Anthropology
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Anthropology
paperback. Discusses social and moral values in the global Senegalese community Num Pages: 256 pages, 21 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253223678
- ISBN
- 9780253223678
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€ 26.99€ 25.32
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Paperback. Explores Wari' conceptions of person, body, and spirit, as well as indigenous understandings of memory and emotion, to explain why the Wari' felt that corpses must be destroyed and why they preferred cannibalism over cremation. This book shows why, in Wari' terms, it was considered the most honorable and compassionate way of treating the dead. Num Pages: 317 pages, 15 halftones, 3 maps, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292712362
- ISBN
- 9780292712362
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€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
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Paperback. This is the story of the sexual revolution in a small university town in Kansas. Bypassing the tales of radicals on either coast, the author argues that the revolution was forged in both towns and cities, as "ordinary" people struggled over the boundaries of sexual behaviour in postwar America. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 halftones, 6 cartoons. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JJP; HBJK; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009745
- ISBN
- 9780674009745
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€ 41.99€ 34.74
€ 41.99
€ 34.74
Paperback. This interdisciplinary volume examines the issue of female genital cutting, or "circumcision" and explores the role that scholars can and should play in approaching this issue. Editor(s): Shell-Duncan, Bettina; Hernlund, Ylva. Series: Directions in Applied Anthropology: Adaptations & Innovations S. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFE2; JFM; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555879952
- ISBN
- 9781555879952
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Condition: New
€ 35.34
€ 35.34
Paperback. Explores the Latin American engagement with postmodernism in an effort to situate it in a transnational framework. Editor(s): Beverley, John R.; Oviedo, Jose; Aronna, Michael. Series: A Boundary 2 Book. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822316145
- ISBN
- 9780822316145
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.64
€ 31.99
€ 28.64
Hardcover. The Indian subdistrict of Shahabad, located in the southeastern tip of Rajasthan, is an area of extreme poverty. It is home to the Sahariyas, officially classified as Rajasthan's only "primitive tribe." The author organizes his study around two themes: power and ethics, through which he explores a complex terrain of material and spiritual forces. Num Pages: 328 pages, 4 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 618.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226194400
- ISBN
- 9780226194400
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Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 79.04
€ 95.07
€ 79.04
Paperback. The Indian subdistrict of Shahabad, located in the southeastern tip of Rajasthan, is an area of extreme poverty. It is the home of the Sahariyas, classified as Rajasthan's only "primitive tribe." The author organizes his study around two themes: power and ethics, through which he explores a complex terrain of material and spiritual forces. Num Pages: 328 pages, 4 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226194547
- ISBN
- 9780226194547
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
Paperback. Considers what happens to individual subjectivity when stable or imagined environments such as nations and communities are transformed or displaced by free trade economics, terrorism, and war. This book also considers how information and medical technologies reshape the relation one has to oneself. Editor(s): Biehl, Joao; Good, Byron J.; Kleinman, Arthur. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. Num Pages: 477 pages, 19 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: GPS; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 226 x 17. Weight in Grams: 918. Ethnographic Investigations. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. 477 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Biehl, Joao; Good, Byron J.; Kleinman, Arthur. Considers what happens to individual subjectivity when stable or imagined environments such as nations and communities are transformed or displaced by free trade economics, terrorism, and war. This book also considers how information and medical technologies reshape the relation one has to oneself. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GPS; JHMP. Dimension: 154 x 226 x 17. Weight: 664.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 477
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247932
- ISBN
- 9780520247932
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
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Paperback. The miraculous blends with the mundane in this book as the Samburu continue their day-to-day twenty-first-century existence. Straight describes miracles inside the cultural logic that makes them possible, questioning how anthropology can best engage with the improbable. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 434.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812220926
- ISBN
- 9780812220926
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. Ethnomusicologizing contains writings on contemporary music and culture studies. In this work, Banfield instructs readers in the ways by which we may better appreciate and understand creative artistry and process, and their relation to history and its meaning. Series: African American Cultural Theory and Heritage. Num Pages: 446 pages, 81 black & white halftones, 5 tables. BIC Classification: AVA; JFCA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 671.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 446
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442229716
- ISBN
- 9781442229716
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Condition: New
€ 75.24
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Hardback. * Presents a highly original new way of thinking about modern societies and human relationships. * Written by a leading professor of Social Policy * Contains numerous first hand interviews and everyday examples. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHMC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745633503
- ISBN
- 9780745633503
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Condition: New
€ 73.01
€ 73.01
Paperback. * Presents a highly original new way of thinking about modern societies and human relationships. * Written by a leading professor of Social Policy * Contains numerous first hand interviews and everyday examples. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHMC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745633510
- ISBN
- 9780745633510
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Condition: New
€ 25.42
€ 25.42
Paperback. Traces the shifting tides of New York's ethnic past, from its beginnings as a Dutch trading outpost onwards. This work explores the processes of cultural adaptation to life in New York, giving an account of immigrants new and old, and of the streets and neighborhoods they claimed and transformed. Series: The Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 353 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231078795
- ISBN
- 9780231078795
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Condition: New
€ 46.34
€ 46.34
Paperback. How environmental activism in youth shapes political engagement and citizenship for Laotian American women Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FML; 1KBBWF; JHMC; JPW; RNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439908150
- ISBN
- 9781439908150
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
hardcover. Presents a description of the author's methodology and its significance for understanding hunter-gatherer cultures on a global basis. This book provides a major synthesis of an enormous body of cultural and environmental information. Num Pages: 583 pages, 151 line illustrations, 60 tables. BIC Classification: HDA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 284 x 226 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1856.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 583
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223936
- ISBN
- 9780520223936
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Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 73.01
€ 95.07
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Hardcover. Summarizes the state of anthropological knowledge of Indian peoples. This book surveys the full range of American Indian anthropology: from ecological and political-economic questions to topics concerning religion, language, and expressive culture. Editor(s): Biolsi, Thomas. Series: Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1174.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631226864
- ISBN
- 9780631226864
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Condition: New
€ 214.01
€ 214.01
Hardcover. Based on ethnographic research on the online activities of Christian & Muslim actors in the Moluccan conflict, this study investigates processes of identity construction, community building, & evolving conflict dynamics on the internet. An innovative contribution to conflict & internet research, this study paves the way for a new cyber anthropology Translator(s): Gaines, Jeremy. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 460 pages, 20 ills, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JMC; JFD; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 714.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857458544
- ISBN
- 9780857458544
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Condition: New
€ 167.77
€ 167.77
Hardback. Although practice theory has been a mainstay of social theory for nearly three decades, so far it has had very limited impact on media studies. This book draws on the work of practice theorists such as Wittgenstein, Foucault, Bourdieu, Barth, and Shatzki and rethinks the study of media from the perspective of practice theory.. Editor(s): Brauchler, Birgit; Postill, John. Series: Anthropology of Media. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845457419
- ISBN
- 9781845457419
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Condition: New
€ 167.37
€ 167.37
Paperback. Tracing the rise and development of the Ghanaian video film industry between 1985 and 2010, this book examines video movies as seismographic devices recording a culture and society in turmoil. It also captures the process of film-making in Ghana. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 408 pages, 31 b/w. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; AFKV; HRAM2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287686
- ISBN
- 9780520287686
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
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Paperback. "Globalization" and "Identity" are an explosive combination, demonstrated by recent outbursts of communalist violence in many parts of the world. Editor(s): Meyer, Birgit; Geschiere, Peter. Series: Development and Change Special Issues. Num Pages: 344 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHM; JPA; JPFN; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631212386
- ISBN
- 9780631212386
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Condition: New
€ 29.20
€ 29.20
Paperback. This is the first book to explore comparatively how magic-usually portrayed as the antithesis of the modern-is also at home in modernity. Editor(s): Meyer, Birgit; Pels, Peter. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HRQX2; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804744645
- ISBN
- 9780804744645
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Paperback. Identifies the micro-social processes and complexities within multilateral organisations which have, up to now, been largely invisible. Editor(s): Muller, Birgit. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHMC; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 214 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745333748
- ISBN
- 9780745333748
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.11
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€ 36.11
Paperback / so. Series: Yuseder Publications. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810031174
- ISBN
- 9783810031174
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Condition: New
€ 69.84
€ 69.84
Paperback. Arguing that race has been the specter that has haunted many of the discussions about Latin American regional and national cultures today, Anke Birkenmaier describes Latin American anthropology as a field of knowledge that evolved dramatically in the period between the two world wars. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSL1; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938790
- ISBN
- 9780813938790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.25
€ 41.25