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Hardback. These 13 workshop-based papers critique ecofeminist assumptions about traditional societies viewing women as closer to nature and more spiritual than men. Following an overview by Low (history, Open U.) and Tremayne (social and cultural anthropology, U. of Oxford), the first contribution frames the Editor(s): Low, Alaine; Tremayne, Soraya. Num Pages: index. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHM; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571814678
- ISBN
- 9781571814678
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Condition: New
€ 157.14
€ 157.14
Hardback. The term 'Anthropology of Food' has become an accepted abbreviation for the study of anthropological perspectives on food, diet and nutrition, an increasingly important subdivision of anthropology that encompasses a rich variety of perspectives, academic approaches, theories, and methods. Its multi-disciplinary nature adds to its complexity. Editor(s): Macbeth, Helen M.; MacClancy, Jeremy. Num Pages: 227 pages, 17 figs, 8 tables, Glossary, Index. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571815446
- ISBN
- 9781571815446
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Condition: New
€ 157.07
€ 157.07
Hardback. The essays collected in this volume attest to a renewal of philosophical interest in how bodies think and how thought is embodied, a philosophy that has been deeply influenced by literature, the arts, and psychoanalysis. Editor(s): MacCannell, Juliet; Zakarin, Laura. Series: Irvine Studies in the Humanities. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723060
- ISBN
- 9780804723060
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Condition: New
€ 164.86
€ 164.86
Hardback. Fieldwork is a central method of research throughout anthropology, a much-valued, much-vaunted mode of generating information. But its nature and process have been seriously understudied in biological anthropology and primatology. This book is the first ever comparative investigation, across primatology, biological and social anthropology.. Editor(s): MacClancy, Jeremy; Fuentes, Agustin. Series: Studies of the BioSocial Society. Num Pages: 316 pages, 30 ills. BIC Classification: JHMC; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456900
- ISBN
- 9781845456900
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Condition: New
€ 157.11
€ 157.11
Hardback. Throughout the world, everyday, millions of people eat earth, clay, nasal mucus, and similar substances. Yet food practices like these are understudied in a sustained, interdisciplinary manner. This book aims to correct this neglect. Editor(s): MacClancy, Jeremy; Henry, C. Jeya; Macbeth, Helen M. Series: Anthropology of Food and Nutrition. Num Pages: 258 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453534
- ISBN
- 9781845453534
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Condition: New
€ 156.73
€ 156.73
Hardback. Offering an overview of Christian Democracy in Latin America, this book examines the Christian Democratic organizations of Chilie and Mexico, which are still major parties today. The concluding section analyzes the demise of formerly significant Christian Democratic parties. Editor(s): Mainwaring, Scott; Scully, Timothy R. Num Pages: 424 pages, 38 tables, 11 illustrations, 4 maps, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJH; 3JJP; HRC; JHBA; JPHV; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804745970
- ISBN
- 9780804745970
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Condition: New
€ 188.14
€ 188.14
Paperback. Editor(s): Man, Guida; Cohen, Rina. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ1; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 397 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 586.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771121132
- ISBN
- 9781771121132
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.30
€ 45.99
€ 45.30
paperback. Editor(s): Marcus, Judith; Tar, Zoltan. Num Pages: 438 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Transaction Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 438
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780878559633
- ISBN
- 9780878559633
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Condition: New
€ 57.05
€ 57.05
Hardback. Editor(s): Markovits, Claude; Pouchepadass, Jacques; Subrahmanyam, Sanjay. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 380 pages, 2+ maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFC; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843312314
- ISBN
- 9781843312314
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Condition: New
€ 133.94
€ 133.94
Paperback. This is a deliberately polemical intervention into the structure/agency debate in the social sciences. It argues that central concepts in this debate - such as 'society' and the 'individual' - have been widely misconceived, and that progress in the social sciences will only occur if the real nature of the social world is respected. Editor(s): Martin, Peter J.; Dennis, Alex. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719081729
- ISBN
- 9780719081729
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Condition: New
€ 32.21
€ 32.21
Hardback. In the past before improving technologies allowed for the direct observation of brain activity, brain damaged patients were a prime avenue for understanding language structure and inferring back to brain function. This book focuses on the interactions of frontotemporal dementia patients. Editor(s): Mates, Andrea W.; Mikesell, Lisa; Smith, Michael Sean. Num Pages: 256 pages, 52 figures. BIC Classification: CFB; CFD; CFG; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845534349
- ISBN
- 9781845534349
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Condition: New
€ 124.03
€ 124.03
Paperback. The Northwest Coast of North America was home to dozens of Native peoples at the time of its first contact with Europeans. This work provides a historical overview of the ethnology and ethnohistory of this region, and focuses on contemporary, theoretically informed studies of communities and issues. Editor(s): Mauze, Marie; Harkin, Michael E.; Kan, Sergei A. Num Pages: 508 pages, 22 photographs, 2 figures, map, index. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803282964
- ISBN
- 9780803282964
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.40
€ 38.99
€ 35.40
The Body in Parts. Discourses and Anatomies in Early Modern Europe.
. Ed(S): Mazzio, Carla; Hillman, David
Paperback. Examines how the body - its organs, limbs, viscera - was represented in literature and culture of early modern Europe. The text asks why 16th and 17th century medical, religious, and literary texts portray the body part by part, rather than as an entity and what this tells of society at the time. Editor(s): Mazzio, Carla; Hillman, David. Num Pages: 376 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; JHM; MFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415916943
- ISBN
- 9780415916943
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Condition: New
€ 55.56
€ 55.56
Paperback. Editor(s): McChesney, Robert W.; Wood, Ellen Meiksins; Foster, John Bellamy. Num Pages: 224 pages, index. BIC Classification: GPF; JHM; KCP; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853459897
- ISBN
- 9780853459897
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Condition: New
€ 23.27
€ 23.27
Paperback. Editors Dale McConkey and Peter Augustine Lawler explore the contributions that religious faith and morality can make to a civil society. Editor(s): McConkey, Dale D.; Lawler, Peter A. Series: Applications of Political Theory. Num Pages: 250 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: HRA; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739104835
- ISBN
- 9780739104835
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Condition: New
€ 64.27
€ 64.27
Hardback. Editor(s): McGuire, Patrick; McQuarie, Donald. Series: From the Left Bank to the Mainstream. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- General Hall Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781882289141
- ISBN
- 9781882289141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.47
€ 94.47
Paperback. Since 9/11 ideas of security have focused in part on the development of ungovernable spaces. Important debates are now being had over the nature, impacts, and outcomes of the numerous policy statements made by northern governments, NGOs, and international institutions that view the merging of security with development as both unproblematic.. Editor(s): McNeish, John-Andrew; Sande Lie, Jon Harald. Series: Critical Interventions. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: GTF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 109 x 5. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857451774
- ISBN
- 9780857451774
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Condition: New
€ 20.85
€ 20.85
Cultural Accounts of Lived Experiences Mobile Work, Mobile Lives
. Ed(S): Meerwarth, Tracy L.; Gluesing, Julia...
Paperback. Editor(s): Meerwarth, Tracy L.; Gluesing, Julia C.; Jordan, Brigitte. Series: NAPA Bulletin. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 172 x 9. Weight in Grams: 294.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405194334
- ISBN
- 9781405194334
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Condition: New
€ 34.53
€ 34.53
Paperback. The book, newly available in paperback, considers the social role of economic institutions in society and examines the various meanings embedded in the word 'markets', as well as developing arguments on the nature of competition as an instituted economic process, rather than as competition being something that disturbs norms or institutions. Editor(s): Metcalfe, Stan; Warde, Alan. Series Editor(s): Metcalfe, Stan; Harvey, Mark. Series: New Dynamics of Innovation and Competition. Num Pages: 224 pages, Line drawings, black & white|Tables, black & white. BIC Classification: JHB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719064692
- ISBN
- 9780719064692
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Condition: New
€ 46.95
€ 46.95
Hardback. This is the first book to explore comparatively how magic-usually portrayed as the antithesis of the modern-is also at home in modernity. Editor(s): Meyer, Birgit; Pels, Peter. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HRQX2; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744638
- ISBN
- 9780804744638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.37
€ 154.37