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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Based on intensive fieldwork in Israel during the second intifada, this ethnographic study explores how Israeli Jews experience security in their everyday lives. When Israeli security imprints itself on individual lives, the book argues, security propagates the very fears it claims to prevent. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JHM; JKSW1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812222661
- ISBN
- 9780812222661
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
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Paperback. Anthropologist Sonia Silva examines how a community of Luvale people, Angolan refugees living in Zambia, use lipele divination baskets to cope with daily life in a new land and maintain connections to their past. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 188 pages, 37 illus. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812222685
- ISBN
- 9780812222685
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Pigeon Trouble chronicles a foreign-born anthropologist's venture into a miners' occult craft of pigeon shooting in the depths of Pennsylvania's anthracite coal country. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222708
- ISBN
- 9780812222708
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
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Paperback. Following the lives of a group of migrant Filipinas who worked as entertainers in South Korea and then journeyed to other parts of Asia, Europe, and the U.S., this ethnography provides a look at how work, sex, love, and ambition in migrants' lives intersect with larger issues of transnationalism, identity, and global hierarchies of inequality. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1FPKS; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812222777
- ISBN
- 9780812222777
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. Traditional marriage was not the only option for couples in medieval Europe. Alternative forms of union could make lives precarious but also provided a degree of flexibility. The study draws on a wide geographical and chronological range of examples in order to illustrate local difference while bringing out broad patterns. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; HBLC1; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 449.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780812222982
- ISBN
- 9780812222982
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. From the history of Porta Palazzo, Western Europe's largest open-air market, to its current growing pains, this book turns an ethnographic eye on a meeting place for trade, cultural identity, and cuisine. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; JHM; KJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223156
- ISBN
- 9780812223156
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.37
€ 37.99
€ 34.37
Hardback. "Schorman demonstrates in this readable study of 1890s U.S. society how fashion-which he defines as clothing everyone wears and the symbolic system connected to its choice-reflects the cultural dynamics caused by rapid social change and remnants of past attitudes."-Choice Num Pages: 224 pages, 45 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JH; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812237283
- ISBN
- 9780812237283
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Condition: New
€ 72.10
€ 72.10
Hardback. An exploration of the cultural mythology of skin color during the English Renaissance. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 628.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812238327
- ISBN
- 9780812238327
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Condition: New
€ 92.14
€ 92.14
Hardback. Focusing on interpersonal dynamics during conflict in the Republic of Macedonia, Neofotistos describes how Macedonians and Albanians in the city of Skopje responded to threatening political developments, negotiated relationships of power, and promoted indeterminacy on the level of the everyday as a sense of impending war enfolded the capital. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVWYM; HBJD; JHMP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812243994
- ISBN
- 9780812243994
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Condition: New
€ 76.95
€ 76.95
Hardcover. The first comprehensive ethnography of the Thangmi, a marginalized community who migrate between Himalayan border zones, Rituals of Ethnicity explores Thangmi cultural worlds and regional political histories to offer a new explanation for the persistence of enduring ethnic identities despite the realities of mobile, hybrid lives. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 328 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKN; JFSL; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 676.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812246834
- ISBN
- 9780812246834
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Condition: New
€ 92.52
€ 92.52
Hardcover. Death, Beauty, Struggle contains an original vision of gendered lives, poetry, devotion, and social hierarchy in Tamil Nadu. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812249057
- ISBN
- 9780812249057
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Condition: New
€ 92.29
€ 92.29
Hardcover. To be fat in a thin-obsessed gay culture can be difficult. Despite affectionate in-group monikers for big gay men-chubs, bears, cubs - the anti-fat stigma that persists in American culture at large still haunts these individuals who often exist at the margins of gay communities. This book delves into the world of Girth & Mirth. Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814708385
- ISBN
- 9780814708385
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Condition: New
€ 85.86
€ 85.86
Paperback. Tracing the evolution of each of the bad habits, this title shows how liquor control boards encouraged the consumption of alcohol; how alcoholic beverage producers got their workers deferred from the draft during World War II; and how convenience stores and accounting firms pursued profits by pushing legalized gambling. Editor(s): Burnham, John C. Series: Bad Habits. Num Pages: 378 pages, 34 photographs, 13 black and white drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFF; JHM; JMAL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814712245
- ISBN
- 9780814712245
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.98
€ 33.99
€ 30.98
Paperback. Dramatizes how everyday life in the United States intersects with and is influenced by the power of events, on the one hand, and forces of conformity and normalcy on the other. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814718971
- ISBN
- 9780814718971
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.95
€ 32.99
€ 29.95
Paperback. Who are the real parents of a child? What are the relationships and responsibilities between a child, the woman who carried it to term, and the egg donor? This book charts the response of the law to modern reproductive technology as it transforms our image of the family and is itself transformed by the tide of social forces. Num Pages: 287 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; LNDA; LNM; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814719176
- ISBN
- 9780814719176
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.98
€ 33.99
€ 30.98
Paperback. Reveals why we study popular culture and how it is taught in the classroom. Blending music, science fiction, and film, this book shows us that an informed awareness of politics, race, and sexuality is essential to any understanding of popular culture. It offers a glossary of useful terms, a sample syllabus and bibliography. Num Pages: 202 pages, glossary, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814726709
- ISBN
- 9780814726709
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.64
€ 30.99
€ 27.64
Paperback. The intense policing of women's reproductive capacity places women's health and human rights in great peril. This work looks beyond abortion to document how the law and the criminal justice system police women's rights to conceive, to be pregnant, and to raise their children. Series: Alternative Criminology. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK; JKV; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814727911
- ISBN
- 9780814727911
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Hardcover. Asks bold and direct questions about parenthood in contemporary society Editor(s): McClain, Linda C.; Cere, Daniel. Series: Families, Law, and Society. Num Pages: 405 pages, 10 tables, 12 figures. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 405
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814729151
- ISBN
- 9780814729151
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.31
€ 97.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBF; MJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814730751
- ISBN
- 9780814730751
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
Paperback. "God in Chinatown" is a study of the largest contemporary wave of new immigrants to Chinatown. Since the 1980s, tens of thousands of mostly rural Chinese have migrated from Fuzhou, on China's southeastern coast, to New York's Chinatown. Series: Religion, Race, & Ethnicity. Num Pages: 225 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814731543
- ISBN
- 9780814731543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.66
€ 32.99
€ 29.66