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Paperback. This text provides a detailed analysis of both the music and the cultural significance of children's songs among the Venda people of the northern Transvaal, South Africa. It examines topics such as role of melody in generating rhythm. Num Pages: 210 pages, 15 halftones, 14 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AVGH; JFSP1; JFSP2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226055114
- ISBN
- 9780226055114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.97
€ 40.99
€ 30.97
Paperback. This volume brings together eight of Blacking's most important theoretical papers which reveal his theoretical themes such as the innateness of musical ability and the properties of music as a symbolic or quasi-linguistic system. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 288 pages, music. BIC Classification: 1H; AVGH; DNF; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 239 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226088303
- ISBN
- 9780226088303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.58
€ 47.99
€ 36.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFF; JFSJ; JFSL1; JHBL; JHM; WD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 222 x 9. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816628711
- ISBN
- 9780816628711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.04
€ 28.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 49 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBS; JFSK2; JHMC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691158037
- ISBN
- 9780691158037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. Challenges to ethnographic authority and to the ethics of representation have led many contemporary anthropologists to abandon fieldwork in favor of strategies of theoretical puppeteering, textual analysis, and surrogate ethnography. This title argues that ethnographies based on these strategies elide important insights. Editor(s): Borneman, John; Hammoudi, Abdellah. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; JHMC; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 227 x 22. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257764
- ISBN
- 9780520257764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.08
€ 40.99
€ 29.08
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442630215
- ISBN
- 9781442630215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.20
€ 41.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 442 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HRAX; HRC; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. .
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 442
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Anniversary
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226345222
- ISBN
- 9780226345222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.31
€ 33.99
€ 26.31
Paperback. This study argues that child abandonment was common among all classes and morally acceptable from antiquity until the Renaissance. Using a variety of sources, Boswell examines the evidence, presenting a history of the abandoned child and illustrating the changing meaning of family. Num Pages: 506 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JFSP1; JHBK; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 29. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 506
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226067124
- ISBN
- 9780226067124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.98
€ 40.99
€ 30.98
Paperback. Library markings to spine, with usual markings inside. However, remains in a good to very good condition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KI20001929
- ISBN
- 9781851681693
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This work takes readers on a tour of American landscapes past and present, showing how surroundings reflect important changes in culture. The book examines the new vernacular landscape of trailers, parking lots, roads and shopping malls. Num Pages: 222 pages, 62 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMA; JFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1/22/96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300063974
- ISBN
- 9780300063974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.44
€ 26.99
€ 20.44
paperback. In an age of fractured identities and a world that is moving toward a global community, this book offers a way of imagining the world where community and individual identity may not only coexist, but also depend upon the other to the benefit of both. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592130054
- ISBN
- 9781592130054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.51
€ 33.99
€ 30.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442200937
- ISBN
- 9781442200937
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.79
€ 77.79
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814709238
- ISBN
- 9780814709238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Hardcover. Explores the complex ideas about race, racism, and racial identity that have grown up among Afro-Brazilians in the black music scene Num Pages: 237 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVGW; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814709221
- ISBN
- 9780814709221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.54
€ 90.54
Paperback. The Hadith are believed to be the words of the Prophet, memorised by his followers and written down in the first or second centuries AH. This is a clear introduction to the arguments surrounding both the Hadith and the documents themselves. Comparing the views put forward in the Hadith with those of the Qur'an, it takes the student through all aspects of the Hadith in clear and accessible terms. Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; HRLC1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 220 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748604357
- ISBN
- 9780748604357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.87
€ 38.99
€ 34.87
Paperback. This anthology encompasses a broad range of essays on sexuality spanning European history from the fifteenth century to the present. Editor(s): Fout, John C. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226257839
- ISBN
- 9780226257839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.98
€ 31.99
€ 24.98
Hardback. Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) is considered one of the most influential ideologues of radical Islamism. This biography rescues Qutb from the label of 'terrorist' by offering a sophisticated analysis of his thought. It offers a view into the world of British colonialism, the birth of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, and the growth of radical Islam. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSR2; JPFR; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849040068
- ISBN
- 9781849040068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.05
€ 36.99
€ 33.05
Paperback. Professor Carey's frontal assault on the principles and practices of literary modernism caused an immediate critical storm, establishing itself as a key text for all future discussion of the subject. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; DSA; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571169269
- ISBN
- 9780571169269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.41
€ 14.99
€ 11.41
Hardback. John Castagno has collected more than 1,100 signatures and monograms of Jewish artists and artists whose work reflects Jewish themes. Num Pages: 636 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACB; AGB; GBC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 293 x 228 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 636
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810874213
- ISBN
- 9780810874213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 292.74
€ 292.74
Hardback. * The first systematic sociological study of urban Japan by a western scholar. * Breaks methodological and conceptual ground by exploring contemporary Japanese urban lifestyles through an analysis of consumption behaviour. . Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 200 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631203018
- ISBN
- 9780631203018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.03
€ 74.03