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Society & culture: general
Paperback. This ethnographic study of prostitution in the metropolitan city of Dalian, China, explores the lives of rural migrant women working as karaoke bar hostesses, delving into the interplay of gender politics, nationalism, and power relationships that inhere in practices of birth control, disease control, and control of women's bodies. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFH2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340992
- ISBN
- 9780230340992
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€ 71.66
€ 71.66
Paperback. This ethnographic study of prostitution in the metropolitan city of Dalian, China, explores the lives of rural migrant women working as karaoke bar hostesses, delving into the interplay of gender politics, nationalism, and power relationships that inhere in practices of birth control, disease control, and control of women's bodies. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JHM; JHMC; PNN; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349380466
- ISBN
- 9781349380466
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Islam is stereotypically presented as a monolithic civilisation that has stifled the emergence of cultural pluralism and individual freedom. In contrast, this volume showcases the diversity and plurality of Muslim societies. It includes case studies on rituals and symbols in Syria, Tunisia, Damascus, Algeria, Britain, Pakistan, Brazil and Lebanon. Editor(s): Dupret, Baudouin; Pierret, Thomas; Pinto, Paulo G.; Spellman-Poots, Kathryn. Series: Exploring Muslim Contexts. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748689842
- ISBN
- 9780748689842
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€ 40.99€ 35.47
€ 40.99
€ 35.47
Hardcover. This book explores ethnographic studies of diagnostic work in diverse settings. Switching attention from product ('diagnosis') to process ('diagnosing'), it reveals the importance of collaborative, socio-material, technologically augmented practices, exploring the potential of the multi-disciplinary studies presented to inform innovation. Editor(s): Buscher, Monika; Goodwin, Dawn; Mesman, Jessica. Num Pages: 279 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223288
- ISBN
- 9780230223288
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€ 127.96
€ 127.96
Hardcover. This book uses ethnography as theological practice, yielding a theology constructed at the intersection of church, academy and everyday life. Drawing on the author's research in her Baptist church, the resulting 'ethnographic theology' produces creative theological insights, while also proposing fresh alternatives for Christian thought and action. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRCM; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137390431
- ISBN
- 9781137390431
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€ 160.46
€ 160.46
Paperback. This text provides readers with a broad overview of the range and complexity of fieldwork in anthropology. The updated selections offer insight into the ethnographer's experience of gathering and analyzing data, and a richer understanding of the conflicts, hazards and ethical challenges of pursuing fieldwork around the globe. Editor(s): Robben, Antonius C. G. M.; Sluka, Jeffrey A. Series: Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1012.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470657157
- ISBN
- 9780470657157
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€ 61.96
€ 61.96
Hardback. This volume explores how anthropologists and social scientists in closely allied disciplines and employing qualitative methodologies relate to public intellectuals and others with local knowledge in the field. The editors examine the importance of establishing egalitarian relationships and acknowledging their impact on findings and theories. Editor(s): Nash, June C.; Buechler, Hans C. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137521224
- ISBN
- 9781137521224
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€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Paperback. The single comprehensive treatment of the field, from the leading members of the Society of Ethnobiology The field of ethnobiology-the study of relationships between particular ethnic groups and their native plants and animals-has grown very rapidly in recent years, spawning numerous subfields. Editor(s): Anderson, E. N.; Pearsall, Deborah; Hunn, Eugene S.; Turner, Nancy. Num Pages: 412 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCD; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 412
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470547854
- ISBN
- 9780470547854
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Condition: New
€ 132.95
€ 132.95
Paperback / so. Series: Duv Sozialwissenschaft. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFD; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universit?tsverlag United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783824443987
- ISBN
- 9783824443987
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Condition: New
€ 71.70
€ 71.70
Hardcover. This book examines the development of enterprise among key migrant groups in Europe and the United States. It argues that the development of 'ethnic economies' provides the material basis for alternative models of social integration, such as multiculturalism 'from below', which are critical of mainstream assimilationist thinking. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN; JFSL; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. 256 pages, 26 black & white tables. This book examines the development of enterprise among key migrant groups in Europe and the United States. It argues that the development of 'ethnic economies' provides the material basis for alternative models of social integration, such as multiculturalism 'from below', which are critical of mainstream assimilationist thinking. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN; JFSL; JHBL. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230229341
- ISBN
- 9780230229341
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Condition: New
€ 67.35
€ 67.35
Paperback. This book examines the development of enterprise among key migrant groups in Europe and the United States. Itargues that the development of 'ethnic economies' provides the material basis for alternative models of social integration, such as multiculturalism 'from below', which are critical of mainstream assimilationist thinking." Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL; JHBL; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349310760
- ISBN
- 9781349310760
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€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Paperback. Editor(s): Larson, Brooke; Harris, Olivia; Tandeter, Enrique. Num Pages: 440 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 798.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822316473
- ISBN
- 9780822316473
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€ 41.99€ 31.02
€ 41.99
€ 31.02
hardcover. Presents an account of the ways in which ethnic populations are remaking themselves in the image of the corporation - while corporations coopt ethnic practices to open up fresh markets and regimes of consumption. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 236 pages, 15 colour plates. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114712
- ISBN
- 9780226114712
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Condition: New
€ 94.03€ 79.41
€ 94.03
€ 79.41
Paperback. Addressing continuity and change in debates on ethnicity, health and health care, this volume considers the implications of national and international social, political and economic realities for health and health care provision to minority ethnic groups. Editor(s): Ahmad, Waqar; Bradby, Hannah. Series: Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405168984
- ISBN
- 9781405168984
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Condition: New
€ 29.60
€ 29.60
Paperback. An exploration of the social space occupied by both gender and ethnicity, which uses examples ranging from Punjabi families in the UK and Surinamese migrants in Amsterdam, to Hindu and Muslim women and black nurses in Britain, the African and Asian diasporas, and gender identity in post-Soviet Latvia. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333711125
- ISBN
- 9780333711125
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Condition: New
€ 71.38
€ 71.38
Hardback. John Carter explores the impact of race and racism in different occupational spheres within the labour market. He applies the concept of social closure to the analysis of the position of ethnic minority workers within the labour market. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333929223
- ISBN
- 9780333929223
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Condition: New
€ 127.36
€ 127.36
Paperback. An analysis of the aspirations of different groups living in East London and the strategies they have used to improve their status. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; JFSC; JFSG; JFSL1; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847426505
- ISBN
- 9781847426505
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€ 38.99€ 37.78
€ 38.99
€ 37.78
Paperback. Ethnic groups continue to be conceived as entities and cast as actors. Journalists and others frame accounts of ethnic, racial, and national conflict as the struggles of internally homogeneous, externally bounded ethnic groups, races, and nations. In doing so, they adopt the participants language and contribute to the reification of ethnic groups. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 line illustration, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674022317
- ISBN
- 9780674022317
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.19
€ 40.99
€ 36.19
Hardback. Editor(s): Braathen, Einar. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; JFSL; JP; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312229887
- ISBN
- 9780312229887
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Condition: New
€ 193.93
€ 193.93
Hardcover. Transformations in Kalanga and Ndebele Societies, 1860-1990. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. 320 pages, 8, 8 black and white. A comparative study of identity shifts in two large ethnic groups in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JH; JFC; JHMC. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 31. Weight: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580464185
- ISBN
- 9781580464185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.64
€ 116.64