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This book represents the first anthropological study of fiction reading and the first ethnography of British literary culture. It is the outcome of long-term engagement with a set of solitary readers who belong to a single literary society. Series Editor(s): Smith, Alexander. Series: New Ethnographies. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK; JHM. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719084546
- ISBN
- 9780719084546
Condition: New
€ 151.42
€ 151.42
Paperback. The contributors to this volume focus on adverse social conditions that confront young people in postmodernity, such as the relentless pressure to consume, social dis-investment in education, harsh responses to youth crime, and the continuing climate of intolerance. Editor(s): Strickland, Ronald. Series: Culture and Politics Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JFSP2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742516519
- ISBN
- 9780742516519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.62
€ 73.62
Paperback. American popular culture changed dramatically during the Vietnam era. This book explores the popular culture that shaped the baby boomers and the transformation that generation wrought in movies, television, sports, and music. It looks at the ways in which these cultural elements reflected the upheaval and unrest in Vietnam era America. Series: Vietnam: America in the War Years. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742544444
- ISBN
- 9780742544444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.50
€ 56.50
Paperback. Illustrates the power of symbols in human societies. This textbook is suitable for courses that define fundamental concepts in religion, cultural anthropology, communication, and art. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 166 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759103221
- ISBN
- 9780759103221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.15
€ 56.15
Paperback. In his controversial essay (1925), Vasconcelos predicted the coming of a new age, the Aesthetic Era, in which joy, love, fantasy, and creativity would prevail. Marriage would be dictated by love and beauty, giving birth to a new "cosmic race". The text is presented here in a bilingual edition. Translator(s): Jaen, Didier T. Series: Race in the Americas. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 202 x 11. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801856556
- ISBN
- 9780801856556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.92
€ 33.92
The Western Construction of Religion not only provides a critical assessment of the whole history of "religionas it is understood in the West but offers better ways of constructing the study of this central part of human experience. Translator(s): Sayers, William. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801873201
- ISBN
- 9780801873201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.69
€ 66.69
Paperback. A capacious and synthetic historical investigation, The Secret History of Domesticity exemplifies how the methods of literary interpretation and historical analysis can inform and enrich one another. Num Pages: 904 pages, 97, 2 black & white halftones, 84 black & white line drawings, 11 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 904
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801885402
- ISBN
- 9780801885402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.53
€ 54.53
Challenging the plain and simple view of Amish identity, this study raises the intriguing question of how such a diverse people successfully share a common identity in the absence of uniformity. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 39, 24 black & white illustrations, 7 figures, 8 maps. BIC Classification: HRCC99; HRCV; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801886058
- ISBN
- 9780801886058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.20
€ 67.20
Hardcover. Oprah Winfrey has built an empire on her ability to connect with and inspire her audience. The cultural and economic power that Winfrey wields merits critical evaluation. This book examines the origins of her influential image and its substantial impact on politics, entertainment, and popular opinion. Editor(s): Harris, Jennifer; Watson, Elwood. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMC; KNTD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124261
- ISBN
- 9780813124261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.26
€ 38.26
Editor(s): Beaver, Patricia D.; Jennings, Judith. Num Pages: 276 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 561.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813134376
- ISBN
- 9780813134376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.61
€ 58.61
The U.S. South and Europe. Transatlantic Relations in the Nineteenth a...
. Ed(S): Van Minnen, Cornelis A (Roosevelt St...
Editor(s): Van Minnen, Cornelis A (Roosevelt Study Center); Berg, Manfred (Heidelberg University Freie Universitat Berlin Heidelberg University Heidelberg University Heidelberg University Freie Universitat Berlin German Historical Institute, Washington DC Freie Universitat Berlin Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg, Germany). Series: New Directions in Southern History. Num Pages: 307 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBBS; HBJD; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813143088
- ISBN
- 9780813143088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.56
€ 48.56
Paperback. The author's work traces the experience of Irish-American Catholics from their beginnings as detested, unskilled pioneers of the urban ghetto to their rise as an essentially affluent, powerful, middle-class suburban community. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HRCC7; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- Rev Upd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813208961
- ISBN
- 9780813208961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.72
€ 38.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCM; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 261 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813229003
- ISBN
- 9780813229003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.92
€ 53.92
Hardcover. Our Tarnished Image in Europe: The Fault of U.S. policies or an Indicator of European Culture? Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 121 x 187 x 19. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- Reissue, Hoover Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817945114
- ISBN
- 9780817945114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.23
€ 21.23
Hardcover. Exploring the role of empathy in a variety of Pacific societies, this book is at the forefront of the latest anthropological research on empathy. It presents distinct articulations of empathy in the Pacific region. More specifically, the volume examines significant regional patterns in the experience, enactment, recognition, and limits of empathy. Editor(s): Hollan, Douglas W.; Throop, C. Jason. Series: ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1MK; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857451026
- ISBN
- 9780857451026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.17
€ 155.17
Hardcover. The questions that inspired this study are central to contemporary research within environmental anthropology, political ecology, and environmental history: how does the introduction of a modern, capitalist, resource regime affect the livelihood of indigenous peoples? Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 maps, 19 ills. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSL9; JHMC; RNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857451040
- ISBN
- 9780857451040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.88
€ 155.88
Hardcover. Just as rhetoric is founded in culture, culture is founded in rhetoricA" - the first half of this central statement from the International Rhetoric Culture Project is abundantly evidenced. It is the latter half that this volume explores: how does culture emerge out of rhetorical action, out of seemingly dispersed individual actions and interactions Editor(s): Meyer, Christian; Girke, Felix. Series: Studies in Rhetoric and Culture. Num Pages: 338 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 598. Series: Studies in Rhetoric and Culture. 338 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Meyer, Christian; Girke, Felix. Just as rhetoric is founded in culture, culture is founded in rhetoricA" - the first half of this central statement from the International Rhetoric Culture Project is abundantly evidenced. It is the latter half that this volume explores: how does culture emerge out of rhetorical action, out of seemingly dispersed individual actions and interactions. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; JHM. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 26. Weight: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857451125
- ISBN
- 9780857451125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.97
€ 166.97
Hardcover. This study provides ethnographically rich descriptions of managerial practices in a set of international corporate investment projects. Drawing also on historical and statistical data, it renders a comprehensive perspective on management, corporations, and capitalism in the late modern globalized economy. Num Pages: 284 pages, 15 tables & figures. BIC Classification: JHM; KCX; KJM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857451859
- ISBN
- 9780857451859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.40
€ 155.40
Hardcover. The focus of the study is Subang Jaya's field of residential affairs, a digitally mediated social field in which residents, civil servants, politicians, online journalists and other social agents struggle over how the locality is to be governed at the dawn of the Information Era.A" Series: Anthropology of Media. Num Pages: 152 pages, 15 ills. BIC Classification: 1FMM; JFD; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857451972
- ISBN
- 9780857451972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.60
€ 154.60
Hardcover. Tropical islands are magical, volcanoes are magical and coral reefs are magical. Classical ruins, old town centres, modern artworks, and contemporary architecture are magical as well. Even local people are magical. The attribution of magical qualities appears central in the constitution of contemporary tourism attractions. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1HS; JHM; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452016
- ISBN
- 9780857452016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.60
€ 154.60