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Paperback. Through an ethnography of the Dhanka in Jaipur, this book brings you inside an imaginative work of the long-marginalized tribal communities. It shows how they must affirm and refute their tribal status on a range of levels, from domestic interactions to historical representation, by relegating their status to the past. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226253046
- ISBN
- 9780226253046
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. Proceeding from the bold and provocative claim that there never has been a comprehensive and systematic theory of race, the authors set out to reformulate how we think about one of the most vexing and central aspects of American life. Num Pages: 520 pages, 1 halftone, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226253527
- ISBN
- 9780226253527
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 35.75
€ 45.99
€ 35.75
Hardcover. Organizing contributions from various anthropological subfields, including economics, security and environment, the authors offer tools which consider uncertainty, its management, and the differing modes of subjectivity appropriate to it. The also present ways of thinking about danger and risk from an analytical and anthropological perspective. Editor(s): Samimian-Darash, Limor; Rabinow, Paul. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226257075
- ISBN
- 9780226257075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.37€ 86.30
€ 103.37
€ 86.30
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226257419
- ISBN
- 9780226257419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.06€ 79.61
€ 95.06
€ 79.61
Paperback. In the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, security became the paramount concern of virtually everyone involved in governing the United States. This title describes the human activities, emotions, relationships, and decisions that shaped the way Americans experienced homeland security. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM; JPRB; JPWL2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226257440
- ISBN
- 9780226257440
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. An evocative symbol of the 1960s was its youth counterculture. This study reveals that the youthful revolutionaries were augmented by such unlikely allies as the advertising industry and the men's clothing business. The ad industry celebrated irrepressible youth and promoted defiance and revolt. Num Pages: 298 pages, 19 halftones, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; HBTB; JFC; JFFT; JHM; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226260129
- ISBN
- 9780226260129
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Condition: New
€ 27.37
€ 27.37
Paperback. This cultural-geographic study of the American Indian reservations in the 48 contiguous states explores the reservations as living environments rather than historical footnotes. The text seeks to discover and highlight the many possibilities for positive change. Series: University of Chicago Geography Research Papers S. Num Pages: 396 pages, 57 halftones, 36 maps, 19 line drawings, 30 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL9; JHMP; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 530.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226260891
- ISBN
- 9780226260891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.69
€ 44.99
€ 34.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 17 halftones, 6 genealogies, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226264813
- ISBN
- 9780226264813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.21
€ 31.99
€ 25.21
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBS; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226264981
- ISBN
- 9780226264981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
€ 31.99
€ 25.14
Paperback. For the Tumbuka people of Malawi, traditional medical practices are filled with music. This ethnography explores a health care system populated by dancing prophets, singing patients and drummed spirits. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 260 pages, 16 halftones, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFMM; AVGH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226265025
- ISBN
- 9780226265025
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.01
€ 37.99
€ 30.01
Paperback. A book on the critical role of music in African ritual which focuses on the Brekete/Gorovodu religion of the Ewe people. It analyzes their practices through a historical and ethnographic study of one of the dominant ritual sites on the southern coast of Ghana: a medicine shrine whose origins lie in the northern region of the country. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 colour plates, 25 halftones, 3 line drawings, 23 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; AVGH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226265056
- ISBN
- 9780226265056
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. In 1996, an older woman in Lima, Peru - part of a group of women street sweepers protesting the privatization of the city's cleaning services - stripped to the waist in full view of the crowd that surrounded her. This title analyzes the ramifications of this act within the city's conflicted history and across its class divisions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226280981
- ISBN
- 9780226280981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 2. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226285160
- ISBN
- 9780226285160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.92
€ 40.99
€ 31.92
Paperback. Traces the concept of autochthony back to the classical period and incisively explores the idea in two very different contexts: Cameroon and the Netherlands. This book examines the emotional appeal of autochthony - as well as its dubious historical basis - and sheds light on a range of issues, such as multiculturalism, and national citizenship. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1HFJA; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226289656
- ISBN
- 9780226289656
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. An account of relations between the sexes and the role of myth in the transition between unconscious fantasy and cultural forms, based on studies of the mythologies of the Gimi, from the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 halftones, 1 map, 12 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HBJM; JFHF; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226293813
- ISBN
- 9780226293813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.39
€ 52.99
€ 41.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBL; JFSR1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226300924
- ISBN
- 9780226300924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
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€ 31.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226302614
- ISBN
- 9780226302614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. What does a move from a village in the West African rain forest to a West African community in a European city entail? This book brings together eight eminent scholars to recount the personal and intellectual dynamics of uprooting one's life - and decades of work - to embrace a new fieldsite. Editor(s): Gottlieb, Alma. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226304908
- ISBN
- 9780226304908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
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Paperback. A memoir of Africa recounting the experiences of Alma Gottlieb, an anthropologist, and Philip Graham, a fiction writer, as they lived in two remote villages in the rain forest of Cote d'Ivoire. Num Pages: 350 pages, xii, 336, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226305066
- ISBN
- 9780226305066
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. In this companion volume to "Parallel Worlds," Alma Gottlieb explores ideology and social practices among the Beng people of Cote d'Ivoire. Num Pages: 302 pages, 2 maps, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226305073
- ISBN
- 9780226305073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09