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Paperback. In this companion volume to "Parallel Worlds," Alma Gottlieb explores ideology and social practices among the Beng people of Cote d'Ivoire. Num Pages: 302 pages, 2 maps, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226305073
ISBN
9780226305073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. A memoir of Africa recounting the experiences of Alma Gottlieb, an anthropologist, and Philip Graham, a fiction writer, as they lived in two remote villages in the rain forest of Cote d'Ivoire. Num Pages: 350 pages, xii, 336, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226305066
ISBN
9780226305066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.24

Paperback. What does a move from a village in the West African rain forest to a West African community in a European city entail? This book brings together eight eminent scholars to recount the personal and intellectual dynamics of uprooting one's life - and decades of work - to embrace a new fieldsite. Editor(s): Gottlieb, Alma. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226304908
ISBN
9780226304908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.29

Paperback. From clothing as an expression of freedom in early colonial Zanzibar to Somali women's headcovering in inner-city Minneapolis, this work explores the power of dress in African and pan-African settings. Nationalist and diasporic identities, as well as their histories and politics, are examined at the level of what is put on the body every day. Editor(s): Allman, Jean. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 36 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1H; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253216892
ISBN
9780253216892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.69

Paperback. Explores the function of money in everyday life in Vietnam Series: Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JHMC; KCBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992747
ISBN
9780295992747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.39

Hardback. For this new edition, the authors have thoroughly rewritten the theoretical argument for greater clarity, updated the case studies to incorporate new research, and added a new chapter that extends their perspective to the problem of industrialization and globalization. Num Pages: 456 pages, 11 line diagrams 9 tables 3 graphs. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804740319
ISBN
9780804740319
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.04

Paperback. For this new edition, the authors have thoroughly rewritten the theoretical argument for greater clarity, updated the case studies to incorporate new research, and added a new chapter that extends their perspective to the problem of industrialization and globalization. Num Pages: 456 pages, 11 line diagrams 9 tables 3 graphs. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804740326
ISBN
9780804740326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 39.99

Paperback. Deals with the idea of a family level society, discussed and disputed by anthropologists for nearly half a century. This work states that the Matsigenka people of southeastern Peru cannot be understood or appreciated except as a family level society; the family level of sociocultural integration is for them a lived reality. Num Pages: 275 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 13 line illustrations, 29 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFSL9; JHBK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 63.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232426
ISBN
9780520232426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; APF; BGF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763539784
ISBN
9788763539784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.81
€ 39.93

Hardback. Num Pages: 375 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAK; ACBK; HRKP; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
375
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781477309957
ISBN
9781477309957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.92

Hardback. From Greek athletic competitions to the cult of body-building at Gold's Gym, this text examines literature, art, television, and movies to uncover a vast array of evidence that cultures across the ages have reflected at length, in celebration and censure, on the erotic nature of sports. Num Pages: 232 pages, 48 illus. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; VFVC; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 220 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231105569
ISBN
9780231105569
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.28
€ 55.92

Paperback. Originally published in 1978, this book was one of the first to recognize the importance of sports as a lens on the fundamental structure of societies. In this reissue, Guttmann emphasizes the many ways that modern sports, dramatically different from the sports of previous eras, have profoundly shaped contemporary life. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBS; JHM; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231133418
ISBN
9780231133418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 592.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226277332
ISBN
9780226277332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.29

Hardcover. Explores the ways in which the horizons of human worlds are imagined and engaged Editor(s): Abramson, Allen; Holbraad, Martin. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719095993
ISBN
9780719095993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9ill. BIC Classification: JHM; JHMP; PSX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816644063
ISBN
9780816644063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.08

Paperback. A brief overview of French colonial society before the British conquest of 1759-60. The primary focus is on what is now called Quebec, but there are also chapters on Louisiana and the West, as well as on the Atlantic colonies of Acadia and Ile Royal. Series: Themes in Canadian History. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTB; JHM; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 500. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0000335
ISBN
9780802078162
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

In Light of Africa explores how the idea of Africa as a real place, an imagined homeland, and a metaphor for Black identity is used in the cultural politics of the Brazilian state of Bahia. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL; JHB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442649316
ISBN
9781442649316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.37

Paperback. In Light of Africa explores how the idea of Africa as a real place, an imagined homeland, and a metaphor for Black identity is used in the cultural politics of the Brazilian state of Bahia. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL; JHB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442626690
ISBN
9781442626690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 33.77

Paperback. Scholars have long recognized that ethnographic method is bound up with the construction of theory in ways that are difficult to teach. This work argues that the reason for this is that ethnographic theorization is essentially improvisational in nature, conducted in real time and in necessarily unpredictable social situations. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226100319
ISBN
9780226100319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1KBB; JFFN; JHM; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415859189
ISBN
9780415859189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.52

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