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Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge

Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: HRG; JFHF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 509.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226618500
ISBN
9780226618500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.13

Paperback. This text examines conspiracy theories and tackles paranoia as a style of debate within science, psychotherapy, and popular entertainment. A conspiracy theory emerges as a way to address the inadequacies of rational expertise and organization in the face of the changes that undermine them. Editor(s): Marcus, George E. Series: Late Editions: Cultural Studies for the End of the Century S. Num Pages: 454 pages, 14 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFC; JFH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
454
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226504582
ISBN
9780226504582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.27

Paperback. In this volume Levi-Strauss explores the mythologies of the Americas, with occasional incursions into European and Japanese folklore, tales of sloths and squirrels are interwoven with discussions of Freud, Saussure, "signification," and plays by Sophocles and Labiche. Translator(s): Chorier, B. Num Pages: 258 pages, 1 colour plate, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KLS; HPCF; HRQ; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226474823
ISBN
9780226474823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages, 48ill.5M. BIC Classification: 1F; HRAX; HRKT; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226340463
ISBN
9780226340463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.21
€ 50.62

Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 165 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HRA; HRQ; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 136 x 259 x 15. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1963
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
165
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226323992
ISBN
9780226323992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.26

Paperback. An account of relations between the sexes and the role of myth in the transition between unconscious fantasy and cultural forms, based on studies of the mythologies of the Gimi, from the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 halftones, 1 map, 12 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HBJM; JFHF; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226293813
ISBN
9780226293813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.13

Hardcover. Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. Stories connect people, but they can also disconnect, creating boundaries between people and justifying violence. This book grapples with this fundamental aspect of our lives, offering both a theory of how stories shape us and a useful method for analyzing them. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226260136
ISBN
9780226260136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.73
€ 79.10

Paperback. Editor(s): Sami, Hasan M. Series: Folktales of the World S. Num Pages: 406 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
406
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226206257
ISBN
9780226206257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.46

Paperback. Editor(s): Dorson, Richard Mercer. Num Pages: 648 pages, 24 plates. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 35. Weight in Grams: 876.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226158747
ISBN
9780226158747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.57
€ 52.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF. Dimension: 215 x 139. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226158624
ISBN
9780226158624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.84
€ 48.72

Paperback. Series: History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 125 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226158594
ISBN
9780226158594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.48

Paperback. Describes how the myths of Greece and Rome were transmitted from antiquity to the Renaissance. This study reveals how philosophers employed allegory and how it enabled myth to take on a number of different interpretive systems throughout the centuries: moral, physical, psychological, political, and even metaphysical. Translator(s): Tihanyi, Catherine. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226075372
ISBN
9780226075372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.02

Paperback. A case study of the folklore of sexuality, this text examines the myth of the "droit de cuissage" and how for seven hundred years each era used the mythical custom to its own ends in an insight into popular misconceptions of the Middle Ages. Studies Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; JFHF; WJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226067438
ISBN
9780226067438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Paperback. This volume begins with Roman myths and traces their influence in early Christian and later European literature. Ninety-five entries cover subjects such as sacrificial cults and rites in pre-Roman Italy, Roman religion and its origins, the mythologies of paganism, and myth in twentieth-century English literature. Translator(s): Doniger, Wendy. Num Pages: 344 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QDAR; HRA; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 792.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226064550
ISBN
9780226064550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.92
€ 44.11

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226040837
ISBN
9780226040837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.01

paperback. This account of Maori traditions, dictated by elders in the 1850s, was published with an English translation in 1913-15. Translator(s): Smith, S. Percy. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; JFHF; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
Edition
Reissue
SKU
V9781108040105
ISBN
9781108040105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.03

Paperback. This account of Maori traditions, dictated by elders in the 1850s, was published with an English translation in 1913-15. Translator(s): Smith, S. Percy. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1MBN; JFHF; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781108040099
ISBN
9781108040099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.62

Hardcover. Num Pages: 137 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 414. First published 2009. Fine in fine original gilt-blocked green cloth. Covers showing light shelf wear, remains a fine copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Irish Texts Society
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0029043
ISBN
9781870166638
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 50.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; CBW; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Nonsuch Publishing
Condition
New
Edition
New Edition
Number of pages
224
SKU
9781845882280
ISBN
9781845882280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.58

paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JFHC; JKSN1; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Trine Day
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634240437
ISBN
9781634240437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.64

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