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Sociology & anthropology

Paperback. In researching this book, the author took on the role of a hostess in one of Tokyo's many "hostess clubs". The resulting text critically examines how such establishments create bonds among white-collar men and forge a masculine identity that suits the needs of their corporations. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ1; JHBK5; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226014876
ISBN
9780226014876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.67

Paperback. Examining the crossover traffic between Japan and the United States, this book explores the global popularity of Japanese youth goods while it questions the make-up of the fantasies and the capitalistic conditions of the play involved. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 356 pages, 48 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 14. Weight in Grams: 496. Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. 356 pages, 48 b/w photographs. Examining the crossover traffic between Japan and the United States, this book explores the global popularity of Japanese youth goods while it questions the make-up of the fantasies and the capitalistic conditions of the play involved. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHM. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 14. Weight: 496.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
356
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520245655
ISBN
9780520245655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.42

Paperback. This study of gender and sexuality in contemporary Japan investigates elements of Japanese popular culture including erotic comic books, stories of mother-son incest, lunchboxes - or obentos - that mothers ritualistically prepare for schoolchildren, and children's cartoons. Num Pages: 251 pages, 27 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ; JHBK; JHMC; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406. Mothers, Comics and Censorship in Japan. 251 pages, 27 illustrations. This study of gender and sexuality in contemporary Japan investigates elements of Japanese popular culture including erotic comic books, stories of mother-son incest, lunchboxes - or obentos - that mothers ritualistically prepare for schoolchildren, and children's cartoons. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ; JHBK; JHMC; JMU. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight: 360.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
251
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520219908
ISBN
9780520219908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.00

Paperback. San Lorenzo, a neighborhood in the historic centre of Florence, and home to a market that has existed since before the Renaissance, is in transition. Globalization pressures-specifically international tourism and immigration-are forcing changes in the way vendors work, which in turn raises larger questions about identity. Series: Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom. Num Pages: 176 pages, 25. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JM; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442634619
ISBN
9781442634619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.63

paperback. Sabloff argues that the everyday practices of contemporary capitalist society reinforce our alienation from the rest of nature and reflects on how anthropology has contributed to the prevailing Western perception of a divide between nature and culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; JHMP; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802083616
ISBN
9780802083616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Random House Australia Australia
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857984289
ISBN
9780857984289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.07

Paperback. Editor(s): Vallianatos, Helen. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 2. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Demeter Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781772580808
ISBN
9781772580808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.88

Paperback. Series: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JHB; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838210339
ISBN
9783838210339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.85

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351924
ISBN
9780822351924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.89

Paperback. Series: The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues. Num Pages: 240 pages, 24. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486852
ISBN
9780801486852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.23

Paperback. An ethnography that focuses on Meratus Dayaks, a marginal and marginalized group in the deep rainforest of South Kalimantan, Indonesia. It looks not for consensus and coherence in Meratus culture but rather allows individual Meratus men and women to return our gaze. Num Pages: 368 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFFK; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691000510
ISBN
9780691000510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.25

Paperback. .
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813529325
ISBN
9780813529325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.67

Hardback. As migration from poverty-stricken and conflict-affected countries continues to hit the headlines, this book focuses on an important counter-flow: the money that people send home. Despite considerable research on the impact of migration and remittances in countries of origin - increasingly viewed as a source of development capital.. Series: Forced Migration. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; JFFN; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845456443
ISBN
9781845456443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.22

Paperback. Architecture as imprint, as brand, as the new media of transformation--of places, communities, corporations, and people. Num Pages: 378 pages, 100 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AMA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 174 x 25. Weight in Grams: 990.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
378
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262515030
ISBN
9780262515030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 38.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBS; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509808106
ISBN
9781509808106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837628869
ISBN
9783837628869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.82
€ 52.06

Paperback. Are sex scandals simply trivial distractions from serious issues or can they help democratize politics? Looking at six major British scandals between 1763 and 1820, this book demonstrates that scandals brought people into politics because they evoked familiar stories of sex and betrayal. Num Pages: 328 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126012
ISBN
9780691126012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.17

Paperback. Series: Northern Hunter-Gatherers Research Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
CCI Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896445380
ISBN
9781896445380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 25.89

paperback. Synthesizes ethnographic field research, museum and archival research, and participation in cultural-revival and rights-based organising to show how women craft Ainu and indigenous identities through clothwork and how they also fashion lived connections to ancestral values and lifestyles. Series: School for Advanced Research Global Indigenous Politics Series. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780826357366
ISBN
9780826357366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.71

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813564807
ISBN
9780813564807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.93

Paperback. Proposes a fresh approach that unites the study of religion with fields as diverse as neuroscience, anthropology, sociology, and psychology to better understand how these processes are incorporated into the broader cultural formations we think of as religious or spiritual. Num Pages: 232 pages, 7 line illus. 7 tables. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140889
ISBN
9780691140889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.61

Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 halftones. 7 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 10.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173924
ISBN
9780691173924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.77

Paperback. In this rich and humane book Ann Orbach explores, from the point of view of a psychotherapist, the subject of death in all its manifestations. Her intention is to look at death and what it means to us, as a means of coming to terms with the inevitable, and helping others to do so. Num Pages: 200 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JHBZ; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853025532
ISBN
9781853025532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.65

Paperback. What are the differences between the sexes? The author sets out to answer this question. To answer it, she draws on the evidence of biology, anthropology, sociology and the study of animal behaviour to cut through popular myths and reach the underlying truth. Num Pages: 172 pages, Includes 8 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472435620
ISBN
9781472435620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.78

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