Anthropology
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Anthropology
Paperback. A field guide to the world's scary creatures, along with an intriguing explanation why monsters won't go away. Gilmore considers the role of monsters in the human psyche and in society, looking at art, folktales, fantasy, literature, and other sources. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: JHM; VXQM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220889
- ISBN
- 9780812220889
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.33
€ 34.99
€ 31.33
Paperback. Examines the intersections of social marginality, morality, and magic in contemporary Brazil by analyzing the beliefs and religious practices related to the Afro-Brazilian spirit entity Pomba Gira. This title provides an intimate account of the intricate relationship between Pomba Gira and one of her devotees, Nazare da Silva. Num Pages: 312 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HRQ; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Pap/DVD
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262652
- ISBN
- 9780520262652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 34.64
€ 48.99
€ 34.64
Paperback. David H. Price uses information from CIA, FBI, and military records to map the connections between academia and the strategic use of anthropological research to further the goals of the U.S. military and outline the major influence the American security state has had on the field of anthropology. Num Pages: 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361251
- ISBN
- 9780822361251
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.47
€ 36.99
€ 33.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First Edition,
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486807515
- ISBN
- 9780486807515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.15
€ 18.99
€ 15.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HRKP; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 126. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590177686
- ISBN
- 9781590177686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.81
€ 23.99
€ 16.81
Paperback. This is the first comprehensive account of Jewish clothing, both profane and sacred, from its origins through to the present day. Focusing on tensions over gender, ethnic identity and assimilation, each chapter discusses the meaning and symbolism of a specific era or type of Jewish dress, whether traditional or contemporary. Series: Dress, Body, Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 77 bw illus. BIC Classification: AKTH; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 173 x 17. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847882868
- ISBN
- 9781847882868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.34
€ 45.99
€ 38.34
Paperback. Based on years of careful ethnographic fieldwork in Hanoi, this book offers an account of the moral quandaries that accompany innovations in biomedical technology. Arguing for more sustained anthropological attention to human quests for belonging, it addresses existential questions of love and loss that concern us all. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520278431
- ISBN
- 9780520278431
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.68
€ 38.99
€ 28.68
Paperback. Identifies and explores the seven physiological life processes and how they relate to the healthy development of children. Translator(s): Kuettel, Nina. Num Pages: 180 pages, b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHM; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Waldorf Early Childhood Association North America
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936849345
- ISBN
- 9781936849345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.75
€ 26.99
€ 19.75
Paperback. Presents an overview of the history, application and teaching of anthropology in post-colonial Africa. This work shows how the continent's anthropologists are redefining the historical legacy of European and American disciplinary hegemony, and developing African contributions to anthropological theory and practice. Editor(s): Ntarangwi, Mwenda; Mills, David; Babiker, Mustafa. Series: Africa in the New Millennium S. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842777633
- ISBN
- 9781842777633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.10
€ 35.99
€ 30.10
Paperback. Exploring the rapidly increasing interest in obesity and fatness, this book engages with dominant ideas about 'fatness' and analyses the assumptions that inform anti-fat attitudes in the West, looking at the intersection of medicine and morality in pathologising 'fat' bodies. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; JHMC; MBNH9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137579706
- ISBN
- 9781137579706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. This text explores the historical relationship of ideas, power and culture. Looking at several case studies, it analyses how the regnant ideology intertwines with power around the pivotal relationships that govern social labour. Num Pages: 310 pages, 3 b/w photos. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520215825
- ISBN
- 9780520215825
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.13
€ 35.99
€ 26.13
Paperback. From clothing as an expression of freedom in early colonial Zanzibar to Somali women's headcovering in inner-city Minneapolis, this work explores the power of dress in African and pan-African settings. Nationalist and diasporic identities, as well as their histories and politics, are examined at the level of what is put on the body every day. Editor(s): Allman, Jean. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 36 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1H; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216892
- ISBN
- 9780253216892
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.63
€ 25.99
€ 23.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 404 pages, 180 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 174 x 20. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 404
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781876756918
- ISBN
- 9781876756918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.27
€ 38.99
€ 33.27
Paperback. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCM; HRKP; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- InterVarsity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780830851508
- ISBN
- 9780830851508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.26
€ 27.99
€ 24.26
Paperback. Now available in paperback, this book offers a major statement of Bourdieua s theoretical approach, illustrating it with examples from anthropology. It will consolidate his reputation as one of the most original and exciting theorists in the social sciences today. Num Pages: 344 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745610153
- ISBN
- 9780745610153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.61
€ 25.99
€ 25.61
Paperback. A richly detailed account of the lived experiences of ordinary people in this multicultural city between 1992 and 1996, during the war in the former Yugoslavia. Exploring how civilians coped with desperate circumstances, it argues that ethnonational divisions were the result rather than the cause of the war. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; HBW; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221893
- ISBN
- 9780812221893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.33
€ 34.99
€ 31.33
Paperback. Traces the discourse that contributed to the locating of a different criterion of death in the brain, and its routinization in clinical practice in North America. This book demonstrates that death is not self-evident, that the space between life and death is historically and culturally constructed, fluid, multiple, and open to dispute. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 441 pages, 21 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JHM; MBX; MNQ; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 441
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520228146
- ISBN
- 9780520228146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.83
€ 37.99
€ 27.83
Paperback. Focuses on the interplay between two modes of human existence: that of participating in other peoples' lives and that of turning inward to one's self. This title shows how the historical complexities and particularities found in human interactions reveal the dilemmas, conflicts, cares, and concerns that shape all of our lives. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272354
- ISBN
- 9780520272354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.68
€ 38.99
€ 28.68
Hardback. Levi-Strauss measures the short distance between "complex" and "primitive" societies and finds a shared madness in the ways we enact myth, ritual, and custom. Yet he also locates a pure and persistent ethics that connects the center of Western civilization to far-flung societies and forces a reckoning with outmoded ideas of morality and reason. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231170680
- ISBN
- 9780231170680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.87
€ 29.99
€ 21.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages, 13 halftones, 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: ASD; GTC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226315492
- ISBN
- 9780226315492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.74
€ 38.99
€ 30.74
Paperback. An assessment of the US military programme in which anthropologists and other social scientists researched societies at war in Iraq and Afghanistan Editor(s): McFate, Montgomery; Laurence, Janice H. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 319. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044219
- ISBN
- 9781849044219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.49
€ 51.99
€ 46.49
Paperback. Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FC; DS; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253017604
- ISBN
- 9780253017604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.63
€ 38.99
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Paperback. Drawing on over 20 years of research on topics ranging from Navajo and Catholic Charismatic ritual healing to the cultural and religious implications of virtual reality in biomedical technology, this text examines questions about human experience and the meaning of being human. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293925
- ISBN
- 9780312293925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.96
€ 122.96
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 line illus. BIC Classification: JHMP; MJN; PSAK; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148588
- ISBN
- 9780691148588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.93
€ 45.99
€ 32.93