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Hardcover. As concepts of globalization and transnationalism have given rise to an intense interest in the concept of creolization, more scholars and activists are turning to the Caribbean as a way of exploring notions of cultural hybridity, multiculturalism, and plurality in contemporary society. Editor(s): Scher, Philip W.; Yelvington, Kevin A. Series: Global Perspectives. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HB; JHM; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 181 x 23. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405105651
- ISBN
- 9781405105651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.36
€ 124.36
Paperback. The Aghori have been known as the most radical ascetics in India: living naked on the cremation grounds, meditating on corpses, engaging in cannibalism and coprophagy, and consuming intoxicants out of human skulls. This book explores the dynamics of pollution, death, and healing in Aghor medicine. It examines a range of Aghor therapies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations, 1 map, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JFSR; JHM; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520252196
- ISBN
- 9780520252196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.95
€ 40.99
€ 28.95
Contemporary Explorations in the Culture of the Low Countries
Shetter, William Z.; Cruysse, Inge Van Der
Hardback. An all inclusive study of Netherlandic culture. Series: Publications of the American Association for Netherlandic Studies. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819199980
- ISBN
- 9780819199980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.14
€ 120.14
Paperback. The Indian subdistrict of Shahabad, located in the southeastern tip of Rajasthan, is an area of extreme poverty. It is the home of the Sahariyas, classified as Rajasthan's only "primitive tribe." The author organizes his study around two themes: power and ethics, through which he explores a complex terrain of material and spiritual forces. Num Pages: 328 pages, 4 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226194547
- ISBN
- 9780226194547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.44
€ 32.99
€ 25.44
The Energy Reader presents a series of readings that examine the energy problem from an anthropological perspective and look at energy holistically, including social and cultural components and long term implications for global and social environmental change. Editor(s): Nader, Laura. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 186 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1146.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405199834
- ISBN
- 9781405199834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 149.15
€ 149.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFP; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HAU United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780986132513
- ISBN
- 9780986132513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.63
€ 25.99
€ 20.63
Paperback. This book focuses on rape narratives as grounding for western thinking about community - from the polis to nation-states - specifically in cultures of thinking, reading, and writing . The author rethinks rape, or sexual violence, through a close examination of how rape is a pedagogy that has become canonized in the form of rape stories. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFFK; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349294794
- ISBN
- 9781349294794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
hardcover. Looks at the surge of Bretons who left their homes in Western France in the latter half of the nineteenth century to live and work in Paris. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822351696
- ISBN
- 9780822351696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.00
€ 117.00
paperback. Editor(s): Guo, Rongxing; Bulag, Uradyn E.; Crang, Michael; Heberer, Thomas; Hwang, Eui-Gak; Millward, James A.; Rossabi, Morris; Postiglione, Gerard A.; Shih, Chih-yu; Tapp, Nicholas. Series: Current Chinese Economic Report Series. Num Pages: 453 pages, 58 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JMG; GBCY; JHBD; JHMC; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 453
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662525890
- ISBN
- 9783662525890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.76
€ 123.76
Paperback. In Pipe Politics, Contested Waters, Lisa Bjorkman explores why water is chronically unavailable in Mumbai, India's economic and financial capital. She attributes water shortage to economic reforms that allowed urban development to ignore the water infrastructure, which means that in Mumbai, politics is often about water. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; JHMC; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359692
- ISBN
- 9780822359692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.30
€ 32.99
€ 29.30
Paperback. Editor(s): O'Donnabhain, Barra. Series: SpringerBriefs in Archaeology. Num Pages: 262 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HDW; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319063690
- ISBN
- 9783319063690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.81
€ 63.81
Culture and Well-Being: Anthropological Approaches to Freedom and Poli...
Alberto Corsin Jimenez (Ed.)
Hardback. The book explores what characterises a 'good life' and how this idea has been affected by globalisation and neoliberalism. Editor(s): Jimenez, Alberto Corsin. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745326801
- ISBN
- 9780745326801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.50€ 49.62
€ 58.50
€ 49.62
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804789509
- ISBN
- 9780804789509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.66
€ 125.66
Hardcover. This book compares understandings and experiences of love and intimacy of one distinct cultural group - Gujarati Indians - born and brought up in two different countries. In a rapidly globalizing world, this comparative ethnographic study explores how the context in which we are brought up shapes our most intimate attachments and family lives. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSL; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137294296
- ISBN
- 9781137294296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Hardback. Presents a key collection of both classic and new agenda-setting articles in this central area of anthropology Provides analytic and historical contextual introductions by leading figures in medical anthropology, medical sociology, science studies, social theory and general anthropology . Editor(s): Good, Byron J.; Fischer, Michael M. J.; Willen, Sarah S.; Good, Mary-Jo DelVecchio. Series: Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; MBS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 182 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1058.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405183154
- ISBN
- 9781405183154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.56
€ 119.56
Paperback. When Spanish explorers and missionaries came onto Southern California's shores in 1769, they encountered the large towns and villages of the Chumash, a people who at that time were among the most advanced hunter-gatherer societies in the world. This title weaves together multiple sources of evidence to re-create the tapestry of Chumash society. Num Pages: 376 pages, 24 b/w photographs, 30 line illustrations, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271241
- ISBN
- 9780520271241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.68
€ 40.99
€ 28.68
Hardback. Bringing together historians and political scientists, this unique collaboration compares nineteenth-century civil societies that failed to develop lasting democracies with civil societies that succeeded. Editor(s): Bermeo, Nancy Gina; Nord, Philip G. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JHMC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847695492
- ISBN
- 9780847695492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.96
€ 195.96
Paperback. Braiding their own stories with those of the villagers of Asagbe and Kosangbe, the authors recounts a host of unexpected dramas with these West African villages, prompting serious questions about the fraught nature of cultural contact. Num Pages: 176 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDY; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226305288
- ISBN
- 9780226305288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.50
€ 30.99
€ 24.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, 64 black & white illustrations, 28 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HD; JHMC; RBGB; RGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319342757
- ISBN
- 9783319342757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 132.41
€ 132.41
Paperback. James R Walker was a physician to the Pine Ridge Sioux from 1896 to 1914. This volume of material from the Walker collection presents his work on Lakota myth and legend. It is useful for students of comparative literature, religion, and mythology, as well as those interested in Lakota culture. Editor(s): Jahner, Elaine A. Num Pages: 428 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Second
- SKU
- V9780803298606
- ISBN
- 9780803298606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.57
€ 25.99
€ 23.57
Paperback. Providinga comprehensive analysis of the increasingly common phenomenon of child migration, this volume examines the experiences of children in a wide variety of migratory circumstances including economic child migrants, transnational students, trafficked, stateless, fostered, unaccompanied and undocumented children." Editor(s): Gozdziak, Elzbieta M. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL; JFSP; JHB; JHBK; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 447.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349323326
- ISBN
- 9781349323326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.92
€ 122.92
hardcover. Though formally voluntary, is ironically a site of both enjoyment and struggle, as well as pleasure and suffering. This book examines a variety of genres of Chinese entertainment, from singing clubs and Cantonese opera and film, to Chinese rock and tourism. Editor(s): Chan, Kwok-bun (Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore). Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFD; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 18. Weight in Grams: 521.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415695565
- ISBN
- 9780415695565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.43
€ 162.43
Hardcover. This book offers a detailed ethnography of traditional, predominantly upper-caste, sequestered Hindu women in the south-eastern Indian temple town of Bhubaneswar. Offering a clear portrait of these women, it interprets, rather than translates, their lives. Num Pages: 263 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 551.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788132208846
- ISBN
- 9788132208846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.22
€ 123.22
Hardback. Nikhil Anand explores the politics of Mumbai's water infrastructure to demonstrate how citizenship and the rights through which to make demands on the state for public services emerges through the relations between residents, plumbers, politicians, engineers, and the 3000 miles of pipe that bind them. Num Pages: 312 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362548
- ISBN
- 9780822362548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.03
€ 124.03