Anthropology
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Anthropology
Paperback. Departing from an essentialist concept of the self, this volume advances the cross-cultural study of selfhood with three contributions to literature. Editor(s): Battaglia, Debbora. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HP; JFC; JHM; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 27.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520087996
- ISBN
- 9780520087996
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
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Paperback. Focuses on the power of film and photography to make sense of ourselves and others. This work deals with issues of representation and the construction of visual meaning across cultures. It addresses the way the 'real' on film creates fantasy, news, and 'science', and considers this problematic process as cultural boundaries are crossed. Editor(s): Devereaux, Leslie; Hillman, Roger. Num Pages: 376 pages, 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AJ; APFA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520085244
- ISBN
- 9780520085244
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.48
€ 38.99
€ 28.48
Paperback. In many South Asian oral traditions, women are viewed as fragmented identities, dangerously split between virtue and virtuosity. This ethnographical study of women in certain North Indian villages criticizes local ideologies of gender and kinship that place women in subordinate positions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFK; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 63.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520083714
- ISBN
- 9780520083714
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.47
€ 36.99
€ 26.47
Paperback. An ethnographic study of Yemeni tribal poetry that reveals a folkloric system where poetry is a creation of art and a political and social act. Drawing on field research in North Yemen, it shows the significance of poetry in Yemeni society, analyzing verse genres and their use in weddings, war mediations, and political discourse on the state. Num Pages: 330 pages, 8 b&w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; JFHF; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 463.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082618
- ISBN
- 9780520082618
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.19
€ 38.99
€ 28.19
Paperback. A collection of essays by anthropologists on the subject of ritualized homosexuality. Their studies in cross-cultural variations in homosexual behaviour in a non-Western culture area indicate that contemporary theories of sex and gender development need revision. Editor(s): Herdt, Gilbert H. Series: Studies in Melanesian Anthropology. Num Pages: 476 pages, 3 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1MKL; JFC; JFSJ; JFSK2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 476
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520080966
- ISBN
- 9780520080966
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.91
€ 41.99
€ 29.91
Hardcover. This is an account of the voyage of a mostly Hawaiian crew, in a reconstructed ancient double canoe, from Hawaii to New Zealand. They did this without the aid of navigational equipment, and with the aim of proving that their ancestors had done just the same thousands of years earlier. Illustrator(s): Rhodes, Richard. Num Pages: 401 pages, 84 figures, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKP; JHM; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 784.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 401
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520080027
- ISBN
- 9780520080027
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.69
€ 52.99
€ 37.69
Paperback. Offers an illustrated history of sexual politics in ancient Athens. This work examines the ideology and practices that underlay the reign of the phallus. It demonstrates that classical Athens was more sexually polarized and repressive of women than any other culture in Western history. Num Pages: 477 pages, 345 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 774. Sexual Politics in Ancient Athens. 477 pages, 345 b&w illustrations. Offers an illustrated history of sexual politics in ancient Athens. This work examines the ideology and practices that underlay the reign of the phallus. It demonstrates that classical Athens was more sexually polarized and repressive of women than any other culture in Western history. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JFSJ; JHM. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 20. Weight: 774.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 477
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520079298
- ISBN
- 9780520079298
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. Examines the origins and moral implications of consumer society, providing a cultural history of its emergence in late nineteenth-century France. Num Pages: 463 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 790.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 463
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520074248
- ISBN
- 9780520074248
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.23
€ 41.99
€ 30.23
Paperback. A text on socio-political violence that highlights the human experience of domination, resistance and terror as they are woven into the fabric of everyday life. It takes the reader from the Americas, Europe, the Middle East to Asia to capture the cultural construction of socio-political violence. Editor(s): Nordstrom, Carolyn; Martin, JoAnn. Num Pages: 312 pages, 19 b&w photographs, 1 figure. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHM; JPA; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520073166
- ISBN
- 9780520073166
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.26
€ 38.99
€ 28.26
Paperback. Selects some of the important work analyzing popular culture. Drawing upon developments in cultural theory and the techniques of critical analysis, this title includes essays that break down disciplinary boundaries in a fresh fashion. It touches on a variety of features of popular culture, from photography to fashion, romance novels to television. Editor(s): Mukerji, Chandra; Schudson, Michael. Num Pages: 512 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 688.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520068933
- ISBN
- 9780520068933
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.99
€ 41.99
€ 29.99
Paperback. Examines Ashanti, Fon, Yoruba, and Dogon trickster-figures in their social and mythical contexts and in light of contemporary thought, exploring the way the trickster links animality and ritual transformation; culture, sex, and laughter; cosmic process and personal history; and, divination and social change. Series: Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions. Num Pages: 324 pages, 1map. BIC Classification: HRA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 206 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 54.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520067912
- ISBN
- 9780520067912
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.47
€ 36.99
€ 26.47
Paperback. The essence of this book is to assist educators to improve eduational practice in the constantly changing cultural contexts of school and society. Cross cultural dimensions such as diversity; uniformity; individualism, and collectivism emerge as key focus areas of discussion. Series: Wiley Series in Culture & Professional Practice. Num Pages: 328 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471897880
- ISBN
- 9780471897880
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Condition: New
€ 93.81
€ 93.81
Hardcover. The Growth of Humanity Barry Bogin The growth of human populations and human physical growth are intimately related, and their combined study links several fields including anthropology, demography, economics, and history. Series: Foundation of Human Biology. Num Pages: 336 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JHBD; JHM; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 265 x 188 x 24. Weight in Grams: 792.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471354482
- ISBN
- 9780471354482
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Condition: New
€ 166.30
€ 166.30
Paperback. This book elevates race to the position of prominence it deserves to occupy in modern psychological thought. Series: Wiley Series on Personality Processes. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; JMH; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471245339
- ISBN
- 9780471245339
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Condition: New
€ 110.39
€ 110.39
Paperback. This volume highlights advances made in palaeopathology and demography through the analyses of historic cemeteries. These advances include associating documentary evidence with skeletal evaluations, and the application of new evaluative techniques. Editor(s): Grauer, Anne L. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JHBD; JHMP; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 169 x 14. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471042792
- ISBN
- 9780471042792
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Condition: New
€ 178.86
€ 178.86
Hardcover. "In society at large, lives have been drastically altered over this century--as a consequence of increased longevity, advances in science and education, the gender revolution, improvements in public health, and other historical trends and events--but numerous inflexible social structures, roles, and norms have lagged behind. Editor(s): Riley, Matilda White; Kahn, Robert L.; Foner, Anne. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHBL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 634.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471016786
- ISBN
- 9780471016786
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Condition: New
€ 306.91
€ 306.91
Hardcover. A Handbook of Practicing Anthropology is an essential resource for anyone contemplating a career path outside of the academy and wishing to apply anthropological principles to their work in a wide range of professional settings. Editor(s): Nolan, Riall. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 25. Weight in Grams: 895.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470674604
- ISBN
- 9780470674604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 243.73
€ 243.73
Paperback. A Handbook of Practicing Anthropology is an essential resource for anyone contemplating a career path outside of the academy and wishing to apply anthropological principles to their work in a wide range of professional settings. Editor(s): Nolan, Riall. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 666.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470674598
- ISBN
- 9780470674598
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Condition: New
€ 64.85
€ 64.85
Hardcover. A Companion to Moral Anthropology features a collection of readings from international experts that explore the various currents, approaches, and issues in the emerging field of moral anthropology. This companion includes coverage of morality and ethics, moral philosophy, moral psychology, evolutionary biology, neuroethics, and bioethics. Editor(s): Fassin, Didier. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 664 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 254 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1172.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470656457
- ISBN
- 9780470656457
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Condition: New
€ 229.69
€ 229.69
Paperback. * Ethnography is a branch of cultural anthropology. However, the last few years have seen growth in the number of designers, marketing people, and others outside the academic social sciences applying ethnographic methods to study how people behave * This book offers a comprehensive, stand-alone guide to ethnographic research. Series: Research Methods for the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 179 x 15. Weight in Grams: 452.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470343890
- ISBN
- 9780470343890
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Condition: New
€ 62.63
€ 62.63
Paperback. "A good story and first-rate social science."-New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 320 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLC; JFSL9; JHM; RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 209 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393321005
- ISBN
- 9780393321005
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.80
€ 18.99
€ 17.80
Paperback. In January 1935, the Vernay-Hopwood Chindwin Expedition departed from Rangoon to explore the Chindwin River valley on behalf of the American Museum of Natural History. This book includes documentation and photographs made during the journey as well as biographical narratives of its organizers, sponsors, and field scientists. Series: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design & Culture. Num Pages: 176 pages, 75 colour images + 75 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJG; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 177 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300190236
- ISBN
- 9780300190236
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. Well-written and eminently accessible, this book explores and celebrates the Upper Palaeolithic art of the Dordogne, admirably conveying the author's enthusiasm for her subject. Num Pages: 272 pages, 38 b/w + 8 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACBK; ACC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300188028
- ISBN
- 9780300188028
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80
Paperback. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 19 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 19 illus., 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JHMC; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995298
- ISBN
- 9780295995298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.39
€ 42.39