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Anthropology

Hardback. In these series of letters-which David Scott wrote to Stuart Hall following his death-Scott characterizes Hall's voice and his practice of speaking, listening, and generosity as the foundational elements of Hall's intellectual work. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363637
ISBN
9780822363637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.08

Hardback. This book presents a set of critical engagements by writers from a variety of disciplines with the work of noted anthropologist Talal Asad. Editor(s): Scott, David; Hirschkind, Charles. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752657
ISBN
9780804752657
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.75

Paperback. Suitable for all those for whom the politics of subjectivity pose real problems of authority, identity, and belief, this book discusses its roles within the fields of legal theory, social science, fiction, philosophy, and ethics. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822328391
ISBN
9780822328391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. In today's prisons, gangs protect inmates and enforce deals in illicit markets. In doing so, prison gangs promote order in prison. This book uses economics to explore the secret world of the convict culture, inmate hierarchy, and prison gang politics to explain why and how prison gangs form and operate. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHMC; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199328505
ISBN
9780199328505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.76

Hardback. Dispels the myths surrounding the history of steppe societies and proposes a fresh understanding of the nature and formation of the state. Drawing on his extensive anthropological fieldwork in the region, the author persuasively challenges the legitimacy of the tribal model, which continues to distort scholarship on the history of Inner Asia. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140546
ISBN
9780231140546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.53
€ 62.06

Hardback. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 169 x 22. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439912973
ISBN
9781439912973
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439912980
ISBN
9781439912980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.26

Paperback. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 179 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742511972
ISBN
9780742511972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.86

Hardcover. Throughout southwestern Nigeria, Yoruba men and women create objects called aale to protect their properties-farms, gardens, market goods, piles of collected firewood-from the ravages of thieves and Vigilant Things argues that aale are keys to understanding how images function in Yoruba social and cultural life. Num Pages: 416 pages, 87 illus., 77 in color. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; ACBK; JFCD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 185 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1228.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990736
ISBN
9780295990736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.45

Paperback. Racist Culture offers an anti--essentialist and non--reductionist account of racialized discourse and racist expression. Goldberg demonstrates that racial thinking is a function of the transforming categories and conceptions of social subjectivity throughout modernity. Num Pages: 328 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631180784
ISBN
9780631180784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.35

Paperback. Delineates the concerns and considerations, principles and practices, concepts and categories that fall under the rubric of "multiculturalism". This readers analyzes themes such as the relations between self and other, selves and others; between knowledge, power, pedagogy, and empowerment; and between meaning, ambiguity, and representation. Editor(s): Goldberg, David Theo. Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 464 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631189121
ISBN
9780631189121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 269 x 206 x 12. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780855754587
ISBN
9780855754587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.61

Paperback. Presents an examination of the emergence and institutionalization of "transgender" as a category of collective identity. This book analyzes the reasons for and potential consequences of this difference - between how some of the gender variant people conceive of themselves and how they are perceived by service providers and others. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFSK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338697
ISBN
9780822338697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. Presents a rich ethnographic study on the practice and meaning of Islamic life in Kyrgyzstan. As David W. Montgomery shows, becoming and being a Muslim are based on knowledge acquired from the surrounding environment, enabled through the practice of doing. Through these acts, Islam is imbued in both the individual and the community. Series: Central Eurasia in Context. Num Pages: 272 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCK; HRHP; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822964285
ISBN
9780822964285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.80

paperback. Studying the economic and cultural upheaval that shook mainland Greece and the Aegean area in the eighth century, this work also looks at the role that poetry played in this upheaval. Series: Classics and Contemporary Thought. Num Pages: 311 pages, 13 figures, 12 tables, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JHM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
311
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780520226913
ISBN
9780520226913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.48

Hardcover. The historical experience of Japan in the period since it embarked on 'modernization' illuminates the limitations of Western social theory. Num Pages: 362 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1FPJ; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 566. "Includes bibliographical references (p. [300]-312) and index. Commissioning organisation: David Williams. xxvii, 334 p. ill. 23 cm. Paperback. Fine copy." Keywords: "Subjects - Education & Languages - New & Used Textbooks - Social Sciences - Politics & International Relations - Politics,Subjects - Society, Politics & Philosophy - Government & Politics - Political"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Routledge,an imprint of Taylor &
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEX0061332
ISBN
9780415111300
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 81.65

Hardcover. David Yaghoubians work combines theory with original social biographical research to explore the ways in which Iranian nationalism affected the lives of Armenian minorities in Iran during the twentieth century, and to illustrate how Armenian-Iranians participated in its evolution. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 753.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633594
ISBN
9780815633594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.96

Hardcover. Highlights the 2,700-year history of Jews in Iran Editor(s): Yeroushalmi, David. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1042.
Publisher
Fowler Museum of Cultural History,U.S. United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780984755028
ISBN
9780984755028
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 109 images, full colour throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JHMC; MBX; MX; VXHT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583949030
ISBN
9781583949030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.27

Hardback. Migration and multiculturalism are hotly discussed in public debates across Europe. Whereas ethnographic research has begun to examine the Right in this context, the Left remains largely unexplored. This book provides fresh perspectives on how the contemporary Left "frames" these issues in practice and how such framing has changed. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 17 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFFN; JHMP; JPFF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845451578
ISBN
9781845451578
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.48

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