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Sociology & anthropology
Hardback. Once a central concept in anthropology, syncretism has re-emerged as a tool for understanding the dynamics of ethnicity, postcolonialism and transnationalism. This text formulates a view of the mixing and interpenetration of religious beliefs and practices, primarily from Africa and Europe. Editor(s): Greenfield, Sidney M.; Droogers, Andrew. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 1KJC; 1KLSB; HR; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847688524
- ISBN
- 9780847688524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.49
€ 161.49
Paperback. This book sets to clarify several basic topics in current humanities and social science discourses that are badly muddled. The heart of the clarification is contained in Barber's definition of culture, derived from social system theory, that provides us with a better understanding of today's debate on intellectuals and the pursuit of science. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847688609
- ISBN
- 9780847688609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.74
€ 50.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBL; JPA; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847688807
- ISBN
- 9780847688807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.93
€ 56.93
Paperback. A study of representation and the "politics of place" through a pedagogy of narrative-forming inquiry and a critical reflection on identity. It seeks to propose a multicultural revision of knowledge that displaces the binarisms of insider/outsider rather than shifting the margin to the centre. Series: Culture & Education Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JH; JNA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 255.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847688968
- ISBN
- 9780847688968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.15
€ 56.15
Hardback. An investigation of complexities that arise as ethnographers work with refugees. It explores issues surrounding power and disempowerment between researcher and subject; the protection of research informants; and the rights/actions of refugees in representing themselves and their cultures. Editor(s): Krulfeld, Ruth M.; MacDonald, Jeffery L. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFD; JHM; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847688975
- ISBN
- 9780847688975
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.53
€ 186.53
Hardback. Why is it that even amidst affluence and power, our culture is plagued by a variety of addictions? This work searches for answers by giving attention to our genetic legacy from our hunter-gatherer ancestors, as well as the way we adapt to our environment. Num Pages: 324 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFH1; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847689675
- ISBN
- 9780847689675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.49
€ 27.99
€ 25.49
Hardback. This new collection of Herbert J. Gans's scholarly and other writings, including excerpts from his most prominent ethnographic books, The Urban Villagers, The Levittowners, and Deciding What's News, will be a thought-provoking resource for social scientists, students, and all those who care about America. Series: Legacies of Social Thought Series. Num Pages: 361 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847690404
- ISBN
- 9780847690404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.87€ 74.81
€ 86.87
€ 74.81
Paperback. With a new introduction by the authors, this paperback edition of Jane Austen and the Fiction of Culture takes the complete body of work of a major novelist as the basis for rethinking ethnographic representation and cross-cultural analysis. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847690480
- ISBN
- 9780847690480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.49
€ 53.49
Hardback. From Contention to Democracy addresses a crucial aspect of contemporary societies: the role of social movements for political and social change. The volume gathers together essays written by prominent social theorists who have been asked to reflect on the relationship between movements and processes of social, political, and cultural change. Editor(s): Giugni, Marco G.; McAdam, Doug; Tilly, Charles. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847691050
- ISBN
- 9780847691050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.09
€ 174.09
Paperback. This collective biography records the contributions of 11 women educators and social activists concerned with issues of difference in schools and society during the last 100 years. It reveals their importance to contemporary debates about gender, pluralism and education in a democracy. Editor(s): Crocco, Margaret Smith; Davis, O. L., Jr. Num Pages: 304 pages, ports. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1; JHBA; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847691128
- ISBN
- 9780847691128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.52
€ 62.52
Paperback. This work seeks to incorporate the "postmodern" debate on the self with a philosophical exploration of identity and cultural formation, and the dynamics of social power underlying them. It analyzes the historical, social, political, religious and psychoanalytical dimensions of civilized life. Series: Postmodern Social Futures. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; JHM; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847691777
- ISBN
- 9780847691777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.80
€ 68.80
Paperback. Addresses the formation and fragmentation of identity in today's postmodern world. It surveys the range of 20th-century sociology to deconstruct those nostrums of subjective meaning, personal power and autonomous selfhood that comprise its semantics of agency. Series: Postmodern Social Futures. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847691791
- ISBN
- 9780847691791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.69
€ 71.69
Hardback. This volume develops a general theory of social evolution and uses it to explain important evolutionary transformations in human history. It includes a discussion of the biological constraints acting on humans that have helped to push social evolution along similar lines all over the world. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 753.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847691876
- ISBN
- 9780847691876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.70
€ 192.70
hardcover. The exact place of the family in a healthy political community, and the appropriate way to sustain it, are profoundly complicated and difficult questions. The distinguished contributors to this book endeavor to provide some answers. Editor(s): Wolfe, Christopher. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; JPH; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 575.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847692248
- ISBN
- 9780847692248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.68
€ 175.68
Paperback. The exact place of the family in a healthy political community, and the appropriate way to sustain it, are profoundly complicated and difficult questions. The distinguished contributors to this book endeavor to provide some answers. Editor(s): Wolfe, Christopher. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; JPH; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847692255
- ISBN
- 9780847692255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.95
€ 63.95
Paperback. An examination of notions of paternity and maternity in culture, film, science and law. It studies the role of paternal responsibility, virility and race in such events as the Million Man March and suggests ways to conceive of self-other relations and the subjective identity at stake in them. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JHBK; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847692538
- ISBN
- 9780847692538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.49
€ 29.99
€ 24.49
Paperback. An analysis of serious but subtle forms of oppression involving neither physical violence nor the use of law. It uncovers a set of underlying moral principles that account for the immorality of civilized oppression, and points to some of the implications for social and institutional life. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847692750
- ISBN
- 9780847692750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.57
€ 58.57
Hardback. This work explores major shifts and re-orientations in the history of American anthropology. It engages three fundamental intellectual-political challenges that American anthropology is destined to confront - becoming more self-reflexive, achieving holism, and defence of universal human rights. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847693726
- ISBN
- 9780847693726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.90
€ 193.90
Paperback. This book provides a sociological account of the events in Bosnia in the 1990s, including ethnic cleansing, mass rape, and the role of political journalists. Series: Postmodern Social Futures. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847693771
- ISBN
- 9780847693771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.95
€ 62.95
Paperback. Drawing on ideas from Charles Sander Pierce, George Herbert Mead, Kenneth Burke and Mikhail Bakhtin, this work focuses on the centrality of the social act in describing and understanding the beingness of the human individual, situating such acts in dialogic and rhetorical processes. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847693856
- ISBN
- 9780847693856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.45
€ 71.45