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Anthropology
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
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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
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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
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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
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Condition: New
€ 50.10
€ 50.10
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286696
- ISBN
- 9780520286696
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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
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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
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.52
€ 31.99
€ 28.52
Paperback. An ethnography of the Algerian presence in France and the transnational Berber movement. Series: New Anthropologies of Europe. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 b&w photos, 2 figures, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217127
- ISBN
- 9780253217127
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.41
€ 29.99
€ 26.41
Paperback. Charts how revolutions in genomics, bioinformatics, and remote sensing have pressed marine biologists to see the sea as animated by its smallest inhabitants: marine microbes. Num Pages: 422 pages, 22 b/w photographs, 7 line illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHM; RBKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 678. Anthropological Voyages in Microbial Seas. 422 pages, illustrations. Charts how revolutions in genomics, bioinformatics, and remote sensing have pressed marine biologists to see the sea as animated by its smallest inhabitants: marine microbes. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHM; RBKC. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 30. Weight: 652.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 422
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520250628
- ISBN
- 9780520250628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.10
€ 38.99
€ 28.10
Hardback. Uses cinema and the films it shows to think about the church and the visions of desire it displays. This book discusses various films, including "The Alien Quartet", Christopher Nolan's "Memento", Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange", Nicolas Roeg's "The Man Who Fell to Earth" and Derek Jarman's "The Garden". Series: Challenges in Contemporary Theology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: APFA; HRCM; JFC; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631211792
- ISBN
- 9780631211792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.94
€ 146.94
Paperback. Uses cinema and the films it shows to think about the church and the visions of desire it displays. This book discusses various films, including "The Alien Quartet", Christopher Nolan's "Memento", Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange", Nicolas Roeg's "The Man Who Fell to Earth" and Derek Jarman's "The Garden". Series: Challenges in Contemporary Theology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: APF; HRCM; JFC; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631211808
- ISBN
- 9780631211808
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 52.66
€ 52.99
€ 52.66
Paperback. Anton Chekhov is revered as a boldly innovative playwright and short story writer. This title introduces readers to some other sides of Chekhov: his pithy, witty observations on the writing process; his life as a writer through accounts by his friends, family, and lovers; and his venture into nonfiction through his book "Sakhalin Island". Num Pages: 168 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 2AGR; CBW; DSBF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1/31/12
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226568195
- ISBN
- 9780226568195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.20
€ 27.99
€ 22.20
Hardcover. Anton Chekhov is revered as a boldly innovative playwright and short story writer - but he wrote more than just plays and stories. This title introduces readers to some other sides of Chekhov: his pithy, witty observations on the writing process; and, his life as a writer through accounts by his friends, family, and lovers. Num Pages: 168 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 2AGR; CBW; DSBF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226568188
- ISBN
- 9780226568188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.76€ 76.95
€ 91.76
€ 76.95
Paperback. Although pain is a universal human experience, many view the pain of others as private, resistant to language, and, therefore, essentially unknowable. This book offers a perspective that considers how pain may be configured, managed, explained, and even experienced in deeply relational ways. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285224
- ISBN
- 9780520285224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.10
€ 38.99
€ 28.10
Paperback. "This landmark study debunked the misconception that poor families were unstable and disorganized. Here is the chronicle of a young white woman's sojourn into The Flats, an African-American ghetto comm" Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JFSL3; JHBK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- 27th Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061319822
- ISBN
- 9780061319822
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Condition: New
€ 22.02
€ 22.02
Paperback. Based on the author's ethnographic research in India, the book explores the psychology of Hinduism, and offers an innovative synthesis of psychoanylsis with modern anthropological theories of cultural difference. Num Pages: 306 pages, 10 figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JHM; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231078696
- ISBN
- 9780231078696
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Condition: New
€ 50.47
€ 50.47
Paperback. Traces the shifting tides of New York's ethnic past, from its beginnings as a Dutch trading outpost onwards. This work explores the processes of cultural adaptation to life in New York, giving an account of immigrants new and old, and of the streets and neighborhoods they claimed and transformed. Series: The Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 353 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231078795
- ISBN
- 9780231078795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.67
€ 41.99
€ 29.67
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812222685
- ISBN
- 9780812222685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.55
€ 33.99
€ 30.55
Paperback. Offers a methodological and analytic opening to the affective registers of imperial governance and the political content of archival forms. This title identifies the social epistemologies that guided perception and practice, revealing the problematic racial ontologies of that confused epistemic space. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones. 1 maps. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJM; HBLL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691146362
- ISBN
- 9780691146362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.36
€ 36.99
€ 26.36