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Paperback. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the megalithic necropolis of Petit- Chasseur in Sion (Valais, Switzerland), an international conference was organised from the 27th to the 29th of October 2011 in Sion. This book constitutes the conference proceedings. Editor(s): Besse, Marie. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrated throughout in black and white. BIC Classification: 1DFH; HDDA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 298 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1100.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Archaeopress United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784910242
- ISBN
- 9781784910242
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Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Hardcover. The interview creates a context of interaction with a particular authenticity to experience. Contributors explore how the interview is experienced as a particular kind of knowing within which personal, biographic, and social norms are explored and interrogated, providing direction and awareness for future encounters. Editor(s): Smith, Katherine; Staples, James; Rapport, Nigel. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 204 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385899
- ISBN
- 9781782385899
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Condition: New
€ 154.88
€ 154.88
Hardcover. In this book, an international group of contributors train attention on the concepts of disjuncture, field, social space, sociability, organizations and network, mid-range concepts that are "good to think with." Neither too narrowly defined nor too sweeping, these concepts can be used to think through a myriad of ethnographic situations. Editor(s): Amit, Vered. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 466.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385851
- ISBN
- 9781782385851
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.94
€ 154.94
Hardcover. The global agenda of Nature conservation has led to the creation of the Masoala National Park in Madagascar and to an exhibit in its support at a Swiss zoo, the centerpiece of which is a mini-rainforest replica. Does such a cooperation also trigger a connection between ordinary people in these two far-flung places? Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 1HSM; JHMC; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385523
- ISBN
- 9781782385523
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Condition: New
€ 155.28
€ 155.28
Hardcover. Nostalgia is intimately connected to the history of the social sciences in general and anthropology in particular, though finely grained ethnographies of nostalgia and loss are still scarce. Today, anthropologists have realized that nostalgia constitutes a fascinating object of study for exploring contemporary issues of the formation of identity.. Editor(s): Ange, Olivia; Berliner, David. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384533
- ISBN
- 9781782384533
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Condition: New
€ 155.17
€ 155.17
Hardcover. The scholarship of Ulf Hannerz is characterized by its extraordinary breadth and visionary nature. He has contributed to the understanding of urban life and transnational networks, and the role of media, paradoxes of identity and new forms of community, suggesting to see culture in terms of flows rather than as bounded entities. Editor(s): Eriksen, Thomas Hylland; Garsten, Christina; Randeria, Shalini. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 23. Weight in Grams: 652.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384496
- ISBN
- 9781782384496
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Condition: New
€ 155.83
€ 155.83
Hardcover. Whose Cosmopolitanism? examines cosmopolitanism's possibilities, aspirations and applications - as well as its tensions, contradictions, and discontents - from a range of different disciplinary perspectives. The book investigates cosmopolitanism's emergence as a contemporary social process, global aspiration or emancipatory political project.. Editor(s): Schiller, Nina Glick; Irving, Andrew. Num Pages: 268 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: JHMC; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 554.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384458
- ISBN
- 9781782384458
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Condition: New
€ 155.52
€ 155.52
Hardcover. Nighttime breastfeeding and sleep for many new parents in the United States is fraught with intense challenges. Through a close ethnographic examination, this volume explores the impact of conflicting medical guidelines about breastfeeding and infant sleep, and uncovers cultural tensions about expectations for children and parents. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 624.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384359
- ISBN
- 9781782384359
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€ 155.72
€ 155.72
Hardcover. This book examines how collective memory and material culture are used to support present political and ideological needs in contemporary society. Using the memorialization of the Troubles in contemporary Northern Ireland as a case study.. Num Pages: 268 pages, 20 ills, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; JFCD; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384076
- ISBN
- 9781782384076
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Condition: New
€ 155.55
€ 155.55
Hardcover. Inuit hunting traditions are rich in perceptions, practices and stories relating to animals and human beings. Laugrand and Oosten examine key figures such as the raven, an animal that has a central place in Inuit culture as a creator and a trickster, and qupirruit, a category consisting of insects and other small life forms. Num Pages: 424 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFZ; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 29. Weight in Grams: 794.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384052
- ISBN
- 9781782384052
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Condition: New
€ 167.66
€ 167.66
Hardcover. The availability of food is an especially significant issue in zones of conflict because conflictnearly always impinges on the production and the distribution of food, and causes increased competition for food, land and resources Controlling the production of and access to food can also be used as a weapon by protagonists in conflict. Editor(s): Collinson, Paul; Macbeth, Helen M. Series: Anthropology of Food and Nutrition. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFCV; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384038
- ISBN
- 9781782384038
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Condition: New
€ 155.23
€ 155.23
Hardcover. In the first ethnographic monograph of Americans in Italy, Catherine Trundle argues that charity and philanthropy are the central means by which many American women negotiate a sense of migrant belonging in Italy. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383697
- ISBN
- 9781782383697
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Condition: New
€ 155.05
€ 155.05
Hardcover. Presenting innovative conceptual approaches, this volume advances ethnographic research methods and critical scholarship regarding tourism and the imaginaries that drive it. The various authors contribute methodologically as well as conceptually to anthropology's grasp of the images, forces, and encounters of the contemporary world. Editor(s): Salazar, Noel B.; Graburn, Nelson H. H. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: JHBS; JHMC; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383673
- ISBN
- 9781782383673
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Condition: New
€ 155.68
€ 155.68
Hardcover. Pacific Futures asks how our understanding of social life in the Pacific would be different if we approached it from the perspective of the futures which Pacific people dream of, predict or struggle to achieve, not the reproduction of cultural tradition. Editor(s): Rollason, Will. Series: Pacific Perspectives: Studies for the European Society for Oceanists. Num Pages: 260 pages, 2 ills. BIC Classification: 1MK; JFC; JFFR; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 232 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383505
- ISBN
- 9781782383505
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Condition: New
€ 155.28
€ 155.28
Hardcover. Gavin Smith opens and closes this series of interlinked essays by proposing a concise framework for untangling what he calls "the society of capital" and subsequently a potentially controversial way of seeing its contemporary features. This book tackles the political conundrums of our times and asks what roles intellectuals might play therein. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 244 pages, 1 ill. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383000
- ISBN
- 9781782383000
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Condition: New
€ 155.25
€ 155.25
Being a State and States of Being in Highland Georgia (Easa)
Meuhlfried, Florian, Mhlfried, Florian, Muhlf...
Hardcover. Taking a fresh look at the Georgian highlands allows the author to consider perennial questions of citizenship, belonging, & mobility in a context thats otherwise been known only for its folkloric dimensions. This book not only challenges theories in the study of citizenship but also the axioms of integration in Western social sciences in general. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, 27 ills. BIC Classification: 1DVUG; JHMC; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382966
- ISBN
- 9781782382966
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Condition: New
€ 155.35
€ 155.35
Hardcover. Offering new insights into the ways in which friendship is conceptualized and realized in various sub-Saharan African settings, the contributions to this volume depart from the recent tendency to study friendship in isolation from kinship. Editor(s): Guichard, Martine; Gratz, Tilo; Diallo, Youssouf. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382867
- ISBN
- 9781782382867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.97
€ 154.97
Hardcover. The provocative title of this book is deliberately and challengingly universalist, matching the theoretically experimental essays, where contributors try different ideas to answer distinct concerns regarding cosmopolitanism. Leading anthropologists explore what cosmopolitanism means in the context of everyday life.. Editor(s): Josephides, Lisette; Hall, Alexandra. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382768
- ISBN
- 9781782382768
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Condition: New
€ 154.77
€ 154.77
Hardcover. Contributing to identity formation in ethnically and religiously diverse postcolonial societies, this book examines the role played by creole identity in Indonesia, and in particular its capital, Jakarta. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 ills. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382683
- ISBN
- 9781782382683
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Condition: New
€ 155.08
€ 155.08
Hardcover. Throughout its history the concept of "Uzbekness," or more generally of a Turkic-speaking sedentary population, has continuously attracted members of other groups to join, as being Uzbek promises opportunities to enlarge ones social network. Accession is comparatively easy, as Uzbekness is grounded in a cultural model of territoriality.. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 292 pages, 37 ills, 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1FCU; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382386
- ISBN
- 9781782382386
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Condition: New
€ 155.55
€ 155.55
Hardcover. What happens when people "achieve"? Why do reactions to "achievement" vary so profoundly? And how might an anthropological study of achievement and its consequences allow us to develop a more nuanced model of the motivated agency that operates in the social world? These questions lie at the heart of this volume. Editor(s): Long, Nicholas J.; Moore, Henrietta. Series: Wyse Series in Social Anthropology. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 ills & tables. BIC Classification: JHMC; JMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382201
- ISBN
- 9781782382201
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Condition: New
€ 155.20
€ 155.20
Hardcover. A historically informed ethnography of creativity, agency, and the fashioning of selves through the different life stages in urban Senegal, this book explores the significance of this multiple engagement with dance in a context of economic uncertainty and rising concerns over morality in the public space. Series: Dance & Performance Studies. Num Pages: 252 pages, 17 ills. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; ASD; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782381471
- ISBN
- 9781782381471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.25
€ 155.25
Hardcover. This volume draws on ethnographic methods and analytical emic explorations in order to consider the impact of cultural difference, embodiment, and local knowledge on understanding obesity. It is through this reconstruction of how obesity and fatness are studied and understood that a new discussion will be introduced.. Editor(s): McCullough, Megan; Hardin, Jessica. Series: Food, Nutrition, and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 5 figs, 1 table. BIC Classification: JHMC; MBNH3; MMZF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 169 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782381419
- ISBN
- 9781782381419
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Condition: New
€ 155.25
€ 155.25
Hardcover. This volume explores migrant's movements not only as geographical movements from here to there but also as movements that constitute an embodied, cognitive, and existential experience of living "in between" or on the "borderlands" between differently figured life-worlds. Editor(s): Gronseth, Anne Sigfrid. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8 ills. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782380450
- ISBN
- 9781782380450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.68
€ 154.68