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Paperback. Perceptions of Other and Self in West New Britain (Papua New Guinea). 256 pages, black & white illustrations. This study examines cultural perceptions of other and self as expressed in cargo cults and masked dances in Papua New Guinea. Indigenous terms, images, and concepts are being contrasted with their western counterparts, the latter partly deriving from the publications and field notes of Charles Valentine. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HRQM; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457981
- ISBN
- 9780857457981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.10
€ 44.10
Paperback. A fantastic voyage through 15,000 years of history that laid the foundations for civilisation as we know it by award-winning science writer Steven Mithen. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 3D; HBG; HBLA; HDDA; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 47. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753813928
- ISBN
- 9780753813928
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.02
€ 21.99
€ 16.02
Paperback. The legacy of the massacre of civilians at My Lai reverberates throughout Vietnam. This study considers how Vietnamese villagers in My Lai and Ha My - a village where South Korean troops committed an equally appalling massacre of unarmed civilians - assimilate the catastrophe of these mass deaths into their everyday ritual life. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 231 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JFFE; JHM; JWXK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330. Commemoration and Consolation in Ha My and My Lai. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. 231 pages, 1 map. The legacy of the massacre of civilians at My Lai reverberates throughout Vietnam. This study considers how Vietnamese villagers in My Lai and Ha My - a village where South Korean troops committed an equally appalling massacre of unarmed civilians - assimilate the catastrophe of these mass deaths into their everyday ritual life. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JFFE; JHM; JWXK. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 16. Weight: 330.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 231
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247970
- ISBN
- 9780520247970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.10
€ 38.99
€ 28.10
Paperback. Zoe H. Wool explores how the most severely injured veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars rehabilitating at Walter Reed Medical Center-whether recovering from losing a limb or sustaining a traumatic brain injury-struggle to build some kind of ordinary life in a situation that is anything but ordinary. Series: Critical Global Health: Evidence, Efficacy, Ethnography. Num Pages: 264 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360032
- ISBN
- 9780822360032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.52
€ 31.99
€ 28.52
Paperback. This volume confronts the distortions of orientalism, ethnocentrism, and romantic nostalgia to expose exoticism, defined as the construction of false and unsubstantiated difference. Its aim is to re-found the importance of the exotic in the development of anthropological knowledge and to overcome methodological dualisms and dualistic approaches. Editor(s): Kapferer, Bruce; Theodossopoulos, Dimitrios. Num Pages: 174 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785333705
- ISBN
- 9781785333705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.75
€ 37.75
Hardcover. "In society at large, lives have been drastically altered over this century--as a consequence of increased longevity, advances in science and education, the gender revolution, improvements in public health, and other historical trends and events--but numerous inflexible social structures, roles, and norms have lagged behind. Editor(s): Riley, Matilda White; Kahn, Robert L.; Foner, Anne. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHBL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471016786
- ISBN
- 9780471016786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 295.61
€ 295.61
Paperback. What happens to punks, goths, break-dancers and queer scene participants as they become older? Tackling assumptions that spectacular 'youth cultures' involvement ceases with the onset of adulthood, this book features original case studies to explore how participants reconcile their continuing involvement with ageing bodies and shifting identities. Editor(s): Hodkinson, Paul; Bennett, Andy. Num Pages: 208 pages, 15 bw illus. BIC Classification: AVG; JFCK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847888358
- ISBN
- 9781847888358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.15
€ 49.15
Hardback. Seeking to better understand what it means to grow older in contemporary Britain from the perspective of older people themselves, this richly detailed ethnographic study engages in debates over selfhood and people's relationships with time. Series Editor(s): Smith, Alexander. Series: New Ethnographies. Num Pages: 176 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 275 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719083082
- ISBN
- 9780719083082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.46
€ 150.46
Paperback. Seeking to better understand what it means to grow older in contemporary Britain from the perspective of older people themselves, this richly detailed ethnographic study engages in debates over selfhood and people's relationships with time. Series Editor(s): Smith, Alexander. Series: New Ethnographies. Num Pages: 176 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526116949
- ISBN
- 9781526116949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.13
€ 39.13
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€ 28.02
€ 38.99
€ 28.02
Hardcover. Breaking new ground in the study of technology and aging, this book examines how developments in smart phones, the internet, cloud computing, and online social networking are redefining experiences and expectations around growing older in the twenty-first century. Editor(s): Prendergast, David; Garatini, Chiara. Series: Life Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations. Num Pages: 300 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSP31; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782386919
- ISBN
- 9781782386919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.52
€ 156.52
Paperback. Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indegenous Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCS; AJC; JFD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816681068
- ISBN
- 9780816681068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.47
€ 30.99
€ 27.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 17 halftones, 6 genealogies, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226264813
- ISBN
- 9780226264813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.05
€ 30.99
€ 24.05
paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HRLK; JFCX; JHM; TV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- International Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789062249800
- ISBN
- 9789062249800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.90
€ 15.99
€ 14.90
Paperback. This work addresses the relationship between the Catholic imagination, acceptance of the other, and -- using the case of Haitian- and African-Americans -- suggests the concept is a useful tool for the study of diasporic cultures. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761853657
- ISBN
- 9780761853657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.10
€ 50.10
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286696
- ISBN
- 9780520286696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.84
€ 32.99
€ 28.84
Paperback. AIDS and Africa are indelibly linked in popular consciousness, but despite widespread awareness of the epidemic, much of the story remains hidden beneath a superficial focus on condoms, sex workers, and antiretrovirals. Africa gets lost in this equation. The author offers a powerful reversal, using AIDS as a lens through which to view Africa. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; HBJH; JHMC; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226108834
- ISBN
- 9780226108834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.22
€ 32.99
€ 26.22
Hardback. News stories provide an essential confirmation of our ideas about who we are, what we have to fear, and what to do about it: a marketplace of ideas, shopped by rational citizen decision makers but also a shared resource for grounding our contested narratives of identity in objective reality. Series: Anthropology of the Media. Num Pages: 216 pages, 3 ills. BIC Classification: JFD; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455798
- ISBN
- 9781845455798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.01
€ 156.01
Paperback. News stories provide an essential confirmation of our ideas about who we are, what we have to fear, and what to do about it: a marketplace of ideas, shopped by rational citizen decision makers but also a shared resource for grounding our contested narratives of identity in objective reality. Series: Anthropology of Media. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857451569
- ISBN
- 9780857451569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.79
€ 43.79
Paperback. In Alchemy in the Rain Forest Jerry K. Jacka explores how the indigenous population of Papua New Guinea's Porgeran highlands struggle to create meaningful lives in the midst of the extreme social conflict and environmental degradation brought on by commercial gold mining. Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 296 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360117
- ISBN
- 9780822360117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.52
€ 31.99
€ 28.52