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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
€ 38.14
€ 38.14
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
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
Paperback. Is history more than (in Boswell's words) a 'chronological series of remarkable events'? Does it have a pattern? Is it fraught with 'meaning'? Can we discern its trends? What determines its course? This book explores these issues. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306462733
- ISBN
- 9780306462733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 131.32
€ 131.32
Hardback. Is history more than (in Boswell's words) a 'chronological series of remarkable events'? Does it have a pattern? Is it fraught with 'meaning'? Can we discern its trends? What determines its course? This book explores these issues, which have intrigued - and bedeviled - historians for centuries. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306462726
- ISBN
- 9780306462726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.18
€ 134.18
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
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13
Hardback. The Montenegrin Warrior Tradition analyzes identity debates that have developed in the Montenegrin public regarding the question of Montenegro's accession to NATO and explores how narratives created for that purpose, typically representative of "culture wars", have been linked with Montenegrin identity, history, and Montenegrin masculinity. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYN; JFSJ2; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137552273
- ISBN
- 9781137552273
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349576579
- ISBN
- 9781349576579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
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
€ 106.94€ 89.16
€ 106.94
€ 89.16
Paperback. 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: 225 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226575209
- ISBN
- 9780226575209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations, 17 tables, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226349794
- ISBN
- 9780226349794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.09€ 44.25
€ 51.09
€ 44.25
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
€ 56.69
€ 56.69
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
€ 116.56
€ 116.56
Paperback. 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: 154 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362968
- ISBN
- 9780822362968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
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€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
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
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Paperback. A history of politics and society among an influential group of mixed-race people who settled in coastal Africa under French colonialism Num Pages: 296 pages, 9 b&w illus., 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253006745
- ISBN
- 9780253006745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
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€ 22.43
€ 30.99
€ 22.43
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
€ 71.97
€ 71.97
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
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
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€ 15.19
€ 18.99
€ 15.19