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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

€ 33.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415696203
ISBN
9780415696203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.80

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

€ 32.99
€ 31.49

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
€ 31.40

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

€ 53.28

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

€ 46.99
€ 44.01

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

€ 40.99
€ 35.95

Paperback. This unique book, part critique, tribute, and memorial, makes the case that the 1979-1983 Revolution was a transnational event that deeply impacted politics and culture across the Caribbean. With relevance for all micro-states, the book reflects on how Grenada's small size shapes memory, political and poetic practice, and efforts at reconciliation. Series: New Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 341 pages, 47 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJWWG; 3JJPL; DSBH5; HBTV; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 551.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137562180
ISBN
9781137562180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.84

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

€ 48.99
€ 48.90

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

€ 33.99
€ 24.51

Paperback. Sacred Realms is a collection of classic and contemporary articles that introduce religion from an anthropological perspective. It is designed to give students the tools to understand and analyze religion as well as to consider its important role in world affairs. Editor(s): Warms, Richard L.; Garber, James; McGee, R. Jon. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 212 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1326.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195341324
ISBN
9780195341324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 192.41

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

€ 154.82

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

€ 46.99
€ 32.94

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

€ 32.99
€ 31.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 652 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 114. Weight in Grams: 806.
Publisher
Imprint Academic
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907845607
ISBN
9780907845607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.46

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

€ 33.99
€ 24.43

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

€ 37.99
€ 27.36

Paperback. Doing Ethnography Today explores the methodologies and theories behind contemporary, collaborative ethnography and provides an opportunity to cultivate experience with included exercises. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405186476
ISBN
9781405186476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.43

Hardcover. 50 Great Myths of Human Evolution uses common misconceptions to explore basic theory and research in human evolution and strengthen critical thinking skills for lay readers and students. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470673911
ISBN
9780470673911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.93
€ 59.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
HAU
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780997367515
ISBN
9780997367515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 27.88

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