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Anthropology

Paperback. This interdisciplinary volume examines the issue of female genital cutting, or "circumcision" and explores the role that scholars can and should play in approaching this issue. Editor(s): Shell-Duncan, Bettina; Hernlund, Ylva. Series: Directions in Applied Anthropology: Adaptations & Innovations S. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFE2; JFM; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Lynne Rienner Publishers
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555879952
ISBN
9781555879952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.34

Paperback. This is the story of the sexual revolution in a small university town in Kansas. Bypassing the tales of radicals on either coast, the author argues that the revolution was forged in both towns and cities, as "ordinary" people struggled over the boundaries of sexual behaviour in postwar America. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 halftones, 6 cartoons. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JJP; HBJK; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674009745
ISBN
9780674009745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.74

Paperback. Explores Wari' conceptions of person, body, and spirit, as well as indigenous understandings of memory and emotion, to explain why the Wari' felt that corpses must be destroyed and why they preferred cannibalism over cremation. This book shows why, in Wari' terms, it was considered the most honorable and compassionate way of treating the dead. Num Pages: 317 pages, 15 halftones, 3 maps, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292712362
ISBN
9780292712362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

paperback. Discusses social and moral values in the global Senegalese community Num Pages: 256 pages, 21 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253223678
ISBN
9780253223678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.32

Paperback. Editor(s): Himmelgreen, David; Kedia, Satish. Series: NAPA Bulletin. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119016823
ISBN
9781119016823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.93

Paperback. Editor(s): Besteman, Catherine; Gusterson, Hugh. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520243569
ISBN
9780520243569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814738191
ISBN
9780814738191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. The subject of the aesthetic has returned to cultural and literary debates with a vengeance. This collection of essays analyzes the role of aesthetics in American and British cultural studies, and reflects on its recuperation in the field. Editor(s): Berube, Michael. Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 169 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631223061
ISBN
9780631223061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.55

Hardback. Deriving a concept of retaliation from the overall notion of reciprocity, contributors to this volume touch upon the interaction between retaliation and violence, the state's monopoly on legitimate punishment, socio-political frameworks, religious interpretations, and economic processes. Editor(s): Turner, Bertram; Schlee, Gunther. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 362 pages, 1 illustration, 8 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: GTJ; JHM. 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
V9781785334184
ISBN
9781785334184
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HRCC9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781479841660
ISBN
9781479841660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. This study analyzes the manner in which the perception of human difference has changed from the time of the Renaissance to the 20th century. Building on the insights of Foucault and Garfinkel, it charts how humanity has become contained within the anthropological concept of the "Other". Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 147 x 10. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231066853
ISBN
9780231066853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Paperback. This work introduces the reader to Sardinian music through a series of encounters with individual musicians and their families. The vignettes presented portray an art still very much alive: the music of villages with an oral tradition, sung or played in the company of others. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 128 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; AVGH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Printing CD Included
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226493411
ISBN
9780226493411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. Victorians were fascinated by the strange new worlds which science was revealing to them. This study sets out to capture the essence of this fascination, charting the many ways in which science influenced and was influenced by the larger Victorian culture. Editor(s): Lightman, Bernard. Num Pages: 496 pages, 44 halftones, 23 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; JHM; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226481128
ISBN
9780226481128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 45.53

Paperback. This is a new edition of an account of the contribution of the Gypsies of Andalusia to the development of flamenco. It provides a fuller explanation of some of the technical terms and a biographical dictionary of the foremost Gyspy flamenco artists of the past. Translator(s): Shuinear, Sinaed. Series: Interface Collection. Num Pages: 160 pages, biographical notes, glossary. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ASDX; AVGH; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902806051
ISBN
9781902806051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.35

hardcover. Illustrated 8vo.Good copy in original cloth. Anthropology
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Aldine Publishing Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
SKU
KEX0254798
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. At some point in the course of evolution, all human societies, past and present, would emerge. This title offers an account of the dawn of human society. It shows that only a few evolutionary steps were required to bridge the gap between the kinship structures of our closest relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, and the human kinship configuration. Num Pages: 368 pages, 17 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; PSAJ; PSVW79; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674046412
ISBN
9780674046412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.85

Series: Cultures of History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 halftones, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 2BRT; CFB; JHM; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231147569
ISBN
9780231147569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 100.74

Paperback. This book sets to clarify several basic topics in current humanities and social science discourses that are badly muddled. The heart of the clarification is contained in Barber's definition of culture, derived from social system theory, that provides us with a better understanding of today's debate on intellectuals and the pursuit of science. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847688609
ISBN
9780847688609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.42

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9781479897285
ISBN
9781479897285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479815692
ISBN
9781479815692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810008657
ISBN
9783810008657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.92

Paperback. This collection of essays examines issues of race in a variety of historical and geographical settings, ranging from classical Greece to the contemporary Americas, Europe and Asia. The authors provide a perspective on race both in theoretical origins and appearances. Editor(s): Lang, Berel. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780847696932
ISBN
9780847696932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.40

Hardback. This collection of essays examines issues of race in a variety of historical and geographical settings, ranging from classical Greece to the contemporary Americas, Europe and Asia. The authors provide a perspective on race both in theoretical origins and appearances. Editor(s): Lang, Berel. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847696925
ISBN
9780847696925
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.29

Paperback. Propitiating the supernatural forces that could grant bountiful crops or wipe out whole villages through natural disasters was a sacred duty in ancient Peruvian societies. This book examines the evidence for ancient Peruvian sacrificial offerings of human beings and animals, as well as the cultural contexts in which the offerings occurred. Editor(s): Benson, Elizabeth P.; Cook, Anita G. Num Pages: 227 pages, 66 halftones, 47 line drawings, 3 maps, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HDD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 18. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292708945
ISBN
9780292708945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.72

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