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Anthropology

Paperback. Editor(s): Marty, Martin E. Series: Chicago History of American Religion. Num Pages: 294 pages, xx, 274 p. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 16. Weight in Grams: 311.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226510026
ISBN
9780226510026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. Series: North American Religions. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV; HRLF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479839551
ISBN
9781479839551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardcover. Series: North American Religions. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV; HRLF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479861613
ISBN
9781479861613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.45

Hardcover. Starting from an ethnographic appraisal of the place of religious practices, and thereby returning to an approach more recently neglected, this book offers a detailed understanding of English everyday life. Three contemporary case studies disclose the complex patterns and compulsion of ordinary lives, including both moral and historical dimensions. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HR; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571817266
ISBN
9781571817266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.32

Hardback. This is a major new account of the nature of religion and its changing role in modern societies, by one of the most original French sociologists writing on religion today. In a stylish and accessible study, Hervieu--Leger addresses the problem of how to distinguish religion from other systems of meaning in modern Western society. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745620466
ISBN
9780745620466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Paperback. aeo A major new account of the nature of religion and its changing role in modern societies, by one of the most original French sociologists writing on religion today. aeo Written in a stylish and accessible way, this book addresses the problem of how to distinguish religion from other systems of meaning in modern Western society. Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HRA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745620473
ISBN
9780745620473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.14

Hardback. This sixth volume in the series covers such topics as the state, religious hegemony and official definition of "genuine" religion; the hegemony of authority in maintaining religious orthodoxy; and cultural revitalization and innovation. Series: Religion & the Social Order S. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 0. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762300389
ISBN
9780762300389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.86

Hardback. In Religion and the Making of Nigeria Olufemi Vaughan examines how Christian, Muslim, and indigenous religious structures along with the legacies of British colonial rule have provided the essential social and ideological frameworks for the construction of contemporary Nigeria. Series: Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HBJH; HBTB; HRAM2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362067
ISBN
9780822362067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.56

Paperback. In Religion and the Making of Nigeria Olufemi Vaughan examines how Christian, Muslim, and indigenous religious structures along with the legacies of British colonial rule have provided the essential social and ideological frameworks for the construction of contemporary Nigeria. Series: Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HBJH; HBTB; HRAM2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 477.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362272
ISBN
9780822362272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Hardback. Cultural conflict plays an increasingly dominant role in American politics, with religion acting as a catalyst in the often bitter confrontations ranging from abortion to public education. These essays present a mixed asessment of the scope and divisiveness of such conflicts. Series: Religious Forces in the Modern Political World. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; HRA; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847682676
ISBN
9780847682676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.72

Paperback. An introductory analysis of Korean American religious practices and community Editor(s): Yoo, David K.; Chung, Ruth H. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; HRLK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074745
ISBN
9780252074745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Hardback. The purpose of this volume is to analyze the relationships, possible articulations and contradictions between religion and science as forms of life: ways of engaging human experience that originate in particular social and cultural formations. Editor(s): Salazar, Carles; Bestard, Joan. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782384885
ISBN
9781782384885
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.56

Hardback. Saint Namdev is a figure central to the history of bhakti, or devotional Hinduism, one of the oldest religious practices in India. This book focuses on Namdev as a feature of Marathi public memory and examines the many ways that he has been remembered. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231141840
ISBN
9780231141840
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.44
€ 80.25

paperback. Has kinship become more structureless, commodified, and flexible in the global era? Do such representations overlook the "diffuse, enduring ties" that kinship has long signified? What has been the effect of contemporary bio-politics on kinship practices and theories? This title deals with these questions. Editor(s): Franklin, Sarah; McKinnon, Susan. Num Pages: 536 pages, 11 b&w photos, 1 table, 6 maps, 15 figures. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 36. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822327967
ISBN
9780822327967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.25

Hardback. The relationship between language and various kinds of non-linguistic behavior has been of great fascination for many of those working in the fields of cultural anthropology, linguistics, and philosophy, or, broadly understood, cultural studies. The authors in this volume explore this relationship in a number of cultures and social contexts.. Editor(s): Stroinska, Magda. Series: Polygons. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CJB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 439.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571812025
ISBN
9781571812025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.23

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
1 Reprint
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292728899
ISBN
9780292728899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99

Paperback. Series: Interp Culture New Millennium. Num Pages: 208 pages, 24 black and white photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252081408
ISBN
9780252081408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.52

Hardback. Fashion knockoffs are everywhere. Even in the out-of-the-way markets of highland Guatemala, fake branded clothes offer a cheap, stylish alternative for people who cannot afford high-priced originals. The author approaches the fashion industry from the perspective of indigenous Maya people who make and sell knockoffs. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 b/w, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JHMC; KNSX; LNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780520290969
ISBN
9780520290969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.94
€ 73.24

Paperback. Fashion knockoffs are everywhere. Even in the out-of-the-way markets of highland Guatemala, fake branded clothes offer a cheap, stylish alternative for people who cannot afford high-priced originals. The author approaches the fashion industry from the perspective of indigenous Maya people who make and sell knockoffs. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 b/w, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JHMC; KNSX; LNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520290976
ISBN
9780520290976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. This volume considers what is known of women's options and practices used to regulate menstruation - practices used to control the periodicity, quantity, colour and even consistency of menses - in different places and times, while revealing the ambiguity that those practices present. Num Pages: 334 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226847443
ISBN
9780226847443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

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