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Society & culture: general
hardcover. The relationship between anthropologists' ethnographic investigations and the lived social worlds in which these originate is a fundamental issue for anthropology. Where some claim that only native voices may offer authentic accounts of culture and hence that ethnographers are only ever interpreters of it.. Editor(s): Deborah, James; Plaice, Evelyn; Toren, Christina. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 501.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456412
- ISBN
- 9781845456412
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€ 155.20
€ 155.20
Hardback. News stories provide an essential confirmation of our ideas about who we are, what we have to fear, and what to do about it: a marketplace of ideas, shopped by rational citizen decision makers but also a shared resource for grounding our contested narratives of identity in objective reality. Series: Anthropology of the Media. Num Pages: 216 pages, 3 ills. BIC Classification: JFD; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455798
- ISBN
- 9781845455798
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€ 154.72
€ 154.72
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. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781845455552
- ISBN
- 9781845455552
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€ 154.88
€ 154.88
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. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455545
- ISBN
- 9781845455545
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€ 154.32
€ 154.32
Hardback. This volume asks what really happens to social relations in the face of new types of transaction - such as organ donation, forensic identification and other new medical and reproductive technologies - that involve the use of corporeal material. Drawing on comparative insights into how human biological material is treated.. Editor(s): Lambert, Helen; McDonald, Maryon. Num Pages: 188 pages, 2 ills. BIC Classification: JFM; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455538
- ISBN
- 9781845455538
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€ 154.54
€ 154.54
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. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781845455491
- ISBN
- 9781845455491
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€ 155.40
€ 155.40
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455408
- ISBN
- 9781845455408
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Condition: New
€ 155.00
€ 155.00
Hardback. Recent years have witnessed a significant growth of interest in the consequences of political violence and displacement for the young. However, when speaking of childrenA" commentators have often taken the situation of those in early and middle childhood as representative of all young people under eighteen years of age. Editor(s): Hart, Jason. Series: Studies in Forced Migration. Num Pages: 321 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 570.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455286
- ISBN
- 9781845455286
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€ 166.66
€ 166.66
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. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455163
- ISBN
- 9781845455163
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Condition: New
€ 155.28
€ 155.28
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454920
- ISBN
- 9781845454920
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€ 155.68
€ 155.68
Hardback. The first German women's movement embraced the belief in a demographic surplus of unwed women, known as the FrauenuberschuA , as a central leitmotif in the campaign for reform. Proponents of the female surplus held that the advances of industry and urbanization had upset traditional marriage patterns.. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 304 pages, 26 tables, 23 figs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454807
- ISBN
- 9781845454807
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€ 155.80
€ 155.80
Hardback. As a religious and cultural minority in Turkey, the Alevis have suffered a long history of persecution and discrimination. In the late 1980s they started a movement for the recognition of Alevi identity in both Germany and Turkey. Today, they constitute a significant segment of Germany's Turkish immigrant population. Num Pages: 16 ills. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JFFN; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454784
- ISBN
- 9781845454784
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€ 155.45
€ 155.45
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. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454722
- ISBN
- 9781845454722
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€ 167.29
€ 167.29
Hardback. Cultural life in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) was strictly controlled by the ruling party, the SED, who attempted to dictate how people spent their free time by prohibiting privately organized leisure time pursuits and offering instead cultural activities in state institutions and organizations. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 239 pages, 2 ills. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; JFC; JHBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454586
- ISBN
- 9781845454586
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Condition: New
€ 155.00
€ 155.00
Hardback. Through an ethnography of the social and medical worlds of a community of Tibetan refugees in India, this book addresses two main questions: first, how has the prolonged displacement of Tibetan refugees affected concepts of health in the exile community? Second, how has exile changed traditional Tibetan medical practices? Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFD; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 345.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454579
- ISBN
- 9781845454579
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€ 154.20
€ 154.20
Hardback. For centuries, the rite of the tarantula was the only cure for those 'bitten' or 'possessed' by the mythic Apulian spider. Its victims had to dance to the local tarantella or 'pizzica' for days on end. Today, the pizzica has returned to the limelight, bringing to the forefront issues of performance, gender, identity and well-being. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 19 ills. BIC Classification: 1DST; ASDX; AVG; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454456
- ISBN
- 9781845454456
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Condition: New
€ 155.12
€ 155.12
Hardback. The Weimar Republic (1918-1933) was a crucial moment not only in German history but also in the history of both crime fiction and criminal science. This study approaches the period from a unique perspective - investigating the most notorious criminals of the time and the public's reaction to their crimes. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 169 pages, 15 ills. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; JFC; JKV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 169
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454395
- ISBN
- 9781845454395
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€ 154.60
€ 154.60
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454371
- ISBN
- 9781845454371
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€ 155.68
€ 155.68
Hardback. Under the current cartographies of globalism, where frontiers mutate, vacillate, and mark the contiguity of discourse, questioning the Spanish border seems a particularly urgent task. The volume engages a wide spectrum of ambivalent regions-subjects that currently are, or have been seen in the past, as spaces of negotiation and contestation. Editor(s): Sampedro, Benita; Doubleday, Simon R. Series: Remapping Cultural History. BIC Classification: 1DSE; JFC; JFFN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454340
- ISBN
- 9781845454340
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Condition: New
€ 155.23
€ 155.23
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454326
- ISBN
- 9781845454326
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Condition: New
€ 155.45
€ 155.45
Hardback. Inspired by the Rhetoric Culture Project, this volume focuses on the use of imagery, narrative, and cultural schemes to deal with predicaments that arise during the course of life. The contributors explore how people muster their resources to understand and deal with emergencies such as illness, displacement, or genocide. Editor(s): Carrithers, Michael. Series: Studies in Rhetoric and Culture. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454296
- ISBN
- 9781845454296
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€ 154.60
€ 154.60
The Modernist Imagination. Intellectual History and Critical Theory.
. Ed(S): Breckmann, Warren; Gordon, Peter Eli...
Hardback. Some of the most exciting and innovative work in the humanities is occurring at the intersection of intellectual history and critical theory. This volume includes work from some of the most prominent contemporary scholars in the humanities. Editor(s): Breckmann, Warren; Gordon, Peter Eli; Moses, A. Dirk. Num Pages: 417 pages, 8 ills. BIC Classification: HP; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 740.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 417
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454289
- ISBN
- 9781845454289
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Condition: New
€ 205.18
€ 205.18
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
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Condition: New
€ 155.80
€ 155.80
Hardback. Explores different attitudes and experiences of those women who sought to terminate an unwanted pregnancy and those who helped or hindered them. This study analyzes the dichotomy between medical theory and practice, and questions common assumptions that abortion was "a necessary evil," which needed strict regulation and medical control. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 298 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; JFMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453893
- ISBN
- 9781845453893
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Condition: New
€ 155.77
€ 155.77