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Anthropology
Paperback. Mundane Heterosexualities is the first major empirical study of heterosexual relationships. Critiquing feminist debates, and examining heterosexual practices across the last century, this book argues that as a social, rather than sexual category, heterosexuality can be seen as the organizing principle of our everyday lives. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230273474
- ISBN
- 9780230273474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.26
€ 63.26
Hardcover. Katie Wright explores how human wellbeing is constructed and how it 'travels' across spatial boundaries. She draws on empirical research, undertaken with Peruvian migrants based in London and Madrid and their Peru-based relatives and close friends to explore how human wellbeing is constructed and how it 'travels' transnationally. Series: Rethinking International Development Series. Num Pages: 167 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFM; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 221 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230248281
- ISBN
- 9780230248281
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Condition: New
€ 63.63
€ 63.63
Hardcover. Modern Privacies addresses emergent transformations of privacy in western societies from a multidisciplinary and international perspective. It examines social and cultural trends in new media, feminism, law, work and intimacy which indicate that our perceptions, evaluations and enactments of privacy in constant flux. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFP; JFFT; JHMC; JMH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246119
- ISBN
- 9780230246119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.81
€ 63.81
Identity, Health and Women: A Critical Social Psychological Perspectiv...
Jacqueline Ann Christodoulou
Hardcover. This book provides a three-part investigation into identity construction. Theory, voice and praxis are all represented as the book follows the rationale, stories and narrative methodology of the study of a group of women. The final part of the book presents a new model of identity construction framed in women's health identity. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHMC; JMH; JMS; MBNH9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412. A Critical Social Psychological Perspective. 240 pages, 3 figures. This book provides a three-part investigation into identity construction. Theory, voice and praxis are all represented as the book follows the rationale, stories and narrative methodology of the study of a group of women. The final part of the book presents a new model of identity construction framed in women's health identity. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHMC; JMH; JMS; MBNH9. Dimension: 225 x 136 x 20. Weight: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241794
- ISBN
- 9780230241794
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.21
€ 64.21
Hardcover. Assembling Mass Observation Archive material with historiographies of family, house and nation from ancient-Greece to present-day Europe, China and America, this book contributes to current debates on identity, belonging, memory and material culture by exploring how power works in the small spaces of home. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCD; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230286
- ISBN
- 9780230230286
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Condition: New
€ 64.75
€ 64.75
Hardcover. Simpson offers a reflective and theoretical explanation of the ways in which unionists conceive of the past in the present post-conflict environment. He considers the ways in which scholarly literature has often painted an outdated and inaccurate portrait of a highly complex people. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; GTJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JHMC; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230224148
- ISBN
- 9780230224148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.81
€ 63.81
Cultural Globalization and Music: African Artists in Transnational Net...
Kiwan, Nadia, Meinhof, Ulrike Hanna
Hardcover. This book is about South-North, North-South relations between Africa and Europe, presenting the personal narratives of musicians in different locations across Africa and Europe, and those of the people who constitute their networks within the wider artistic, cultural, and civil society milieus of globalizing societies. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JFFS; JHB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221291
- ISBN
- 9780230221291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.81
€ 122.81
Hardcover. Explores the intricate entwinement of religion, 'culturalism,' and ethnic politics, using as its lens a contemporary Bidayuh community in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMNX; HRC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230120464
- ISBN
- 9780230120464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.15
€ 112.15
Paperback. Developing the theory of cultural trauma in regard to the shattering potential effects of political assassinations, Eyerman examines political and social life in three different national contexts: Martin Luther King, Bobby Kennedy, and Harvey Milk in the U.S.; Theo Van Gogh in the Netherlands; and Olof Palme and Anna Lindh in Sweden Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JHMC; JPWL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 234 x 11. Weight in Grams: 300.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230118232
- ISBN
- 9780230118232
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Condition: New
€ 69.62
€ 69.62
Hardcover. Developing the theory of cultural trauma in regard to the shattering potential effects of political assassinations, Eyerman examines political and social life in three different national contexts: Martin Luther King, Bobby Kennedy, and Harvey Milk in the U.S.; Theo Van Gogh in the Netherlands; and Olof Palme and Anna Lindh in Sweden Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JHMC; JPWL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230118225
- ISBN
- 9780230118225
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Condition: New
€ 64.38
€ 64.38
Hardcover. This book analyzes the development of indigenous religious, commercial, and political institutions among the Oromo mainly during the relatively peaceful two centuries in its history, from 1704 to 1882. The largest ethnic group in East Africa, the Oromo promoted peace, cultural assimilation, and ethnic integration. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230117747
- ISBN
- 9780230117747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.84
€ 122.84
Hardcover. Hasinoff brings the untold history of the World in Boston of 1911, 'America's First Great Missionary Exposition,' to light, focusing on how the material culture of missions shaped domestic interactions with evangelism, Christianity, and the consumption of ethnological knowledge. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 284 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JJC; HRCX7; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230116726
- ISBN
- 9780230116726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.55
€ 64.55
Hardcover. Based on the author's second stage of research on emotions of the matrilineal Moslem Minangkabau of West Sumatra, Indonesia, this book is a continuation of Heider's groundbreaking 1991 book, Landscapes of Emotion. This work demonstrates how situating emotion at the center of an investigation is a powerful ethnographic tool. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFSL; JHMC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115248
- ISBN
- 9780230115248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Spirits without Borders: Vietnamese Spirit Mediums in a Transnational ...
Fjelstad, Karen, Hien, Nguyen Thi
Hardcover. Spirits without Borders is an ethnographic study of the transnational and multicultural expansion of Vietnam's Mother Goddess Religion and its spirit possession ritual. The work explores how and why the ritual spread from Vietnam to the US and back again and the impact of ritual transnationalism in both countries. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 229 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HRLK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 208 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230114937
- ISBN
- 9780230114937
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.11
€ 64.11
Paperback. In The Halal Frontier Johan Fischer shows that halal (literally lawful or permitted) is no longer an expression of esoteric forms of production, trade and consumption, but part of an expanding globalised market. This book explores modern forms of halal understanding and practice in the halal consumption of middle-class Malays in the diaspora. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 202 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HRHP; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230114180
- ISBN
- 9780230114180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Hardcover. In The Halal Frontier Johan Fischer shows that halal (literally lawful or permitted) is no longer an expression of esoteric forms of production, trade and consumption, but part of an expanding globalised market. This book explores modern forms of halal understanding and practice in the halal consumption of middle-class Malays in the diaspora. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 201 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRHP; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230114173
- ISBN
- 9780230114173
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Condition: New
€ 122.19
€ 122.19
Paperback. This book examines the historical endeavors to regulate Black female sexuality and reproduction in the United States, through methods of exploitation, control, and repression. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113169
- ISBN
- 9780230113169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.43
€ 63.43
Hardcover. Since 1990, direct sales have attracted over two million recruits in Mexico and are characterized by a belief in the power of positive thinking. Through an ethnographic portrait, Peter S. Cahn demonstrates that the quasi-religious commission of self-empowerment accounts for the explosive growth of commission-based sales in the developing world. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JHMC; KJE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230112490
- ISBN
- 9780230112490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
Interpreting Clifford Geertz: Cultural Investigation in the Social Sci...
Alexander, Jeffrey C., Smith, Philip
Paperback. Editor(s): Norton, Matthew. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230111721
- ISBN
- 9780230111721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.71
€ 63.71
Shamans, Spirituality, and Cultural Revitalization: Explorations in Si...
Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer
Hardcover. Many voices clamor to be heard in debates about whether shamans cure, and whether shamanic spirituality is worth continuing or recovering in the twenty-first century. This book provides newinsights into the fascinating resurgence of shamanism through an exploration of the politicalrepression of religion and its transcendence Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110915
- ISBN
- 9780230110915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.66
€ 64.66