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Paperback. Based on intensive fieldwork in Israel during the second intifada, this ethnographic study explores how Israeli Jews experience security in their everyday lives. When Israeli security imprints itself on individual lives, the book argues, security propagates the very fears it claims to prevent. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JHM; JKSW1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812222661
ISBN
9780812222661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.80

Paperback. This ethnography analyzes the popularity of Hindu nationalism in contemporary India through examining the everyday acts of women activists, finding that women's ability to recruit individuals from a variety of backgrounds and the movement's willingness to accommodate a multiplicity of positions are central to understanding its expansionary power. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1; JHM; JPFN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222340
ISBN
9780812222340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.76

paperback. What happens when citizens are refashioned as consumers? Drawing on diverse disciplines and ethnographies from five continents, this collection considers neoliberal reform from the standpoint of people's self-understandings as social and political actors. Editor(s): Greenhouse, Carol J. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPFK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222326
ISBN
9780812222326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.75

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. The miraculous blends with the mundane in this book as the Samburu continue their day-to-day twenty-first-century existence. Straight describes miracles inside the cultural logic that makes them possible, questioning how anthropology can best engage with the improbable. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812220926
ISBN
9780812220926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.23

Paperback. The essays in Coming Home? examine the unique return migration experiences of refugees, migrants, and various others as they confront social pressures and sense of displacement. Editor(s): Long, Lynellyn D.; Oxfeld, Ellen. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812218589
ISBN
9780812218589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.73

Paperback. What is it like to be white, poor, and socially marginalized while? Struggling with the elusive question of class difference in US society, the author finds that he must also deal with the paradoxical nature of his own fragile and contested position as an unassumed privileged black man suspended in the midst of assumed white privilege. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 237.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812218510
ISBN
9780812218510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

Paperback. Contains essays which analyze the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that shape gender systems in the Middle East and North Africa. This volume includes essays that also analyze Arab disillusionment with the radical nationalisms of the 1950s and 1960s and with leftist ideologies, as well as the rise of political Islamist movements. Editor(s): Joseph, Suad; Slyomovics, Susan. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JJPG; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812217490
ISBN
9780812217490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 36.00

Paperback. "Quite simply, a tour de force--a wonderful synthesis of history and criticism."--Daniel Czitrom, author of Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812215601
ISBN
9780812215601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.29

paperback. Editor(s): Dellamora, Richard. Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812215588
ISBN
9780812215588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.62

Paperback. In Looking West, John D. Dorst examines a largely neglected pattern of seeing that stands in contrast to the universally familiar iconography. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812214406
ISBN
9780812214406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.80

Paperback. Series: Ethnohistory S. Num Pages: 284 pages, 40 illus. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 421.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Edition
Pbk
SKU
V9780812212419
ISBN
9780812212419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.30

Paperback. Series: Anthropology of Policy. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JM; JHMC; JNF; KCM; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804799850
ISBN
9780804799850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.39

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSL3; JHMC; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804799560
ISBN
9780804799560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JHB; JHMC; JNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804798532
ISBN
9780804798532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.80

Hardback. Series: Anthropology of Policy. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JM; JHMC; JNF; KCM; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804797979
ISBN
9780804797979
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.37

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JHB; JHMC; JNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804797078
ISBN
9780804797078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; DQ; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804796880
ISBN
9780804796880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.95

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; DQ; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804796224
ISBN
9780804796224
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.43

Hardcover. Series: Anthropology of Policy. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JF; JHB; JHMC; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804796217
ISBN
9780804796217
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.65

Hardback. Making Moderate Islam reveals the assumptions about race and gender, as well as the political and economic pressures that, beginning in the mid-twentieth century, have structured demands for religious minorities' "moderation" in the United States. Series: Racereligion. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JFSL1; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804791281
ISBN
9780804791281
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.68

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804791243
ISBN
9780804791243
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.46

Paperback. The Right Spouse offers a description and an interpretation of preferential marriages with close kin in South India, as they used to be arranged and experienced in the recent past, one or two generations ago, and as they are increasingly discontinued in the present. Num Pages: 224 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804790499
ISBN
9780804790499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JHMC; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804785099
ISBN
9780804785099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.53

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