Sociology & anthropology
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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the author lived with a community of Bedouins in the Western Desert of Egypt for nearly two years, studying gender relations, morality, and the oral lyric poetry through which women and young men express personal feelings. In this book, the poems are haunting, and the evocation of emotional life vivid. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 b/w images, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 321 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First Edition, Reissue, 30th Anniversary Edition,
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520292499
- ISBN
- 9780520292499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.89
€ 36.99
€ 36.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 479 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1DND; 3JJPG; HRCC7; JFC; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 179 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 479
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763504713
- ISBN
- 9788763504713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.94€ 44.27
€ 55.94
€ 44.27
Paperback. This text provides a detailed analysis of both the music and the cultural significance of children's songs among the Venda people of the northern Transvaal, South Africa. It examines topics such as role of melody in generating rhythm. Num Pages: 210 pages, 15 halftones, 14 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AVGH; JFSP1; JFSP2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226055114
- ISBN
- 9780226055114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.80
€ 40.99
€ 31.80
paperback. Translator(s): Hartley, Christine Schwartz. Series: The Griot Project Book Series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; GTB; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611486285
- ISBN
- 9781611486285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.93
€ 39.93
Paperback. Records the relationship that developed between the author and Diane DeVries, a woman born with all the physical and mental equipment she would need to live in our society - except arms and legs. This work argues that DeVries is a perfect example of an American woman coming of age in the second half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 299 pages, 21 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFSJ1; JHMC; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217164
- ISBN
- 9780520217164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.79
€ 36.99
€ 26.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 204 x 16. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061914317
- ISBN
- 9780061914317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.84
€ 16.99
€ 14.84
Hardcover. This is the first book to explore research on visiting friends and relatives (VFR). In assembling an international collection of quality VFR-related research the editors present the profiles, characteristics, opportunities and behaviours of VFR travel for the benefit of researchers, industry practitioners and educators. Editor(s): Backer, Elisa; King, Brian. Series: Aspects of Tourism. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845415181
- ISBN
- 9781845415181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.11
€ 170.11
Paperback. In Vicarious Kinks, Ummni Khan looks at the mass of claims that film, feminism, the human sciences, and law make about sadomasochism and its practitioners, and the way those claims become the basis for the legal regulation of sadomasochist pornography and practice. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442615519
- ISBN
- 9781442615519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.32
€ 45.99
€ 40.32
Hardcover. Upon the 25th anniversary of his passing, this collection addresses the wide application of Victor Turner's thought to cultural performance in the early 21st century. From anthropology, sociology, and religious studies to performance, cultural, and media studies, Turner's ideas have had a prodigious interdisciplinary impact. Editor(s): St. John, Graham. Num Pages: 358 pages, 27 ills. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454623
- ISBN
- 9781845454623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.48
€ 182.48
Paperback. An exciting factual romp through sexual desire, practises and deviance in the Victorian era. This book will be set out as a how-to guide of advice and ideas on sexuality from the Victorian period. Drawing on both satirical and real life events from the period, it explores every facet of sexuality that the Victorians encountered. Num Pages: 176 pages, 50 b/w integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 231 x 10. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781592861
- ISBN
- 9781781592861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; JFFH1; JHBZ; JMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630397
- ISBN
- 9780691630397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.86€ 70.69
€ 92.86
€ 70.69
A portrait of Victorian society and culture, this text presents aspects of the age through profiles of pioneering figures. It covers attitudes to a range of issues from education, health and self-help to civic ideals and sexual identity. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBG; HBLL; HBTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582292895
- ISBN
- 9780582292895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Paperback. Video Art Theory: A Comparative Approach demonstrates how video art functions on the basis of a comparative media approach, providing a crucial understanding of video as a medium in contemporary art and of the visual mediations we encounter in daily life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AS; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118475461
- ISBN
- 9781118475461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.91
€ 48.91
Paperback. Video is an increasingly important topic in the social sciences, particularly in the US, UK, Europe and the Far East, where researchers and students are using this widely available technology to gather data about a wide range of social activities. Series: Introducing Qualitative Methods Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 167 x 11. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781412929431
- ISBN
- 9781412929431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.93
€ 58.93
Paperback. This work looks at the ways in which hunting has figured in the Western imagination, from the myth of Artemis to the tale of Bambi. Num Pages: 347 pages, 17 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; WSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674937369
- ISBN
- 9780674937369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.32€ 48.25
€ 52.32
€ 48.25
Hardcover. A study of the innovations, obligations, and fresh possibilities in the field of visual anthropology. It concentrates on documentary photography and ethnographic film, as well as lesser-known areas of study and presentation including dance, painting, architecture, archaeology, and primate research. Editor(s): Strong, Mary; Wilder, Laena. Num Pages: 384 pages, 166 colour and b&w figures, 3 tables, 1 diagram, 1 box. BIC Classification: AJCR; APF; JFC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 284 x 223 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1988.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292706712
- ISBN
- 9780292706712
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.28
€ 102.28
Hardcover. Throughout southwestern Nigeria, Yoruba men and women create objects called aale to protect their properties-farms, gardens, market goods, piles of collected firewood-from the ravages of thieves and Vigilant Things argues that aale are keys to understanding how images function in Yoruba social and cultural life. Num Pages: 416 pages, 87 illus., 77 in color. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; ACBK; JFCD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 185 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1228.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990736
- ISBN
- 9780295990736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Paperback. Vigilantes and lynch mobs not only usurped the authority of the law, they shaped the histories of their actions Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JHMP; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439908457
- ISBN
- 9781439908457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.75
€ 31.99
€ 28.75
Village Life in Hong Kong: Politics, Gender, and Ritual in the New Ter...
Watson, James L., Watson, Rubie S.
Paperback. Constituting an ethnographic record of a cultural system teetering on the threshold of the historic transition, this book explores the cultural traditions of Cantonese villagers who first settled in South China's Pearl River Delta during the Tang and Song dynasties. It features two villages in particular: San Tin and Ha Tsuen. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 3JJP; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629961183
- ISBN
- 9789629961183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.04
€ 33.04
Paperback. An unvarnished account of the harsh living conditions and often brutal relationships within peasant families in Tsarist Russia Editor(s): Ransel, David L.; Levine, Michael. Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian & East European Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 22 b&w photos, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253207845
- ISBN
- 9780253207845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.46
€ 17.99
€ 17.46