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Anthropology

paperback. Presenting everyday stories on subjects such as deities, ascetics, cats, and cooking, this book shows that the study of oral narrative and performance is essential to ethical inquiry. It builds on the author's research in the famous Hindu pilgrimage town of Sringeri, Karnataka, in southwestern India. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231139212
ISBN
9780231139212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.35

Paperback. * A Demonstrates links between how culture is produced and consumed. A Covers wide range of examples found in popular culture. A Adopts a cross--disciplinary approach. A Includes both classic and contemporary essays as well as new articles written especially for this volume. . Editor(s): Harrington, Lee; Bielby, Denise. Series: Blackwell Readers in Sociology. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHM; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631217107
ISBN
9780631217107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.53

Paperback. Every summer, thousands gather from around the world in the heat of Nevada's Black Rock Desert for the seven-day celebration of art, community, and fire known as Burning Man. This ethnography of the Burning Man phenomenon explores why 'burners' come in vast numbers to transform a temporary gathering of strangers into an enduring community. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition, Includes DVD
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260887
ISBN
9780520260887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. An account of how anthropology has responded to and helped shape ideas about race and culture in the United States, and how its ideas have been appropriated to different ends. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346982
ISBN
9780822346982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Hardback. Begins with a look at the ideas of Mancur Olson and George Williams, who shifted the question of why cooperation happens from an emphasis on group benefits to individual costs. This book then explores how these ideas have influenced our thinking about cooperation, coordination, and collective action. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 line illus. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM; JPA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154954
ISBN
9780691154954
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. An issue facing transitional democracies around the world has been what to do with the security apparatuses left over from the old regime. This text explores this using true stories of torture victims in Brazil and Uruguay who, faced with the paralysis of the new regime, settled their own accounts. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 1KLSU; BG; JHM; JPH; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 204 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226893945
ISBN
9780226893945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 13. Weight in Grams: 311.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226726113
ISBN
9780226726113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138237797
ISBN
9781138237797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBM; HBJF1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226317489
ISBN
9780226317489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Paperback. The author's work traces the experience of Irish-American Catholics from their beginnings as detested, unskilled pioneers of the urban ghetto to their rise as an essentially affluent, powerful, middle-class suburban community. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HRCC7; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Edition
Rev Upd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813208961
ISBN
9780813208961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.49

Paperback. Includes essays that offer a sophisticated view of the growing power of popular culture and its increasing inseparability from contemporary structures of economic and political power and from our everyday lives. This title reveals the ways in which popular culture is being mobilised in the service of economic and political struggles. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822319177
ISBN
9780822319177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

paperback. Series: Genocide, Political Violence and Human Rights. Num Pages: 162 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; JHMC; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813553498
ISBN
9780813553498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813552439
ISBN
9780813552439
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.16

Paperback. Editor(s): Glickman, Lawrence B. Num Pages: 432 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBTB; JFFT; JHM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801484865
ISBN
9780801484865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Paperback. The ritual culture of image-worshipping Sventambar Jains of the western Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan are explored in this volume, with the author linking Jain tradition to the social identity of existing Jain communities. Series: Comparative Studies in Religion & Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRKJ; HRLF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 63.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520203242
ISBN
9780520203242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.00

Paperback. Challenges conventional understandings of identity based on notions of nation and culture as bounded or discrete. This volume exemplifies a cross-disciplinary cultural studies and a concept of culture rooted in lived experience as well as textual readings. Editor(s): Lavie, Smadar; Swedenburg, Ted. Num Pages: 344 pages, 6 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822317203
ISBN
9780822317203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.98

Paperback. A reissue of Van der Post's classic account of his rediscovery of the Bushmen of the Kalahari desert, outcast survivors from Stone Age Africa. His attempt to capture their way of life and the secrets of their ancient heritage provide captivating reading and an insight into a forgotten culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; JHMP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428756
ISBN
9780099428756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. The sequel to "The Lost World of the Kalahari" in which Laurens Van der Post records everything he has learned of the life and lore of Africa's first inhabitants. This book journeys into the mind and spirit of the Bushmen, a people outlawed by the advance of the blacks and whites alike. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; DNF; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428749
ISBN
9780099428749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.91

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9789747100853
ISBN
9789747100853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.84

Paperback. Focuses on the need to revitalise public life and political agency in the United States. Delivering a devastating critique of contemporary discourses of American citizenship, this title addresses the triumph of the idea of private life over that of public life borne in the right-wing agenda of the Reagan revolution. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 320 pages, 57 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSJ; JHM; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822319245
ISBN
9780822319245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 31.02

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