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Anthropology

Hardback. Attempts to renew our links with the oldest traditions of scholarly thinking. After a deconstruction of the past and present conditions of scientific understanding of human sex-ratio at birth, the authors propose a reconstruction of the dynamics of the phenomenon based on stochastics. Series: Methodos Series. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMC; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1260.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402060359
ISBN
9781402060359
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 394 pages, 16, 13 black & white halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJD; JHMC; KNBP; RNFY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
394
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801456589
ISBN
9780801456589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.45

Paperback. Series: South Asia in Motion. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; JHMC; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804796262
ISBN
9780804796262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Takes the enslaved person's claims of human consumption seriously, focusing on both the literal starvation of the slave and the tropes of cannibalism on the part of the slaveholder, and further draws attention to the ways in which Blacks experienced their consumption as a fundamentally homoerotic occurrence. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814794623
ISBN
9780814794623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.36

Paperback. A literary exploration of the prevalence of death--its connection to political oppression and its use as salvation--in Richard Wright's work. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822334880
ISBN
9780822334880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. A photographic essay which conveys the emotional power of the death rituals of a small Greek village - the funeral, the singing of laments, the distribution of food, the daily visits to the graves, and the rite of exhumation. Num Pages: 248 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DVG; JHBT; JHBZ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 247 x 14. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691000275
ISBN
9780691000275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Hardcover. In 1994, the Pacific island village of Matupit was partially destroyed by a volcanic eruption. This study focuses on the subsequent reconstruction and contests over the morality of exchanges that are generative of new forms of social stratification. Series: ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology. Num Pages: 300 pages, 16 ills & figs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; GTF; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857458728
ISBN
9780857458728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.85

Paperback. This deeply moving collection of "ethnographic poetry" by the renowned cultural theorist Renato Rosaldo focuses on the immediate aftermath of his wife Michelle (Shelly) Rosaldo's sudden death on October 11, 1981, the day after she and her family had arrived in a northern Philippines village where Shelly and Renato were to conduct fieldwork. Num Pages: 160 pages, 21 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: DCF; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356615
ISBN
9780822356615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Discusses the influence of Indian music and culture in the West. This book tells how words such as karma, yoga, raga, nirvana, all once unknown, have entered the language. It aims to demystify musical structures, foreign instruments, terminology and the Eastern musical framework. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FKA; 3JJP; AVGE; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 29. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826428196
ISBN
9780826428196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.41

Hardback. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, 27. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520277380
ISBN
9780520277380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.12
€ 73.24

Paperback. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520277397
ISBN
9780520277397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

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.
Format
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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 30.01

Paperback. Series: Difference Incorporated. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; ASDX; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816679942
ISBN
9780816679942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Hardback. The Dance of Nurture integrates ethnography, biology and the political economy of infant feeding to detail the efforts to improve infant feeding practices globally by UN agencies and advocacy groups concerned with solving global nutrition and health problems. Series: Food, Nutrition, and Culture. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; MBNH3; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785335624
ISBN
9781785335624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.56

Paperback. Editor(s): Simons, Ronald C.; Hughes, C.C. Series: Culture, Illness and Healing. BIC Classification: JHM. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 813.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Condition
New
SKU
V9789027718594
ISBN
9789027718594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 251.80

Hardback. Editor(s): Simons, Ronald C.; Hughes, C.C. Series: Culture, Illness & Healing. Num Pages: 518 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMP; M; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 923.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
518
Condition
New
SKU
V9789027718587
ISBN
9789027718587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 259.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
278
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Edition
a
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226310947
ISBN
9780226310947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. Are you writing about physical pain or mental pain? This is a book about the meanings we make out of pain. Num Pages: 354 pages, 31 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520082762
ISBN
9780520082762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. This book offers the first sustained examination of fatness in the early modern period. Using readings of such major figures as Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton, and Skelton, this book considers alternative ways that fat was constructed before the introduction of the modern pathologized category of 'obesity'." Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSC; JFSJ; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349370603
ISBN
9781349370603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.10

Paperback. Explores the complex constellation of factors that cause rural migration and determine its outcomes. Num Pages: 207 pages, 20 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 509. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292705920
ISBN
9780292705920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.10

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