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Sociology & anthropology
Hardback. Centering on "moving places" - places with locations that are not fixed, but relative - this book draws together contributions from Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa, exploring practices and experiences of movement, non-movement, and place-making. Editor(s): Gregoric Bon, Natasa; Repic, Jaka. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 253 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332425
- ISBN
- 9781785332425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.56
€ 164.56
Hardcover. Biomedical Entanglements is an ethnographic study of the Giri people of Papua New Guinea, focusing on the indigenous population's interaction with modern medicine. The study bridges medical anthropology and global health, exploring how the 'biomedical' is imbued with social meaning and how biomedicine affects Giri ways of life. Series: Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4 maps, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMC; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
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- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332340
- ISBN
- 9781785332340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.76
€ 162.76
Hardback. The book examines the causes and consequences of infertility and the rapid proliferation of new reproductive technologies in 'modern India'. The book emerges from an ethnographic inquiry that explains how assisted conception, as a means of bypassing infertility, is being accommodated, understood and used in India today. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHMC; MFKC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 584.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
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- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332302
- ISBN
- 9781785332302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.24
€ 163.24
Hardcover. Using quantitative and qualitative data gathered since the turn of the millennium, this volume offers an interdisciplinary evaluation of social and economic changes amongst the Gwich'in Natives of Alaska. Num Pages: 232 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785331619
- ISBN
- 9781785331619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.44
€ 162.44
Hardcover. In a unique methodological contribution, Ramsey Elkholy adopts a set of body-centered approaches that reflect and capture the day-to-day, moment-to-moment ways in which the hunters and gatherers of Orang Rimba, Sumatra, engage with the world. Num Pages: 268 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 262 x 21. Weight in Grams: 556.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785331596
- ISBN
- 9781785331596
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.07
€ 163.07
Hardcover. Stuart Marks explores an emergent dissonance with the inconvenient conventions and myths of conservationists, administrators and philanthropists who seek to intervene in Africa's environmental and wildlife crises on new terms and with technical means. Num Pages: 518 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMZ; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 894.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785331572
- ISBN
- 9781785331572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 216.11
€ 216.11
Hardcover. Through fascinating explorations of the museums and domestic spaces of eight Israeli communities, Judy Jaffe-Schagen gives a powerful account of museums' role in state formation, proposing a new approach for societies in conflict. Series: Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement. Num Pages: 252 pages, 44 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; GM; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785331343
- ISBN
- 9781785331343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.56
€ 162.56
Hardback. Exploring various contemporary case studies and historic cultural renditions of boat migrations undertaken by asylum seekers and refugees, this book shows that boats not only move people and cultural capital between places, but also fuel cultural fantasies, dreams of adventure and hope, along with fears of invasion and terrorism. Editor(s): Mannik, Lynda. Series: Forced Migration. Num Pages: 284 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 316 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785331015
- ISBN
- 9781785331015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.04
€ 163.04
Hardback. Through ethnography of the Amazonia region, Ownership and Nurture sets new and challenging terms for debates about the classic anthropological theme of property. This volume demonstrates that property relations are of central importance in Amazonia despite portrayals of the region as the antithesis of Western, property-based, civilization. Editor(s): Brightman, Marc; Grotti, Vanessa Elisa; Fausto, Carlos. Num Pages: 278 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785330834
- ISBN
- 9781785330834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.00
€ 163.00
Hardback. This volume explores the implication of modern law in the seemingly ancient cultural practice of karo kari, which allows male family members to take the lives of female relatives accused of adultery. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 300 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JFSJ1; JHMC; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785330810
- ISBN
- 9781785330810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.09
€ 163.09
Hardcover. Num Pages: 274 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSJ; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785330773
- ISBN
- 9781785330773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.92
€ 162.92
Hardcover. Writing of Ranongga Island, the author tracks engagements with foreigners across many realms of life, describing startling reversals in which strangers become attached to local places, even as kinspeople are estranged. Series: ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLS; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 610.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785330209
- ISBN
- 9781785330209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.19
€ 163.19
Hardback. Although academic writing is an anthropologist's primary genre, they also write in many others, from drafting administrative texts and filing reports to composing ethnographically inspired journalism and fiction. This book explores how writing shapes anthropologists and their discipline. Editor(s): Wulff, Helena. Num Pages: 276 pages, 2 illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785330186
- ISBN
- 9781785330186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.04
€ 163.04
Paperback. With debates on the meaning of 'liberal society' more heated than ever, this is a timely re-issue of a classic text Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JHBA; JHM; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784786472
- ISBN
- 9781784786472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.64
€ 21.99
€ 18.64
Hardback. Editor(s): Plotkin, Sidney. Series: Anthem Companions to Sociology. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783082797
- ISBN
- 9781783082797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.21
€ 139.21
Hardback. Many young men in a Gambian village, although eager to travel for money and experience, settle as farmers, family heads, businessmen, civic activists or, alternatively, as employed, demoted youth. This ethnography focuses on these "stayers," who enable others to migrate while preserving the values and traditions of rural, sedentary life. Num Pages: 244 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDG; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782387794
- ISBN
- 9781782387794
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.56
€ 164.56
Hardback. This volume explores political culture, especially the catastrophic dimension of the global social order emerging in the twenty-first century. An array of case studies provide an account of how change is experienced, negotiated, and resisted in specific settings that define a society's capacity for political action. Editor(s): Hariman, Robert; Cintron, Ralph. Series: Studies in Rhetoric and Culture. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782387466
- ISBN
- 9781782387466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.92
€ 162.92
Hardcover. Managing social relationships for childless couples in pro-natalist societies can be a difficult art to master. With ethnographic research gathered in northwestern Turkey, this book explores infertility & assisted reproductive technologies within a secular Muslim population & how social experience leads to a decision for (or against) having an IVF. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JHBK; JHMC; MJTF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782386346
- ISBN
- 9781782386346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.49
€ 162.49
Hardcover. This ethnography details changing Ewenki ways of life brought China's recent ecological migration policies, which aim to preserve and restore the badly damaged ecologies of western China. This ethnography examines these policies and their effects on Aoluguya Ewenki hunters, who have been relocated. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782386322
- ISBN
- 9781782386322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.59
€ 162.59
Hardcover. Developing an international approach, this book reviews references to "race," "racism," and "ethnicity" in the social sciences. It identifies promising lines of research that may make it possible to supersede misleading notions of race that took hold in the USA after the Civil War. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782386032
- ISBN
- 9781782386032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.80
€ 161.80