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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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€ 72.18
€ 72.18
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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€ 66.88
€ 66.88
paperback. What happens when citizens are refashioned as consumers? Drawing on diverse disciplines and ethnographies from five continents, this collection considers neoliberal reform from the standpoint of people's self-understandings as social and political actors. Editor(s): Greenhouse, Carol J. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPFK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222326
- ISBN
- 9780812222326
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€ 36.99€ 34.28
€ 36.99
€ 34.28
Hardback. Rather than measure the actions of their subjects by reference to either universal rationality or cultural relativism, contributors in this volume describe ordinary people as they value human relationships and reason through the commonplace contradictions of their local way of life in a global age. Editor(s): Sykes, Karen. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230609815
- ISBN
- 9780230609815
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€ 66.84
€ 66.84
Paperback. "This collection of essays is the product of a series of workshops over a long period where the organizing themes were debated and modified and drafts of the articles discussed and revised"--P. [189]. Editor(s): Sykes, K. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAC; JHM; JHMC; PGC; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349376254
- ISBN
- 9781349376254
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Condition: New
€ 67.43
€ 67.43
Hardback. This is a comprehensive, insightful, and state-of-the-art overview of the everyday work and activities of legal and social control professionals, functionaries, and participants, highlighting the distinctive contributions that ethnographic and ethnomethodologically-informed studies have to offer research on law and social control. Editor(s): Burns, Stacy Lee. Series: Sociology of Crime, Law & Deviance. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762311286
- ISBN
- 9780762311286
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€ 196.17
€ 196.17
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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Condition: New
€ 36.19
€ 36.19
Ethnographies of Education and Cultural Conflicts: Strategies and Reso...
. Ed(S): Jeffrey, Bob; Walford, Geoffrey
hardcover. Contains articles that exemplify the conflicts, the coping strategies and resolutions adopted by those at the policy implementation interface. Examination of these processes using ethnographic methods identifies and characterises these tensions and provides research findings that can be used to construct solutions. Editor(s): Jeffrey, Bob; Walford, Geoffrey. Series: Studies in Educational Ethnography. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- JAI Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780762311125
- ISBN
- 9780762311125
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Condition: New
€ 222.36
€ 222.36
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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Condition: New
€ 129.12
€ 129.12
Paperback. This bookexplores 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, M.; Goodwin, D.; Mesman, Jessica. Num Pages: 279 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBL; KJU; KJWB; MJ; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349308477
- ISBN
- 9781349308477
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Condition: New
€ 128.91
€ 128.91
Hardback. Editor(s): Anderson, David G.; Berglund, Eeva. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: JHM; RG; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571814647
- ISBN
- 9781571814647
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Condition: New
€ 163.94
€ 163.94
Ethnographically Speaking: Autoethnography, Literature, and Aesthetics
. Ed(S): Bochner, Arthur P.; Ellis, Carolyn
hardcover. This volume presents explorations in the literary turn in ethnographic work. Drawing from a range of disciplines, such as sociology, philosophy, psychology and English, the author demonstrates the ways in which ethnography can be effectively expressed. Editor(s): Bochner, Arthur P.; Ellis, Carolyn. Series: Ethnographic Alternatives Series. Num Pages: 432 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DS; GT; HP; JHMP; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 767.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759101289
- ISBN
- 9780759101289
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Condition: New
€ 184.14
€ 184.14
Paperback. Maps the circuits of cross fertilizations among disciplines in the humanities and social sciences that have developed from Clifford Geertz's "interpretive turn." This volume interrogate the fixity of interpretation and open new spaces of inquiry. Editor(s): Panourgia, Neni. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823228874
- ISBN
- 9780823228874
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.13
€ 41.99
€ 37.13
Hardback. Maps the circuits of cross fertilizations among disciplines in the humanities and social sciences that have developed from Clifford Geertz's "interpretive turn." This volume interrogate the fixity of interpretation and open new spaces of inquiry. Editor(s): Panourgia, Neni. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823228867
- ISBN
- 9780823228867
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Condition: New
€ 100.24
€ 100.24
Paperback. According to the people of the Mueda plateau in northern Mozambique, sorcerers remake the world by asserting the authority of their own imaginative visions of it. This work explores the issues provoked by this equation. A key theme of the author's research into sorcery is that one sorcerer's claims can be challenged or reversed by other sorcerers. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; HRKT; HRQX2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226893983
- ISBN
- 9780226893983
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.04
€ 26.99
€ 22.04
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137390431
- ISBN
- 9781137390431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.92
€ 161.92
Hardcover. In its assessment of the current 'state of play' of ethnographic practice in social anthropology, this volume explores the challenges that changing social forms and changing understandings of 'the field'pose to contemporary ethnographic methods. These challenges include the implications of the remarkable impact social anthropology is having.. Editor(s): Melhuus, Marit; Mitchell, Jon P.; Wulff, Helena. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456160
- ISBN
- 9781845456160
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Condition: New
€ 163.98
€ 163.98
Hardback. Num Pages: 218 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; JHMC; MBX; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137596840
- ISBN
- 9781137596840
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Condition: New
€ 139.54
€ 139.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415561815
- ISBN
- 9780415561815
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Condition: New
€ 58.06
€ 58.06
Paperback. One of the first books to provide an introduction to this field of visual anthropology, this edition reflect developments in the field over the 3 decades since its publication, focusing on the work of four seminal filmmakers - Jean Rouch, John Marshall, Robert Gardner, and Timothy Asch. It discusses numerous aspects of making ethnographic films. Num Pages: 180 pages, 1 figure, 19 tables. BIC Classification: APFA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292714588
- ISBN
- 9780292714588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.76
€ 20.99
€ 20.76