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Paperback. In this Very Short Introduction, Barry Stephenson approaches ritual from theoretical and historical perspectives, detailing the efforts to understand the nature and function of ritual, and developing a narrative of ritual's place in social and cultural life. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 176 x 5. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199943524
- ISBN
- 9780199943524
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.67
€ 11.99
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Paperback. Gives useful strategies for conducting a study, including the need for introspection, the struggles of the budding ethnographic writer, the practical problems in explaining results of this method to outsiders, and the moral and ethical issues that get raised in this form of research. Series: Ethnographic Alternatives. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S.
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759100510
- ISBN
- 9780759100510
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Condition: New
€ 62.88
€ 62.88
Paperback. Traces Japan's coffee craze from the turn of the twentieth century, when Japan helped to launch the Brazilian coffee industry, to the present day. This title shows how coffee and coffee spaces have been central to the formation of Japanese notions about the uses of public space, social change, modernity, and pleasure. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 23 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFCV; JHBS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332. Series: California Studies in Food & Culture. 240 pages, illustrations. Traces Japan's coffee craze from the turn of the twentieth century, when Japan helped to launch the Brazilian coffee industry, to the present day. This title shows how coffee and coffee spaces have been central to the formation of Japanese notions about the uses of public space, social change, modernity, and pleasure. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFCV; JHBS; JHMC. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 15. Weight: 328.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition; 1st P
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271159
- ISBN
- 9780520271159
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.42
€ 32.99
€ 24.42
Paperback. Suitable for students, teachers, designers, and scholars interested in using ethnographic methods, this title provides practical and detailed techniques for ethnographic research customized to reflect the specific issues of online virtual worlds, both game and nongame. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMC; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691149516
- ISBN
- 9780691149516
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.27
€ 32.99
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781350022270
- ISBN
- 9781350022270
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.84
€ 26.99
€ 24.84
Paperback. In "Erin and Iran, " North American and European scholars consider parallel themes in and interactions between Irish and Iranian cultures from ancient times to the twentieth century. These studies of mythology, literature, and travelogues constitute the first-ever volume dealing with cultural encounters between the Irish and the Iranians. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 215 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1FBN; HBJD; HBJF1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 215
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088283
- ISBN
- 9780674088283
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.22
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Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 39 line illus. 24 tables. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHMC; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691158167
- ISBN
- 9780691158167
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.25
€ 32.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226331614
- ISBN
- 9780226331614
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.32
€ 34.99
€ 27.32
Paperback. Reveals that traditional societies around the world offer an extraordinary window into how our ancestors lived for the majority of human history in evolutionary terms. This book explores how tribal people approach essential human problems, from health and diet to conflict resolution and language. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141024486
- ISBN
- 9780141024486
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.64
€ 19.99
€ 14.64
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493965199
- ISBN
- 9781493965199
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Condition: New
€ 405.32€ 247.06
€ 405.32
€ 247.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816645510
- ISBN
- 9780816645510
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.47
€ 20.99
€ 20.47
Paperback. In this fully revised and updated edition, Malcolm Barnard introduces fashion and clothing as ways of communicating and challening class, gender, sexual and social identities. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 b&w photos, glossary. BIC Classification: AKTA; GTC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415260183
- ISBN
- 9780415260183
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Condition: New
€ 47.72
€ 47.72
Paperback. Visual Culture: The Reader provides an invaluable resource of over 30 key statements from a wide range of disciplines. Although underpinned by a focus on contemporary cultural theory, this Reader puts the study of visual culture and the rhetoric of the image at centre stage. Editor(s): Evans, Jessica; Hall, Stuart. Series: Published in Association with the Open University. Num Pages: 512 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; CFG; JFD; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 169 x 35. Weight in Grams: 876.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761962489
- ISBN
- 9780761962489
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Condition: New
€ 64.83
€ 64.83
Paperback. * Assembles key anthropological articles that challenge accepted definitions and ideas of space and place. * Reveals how both the conceptual and material dimensions of space as well as of built forms and landscape characteristics are central to the production of social life. Editor(s): Low, Setha M.; Lawrence-Zuniga, Denise. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 170 x 32. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631228783
- ISBN
- 9780631228783
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Condition: New
€ 46.41
€ 46.41
Paperback. An ethnographic examination of how northern Ugandans understand and attempt to control their moral universe and material circumstances in the midst of civil war. Series: The Cultures and Practices of Violence. Num Pages: 286 pages, 8 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; JFFE; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406. War, History, and Everyday Moments in Northern Uganda. Series: The Cultures and Practices of Violence. 304 pages, 8 illustrations. Since 1986, the Acholi people of northern Uganda have lived in the crossfire of a violent civil war, with the Lord's Resistance Army and other groups fighting the Ugandan government. This title describes how the Acholi - the younger generation, those born into the era of civil strife - understand and attempt to control their moral universe. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; JFFE; JHMC. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight: 448.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341918
- ISBN
- 9780822341918
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.25
€ 32.99
€ 30.25
Paperback. Series: Conduct & Communication. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812211122
- ISBN
- 9780812211122
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.67
€ 38.99
€ 35.67
Hardback. A rich and sophisticated ethnography of a stateless indigenous society and its complex and troubling relations with its natural environment and the Soviet state that dominated it. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FCS; GTB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734622
- ISBN
- 9780804734622
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Condition: New
€ 85.72
€ 85.72
Paperback. Providing guidance to ethnographic research methods, this work examines why reflexivity, at both personal and broader cultural levels, should be integrated into ethnographic research and discusses how this can be accomplished for a variety of research methods. It also includes a chapter on internet-based research and 'interethnography'. Series: The ASA Research Methods. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415409018
- ISBN
- 9780415409018
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Condition: New
€ 52.14
€ 52.14
Hardback. Masculine Identities and Male Sex Work Between East Java and Bali introduces the reader to the stories of young male sex workers in South Bali. These are accounts of gang warfare, bodies, and violence which speak to the dreams, aspirations, and failures of a generation of young men in contemporary Indonesia. Series: Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Culture. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFMX; JFSJ2; JFSS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137541451
- ISBN
- 9781137541451
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Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198701880
- ISBN
- 9780198701880
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Condition: New
€ 25.81
€ 25.81
Paperback. Combines an account of some of the disciplines guiding principles and methodology with examples and illustrations of anthropologists. This book discusses about the anthropology's contributions to modern thought, and examines specific ways in which social and cultural anthropology have advanced our understanding of human society and culture. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 176 pages, halftones, line drawings. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 114 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 9th ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192853462
- ISBN
- 9780192853462
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.67
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Paperback. Addresses two developments in the conceptualization of citizenship that arise from the 'war on terror', namely the reculturalization of membership in a polity and the re-moralization of access to rights. This book takes an anthropological perspective of the subject. Editor(s): Eckert, Julia M., PhD. Num Pages: 196 pages, col. maps. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 137 x 225 x 15. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783899429640
- ISBN
- 9783899429640
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.87
€ 36.99
€ 26.87
Anthropologies of Value: Cultures of Accumulation Across the Global No...
Luis Fernando Angosto-Ferrandez (Ed.)
Hardback. An edited collection which contains unusual and global case studies providing a Marxist analysis of the commodification of life Editor(s): Angosto-Ferrandez, Luis Fernando; Presterudstuen, Geir Henning. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745336633
- ISBN
- 9780745336633
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Condition: New
€ 57.90€ 49.56
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€ 49.56
Paperback. Following transnational Mexicans as they experience the alienation and unpredictability of deportation, tracing the particular ways that US immigration policies and state removals affect families, this book includes accounts of displacement, struggle, and profound loss, but also those of resilience, flexibility, and imaginings of what may come. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287082
- ISBN
- 9780520287082
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.34
€ 32.99
€ 24.34