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Hardback. Indigenous museums and cultural centres have sprung up across the developing world, and particularly in the Southwest Pacific. This book examines how museums have evolved particularly in the non-western world to incorporate the present and the future in the display of culture. Editor(s): Stanley, Nick. Series: Museums and Collections. Num Pages: 268 pages, 27 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: ACBK; GM; JFSL9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845451882
ISBN
9781845451882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.23

Hardback. Addresses questions of how to deal with internal issues of social inequality and cultural diversity and, at the same time, how to build a shared civility among their different national, ethnic, religious and social groups. Editor(s): Al Haj, Majid; Mielke, Rosemarie. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FBH; JFF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845451950
ISBN
9781845451950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.52

Hardback. Like other industrial nations, Japan is experiencing its own forms of, and problems with, internationalization and multiculturalism. This volume focuses on several aspects of this process and examines the immigrant minorities as well as their Japanese recipient communities. Editor(s): Graburn, Nelson H. Series: Asian Anthropologies. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845452261
ISBN
9781845452261
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.35

Hardback. Documents the phenomenon of feminised migration by analysing accounts of the lives of women migrants in the 'host' countries. Based on more than 100 interviews with women migrants from Hungary and Bulgaria and with 'host' women in Italy and the Netherlands, this book includes theoretical debates on migration and subjectivity, and more. Editor(s): Passerini, Luisa; Lyon, Dawn; Capussotti, Enrica. Num Pages: 335 pages, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845452773
ISBN
9781845452773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.89

Hardback. The Nordic Atlantic area has seen remarkable examples of social formations in areas that many would perceive as too remote to allow the construction of functioning communities. But through innovations, networking and the formation of identities people have coped with distances, thus continuously rebuilding societies in the Nordic regions. Num Pages: 310 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DN; JFF; JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845452902
ISBN
9781845452902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.52

Hardback. Since their mass-resettlement to the Levant in the wake of the First World War, the Armenian communities of Lebanon and Syria appear to have successfully maintained a distinct identity. This book shows that, in Lebanon the state has facilitated development of an extensive and effective system of Armenian ethno-cultural preservation. Editor(s): Inhorn, Marcia C. Series: Forced Migration. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JFFH; JFSJ1; JHBF; MBNH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453527
ISBN
9781845453527
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.94

Hardback. Studying how people become religious, this volume offers a perspective for the study of religion, one that examines the works of transmission and innovation through the prism of learning. It argues that religious culture is socially and dynamically constructed by agents who are not mere passive recipients but engaged in active learning processes. Editor(s): Berliner, David; Sarro, Ramon. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSR; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453749
ISBN
9781845453749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.00

Hardback. Around the planet, Indigenous people are using old and new technologies to amplify their voices and broadcast information to a global audience. This is the first portrait of a powerful international movement that looks both inward and outward, helping to preserve ancient languages and cultures.. Series: Anthropology of the Media. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845454203
ISBN
9781845454203
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.80

Hardback. Assisted reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization have provoked global controversy and ethical debate. This book provides a groundbreaking investigation into those debates in the Islamic Middle East, simultaneously documenting changing ideas of kinship and the evolving role of religious authority in the region.. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBL; JFSR2; MFKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845454326
ISBN
9781845454326
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.45

Hardback. Civil society and civic engagement have increasingly become topics of discussion at the national and international level. The editors of this volume ask, does the concept of civil societyA" include gender equality and gender justice? Or, to frame the question differently, is civil society a feminist concept? Editor(s): Hagemann, Karen; Michel, Sonya; Budde, Gunilla. Series: European Civil Society. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845454371
ISBN
9781845454371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.68

Hardback. Extensive social science research, particularly by anthropologists, has explored women's reproductive lives, their use of reproductive technologies, and their experiences as mothers and nurturers of children. Meanwhile, few if any volumes have explored men's reproductive concerns or contributions to women's reproductive health.. Editor(s): Inhorn, Marcia C.; Goldberg, Helene; Tjornhoj-Thomsen, Tine; Mosegaard, Maruska la Cour. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 ills. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845454722
ISBN
9781845454722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.29

Hardback. Multiculturalism has been one of the dominant concerns in political theory over the last decade. To date, this inquiry has been mostly informed by, or applied to, the Canadian, American, and increasingly, the European contexts. This volume explores for the first time how the Australian experience both relates and contributes to political thought.. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL1; JPA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845454920
ISBN
9781845454920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.68

Hardback. In May 2004, after bringing their legislation into accordance with EU regulations, ten more countries joined the European Union. The contributors to this volume assess the impact of this historical development on gender relations in the new and old EU member states. Editor(s): Roth, Silke. Num Pages: 11 ills. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFSJ; JPSN2. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455163
ISBN
9781845455163
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.28

Hardback. The object of this book is to discuss the main types of men populating Polish, Czech and Slovak films: that of soldier, father, heterosexual and homosexual lover, against a rich political, social and cultural background. Num Pages: 249 pages, 31 ills. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 1DVP; APF; JFSJ2. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455408
ISBN
9781845455408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.00

hardcover. In recent years, the field of study variously called local, indigenous or traditional environmental knowledge (TEK) has experienced a crisis brought about by the questioning of some of its basic assumptions. This has included reassessing notions that scientific methods can accurately elicit and describe TEK.. Editor(s): Heckler, Serena. Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 289 pages, 21 ills. BIC Classification: JFSL9; RNK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781845455491
ISBN
9781845455491
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.40

Hardback. Around 1800 roughly three per cent of the human population lived in urban areas; by 2030 this number is expected to have gone up to some seventy per cent. This poses problems for traditional religions that are all rooted in rural, small-scale societies. Editor(s): Pinxten, Rik; Dikomitis, Lisa. Series: Culture and Politics/Politics and Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, plans. BIC Classification: JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455545
ISBN
9781845455545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.32

hardcover. Our lives are mostly composed of ordinary reality - the flow of moment-to-moment existence - and yet it has been largely overlooked as a subject in itself for anthropological study. In this work, the author achieves an understanding of this part of reality for the Mehinaku Indians, an Amazonian people, in two stages.. Num Pages: 221 pages, 29 ills. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781845455552
ISBN
9781845455552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.88

Hardback. As cross-cultural migration increases democratic states face a particular challenge: how to grant equal rights and dignity to individuals while recognizing cultural distinctiveness. In response to the greater number of ethnic and religious minority groups, state policies seem to focus on managing cultural differences through planned pluralism. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845456665
ISBN
9781845456665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.85

Hardback. Based on thorough ethnographic fieldwork in a refugee camp in Tanzania this book provides a rich account of the benevolent disciplining mechanismsA" of humanitarian agencies, led by the UNHCR, and of the situated, dynamic, indeterminate, and fluid nature of identity (re)construction in the camp. Series: Forced Migration. Num Pages: 194 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845456917
ISBN
9781845456917
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.88

hardcover. The issue of abortion forces a confrontation with the effects of poverty and economic inequalities, local moral worlds, and the cultural and social perceptions of the female body, gender, and reproduction. Based on extensive original field research, this provocative collection presents case studies from 7 countries in Asia. Editor(s): Whittaker, Andrea. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 270 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JFMA; JFSJ1; MBNH4; MFK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 551.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781845457341
ISBN
9781845457341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.52

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