Anthropology
Results 2761 - 2784 of 4112
Anthropology
Paperback. A collection of essays on works of literature, such as Salman Rushdie's controversial "Satanic Verses", and twentieth century thinkers, such as Jacques Derrida and Karl Marx. It questions and deconstructs power structures where ever they operate. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 133 x 30. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415964821
- ISBN
- 9780415964821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.24
€ 26.99
€ 25.24
A Critique of Postcolonial Reason: Toward a History of the Vanishing P...
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Paperback. Are the "culture wars" over? What is their relationship to gender struggle and the dynamics of class? Gayatari Spivak poses these questions and attempts to understand and describe a more responsible role for the postcolonial critic, tracking the figure of the "native informant". Num Pages: 464 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674177642
- ISBN
- 9780674177642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.88
€ 44.99
€ 39.88
Paperback. Examining the industry of reproductive technology from the perspective of the consumer, this book scrutinizes the staggering array of medical options available to women and men with fertility problems and assesses the toll - both financial and emotional - that the quest for a biological child often exacts from would-be parents. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JHM; MBX; MFKC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224315
- ISBN
- 9780520224315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.54
€ 33.99
€ 24.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; JHMC; RNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 211 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1633.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226192895
- ISBN
- 9780226192895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.39
€ 34.99
€ 27.39
paperback. Employing literary, historical, and anthropological techniques, this title attempts to generate a new understanding of issues that permeate discussions of Africa by disrupting the centrality of postcolonial texts and focusing instead on the cultural and intellectual production of colonial Africans. Num Pages: 216 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5703 x 3971 x 16. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822326410
- ISBN
- 9780822326410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.98
€ 26.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. Contains nine short stories painting an array of locals caught up in failed dreams of financial success and romantic fulfilment. Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 14. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985275
- ISBN
- 9780295985275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.54
€ 21.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226041124
- ISBN
- 9780226041124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.36
€ 40.99
€ 31.36
Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 178 pages, 6figs.18tabs. BIC Classification: JHM; KC; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226041162
- ISBN
- 9780226041162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.41
€ 32.99
€ 25.41
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877229452
- ISBN
- 9780877229452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.77
€ 36.99
€ 33.77
Hardback. Based on a wealth of literary and historical documentation, this study places Tokugawa homosexuality in a global context, exploring its implications for contemporary debates on the historical construction of sexual desire. It traces the origins of pre-Tokugawa homosexual traditions among monks and samurai. Num Pages: 317 pages, 32 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ; JFSK2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 317
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520209008
- ISBN
- 9780520209008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.07
€ 38.99
€ 28.07
Hardback. Troubled Waters provides readers with an appreciation of the central role of religious meanings and ritual practices surrounding water, arriving at creative new ways to approach the growing water crisis worldwide. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLF; JHMC; RBKF; RNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742552449
- ISBN
- 9780742552449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.10
€ 146.10
Paperback. Troubled Waters provides readers with an appreciation of the central role of religious meanings and ritual practices surrounding water, arriving at creative new ways to approach the growing water crisis worldwide. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLF; JHMC; RBKF; RNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742552456
- ISBN
- 9780742552456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 46.64
€ 48.99
€ 46.64
Paperback. Describes how people and groups attempt to give meaning to the natural world that surrounds them. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMC; PST; PSX; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 458. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252071317
- ISBN
- 9780252071317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.92
€ 24.99
€ 24.92
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBS; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226264981
- ISBN
- 9780226264981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.49
€ 31.99
€ 24.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226249377
- ISBN
- 9780226249377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
€ 36.99
€ 29.15
Hardcover. Focuses on the research and measurement issues related to the emergent field of gambling studies. This book aims to offer a common starting point for researchers with diverse backgrounds by explaining the generally accepted knowledge in the area, research trends, and information gaps. Editor(s): Smith, Garry; Hodgins, David; Williams, Robert. Num Pages: 696 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GPS; JFFH; JHMC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1048.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 696
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780123708564
- ISBN
- 9780123708564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.67
€ 89.67
Paperback. Presents a record of the barbaric and grisly phenomenon of cannibalism, the practice of which has been recorded throughout history in almost every part of the world. This book provides an account of the primitive customs reported by travellers and anthropologists amongst the peoples of the Pacific Islands, South America, Africa, and other places. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JHBT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304. Clean copy showing some age and shelf wear. Previous owner's name to half-title page. Remains a good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0024639
- ISBN
- 9781845883850
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 5.12
€ 20.99
€ 5.12
Paperback. The study of South Asian music falls under the purview of ethnomusicology; whereas that of South Asian literature falls under South Asian studies. This book examines the history of Sinhala-language song and poetry in twentieth-century Sri Lanka. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 171 pages, 6 music ex, 4 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FM; AVA; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520294714
- ISBN
- 9780520294714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.68
€ 40.99
€ 28.68
Paperback. A multidisciplinary study of green and its significance from multiple perspectives: aesthetic, architectural, environmental, political, and social. It is centered on the Kingdom of Bahrain, where green has a long and deep history of appearing cooling, productive, and prosperous-a radical contrast to the hot and hostile desert. Num Pages: 216 pages, 26 color, 3 tables. BIC Classification: AMV; JFC; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285026
- ISBN
- 9780520285026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.54
€ 33.99
€ 24.54
Paperback. Suitable for sinologists, literary critics, anthropologists, cultural studies scholars, and others curious about the semiotics of food, this book examines the twentieth-century Chinese political experience as it is represented literature through hunger, cooking, eating, and cannibalising. It includes chapters on Xiao Hong, Wang Anyi, and Li Ang. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CFG; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822323419
- ISBN
- 9780822323419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.44
€ 34.99
€ 33.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1F; HRA; JFC; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226616018
- ISBN
- 9780226616018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.60
€ 31.99
€ 24.60
Paperback. In Japan as in the US, family farming is on the wane, increasingly rejected by the younger generation in favor of more promising economic pursuits and comforts. This is a study of Japanese farm women's lives in the present: its central figure is 42-year-old Haruko, a woman who exemplifies and makes a mockery of the stereotype of Japanese women. Num Pages: 244 pages, 23 half-tones 1 table 1 map 1 plan. BIC Classification: JFSC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804712873
- ISBN
- 9780804712873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.27
€ 32.99
€ 31.27
Hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages, 75 color illustrations, 65 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3H; HBJK; HBLC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 188 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1124.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884023463
- ISBN
- 9780884023463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.36
€ 54.99
€ 45.36
Hardback. Turf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place is the fascinating story of an urban neighborhood undergoing rapid gentrification. * Explores how members of a multi-ethnic, multi-class Washington, DC, community deploy language to legitimize themselves as community members while discrediting others. Series: New Directions in Ethnography. Num Pages: 376 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405129565
- ISBN
- 9781405129565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.79
€ 121.79