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Anthropology

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Anthropology

Paperback. This collection focuses attention on the relationships between "homeland" and "diaspora" communities in today's world. It highlights the changing character of homeland-diaspora ties and offers new understandings of the issues that these communities face and explores the roots of their fascinating, yet sometimes paradoxical, interactions Editor(s): Levy, Andre; Weingrod, Alex. Num Pages: 376 pages, 5 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804750790
ISBN
9780804750790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Hardback. This collection focuses attention on the relationships between "homeland" and "diaspora" communities in today's world. It highlights the changing character of homeland-diaspora ties and offers new understandings of the issues that these communities face and explores the roots of their fascinating, yet sometimes paradoxical, interactions Editor(s): Levy, Andre; Weingrod, Alex. Num Pages: 376 pages, 4 figures, 5 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804747714
ISBN
9780804747714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 180.74

Paperback. In this ground-breaking new book on the Nortena and Surena (North/South) youth gang dynamic, cultural anthropologist and linguist Norma Mendoza-Denton looks at the daily lives of young Latinas and their innovative use of speech, bodily practices, and symbolic exchanges that signal their gang affiliations and ideologies. Series: New Directions in Ethnography. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631234906
ISBN
9780631234906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.69

Hardcover. In this ground-breaking new book on the Nortena and Surena (North/South) youth gang dynamic, cultural anthropologist and linguist Norma Mendoza-Denton looks at the daily lives of young Latinas and their innovative use of speech, bodily practices, and symbolic exchanges that signal their gang affiliations and ideologies. Series: New Directions in Ethnography. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631234890
ISBN
9780631234890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.24

Paperback. Rainsford is a fourth-generation Chinese American named after the town where his great grandfather worked during the gold rush. Orphaned at fifteen, he attempts to claim America as his homebase, and his personal history is interwoven with dreams, stories, and letters of his family's life in America. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; BGA; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988160
ISBN
9780295988160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.99

Hardback. Offers an exploration of the oral histories of three generations of refugees from India's Partition. This book focuses on the emergent conceptual nexus of home, travel, and identity in the stories of participants from ten Hindu and Sikh families in Delhi. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLW3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 545.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823256433
ISBN
9780823256433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.11

Hardcover. Assembling Mass Observation Archive material with historiographies of family, house and nation from ancient-Greece to present-day Europe, China and America, this book contributes to current debates on identity, belonging, memory and material culture by exploring how power works in the small spaces of home. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCD; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230230286
ISBN
9780230230286
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.43

Paperback. Assembling Mass Observation Archive material with historiographies of family, house and nation from ancient-Greece to present-day Europe, China and America, this book contributes to current debates on identity, belonging, memory and material culture by exploring how power works in the small spaces of home. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSR; JHB; JHBK; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 22. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349311316
ISBN
9781349311316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.18

Paperback. An ethnography about 'Japan outside of Japan' - specifically, how Japanese families on corporate re-assignment in the United States recreate their homeland within domestic spaces Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822336228
ISBN
9780822336228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Examines the charismatic Christian reformation underway in Botswana's time of AIDS and the moral crisis that divides the church between the elders and the young, apostolic faith healers. This book focuses on Eloyi, an Apostolic faith-healing church in Botswana's capital. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 268 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; HRCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Pap/DVD
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520268548
ISBN
9780520268548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. Examines the intersections of social marginality, morality, and magic in contemporary Brazil by analyzing the beliefs and religious practices related to the Afro-Brazilian spirit entity Pomba Gira. This title provides an intimate account of the intricate relationship between Pomba Gira and one of her devotees, Nazare da Silva. Num Pages: 312 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HRQ; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Pap/DVD
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520262652
ISBN
9780520262652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.00
€ 35.58

Hardback. Addresses the challenges that holistic anthropology presents. This book explores topics such as the social understanding, interpretation and appropriation of new biological technologies, which increasingly penetrate most aspects of physical life, including reproduction, food, biomedicine, health, but also physical performance and art. Editor(s): Parkin, David; Ulijaszek, Stanley J. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453541
ISBN
9781845453541
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.19

Hardback. BIC Classification: HBW; JHMC; JPSL; KNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 224 x 30. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816698554
ISBN
9780816698554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

Paperback. BIC Classification: HBW; JHMC; JPSL; KNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 26. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816698561
ISBN
9780816698561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback / so. Series: Essentials. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHMC; JNK; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 4. Weight in Grams: 108.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer vs United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9783658115920
ISBN
9783658115920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.04

Paperback. Presents a comprehensive collection of research on Hmong culture and life in Asia. Editor(s): Tapp, Nicholas; Michaud, Jean; Culas, Christian; Lee, Gary Yia. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9789749575017
ISBN
9789749575017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.84

Hardcover. Num Pages: 168 pages, 266 colour & 3 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FML; AFW; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 215 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
168
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764348594
ISBN
9780764348594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 28.63

Paperback. Examines the role of Russian Orthodox Church in the treatment of HIV/AIDS. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HRCC8; JFFH2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520267640
ISBN
9780520267640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. What would it mean to read postcolonial writings under the prism of trauma? Ogaga Ifowodo tackles these questions through a psycho-social examination of the lingering impact of imperialist domination, resulting in a refreshing complement to the cultural-materialist studies that dominate the field. Series: Future of Minority Studies. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; HBTQ; JHB; JHM; JMAF; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349474455
ISBN
9781349474455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.68

Hardcover. History, Time, and Economic Crisis in Central Greece explores how the inhabitants of a Greek town face the devastating consequences of the worst economic crisis in living memory. Knight examines how the inhabitants draw on the past to contextualize their experiences and build strength that will enable them to overcome their suffering. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HBJD; JFFA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137501486
ISBN
9781137501486
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.52

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