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Anthropology

Hardcover. Death, Beauty, Struggle contains an original vision of gendered lives, poetry, devotion, and social hierarchy in Tamil Nadu. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812249057
ISBN
9780812249057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.27

Hardback. Barbara Graham analyzes a diverse range of objects associated with death and remembrance in Ireland. In doing so, she explores the materially mediated interactions between the living and the dead, revealing the physical, cognitive, emotional, and spiritual roles of the dead in contemporary Irish communities. Series: Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement. Num Pages: 180 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JHBZ; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785332821
ISBN
9781785332821
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.74

Hardback. This collection interrogates the notion of authenticity from an anthropological point of view and considers authenticity in terms of how meaning is produced in and through discourses about authenticity. Incorporating case studies from four continents, the topics reach from art and colonialism to exoticism-primitivism, film, ritual, and wilderness. Editor(s): Fillitz, Thomas; Saris, A. Jamie. Num Pages: 276 pages, 36 ills. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 186 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857454966
ISBN
9780857454966
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.56

Paperback. The farm crisis of the 1980s was the greatest economic disaster to hit rural America since the Depression. The crisis gave rise to a social trauma that affects farmers in the 21st century. This is a chronicle of the experience. Num Pages: 195 pages, 5 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; JFFA; JHM; KCZ; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 202 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226169132
ISBN
9780226169132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHMC; KC; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816687442
ISBN
9780816687442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. "Decadence" has often been viewed as an ephemeral artistic vogue of late 19th- and early 20th-century Europe. This study makes the case for decadence as a literary movement in its own right, based on a set of aesthetic principles that formed a transitional link between romanticism and modernism. Num Pages: 288 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Massachusetts Press Boston
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870239922
ISBN
9780870239922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.57

Hardcover. The ways we understand processes of agrarian change are pressing issues for policy makers and development practitioners. Interpreting changes in two agrarian societies in India and Indonesia, the author reveals how transformations to self are critical factors shaping change, as well as under-recognized consequences of development initiatives. Series: Global Political Thinkers. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FMN; JFSF; JHMC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137466426
ISBN
9781137466426
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.36

paperback. To study the settlement process of undocumented migrants, this work examines one of Houston's Maya communities, the approximately 900 Maya from a township in the Department of Totonicapan, Guatemala. It traces this Maya community from its genesis in 1978 to the complex effects of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 tables, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCG; JFFN; JFSL9; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566392570
ISBN
9781566392570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.13

Paperback. Offers a range of interdisciplinary essays that discuss racialised, subaltern, feminist and diasporic identities and the aesthetic politics of hybrid and mestiza cultural productions. This title brings together a body of theoretically rigorous interdisciplinary essays that articulate and expand the contours of Chicana and Chicano cultural studies. Editor(s): Aldama, Arturo J.; Quinonez, Naomi. Num Pages: 432 pages, 22 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253214928
ISBN
9780253214928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

paperback. A collection that addresses the racial and ethnic politics of knowledge production and indigenous activism in the Americas. It analyzes the relationship of language to power and advocates for collaboration between community members, scholars, and activists that prioritize the right of Native people to decide how their knowledge is used. Translator(s): McCormick, Gladys. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822351528
ISBN
9780822351528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.60

Hardback. This text reads Becker both as a prophet of modernity and as an observer of its decline. Situated within the disciplinary approach of "theology of culture", it discerns the contours of modern vision in its depth-dimension. Num Pages: 114 pages, appendix, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRCM; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
114
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761805366
ISBN
9780761805366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.54

Paperback. Series: Postcolonial Studies. Num Pages: 204 pages, 16 color. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837613483
ISBN
9783837613483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.24

Paperback. Colin Graham examines the course by which the history of modernity and colonialism has constructed an idea of 'Ireland', produced more often as a citation than an actuality. He intervenes with authority and originality in controversial area, where cultural theory and analysis run alongside the daily challenge of political events. Series: Tendencies: Identities, Texts, Cultures. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 233 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0003416
ISBN
9780748609765
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Colin Graham examines the course by which the history of modernity and colonialism has constructed an idea of 'Ireland', produced more often as a citation than an actuality. He intervenes with authority and originality in controversial area, where cultural theory and analysis run alongside the daily challenge of political events. Series: Tendencies: Identities, Texts, Cultures. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 233 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0004761
ISBN
9780748609765
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A groundbreaking look into the connections between music, dance, emotion, and trance Num Pages: 210 pages, 17 b&w photos, 26 figures, 8 color photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: AVA; JHMC; JMT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 232 x 22. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253216724
ISBN
9780253216724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.94

Paperback. Series: Public Worlds Series. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816632909
ISBN
9780816632909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.28

Paperback. Illustrates the power of rites to help us navigate life's troublesome transitions. This book covers the significant life events of birth, initiation, marriage, and death. It explores innovative rites for important events such as beginning school, same-sex commitment ceremonies, abortion, serious illness, divorce, and retirement. Series: Life Passages S. Num Pages: 393 pages, 6 figures, 7 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: HRLF; JFC; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 520. Re-Inventing Rites of Passage. Series: Life Passages S. 393 pages, 7 b&w photographs, 6 line illustrations. Illustrates the power of rites to help us navigate life's troublesome transitions. This book covers the significant life events of birth, initiation, marriage, and death. It explores innovative rites for important events such as beginning school, same-sex commitment ceremonies, abortion, serious illness, divorce, and retirement. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HRLF; JFC; JHBT; JHMC. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 26. Weight: 552.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
393
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520236752
ISBN
9780520236752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.66

Paperback. "Defacement" asks what happens when something precious is despoiled. It begins with the notion that such activity is attractive in its very repulsion, and that it creates something sacred even in the most secular of societies and circumstances. Num Pages: 328 pages, 4 half-tones. BIC Classification: JFMD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732000
ISBN
9780804732000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.92

Paperback. A candid exploration of sadomasochistic practices driving contemporary culture, covering the demoralizing socioeconomic and political conditions that give rise to agonizing rituals of cruelty demonstrated at systemic, transnational, religious, familial, and even sexual spheres of human relations. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HR; JFF; JHB; JHBA; JHM; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349483754
ISBN
9781349483754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.16

Hardcover. A candid exploration of sadomasochistic practices driving contemporary culture, covering the demoralizing socioeconomic and political conditions that give rise to agonizing rituals of cruelty demonstrated at systemic, transnational, religious, familial, and even sexual spheres of human relations. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFFP; JHBK5; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137393982
ISBN
9781137393982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.85

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