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Anthropology

Paperback. Challenging the view that globalization signifies a 'clash' of cultures, this book here develops friction in its place as a metaphor for the conflicting social interactions that make up our contemporary world. It shows how creative cultural differences are in the grip of worldly encounter, and how it is overlooked in theories of the global. Num Pages: 344 pages, 3 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
unknown
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691120652
ISBN
9780691120652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.52

Paperback. Series: The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues. Num Pages: 240 pages, 24. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486852
ISBN
9780801486852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

Hardcover. Through a reevaluation of the work of some of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, this book details how semiotics, social sense, and social communication can function together to analyze how culture works in the contemporary era. Series: Semiotics and Popular Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTE; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137549419
ISBN
9781137549419
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.58

Paperback. A grand overview of the New World's most recognizable but least understood ancient city--Teotihuacan, in the Valley of Mexico--which proposes a new model for the city's social and political structure. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 230 pages, 131 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; HD; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 508. Weight in Grams: 936.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292723092
ISBN
9780292723092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.28

Paperback. Series: The Springer Series in Underwater Archaeology. Num Pages: 254 pages, 58 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HB; HD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781475773484
ISBN
9781475773484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.29

Paperback. San Lorenzo, a neighborhood in the historic centre of Florence, and home to a market that has existed since before the Renaissance, is in transition. Globalization pressures-specifically international tourism and immigration-are forcing changes in the way vendors work, which in turn raises larger questions about identity. Series: Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom. Num Pages: 176 pages, 25. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JM; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442634619
ISBN
9781442634619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.02

Paperback. This study of gender and sexuality in contemporary Japan investigates elements of Japanese popular culture including erotic comic books, stories of mother-son incest, lunchboxes - or obentos - that mothers ritualistically prepare for schoolchildren, and children's cartoons. Num Pages: 251 pages, 27 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ; JHBK; JHMC; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406. Mothers, Comics and Censorship in Japan. 251 pages, 27 illustrations. This study of gender and sexuality in contemporary Japan investigates elements of Japanese popular culture including erotic comic books, stories of mother-son incest, lunchboxes - or obentos - that mothers ritualistically prepare for schoolchildren, and children's cartoons. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ; JHBK; JHMC; JMU. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight: 360.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
251
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520219908
ISBN
9780520219908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.27

Paperback. Examining the crossover traffic between Japan and the United States, this book explores the global popularity of Japanese youth goods while it questions the make-up of the fantasies and the capitalistic conditions of the play involved. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 356 pages, 48 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 14. Weight in Grams: 496. Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. 356 pages, 48 b/w photographs. Examining the crossover traffic between Japan and the United States, this book explores the global popularity of Japanese youth goods while it questions the make-up of the fantasies and the capitalistic conditions of the play involved. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHM. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 14. Weight: 496.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
356
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520245655
ISBN
9780520245655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.10

Paperback. In researching this book, the author took on the role of a hostess in one of Tokyo's many "hostess clubs". The resulting text critically examines how such establishments create bonds among white-collar men and forge a masculine identity that suits the needs of their corporations. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ1; JHBK5; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226014876
ISBN
9780226014876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.28

Paperback. In this text the author explains and provides clinical examples of her psychogenealogical approach to psychotherapy. She shows how, as mere links in a chain of generations, we may have no choice in having the events and traumas experienced by our ancestors visited upon us in our own lifetime. Translator(s): Trager, Anne. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHM; MMJT; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415191876
ISBN
9780415191876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 33 illus. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812213973
ISBN
9780812213973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 652 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 114. Weight in Grams: 806.
Publisher
Imprint Academic
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907845607
ISBN
9780907845607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.28

Paperback. A Companion to Paleopathology offers a broad overview of the field that has evolved over the last few decades into an exploration of disease processes in the human skeleton. Editor(s): Grauer, Anne L. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 632 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
632
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119111634
ISBN
9781119111634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.33

Hardback. A Companion to Paleopathology offers a broad overview of the field that has evolved over the last few decades into an exploration of disease processes in the human skeleton. Editor(s): Grauer, Anne L. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 626 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; MMF; MMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 180 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1114.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
626
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444334258
ISBN
9781444334258
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.47

Hardback. The first book entirely devoted to the emerging methodology of ethnocinema, this volume brings vividly to life the Sudanese women with whom the author has collaborated, as well as her own struggles as researcher, teacher and intercultural fellow traveler. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400742253
ISBN
9789400742253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.72

Paperback. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; JFD; JHB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349459292
ISBN
9781349459292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.11

Paperback. Using a large body of racial-type images and a variety of historical and archival sources, and concentrating mainly on developments in Britain, the USA and Nazi Germany, this book explains how photography, as the most powerful visual medium of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, was vital to the eugenics movement's success. Num Pages: 286 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: AJ; JHM; PSAK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
286
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194154
ISBN
9781845194154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFSJ; JHMP; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 253 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1006.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816626496
ISBN
9780816626496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.02

Paperback. Series: Fundamental Issues in Archaeology. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 557.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461351726
ISBN
9781461351726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 197.09

Paperback. Democracy and democratization are now high on the political agenda, but there is growing indifference to the gap between rich and poor. Political equalities matter more than ever, while economic inequality is accepted almost as a fact of life. It is the separation between economic and political that lies at the heart of this book. Num Pages: 168 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JFSL1; JHM; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 9. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745621098
ISBN
9780745621098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.80

Paperback. Heart Disease and Durable Preoccupations with Difference. Series: Experimental Futures. 280 pages, 5 illustrations. Proposes that medical treatment should be seen as a site of, rather than an alternative to, political and social contestation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JHM; MBDC; MJD. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 17. Weight: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353447
ISBN
9780822353447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.95

Hardcover. Now that we live in a world that seems increasingly familiar, putatively marked by a spreading sameness, anthropology must re-envision itself. This volume, the product of a novel encounter of American anthropologists of France and French anthropologists of the United States, explores the possibilities of that path.. Editor(s): Raulin, Anne; Rogers, Susan Carol. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782386636
ISBN
9781782386636
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.08

Hardcover. This volume explores migrant's movements not only as geographical movements from here to there but also as movements that constitute an embodied, cognitive, and existential experience of living "in between" or on the "borderlands" between differently figured life-worlds. Editor(s): Gronseth, Anne Sigfrid. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8 ills. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782380450
ISBN
9781782380450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.26

Paperback. Employs and develops novel concepts that contribute to our understanding of self, well-being and agency by examining and exploring individual migrants' everyday experiences. Explores migration as geographical as well as cognitive and existential movements. Editor(s): Gronseth, Anne Sigfrid. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785332104
ISBN
9781785332104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.62

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