Anthropology
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Anthropology
Paperback. Presents an overview of the history, application and teaching of anthropology in post-colonial Africa. This work shows how the continent's anthropologists are redefining the historical legacy of European and American disciplinary hegemony, and developing African contributions to anthropological theory and practice. Editor(s): Ntarangwi, Mwenda; Mills, David; Babiker, Mustafa. Series: Africa in the New Millennium S. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842777633
- ISBN
- 9781842777633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.01
€ 36.99
€ 31.01
Paperback. Exploring the rapidly increasing interest in obesity and fatness, this book engages with dominant ideas about 'fatness' and analyses the assumptions that inform anti-fat attitudes in the West, looking at the intersection of medicine and morality in pathologising 'fat' bodies. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; JHMC; MBNH9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137579706
- ISBN
- 9781137579706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.70
€ 64.70
Paperback. This text explores the historical relationship of ideas, power and culture. Looking at several case studies, it analyses how the regnant ideology intertwines with power around the pivotal relationships that govern social labour. Num Pages: 310 pages, 3 b/w photos. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520215825
- ISBN
- 9780520215825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.68
€ 36.99
€ 26.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 404 pages, 180 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 174 x 20. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 404
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781876756918
- ISBN
- 9781876756918
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.89
€ 40.99
€ 33.89
Paperback. A richly detailed account of the lived experiences of ordinary people in this multicultural city between 1992 and 1996, during the war in the former Yugoslavia. Exploring how civilians coped with desperate circumstances, it argues that ethnonational divisions were the result rather than the cause of the war. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; HBW; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221893
- ISBN
- 9780812221893
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Paperback. Traces the discourse that contributed to the locating of a different criterion of death in the brain, and its routinization in clinical practice in North America. This book demonstrates that death is not self-evident, that the space between life and death is historically and culturally constructed, fluid, multiple, and open to dispute. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 441 pages, 21 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JHM; MBX; MNQ; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 441
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520228146
- ISBN
- 9780520228146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.19
€ 38.99
€ 28.19
Paperback. Focuses on the interplay between two modes of human existence: that of participating in other peoples' lives and that of turning inward to one's self. This title shows how the historical complexities and particularities found in human interactions reveal the dilemmas, conflicts, cares, and concerns that shape all of our lives. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272354
- ISBN
- 9780520272354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
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Hardback. Levi-Strauss measures the short distance between "complex" and "primitive" societies and finds a shared madness in the ways we enact myth, ritual, and custom. Yet he also locates a pure and persistent ethics that connects the center of Western civilization to far-flung societies and forces a reckoning with outmoded ideas of morality and reason. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231170680
- ISBN
- 9780231170680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.22
€ 30.99
€ 22.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages, 13 halftones, 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: ASD; GTC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226315492
- ISBN
- 9780226315492
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.73
€ 40.99
€ 31.73
Paperback. An assessment of the US military programme in which anthropologists and other social scientists researched societies at war in Iraq and Afghanistan Editor(s): McFate, Montgomery; Laurence, Janice H. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 319. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044219
- ISBN
- 9781849044219
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 47.53
€ 52.99
€ 47.53
Paperback. Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FC; DS; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253017604
- ISBN
- 9780253017604
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. Drawing on over 20 years of research on topics ranging from Navajo and Catholic Charismatic ritual healing to the cultural and religious implications of virtual reality in biomedical technology, this text examines questions about human experience and the meaning of being human. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293925
- ISBN
- 9780312293925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 124.58
€ 124.58
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 line illus. BIC Classification: JHMP; MJN; PSAK; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148588
- ISBN
- 9780691148588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
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Paperback. Features a series of conversations about the past, present, and future of anthropological knowledge and practice. This book focuses on how anthropology understands its subject and how ethnographic research projects are designed and carried out. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343707
- ISBN
- 9780822343707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.32
€ 26.99
€ 25.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226451022
- ISBN
- 9780226451022
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.59
€ 37.99
€ 29.59
Paperback. Between 1988 and 2013, the Chinese city of Zouping transformed from an impoverished village of 30,000 people to a bustling city of over 300,000, complete with factories, high rises, parks, shopping malls, and all the infrastructure of a wealthy East Asian city. This is a portrait of the rapid change of Zouping, its environs, and more. Num Pages: 280 pages, 26 b/w, 7 maps, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520289710
- ISBN
- 9780520289710
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. An ethnography on the meaning of virtue amongst the Kallar people of rural southern India, who were considered to be a criminal caste by the British colonizers. Num Pages: 344 pages, 33 photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5906 x 3971 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345312
- ISBN
- 9780822345312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
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€ 29.60
Hardback. Questions about how humans come to know themselves and their worlds have always been at the heart of anthropology, and are necessarily part of a broader intellectual history. This book brings together anthropologists to discuss how they come to know what they know about the societies they study. Editor(s): Harris, Mark. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 354 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453640
- ISBN
- 9781845453640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.29
€ 167.29
Paperback. Explores how and why consumers around the world leverage a wide range of products, services, and experiences to satisfy their fascination with the British Royal Family brand. This book focuses on the important role the Royal Family continues to play in many people's lives and its ongoing contribution as a pillar of iconic British culture. Num Pages: 384 pages, 36 b/w, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273665
- ISBN
- 9780520273665
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.89
€ 33.99
€ 24.89
Paperback. Presents a series of guidelines, suggestions, and practical advice for creating useful fieldnotes in a variety of settings. This title discusses different organizational and descriptive strategies and shows how transforming direct observations into descriptions results not simply from good memory but from learning to envision scenes as written. Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226206837
- ISBN
- 9780226206837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.06
€ 26.99
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Paperback. Increasing numbers of migrants continue to participate in the political, social, and economic lives of their countries of origin even as they put down roots in the USA. This work offers an account of how ordinary people keep their feet in two worlds and create communities that span borders. Num Pages: 294 pages, 3 maps. 14 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520228139
- ISBN
- 9780520228139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.47
€ 36.99
€ 26.47
Paperback. Presents a study of the relationship between culture and emotional distress, an examination of the cultural forces that influence, make sense of, and heal severe pain and malaise. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 320 pages, 27 illus. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812214345
- ISBN
- 9780812214345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
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Paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture and Technology. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163994
- ISBN
- 9780691163994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.51
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Paperback. Shows how corruption operates through informal rules, personal connections and wider social contexts. Editor(s): Haller, Dieter; Shore, Cris. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 138 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745321578
- ISBN
- 9780745321578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.49
€ 40.99
€ 31.49