Anthropology
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Anthropology
Hardback. Offers a comprehensive guide to visual anthropology and the use of film in ethnographic research. This title shows how visual media is an accepted part of anthropological methodology, a vital tool that produces knowledge about the range of cultures and about culture itself. It is useful for ethnographic research. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759103948
- ISBN
- 9780759103948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.93
€ 153.93
Hardback. Num Pages: 395 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 263 x 298 x 24. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634847827
- ISBN
- 9781634847827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 288.37€ 210.71
€ 288.37
€ 210.71
Paperback. An exquisite collection of objects relating to the traditions of samurai warriors, from swords and armor to dishes and paintings Num Pages: 132 pages, 178 color + 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 218 x 8. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933789033
- ISBN
- 9781933789033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.70
€ 23.99
€ 17.70
Hardcover. When reason fails to guide us in our everyday lives, we turn to faith, to religion; we close our minds; we reject austere reasoning. This rejection, which is a faith-based social and intellectual malignancy, has two unfortunate consequences: it blocks the way to knowledge that might enhance the quality of life and it opens the way to charlatans.. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HR; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455125
- ISBN
- 9781845455125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.01
€ 152.01
Hardback. Explores the distinction between selflessness and self-interestedness, between acting for one's own advantage and acting, even when disadvantageous, for reasons of duty or conscience. This book aims to show that both versions are convenient fictions, with instrumental rather than ontological significance - they are not about truth but about power. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237306
- ISBN
- 9780812237306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.27
€ 87.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 3rd Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780938190806
- ISBN
- 9780938190806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.84
€ 24.99
€ 17.84
Paperback. Presenting a range of ethnographic case studies from around the globe, this edited collection offers new ways of thinking about the interconnectivity of gender, place, and emotion in musical performance. Editor(s): Magowan, Fiona; Wrazen, Louise. Series: Eastman/Rochester Studies: Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 216 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 7 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVA; AVC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465434
- ISBN
- 9781580465434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.75
€ 37.99
€ 35.75
Hardcover. Studies of the military that deal with the actual experience of troops in the field are still rare in the social sciences. In fact, this ethnographic study of an elite unit in the Israeli Defense Force is the only one of its kind. As an officer of this unit and a professional anthropologist, the author was ideally positioned for his role. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 8 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSR1; JHM; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571811455
- ISBN
- 9781571811455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.36
€ 151.36
Paperback. This comprehensive study explores the region's 'forgotten' narratives, myths and traditions. Drawing on stories from Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, Syria-Palestine and Persia, Wasilewska shows how these narratives of creation, destruction and rebirth reach to the very roots of the Biblical and Quranic Genesis. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, chronological charts, maps, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; HRLB; JFC; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853026812
- ISBN
- 9781853026812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.64
€ 65.64
Paperback. Editor(s): Brown, Evrick; Shortell, Timothy. Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSG; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439912218
- ISBN
- 9781439912218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.73
€ 37.99
€ 36.73
Paperback. This book explores the complexity of urban Indigeneity in Canada and internationally and positions urban areas as places of Indigenous resilience and cultural innovation. Editor(s): Peters, Evelyn J.; Andersen, Chris. Num Pages: 428 pages, , black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSG; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774824651
- ISBN
- 9780774824651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.12
€ 40.99
€ 40.12
paperback. Discusses same-sex desire among women in non-Western cultures. The book explores female eroticism in societies such as India and Polynesia, aiming to dispel ideas that non-Western women are victims of compulsory heterosexuality and that same-sex female desire is rooted in Western culture. Editor(s): Blackwood, Evelyn; Wieringa, Saskia. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 photos. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSK1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231112611
- ISBN
- 9780231112611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.82
€ 40.99
€ 28.82
Paperback. Describes how many of the new white supremacist groups in the West have co-opted the region's mythology and environment based on longstanding beliefs about American character and Manifest Destiny to shape an organic, home-grown movement. This title exposes the exclusionist message of this "American" ideal, while documenting its dangerous appeal. Num Pages: 268 pages, 13 b&w photos, 7 figures. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292714717
- ISBN
- 9780292714717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.98
€ 26.99
€ 24.98
Hardcover. Re-examining Mary Douglas' work on pollution and concepts of purity, this volume explores modern expressions of these themes in urban areas, examining the intersections of material and cultural pollution. It presents ethnographic case studies from a range of cities affected by globalization processes such as neoliberal urban policies.. Editor(s): Durr, Eveline; Jaffe, Rivke. Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 218 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHM; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456924
- ISBN
- 9781845456924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.14
€ 152.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white tables, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: GPS; JHBC; JHM; RGC; RN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138639683
- ISBN
- 9781138639683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.58
€ 56.58
Hardback. Across varied domains, music and dance both emerge from and give rise to intimate collaboration. This theoretically rich collection takes an ethnographic approach to understanding the collaborative dimension of sound and movement in everyday life. Editor(s): Chrysagis, Evangelos. Series: Dance & Performance Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: ASD; AV; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785334535
- ISBN
- 9781785334535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.39
€ 152.39
Paperback. This work examines how consumer culture places less emphasis on ideological representations and resistances to ideology than on the educative powers of mass culture and the way that social position is determined through the politics of consumer culture. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804722506
- ISBN
- 9780804722506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.11
€ 29.11
Hardcover. The global agenda of Nature conservation has led to the creation of the Masoala National Park in Madagascar and to an exhibit in its support at a Swiss zoo, the centerpiece of which is a mini-rainforest replica. Does such a cooperation also trigger a connection between ordinary people in these two far-flung places? Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 1HSM; JHMC; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385523
- ISBN
- 9781782385523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.34
€ 152.34
Paperback. Examines the profound impact of therapeutic discourse on our lives and on our contemporary notions of identity. This book examines a range of sources to show how self-help culture has transformed contemporary emotional life and how therapy complicates individuals' lives even as it claims to dissect their emotional experiences and heal trauma. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434. Therapy, Emotions, and the Culture of Self-Help. 304 pages. Examines the profound impact of therapeutic discourse on our lives and on our contemporary notions of identity. This book examines a range of sources to show how self-help culture has transformed contemporary emotional life and how therapy complicates individuals' lives even as it claims to dissect their emotional experiences and heal trauma. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHMC; JM. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight: 406.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253735
- ISBN
- 9780520253735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Paperback. A study of American love in the twentieth century that unravels the mass of images that define our ideas of love and romance, revealing that the experience of 'true' love is deeply embedded in the experience of consumer capitalism. It studies how individual conceptions of love overlap with the world of cliches and images. Num Pages: 332 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFD; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520205710
- ISBN
- 9780520205710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.77
€ 38.99
€ 27.77