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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by Sir James George Frazer
RRP: $31.48$23.84A classic study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind, and the progress through magic and religion to scientific thought, The Golden Bough has a unique status in modern anthropology and literature. First published in 1890, The Golden Bough was... -
Think Like an Anthropologist by Matthew Engelke
RRP: $23.08$16.32'Subtle and self-reflexive. . . an excellent overview of the debates and issues that have shaped this hugely influential social science' - GuardianHow does anthropology help us understand who we are?What can it tell us about culture, from Melanesia to... -
In the Flesh: The Cultural Politics of Body Modification by Victoria Pitts 9780312293116
RRP: $125.98$114.93Through an interview-based study, Victoria Pitts has researched the subcultural milieu of contemporary body modification, focusing on the ways sexuality, gender and ethnicity are being reconfigured through new body technologies - not only tattooing, but... -
Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction by John Monaghan
RRP: $18.88$13.55If you want to know what anthropology is, look at what anthropologists do. This Very Short Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology combines an accessible account of some of the disciplines guiding principles and methodology with abundant... -
Anthropology of Pregnancy Loss: Comparative Studies in Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Neo-natal Death Rosanne Cecil 9781859731253
RRP: $75.58$66.55How much influence does culture have on a mother's reactions to pregnancy loss? At what stage is a fetus attributed with human status? How does this affect the mother's reactions to the loss of a baby?Contemporary, historical and oral-history accounts... -
Myth and Meaning by Claude Levi-Strauss 9780415253949
RRP: $25.18$23.33In addresses written for a wide general audience, one of the twentieth century's most prominent thinkers, Claude Levi-Strauss, here offers the insights of a lifetime on the crucial questions of human existence. Responding to questions as varied as 'Can... -
The English by Jeremy Paxman
RRP: $27.28$19.09In The English Jeremy Paxman sets out to find about the English. Not the British overall, not the Scots, not the Irish or Welsh, but the English. Why do they seem so unsure of who they are?Jeremy Paxman is to many the embodiment of Englishness yet even... -
Am I Normal?: The 200-Year Search for Normal People (and Why They Don’t Exist) by Sarah Chaney 9781788162463
RRP: $23.08$14.95*As heard on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour* *A Blackwell's and Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2022* 'Excellent ... one of those rare pop-science books that make you look at the whole world differently' The Daily Telegraph ***** 'Riveting' Mail... -
2020: A Reckoning by Eric Klinenberg 9781847926937
RRP: $52.50$37.00Renowned sociologist and best-selling author Eric Klinenberg turns a year of devastation into a year of revelation in this wise, deeply researched and cathartic account of the pandemic.'A gripping, deeply moving account' SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE, author of... -
The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols by Alain Gheerbrant
RRP: $39.88$30.68This is a remarkable dictionary, exploring the vast and various symbols which abound in literature, religion, national identity and are found at the very heart of our dreams and sub-conscious. Compiled by an international team of experts, each entry is... -
The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge by Peter L. Berger
RRP: $23.08$16.32A general and systematic account of the role of knowledge in society aimed to stimulate both critical discussion and empirical investigations.This book is concerned with the sociology of 'everything that passes for knowledge in society'. It focuses... -
Defending Women's Spaces Karen Ingala Smith 9781509554447
RRP: $33.58$22.95Who counts as a woman? This question lies at the heart of many public debates about sex and gender today. While we increasingly recognise the desire of some to eliminate the sex binary in law, a particular boiling point emerges through conflicting... -
Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art by Rebecca Wragg Sykes
RRP: $25.18$14.95** WINNER OF THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE 2021 ** 'Beautiful, evocative, authoritative.' Professor Brian Cox 'Important reading not just for anyone interested in these ancient cousins of ours, but also for anyone interested in humanity.' Yuval... -
Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From: 2021 by Tony Joseph 9789391165956
$43.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789391165956Author Tony JosephFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Juggernaut PublicationPublisher Juggernaut PublicationDimensions(mm) 250mm * 200mm * 50mm -
Dark, Salt, Clear: Life in a Cornish Fishing Town by Lamorna Ash
RRP: $20.98$14.43WINNER OF A SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD 2021 A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE A SUNDAY TIMES AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Marks the birth of a new star of non-fiction' William Dalrymple 'A beautiful... -
Studies in Ethnomethodology Harold Garfinkel (Univewrsity of California, Los Angeles) 9780745600055
RRP: $37.78$33.68This is the first appearance in paper back of one of the major classics of contemporary Sociology. Studies in Ethnomethodology has inspired a wide range of important theoretical and empirical work in the social sciences and linguistics. It is one of the... -
Sonic Fiction by Holger Schulze
RRP: $46.18$40.49Sonic fiction is everywhere: in conversations about vernacular culture, in music videos, sound art compositions and on record sleeves, in everyday encounters with sonic experiences and in every single piece of writing about sound. Where one can find... -
Explaining Humans: What Science Can Teach Us about Life, Love and Relationships by Camilla Pang
RRP: $23.08$16.32WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE, JULY 2020How proteins, machine learning and molecular chemistry can teach us about the complexities of human behaviour and the world around usHow do we understand the people around us?... -
Figments of Reality: The Evolution of the Curious Mind by Ian Stewart 9780521571555
RRP: $168.00$133.79Is the universe around us a figment of our imagination? Or are our minds figments of reality? In this refreshing new look at the evolution of mind and culture, bestselling authors Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen eloquently argue that our minds necessarily... -
How Forests Think: Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human by Eduardo Kohn 9780520276116
RRP: $52.50$44.50Can forests think? Do dogs dream? In this astonishing book, Eduardo Kohn challenges the very foundations of anthropology, calling into question our central assumptions about what it means to be human - and thus distinct from all other life forms. Based... -
Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and their Journey by Isabel Fonseca
RRP: $27.28$19.09Gypsies have always intrigued and fascinated - partly because of their mysterious origins, and partly because of the romance of nomadism. But because they resist assimilation, having survived as a distinct people for over a thousand years, they have also... -
The Ontological Turn: An Anthropological Exposition by Martin Holbraad 9781107503946
RRP: $54.58$45.07A new and often controversial theoretical orientation that resonates strongly with wider developments in contemporary philosophy and social theory, the so-called 'ontological turn' is receiving a great deal of attention in anthropology and cognate... -
Silencing The Past (20th Anniversary Edition) by Michel-Rolph Trouillot
RRP: $42.00$30.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807080535Author Michel-Rolph TrouillotFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm) 205mm *... -
Moments of Freedom: Anthropology and Popular Culture by Johannes Fabian 9780813917863
$62.69In this volume, the author reflects on anthropological uses of the concept of popular culture. He retraces how his explorations of popular culture in the Shaba region of Zaire, now the Congo, showed that classical culture theory did not account for large... -
The Living Goddesses by Marija Gimbutas
RRP: $60.90$48.17The Living Goddesses crowns a lifetime of innovative, influential work by one of the twentieth-century's most remarkable scholars. Marija Gimbutas wrote and taught with rare clarity in her original--and originally shocking--interpretation of prehistoric... -
Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo by Professor Mary Douglas
RRP: $35.68$31.96Is cleanliness next to godliness? What does such a concept really mean? Why does it recur as a universal theme across all societies? And what are the implications for the unclean? In Purity and Danger Mary Douglas identifies the concern for purity as a... -
The Uses of Literacy: Aspects of Working-Class Life by Richard Hoggart
RRP: $23.08$16.32When a society becomes more affluent, does it lose other values? Are the skills that education and literacy gave millions wasted on consuming pop culture? Do the media coerce us into a world of the superficial and the material - or can they be a force... -
Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age Anthony Giddens (London School of Economics and Political Science) 9780745609324
RRP: $37.78$33.68This major study develops a new account of modernity and its relation to the self. Building upon the ideas set out in The Consequences of Modernity, Giddens argues that 'high' or 'late' modernity is a post traditional order characterised by a developed... -
Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline Darrell Bricker 9781472142979
RRP: $27.28$18.06**A SUNDAY TIMES MUST-READ**'Riveting and vitally important' - Steven Pinker'A gripping narrative of a world on the cusp of profound change' - Anjana Ahuja, New StatesmanEmpty Planet offers a radical, provocative argument that the global population will... -
Simple Statistics: A Course Book for the Social Sciences by Frances Clegg 9780521288026
RRP: $45.68$44.00Simple Statistics is suitable primarily for A-level students and undergraduates following courses in psychology and, to a lesser degree, sociology, economics and geography.Simple Statistics is suitable primarily for A-level students and undergraduates... -
Music and Social Movements: Mobilizing Traditions in the Twentieth Century by Ron Eyerman
RRP: $48.28$38.41Building on their studies of sixties culture and theory of cognitive praxis, Ron Eyerman and Andrew Jamison examine the mobilization of cultural traditions and formulation of new collective identities through the music of activism. They combine a... -
The Origins of the British: The New Prehistory of Britain by Stephen Oppenheimer
RRP: $31.48$20.58'British prehistory will never look the same again.' Professor Colin Renfrew, University of CambridgeStephen Oppenheimer's extraordinary scientific detective story combining genetics, linguistics, archaeology and historical record shatters the myths we... -
The Village Effect: Why Face-to-face Contact Matters by Susan Pinker
RRP: $31.48$20.58Marrying the findings of the new field of social neuroscience together with gripping human stories, award-winning author and psychologist Susan Pinker explores the impact of face-to-face contact from cradle to grave, from city to Sardinian mountain... -
Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible by E. Randolph Richards
RRP: $37.78$27.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830837823Author E. Randolph RichardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 308g -
Moving beyond Words: Breaking the Boundaries of Gender by Gloria Steinem 9780671510527
$33.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671510527Author Gloria SteinemFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 472gDimensions(mm) 152mm *... -
Origin Story: A Big History of Everything by David Christian
RRP: $23.08$16.32David Christian, creator of Big History ('My favourite course of all time' Bill Gates), brings us the epic story of the universe and our place in it, from 13.8 billion years ago to the remote future'Nails home the point: Life is a miracle ... A... -
Family Life in Western Societies: A Historical Sociology of Family Relationships in Britain and North America by J. E. Goldthorpe 9780521337526
RRP: $65.08$59.39This book was first published in 1987, offering a masterly review and synthesis of the available literature on family life in western societies. This book presents a distinctive approach to family sociology, focusing on two related questions: Why did we... -
The End of Love: A Sociology of Negative Relations Eva Illouz (The Hebrew University of Jersalem) 9781509550258
RRP: $31.48$28.52Western culture has endlessly represented the ways in which love miraculously erupts in people's lives, the mythical moment in which one knows someone is destined for us, the feverish waiting for a phone call or an email, the thrill that runs down our... -
Zoobiquity: The Astonishing Connection Between Human and Animal Health by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz
RRP: $37.80$23.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307477439Author Barbara Natterson-HorowitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)... -
Sociology Anthony Giddens (London School of Economics and Political Science) 9781509539222
RRP: $62.98$60.98Over a million copies sold worldwideThe indispensable guide to understanding the world we make and the lives we lead. This thoroughly revised and updated ninth edition remains unrivalled in its vibrant, engaging and authoritative introduction to...