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Anthropology
Paperback. Begins with a question: Is beauty destined to end in tragedy? Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Colombia, the author scrutinizes the anxious, audacious, and sometimes destructive attempts people make to transform their bodies through cosmetic surgery and liposuction. Num Pages: 192 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226789866
- ISBN
- 9780226789866
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
Hardback. Begins with a question: Is beauty destined to end in tragedy? Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Colombia, the author scrutinizes the anxious, audacious, and sometimes destructive attempts people make to transform their bodies through cosmetic surgery and liposuction. Num Pages: 192 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226789859
- ISBN
- 9780226789859
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Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
€ 95.07
€ 78.49
Paperback. "Defacement" asks what happens when something precious is despoiled. It begins with the notion that such activity is attractive in its very repulsion, and that it creates something sacred even in the most secular of societies and circumstances. Num Pages: 328 pages, 4 half-tones. BIC Classification: JFMD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732000
- ISBN
- 9780804732000
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226310855
- ISBN
- 9780226310855
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.17
€ 27.99
€ 23.17
Paperback. Records visionary anthropologist Michael Taussig's reflections on the fieldwork notebooks he kept through forty years of travels in Colombia. This title exhibits Taussig's characteristic verve and intellectual audacity, that is combined with a revelatory sense of intimacy. Num Pages: 176 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 69. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226789835
- ISBN
- 9780226789835
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.06
€ 31.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. A meditation on the mysteries of color and the fascination they provoke. It uses color to explore further dimensions of what the author calls 'the bodily unconscious' in an age of global warming. Drawing on classic ethnography as well as the work of Benjamin, Burroughs, and Proust, it takes up the notion that color invites the viewer into images. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226790060
- ISBN
- 9780226790060
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Hardback. Defacement asks what happens when something precious is despoiled. In specifying the human face as the ideal type for thinking through such violation, this book raises the issue of secrecy as the depth that seems to surface with the tearing of surface. Num Pages: 328 pages, 4 half-tones. BIC Classification: JFMD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731997
- ISBN
- 9780804731997
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Condition: New
€ 161.25
€ 161.25
Paperback. Looks at the interaction between civilized and primitive people in Colombia, examines the role of the shaman, and discusses healing practices in the jungle. Num Pages: 538 pages, 104ill.3M. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 538
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226790138
- ISBN
- 9780226790138
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.35
€ 44.99
€ 34.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 123 x 29. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- AK Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849350976
- ISBN
- 9781849350976
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.11
€ 20.99
€ 20.11
Paperback. This collection of ethnographies demonstrates that the divide between fleeting discursive practice and formed text is a constructed one, and that the constructional process reveals "culture". The cultural processes of "entextualization" and "contextualization" are examined. Num Pages: 362 pages, 8 line drawings, 9 tables. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226757704
- ISBN
- 9780226757704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.35
€ 44.99
€ 34.35
Paperback / so. Series: Studien Zur Sozialwissenschaft. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531128429
- ISBN
- 9783531128429
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Condition: New
€ 80.09
€ 80.09
paperback. In "Egypt's Legacy", Michael Rice explains the majesty and enduring appeal of Egyptian civilization. He draws on Jungian psychology to show why Egypt has been so important in the history of the West. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415268769
- ISBN
- 9780415268769
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Condition: New
€ 57.14
€ 57.14
Paperback. Examines Senegal's crucial and pragmatic decisions related to its development and how they garnered international favor, decisions such as its opposition to Soviet involvement in African liberation - despite itself being a socialist state - or its support for the US-led war on terror - despite its population being predominately Muslim. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226198576
- ISBN
- 9780226198576
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
Hardcover. Examines Senegal's crucial and pragmatic decisions related to its development and how they garnered international favor, decisions such as its opposition to Soviet involvement in African liberation - despite itself being a socialist state - or its support for the US-led war on terror - despite its population being predominately Muslim. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226198439
- ISBN
- 9780226198439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 79.04
€ 95.07
€ 79.04
"The Hikayat Banjar", a 17th-century native court chronicle from Southeast Borneo, characterizes the irresistibility of natural resource wealth to outsiders as 'the banana tree at the gate'. This title employs this phrase as a root metaphor to frame the history of resource relations between the indigenous people of Borneo and the world system. Series: Yale Agrarian Studies Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 29 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMNX; JHMC; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300153217
- ISBN
- 9780300153217
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Condition: New
€ 97.03
€ 97.03
Hardcover. This anthology brings together important classical works and contemporary scholarship for a complete anthropological evaluation of the relationship between culture and climate change. The essays cover a range of topics, including environmental determinism, climatic events as social catalysts, and climatic disasters. Editor(s): Dove, Michael R. Series: Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHM; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 181 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118383551
- ISBN
- 9781118383551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.75
€ 132.75
Paperback. This anthology brings together important classical works and contemporary scholarship for a complete anthropological evaluation of the relationship between culture and climate change. The essays cover a range of topics, including environmental determinism, climatic events as social catalysts, and climatic disasters. Editor(s): Dove, Michael R. Series: Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 360 pages, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JHM; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 169 x 18. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118383001
- ISBN
- 9781118383001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.61
€ 68.61
Paperback. A book which brilliantly twists our perception of nature by showing us nature's perspective of us. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256. A Plant's-eye View of the World. 320 pages. A book which brilliantly twists our perception of nature by showing us nature's perspective of us. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JHM; PST. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight: 222.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747563006
- ISBN
- 9780747563006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.72
€ 19.99
€ 14.72
Paperback. Michael Meeker combines anthropological and historical methods to examine the transition from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic in a major region of the country, the eastern Black Sea coast. Num Pages: 438 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FB; 1QDT; HBJF1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 438
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520234826
- ISBN
- 9780520234826
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.89
€ 52.99
€ 37.89
Paperback. A capacious and synthetic historical investigation, The Secret History of Domesticity exemplifies how the methods of literary interpretation and historical analysis can inform and enrich one another. Num Pages: 904 pages, 97, 2 black & white halftones, 84 black & white line drawings, 11 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 904
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801885402
- ISBN
- 9780801885402
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Condition: New
€ 52.36
€ 52.36
Paperback. A leading anthropological theorist investigates how emerging knowledge formations in molecular biology, environmental studies, computer science, and bioengineering are transforming some of anthropology s key concepts. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 423 pages, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 423
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344766
- ISBN
- 9780822344766
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. Cannibal Tours and Glass Boxes poses a number of probing questions about the role and responsibility of museums and anthropology in the contemporary world. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: GM; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 321.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774804837
- ISBN
- 9780774804837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.10
€ 40.99
€ 36.10
paperback. In a witty, evocative style accessible to both the specialist and non-specialist reader, Michael Lambek provides a significant contribution to writing on African systems of thought, local forms of religious and therapeutic practice, social accountability, and the place of explicit forms of knowledge in the analysis of non-western societies. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 498 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 498
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802077837
- ISBN
- 9780802077837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.73
€ 44.99
€ 39.73
Paperback. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HSM; HRL; JFSR; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403960689
- ISBN
- 9781403960689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.50
€ 64.50