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Anthropology

Hardback. Focusing on Irish speakers in Catholic West Belfast, this ethnography on Irish language and identity explores the complexities of changing, and contradictory, senses of Irishness and shifting practices of "Irish culture" in the domains of language, music, dance, and sports. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 348 pages, 7 figs & tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; GTJ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780857459138
ISBN
9780857459138
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.00

Paperback. Challenging the dominant view of Hawai'i as a "melting pot paradise" - a place of ethnic tolerance and equality - this title examines how ethnic inequality is structured and maintained in island society. It finds that ethnicity, not race or class, signifies difference for Hawai'i's people and therefore structures their social relations. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592137565
ISBN
9781592137565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. Recent years have seen an exchange between anthropology and history, each field taking on a new dimension in consequence. These papers demonstrate the vitality, growth and promise in new challenges to a discipline no longer satisfied with approaches epitomized in the ethnographic present. Editor(s): Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 411.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804717915
ISBN
9780804717915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.36

Hardback. Here, the author examines the impact of colonialism and the cash economy on the Nandi, a semi-pastoral and patrilineal people of western Kenya, emphasizing changes in women's and men's economic roles and their respective relations to property and to each other. Num Pages: 364 pages, 21 half-tones 21 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 593.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804712248
ISBN
9780804712248
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 275 pages, 1, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Rev ed
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877277255
ISBN
9780877277255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. The significance of feasts, feasting and drinking throughout the history of the world is not to be underestimated. The Never-Ending Feast explores and analyses the variety of traditions surrounding and significances ascribed to commensality, throwing light on how and why human history is essentially the story of the never-ending feast. Num Pages: 256 pages, 21 bw illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; HD; JFCV; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 11. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847889256
ISBN
9781847889256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.95

Paperback. Editor(s): Vansteenkiste, J. Num Pages: 266 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9789020707199
ISBN
9789020707199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.74

Hardback. Explores how scalar blindness skews our understanding of these cultures and the debates they inspire. This book elaborates on indigenous modes of "being many" that have been eclipsed by scale-blind anthropology, which generally uses its large-scale conceptual language of persons, relations, and ethnic groups for even tiny communities. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 b/w, 4 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780520293403
ISBN
9780520293403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.74
€ 72.48

Hardcover. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rutgers University Press New Jersey
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813526522
ISBN
9780813526522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.49

Paperback. A unique examination of ethnography as a theory-constructive endeavour focused on indigenous and Afro-descended Ecuadorian people Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 color photographs, 1 line drawing, 1 map, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077975
ISBN
9780252077975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.51

Paperback. The Andean nation of Ecuador derives much of its revenue from petroleum that is extracted from its vast Upper Amazonian rain forest, which is home to ten indigenous nationalities. This book presents a trenchant ethnography of history, ecology, imagery, and cosmology to focus on shamans, ceramic artists, myth, ritual, and political engagements. Num Pages: 336 pages, 29 photographs; 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 535.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074790
ISBN
9780252074790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. In this ground-breaking new book on the Nortena and Surena (North/South) youth gang dynamic, cultural anthropologist and linguist Norma Mendoza-Denton looks at the daily lives of young Latinas and their innovative use of speech, bodily practices, and symbolic exchanges that signal their gang affiliations and ideologies. Series: New Directions in Ethnography. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631234906
ISBN
9780631234906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.40

Hardcover. In this ground-breaking new book on the Nortena and Surena (North/South) youth gang dynamic, cultural anthropologist and linguist Norma Mendoza-Denton looks at the daily lives of young Latinas and their innovative use of speech, bodily practices, and symbolic exchanges that signal their gang affiliations and ideologies. Series: New Directions in Ethnography. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631234890
ISBN
9780631234890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.17

Paperback. A text on socio-political violence that highlights the human experience of domination, resistance and terror as they are woven into the fabric of everyday life. It takes the reader from the Americas, Europe, the Middle East to Asia to capture the cultural construction of socio-political violence. Editor(s): Nordstrom, Carolyn; Martin, JoAnn. Num Pages: 312 pages, 19 b&w photographs, 1 figure. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHM; JPA; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520073166
ISBN
9780520073166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.48

Paperback. * Completely overhauled version of the combined classic texts The History of Manners and State Formation and Civilization. * Revised throughout, updated postscript and bibliography, and line corrections made from the original version. * Contents lists combined and restructured. . Num Pages: 592 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; JFCX; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 740.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631221616
ISBN
9780631221616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 40.83

Paperback. Editor(s): Haenn, Nora; Wilk, Richard; Harnish, Allison. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 215 x 30. Weight in Grams: 996.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479876761
ISBN
9781479876761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 321 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 172 x 22. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
Number of pages
321
Condition
New
SKU
V9780855752385
ISBN
9780855752385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.65

Challenging the plain and simple view of Amish identity, this study raises the intriguing question of how such a diverse people successfully share a common identity in the absence of uniformity. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 39, 24 black & white illustrations, 7 figures, 8 maps. BIC Classification: HRCC99; HRCV; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801886058
ISBN
9780801886058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.61

Paperback. This work analyzes and discusses current cultural issues and aims to offer clues as to where the next American culture wars may be waged. The contributors examine new developments in the culture wars, such as common-ground efforts and whether the wars represent a global phenomenon. Editor(s): Nolan, James L. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813916972
ISBN
9780813916972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.55

Paperback. Bridging anthropology, sport studies, and childhood studies, Fields of Play offers a rich understanding of an area that has, to date, garnered relatively little attention by social scientists. Series: Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442600799
ISBN
9781442600799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.96

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