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Paperback. This account of the author's experience with a chronic pain disorder and subsequent interaction with the American health care system goes to the heart of the workings of power and culture in the biomedical domain, illustrating medicine's power to create and inflict suffering. Num Pages: 383 pages, 7 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFFH; JHMC; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223981
- ISBN
- 9780520223981
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.34
€ 38.99
€ 28.34
Hardback. Comparative law and legal anthropology have traditionally restricted themselves to their own fields of inquiry. Mapping Marriage Law in Spanish Gitano Communities turns this tendency on its head and investigates what happens when .. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; JHMC; LAQ; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 145.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774809252
- ISBN
- 9780774809252
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€ 112.38
€ 112.38
Paperback.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479879908
- ISBN
- 9781479879908
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€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Hardback. Draws on 12 months of fieldwork with diamond consumers in New York City as well as an analysis of the iconic De Beers campaign that promised romance, status, and glamour to anyone who bought a diamond to show that this thematic pool is just one resource among many that diamond owners draw upon to engage with their own stones. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: JFCD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479810666
- ISBN
- 9781479810666
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Condition: New
€ 81.00
€ 81.00
Hardcover. Miss India competition has become a prominent feature of Indian popular culture, influencing, over time, the conventional standard for female beauty. Through the lens of the 2003 beauty pageant, the author examines what feminine beauty has come to mean in a country transformed by political, economic, and cultural developments. Series: Gender and Globalization. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFCA; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631767
- ISBN
- 9780815631767
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Condition: New
€ 39.91
€ 39.91
Paperback. Examines the lives of five topless dancers in the economically devastated 'rust belt' of upstate New York. With insight and empathy, this title shows how these women negotiate their lives as parents, employees, and family members while working in a profession widely regarded as incompatible with motherhood and fidelity. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSJ1; JHBK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 586.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266919
- ISBN
- 9780520266919
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16, 11 tables, 4 figures, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JHMC; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 628.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501700217
- ISBN
- 9781501700217
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Condition: New
€ 28.26
€ 28.26
paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; 3JJ; JHM; MBP; MJCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816630486
- ISBN
- 9780816630486
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.53
€ 30.99
€ 27.53
Paperback. Provides an analysis of the making and unmaking of class consciousness among the urban poor. This title chronicles the transformation of Peru's poor from a culture of deference and clientelism in the late 1960s to a population mobilized for radical political action. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFFA; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 59.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520200234
- ISBN
- 9780520200234
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.73
€ 36.99
€ 26.73
Hardback. The essays in this volume are united by their attention to the many ways in which residents of Greece's southern Argolid peninsula--the focus of more ethnographic and ethnohistorical study than any other comparable region of Greece--have attempted to shelter, feed, and advance the economic situation of their families over the last three centuries. Editor(s): Sutton, Susan. Num Pages: 408 pages, 38 half-tones 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVG; JFSF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1179.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804733151
- ISBN
- 9780804733151
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Condition: New
€ 113.65
€ 113.65
Paperback. Humans have the ability to imitate and copy behaviours, or memes, from one another. This is an investigation of whether genes and memes can lead to discoveries about the nature of the inner self and whether the inner self is only an illusion created by the memes for the sake of replication. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; JHM; JMRL; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 196 x 59. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192862129
- ISBN
- 9780192862129
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.08
€ 18.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. Japan was the only non-Western nation to industrialize before 1900 and its leap into the modern era has stimulated vigorous debates among historians and social scientists. This title considers daily life in the three centuries leading up to the modern era in Japan. Num Pages: 227 pages, 6 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JHM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218123
- ISBN
- 9780520218123
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.47
€ 36.99
€ 26.47
Paperback. This volume considers museums from personal experience and historical study, and from the memories of museum visitors, curators, and scholars. Representing a variety of fields, the essays range widely over time and place, in exhibitions explored, and types of institutions. Editor(s): Crane, Susan A. Series: Cultural Sitings. Num Pages: 272 pages, 29 half-tones. BIC Classification: GM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804735650
- ISBN
- 9780804735650
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. This title examines the contribution of eminent American anthropologist Clifford Geertz's contributions to sociocultural theory and symbolic anthropology in relation to Islam, urban studies, and the anthropology of North Africa. Editor(s): Slyomovics, Susan. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1HBM; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415518161
- ISBN
- 9780415518161
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Condition: New
€ 39.69
€ 39.69
Paperback. Series: Oxford India Short Introductions Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFS; JHB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 189 x 15. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198089360
- ISBN
- 9780198089360
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Condition: New
€ 21.70
€ 21.70
Hardcover. Editor(s): Jodhka, Surinder S. Num Pages: 356 pages, Illustration. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 226 x 27. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198092070
- ISBN
- 9780198092070
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Condition: New
€ 52.97
€ 52.97
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385561
- ISBN
- 9781782385561
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Condition: New
€ 118.84€ 74.23
€ 118.84
€ 74.23
Hardback. Theory of Social Involvement examines the dynamic interplay between church, state, and society. Sunday A. Aigbe considers the Christian factor as it relates to the sociopolitical responsibility and development in Nigeria and identifies ways in which Christianity can serve as an agent of change and promote unity within Nigeria. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HRA; HRCX6; JHM; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819188731
- ISBN
- 9780819188731
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€ 127.00
€ 127.00
Paperback. Based on intensive fieldwork conducted among worshippers in Bengal's Navadvip-Mayapur sacred complex, this book discusses the diverse and contrasting ways in which Bengal-Vaishnava devotees experience sacred geography and divinity. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 294 pages, 14 b/w. BIC Classification: JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287716
- ISBN
- 9780520287716
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Hardback. An exploration of the cultural mythology of skin color during the English Renaissance. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812238327
- ISBN
- 9780812238327
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Condition: New
€ 92.05
€ 92.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 189 x 8. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780855754570
- ISBN
- 9780855754570
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.41
€ 37.99
€ 27.41
Paperback. Presents a multidisciplinary study of why and how Cambodians have come to the US and how they have fared since. Drawing on interviews with more than fifty community leaders, government officials, and staff members in volunteer agencies, this book synthesizes the literature on the refugees, many of whom come from varying socioeconomic backgrounds. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252071799
- ISBN
- 9780252071799
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
paperback. Fifteen stories told by young Vietnamese who came to the US after the fall of Saigon and during the "boat people" exodus are contextualized within a history of Vietnam and the international politics of refugee resettlement. This work also presents the history of Vietnam. Editor(s): Chan, Sucheng. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592135011
- ISBN
- 9781592135011
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.04
€ 34.99
€ 32.04
Paperback. This collection of articles written by feminist scholars focuses on intimate Arab familial relationships. The authors identify key family relationships - mother-son, brother-sister, co-wives, father-daughter - to explore women's contribution to shaping and defining themselves in relation to others. Editor(s): Joseph, Suad. Series: Gender & political history in the Middle East. Num Pages: 304 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSR2; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Syracuse Univ Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815628170
- ISBN
- 9780815628170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.79
€ 42.79