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Paperback. The workers who migrate from Lesotho to the mines and cities of neighbouring South Africa have developed a rich genre of sung oral poetry - "word music" - that focuses on the experiences of migrant life. Complete with transcriptions of performances, this book discusses this musical literature. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AVGH; JFFN; JHM; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226115740
ISBN
9780226115740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. The second in a three-volume study, this volume explores colonial evangelism and modernity in South Africa. It shows how the relationship between the British evangelists and the Southern Tswana created complex exchanges of goods, signs and cultural markers which affected both Africans and Britons. Num Pages: 606 pages, 33 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBTQ; HBTR; HRCX7; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 192 x 231 x 40. Weight in Grams: 948.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
606
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226114446
ISBN
9780226114446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.35

Paperback. What role does ritual play in the lives of modern Africans? How are "traditional" cultural forms deployed by people seeking empowerment in a world where "modernity" has failed to deliver. In this collection of essays, the authors address such concepts as modernity, ritual, power and history. Editor(s): Comaroff, Jean; Comaroff, John L. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 halftone, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1H; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226114408
ISBN
9780226114408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, 9 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1H; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 232 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226114231
ISBN
9780226114231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. These essays explore the diverse, unexpected and controversial ways in which the idea of civil society has entered into populist politics and public debate throughout Africa. It shows how struggles over civil society reveal much about larger historical forces in the post-Cold War era. Editor(s): Comaroff, John L.; Comaroff, Jean. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226114149
ISBN
9780226114149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. A collection of essays that argues for the importance of paying attention to the many different cultural and historical strands that constitute love in Africa. It covers such topics as the reception of Bollywood movies in 1950s Zanzibar, and the effects of a Mexican telenovela on young people's ideas about courtship in Niger. Editor(s): Cole, Jennifer; Thomas, Lynn M. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1H; JHBK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226113531
ISBN
9780226113531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.67

Hardcover. A collection of essays that argues for the importance of paying attention to the many different cultural and historical strands that constitute love in Africa. It covers such topics as the reception of Bollywood movies in 1950s Zanzibar, and the effects of a Mexican telenovela on young people's ideas about courtship in Niger. Editor(s): Cole, Jennifer; Thomas, Lynn M. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1H; JHBK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226113524
ISBN
9780226113524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.93
€ 78.49

Paperback. Eager to forge a viable future amid poverty and rising consumerism, many young women in Tamatave entered the sexual economy in hope of finding a European husband. This book chronicles the coming of age of a generation of women in Tamatave in the years that followed Madagascar's economic liberalization. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HSM; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226113319
ISBN
9780226113319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Hardcover. Eager to forge a viable future amid poverty and rising consumerism, many young women entered the sexual economy in hope of finding a European husband. This book chronicles the coming of age of a generation of women in Tamatave in the years that followed Madagascar's economic liberalization. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HSM; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226113302
ISBN
9780226113302
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.87
€ 83.48

Paperback. In working to build a sense of nationhood, Ghana has focused on many social engineering projects, the most meaningful and fascinating of which has been the state's effort to create a national culture through its schools. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 maps, 3 tables, 6halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HRCX6; JNKC; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 172 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226111315
ISBN
9780226111315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.62

Paperback. AIDS and Africa are indelibly linked in popular consciousness, but despite widespread awareness of the epidemic, much of the story remains hidden beneath a superficial focus on condoms, sex workers, and antiretrovirals. Africa gets lost in this equation. The author offers a powerful reversal, using AIDS as a lens through which to view Africa. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; HBJH; JHMC; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226108834
ISBN
9780226108834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.87

Paperback. A comprehensive analysis of the world of open air marketplaces of West Africa. Clark studies the market women of Kumasi, Ghana, in order to understand the key social forces that generate, maintain, and continually reshape shifting market dynamics. Num Pages: 488 pages, 16 halftones, 9 maps, 2 line drawings, 32 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 707.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226107806
ISBN
9780226107806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.03
€ 43.65

Paperback. In the 1970s John Chernoff recorded the story of Hawa, a 16 year old West African girl working as an "ashawo", or bar girl. Through Hawa, the reader gains an inside view of life in modern West Africa, for those without money, education or experience. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; BG; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226103525
ISBN
9780226103525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. This text provides a comprehensive account of carnivore social behaviour. Synthesizing more than a decade of research in the wild, it offers a detailed account of the behaviour and ecology of cheetahs. Series: Wildlife Behaviour & Ecology S. Num Pages: 500 pages, 34 halftones, 102 line drawings, 90 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; PSVP; PSVS; PSVW7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226094342
ISBN
9780226094342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.03
€ 43.79

Paperback. This volume brings together eight of Blacking's most important theoretical papers which reveal his theoretical themes such as the innateness of musical ability and the properties of music as a symbolic or quasi-linguistic system. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 288 pages, music. BIC Classification: 1H; AVGH; DNF; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 239 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226088303
ISBN
9780226088303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.06

Paperback. Today's unprecedented migration of people around the globe in search of work has had a widespread and troubling result: the separation of families. In this book, the author offers a sophisticated examination of this phenomenon among Ghanaians living in Ghana and abroad. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 halftones, 2 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFFN; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226072388
ISBN
9780226072388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.72

Paperback. As Archbishop Desmond Tutu has noted, "AIDS is South Africa's new apartheid." This title traces the historical shifts in health policy after apartheid and describes their effects, detailing, in particular, the changing relationship between biomedical and indigenous health care, both at the national and the local level. Num Pages: 368 pages, 27 halftones, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFH2; JPQB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226064598
ISBN
9780226064598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.34

Paperback. Most women in the West use contraception in order to avoid having children. But in rural sub-saharan Africa many women use it for the opposite reason, to have more children. This study of aging and reproduction makes use of ethnographic and demographic data. Series: Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 21 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDG; JFSL; JHBD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226058528
ISBN
9780226058528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. This text provides a detailed analysis of both the music and the cultural significance of children's songs among the Venda people of the northern Transvaal, South Africa. It examines topics such as role of melody in generating rhythm. Num Pages: 210 pages, 15 halftones, 14 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AVGH; JFSP1; JFSP2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226055114
ISBN
9780226055114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Paperback. Addresses the question: Why should Africa be studied in the American university? Put to scholars in the social sciences and humanities, prominent Africanists who are also leaders in their various disciplines, their responses make a strong case for the research on Africa. Editor(s): Bates, Robert H.; etc.; Mudimbe, V.Y.; O'Barr, Jean F. (Professor of the Practice of Women's Studies, Duke University, USA). Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; JFC; JH; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226039015
ISBN
9780226039015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

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