Anthropology
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Anthropology
Paperback. Presenting the feats of the hero Mwindo, this title covers an epic which was sung and narrated in a Bantu language and acted out by a member of the Nyanga tribe in the remote forest regions of eastern Zaire. It provides insights into the social structure, value system, linguistics, and cosmology of this African people. Editor(s): Biebuyck, Daniel; Mateene, K.C. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520020498
- ISBN
- 9780520020498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.18
€ 38.18
Hardcover. Percival Kirby was one of the greatest South African musicologists and ethnomusicologists. Born in Scotland in 1887, after completing his studies at the Royal College of Music in London he came out to South Africa as the Music Organiser to the Natal Education Department. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AVR; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 180. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Edition
- Third edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868146055
- ISBN
- 9781868146055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.12
€ 38.12
Paperback. Suitable for sinologists, literary critics, anthropologists, cultural studies scholars, and others curious about the semiotics of food, this book examines the twentieth-century Chinese political experience as it is represented literature through hunger, cooking, eating, and cannibalising. It includes chapters on Xiao Hong, Wang Anyi, and Li Ang. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CFG; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822323419
- ISBN
- 9780822323419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.67
€ 41.99
€ 37.67
Hardcover. In Cote d'Ivoire, appearing modern is so important for success that many young men deplete their already meager resources to project an illusion of wealth. The author argues that they engage a global hierarchy that is profoundly modern, one that values performance over authenticity - highlighting the counterfeit nature of modernity itself. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFDY; JFFT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226575193
- ISBN
- 9780226575193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.14€ 89.11
€ 107.14
€ 89.11
Hardback. This magnificent ethnographic photo-essay presents the modern Maya of Yucatan who - resilient, resourceful, creative, and armed with intimate knowledge of the place where they live - have survived centuries of upheaval Series: The William and Bette Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 368 pages, 385 duotones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AJC; HBJK; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7747 x 5817 x 915. Weight in Grams: 2212.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292726932
- ISBN
- 9780292726932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.24
€ 56.24
Hardback. James R. Martel complicates Louis Althusser's theory of interpellation, using historical and literary analyses ranging from the Haitian Revolution to Ta-Nehisi Coates to examine the political and revolutionary potential inherent in the instances when people heed the state's call that was not meant for them. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHMC; JPA; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362845
- ISBN
- 9780822362845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.75
€ 150.75
Hardback. Today's world is one marked by the signs of digital capitalism and global capitalist expansion, and China is increasingly being integrated into this global system of production and consumption. As a result, China's immediate material impact is now felt almost everywhere in the world.. Series: Culture and Politics/Politics and Culture. Num Pages: 209 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455453
- ISBN
- 9781845455453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.29
€ 161.29
paperback. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252081620
- ISBN
- 9780252081620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
Hardback. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252040139
- ISBN
- 9780252040139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.95
€ 118.95
Paperback. Translation of: Les metamorphoses du gras. Translator(s): Delogu, C. Jon. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 296 pages, 25. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231159777
- ISBN
- 9780231159777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.40
€ 30.99
€ 22.40
Hardback. Illuminates how the University of Chicago's innovative Action Anthropology program of ethnographic fieldwork affected the Meskwaki Indians of Iowa. Drawing on interviews and archival records, this work tells the story from the viewpoint of the Meskwaki themselves. It also assesses the impact of Action Anthropology on the Meskwaki settlement. Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 574 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 36. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 574
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803217324
- ISBN
- 9780803217324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.87
€ 71.87
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324416
- ISBN
- 9780822324416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.67
€ 41.99
€ 37.67
Paperback. Humans have the ability to imitate and copy behaviours, or memes, from one another. This is an investigation of whether genes and memes can lead to discoveries about the nature of the inner self and whether the inner self is only an illusion created by the memes for the sake of replication. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; JHM; JMRL; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 196 x 59. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192862129
- ISBN
- 9780192862129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.15
€ 18.99
€ 15.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Mercer University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Rev and Corr ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865545168
- ISBN
- 9780865545168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.73
€ 19.99
€ 18.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 398 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Phoenix Edition, 1980
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226307466
- ISBN
- 9780226307466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.57
€ 40.99
€ 31.57
Hardcover. Num Pages: 326 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLSX; HBJK; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1198.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884024033
- ISBN
- 9780884024033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.94€ 68.24
€ 74.94
€ 68.24
Paperback. Focusing on the cultural meanings of whitemen in the Orokaiva society of Papua New Guinea, this book provides a fresh approach to understanding how race is symbolically constructed and why racial stereotypes endure in the face of counter evidence. It provides an analysis of whiteness and race in a non-Western society. Num Pages: 328 pages, 24 halftones, 2 maps, 4 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Paperback Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226038919
- ISBN
- 9780226038919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.26
€ 40.99
€ 31.26
Paperback. This work throws new light on the nature and origins of ideas of racial difference. It reconstructs the evolution of the modern discourse of race and investigates its meaning in contemporary society. It presents a critique of postmodern theories of cultural "difference". Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFF; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1996th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333628584
- ISBN
- 9780333628584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.68
€ 60.68
Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNN; JFFN; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803284616
- ISBN
- 9780803284616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.36
€ 33.36
Hardcover. Situates contemporary genomics within a history of genetics research yet is attentive to the new ways in which knowledge claims about heredity, race, and gender emerge and are articulated Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 303 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; JHMC; PSAK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814790670
- ISBN
- 9780814790670
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.22
€ 92.22