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Anthropology

Hardback. Rituals have always been a focus of ethnographies of Melanesia, providing a ground for important theorizing in anthropology. This book examines the role of females in Papua New Guinea male rituals. It builds on ethnographies that show how female kin had roles in male rituals that had previously gone unseen. Editor(s): Bonnemere, Pascale. Series: Social Anthropology in Oceania. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812237894
ISBN
9780812237894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.12

Paperback. Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; ASZM; JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896803046
ISBN
9780896803046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.67

Hardback. Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; ASZM; JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780896803039
ISBN
9780896803039
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.11

Paperback. Based on extensive fieldwork, Women of Fes shows how Moroccan women create their own forms of identity through work, family, and society. The book also examines how women's lives are positioned vis-a-vis globalization, human rights, and the construction of national identity. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1HBM; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812221312
ISBN
9780812221312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 21. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486654
ISBN
9780801486654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.63

Hardback. Presents studies on gender and life in the Amazon. This book covers the fieldwork of the authors among the Mundurucu people of Brazil in 1952. It provides an account of the historical, ecological, and cultural setting of the Mundurucu, including the mythology surrounding women, women's work and household life, marriage and child rearing, and more. Num Pages: 328 pages, maps. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
30 Anniversary ed
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231132329
ISBN
9780231132329
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.19
€ 88.69

Hardback. Voices of women heard worldwide Editor(s): Hellier, Ruth. Num Pages: 264 pages, 17 black and white photographs, 2 charts, 1 musical example. BIC Classification: AV; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252037245
ISBN
9780252037245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.50

Paperback. A collection of reflections on the sexual politics, racial history, and moral predicaments of anthropology that explore a range of visions of identity and difference. Editor(s): Behar, Ruth; Gordon, Deborah A. Num Pages: 470 pages, 9 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 780.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
470
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520202085
ISBN
9780520202085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.07

Paperback. aeo An exciting and challenging examination of how womena s minds are defined and treated by the medical establishment. aeo Whereas other books examine the history of mental illness in women, this book looks at the contemporary approaches of modern psychiatry. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHM; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0010239
ISBN
9780745612614
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. Here, the author examines the impact of colonialism and the cash economy on the Nandi, a semi-pastoral and patrilineal people of western Kenya, emphasizing changes in women's and men's economic roles and their respective relations to property and to each other. Num Pages: 364 pages, 21 half-tones 21 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 593.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804712248
ISBN
9780804712248
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.24

Hardback. This innovative book focuses on the contested origins of ethnographic film from the late nineteenth century to the 1920s, vividly depicting the dynamic visual culture of the period as it collided with the emerging discipline of anthropology and the new technology of motion pictures. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 528 pages, 100 illus. BIC Classification: APFA; HBG; HBLW3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 790.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231116961
ISBN
9780231116961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.19
€ 88.27

Hardback. A recent study of corporate managers found that one out of five projects fail primarily because of ineffective transnational communication, resulting in the loss of millions of dollars. This book examines how communications between transnational partners routinely break down, even when all parties are fluent English speakers. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: GTC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520291379
ISBN
9780520291379
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.43

Paperback. This book is one of the most successful examples in the Africanist literature of placing structures in time. It presents a detailed description of the politics of production in Maale during 1975 against a completed past of Imperial Ethiopian history and an uncertain future of revolutionary socialism. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; JHBL; JHM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231100472
ISBN
9780231100472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.39

Paperback. Work is deeply embedded in the moral and political character of most societies. For many, work becomes fused with our personal and social identities - who we are and how we define ourselves. Steve Fineman explores the key debates about work and the factors that affect it including topics such as globalization, feminism, and technology. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, Approx 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 180 x 8. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199699360
ISBN
9780199699360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.77

Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691654782
ISBN
9780691654782
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.28
€ 84.01

Paperback. Since the 1980s, arguments for a multicultural Japan have gained considerable currency against an entrenched myth of national homogeneity. This book enters this conversation with an ethnography of Japan's Buraku" people. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283299
ISBN
9780520283299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.57

Paperback. An ethnographic study of transnational migration, racialization, labor subordination, and citizenship in Chicago's Mexican migrant community Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 1KLCM; GTB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822336150
ISBN
9780822336150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

Paperback. Explores how beliefs about what constitutes 'women's work' are evolving in response to globalization. This book uncovers how call center employment affects their lives, mainly as it relates to the anxiety that Indian families and Indian society have towards women going out at night, earning a good salary, and being exposed to western culture. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 table, 2 figures, 4 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 166 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804769143
ISBN
9780804769143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.05

Hardback. This book uncovers how working the night shift at India's transnational call centers affects the lives of women workers. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 table, 2 figures, 4 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804769136
ISBN
9780804769136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.80

Hardback. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 8 ills. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JHM; MB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845454760
ISBN
9781845454760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.29

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