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Anthropology
Paperback. The Aghori have been known as the most radical ascetics in India: living naked on the cremation grounds, meditating on corpses, engaging in cannibalism and coprophagy, and consuming intoxicants out of human skulls. This book explores the dynamics of pollution, death, and healing in Aghor medicine. It examines a range of Aghor therapies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations, 1 map, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JFSR; JHM; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520252196
- ISBN
- 9780520252196
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.58
€ 38.99
€ 28.58
Paperback. Illustrates the power of rites to help us navigate life's troublesome transitions. This book covers the significant life events of birth, initiation, marriage, and death. It explores innovative rites for important events such as beginning school, same-sex commitment ceremonies, abortion, serious illness, divorce, and retirement. Series: Life Passages S. Num Pages: 393 pages, 6 figures, 7 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: HRLF; JFC; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 520. Re-Inventing Rites of Passage. Series: Life Passages S. 393 pages, 7 b&w photographs, 6 line illustrations. Illustrates the power of rites to help us navigate life's troublesome transitions. This book covers the significant life events of birth, initiation, marriage, and death. It explores innovative rites for important events such as beginning school, same-sex commitment ceremonies, abortion, serious illness, divorce, and retirement. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HRLF; JFC; JHBT; JHMC. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 26. Weight: 552.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 393
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236752
- ISBN
- 9780520236752
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.50
€ 38.99
€ 28.50
Hardback. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 169 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 169
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403966582
- ISBN
- 9781403966582
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Condition: New
€ 63.81
€ 63.81
Paperback. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403966605
- ISBN
- 9781403966605
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Condition: New
€ 62.91
€ 62.91
Hardcover. Suggests global models for bringing the oldest profession off the street Num Pages: 288 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMX; JHBK5; JHMC; LNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814794630
- ISBN
- 9780814794630
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Condition: New
€ 90.39
€ 90.39
Hardback. Num Pages: 294 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; JHMC; KCB; KCM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319487717
- ISBN
- 9783319487717
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Condition: New
€ 154.88
€ 154.88
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816647057
- ISBN
- 9780816647057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.70
€ 69.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816647064
- ISBN
- 9780816647064
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.93
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€ 27.93
Paperback. A study of the links among literature, rhetoric, and democracy that explores the public debate generated by amateur and professional readers about four controversial literary works: two that were censored in the United States and two that created conflict because they were not censored. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252068676
- ISBN
- 9780252068676
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.16
€ 31.99
€ 29.16
Paperback. A theoretical account of how spirit mediums mediate the Thai experience of capitalist modernity. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FMT; HRQM2; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822325178
- ISBN
- 9780822325178
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.33
€ 34.99
€ 31.33
Paperback. Examines the origins and moral implications of consumer society, providing a cultural history of its emergence in late nineteenth-century France. Num Pages: 463 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 463
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520074248
- ISBN
- 9780520074248
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.56
€ 40.99
€ 29.56
Paperback. This work critically examines standard assumptions of transitional justice through the lens of survivors' standpoints, and argues for more responsive and place-based approaches to social reconstruction after mass violence and egregious human rights violations. Editor(s): Shaw, Rosalind; Waldorf, Lars; Hazan, Pierre. Series: Stanford Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; JPVH; LBBR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761505
- ISBN
- 9780804761505
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.47
€ 36.99
€ 33.47
Paperback. Drawing on fieldwork and archival research, Shaw argues that memories of the slave trade in Sierra Leone have shaped (and been reshaped by) experiences of colonialism, postcolonialsm, and the country's ten-year rebel war. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; HBTS; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 125 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226751320
- ISBN
- 9780226751320
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 31.01
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paperback. A study of "receptive" communities in the West Indies, which focuses on two groups - English-speaking colonists, and the new African immigrants. This work describes the formation of these settlements, and offers details about the families of liberated Africans, the labour they performed, their religions, and the culture they brought with them. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8 b&w photos, 5 maps, 1 index. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253218278
- ISBN
- 9780253218278
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.87
€ 29.99
€ 26.87
Shi´ite Lebanon: Transnational Religion and the Making of National Id...
Roschanack Shaery-Eisenlohr
Paperback. Series: History & Society of the Modern Middle East. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 b&w figures. BIC Classification: 1FBL; HBJF1; HRH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144278
- ISBN
- 9780231144278
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.99
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Paperback. Editor(s): Thomson, Rosemarie Garland. Num Pages: 418 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 31. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- First Printing.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814782224
- ISBN
- 9780814782224
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.33
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Paperback. "Skillfully edited by Joyce and Gillespie, the volume Beyond Kinship illustrates the breadth of investigations into history, people, and place that Levi Strauss's formulation makes possible."-Current Anthropology Editor(s): Joyce, Rosemary A.; Gillespie, Susan D. Num Pages: 280 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812217230
- ISBN
- 9780812217230
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.30
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Paperback. Brings together research on the social history of Central America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JFC; JHM; LNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822321194
- ISBN
- 9780822321194
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.47
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Hardback. Making Moderate Islam reveals the assumptions about race and gender, as well as the political and economic pressures that, beginning in the mid-twentieth century, have structured demands for religious minorities' "moderation" in the United States. Series: Racereligion. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JFSL1; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804791281
- ISBN
- 9780804791281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.96
€ 136.96
Paperback. Making Moderate Islam reveals the assumptions about race and gender, as well as the political and economic pressures that, beginning in the mid-twentieth century, have structured demands for religious minorities' "moderation" in the United States. Series: Racereligion. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JFSL1; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781503600812
- ISBN
- 9781503600812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.18
€ 34.99
€ 31.18