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Paperback. By exploring the history of four 'cultures' so deeply embedded in Western history that we rarely see their instrumental role in politics, religion, education and the arts, this book provides a framework for addressing these questions in a fresh way. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021037
ISBN
9780674021037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.58

Paperback. How are time-honored tenets of faith, different ritual sensibilities, and newly emerging eschatological imaginaries articulated with other normative registers and moral susceptibilities in disputes? This book examines such questions through cases in Europe, the United States, Israel, Africa, and South and Southeast Asia. Editor(s): Benda-Beckmann, F.von; Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JHB; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349458240
ISBN
9781349458240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.13

Paperback. One of our most incisive critics asks where the assault against the canons of Western culture has led us. Hartman calls for the restoration of literature to its place as the focus of thinking about culture and for the renewal of aesthetic education to help ensure the balance between art, culture, and politics. Series: The Wellek Library Lectures. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231114097
ISBN
9780231114097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.39

Paperback. Anthropologists who are employed to change the worlds they are researching find themselves in a potentially contradictory position. Combining the various roles and expectations involved in working with Gypsies and local government at the same time as conducting anthropological research, provides the overall perspective of this study. Series: Studies in Public and Applied Anthropology. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEY; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 13. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857451477
ISBN
9780857451477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.24

Paperback. Rejecting abstractions of "culture", this text proposes an existential anthropology that recognizes even abstract relationships as modalities of interpersonal life. Michael Jackson's work shows how general ideas are always anchored in particular social events and critical concerns. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
0002-
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226389462
ISBN
9780226389462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 30.46

paperback. Employing literary, historical, and anthropological techniques, this title attempts to generate a new understanding of issues that permeate discussions of Africa by disrupting the centrality of postcolonial texts and focusing instead on the cultural and intellectual production of colonial Africans. Num Pages: 216 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5703 x 3971 x 16. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326410
ISBN
9780822326410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.49

Paperback. A leading anthropological theorist investigates how emerging knowledge formations in molecular biology, environmental studies, computer science, and bioengineering are transforming some of anthropology s key concepts. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 423 pages, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
423
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822344766
ISBN
9780822344766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.70

Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture and Technology. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBL; JFF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780691168968
ISBN
9780691168968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.20
€ 69.51

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHM; KJM; VFVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Deutscher Universit?tsverlag United Kingdom
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9783824441570
ISBN
9783824441570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.46

Paperback. Tells the story of Islam and democratization in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim nation. Challenging stereotypes of Islam as antagonistic to democracy, this study of courage and reformation in the face of state terror suggests possibilities for democracy in the Muslim world and beyond. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFSR2; JHMC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691050478
ISBN
9780691050478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.40

Paperback. Drawing on participatory action research conducted in Sierra Leone, Kosovo and the Philippines, Human Rights in Prisons analyses encounters between rights-based non-governmental organisations and prisons. It explores the previously under-researched perspectives of prison staff and prisoners on their lives and relationships. Series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHMC; JKV; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349492749
ISBN
9781349492749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Hardback. Critics often characterize white consumption of African American culture as a form of theft that echoes the fantasies of 1950s-era bohemians, or "White Negroes," who romanticized black culture as anarchic and sexually potent. The author claims such a view fails to describe the varied politics of racial crossover over the years. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 black and white photographs, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252038433
ISBN
9780252038433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.83

Hardcover. The significance that people grant to their affiliations as members of nations, religions, classes, races, ethnicities and genders is evidence of the vital need for a cosmopolitan project that originates in the figure of Anyone - the universal and yet individual human being. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490. The Cosmopolitan Subject of Anthropology. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. 224 pages, 8 ills. The significance that people grant to their affiliations as members of nations, religions, classes, races, ethnicities and genders is evidence of the vital need for a cosmopolitan project that originates in the figure of Anyone - the universal and yet individual human being. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFS; JHMC. Dimension: 160 x 228 x 17. Weight: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857455192
ISBN
9780857455192
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFS; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 85 x 55 x 5. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626568419
ISBN
9781626568419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.20

Paperback. This book provides an account of the concept of ideology in relation to poststructuralism and postmodernism. One of the few books to relate this discussion to third world issues. Author is internationally known in the field of development studies and for his previous work in ideology. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 301.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745613161
ISBN
9780745613161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.98

Paperback. Series: New Anthropologies of Europe. Num Pages: 290 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 433.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024893
ISBN
9780253024893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.59

Hardback. In Domesticating Organ Transplant Megan Crowley-Matoka examines the iconic power of kidney transplantation in Mexico, where the procedure is inexorably linked to the imaginings of individual and national identity, national pride, and the role of women in creating the Mexican state. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822360520
ISBN
9780822360520
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.41

Hardback. Ethnographic methodology can be used to identify how educational policy is formulated and implemented through a process of enculturation. The object of these papers is to show how such a task can be carried out and to reveal the benefits it can yield. Editor(s): Walford, Geoffrey. Series: Studies in Educational Ethnography. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHMP; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762310180
ISBN
9780762310180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.61

Paperback. The contributors to this volume share the conviction that anthropology can no longer ignore the importance of evidence, either for how anthropologists carry out their work (methodology) or present and justify their findings (epistemology). Editor(s): Engelke, Matthew. Series: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series. Num Pages: 170 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 10. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405192965
ISBN
9781405192965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.40

Hardback. Suitable for students, teachers, designers, and scholars interested in using ethnographic methods, this title provides practical and detailed techniques for ethnographic research customized to reflect the specific issues of online virtual worlds, both game and nongame. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMC; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691149509
ISBN
9780691149509
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.20
€ 69.64

Paperback. This book is an ethnographic study of the martial art of taijiquan (or 'tai chi') as it is practiced in China and the United States. Drawing on recent literature on ethnicity, critical race theory, the phenomenology of race, and globalization, the author discusses identity in terms of sensual experience and the transmission/receipt of knowledge. Num Pages: 335 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHB; JHM; JHMC; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2006
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349530526
ISBN
9781349530526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.69

Paperback. This work considers the complex, far reaching issues surrounding the Human Genome Project - an international scientific enterprise aimed at attaining a complete sequence and locator map of the human genetic structure by the year 2005 - offering the elimination of genetic abnormalities and diseases. Editor(s): Sloan, Phillip R. Series: Studies in Science & the Humanities from the Reilly Centre for Science, Technology & Values. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHMP; PDA; PSX; TCBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 907.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268008208
ISBN
9780268008208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.87

Hardcover. Based on fieldwork over ten years, this book builds on the central theoretical understanding that the complex political economy of the Mount Sinai Bedouin is integrated in urban society and is part of the modern global world. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 tables & 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBX; JFSL; JHMC; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857459312
ISBN
9780857459312
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.87
€ 77.18

Paperback. The author of "The French", "Happiness" and "A History of French Passions" writes about the history of human feelings, habits, emotions and perceptions across time. Zeldin looks at the dilemmas of ordinary life, exploring the intimate experience of men and women through the ages. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780749396237
ISBN
9780749396237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 11.99

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