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Sociology & anthropology

Hardcover. The scholarship of Ulf Hannerz is characterized by its extraordinary breadth and visionary nature. He has contributed to the understanding of urban life and transnational networks, and the role of media, paradoxes of identity and new forms of community, suggesting to see culture in terms of flows rather than as bounded entities. Editor(s): Eriksen, Thomas Hylland; Garsten, Christina; Randeria, Shalini. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 23. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782384496
ISBN
9781782384496
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.33

Hardcover. Whose Cosmopolitanism? examines cosmopolitanism's possibilities, aspirations and applications - as well as its tensions, contradictions, and discontents - from a range of different disciplinary perspectives. The book investigates cosmopolitanism's emergence as a contemporary social process, global aspiration or emancipatory political project.. Editor(s): Schiller, Nina Glick; Irving, Andrew. Num Pages: 268 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: JHMC; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782384458
ISBN
9781782384458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.00

Hardcover. Nighttime breastfeeding and sleep for many new parents in the United States is fraught with intense challenges. Through a close ethnographic examination, this volume explores the impact of conflicting medical guidelines about breastfeeding and infant sleep, and uncovers cultural tensions about expectations for children and parents. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782384359
ISBN
9781782384359
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.21

Hardcover. The social and cultural changes of the last century have transformed death from an everyday fact to something hidden from view. Shifting between the practical and the theoretical, the professional and the intimate, the real and the fictitious, this collection of essays explores the continued power of death over our lives. Editor(s): Blanco, Jose-Maria; Vidal, Ricarda. Num Pages: 300 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782384335
ISBN
9781782384335
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.88

Hardcover. This book examines how collective memory and material culture are used to support present political and ideological needs in contemporary society. Using the memorialization of the Troubles in contemporary Northern Ireland as a case study.. Num Pages: 268 pages, 20 ills, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; JFCD; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782384076
ISBN
9781782384076
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.04

Hardcover. Inuit hunting traditions are rich in perceptions, practices and stories relating to animals and human beings. Laugrand and Oosten examine key figures such as the raven, an animal that has a central place in Inuit culture as a creator and a trickster, and qupirruit, a category consisting of insects and other small life forms. Num Pages: 424 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFZ; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 29. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782384052
ISBN
9781782384052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.75

Hardcover. The availability of food is an especially significant issue in zones of conflict because conflictnearly always impinges on the production and the distribution of food, and causes increased competition for food, land and resources Controlling the production of and access to food can also be used as a weapon by protagonists in conflict. Editor(s): Collinson, Paul; Macbeth, Helen M. Series: Anthropology of Food and Nutrition. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFCV; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782384038
ISBN
9781782384038
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.71

Hardcover. In the first ethnographic monograph of Americans in Italy, Catherine Trundle argues that charity and philanthropy are the central means by which many American women negotiate a sense of migrant belonging in Italy. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782383697
ISBN
9781782383697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.52

Hardcover. Presenting innovative conceptual approaches, this volume advances ethnographic research methods and critical scholarship regarding tourism and the imaginaries that drive it. The various authors contribute methodologically as well as conceptually to anthropology's grasp of the images, forces, and encounters of the contemporary world. Editor(s): Salazar, Noel B.; Graburn, Nelson H. H. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: JHBS; JHMC; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782383673
ISBN
9781782383673
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.19

Hardcover. Pacific Futures asks how our understanding of social life in the Pacific would be different if we approached it from the perspective of the futures which Pacific people dream of, predict or struggle to achieve, not the reproduction of cultural tradition. Editor(s): Rollason, Will. Series: Pacific Perspectives: Studies for the European Society for Oceanists. Num Pages: 260 pages, 2 ills. BIC Classification: 1MK; JFC; JFFR; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 232 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782383505
ISBN
9781782383505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.76

Hardcover. Gavin Smith opens and closes this series of interlinked essays by proposing a concise framework for untangling what he calls "the society of capital" and subsequently a potentially controversial way of seeing its contemporary features. This book tackles the political conundrums of our times and asks what roles intellectuals might play therein. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 244 pages, 1 ill. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782383000
ISBN
9781782383000
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.73

Hardcover. Offering new insights into the ways in which friendship is conceptualized and realized in various sub-Saharan African settings, the contributions to this volume depart from the recent tendency to study friendship in isolation from kinship. Editor(s): Guichard, Martine; Gratz, Tilo; Diallo, Youssouf. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782382867
ISBN
9781782382867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.44

Hardcover. In an age of information and new media the relationships between remembering and forgetting have changed. This volume addresses the tension between loud and often spectacular histories and those forgotten pasts we strain to hear. Employing social and cultural analysis, the essays within examine mnemonic technologies both new and old. Editor(s): Freeman, Lindsey A.; Nienass, Benjamin; Daniell, Rachel. Series: Remapping Cultural History. Num Pages: 254 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782382805
ISBN
9781782382805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.76

Hardcover. The provocative title of this book is deliberately and challengingly universalist, matching the theoretically experimental essays, where contributors try different ideas to answer distinct concerns regarding cosmopolitanism. Leading anthropologists explore what cosmopolitanism means in the context of everyday life.. Editor(s): Josephides, Lisette; Hall, Alexandra. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782382768
ISBN
9781782382768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.23

Hardcover. Contributing to identity formation in ethnically and religiously diverse postcolonial societies, this book examines the role played by creole identity in Indonesia, and in particular its capital, Jakarta. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 ills. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782382683
ISBN
9781782382683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.56

Hardcover. Throughout its history the concept of "Uzbekness," or more generally of a Turkic-speaking sedentary population, has continuously attracted members of other groups to join, as being Uzbek promises opportunities to enlarge ones social network. Accession is comparatively easy, as Uzbekness is grounded in a cultural model of territoriality.. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 292 pages, 37 ills, 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1FCU; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782382386
ISBN
9781782382386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.04

Hardcover. What happens when people "achieve"? Why do reactions to "achievement" vary so profoundly? And how might an anthropological study of achievement and its consequences allow us to develop a more nuanced model of the motivated agency that operates in the social world? These questions lie at the heart of this volume. Editor(s): Long, Nicholas J.; Moore, Henrietta. Series: Wyse Series in Social Anthropology. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 ills & tables. BIC Classification: JHMC; JMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782382201
ISBN
9781782382201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.68

Hardcover. The issues around settlement, belonging, and poor relief have for too long been understood largely from the perspective of England and Wales. This volume offers a pan-European survey that encompasses Switzerland, Prussia, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Britain. Editor(s): King, Steven; Winter, Dr. Anne, Ph.D. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 326 pages, 14 ills, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; JFC; JFFN; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782381457
ISBN
9781782381457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.33

Hardcover. This volume draws on ethnographic methods and analytical emic explorations in order to consider the impact of cultural difference, embodiment, and local knowledge on understanding obesity. It is through this reconstruction of how obesity and fatness are studied and understood that a new discussion will be introduced.. Editor(s): McCullough, Megan; Hardin, Jessica. Series: Food, Nutrition, and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 5 figs, 1 table. BIC Classification: JHMC; MBNH3; MMZF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 169 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782381419
ISBN
9781782381419
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.73

Hardcover. As well as providing a case study for the purpose of investigating the changing face of global tourism from the 19th to the 21st Century, this account of Japanese tourism explores both domestic social relations and international geographical, political and economic relations, especially in the northeast Asian context. Series: Asia Pacific Studies: Past and Present. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 ills. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHB; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782380757
ISBN
9781782380757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.73

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