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Paperback. Examining representations of Balinese culture in complex contexts of Indonesia's colonial history, Hindu ritual practice as opposed to Islam, and comparative Indo-European hierarchies, Boon offers a powerful critique of doctrinal approaches to culture, religion, literature, politics, and the history of ideas and disciplines. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1F; HBTB; HDD; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226064635
- ISBN
- 9780226064635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.40
€ 47.40
Paperback. Series: Forerunners: Ideas First. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JFFZ; JHMC; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 95.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816696840
- ISBN
- 9780816696840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.80
€ 13.80
Hardback. Editor(s): Mallett, Xanthe; Blythe, Teri; Berry, Rachel J. Num Pages: 474 pages, 132 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHM; JKVF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439825143
- ISBN
- 9781439825143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.65
€ 185.65
hardcover. Drawing on medical anthropology and science and technology studies,the contributors to Addiction Trajectories examine the epistemic, therapeutic, and experiential dimensions of contemporary addiction. Editor(s): Raikhel, Eugene A.; Garriott, William. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 360 pages, 7 illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353508
- ISBN
- 9780822353508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.21
€ 120.21
Paperback. Drawing on medical anthropology and science and technology studies,the contributors to Addiction Trajectories examine the epistemic, therapeutic, and experiential dimensions of contemporary addiction. Editor(s): Raikhel, Eugene A.; Garriott, William. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 360 pages, 7 illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353645
- ISBN
- 9780822353645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.26
€ 41.99
€ 37.26
Hardback. A spirited exploration of the culture created when advertising becomes not just a central institution, but the central institution. Num Pages: 296 pages, 181 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM; KJSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231103244
- ISBN
- 9780231103244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.96
€ 130.96
Paperback. An analysis of immigrant life in the USA which focuses on the habits of consumption. The author describes how Jews responded to the prospect of mass consumption, familiarizing themselves with such activities as installment buying, advertising and vacationing. Series: The Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 276 pages, 17 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFFT; JFSR1; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780231068536
- ISBN
- 9780231068536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.43
€ 50.43
Paperback. The Ramlila at Ramnagar, Varanasi is a unique theatrical and religious event, an annual, month-long enactment of the Ramayana story. The performance covers a whole town and involves an entire community. Documenting the unique tradition, this book talks about the svarupas, effigies, masks, Ramayanis, Vyasas, gods, goddesses, demons and monkeys. Num Pages: 258 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; HRLF; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905422203
- ISBN
- 9781905422203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.00
€ 43.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: DSGS; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772897936
- ISBN
- 9788772897936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.90€ 40.89
€ 50.90
€ 40.89
Paperback. Taking as his starting point African-American autobiography, Crispin Sartwell argues that there is a fundamental elusiveness to white identity. This theory is based on the concept that whiteness defines itself as normative, marking "other" identity as "racial" or "ethnic" deviations. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226735276
- ISBN
- 9780226735276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.14
€ 44.14
Paperback. Translator(s): Slaght, Jonathan C. Num Pages: 488 pages, 36 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FP; 3JJC; JFSL9; JHMC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253022158
- ISBN
- 9780253022158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.39
€ 47.39
hardcover. Translator(s): Slaght, Jonathan C. Num Pages: 488 pages, 36 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FP; 3JJC; JFSL9; JHMC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253022059
- ISBN
- 9780253022059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.49
€ 118.49
Paperback. In "Acorns and Bitter Roots," Timothy C. Messner establishes starch grain analysis in the temperate climates of eastern North America using the Delaware River Watershed as a case study for furthering scholarly understanding of the relationship between native people and their biophysical environment in the Woodland Period. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HDD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 184 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817356491
- ISBN
- 9780817356491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.98
€ 36.98
Hardcover. Managing social relationships for childless couples in pro-natalist societies can be a difficult art to master. With ethnographic research gathered in northwestern Turkey, this book explores infertility & assisted reproductive technologies within a secular Muslim population & how social experience leads to a decision for (or against) having an IVF. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JHBK; JHMC; MJTF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782386346
- ISBN
- 9781782386346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.11
€ 156.11
Hardback. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHMC. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199470655
- ISBN
- 9780199470655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.76
€ 52.76
paperback. Based on eyewitness accounts of rituals conducted at the height of Inca rule, this is a key document that provides an unparalleled account of the prayers and religious celebrations of the Inca in a context of rapidly changing cultural practices. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 186 pages, 5 maps, 9 b&w photos, 7 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HRKP; JFHF; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 508. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292743984
- ISBN
- 9780292743984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.75
€ 20.99
€ 20.75
hardcover. The museum boom, with its accompanying objectification and politicization of culture, finds its counterpart in the growing interest by social scientists in material culture, much of which is to be found in museums. Not surprisingly, anthropologists in particular are turning their attention again to museums, after decades of neglect.. Editor(s): Bouquet, Margaret. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 ills. BIC Classification: GM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571818256
- ISBN
- 9781571818256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.36
€ 156.36
Paperback. The ritual culture of image-worshipping Sventambar Jains of the western Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan are explored in this volume, with the author linking Jain tradition to the social identity of existing Jain communities. Series: Comparative Studies in Religion & Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRKJ; HRLF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520203242
- ISBN
- 9780520203242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.56
€ 42.56
Paperback. Questions the foundations of faith that have made a virtue out of the willingness to sacrifice a child. This book offers a perspective on what unites and divides the peoples of the sibling religions derived from Abraham and, implicitly, a way to overcome the violence among them. Num Pages: 352 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRH; HRJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070506
- ISBN
- 9780691070506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.35
€ 69.35
Hardcover. The circumpolar Arctic is at the center of multiple controversies as international competition over resources threatens the places that many people call home. This collection takes the home and the hearth as a central site revealing the ways in which history, cosmology, demography, colonialism, and architecture are intertwined. Editor(s): Anderson, David G.; Wishart, Robert P.; Vate, Virginie. Num Pages: 338 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTN; JHBD; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459800
- ISBN
- 9780857459800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.07
€ 157.07