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Hardcover. Attempting to cut a third way between the usual alternatives of social constructionist and naturalist approaches to the body, this collection turns to both the biological and the social sciences as a starting point for an adequate critique of the body, before moving to offer a cultural analysis. Editor(s): Welton, Donn. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HP; JFC; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 189 x 27. Weight in Grams: 922.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781577181255
ISBN
9781577181255
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.93

Hardback. Masculine domination is so deeply ingrained in our unconscious that we hardly perceive all of its dimensions. It is so much in line with our expectations that we struggle to call it fully into question. Num Pages: 144 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745622644
ISBN
9780745622644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.05

Paperback. A history of a past phenomenon - racial art - which has ramifications for the present Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 59 illus., 12 in color. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXD; AFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Original
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991450
ISBN
9780295991450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 42.14

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Solomon, Steven. Num Pages: 187 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
New Falcon Publications,U.S. United States
Number of pages
187
Condition
New
SKU
V9781561841493
ISBN
9781561841493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.59

Paperback. This major new textbook explores the relations between gender and archaeology, providing an innovative and important account of how material culture is used in the construction of gender. Num Pages: 248 pages, 18. BIC Classification: HD; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745620152
ISBN
9780745620152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.54

Hardcover. Percival Kirby was one of the greatest South African musicologists and ethnomusicologists. Born in Scotland in 1887, after completing his studies at the Royal College of Music in London he came out to South Africa as the Music Organiser to the Natal Education Department. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AVR; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 180. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Wits University Press
Edition
Third edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868146055
ISBN
9781868146055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.63

Hardback. Covering a forty-year period, this comparative and longitudinal study traces the medicalization of birth in Guatemala and its effects on women's lives and their economic and social status. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JHMC; KNAC; MJT; PSXM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 661. Weight in Grams: 587.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781477311387
ISBN
9781477311387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HRCC9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781479841660
ISBN
9781479841660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. This book aims to introduce the reader to contemporary Chinese urban life and to examine how reforms have changed not only the material circumstances of daily life, but also the overall well-being of urban residents. Num Pages: 332 pages, 23 half-tones 2 maps, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804725811
ISBN
9780804725811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 42.35

Hardcover. This collection of essays is the outcome of a conference, organized by the Association of Indian Labour Historians in collaboration with the V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, on the histories of work, from the long-term and comparative perspective. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Tulika Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9789382381358
ISBN
9789382381358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.82

Paperback. Series: Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8, 6 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHMC; JNFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801479182
ISBN
9780801479182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.64

Paperback. Among the social sciences, anthropology relies most on "fieldwork" - the long-term immersion in another way of life as the basis for knowledge. The essays in this text explore the notion of "field", show how the concept is historically constructed and explore the consequences of its dominance. Editor(s): Gupta, Akhil; Ferguson, James. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206809
ISBN
9780520206809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.22

Paperback. Editor(s): Sokefeld, Martin. Num Pages: 230 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: GTJ; JHMC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837630244
ISBN
9783837630244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.24

Paperback. Series: Midway Reprints. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226062433
ISBN
9780226062433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 37.63

Paperback. This text examines the social, spatial and property practices of New Zealand's high country. It combines historical, literary and ethnographic approaches to draw a portrait of families whose many features can be used in the debates about land use in the colonies of the British diaspora. Num Pages: 328 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1MBN; HBJM; JFSL9; JHMC; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742509528
ISBN
9780742509528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.82

Paperback. Deals with the organization of camps and bands, kinship systems, beliefs, ceremonies, hunting, warfare, and methods of measuring time Editor(s): DeMallie, Raymond J. Num Pages: 243 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780803297371
ISBN
9780803297371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.07

Paperback. Presents a comprehensive collection of research on Hmong culture and life in Asia. Editor(s): Tapp, Nicholas; Michaud, Jean; Culas, Christian; Lee, Gary Yia. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9789749575017
ISBN
9789749575017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 42.35

Hardback. Stuart Kirsch is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. He has consulted widely on environmental issues and land rights in the Pacific, and was actively involved in the political campaign and legal case against the environmental impact of the Ok Tedi mine in Papua New Guinea. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 figures, 20 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804753418
ISBN
9780804753418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.29

Paperback. Since the 1960s social scientists have been reluctant to discuss the cultural dimensions of racial inequality - not wanting to "blame the victim" for having "wrong values". This text employs cultural analysis toward an understanding of how cultural structures articulate the black/white problem. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226468365
ISBN
9780226468365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 36.70

Paperback. This work explores the role of literature in the former Yugoslavia's attempts to create a multicultural nation. It focuses on the cultural processes by which the idea of a nation was developed and on the reasons that this idea failed to bind the South Slavs into a viable nation and state. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 316 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 226 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731812
ISBN
9780804731812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.64

Paperback. Documents the crucial role played by language in cultural conquest - how colonial Mayan emerged in the age of the cross, how it was taken up by native writers to become the language of indigenous literature, and how it ultimately became the language of rebellion against the system that produced it. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 484 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 17 maps, 25 tables, 41 examples. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2JNM; 3JB; CBX; CFB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257719
ISBN
9780520257719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.68

paperback. What are corporations, and to whom are they responsible? This book draws on two years of research at Newmont Mining Corporation's Denver headquarters and its Batu Hijau copper and gold mine in Sumbawa, Indonesia, to address these questions. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JHB; JHMC; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436. Clean copy with minor warping to covers and pages. Remains a good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0021703
ISBN
9780520282315
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.12

Hardcover. The Indian subdistrict of Shahabad, located in the southeastern tip of Rajasthan, is an area of extreme poverty. It is home to the Sahariyas, officially 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: 240 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226194400
ISBN
9780226194400
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.81
€ 77.34

Paperback. Description of methods used in long-term anthropological field projects, some extending over half a century. Editor(s): Kemper, Robert V.; Royce, Anya Peterson. Num Pages: 392 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759101944
ISBN
9780759101944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.79

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