Anthropology
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Anthropology
Paperback. Original essays on the profound cultural impact of tourism in societies ranging form the American southwest to Tonga to Alaska to Iran. Editor(s): Smith, Valene L. Num Pages: 352 pages, 33 illus. BIC Classification: JHM; KNSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812212808
- ISBN
- 9780812212808
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 36.99
€ 41.99
€ 36.99
Migration of Rich Immigrants: Gender, Ethnicity and Class (Palgrave St...
Vailati, Alex, Rial, Carmen
Hardcover. Migration of Rich Immigrants addresses flows of emigrants who establish themselves in other countries temporarily or permanently, in favorable economic conditions. Vailati and Rial explore these migratory paths and analyze how gender, class, age, sexual orientation and ethnicity influence these processes. Series: Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137510761
- ISBN
- 9781137510761
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€ 67.21
€ 67.21
Paperback. Through an interview-based study, Victoria Pitts has researched the subcultural milieu of contemporary body modification, focusing on the ways sexuality, gender and ethnicity are being reconfigured through new body technologies such as tattooing, piercing and scarification. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293116
- ISBN
- 9780312293116
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Condition: New
€ 94.60
€ 94.60
Based upon historical and archival research, as well as the author's fieldwork in indigenous communities, this work analyzes value from the perspective of the Napo Runa people of the Amazonian Ecuador. It views that Napo Runa personifies value by transforming things into people through a process of subordinating them to human relationships. Series: Interpretations of Culture in the New Millennium. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 photographs; 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072550
- ISBN
- 9780252072550
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.56
€ 29.99
€ 27.56
Hardcover. Surprisingly little research has been carried out about how Australian Aboriginal children and teenagers experience life, shape their social world, and imagine the future. This volume presents recent and original studies of life experiences outside the institutional settings of childcare and education.. Editor(s): Eickelkamp, Ute. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JFSP1; JFSP2; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857450821
- ISBN
- 9780857450821
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Condition: New
€ 135.56
€ 135.56
paperback. Series: Nordrhein-Westfalische Akademie Der Wissenschaften. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSB; HB; JHB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 3. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften Germany
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531073651
- ISBN
- 9783531073651
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Condition: New
€ 70.71
€ 70.71
Paperback. Gathers together forty years of anthropological study by a researcher and writer with one of the broadest fieldwork resumes in anthropology. In its twelve essays, this book covers encounters with transvestites in Oman, childbirth in Bhutan, poverty in Cairo, and honor killings in Scandinavia, with visits to several other locales. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226924472
- ISBN
- 9780226924472
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Condition: New
€ 35.00€ 31.48
€ 35.00
€ 31.48
Paperback. Living in a poor neighbourhood of Cairo, Umm Ali has raised eight children with almost no help from her husband or the Egyptian government. This book draws on the author's firsthand experience of Umm Ali's life to create an intimate portrait of Cairo's back streets and the people who live there. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226898353
- ISBN
- 9780226898353
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 34.63
€ 43.99
€ 34.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QSP; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226896809
- ISBN
- 9780226896809
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 34.31
€ 43.99
€ 34.31
Paperback. Many immigrants in Europe find marginalization, discrimination, and increasing segregation. In this book, the author shows how an excessive respect for "their culture" has been part of the problem. Culture has become a concept of race, sustaining ethnic identity politics that subvert human rights. Num Pages: 280 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFJ; JFFN; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226896854
- ISBN
- 9780226896854
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€ 36.99€ 29.85
€ 36.99
€ 29.85
Num Pages: 240 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1FMT; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Ithaca
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801472848
- ISBN
- 9780801472848
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Bringing together scholarly insights and research by both Japanese and non-Japanese experts, Jessica Milner Davis bridges the differences between humor in Japan and the West and examines the spectrum of Japanese humor, from ancient traditions and surviving rituals of laughter to the norms of joke-telling in conversation in Japan and America. Editor(s): Davis, Jessica Milner. Series: Humor in Life & Letters S. Num Pages: 264 pages, 27 illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814331651
- ISBN
- 9780814331651
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Condition: New
€ 44.03
€ 44.03
Hardcover. This book, based on extensive historical research and anthropological fieldwork in contemporary Jerusalem, details the multiple ways in which space, identity, and alterity are experienced, produced and contested by the habitants of this conflicted urban center. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJPG; 3JMG; HBTQ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633488
- ISBN
- 9780815633488
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Condition: New
€ 47.25
€ 47.25
Paperback. Argues that confrontation with major paradigms of world history has marked African and Latin American history during the last quarter-century and that the process has dramatically restructured historical and theoretical understanding of peasantries, labour and the capitalist world system. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLC; 1KLS; HBAH; JHBL; JHM; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299136840
- ISBN
- 9780299136840
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Condition: New
€ 29.78
€ 29.78
Hardcover. Editor(s): Weiss, Kathryn E. Num Pages: 211 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607418603
- ISBN
- 9781607418603
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Condition: New
€ 99.16€ 70.70
€ 99.16
€ 70.70
Paperback. Editor(s): David, Bruno; Barker, Bryce; McNiven, Ian J. Num Pages: 384 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; HD; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780855754990
- ISBN
- 9780855754990
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€ 35.99€ 26.40
€ 35.99
€ 26.40
Paperback. The companion volume to the 50th-anniversary edition of Black Like Me , this book features John Howard Griffin's later writings on racism and spirituality. Conveying a progressive evolution in thinking, it further explores Griffin's ethical stand in the human rights struggle and nonviolent pursuit of equality. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Wings Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916727826
- ISBN
- 9780916727826
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.49
€ 18.99
€ 17.49
Paperback. Provides compelling examples of applied research in cultural anthropology. This title offers ten readings that refer to contemporary social issues such as religious belief, work and family, social class, food production, relationships, consumerism, the effects of climate change on culture, and globalization. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations map. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
- Edition
- 9th Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780078117039
- ISBN
- 9780078117039
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Condition: New
€ 138.77
€ 138.77
Paperback. A collection of essays, which considers the meaning and nature of life history narrative in India. Editor(s): Arnold, David; Blackburn, Stuart. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; HBTB; HBTD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217271
- ISBN
- 9780253217271
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.14
€ 27.99
€ 26.14
Paperback. Considers the work of the most influential postmodern theorists, including Lyotard and Jameson, and offers accounts both of the work of newly emerging theorists and new areas of postmodernist culture which have developed over the years, especially in law, music, dance, spatial theory, ethnography, ecology, and the new technologies. Num Pages: 340 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200529
- ISBN
- 9780631200529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.96
€ 55.96