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Paperback. On his return to the village of Chipaya, the author learned that a group of Uru Indians, believed to be sorcerers and vampires, was being incarcerated and tortured. This study examines relations between the Urus and the region's dominant ethnic groups. Translator(s): Volk, Carol. Num Pages: 164 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226867649
ISBN
9780226867649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.51

Paperback. Offers a unique view into the conceptual and moral world of slum-bound Dalits ("untouchables") in the South Indian city of Chennai. Focusing on the decision by many women to embrace locally specific forms of Pentecostal Christianity, the author challenges dominant anthropological understandings of religion as a matter of culture and identity. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 312 pages, 14 b/w halftones, 1 line art. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRC; JFSC; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288829
ISBN
9780520288829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.51

Paperback. This thoughtful ethnography of Islam in Pakistan moves from the smallest scale-a single worshiper striving to be a better Muslim who is seeking guidance at a neighborhood mosque-to the largest, examining the thought of poet and philosopher Muhammad Iqbal, considered to be the spiritual visionary of the country. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JHB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822352310
ISBN
9780822352310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.27

hardcover. This thoughtful ethnography of Islam in Pakistan moves from the smallest scale-a single worshiper striving to be a better Muslim who is seeking guidance at a neighborhood mosque-to the largest, examining the thought of poet and philosopher Muhammad Iqbal, considered to be the spiritual visionary of the country. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JHB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press Books United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352174
ISBN
9780822352174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.51

Hardcover. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDT; JFFA; JFSP1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633181
ISBN
9780815633181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.67

paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJP; JFC; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780816628490
ISBN
9780816628490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KLS; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 231.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271037998
ISBN
9780271037998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1MTN; 1QMP; 3JM; JFSL9; JHMP; UDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 10. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772897233
ISBN
9788772897233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 462 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTP; JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
462
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226317588
ISBN
9780226317588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.73
€ 47.72

Paperback. Uses an ethnographic example of ritual violence to illuminate cultural expression more widely and thereby reformulate anthropological and historical approaches to warfare and violence. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 b&w photos, and 4 photo color insert. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HRLK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822329886
ISBN
9780822329886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.19

Paperback. Virtual War and Magical Death is a provocative examination of the relations between anthropology and contemporary global war. Editor(s): Whitehead, Neil L.; Finnstrom, Sverker. Series: The Cultures and Practice of Violence. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354475
ISBN
9780822354475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.22

Hardback. The contributors to this provocative collection scrutinize the relations between anthropology and contemporary global war, contending that modern high-tech warfare is analogous to rituals of magic and sorcery, and examining the U.S. military's exploitation of ethnographic research. Editor(s): Whitehead, Neil L.; Finnstrom, Sverker. Series: The Cultures and Practice of Violence. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354352
ISBN
9780822354352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.83

Paperback. Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 208 pages, 19 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBTB; JHMC; JPWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253021403
ISBN
9780253021403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

Hardback. Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 208 pages, 19 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBTB; JHMC; JPWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253021281
ISBN
9780253021281
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.58

Paperback. A tribute to the mixed hybrid and multicultural nature of Sri Lanka's society, which challenges assumptions of ethnic purity and attempts to recover a hidden history of hybridity. Num Pages: 192 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKS; GTB; JFC; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781842772034
ISBN
9781842772034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.69

Paperback. Maps the circuits of cross fertilizations among disciplines in the humanities and social sciences that have developed from Clifford Geertz's "interpretive turn." This volume interrogate the fixity of interpretation and open new spaces of inquiry. Editor(s): Panourgia, Neni. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823228874
ISBN
9780823228874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.25

Hardback. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785333583
ISBN
9781785333583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.02

Paperback. Half of all known languages have disappeared in the last 500 years and 90 per cent of all languages are in danger of becoming extinct in the next 100. The authors argue that the loss of linguistic and biological diversity is part of a much larger problem - the collapse of our worldwide ecosystem. Num Pages: 256 pages, 27 half-tones, 7 line, 12 maps. BIC Classification: CFB; JHMC; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195152463
ISBN
9780195152463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.81

Hardcover. Dance is more than an aesthetic of life, dance embodies life. This is evident from the social history of jive, the marketing of transnational ballet, ritual healing dances in Italy or folk dances performed for tourists in Mexico, Panama or Canada. Dance often captures those essential dimensions of social life that cannot be easily put into words. Editor(s): Neveu Kringelbach, Helene; Skinner, Jonathan. Series: Dance & Performance Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ASD; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442. Globalization, Tourism and Identity in the Anthropology of Dance. Series: Dance & Performance Studies. 260 pages, 11 ills. Editor(s): Neveu Kringelbach, Helene; Skinner, Jonathan. Dance is more than an aesthetic of life, dance embodies life. This is evident from the social history of jive, the marketing of transnational ballet, ritual healing dances in Italy or folk dances performed for tourists in Mexico, Panama or Canada. Dance often captures those essential dimensions of social life that cannot be easily put into words. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: ASD; JHMC. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 17. Weight: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857455758
ISBN
9780857455758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JFCA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816665709
ISBN
9780816665709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.09

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