Anthropology
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Anthropology
paperback. Argues that animal cruelty must be understood in terms of social relationships, as actively used by social groups to achieve sought-after identities. The author situates cruelty in situations where groups of people decide, on their own terms, what constitutes the wrongful harm of animals and how best to communicate their understanding to others. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134724
- ISBN
- 9781592134724
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.64
€ 35.99
€ 32.64
Hardback. Sports, and in particular the Olympic Games, are enjoying a rapid increase in interest among social scientists worldwide, who see them as important "public events." This volume offers the first analysis of the Winter Olympic Games, primarily based on the Lillehammer Games of 1994. Editor(s): Klausen, Arne Martin. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 ills. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JJPR; JFC; JHM; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571817068
- ISBN
- 9781571817068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.81
€ 151.81
Hardback. Whaling has become one of the most controversial environmental issues. It is not that all whale species are at the brink of extinction, but that whales have become important symbols to both pro- and anti-whaling factions and can easily be appropriated as the common heritage of humankind. Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 ills. BIC Classification: JHM; TQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455811
- ISBN
- 9781845455811
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Condition: New
€ 152.18
€ 152.18
Hardback. Favazza critically assesses new and significant biological, ethnological, social, and psychological findings regarding self-injury; presents current understandings of self-injurious acts from cultural and clinical perspectives; and places self-mutilation in historical and contemporary context. Num Pages: 352 pages, 17, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; JHMC; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801899652
- ISBN
- 9780801899652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.29
€ 84.29
Paperback. Favazza critically assesses new and significant biological, ethnological, social, and psychological findings regarding self-injury; presents current understandings of self-injurious acts from cultural and clinical perspectives; and places self-mutilation in historical and contemporary context. Num Pages: 352 pages, 17, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; JMH; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- third edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801899669
- ISBN
- 9780801899669
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Condition: New
€ 47.24
€ 47.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 23. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801487545
- ISBN
- 9780801487545
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Condition: New
€ 42.15
€ 42.15
Paperback. Examines the creation of an essentialist view of nationhood based on a peasant culture and a "unifying" Hispanic heritage, and the ways in which grassroots organizations challenge and reconfigure definitions of national identity through their own activities and representations. Series: Puerto Rican Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJP; JFC; JHM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566395496
- ISBN
- 9781566395496
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.59
€ 37.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. Presents alternative and more empowering representations of Latinidad to help attain true political equity and intra-racial coalitions Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 226 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814720073
- ISBN
- 9780814720073
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Condition: New
€ 29.14
€ 29.14
Paperback. While becoming less relevant in the United States, shopping malls are booming throughout urban Latin America. But what does this mean on the ground? Are shopping malls a sign of the region's "coming of age"? This title explores how malls and consumption are shaping the conversation about class and social inequality in Latin America. Num Pages: 248 pages, 25 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286856
- ISBN
- 9780520286856
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. This study attempts to cross the boundaries between anthropology, folklore and history in order to cast new light on the relation between songs and stories, reality and realism, and rhythm and rhetoric in the expressive traditions of South Asia. Editor(s): Appadurai, Arjun; etc.; Korom, Frank J. (Department of Folklore and Folklife, University of Pennsylvania, USA); Mills, Margaret A. (Associate Professor of Folklore and Folklife, University of Pennsylvania, USA). Series: South Asia Seminar. Num Pages: 464 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFHF; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 227 x 31. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812213379
- ISBN
- 9780812213379
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.44
€ 46.99
€ 41.44
Paperback. Series: Public Worlds Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816627936
- ISBN
- 9780816627936
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.95
€ 26.99
€ 26.95
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338635
- ISBN
- 9780822338635
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.97
€ 26.99
€ 26.97
Paperback. Writing over three decades and featuring many essays that have not been in wide circulation, the author draws from political science, cultural anthropology, sociology, and history to provide a configurative analysis of and long-term approach to the cultural diversity in Africa, Europe, and the United States. Series: Politics, History, & Social Change. Num Pages: 376 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHMC; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592138326
- ISBN
- 9781592138326
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.63
€ 34.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. In 1946 and 1953, Irving "Ben" Rouse led archaeological excavations at prehistoric to protohistoric sites on the island of Trinidad. This book presents an analysis of these excavations - until now unpublished. Series: Yale University Publications in Anthropology, Yale Peabody Museum. Num Pages: 193 pages, 86 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; HDD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 172 x 14. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913516287
- ISBN
- 9780913516287
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Condition: New
€ 76.82€ 58.48
€ 76.82
€ 58.48
paperback. Editor(s): Nowell, April. Series: International Monographs in Prehistory, Archaeological S. Num Pages: 200 pages, 31 b/w illus, 1 table. BIC Classification: HDDA; JHMP; JMR; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781879621305
- ISBN
- 9781879621305
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Condition: New
€ 71.09
€ 71.09
paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, 8 b&w, 4 colour. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; JHMC; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Transcript Publishing Germany
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837637151
- ISBN
- 9783837637151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.17€ 41.43
€ 53.17
€ 41.43
Hardback. The question of individuality in non-European, and especially South Asian societies is a controversial one. Studies in anthropology and psychology undertaken in recent years onconcepts of person and self approach the problem by concentrating on ideologies; the question of practice remains largely neglected. Num Pages: 368 pages, 5 halftones, 3 maps, 20 tables, 20 figs. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; GTF; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 579.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819031
- ISBN
- 9781571819031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.52
€ 163.52
Paperback. This vivid ethnographic account of the first peaceful encounters between the Wari Indians of western Brazil and missionaries and government workers emphasizes how the Wari perceived the interactions. Translator(s): Rodgers, David. Series: The Cultures and Practice of Violence. Num Pages: 392 pages, 38 photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL9; JHMC; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345732
- ISBN
- 9780822345732
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.49
€ 32.99
€ 32.49
Paperback. Offers one of the rare anthropological monographs on the Christian experience of contemporary Amazonian indigenous peoples, based on an ethnographic study of the relationship between the Wari', inhabitants of Brazilian Amazonia, and the Evangelical missionaries of the New Tribes Mission. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 321 pages, 17 black and white, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520289147
- ISBN
- 9780520289147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.41
€ 33.99
€ 24.41
Paperback. Examines the complex relationship between transnational religion and politics through the lens of one cosmopolitan community in Siberia: Buryats, who live in a semiautonomous republic within Russia with a large Buddhist population. This book illustrates how this community employed Buddhism to adapt to key moments of political change. Series: Buddhism and Modernity. Num Pages: 272 pages, 27 halftones, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HRE; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226072722
- ISBN
- 9780226072722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.17
€ 34.99
€ 27.17