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Paperback. In many South Asian oral traditions, women are viewed as fragmented identities, dangerously split between virtue and virtuosity. This ethnographical study of women in certain North Indian villages criticizes local ideologies of gender and kinship that place women in subordinate positions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFK; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 63.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520083714
ISBN
9780520083714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.47

Paperback. Glenn Jordan and Chris Weedon look at the role of culture in reproducing and contesting social relations of class, gender and race. They focus on relationships between culture, subjectivity, and power, in what is the first comprehensive introduction to contemporary cultural politics. Num Pages: 640 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFS; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1008.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631162285
ISBN
9780631162285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.95

Paperback. Chapters based on fieldwork from such diverse sites as India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia, and Vietnam demonstrate how sharing and tolerance are both more complex and multifaceted than they are often recognized to be. Editor(s): Bowman, Glenn. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782387442
ISBN
9781782387442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.79

Hardcover. The Politics and Pragmatics of Inter-communal Relations Around Holy Places. 196 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Bowman, Glenn. By including both historical processes and particular events, this volume demonstrates the importance of understanding the wider contexts within which social interactions take place and shows that tolerance and inter-communalism are simultaneously possible and perpetually under threat. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HRLF; JFSR; JHMC. Dimension: 152 x 236 x 14. Weight: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857454867
ISBN
9780857454867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.77

Hardback. Num Pages: 228 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1DVC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782388227
ISBN
9781782388227
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.85

Hardcover. This book is both a critical contribution to the anthropology of contemporary modernity and a radical intervention in contemporary cross-disciplinary debates on the city of Berlin. Series: Space and Place. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JFSG; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845457235
ISBN
9781845457235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.17

Paperback. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442626584
ISBN
9781442626584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 5. Weight in Grams: 86.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
American Anthropological Association United States
Edition
Number 9
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913167373
ISBN
9780913167373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.74

Paperback. Series: Contradictions of modernity series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816631520
ISBN
9780816631520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.60

Paperback. In "The Open", contemporary Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben considers the ways in which the "human" has been thought of as either a distinct and superior type of animal, or a kind of being that is essentially different from animal altogether. Translator(s): Attell, Kevin. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804747387
ISBN
9780804747387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.10

Paperback. Showcases the work emerging from the ethnography of media. This title covers topics ranging from indigenous media projects around the world to the unexpected effects of state control of media to the local impact of film and television as they travel transnationally. Editor(s): Ginsburg, Faye D.; Abu-Lughod, Lila; Larkin, Brian. Num Pages: 429 pages, 23 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JFD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
429
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232310
ISBN
9780520232310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. A critique of claims regarding the free movement of goods, people, services, and capital throughout Europe. It interrogates European discourses on free movement and a utopian unity-in-diversity in light of contemporary debates and practices in Europe, social and cultural theories, historical texts, media representations, and critical art projects. Num Pages: 220 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822345794
ISBN
9780822345794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. An innovative historical and ethnographic examination of Dominican identity formation in the Dominican Republic and the United States. Num Pages: 360 pages, 37 b&w photos, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJD; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5830 x 3971 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822340379
ISBN
9780822340379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Memory is as central to modern politics as politics is central to modern memory. This book explores the relationship between collective memory and national identity in diverse cultures throughout history. It discloses the contested nature of various monuments by showing how groups and individuals struggle to shape the past to their own ends. Editor(s): Gillis, John R. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: HB; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691029252
ISBN
9780691029252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 9 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226895260
ISBN
9780226895260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. The brilliant and insightful new book from Gillian Tett, author of the bestselling FOOL'S GOLD Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; KCA; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844087594
ISBN
9781844087594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. An account of relations between the sexes and the role of myth in the transition between unconscious fantasy and cultural forms, based on studies of the mythologies of the Gimi, from the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 halftones, 1 map, 12 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HBJM; JFHF; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226293813
ISBN
9780226293813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.83

Paperback. Series Editor(s): Harrell, Stevan. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 176 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 2 recorded music items, 3 maps, 19 b&w illus., 3 maps, 2. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF; HREX; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 267 x 14. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295999487
ISBN
9780295999487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Translator(s): Biebuyck, B. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: AVA; JFC; JHM; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226730066
ISBN
9780226730066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.10
€ 43.65

Hardback. Provides valuable details of Hidatsa daily life during the nineteenth century, from courtship rituals that took place while gathering Juneberries, to descriptions of how the women kept young boys from stealing wild plums as they prepared them for use, to recipes for preparing and cooking local plants - including the roots, fruits, seeds, and sap. Editor(s): Scullin, Michael. Num Pages: 472 pages, 71 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBNR; JFSL9; JHMC; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 835.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803246744
ISBN
9780803246744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.21

Paperback. This collection of essays on the sexual culture of the Sambia of Papua New Guinea examines: fetish and fantasy; ritual nose-bleeding; the role of homoerotic insemination; the role of the father and mother in the process of identity formation; and the creation of a "third sex" in nature and culture. Series: Worlds of Desire S. Num Pages: 334 pages, 21 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFC; JFSJ; JHM; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327525
ISBN
9780226327525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.61

Paperback. This unique study of boy-inseminating rituals among the Sambia of New Guinea challenges our deepest assumptions about the role of culture in understanding homosexuality and gender-identity development. Num Pages: 401 pages, 2 halftones, 1 map, 2 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFC; JFSJ; JFSK2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
401
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327495
ISBN
9780226327495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. A collection of essays by anthropologists on the subject of ritualized homosexuality. Their studies in cross-cultural variations in homosexual behaviour in a non-Western culture area indicate that contemporary theories of sex and gender development need revision. Editor(s): Herdt, Gilbert H. Series: Studies in Melanesian Anthropology. Num Pages: 476 pages, 3 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1MKL; JFC; JFSJ; JFSK2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
476
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520080966
ISBN
9780520080966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.91

Hardback. Presents a different paradigm, which opens up several perspectives for understanding and analyzing Hindu life and culture. This book attempts to 'connect the dots', moving beyond isolated local village-based studies in order to bridge the gulf between anthropology and Hindu studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRG; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 177 x 23. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739111734
ISBN
9780739111734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.05

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