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Anthropology
Paperback. This work throws new light on the nature and origins of ideas of racial difference. It reconstructs the evolution of the modern discourse of race and investigates its meaning in contemporary society. It presents a critique of postmodern theories of cultural "difference". Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFF; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1996th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333628584
- ISBN
- 9780333628584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.57
€ 59.57
Paperback. This text provides readers with a broad overview of the range and complexity of fieldwork in anthropology. The updated selections offer insight into the ethnographer's experience of gathering and analyzing data, and a richer understanding of the conflicts, hazards and ethical challenges of pursuing fieldwork around the globe. Editor(s): Robben, Antonius C. G. M.; Sluka, Jeffrey A. Series: Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1012.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470657157
- ISBN
- 9780470657157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.29
€ 58.29
Hardcover. Studies of the military that deal with the actual experience of troops in the field are still rare in the social sciences. In fact, this ethnographic study of an elite unit in the Israeli Defense Force is the only one of its kind. As an officer of this unit and a professional anthropologist, the author was ideally positioned for his role. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 8 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSR1; JHM; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571811455
- ISBN
- 9781571811455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.36
€ 155.36
Paperback. aeo Concerns debates now at the core of social and political theory -- particularly the debate about the nature of modernity. aeo Provides an accessible introduction to the basic ideas of the theory of reflexive modernization. aeo Each of the three contributors is very well--known at an international level. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745612782
- ISBN
- 9780745612782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.94
€ 23.99
€ 23.94
Paperback. Explores the intertwined character of the three religions and the dense imbrication of religion in all aspects of Yoruba history up to the present. This title offers an insight into important contemporary themes such as religious conversion, new religious movements, relations between world religions, the conditions of religious violence, and more. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; HRAC; HRC; HRH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285859
- ISBN
- 9780520285859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.58
€ 55.58
Paperback. * Combats stereotypes that have dominated theories on female moral development by challenging the notion that girls are inherently supportive of each other. * Examines the stances that girls on a playground in a multicultural school setting assume and shows how they position themselves in their peer groups. Series: Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 172 x 23. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631234258
- ISBN
- 9780631234258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.25
€ 53.25
Paperback. Following the lives of a group of transgendered prostitutes in Salvador, this text analyzes the ways that they modify their bodies, explores their motivations, examines their complex relationships and discovers how prostitution for most travestis is a positive and affirmative experience. Series: Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender & Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 226 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226461007
- ISBN
- 9780226461007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.17
€ 41.17
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415696203
- ISBN
- 9780415696203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.13
€ 30.13
Paperback. El Alto, Rebel City combines ethnography and political theory to explore the astonishing political power exercised by the indigenous citizens of El Alto, Bolivia in the past decade. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 344 pages, 19 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341543
- ISBN
- 9780822341543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.06
€ 46.06
Paperback. As they immerse themselves in foreign cultures, trained anthropologists find that accepting difference is one thing, experiencing it is quite another. This title shows how the moral and intellectual challenges of living cross-culturally revealed to them the limits of their perception and understanding. Editor(s): Davis, Sarah H.; Konner, Melvin. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674049277
- ISBN
- 9780674049277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.27
€ 35.99
€ 31.27
Paperback. Takes a fresh approach to the study of four related disciplines: anthropology, archaeology, art and architecture. This title argues that these four disciplines are concerned with exploring, interpreting and describing the worlds we inhabit and the ways we perceive them. Num Pages: 176 pages, 33 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; AM; HDA; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 176 x 8. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415567237
- ISBN
- 9780415567237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.23
€ 54.23
Paperback. An accessible guidebook to the different approaches taken by ethnographers studying education. Part of our brand new series on Education Research published in association with BERA. Series: Bera/Sage Research Methods in Education. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JHMP; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 172 x 13. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781446203279
- ISBN
- 9781446203279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.21
€ 46.21
Paperback. Series: Culture and Society After Socialism. Num Pages: 312 pages, 39, 31 black & white halftones, 6 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801477065
- ISBN
- 9780801477065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.14
€ 49.14
Paperback. Updated with a fresh introduction and brand new selections, the second edition of The Anthropology of Globalization collects some of the decade's finest work on globalization, focusing on the increasing interconnectedness of people around the world, and the culturally specific ways in which these connections are mediated. Editor(s): Inda, Jonathan Xavier; Rosaldo, Renato. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 26. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405136129
- ISBN
- 9781405136129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.20
€ 60.20
Paperback. Examines how the lives of dispossessed men and women are affected by the rise of narco-trafficking along the US - Mexico border. This book explores the everyday reality of the drug trade by living alongside its low-level workers: those living at the edges of the violence generated by the militarization of "the war on drugs." Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JHMC; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276789
- ISBN
- 9780520276789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.17
€ 41.17
Hardcover. This text explores the possibility of symbolic public spaces in the context of Chinese cinema. Focusing especially on women, children and the dispossessed, it looks at the way public space is constructed and occupied, both in the Chinese cultrual sphere and in the world of international audiences. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; GTC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847698769
- ISBN
- 9780847698769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.69
€ 151.69
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 263 x 32. Weight in Grams: 872.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691172910
- ISBN
- 9780691172910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.34
€ 52.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 46 illustrations. BIC Classification: GM; JHB; JHMC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362685
- ISBN
- 9780822362685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.69
€ 50.69
Paperback. Explores the social and material life of dreams in contemporary Cairo. This title guides the reader through landscapes of the imagination that feature Muslim dream interpreters who draw on Freud, reformists who dismiss various forms of divination as superstition, and ordinary believers who speak of moving encounters with the Prophet Muhammad. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460. Egyptian Landscapes of the Imagination. 328 pages, illustrations. Explores the social and material life of dreams in contemporary Cairo. This title guides the reader through landscapes of the imagination that feature Muslim dream interpreters who draw on Freud, reformists who dismiss various forms of divination as superstition, and ordinary believers who speak of moving encounters with the Prophet Muhammad. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JHMC. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 19. Weight: 460.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258518
- ISBN
- 9780520258518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.67
€ 41.67
Paperback. Proposes a fresh approach that unites the study of religion with fields as diverse as neuroscience, anthropology, sociology, and psychology to better understand how these processes are incorporated into the broader cultural formations we think of as religious or spiritual. Num Pages: 232 pages, 7 line illus. 7 tables. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140889
- ISBN
- 9780691140889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.73
€ 45.73