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Hardcover. Pakistani migrant families in Denmark find themselves in a specific ethno-national, post-9/11 environment where Muslim immigrants are subjected to processes of non-recognition, exclusion and securitization. This ethnographic study explores how, why, and at what costs notions of relatedness, identity, and belonging are being renegotiated.. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, 5 figs. BIC Classification: 1DND; 1FKP; JFFN; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459398
- ISBN
- 9780857459398
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Condition: New
€ 155.23
€ 155.23
Hardcover. Based on fieldwork over ten years, this book builds on the central theoretical understanding that the complex political economy of the Mount Sinai Bedouin is integrated in urban society and is part of the modern global world. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 tables & 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBX; JFSL; JHMC; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459312
- ISBN
- 9780857459312
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€ 154.85
€ 154.85
Hardcover. Borders of states, borders of citizenship, borders of exclusion. As the lines drawn on international treaty maps become ditches in the ground and roaming barriers in the air, a complex state apparatus is set up to regulate the lives of those who cannot be expelled, yet those who have never been properly "rooted." Num Pages: 220 pages, 21 figs, 5 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1DVT; JFFN; JFSL1; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857458988
- ISBN
- 9780857458988
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Condition: New
€ 155.15
€ 155.15
Hardcover. This detailed account of academic networking in European educational centers highlights the fruitfulness of travel in order to gain a clearer understanding of how to advance one's culture. Series: European Studies in American History. Num Pages: 348 pages, 23 figs & tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; JFSL; JNMN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 596.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457820
- ISBN
- 9780857457820
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Condition: New
€ 167.02
€ 167.02
Hardcover. In the last five years of the 20th century, films by the 2nd and 3rd generation of the so-called German guest workers exploded onto the German film landscape. Self-confident, articulate, and dynamic, these films situate themselves in the global exchange of cinematic images, citing and rewriting American gangster narratives, Kung Fu action films.. Editor(s): Hake, Sabine; Mennel, Barbara. Series: Film Europa. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVT; APFA; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457684
- ISBN
- 9780857457684
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Condition: New
€ 155.35
€ 155.35
Hardcover. The book investigates why, how, and with what implications some of these mothers describe themselves as "militant lactivists" as well as reflects on wider parenting culture in the UK and France. Discussing gender, feminism, and activism, this study contributes to kinship and family studies.. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 278 pages, 5 ills & 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457585
- ISBN
- 9780857457585
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Condition: New
€ 155.45
€ 155.45
Bridging Divides: Ethno-political Leadership Among the Russian Sami
Mikkel Berg-Nordlie Indra Overland
Hardcover. For the Sami of the Nordic countries, the last decades of the 20th century were a renaissance of sorts. The Soviet Sami, on the other hand, had little opportunity to develop independent ethno-political organizations and were isolated from their ethnic kin across the closed border. Num Pages: 168 pages, 11 figs & tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFSL9; JHBD; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348. Ethno-political Leadership Among the Russian Sami. 168 pages, 11 figs & tables. For the Sami of the Nordic countries, the last decades of the 20th century were a renaissance of sorts. The Soviet Sami, on the other hand, had little opportunity to develop independent ethno-political organizations and were isolated from their ethnic kin across the closed border. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFSL9; JHBD; JP. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight: 348.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857456670
- ISBN
- 9780857456670
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Condition: New
€ 154.25
€ 154.25
Post-Cosmopolitan Cities: Explorations of Urban Coexistence (Space and...
Vera Skvirskaja Caroline Humphrey
Hardcover. Examining the way people imagine and interact in their cities, this book explores the post-cosmopolitan city. The contributors consider the effects of migration, national, and religious revivals (with their new aesthetic sensibilities), the dispositions of marginalized economic actors, and globalized tourism on urban sociality. Editor(s): Humphrey, Caroline; Skvirskaja, Vera. Series: Space and Place. Num Pages: 262 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472. Explorations of Urban Coexistence. Series: Space and Place. 260 pages, 14 ills. Editor(s): Humphrey, Caroline; Skvirskaja, Vera. Examining the way people imagine and interact in their cities, this book explores the post-cosmopolitan city. The contributors consider the effects of migration, national, and religious revivals (with their new aesthetic sensibilities), the dispositions of marginalized economic actors, and globalized tourism on urban sociality. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHMC. Dimension: 238 x 156 x 18. Weight: 472.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857455109
- ISBN
- 9780857455109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.32
€ 155.32
Hardcover. During the 1970s a wave of "counter-culture" people moved into rural communities in many parts of Australia. This study focuses in particular on the town of Kuranda in North Queensland and the relationship between the settlers and the local Aboriginal population, concentrating on a number of linked social dramas.. Series: Space and Place. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JFSS; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512. Aboriginal Australians, Hippies and the State. Series: Space and Place. 284 pages, 17 ills, 3 maps. During the 1970s a wave of "counter-culture" people moved into rural communities in many parts of Australia. This study focuses in particular on the town of Kuranda in North Queensland and the relationship between the settlers and the local Aboriginal population, concentrating on a number of linked social dramas. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JFSS; JHMC. Dimension: 161 x 229 x 19. Weight: 512.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857455086
- ISBN
- 9780857455086
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Condition: New
€ 155.55
€ 155.55
Hardcover. Everyday practice of religion is complex in its nature, ambivalent, and at times contradictory. The task of an anthropology of religious practice is therefore precisely to see how people navigate and make sense of that complexity, and what the significance of religious beliefs and practices in a given setting can be. Editor(s): Schielke, Samuli; Debevec, Liza. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360. An Anthropology of Everyday Religion. Series: EASA Series. 184 pages. Editor(s): Schielke, Samuli; Debevec, Liza. Everyday practice of religion is complex in its nature, ambivalent, and at times contradictory. The task of an anthropology of religious practice is therefore precisely to see how people navigate and make sense of that complexity, and what the significance of religious beliefs and practices in a given setting can be. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSR; JHMC. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 14. Weight: 358.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857455062
- ISBN
- 9780857455062
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Condition: New
€ 154.60
€ 154.60
Hardcover. This path-breaking volume explores the influence of Islamic attitudes on assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) and reveals the variations in both the Islamic jurisprudence and the cultural responses to ARTs. Editor(s): Inhorn, Marcia C.; Tremayne, Soraya. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 tables and figs. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; JFSR2; MFKC; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 616. Sunni and Shia Perspectives. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. 304 pages, 4 tables and figs. Editor(s): Inhorn, Marcia C.; Tremayne, Soraya. This path-breaking volume explores the influence of Islamic attitudes on assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) and reveals the variations in both the Islamic jurisprudence and the cultural responses to ARTs. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; JFSR2; MFKC; PSXM. Dimension: 152 x 236 x 23. Weight: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454904
- ISBN
- 9780857454904
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Condition: New
€ 166.94
€ 166.94
Hardcover. The Politics and Pragmatics of Inter-communal Relations Around Holy Places. 196 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Bowman, Glenn. By including both historical processes and particular events, this volume demonstrates the importance of understanding the wider contexts within which social interactions take place and shows that tolerance and inter-communalism are simultaneously possible and perpetually under threat. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HRLF; JFSR; JHMC. Dimension: 152 x 236 x 14. Weight: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454867
- ISBN
- 9780857454867
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Condition: New
€ 154.77
€ 154.77
Hardcover. This book provides a needed framework for understanding the rich history of German- and Czech-Jewish politics and culture in Bohemia and is a notable contribution to the historiography of Bohemian, Czechoslovak and central European Jewry. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528. National Identity of the Jews of Bohemia. 296 pages, 25 figs and tables, 1 map. This book provides a needed framework for understanding the rich history of German- and Czech-Jewish politics and culture in Bohemia and is a notable contribution to the historiography of Bohemian, Czechoslovak and central European Jewry. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR1. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight: 528.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454744
- ISBN
- 9780857454744
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Condition: New
€ 155.60
€ 155.60
Hardcover. This volume reassesses maternalism by providing critical reflections on prior usages of the concept, and by expanding its meaning to encompass geographical areas, political regimes, and cultural concerns that scholars have rarely addressed. Editor(s): Klein, Marian van der; Plant, Rebecca Jo; Sanders, Nichole; Weintrob, Lori. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454669
- ISBN
- 9780857454669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.48
€ 155.48
After the History of Sexuality (Spektrum: Publications of the German S...
Scott Spector, Helmut Puff, And Dagmar Herzog
Hardcover. Michel Foucault's seminal The History of Sexuality (1976-1984) has since its publication provided a context for the emergence of critical historical studies of sexuality. This collection reassesses the state of the historiography on sexuality - a field in which the German case has been traditionally central. Editor(s): Spector, Scott; Puff, Helmut; Herzog, Dagmar. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453730
- ISBN
- 9780857453730
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Condition: New
€ 155.80
€ 155.80
Hardcover. Riobamba and Cuenca,two intermediate cities in Ecuador, have become part of global networks through transnational migration, incoming remittances, tourism, and global economic connections. Their landscape is changing in several significant ways, a reflection of the social and urban transformations occurring in contemporary Ecuadorian society. Series: CEDLA Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 360 pages, 42 figs, 13 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; JFSG; JHM; KCU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562. Housing and Social Transformations in Globalizing Ecuador. Series: CEDLA Latin American Studies. 360 pages, 42 figs, 13 tables, 5 maps. Riobamba and Cuenca,two intermediate cities in Ecuador, have become part of global networks through transnational migration, incoming remittances, tourism, and global economic connections. Their landscape is changing in several significant ways, a reflection of the social and urban transformations occurring in contemporary Ecuadorian society. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; JFSG; JHM; KCU. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 22. Weight: 562.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453716
- ISBN
- 9780857453716
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Condition: New
€ 155.57
€ 155.57
Hardcover. At the center of this investigation is the great modernization effort of a West German state, Bavaria, in the 1970s and 1980s, by means of a reform of the smaller units of local government. The reforms were meant to abolish all autonomous local governments serving populations of fewer than 3000.. Num Pages: 278 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JFSF; JPR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498. The Passing of a Way of Life. 288 pages, 35 ills. At the center of this investigation is the great modernization effort of a West German state, Bavaria, in the 1970s and 1980s, by means of a reform of the smaller units of local government. The reforms were meant to abolish all autonomous local governments serving populations of fewer than 3000. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JFSF; JPR. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 19. Weight: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453471
- ISBN
- 9780857453471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.45
€ 155.45
Hardcover. This book offers insights into the lives of children and youth in Britain, Japan, Spain, Israel/Palestine, Pakistan, and Ethiopia. Attention is focused on the child's perspective within the social-power dynamics involved in child-adult relations, which reveals the dilemmas of policy, planning, and parenting in a changing world. Editor(s): Waldren, Jacqueline; Kaminski, Ignacy-Marek. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 206 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416. Childhood, Culture and Identity in a Changing World. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. 212 pages, 3 ills. Editor(s): Waldren, Jacqueline; Kaminski, Ignacy-Marek. This book offers insights into the lives of children and youth in Britain, Japan, Spain, Israel/Palestine, Pakistan, and Ethiopia. Attention is focused on the child's perspective within the social-power dynamics involved in child-adult relations, which reveals the dilemmas of policy, planning, and parenting in a changing world. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHM. Dimension: 160 x 234 x 16. Weight: 416.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453259
- ISBN
- 9780857453259
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Condition: New
€ 154.85
€ 154.85
Hardcover. The question of identity is one of present-day Israel's cardinal and most pressing issues. In a comprehensive examination of the identity issue, this study focuses on attitudes toward the Jewish people in Israel and the Diaspora; the Holocaust and its repercussions on identity; attitudes toward the state of Israel and Zionism.. Num Pages: 284 pages, 85 figs & tables. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSL; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 486. Jews and Arabs Facing the Salf and the Other. 284 pages, 85 figs & tables. The question of identity is one of present-day Israel's cardinal and most pressing issues. In a comprehensive examination of the identity issue, this study focuses on attitudes toward the Jewish people in Israel and the Diaspora; the Holocaust and its repercussions on identity; attitudes toward the state of Israel and Zionism. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSL; JFSR1. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 11. Weight: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453051
- ISBN
- 9780857453051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.12
€ 155.12
Hardcover. During the 1990s, Naples' left-wing administration sought to tackle the city's infamous reputation of being poor, crime-ridden, chaotic and dirty by reclaiming the city's cultural and architectural heritage. This book examines the conflicts surrounding the reimaging and reordering of the city's historic center through detailed case studies.. Series: Remapping Cultural History. Num Pages: 364 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFSG; RPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 185 x 24. Weight in Grams: 622. Urban Change and Contested Space in Central Naples. Series: Remapping Cultural History. 364 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. During the 1990s, Naples' left-wing administration sought to tackle the city's infamous reputation of being poor, crime-ridden, chaotic and dirty by reclaiming the city's cultural and architectural heritage. This book examines the conflicts surrounding the reimaging and reordering of the city's historic center through detailed case studies. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFSG; RPC. Dimension: 243 x 185 x 24. Weight: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452795
- ISBN
- 9780857452795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.20
€ 167.20