Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge
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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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 17.99
€ 8.50
Kentucky Hauntings: Homespun Ghost Stories And Unexplained History
Brown, Roberta Simpson; Brown, Lonnie E
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 27.99
€ 19.25