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Anthropology

Paperback. Japanese weddings have become commercial affairs, with most conducted at specialized establishments offering expensive, lavish services. This book focuses on these ceremonies as a window on contemporary values, analyzing the relation between commercialization and symbolic content. Num Pages: 188 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804718158
ISBN
9780804718158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.28

Hardback. This text focuses on Japanese weddings as a window on contemporary values, analyzing the relation between the commercialization of these services and their symbolic content. Weddings mark the attainment of full adult status in Japan and this book looks at what marriage and adulthood means in Japan. Num Pages: 188 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 28. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804715126
ISBN
9780804715126
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.38

Hardcover. In modern states, John Lie argues, ideas of race, ethnicity, and nationality can be subsumed under the rubric of 'peoplehood'. He argues indeed, that the modern state has created the idea of peoplehood. Num Pages: 394 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674013278
ISBN
9780674013278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.26
€ 81.20

Hardback. Modernism as a Philosophical Problem, 2e presents a new interpretation of the negative and critical self--understanding characteristic of much European high culture since romanticism and especially since Nietzsche, and answers the question of why the issue of modernity became a philosophical problem in European tradition. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631214137
ISBN
9780631214137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.10

Paperback. Modernism as a Philosophical Problem, 2e presents a new interpretation of the negative and critical self--understanding characteristic of much European high culture since romanticism and especially since Nietzsche, and answers the question of why the issue of modernity became a philosophical problem in European tradition. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631214144
ISBN
9780631214144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.55

Paperback. An examination of the relationship between modernism and postmodernism within the frame of 20th-century American culture. The essays suggest that the relationship between the modern and the postmodern is not one of rupture, belatedness, dilution or extremity, but of haunting. Editor(s): Scandura, Jani. Series: Cultural Front. Num Pages: 321 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
321
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814781371
ISBN
9780814781371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Hardback. Editor(s): Manganaro, Marc. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633558
ISBN
9780691633558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.91

Paperback. What role does ritual play in the lives of modern Africans? How are "traditional" cultural forms deployed by people seeking empowerment in a world where "modernity" has failed to deliver. In this collection of essays, the authors address such concepts as modernity, ritual, power and history. Editor(s): Comaroff, Jean; Comaroff, John L. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 halftone, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1H; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226114408
ISBN
9780226114408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.59

Paperback. This book looks at representations of the male body, sexuality and power in the arts in Mexico. It analyses literature, visual art and cinema produced from the 1870s to the present, focusing on the Porfirian regime, the Post-revolutionary era, the decadence of the revolutionary state and the emergence of the neo-liberal order in the 1980s. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2007
Number of pages
189
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349369980
ISBN
9781349369980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.78

Paperback. Offe is one of the foremost social scientists today; this book brings together his key writings. Highly original study of transformations in Central and Eastern Europe, and of their implications, west and east. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHM; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745616742
ISBN
9780745616742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.08

Paperback. Series: Public Worlds Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816627936
ISBN
9780816627936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.28

Paperback. The study of South Asian music falls under the purview of ethnomusicology; whereas that of South Asian literature falls under South Asian studies. This book examines the history of Sinhala-language song and poetry in twentieth-century Sri Lanka. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 171 pages, 6 music ex, 4 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FM; AVA; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520294714
ISBN
9780520294714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.24

Paperback. Taking up policies and experiences as objects of research and analysis, the essays here seek a rigorous inquiry into a sound conceptualization of uncertainty in order to better confront contemporary problems. This book offers different ways of thinking about danger, risk, and uncertainty from an analytical and anthropological perspective. Editor(s): Samimian-Darash, Limor; Rabinow, Paul. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226257105
ISBN
9780226257105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Hardcover. Organizing contributions from various anthropological subfields, including economics, security and environment, the authors offer tools which consider uncertainty, its management, and the differing modes of subjectivity appropriate to it. The also present ways of thinking about danger and risk from an analytical and anthropological perspective. Editor(s): Samimian-Darash, Limor; Rabinow, Paul. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226257075
ISBN
9780226257075
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.39
€ 85.37

Hardback. A bold new reconsideration of Hoodoo belief and practice Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 b&w photographs, 3 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRQX2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252037290
ISBN
9780252037290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.23

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252078767
ISBN
9780252078767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardcover. Gordon Fain's Molecular and Cellular Physiology of Neurons, Second Edition> is intended for anyone who seeks to understand nerve cell function: undergraduate and graduate students in neuroscience, students of bioengineering and cognitive science, and practicing neuroscientists who want to deepen their knowledge of recent discoveries. Num Pages: 740 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 211 x 242 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674599215
ISBN
9780674599215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.57
€ 87.77

Paperback. A comparative study of the development of regulatory policy for genetic engineering in the US and the UK. The author analyzes government responses to the struggles among corporations, scientists, universities, trade unions and public-interest groups over regulating this new field. Num Pages: 616 pages, 10 line drawings, 32 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JHM; JPQB; TCBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 33. Weight in Grams: 830.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226910666
ISBN
9780226910666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 50.25

Paperback. Describes the life of a Mongolian Buddhist monastery - the Mergen Monastery in Inner Mongolia - from inside its walls. From the Qing occupation of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the Cultural Revolution, the authors tell a story of religious formation, suppression, and survival over a history that spans three centuries. Num Pages: 424 pages, 6 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HRE; HRLP7; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226031903
ISBN
9780226031903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Hardcover. Describes the life of a Mongolian Buddhist monastery - the Mergen Monastery in Inner Mongolia - from inside its walls. From the Qing occupation of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the Cultural Revolution, the authors tell a story of religious formation, suppression, and survival over a history that spans three centuries. Num Pages: 424 pages, 6 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HRE; HRLP7; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226031873
ISBN
9780226031873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.82
€ 82.26

Paperback. Blending ethnographic description with social analysis, Stoller shows how West African entrepreneurs have built cohesive and effective multinational trading networks in New York. Their stories illuminate ongoing debates about globalisation. Num Pages: 232 pages, 15 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226775302
ISBN
9780226775302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. Editor(s): Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816628551
ISBN
9780816628551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.36

Paperback. A field guide to the world's scary creatures, along with an intriguing explanation why monsters won't go away. Gilmore considers the role of monsters in the human psyche and in society, looking at art, folktales, fantasy, literature, and other sources. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: JHM; VXQM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812220889
ISBN
9780812220889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

paperback. From antiquity to the Enlightenment, monstrous children were attributed to the power of the mother's imagination to distort the act of procreation. How this idea reappeared transformed in the Romantic period is explored in this study of theories linking imagination, art and monstrous progeny. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 halftones, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
New
SKU
V9780674586499
ISBN
9780674586499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.81

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