Anthropology
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Anthropology
Paperback. This volume explores the history of "musica tropical", analyzing its rise in the context of the development of the broadcast media, rapid urbanization, and regional struggles for power. Editor(s): Wade, Peter. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map, 2 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1KL; AVGH; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226868455
- ISBN
- 9780226868455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.47
€ 49.47
Paperback. Describes music as a metaphor of the society in which it takes place. This book examines various contexts in which music is produced, experienced, and evaluated. It includes the dynamics of orchestra rehearsals in the conservatory, "master class" lessons with a distinguished performer-pedagogue, and the ritual characteristics of solo recitals. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC6; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 210 x 10. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566398916
- ISBN
- 9781566398916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.04
€ 40.04
Paperback. This volume brings together eight of Blacking's most important theoretical papers which reveal his theoretical themes such as the innateness of musical ability and the properties of music as a symbolic or quasi-linguistic system. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 288 pages, music. BIC Classification: 1H; AVGH; DNF; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 239 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226088303
- ISBN
- 9780226088303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.73
€ 58.73
Hardback. The 1990s have seen a growth of interest in questions of music history and meaning, together with their relationships to culture and society. This reader includes works which explore the cultural and social significance of music. Editor(s): Scott, Professor Derek B. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 figures, 22 music examples. BIC Classification: AV; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 523.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198790112
- ISBN
- 9780198790112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 214.33
€ 214.33
Paperback. This thoughtful ethnography of Islam in Pakistan moves from the smallest scale-a single worshiper striving to be a better Muslim who is seeking guidance at a neighborhood mosque-to the largest, examining the thought of poet and philosopher Muhammad Iqbal, considered to be the spiritual visionary of the country. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JHB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822352310
- ISBN
- 9780822352310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.89
€ 46.89
hardcover. This thoughtful ethnography of Islam in Pakistan moves from the smallest scale-a single worshiper striving to be a better Muslim who is seeking guidance at a neighborhood mosque-to the largest, examining the thought of poet and philosopher Muhammad Iqbal, considered to be the spiritual visionary of the country. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JHB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352174
- ISBN
- 9780822352174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.30
€ 152.30
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFSR2; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479872152
- ISBN
- 9781479872152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.20
€ 121.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFSR2; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479894505
- ISBN
- 9781479894505
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.77
€ 36.99
€ 33.77
paperback. Discusses social and moral values in the global Senegalese community Num Pages: 256 pages, 21 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253223678
- ISBN
- 9780253223678
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Condition: New
€ 34.19
€ 34.19
Paperback. Explores the life worlds of Muslim girls and youth of African origin in French society Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DDF; GTB; JFSR2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253218346
- ISBN
- 9780253218346
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Condition: New
€ 30.74
€ 30.74
Paperback. Examines how gender identities were reconfigured in a Bulgarian Muslim community following the demise of Communism and an influx of international aid from the Islamic world. This work explores how gender relations among the Pomaks had to be renegotiated after the collapse of both Communism and the region's state-subsidized lead and zinc mines. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 280 pages, 25 halftones. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVWB; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139555
- ISBN
- 9780691139555
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Condition: New
€ 47.61
€ 47.61
Paperback. Reveals how Turkish national identity and the meanings of Islam and secularism have undergone radical changes in today's Turkey, and asks whether the Turkish model should be viewed as a success story or a cautionary tale. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JFSR2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Updated edition with a New Afterword
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691161921
- ISBN
- 9780691161921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.28
€ 38.28
Paperback. Islam has a powerful political appeal in the 20th century. It sustains some severely traditional and conservative regimes, but it is also capable of generating intense revolutionary ardour and of blending with extreme social radicalism. This book uses the past to explore the phenomenon. Series Editor(s): Fortes, Meyer; Leach, Edmund; Goody, Jack; Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja. Series: Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 284 pages, bibliography, index, notes. BIC Classification: 1Q; HBG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780521274074
- ISBN
- 9780521274074
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.96
€ 32.99
€ 32.96
Paperback. Editor(s): Kamp, Marianne. Translator(s): Kamp, Marianne; Markova, Mariana. Num Pages: 242 pages, 4 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FC; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253021380
- ISBN
- 9780253021380
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.10
€ 33.99
€ 30.10
Hardback. Translation of: Ocherk byta zhenshchiny oseiiedlago tuzemnago naselenaieiia Fergany. 1886. Editor(s): Kamp, Marianne. Translator(s): Kamp, Marianne; Markova, Mariana. Num Pages: 242 pages, 4 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FC; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253021274
- ISBN
- 9780253021274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.06
€ 46.06
Paperback. Michael Taussig uses a make-believe Cocaine Museum, which is a parody of the Gold Museum in Colombia's central bank, to illuminate the largely unacknowledged history of Indian and African Colombian miners, now being drawn into cocaine production in the rain forest of Colombia's Pacific coast. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226790091
- ISBN
- 9780226790091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.72
€ 49.72
Hardback. An authentic picture of culture among young adults of colour Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439908297
- ISBN
- 9781439908297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.47
€ 110.47
Paperback. In this work, the author examines various aspects of a selection of Western Great Lakes American Indian philosophical traditions and beliefs. Num Pages: 84 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 144 x 8. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 84
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819186928
- ISBN
- 9780819186928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.76
€ 65.76
Hardback. My Life with Things is Elizabeth Chin's meditation on her relationship with consumer goods and a critical statement on the politics and method of anthropology in which she uses everyday items to intimately examine the ways consumption resonates with personal and social meaning. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; JHMC; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361183
- ISBN
- 9780822361183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.02
€ 150.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HRCC9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781479841660
- ISBN
- 9781479841660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.93
€ 39.93
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904558446
- ISBN
- 9781904558446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.09
€ 27.99
€ 24.09
Paperback. In addresses written for a wide general audience, one of the twentieth century's most prominent thinkers, Claude Levi-Strauss, here offers the insights of a lifetime on the crucial questions of human existence. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 84.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415253949
- ISBN
- 9780415253949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.38
€ 18.38
Paperback. Series: Routledge Great Minds. Num Pages: 72 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; HRA; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 72
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415854696
- ISBN
- 9780415854696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.31
€ 30.31
Hardback. In addresses written for a wide general audience, one of the twentieth century's most prominent thinkers, Claude Levi-Strauss, here offers the insights of a lifetime on the crucial questions of human existence. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 508. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415255486
- ISBN
- 9780415255486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.96
€ 110.96