Anthropology
Results 3901 - 3920 of 5010
Anthropology
Paperback. Ecstatic Encounters takes its readers to the threshold of Candomble temples in Bahia, Brazil, where - for many generations -- members of this spirit-possession cult and curious outsiders have been meeting to marvel at each other's otherness. Having allowed himself to be baffled by Candomble's mysteries and miracle productions, the author explores t Num Pages: 316 pages, Colour colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HRK; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544. Bahian Candomble and the Quest for the Really Real. 316 pages, Colour colour illustrations. Up till the 31st of December 2011 from EURO 39,95 for EURO 20. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HRK; JHM. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 19. Weight: 544.
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Number of pages
- 316
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089642981
- ISBN
- 9789089642981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.34
€ 77.34
Hardcover. Based on more than a decade of ethnographic research in Genoa, Italy, Creative Urbanity argues for an understanding of contemporary urban life that refuses scholarly condemnation of urban lifestyles and consumption and casts a fresh light on an oft-neglected social group-the middle class. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248784
- ISBN
- 9780812248784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.21
€ 84.21
Paperback. 18th-century natural historians created a peculiar but durable vision of nature, embodying the sexual and racial tensions of that era. Plants were found to reproduce sexually, and great apes were just becoming known. This text uncovers the ways in which assumptions about sex, and race have shaped scientific explanations of nature. Num Pages: 312 pages, 39 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813535319
- ISBN
- 9780813535319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.01
€ 53.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816689460
- ISBN
- 9780816689460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.33
€ 38.33
Paperback. This second edition of the widely praised Anthropology in Theory: Issues in Epistemology, features a variety of updates, revisions, and new readings in its comprehensive presentation of issues in the history of anthropological theory and epistemology over the past century. Editor(s): Moore, Henrietta L.; Sanders, Todd. Num Pages: 616 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 172 x 30. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 600
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470673355
- ISBN
- 9780470673355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.62
€ 102.62
Paperback. Presents an ethnographic reflection on foreign migration, mental health, and cultural translation in Italy. This book addresses the legal, therapeutic, and moral techniques of recognition and cultural translation that emerge in response to these social uncertainties. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFFN; JHMC; JKSM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276666
- ISBN
- 9780520276666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.43
€ 50.43
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583941171
- ISBN
- 9781583941171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.54
€ 23.99
€ 17.54
Paperback. "A deeply researched study into the nature of political violence."-- Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW; JFFE; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216219
- ISBN
- 9780812216219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.55
€ 32.99
€ 29.55
Paperback. Tango. A multidimensional expression of Argentine identity, one that speaks to that nation's sense of disorientation, loss, and terror. Yet the tango mesmerises dancers and audiences alike throughout the world. This title examines the poetics of the tango while describing author's own quest to dance this most dramatic of paired dances. Series: Public Planet Books. Num Pages: 160 pages, 89 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; ASD; AVGF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822321910
- ISBN
- 9780822321910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.55
€ 32.99
€ 29.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFSJ; JHMP; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 253 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1006.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816626496
- ISBN
- 9780816626496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.37
€ 30.99
€ 27.37
Paperback. Presents a broad conceptual framework for thinking about learning as a process of social participation. Series Editor(s): Pea, Roy; Brown, John Seely; Heath, Christian. Series: Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives. Num Pages: 336 pages, 13 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHM; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478. Learning, Meaning, and Identity. Series: Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives. 336 pages, 13 line drawings. Presents a broad conceptual framework for thinking about learning as a process of social participation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHM; JM. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight: 448. Series Editor(s) :Pea, Roy; Brown, John Seely; Heath, Christian.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521663632
- ISBN
- 9780521663632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.18
€ 53.18
Paperback. Modern Orientalism was born in the eighteenth century after a very long gestation period defined less by economic or political motives than by religious ideology. The Birth of Orientalism presents a completely new picture of the Western encounter with Asia, its underlying dynamics, and the discovery of Buddhism and Hinduism. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 568 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223460
- ISBN
- 9780812223460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.50
€ 77.50
Paperback. Instead of conceiving ethical commands as divine revelations or as the discoveries of brilliant thinkers, we should see our ethical practices as evolving over tens of thousands of years, as members of our species have worked out how to live together and prosper. Here, Kitcher elaborates his radical vision of this millennia-long ethical project. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JHM; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674284289
- ISBN
- 9780674284289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.84
€ 37.99
€ 31.84
Paperback. Manic behavior holds an undeniable fascination in American culture. This work seeks to understand mania's appeal and how it weighs on the lives of Americans diagnosed with manic depression. It takes us into the fascinating and sometimes disturbing worlds of mental-health support groups, mood charts, psychiatric rounds and psychotropic drugs. Num Pages: 400 pages, 19 halftones. 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Paperback Prin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141060
- ISBN
- 9780691141060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.59
€ 53.59
Paperback. Forms of embodied labor, such as surrogacy and participation in clinical trials, are central to biomedical innovation, but they are rarely considered as labor. This book examines the rapidly expanding transnational labor markets surrounding assisted reproduction and experimental drug trials. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL; JHM; MFKC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356226
- ISBN
- 9780822356226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.39
€ 47.39
Paperback. The main argument of this book is that people use material objects to express themselves and their cultures. Drawing on examples from both Western and developing cultures, it shows that everyday objects reflect not only personal tastes and attributes, but also moral principles and social ideals. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631156055
- ISBN
- 9780631156055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.40
€ 48.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JHM; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783780563
- ISBN
- 9781783780563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.97
€ 17.99
€ 12.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 18 b&w Photos. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292787230
- ISBN
- 9780292787230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.41
€ 30.99
€ 27.41
paperback. A dictionary that explores the symbols which abound in literature, religion, national identity and are found at the heart of our dreams and sub-conscious. It includes entries that give its interpretations - sexual and spiritual, official and subversive, cultural and religious - to bring meaning and insight to the symbol. Num Pages: 1184 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: GBC; JHM; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 50. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 1184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140512540
- ISBN
- 9780140512540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.29
€ 25.99
€ 18.29
Paperback. Based on spontaneous conversations of shantytown youth hanging out on the streets of their neighborhoods and interviews from the comfortable living rooms of the middle class, the author shows how racial ideas permeate the daily lives of Rio de Janeiro's residents across race and class lines. Num Pages: 248 pages, 18 b/w images and 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; CFA; JFC; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520293809
- ISBN
- 9780520293809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.43
€ 50.43