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Anthropology
Paperback. Fojas engages the work of Enrique Gomez Carrillo, the travel writings of Aurelia Castillo de Gonzalez, and Rodo's Ariel, which share a common principle of the practical application of cosmopolitanism. They sometimes conceptualize models of hospitality and sometimes fail, but keep the broken promise of utopist spaces and their imagined cities. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557533821
- ISBN
- 9781557533821
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Condition: New
€ 50.41
€ 50.41
Paperback. Drawing from Anglo-American, Asian American, and Asian literature as well as J-horror and manga, Chinese cinema and Internet, and the Korean Wave, Sheng-mei Ma's Asian Diaspora and East-West Modernity probes into the conjoinedness of West and East, of modernity's illusion and nothing's infinitude. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536112
- ISBN
- 9781557536112
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Condition: New
€ 62.55
€ 62.55
Paperback. Offering an introduction to the field of archaeology, the authors use a single case study to demonstrate the power of their interdisciplinary approach, and create a fresh portrait of 19th-century domestic life in the company-owned boarding-houses of the Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts. Num Pages: 128 pages, 37 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HD; JHM; WTHH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 186.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558490352
- ISBN
- 9781558490352
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.80
€ 30.99
€ 26.80
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822964285
- ISBN
- 9780822964285
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Condition: New
€ 69.67
€ 69.67
Paperback. Women's status in rural Java can appear contradictory to those both inside and outside the culture. This book examines this contradiction as well as sources of stability and change in contemporary Javanese gender relations. Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 246 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896802841
- ISBN
- 9780896802841
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.09
€ 35.99
€ 32.09
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Colorado United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607324614
- ISBN
- 9781607324614
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.75
€ 41.99
€ 41.75
Paperback. A history of American prejudice towards Turks in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Series: Utah Series in Turkish and Islamic Studies (Paperback). Num Pages: 499 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 862.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607810131
- ISBN
- 9781607810131
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.57
€ 45.99
€ 45.57
Hardcover. Editor(s): Gingerich, Joseph A M. Num Pages: 419 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, fig. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 180 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1021.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607811701
- ISBN
- 9781607811701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.02
€ 76.02
Hardcover. Editor(s): McConvell, Senior Lecturer Department of Anthropology Patrick (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra Northern Territory University Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra Northern Territory University); Keen, Lecturer and Visiting Fellow School of Archaeology and Anthropology Ian (Australian National University); Henderey, Rachel. Num Pages: 288 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: CFF; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607812449
- ISBN
- 9781607812449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
paperback. Argues African ways of seeing and interpreting their environments and past are not only critical to how historians write environmental history, they also have important lessons for policymakers and conservationists. It focuses on the Mpiemu people of the Central Arfrican Republic. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFJR; JFC; JFSL9; JHMC; RNA; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813921037
- ISBN
- 9780813921037
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Condition: New
€ 33.40
€ 33.40
hardcover. Offers an insider's view into the day-to-day lives of a self-selected group of male friends within this society in northern Zambia. This book examines the friends' vicarious experience with and orientation to the world through stories heard from their grandfathers and fathers. It represents a compilation of their direct experience in the world. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 b&w illustrations & 1 map. BIC Classification: 1H; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926247
- ISBN
- 9780813926247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.99
€ 87.99
Hardback. The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 provides a legal framework within which Native Americans can seek the repatriation of human remains and certain categories of cultural objects from federally funded institutions. This book analyzes the ways in which religious discourse is used to articulate repatriation claims. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; JHBZ; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926612
- ISBN
- 9780813926612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.96
€ 94.96
hardcover. 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 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938783
- ISBN
- 9780813938783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.93€ 81.73
€ 85.93
€ 81.73
Paperback. This book, based on original research, explores the origin of the mola in the early twentieth century, how it became part of the everyday dress of Kuna women, and its role in creating Kuna identity. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCP; HBJK; JFC; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 254 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826357069
- ISBN
- 9780826357069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.48
€ 55.48
paperback. Synthesizes ethnographic field research, museum and archival research, and participation in cultural-revival and rights-based organising to show how women craft Ainu and indigenous identities through clothwork and how they also fashion lived connections to ancestral values and lifestyles. Series: School for Advanced Research Global Indigenous Politics Series. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780826357366
- ISBN
- 9780826357366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.71
€ 56.71
Paperback. The contributors to this volume propose that the helpless infant has played a role in human evolution equal in importance to those of man the hunter and woman the gatherer. " Editor(s): Trevathan, Wenda R., PhD; Rosenberg, Karen R. Series: School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826357458
- ISBN
- 9780826357458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.50
€ 45.99
€ 45.50
Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 11 black & white halftones, 2 maps, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMNT; HBJF; JHMC; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877277972
- ISBN
- 9780877277972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.57
€ 140.57
Hardback. A comprehensive dictionary of the endangered Ch orti Mayan language of southern Guatemala, with entries in Ch orti, Spanish, and English" Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; CF; JHMC; YRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607814894
- ISBN
- 9781607814894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.71
€ 91.71
Hardcover. Spirit possession involves the displacement of a human's conscious self by a powerful other who temporarily occupies the human's body. Here, Seligman shows that spirit possession represents a site for understanding fundamental aspects of human experience, especially those involved with interactions among meaning, embodiment, and subjectivity. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRKT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137409591
- ISBN
- 9781137409591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.36
€ 127.36
paperback. BIC Classification: GTJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138260931
- ISBN
- 9781138260931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.37
€ 44.99
€ 44.37