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Paperback. Explores Palo, a Kongo-inspired 'society of affliction' that is poorly understood at the margins of Cuban popular religion. This title draws upon the critiques of Western metaphysics, revealing what this little known practice can tell us about sensation, transformation, and redemption in the Black Atlantic. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468. Quita Manaquita and Palo Praise in Cuba. 328 pages. Explores Palo, a Kongo-inspired 'society of affliction' that is poorly understood at the margins of Cuban popular religion. This title draws upon the critiques of Western metaphysics, revealing what this little known practice can tell us about sensation, transformation, and redemption in the Black Atlantic. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JHMC. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight: 452.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256842
ISBN
9780520256842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.17

Hardback. Investigates late antique Christian heresiologies as ethnographies that catalogued and detailed the origins, rituals, doctrines, and customs of the heretics in explicitly polemical and theological terms. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: HRC; HRKP; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520284265
ISBN
9780520284265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHBS; JHMC; UDBV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691168340
ISBN
9780691168340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.09

paperback. Considers how interdisciplinary collaboration between anthropology and queer studies might enrich both fields. This book provides several in-depth case studies, primarily concerning the lives of Indonesian men who term themselves gay (an Indonesian-language word that overlaps with, but does not correspond exactly to, English "gay"). Num Pages: 312 pages, 19 illustrations, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFSK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822339915
ISBN
9780822339915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.06

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226359939
ISBN
9780226359939
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 298 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226360133
ISBN
9780226360133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.26

Paperback. Editor(s): Dillehay, Tom D. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia. Num Pages: 440 pages, 45 black-and-white illustrations, 45 black-and-white photographs, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 738.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884023746
ISBN
9780884023746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.20

Paperback. Editor(s): Denison, Tom; Sarrica, Mauro; Stillman, Larry. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Monash University Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781921867620
ISBN
9781921867620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.92

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHM; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231168403
ISBN
9780231168403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.06

Hardback. Editor(s): Fisher, Tom; Gamman, Lorraine. Num Pages: 256 pages, 42 BW illus. BIC Classification: AC; AKP; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474277181
ISBN
9781474277181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.75

Paperback. A comprehensive study of the cultural ecology, demography, and domestic organization of one village undergoing socioeconomic changes, the Tamang community of Timling. Num Pages: 243 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 454. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reissue
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
243
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
SKU
KRF0025810
ISBN
9780231100076
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. This volume features essays on the church and religion in contemporary Europe. Topics include: the Church and democracy in modern Europe; church and media domination; and Protestants in a Catholic state - a silent minority in Ireland. Editor(s): Inglis, Tom; Mach, Zdzislaw; Mazanek, Rafal. Num Pages: 208 pages, index, references, notes. BIC Classification: HRA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621502
ISBN
9781900621502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.50

Paperback. This volume features essays on the church and religion in contemporary Europe. Topics include: the Church and democracy in modern Europe; church and media domination; and Protestants in a Catholic state - a silent minority in Ireland. Editor(s): Inglis, Tom; Mach, Zdzislaw; Mazanek, Rafal. Num Pages: 228 pages, index, references, notes. BIC Classification: HRA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621519
ISBN
9781900621519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.90

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; KJC; KJU; KJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629560311
ISBN
9781629560311
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 131 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 10. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590336489
ISBN
9781590336489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.92

Paperback. .
Publisher
Societas
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845401870
ISBN
9781845401870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFFK; JHBL; KCA; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Scribe Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911344018
ISBN
9781911344018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.37

Paperback. A practical introduction to the process of designing, doing and writing up research with children and young people. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: GPS; JFSP1; JHBC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Third Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857028860
ISBN
9780857028860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.52

Paperback. Observes that the modern study of religion is peculiarly ambivalent toward the question of origin. Historians of religion have abandoned speculative quests for the origin of religion; at the same time, they allege that concepts of absolute beginnings are fundamental to religion itself. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226509853
ISBN
9780226509853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.43

Hardback. Experiments in Holism : Theory and Practice in Contemporary Anthropologypresents a series of essays from leading anthropologists that critically reexamine the relevance of holism as a foundational tenet of anthropology, and its theoretical and methodological potential in today's world. Editor(s): Otto, Ton; Bubandt, Nils. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 179 x 23. Weight in Grams: 758.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444333237
ISBN
9781444333237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.51

Paperback. Tradition helps to ensure continuity and stability in human affairs, signifying both the handing down of cultural heritage from one generation to the next, and the particular customs, beliefs and rituals being handed down. This work seeks to highlight the invention and revival of traditions. Editor(s): Otto, Ton; Pedersen, Poul. Num Pages: 355 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 176 x 25. Weight in Grams: 902.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
355
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779341388
ISBN
9788779341388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.81

Hardback. Willem Assies died in 2010 at the age of 55. The various stages of his career as a political anthropologist of Latin American illustrate how astute a researcher he was. This collection brings together some of Willem Assies' best, most fascinating, and still highly relevant writings. Editor(s): Salman, Ton; Marti i Puig, Salvador; Haar, Gemma van der. Series: CEDLA Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 340 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; JHMC; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782382928
ISBN
9781782382928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.59

Paperback. outlines current challenges facing older people and their families both in the United States and around the world. Provides an overview of current theoretical and methodological issues; generational influences on well-being, as well as generational influences on caregiving. Series: Journal of Social Issues (JOSI). Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405185844
ISBN
9781405185844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.86

Hardback. This book presents a wide range of important, lively and engaging readings, aiming to capture the originality of Bauman's special way of doing sociology and all the complexity of his core ideas, in a way that connects with twenty-first century minds. Editor(s): Blackshaw, Tony. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 29. Weight in Grams: 796.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526100795
ISBN
9781526100795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.42

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