Anthropology
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Anthropology
Hardback. How one set of anthropological sculptures deeply influenced modern racial perceptions Num Pages: 292 pages, 1 color photograph, 70 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; AFKB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 244 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252036248
- ISBN
- 9780252036248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.93
€ 44.99
€ 44.93
Paperback. Explores how the growth of marine domestication has blurred traditional distinctions between fish and animals, recasting farmed fish as sentient beings, capable of feeling pain and subject to animal-welfare legislation. This book focuses on the fragile and contingent relational practices that constitute salmon aquaculture. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 black and white, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHMC; TVT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280571
- ISBN
- 9780520280571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. Explores how the growth of marine domestication has blurred traditional distinctions between fish and animals, recasting farmed fish as sentient beings, capable of feeling pain and subject to animal-welfare legislation. This book focuses on the fragile and contingent relational practices that constitute salmon aquaculture. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 black and white, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHMC; TVT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280564
- ISBN
- 9780520280564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.74€ 72.77
€ 94.74
€ 72.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages, 1 colour plate, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226808321
- ISBN
- 9780226808321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.06
€ 31.99
€ 25.06
Hardcover. Silence is normally perceived as an absence and a withholding. The practice of silence turns it into an instrument of power. This volume examines how silence works in the perception and manipulation of sound, of speech, and of perspective in areas, such as music, language, race, work dislocations, and the construction of anthropological subjects. Editor(s): Achino-Loeb, Maria-Luisa. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451301
- ISBN
- 9781845451301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.37
€ 154.37
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813584782
- ISBN
- 9780813584782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34
paperback. Explores night and darkness in Latina /o art and literature Num Pages: 326 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; GTB; JFC; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253001894
- ISBN
- 9780253001894
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Hardback. Illustrates the power of symbols in human societies. This textbook is suitable for courses that define fundamental concepts in religion, cultural anthropology, communication, and art. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759103214
- ISBN
- 9780759103214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.34
€ 147.34
Paperback. Illustrates the power of symbols in human societies. This textbook is suitable for courses that define fundamental concepts in religion, cultural anthropology, communication, and art. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 166 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759103221
- ISBN
- 9780759103221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.15
€ 56.15
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 382 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHM; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691644073
- ISBN
- 9780691644073
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.28
€ 197.28
Paperback. Studies the pansexual BDSM community in the San Francisco Bay Area. This title shows how fantasy play depends on pre-existing social hierarchies, even as it also participates in a commodification of desires. Num Pages: 315 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: JHMC; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351597
- ISBN
- 9780822351597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.70
€ 31.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. Since the 1980s, tattooing has emerged anew in the United States as a widely appealing cultural, artistic, and social form. This title explains how elite tattooists, magazine editors, and leaders of tattoo organizations have downplayed the working-class roots of tattooing in order to make it more palatable for middle-class consumption. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFY; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324676
- ISBN
- 9780822324676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.40
€ 27.99
€ 26.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 55 black & white illustrations, 55 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415699303
- ISBN
- 9780415699303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Hardback. Offers a response to the methodological issues raised by feminist and postmodernist critics of traditional ethnography. The author, a feminist anthropologist, uses three texts developed out of her research in Taiwan - a piece of fiction, anthropological field notes, and a social science article - to explore some of these criticisms. Num Pages: 164 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 18. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804719797
- ISBN
- 9780804719797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.12
€ 110.12
Hardback. The Communist revolution promised Chinese women an end to thousands of years of subjugation, an equality with men in all matters legal, political, social, and economic. This book examines the extent to which this promise has been kept. Num Pages: 300 pages, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804712439
- ISBN
- 9780804712439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.69
€ 160.69
Paperback. The Communist revolution promised Chinese women an end to thousands of years of subjugation, an equality with men in all matters legal, political, social, and economic. This book examines the extent to which this promise has been kept. Num Pages: 300 pages, 25 tables. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 347.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804713481
- ISBN
- 9780804713481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. Studies of Chinese society commonly emphasize men's roles and functions, a not unreasonable approach to a society with patrilineal kinship structure. This book seeks to fill some of these gaps by examining the ways rural Taiwanese women manipulate men and each other in the pursuit of their personal goals. Num Pages: 236 pages, 8ill. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3480 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press Stanford, CA
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804708494
- ISBN
- 9780804708494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. A young mother began to behave in a decidedly aberrant, perhaps suicidal manner, and opinion in her village was sharply divided over the reason. Was she becoming a shaman, posessed by a god? Was she deranged, in need of physical restraint, drugs, and hospitalization? Num Pages: 164 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 10. Weight in Grams: 209.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804719803
- ISBN
- 9780804719803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.09
€ 25.99
€ 24.09
Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DNC; HBLW3; JHMC; KNAF. Dimension: 164 x 267 x 31. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763544849
- ISBN
- 9788763544849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.91€ 40.41
€ 50.91
€ 40.41
Paperback. An expansive new biography of Sojourner Truth, charismatic preacher and activist Num Pages: 520 pages, 38 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK; HBTS; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 346 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252078019
- ISBN
- 9780252078019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48