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Suggests that there is an irony in the festivities surrounding death and that the American response to death often develops into an event celebrating the ties between family members and friends. The author explores how modern American funerals and their accompanying rituals seem meant to benefit the living rather than the dead. Series: Material World. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813123806
- ISBN
- 9780813123806
Condition: New
€ 40.15
€ 40.15
Hardcover. This book offers insights into the lives of children and youth in Britain, Japan, Spain, Israel/Palestine, Pakistan, and Ethiopia. Attention is focused on the child's perspective within the social-power dynamics involved in child-adult relations, which reveals the dilemmas of policy, planning, and parenting in a changing world. Editor(s): Waldren, Jacqueline; Kaminski, Ignacy-Marek. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 206 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416. Childhood, Culture and Identity in a Changing World. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. 212 pages, 3 ills. Editor(s): Waldren, Jacqueline; Kaminski, Ignacy-Marek. This book offers insights into the lives of children and youth in Britain, Japan, Spain, Israel/Palestine, Pakistan, and Ethiopia. Attention is focused on the child's perspective within the social-power dynamics involved in child-adult relations, which reveals the dilemmas of policy, planning, and parenting in a changing world. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHM. Dimension: 160 x 234 x 16. Weight: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453259
- ISBN
- 9780857453259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.85
€ 154.85
Paperback. An in-depth study of lesbian, bi, and queer women's experiences of thinking about and trying to become a parent, Beyond Expectation draws on eighty-two narrative interviews conducted during the late 1990s in British Columbia. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442610088
- ISBN
- 9781442610088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.28
€ 38.99
€ 35.28
Hardback. In this important new book, Jacques Derrida talks with Bernard Stiegler about the effect of teletechnologies on our philosophical and political moment. Improvising before a camera, the two philosophers are confronted by the very technologies they discuss and so are forced to address all the more directly the urgent questions that they raise. Translator(s): Bajorek, Jennifer. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JHM; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745620367
- ISBN
- 9780745620367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Hardback.
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 441
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- V9781560721529
- ISBN
- 9781560721529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 231.72€ 173.42
€ 231.72
€ 173.42
Hardback. This ethnographic account invites readers to consider a fascinating case of globalized labor -- a Korean-owned and managed factory in China, operated by Chinese laborers, where the clash of cultures, traditions, and classes threatens both productivity and peace on the factory floor. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; GTF; JFFS; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804784542
- ISBN
- 9780804784542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.22
€ 71.22
paperback. Series: Studientexte Zur Soziologie. Num Pages: 231 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften Germany
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531140223
- ISBN
- 9783531140223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.62
€ 45.62
Paperback. Health and the Sociology of Emotions offers an appraisal of the current lively debates which challenge the contribution of the sociology of emotion to health, and of sociology of health and illness to a sociological understanding of emotion. Editor(s): James, Veronica; Gabe, Jonathan. Series: Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; JMH; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631203513
- ISBN
- 9780631203513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.26
€ 28.26
Paperback. Examining representations of Balinese culture in complex contexts of Indonesia's colonial history, Hindu ritual practice as opposed to Islam, and comparative Indo-European hierarchies, Boon offers a powerful critique of doctrinal approaches to culture, religion, literature, politics, and the history of ideas and disciplines. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1F; HBTB; HDD; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226064635
- ISBN
- 9780226064635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Editor(s): Gross, James A.; Compa, Lance A. Series: LERA Research Volume. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913447987
- ISBN
- 9780913447987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.27
€ 32.99
€ 26.27
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803958951
- ISBN
- 9780803958951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 44.23
€ 46.99
€ 44.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBS; WSBT; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781479868308
- ISBN
- 9781479868308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
hardcover. Offers an insider's view into the day-to-day lives of a self-selected group of male friends within this society in northern Zambia. This book examines the friends' vicarious experience with and orientation to the world through stories heard from their grandfathers and fathers. It represents a compilation of their direct experience in the world. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 b&w illustrations & 1 map. BIC Classification: 1H; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926247
- ISBN
- 9780813926247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.89
€ 74.89
Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 7 halftones. 23 line illus. 7 tables. BIC Classification: JHBA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691161563
- ISBN
- 9780691161563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.61
€ 65.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739148754
- ISBN
- 9780739148754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.32
€ 69.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739148747
- ISBN
- 9780739148747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.05
€ 146.05
Paperback. Series: Studies in Crime & Justice. Num Pages: 310 pages, xviii, 282 p. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226389776
- ISBN
- 9780226389776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Researchers finally have a resource that focuses on the research question, providing them with a unique approach that will help in the field. Key Ideas sections presented in each chapter act as an organising mechanism and look at the big picture of that chapter. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 193 x 14. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470139103
- ISBN
- 9780470139103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.75
€ 130.75
Paperback. Documents both traditional and contemporary male haunts, such as bars, barbershops, lodges, pool halls, strip clubs, garages, deer camps, megachurches, the basement Barcalounger, and examines their provenance, purpose, and appeal. Num Pages: 264 pages, 79 photographs. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231137355
- ISBN
- 9780231137355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.15
€ 30.99
€ 22.15
Hardback. A spirited exploration of the culture created when advertising becomes not just a central institution, but the central institution. Num Pages: 296 pages, 181 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM; KJSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231103244
- ISBN
- 9780231103244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.58€ 80.00
€ 104.58
€ 80.00