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Anthropology
Paperback. Since its founding in 1964 Tanzania has used music, dance and other cultural productions as ways of imagining and legitimizing the new nation. Focusing on the politics surrounding Swahili performance, Kelly Askew demonstrates the crucial role of popular culture in Tanzania's history. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 392 pages, 22 halftones, 5 maps, 4 line drawings, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 1M; ASZ; AVGE; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 74
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226029818
- ISBN
- 9780226029818
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Condition: New
€ 50.92€ 43.89
€ 50.92
€ 43.89
Paperback. Series: Cultural Sociology. BIC Classification: JHMC. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349695140
- ISBN
- 9781349695140
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Condition: New
€ 53.52
€ 53.52
Hardcover. During the 1970s a wave of "counter-culture" people moved into rural communities in many parts of Australia. This study focuses in particular on the town of Kuranda in North Queensland and the relationship between the settlers and the local Aboriginal population, concentrating on a number of linked social dramas.. Series: Space and Place. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JFSS; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512. Aboriginal Australians, Hippies and the State. Series: Space and Place. 284 pages, 17 ills, 3 maps. During the 1970s a wave of "counter-culture" people moved into rural communities in many parts of Australia. This study focuses in particular on the town of Kuranda in North Queensland and the relationship between the settlers and the local Aboriginal population, concentrating on a number of linked social dramas. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JFSS; JHMC. Dimension: 161 x 229 x 19. Weight: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857455086
- ISBN
- 9780857455086
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Condition: New
€ 155.55
€ 155.55
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292717084
- ISBN
- 9780292717084
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.44
€ 31.99
€ 28.44
Paperback. Visitors to Cuba will notice that Afro-Cuban figures and references are everywhere. In this book, the author examines how the animation of Cuba's colonial past and African heritage through such figures and performances not only reflects but also shapes the Cuban experience of Blackness. Num Pages: 344 pages, 56 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226119052
- ISBN
- 9780226119052
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.84
€ 34.99
€ 27.84
Paperback. The jali - a member of a hereditary group of Mandinka professional performers - is a charismatic but contradictory figure. This book shows how the jali's talents at performance make him a genius at representation - the ideal figure to tell us about the "Africa" that the world imagines, which is always a thing of illusion, magic, and contradiction. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; AS; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691074894
- ISBN
- 9780691074894
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138789029
- ISBN
- 9781138789029
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Condition: New
€ 48.52
€ 48.52
Paperback. Throughout this text the author shows his awareness that the actual past remains fundamentally irreplicable. He asserts all histories to be culturally crafted artifacts, commensurate with folk tales, stage plays, or films. Num Pages: 312 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: HBA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226142982
- ISBN
- 9780226142982
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.27
€ 52.99
€ 41.27
Paperback. An insight into the meaning and value of popular forms of expression during a time of political and social change in East Africa. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219121
- ISBN
- 9780253219121
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in Complexity. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9 halftones. 21 line illus. 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691156262
- ISBN
- 9780691156262
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.43
€ 37.99
€ 27.43
Paperback. Peoplewatching is the culmination of a career of watching people - their behaviour and habits, their personalities and their quirks. Desmond Morris shows us how people, consciously and unconsciously, signal their attitudes, desires and innermost feelings with their bodies and actions, often more powerfully than with their words. Num Pages: 544 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; JMAL; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099429784
- ISBN
- 9780099429784
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.63
€ 23.99
€ 16.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMC; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816638604
- ISBN
- 9780816638604
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.53
€ 30.99
€ 27.53
Paperback. Investigates habits, practices, and meanings of water through case studies from around the world. With its wide range and diversity, this volume explores water practices in different cultures and shows that water is much more than a commodity, a resource, or a substance - it is a focal point that reflects local culture. Editor(s): Hahn, Hans Peter; Cless, Karlheinz; Soentgen, Jens. Num Pages: 250 pages, 73 colour plates, 7 halftones, 6 tables. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Campus Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783593396101
- ISBN
- 9783593396101
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Condition: New
€ 56.85€ 48.54
€ 56.85
€ 48.54
Paperback. Now updated and expanded, People and Nature is a lively, accessible introduction to environmental anthropology that focuses on the interactions between people, culture, and nature around the world. Series: Primers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118877470
- ISBN
- 9781118877470
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Condition: New
€ 52.25
€ 52.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 322 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Lake View Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941702461
- ISBN
- 9780941702461
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.99
€ 24.99
€ 22.99
Hardback. Editor(s): Rio, Knut; MacCarthy, Michelle; Blanes, Ruy. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRCC9; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319560670
- ISBN
- 9783319560670
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.91
€ 39.91
Paperback. Series: Comparative Studies of New Nations. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFC; JHM; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press Dublin, Ireland
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226285146
- ISBN
- 9780226285146
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.89
€ 31.99
€ 24.89
Paperback. A collection of essays by Alexander addressing the implications of transnational thinking for our understanding of gender, sex, sexuality, and race Series: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 294 x 26. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822336457
- ISBN
- 9780822336457
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Paperback. Editor(s): Morgan, Michele E. Series: Papers of the Peabody Museum. Num Pages: 450 pages, 65 halftones, 54 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; HBJK; HDD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 197. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873652131
- ISBN
- 9780873652131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.55€ 67.91
€ 74.55
€ 67.91
Hardback. This title tells the story of how small farmers responded to a free-market onslaught that devastated one of the Western Hemisphere's most advanced social-democratic welfare states. Num Pages: 344 pages, 18 half-tones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCR; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734011
- ISBN
- 9780804734011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.73
€ 183.73