Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge
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Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge
Hardcover. This collection of 28 tales are arranged by subjects and themes, such as: Bouki and Malice; stepmothers; animals; kings and princes; ghost, zonbi and tonton makout; and love and courtship. Liliane Nerette Louis includes a variety of traditional recipes and some historical background information. Series: World Folklore Series. Num Pages: 188 pages, colour and b&w photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: DNF; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 258 x 185 x 17. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Libraries Unlimited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563085796
- ISBN
- 9781563085796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.25
€ 73.25
Paperback. Meaning in Myth speaks to the various ways in which we all construct our myth, or life story, from our very personal ways of thinking, evaluating , judging, and ignoring. It is nothing less than an invitation to encounter other viewpoints, other faiths and disbeliefs, and ultimately ourselves. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: G; HRAC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Sheed & Ward
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556122538
- ISBN
- 9781556122538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.89
€ 31.89
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Natural Heritage Books Canada
- Edition
- Second Edition,New edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554889945
- ISBN
- 9781554889945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.73
€ 26.99
€ 23.73
Hardback. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AMGD; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 573.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403968883
- ISBN
- 9781403968883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.28
€ 155.28
Hardback. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: 170 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 9 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 1HFJA; JFHF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349949274
- ISBN
- 9781349949274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.69
€ 63.69
Hardcover. What happens when prophecies fail? Timothy Jenkins' re-reading of Leon Festinger's classic work on "cognitive dissonance" seeks to answer this question by studying a 50s doomsday group. This volume explores the relations between anthropology and psychology, and between social scientific and natural scientific accounts of human behavior. Num Pages: 110 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRQX; JFHC; JFSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 352 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137364456
- ISBN
- 9781137364456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.31
€ 63.31
Hardcover. Using a cultural approach to classical myths, this book examines how they affect psychoanalytic theory, historical experience, elite culture, popular culture, and everyday life. Berger explores diverse topics such as the Oedipus Myth, James Bond, Star Wars, and fairy tales. Num Pages: 143 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137301666
- ISBN
- 9781137301666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.31
€ 63.31
Hardcover. The first extensive analysis of the representation of queens in early modern fairy tales and the historical record. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137269683
- ISBN
- 9781137269683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.29
€ 64.29
Paperback. Editor(s): Kenyon, J. Douglas. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFH; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Atlantis Rising LLC United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780990690436
- ISBN
- 9780990690436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.38
€ 18.38
Paperback. Editor(s): Loesberg, John. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations, music. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AVG; AVQS; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Ossian Publications Ltd Cork
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780946005567
- ISBN
- 9780946005567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.26
€ 10.26
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Hays (Nicolas) Ltd ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892542055
- ISBN
- 9780892542055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.07
€ 29.99
€ 27.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFH; VXW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 374. Prophecy and Revelation: A Spiritual Paradigm. 272 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFH; VXW. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 21. Weight: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nicolas-Hays
- Edition
- 3 Rev Exp
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892541652
- ISBN
- 9780892541652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.98
€ 19.99
€ 18.98
The Sweets of Araby: Enchanting Recipes from the Tales of the 1001 Ara...
Salloum Elias, Leila, Salloum, Muna
Hardcover. From ancient Baghdad, recipes for, and the stories behind, exotic and unusual treats. Illustrator(s): Sawaya, Linda Dalal. Num Pages: 128 pages, Full-color illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFHF; WBN; WBVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Countryman Press
- Number of pages
- 126
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881509298
- ISBN
- 9780881509298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.12
€ 22.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 247 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873514118
- ISBN
- 9780873514118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.83
€ 24.99
€ 21.83
Paperback. "Peasants tell tales," one prominent cultural historian tells us (Darnton). Scholars must then determine and analyze what it is they are saying and whether or not to incorporate such tellings into their histories and ethnographies. Challenging the dominant culturalist approach associated with Clifford Geertz and Marshall Sahlins among others. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450. and Other Essays in Historical Anthropology. Series: Dislocations. 330 pages, black & white illustrations. "Peasants tell tales," one prominent cultural historian tells us (Darnton). Scholars must then determine and analyze what it is they are saying and whether or not to incorporate such tellings into their histories and ethnographies. Challenging the dominant culturalist approach associated with Clifford Geertz and Marshall Sahlins among others. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBTB; JFHF; JHMC. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857458117
- ISBN
- 9780857458117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.34
€ 45.34
Engaging the Spirit World: Popular Beliefs and Practices in Modern Sou...
Kirsten W. Endres And Andrea Lauser
Hardcover. With case studies from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Vietnam, these contributions reveal contemporary religious practices in Southeast Asia as thoroughly modern manifestations of uncertainties, moral disquiet and unequal rewards in the contemporary moment. Editor(s): Endres, Kirsten W.; Lauser, Andrea. Series: Asian Anthropologies. Num Pages: 246 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFH; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453587
- ISBN
- 9780857453587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.24
€ 158.24
Paperback. Presents stories of Kentucky ghosts. This title contains chapters on haunted places, poltergeists, communication with the dead, and ghosts who linger to resolve unfinished business from their past lives, as well as a chapter about ghosts who reveal themselves through lights, changes in temperature, or sound. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813192376
- ISBN
- 9780813192376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.89
€ 26.89
Hardcover. Contains tales collected from dozens of lawyers and judges from throughout the Volunteer State, ranging from stories of a custody battle over a family dog that garnered national media attention to the self-proclaimed "smartest man in Clay County." Recorded exactly as the lawyers tell them, these stories are sometimes funny and sometimes sad. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; JFHF; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813123691
- ISBN
- 9780813123691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.04
€ 27.04
Paperback. Editor(s): Schlereth, Thomas J. Num Pages: 213 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813108179
- ISBN
- 9780813108179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.06
€ 46.06
Paperback. Series: Conduct & Communication. Num Pages: 376 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 557.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812211436
- ISBN
- 9780812211436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.53
€ 44.53