Anthropology
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Anthropology
Paperback. A study of American love in the twentieth century that unravels the mass of images that define our ideas of love and romance, revealing that the experience of 'true' love is deeply embedded in the experience of consumer capitalism. It studies how individual conceptions of love overlap with the world of cliches and images. Num Pages: 332 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFD; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520205710
- ISBN
- 9780520205710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.77
€ 38.99
€ 27.77
Hardback. Throughout the world, everyday, millions of people eat earth, clay, nasal mucus, and similar substances. Yet food practices like these are understudied in a sustained, interdisciplinary manner. This book aims to correct this neglect. Editor(s): MacClancy, Jeremy; Henry, C. Jeya; Macbeth, Helen M. Series: Anthropology of Food and Nutrition. Num Pages: 258 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453534
- ISBN
- 9781845453534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.49
€ 152.49
Paperback. Explores Wari' conceptions of person, body, and spirit, as well as indigenous understandings of memory and emotion, to explain why the Wari' felt that corpses must be destroyed and why they preferred cannibalism over cremation. This book shows why, in Wari' terms, it was considered the most honorable and compassionate way of treating the dead. Num Pages: 317 pages, 15 halftones, 3 maps, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292712362
- ISBN
- 9780292712362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.49
€ 32.99
€ 31.49
Paperback. 'I consider this book a remarkable achievement. Sophisticated in its use of sociological, anthropological and critical theory, [it] also successfully conveys the direct tangible experience of corporality and the senses. Falk's original, insightful book sets the study of the body onto a new plane' - Roy Porter, The Wellcome Institute Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803989740
- ISBN
- 9780803989740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.12
€ 82.12
Paperback. Editor(s): Glickman, Lawrence B. Num Pages: 432 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBTB; JFFT; JHM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484865
- ISBN
- 9780801484865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.17
€ 40.99
€ 40.17
Paperback. aeo This is a comprehensive survey of theories of consumer culture, making it an ideal introduction to the field. aeo Slater presents consumer culture as part of a broader debate about the nature and development of modern societies, rather than just a contemporary or postmodern issue. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745603049
- ISBN
- 9780745603049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.41
€ 25.41
Hardcover. This text shows how different collective identities in Latin America shape the access to, and participation in, the public domain. Collective identities were previously thought to be primordial components that would not survive the modern world, but now theorists think of them as a modern creation. Editor(s): Roniger, Luis; Sznajder, Mario. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JFC; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781898723776
- ISBN
- 9781898723776
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Paperback. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 table, 15 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804773607
- ISBN
- 9780804773607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.17
€ 27.17
Hardback. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 table, 15 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804770804
- ISBN
- 9780804770804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.35
€ 123.35
paperback. A brilliant and hilarious new collection of essays from the award-winning author of the bestseller INFINITE JEST Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780349119526
- ISBN
- 9780349119526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 10.33
€ 19.99
€ 10.33
Paperback. Explores how the implements we use in the kitchen have shaped the way we cook and live. This title tells the story of how we have tamed fire and ice, wielded whisks, spoons, graters, mashers, pestles and mortars, all in the name of feeding ourselves. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; JHMC; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141049083
- ISBN
- 9780141049083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JHMC; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804785099
- ISBN
- 9780804785099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.53
€ 95.53
Paperback. The Politics of Ecology in Papua New Guinea. Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-first Century. 312 pages, 25 illustrations. Presents an ethnographic examination of the social effects of conservation and development efforts in Papua New Guinea. This book focuses on the area that was the site of a biodiversity conservation project. It demonstrates the capacity of ethnography to illuminate the relationship between trans-national processes and individual lives. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1MKLP; GTB; JHMP; RNK. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 22. Weight: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822337492
- ISBN
- 9780822337492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Paperback. Global goods, class, and identity in urban Egypt Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFHF; JFSG; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253223111
- ISBN
- 9780253223111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.02
€ 26.99
€ 25.02
Paperback. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 19 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 19 illus., 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JHMC; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995298
- ISBN
- 9780295995298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.31
€ 33.31
Hardback. Notions of magic and healing have been changing over past years and are now understood as reflecting local ideas of power and agency, as well as structures of self, subjectivity and affect. This study focuses on contemporary urban Russia and, through exploring social conditions, conveys the experience of living that makes magic logical. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 272 pages, Bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JHM; VXW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450571
- ISBN
- 9781845450571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.23
€ 152.23
Paperback. In January 1935, the Vernay-Hopwood Chindwin Expedition departed from Rangoon to explore the Chindwin River valley on behalf of the American Museum of Natural History. This book includes documentation and photographs made during the journey as well as biographical narratives of its organizers, sponsors, and field scientists. Series: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design & Culture. Num Pages: 176 pages, 75 colour images + 75 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJG; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 177 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300190236
- ISBN
- 9780300190236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Hardback. This collection of case studies addresses the need to assess modes of conflict resolution in a sociocultural context with attention to varying approaches and cultural perspectives. It proposes and tests different propositions, looking toward a general theory of conflict and conflict resolution. Series: Contributions in Ethnic Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Special Edition/ / Eng-Sub and Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780313257964
- ISBN
- 9780313257964
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.46€ 78.31
€ 87.46
€ 78.31
Hardback. Editor(s): O'Hagan, Minako. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; GTC; GTF; GTJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634854092
- ISBN
- 9781634854092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 241.09€ 176.68
€ 241.09
€ 176.68
Paperback. Concrete Jungles explores the hidden geographies of injustice in the Caribbean islands, demonstrating how mainstream environmentalism reflects and reproduces racial and economic inequalities. Series: Global and Comparative Ethnography. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 bw line art, 9 bw halftone. BIC Classification: 1KJ; JFSG; JHMC; RGC; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190273590
- ISBN
- 9780190273590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.27
€ 54.27