Secret Lives of Hair, 2016 Oneworld Press, was chosen due the demonstration of displaying a unique and diverse approach in her research.

The full list of prize winners can be found on the main website for Society of Humanistic Anthropology.

Entanglement: The Secret Lives of Hair, 2016 Oneworld Press has been republished in hardback and can be purchased from Blackwell’s