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Sociology & anthropology

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Sociology & anthropology

Paperback. "Boccaccio's Decameron and the Ciceronian Renaissance demonstrates that Boccaccio's puzzling masterpiece takes on organic consistency when viewed as an early modern adaptation of a pre-Christian, humanistic vision"-- Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349343942
ISBN
9781349343942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Details the technical, ethical, and affective formation of physicians Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; MBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444. An Ethnography of Anatomy and Surgery Education. Series: Experimental Futures. 312 pages. Details the technical, ethical, and affective formation of physicians. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHM; MBD. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 19. Weight: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351573
ISBN
9780822351573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Hardback. In Bodies in Formation, anthropologist Rachel Prentice enters surgical suites increasingly packed with new medical technologies to explore how surgeons are made in the early twenty-first century. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; MBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780822351436
ISBN
9780822351436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.56

Paperback. The dramatic story of human bodies that no longer behave in a manner modern medicine can predict and control Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; MBNH2; MMR; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814747520
ISBN
9780814747520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardcover. The history has resurrected from northern Europe's bogs several men, women, and children who were deposited there as sacrifices in the early Iron Age and kept intact by the chemical properties of peat. Offering an account of their modern afterlives, this title argues that the discovery of bog bodies began an extraordinary cultural journey. Num Pages: 320 pages, 63 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DN; HDDA; JFC; JHM; PSXE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226734040
ISBN
9780226734040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.06
€ 79.61

paperback. This beautifully written book explores the Iron Age bog bodies of northern Europe as cultural artefacts, objects of fascination to archaeologists and antiquaries, but also to artists, poets, philosophers and psychologists. Num Pages: 317 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HDDA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226734057
ISBN
9780226734057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.51

Paperback. This volume highlights advances made in palaeopathology and demography through the analyses of historic cemeteries. These advances include associating documentary evidence with skeletal evaluations, and the application of new evaluative techniques. Editor(s): Grauer, Anne L. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JHBD; JHMP; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 169 x 14. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471042792
ISBN
9780471042792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 181.48

Paperback. Since the 1980s, tattooing has emerged anew in the United States as a widely appealing cultural, artistic, and social form. This title explains how elite tattooists, magazine editors, and leaders of tattoo organizations have downplayed the working-class roots of tattooing in order to make it more palatable for middle-class consumption. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFY; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
1st
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822324676
ISBN
9780822324676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Hardback. Series: Stanford Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JHMC; JPVH; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804798488
ISBN
9780804798488
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.77

Paperback. Series: Stanford Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JHMC; JPVH; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804799782
ISBN
9780804799782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Favazza critically assesses new and significant biological, ethnological, social, and psychological findings regarding self-injury; presents current understandings of self-injurious acts from cultural and clinical perspectives; and places self-mutilation in historical and contemporary context. Num Pages: 352 pages, 17, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; JMH; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
third edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801899669
ISBN
9780801899669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.39

Hardback. Favazza critically assesses new and significant biological, ethnological, social, and psychological findings regarding self-injury; presents current understandings of self-injurious acts from cultural and clinical perspectives; and places self-mutilation in historical and contemporary context. Num Pages: 352 pages, 17, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; JHMC; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
3 Rev ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801899652
ISBN
9780801899652
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.00

Paperback. Editor(s): Casanova, E; Jafar, A. Num Pages: 204 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JFSR; JHB; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349476039
ISBN
9781349476039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.70

Paperback. The original scholarly research and first-person accounts of embodiment in this volume explore the role of bodies in the flows of people, money, commodities, and ideas across borders. Editor(s): Casanova, Erynn Masi de; Jafar, Afshan. Num Pages: 228 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JFFS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137556578
ISBN
9781137556578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.92

Hardcover. The original scholarly research and first-person accounts of embodiment in this volume explore the role of bodies in the flows of people, money, commodities, and ideas across borders. Editor(s): Casanova, Erynn Masi de; Jafar, Afshan. Num Pages: 204 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JFFS; JFSJ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137372185
ISBN
9781137372185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.49

Hardback. Probes the ideological assumptions underlying the transfer of body parts, the social significance of donors' deaths, and the medico-scientific desires surrounding complex forms of body repair. This book considers the experimental realm, in which nonhuman species and artificial devices present further opportunities for recovery and for controversy. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBZ; JHMC; MNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138383
ISBN
9780231138383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.06
€ 73.24

Paperback. The therapeutic gap between traditional and modern medicine Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: JHM; MBN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222459
ISBN
9780253222459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. An anthology applying Judith Butler's theories to religion. It uses her work to investigate a variety of topics in biblical, Islamic, Buddhist, and Christian traditions. It sheds light on Butler's ideas and highlights their ethical and political import. It discusses subjects such as religious rituals, and biblical constructions of sexuality. Editor(s): Armour, Ellen T.; Ville, St. Susan M. Series: Gender, Theory, and Religion. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HR; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231134071
ISBN
9780231134071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. Circumcision is a cultural phenomenon that affects 15.3 million children and young adults annually. This book explores the problem of male and female circumcision in modern society from religious, psychological, medical, and ethical perspectives. It illuminates the vulnerability of human society to medical, economic, and historical pressures. Editor(s): Denniston, George C. (University of Washington); Gallo, Pia Grassivaro; Hodges, Frederick Mansfield; Milos, Marilyn Fayre; Viviani, Franco. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFM; JHBT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402049156
ISBN
9781402049156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 232.72

Paperback. Editor(s): Denniston, George C.; Gallo, Pia Grassivaro; Hodges, Frederick Mansfield; Milos, Marilyn Fayre; Viviani, Franco. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFM; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2006
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048172252
ISBN
9789048172252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 227.37

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