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Hardcover. According to Max Weber, charisma is opposed to bureaucratic order. This collection reveals the limits of that formula. The contributors show how charisma is a part of cultural frameworks while retaining its ecstatic character among American and Italian Catholics, Syrian Sufis, Taiwanese Buddhists, Hassidic Jews, and Amazonian shamans, among others. Editor(s): Lindholm, Charles. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137377623
- ISBN
- 9781137377623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.71
€ 64.71
Paperback. * Offers an updated edition of this introduction to the anthropology of religion. * Discusses the origin and development of ideas within the discipline, as well as where the subject is going. * Introduces readers to the central theoretical ideas in the anthropology of religion and illustrates them with specific case studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405121057
- ISBN
- 9781405121057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.38
€ 38.38
Hardback. Work done within the area of political anthropology has been instrumental in exploring some of the most significant issues of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. In this work readers will find a collection of classic and contemporary articles on the subject. Editor(s): Vincent, Joan. Series: Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 488 pages, 10. BIC Classification: JHMC; JHMP; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 251 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1012.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631224396
- ISBN
- 9780631224396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.73
€ 148.73
Paperback. In The Anthropology of Politics: A Reader in Ethnography, Theory and Critique, editor Joan Vincent offers her readers a selection of classic and contemporary articles on the anthropology of politics. Her introduction, headnotes, and suggested readings make this an indispensable resource for students, scholars, and instructors alike. Editor(s): Vincent, Joan. Series: Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 488 pages, 10. BIC Classification: JHMC; JHMP; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 27. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 488
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631224402
- ISBN
- 9780631224402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.04
€ 47.04
Paperback. The Anthropology of Performance is an invaluable guide to this exciting and growing area. This cutting-edge volume on the major advancements in performance studies presents the theories, methods, and practices of performance in cultures around the globe. Series: Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: AN; JHBS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118323991
- ISBN
- 9781118323991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.62
€ 64.62
Hardcover. The Anthropology of Performance is an invaluable guide to this exciting and growing area. This cutting-edge volume on the major advancements in performance studies presents the theories, methods, and practices of performance in cultures around the globe. Series: Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; JHBS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 173 x 19. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118323984
- ISBN
- 9781118323984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.38
€ 127.38
Paperback. Anthropology's global, comparative perspective and ethnographic methods provide powerful insights for analyzing case studies from around the world. This title explores the role of news and journalism in contemporary culture from an anthropological perspective - as a form of cultural meaning-making in its creation, content, and dissemination. Editor(s): Bird, S. Elizabeth. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221261
- ISBN
- 9780253221261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Hardback. * Brings together key writings in the emergent field of the anthropology of media for the first time. * Offers critical overview of how mass media represents and constructs both Western and non--Western cultures. * Integrates key themes in the anthropology of media by means of editorial commentary. Editor(s): Askew, Kelly; Wilk, Richard R. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 432 pages, 11. BIC Classification: JFD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 185 x 29. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220930
- ISBN
- 9780631220930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.27
€ 156.27
Paperback. * Brings together key writings in the emergent field of the anthropology of media for the first time. * Offers critical overview of how mass media represents and constructs both Western and non--Western cultures. * Integrates key themes in the anthropology of media by means of editorial commentary. Editor(s): Askew, Kelly; Wilk, Richard R. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 432 pages, 11. BIC Classification: JFD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 174 x 24. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220947
- ISBN
- 9780631220947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.30
€ 48.30
Paperback. This volume offers anthropological perspectives on landscape, a topic of emerging interest for anthropologists, geographers, art historians and archaeologists. It proposes that landscape be conceptualized as a cultural process situated between "place" and "space". Editor(s): Hirsch, Eric; O'Hanlon, Michael. Series: Oxford Studies in Social & Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 280 pages, 36 black and white illustrations, line figures, tables. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198280101
- ISBN
- 9780198280101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 149.29
€ 149.29
Hardback. Updated with a fresh introduction and brand new selections, the second edition of The Anthropology of Globalization collects some of the decade's finest work on globalization, focusing on the increasing interconnectedness of people around the world, and the culturally specific ways in which these connections are mediated. Editor(s): Inda, Jonathan Xavier; Rosaldo, Renato. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 189 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1064.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405136136
- ISBN
- 9781405136136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.13
€ 126.13
Paperback. Updated with a fresh introduction and brand new selections, the second edition of The Anthropology of Globalization collects some of the decade's finest work on globalization, focusing on the increasing interconnectedness of people around the world, and the culturally specific ways in which these connections are mediated. Editor(s): Inda, Jonathan Xavier; Rosaldo, Renato. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 26. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405136129
- ISBN
- 9781405136129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.55
€ 49.55
Paperback. Editor(s): Hackett, Rosalind I. J.; Coleman, Simon. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814772607
- ISBN
- 9780814772607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. Discusses extinction as a force shaping socio-cultural and biological life Editor(s): Sodikoff, Genese Marie. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JHM; RNKH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780253223647
- ISBN
- 9780253223647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.17
€ 26.99
€ 25.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 27ill. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252012495
- ISBN
- 9780252012495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Hardback. Offers insights into the nature of expeditions and the human relationships that shaped them. This title examines, collected materials as well as museum and archive records, the contributors shed light on the complex social life and intimate work practices of the researchers involved in these expeditions. Num Pages: 250 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: JHM; PDX; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bard Graduate Center, Exhibitions Department United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941792001
- ISBN
- 9781941792001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.23€ 49.46
€ 58.23
€ 49.46
Paperback. Evil may be said to be shadowy, mysterious, covert, and associated with night, darkness, secrecy. It is a force acting to destroy the integrity, happiness and welfare of a normala society. It is at once the cause and the explanation of misfortune, of the wretchedness of human existence, and of our own individual wrongdoing. Editor(s): Parkin, Robert. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631154327
- ISBN
- 9780631154327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.57
€ 54.57
Hardcover. Exploring the role of empathy in a variety of Pacific societies, this book is at the forefront of the latest anthropological research on empathy. It presents distinct articulations of empathy in the Pacific region. More specifically, the volume examines significant regional patterns in the experience, enactment, recognition, and limits of empathy. Editor(s): Hollan, Douglas W.; Throop, C. Jason. Series: ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1MK; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857451026
- ISBN
- 9780857451026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.17
€ 155.17
Paperback. Drawing from the work of anthropologists, as well as that of economists, sociologists, historians, geographers, feminists, and post-Marxists, this book presents an anthropological approach to economy that highlights the centrality of communal processes in the market. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7. BIC Classification: JHMC; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631225676
- ISBN
- 9780631225676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.36
€ 47.36
Paperback. The Anthropology of Development and Globalization is a collection of readings that provides an unprecedented overview of this field that ranges from the field's classical origins to today's debates about the "magic" of the free market. Editor(s): Edelman, Marc; Haugerud, Angelique. Series: Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: GTF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 33. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631228806
- ISBN
- 9780631228806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.35
€ 51.35