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Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge

Paperback. Num Pages: 431 pages. BIC Classification: 2JN; DSB; HRKT; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
431
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826310439
ISBN
9780826310439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.27

Paperback. This volume supplements the work of ethnographer Francis La Flesche who recorded detailed descriptions of Osage rituals. Louis Burns's position as a modern Osage - aware of the white culture's expectations but steeped in the traditions himself and writing from an insider's perspective - makes this work valuable to scholar and layperson alike. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Edition
4
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817351816
ISBN
9780817351816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.19

Hardcover. Oral literature has been excluded from the analysis of Yucatec Maya literature, but it is a key component and a vital force in the cultural communities and their contemporary writing. "Telling and Being Told "shows the vital role Yucatec storytelling claims in Mayan ways of knowing and in the Mexican literary canon. " Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFHF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816530267
ISBN
9780816530267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.63

Paperback. Coyote tales are among the best loved in Native American folklore., This collection of authentic stories offers modern readers a new appreciation of magic and myth as celebrated by the Zuni Indians of western New Mexico. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 144 x 8. Weight in Grams: 139.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816518920
ISBN
9780816518920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFCK; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816504671
ISBN
9780816504671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.95

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780708318546
ISBN
9780708318546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.98

Hardcover. An exploration of John Brinkley, Norman Baker and Harry Hoxsey, the ultimate snake oil salesmen of the 20th century. This volume takes a revealing look at health quackery, and the connections between fraudulent medicine and populist rhetoric in middle America. Num Pages: 224 pages, 28 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; JFHX; MBX; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612031
ISBN
9780700612031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.40

Paperback. The 500-year saga of the "real cowboy" from fifteenth century Mexico to the twentieth century American West." Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700603909
ISBN
9780700603909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.93

Hardcover. Examines the significance that sixteenth- and seventeenth-century writers gave to the legend of Pope Joan, a ninth-century woman who allegedly cross-dressed her way to the papacy and whose identity as a woman was discovered, only when she gave birth during a procession. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472115440
ISBN
9780472115440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.29

Hardcover. Provides a new way of looking at literary responses to migration and modernization Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFHF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472110346
ISBN
9780472110346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.25

Hardcover. Reveals that stereotypical ethnic neighborhoods have developed into multicultural communities that use ethnic symbolism as a means for inclusion, not exclusion. Series: Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFHF; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299307103
ISBN
9780299307103
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.81

Paperback. In the land of beer, cheese, and muskies - where the polka is danced and the winter is unending - everybody is ethnic, the politics clean and the humour plentiful. This collection includes jokes, anecdotes, and tall tales from ethnic groups and working folk in the upper midwest of the US. Editor(s): Leary, James P. Num Pages: 272 pages, 29 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 2ABM; JFHF; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299173746
ISBN
9780299173746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.80

Paperback. This volume gives accounts of the vampire and how its tradition developed in different cultures. The text examines the nature of the vampire from its birth in graveyard lore to the modern-day psychiatric patient with a penchant for drinking blood. Editor(s): Dundes, Alan. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299159245
ISBN
9780299159245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.73

Hardcover. We often think of classical Greek society as a model of rationality and order. Yet, in this text, Walter Burkert demonstrates that there were archaic, savage forces, with potentially violent and destructive energies, surging beneath the outwardly calm face of classical Greece, Translator(s): Bing, Peter. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HRKP; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
124
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226080857
ISBN
9780226080857
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.50

paperback. Suitable for the casual student of Navajo culture, religion, or mythology as well as for the scholar, this title includes tales that show Coyote as a warrior, a shaman, a trickster; a lecher, a thief; a sacrificial victim, and always as the indomitable force of life. It considers Coyote mythology in a theoretical and historical framework. Editor(s): Luckert, Karl W. Num Pages: 146 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 9. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Bison Books United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803272224
ISBN
9780803272224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.65

hardcover. Series: Myth and Poetics. Num Pages: 592 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 2AHA; 2AHM; DSB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 42. Weight in Grams: 910.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801433016
ISBN
9780801433016
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.46

Paperback. Editor(s): Kubish, Shelagh. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBJQ; JFHF. Dimension: 174 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Ghost House Publishing
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894877145
ISBN
9781894877145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.52

paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: FQ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Dover Publications
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0022731
ISBN
9780486280929
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. Features many new artists as well as all the favourites from The Art of Faery Contains digitally produced photographic art as well as traditional mediums With an illustrated foreword by world renowned fairy artist Alan Lee Num Pages: 112 pages, over 200 colour and black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AG; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 205 x 10. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Collins & Brown
Condition
New
SKU
9781843406662
ISBN
9781843406662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 8.50

hardcover. BIC Classification: JFHF; VXQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813143200
ISBN
9780813143200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.91

Hardcover. Num Pages: colour illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
Condition
New
SKU
V9788120773172
ISBN
9788120773172
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Hardcover. The fairy-tales by the Brothers Grimm presented in this book were selected and illustrated by the artist Dorothee Menzel. The artist's pictures seem to restore the unity of man and nature. The charm of the numerous colour illustrations makes it possible for both children and adults to relate to the world of folk poetry. It features text in German. Illustrator(s): Menzel, Dorothee. Num Pages: 80 pages, 60 colour illus. BIC Classification: FQ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 292 x 248 x 14. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9783932565380
ISBN
9783932565380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.11

Num Pages: 752 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1128.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
752
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624660337
ISBN
9781624660337
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.21
€ 64.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: D; JFH; VXQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Original Falcon Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935150350
ISBN
9781935150350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.25