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Anthropology

Paperback. Gathers together forty years of anthropological study by a researcher and writer with one of the broadest fieldwork resumes in anthropology. In its twelve essays, this book covers encounters with transvestites in Oman, childbirth in Bhutan, poverty in Cairo, and honor killings in Scandinavia, with visits to several other locales. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226924472
ISBN
9780226924472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. Modern Orientalism was born in the eighteenth century after a very long gestation period defined less by economic or political motives than by religious ideology. The Birth of Orientalism presents a completely new picture of the Western encounter with Asia, its underlying dynamics, and the discovery of Buddhism and Hinduism. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 568 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 826.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223460
ISBN
9780812223460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.41
€ 58.90

paperback. Series: Nordrhein-Westfalische Akademie Der Wissenschaften. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSB; HB; JHB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 3. Weight in Grams: 82.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften Germany
Edition
2000th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531073651
ISBN
9783531073651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.12

Hardcover. This book offers a detailed ethnography of traditional, predominantly upper-caste, sequestered Hindu women in the south-eastern Indian temple town of Bhubaneswar. Offering a clear portrait of these women, it interprets, rather than translates, their lives. Num Pages: 263 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 551.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788132208846
ISBN
9788132208846
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.36

Hardcover. Surprisingly little research has been carried out about how Australian Aboriginal children and teenagers experience life, shape their social world, and imagine the future. This volume presents recent and original studies of life experiences outside the institutional settings of childcare and education.. Editor(s): Eickelkamp, Ute. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JFSP1; JFSP2; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857450821
ISBN
9780857450821
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.19

Based upon historical and archival research, as well as the author's fieldwork in indigenous communities, this work analyzes value from the perspective of the Napo Runa people of the Amazonian Ecuador. It views that Napo Runa personifies value by transforming things into people through a process of subordinating them to human relationships. Series: Interpretations of Culture in the New Millennium. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 photographs; 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252072550
ISBN
9780252072550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Through an interview-based study, Victoria Pitts has researched the subcultural milieu of contemporary body modification, focusing on the ways sexuality, gender and ethnicity are being reconfigured through new body technologies such as tattooing, piercing and scarification. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293116
ISBN
9780312293116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 93.80

paperback. Through the rendering of Catholic Church migration's debates this book shows how Latin American lay and religious migration in Rome is an Atlantic Return from the Americas challenging an Euro-centric Catholic identity and how multiple forms of being Catholic inform gender, labour and sexuality at the heart of Catholicism in Europe. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFN; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823267491
ISBN
9780823267491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Series: Postcolonial Studies. Num Pages: 204 pages, 16 color. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837613483
ISBN
9783837613483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.55

Hardback. A frank report on contemporary South African society and the challenges which the new nation faces. The book draws on information from a wide variety of sources including government statistics, independent social surveys, community research, and opinion polls. Editor(s): Moller, Valerie. Series: Social Indicators Research Series. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JHM; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Reprinted from SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH, 41:1-3
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792347972
ISBN
9780792347972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; MFKC; MJT; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816626236
ISBN
9780816626236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

paperback. A story of tribal nation building in the modern era. It treats nation-building projects as nothing new to the Choctaws of southeastern Oklahoma, who have responded to a number of hard-hitting assaults on Choctaw sovereignty and nationhood by rebuilding their tribal nation. Series: North American Indian Prose Award Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; 1KBBS; GTB; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803224902
ISBN
9780803224902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Translator(s): Wissing, P. Num Pages: 472 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1MKP; HRKT; HRLF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226845609
ISBN
9780226845609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.47
€ 46.16

Paperback. Illuminates one of the world's most troubled regions from a perspective - that of a prominent Russian intellectual. This title examines the evolution of the war in Chechnya that erupted in 1994, untangling the myths, the long-held resentments, and the ideological manipulations that have fueled the crisis. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 302 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUAC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
302
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520238886
ISBN
9780520238886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Editor(s): Buitenen, J. A. B. van. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BBA; FC; JFC; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Fourth Impression
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226846477
ISBN
9780226846477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804772679
ISBN
9780804772679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Collection of anthropological essays studying radical social transformation - including violence - and its effects on the everyday lives of people in a variety of world regions. Editor(s): Greenhouse, Carol J.; Warren, Kay B.; Mertz, Professor Elizabeth. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: GTF; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822328483
ISBN
9780822328483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardback. Focusing on interpersonal dynamics during conflict in the Republic of Macedonia, Neofotistos describes how Macedonians and Albanians in the city of Skopje responded to threatening political developments, negotiated relationships of power, and promoted indeterminacy on the level of the everyday as a sense of impending war enfolded the capital. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVWYM; HBJD; JHMP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812243994
ISBN
9780812243994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.06

Paperback. Argyrou puts forward a powerful critique of both modern and postmodern anthropology that reveals the self-centered logic of anthropological humanism. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 136 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745318592
ISBN
9780745318592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.81

Paperback. Human Behavior in the Social Environment (HBSE) is one of the first courses that social work students take. This book incorporates principles and findings from molecular biology, neuroscience, psychological, and sociocultural sciences in a coherent fashion. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 192 x 21. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118121542
ISBN
9781118121542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 133.12

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