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Peripheral (Post) Modernity: The Syncretist Aesthetics of Borges, Piglia, Kalokyris and Kyriakidis by Eleni Kefala 9780820486390
RRP: $81.14$66.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820486390Author Eleni KefalaFormat HardbackPage Count 303Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 640g -
Loving Stones: Making the Impossible Possible in the Worship of Mount Govardhan by David L. Haberman 9780190086718
$130.08Loving Stones is a study of devotees' conceptions of and worshipful interactions with Mount Govardhan, a sacred mountain located in the Braj region of north-central India that has for centuries been considered an embodied form of Krishna. It is often... -
Praying for Justice: Faith, Order, and Community in an American Town by Carol J. Greenhouse 9780801496783
RRP: $45.15$35.29Anthropologist Carol J. Greenhouse offers an ethnographic study of attitudes toward conflict and law in a predominantly white, middle-class, suburban, principally Southern Baptist community. "A most stimulating book....Praying for Justice is very... -
The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal by Desmond Morris 9780385334303
RRP: $21.93$14.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385334303Author Desmond MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Bantam Doubleday DellPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group... -
Transforming Ethnomusicology Volume I: Methodologies, Institutional Structures, and Policies by Beverley Diamond 9780197517604
$145.22For decades, ethnomusicologists across the world have considered how to affect positive change for the communities they work with. Through illuminating case studies and reflections by a diverse array of scholars and practitioners, Transforming... -
Conservation and Community in Kenya: Milking the Elephant by Carolyn K Lesorogol 9781793650313
RRP: $38.70$34.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781793650313Author Carolyn K LesorogolFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Lexington BooksPublisher Lexington Books -
The Mobility Imperative: A Global Evolutionary Perspective of Human Migration by Augustin F C Holl 9781666903812
RRP: $38.70$34.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666903812Author Augustin F C HollFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Lexington Books/Fortress AcademicPublisher Lexington Books -
War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict the Future by Roberto J. González 9780520402171
RRP: $32.25$27.34A critical look at how the US military is weaponizing technology and data for new kinds of warfare—and why we must resist.War Virtually is the story of how scientists, programmers, and engineers are racing to develop data-driven technologies for fighting... -
Walking Networks: The Development of an Artistic Medium by Blake Morris 9781538148082
RRP: $38.70$34.42Since the early 2000s there has been an increase in artists who are walking as an essential part of their artistic practice. This book identifies the unique attributes of walking to develop a definition for walking as an artistic medium. Drawing on... -
Dealing with Privilege: Cannabis, Cocaine, and the Economic Foundations of Suburban Drug Culture by David Crawford 9781498598187
RRP: $38.70$34.42Dealing with Privilege: Cannabis, Cocaine, and the Economic Foundations of Suburban Drug Culture focuses on the careers of nine successfully retired drug dealers, offering a contrast to sociological, criminological, and other depictions of drug dealing... -
Framing Borders: Principle and Practicality in the Akwesasne Mohawk Territory by Ian Kalman 9781487509217
$61.88Framing Borders addresses a fundamental disjuncture between scholastic portrayals of settler colonialism and what actually takes place in Akwesasne Territory, the largest Indigenous cross-border community in Canada. Whereas most existing portrayals of... -
Cameroon - Thoughts and Memories: Ethnological Research in Oku and Kembong. 1975-2005 by Hans J Koloss 9783496028574
RRP: $112.23$108.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783496028574Author Hans J KolossFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Dietrich ReimerPublisher Dietrich ReimerWeight(grams) 794g -
Medical Tourism & Inequity in India: The Hyper-Commodification of Healthcare by Kristen Smith 9781793644176
RRP: $94.17$82.79In Medical Tourism & Inequity in India, Kristen Smith explores Indian private hospitals and their role in the global healthcare service supply chain within various religious, social, cultural, historical, and economic contexts. Drawing on critical... -
Science and Anthropology in a Post-Truth World: A Critique of Unreason and Academic Nonsense by H. Sidky 9781793606532
RRP: $45.15$39.93At the end of 2019, Americans were living in an era of post-truth characterized by fake news, weaponized lies, alternative facts, conspiracy theories, magical thinking, and irrationalism. While many complex interconnected factors were at work, this... -
Terrestrial Transformations: A Political Ecology Approach to Society and Nature by Thomas K. Park 9781793605481
RRP: $45.15$39.93Humanity's future may rest on how we deal with climate change, environmental problems, and their impacts on society. Terrestrial Transformations: A Political Ecology Approach to Society and Nature recognizes that such problems have social, political, and... -
Terrestrial Transformations: A Political Ecology Approach to Society and Nature by Thomas K. Park 9781793605467
RRP: $121.26$106.63Humanity's future may rest on how we deal with climate change, environmental problems, and their impacts on society. Terrestrial Transformations: A Political Ecology Approach to Society and Nature recognizes that such problems have social, political, and... -
Child Survivors of Genocide: Trauma, Resilience, and Identity in Guatemala by Shirley A. Heying 9781793602299
RRP: $129.00$113.29Child Survivors of Genocide: Trauma, Resilience, and Identity in Guatemala presents mixed-method, comparative ethnographic research conducted with orphaned child survivors who are now adults. These survivors were orphaned during Guatemala's 36-year... -
Environment, Economy, and Health in African Marginal Communities by Aderemi Suleiman Ajala 9781666939866
RRP: $104.49$91.67This collection of essays examines the health risks, health programs, and access to healthcare among marginalized communities in Africa. Drawing on rich ethnographic evidence, Environment, Economy, and Health in African Marginal Communities foregrounds... -
The Wrong Ape for Early Human Origins: The Chimpanzee as a Skewed Ancestral Model by M. Kay Martin 9781666923872
RRP: $104.49$91.67The Wrong Ape for Early Human Origins examines ways in which the chimpanzee referential model has exerted a primary influence on evolutionary theory, dominating portraits of proto- and early human social life, and in the broader sense, of human nature... -
Sustaining Social Conflict: Hatred, Money, and Genocide by E.N. Anderson 9781666918700
RRP: $109.65$96.12This book examines the origins of genocide and mass murder in the everyday conflicts of ordinary people, exacerbated by special interests. We examine cases harming people simply because they are considered unworthy and undeserving-for instance, if they... -
Indigenous Settlers of the Galapagos: Conservation Law, Race, and Society by Pilar Sanchez Voelkl 9781666906592
RRP: $109.65$96.12In Indigenous Settlers of the Galapagos: Conservation Law, Race, and Society, Pilar Sanchez Voelkl offers an anthropological and historical account about the early arrival and prominent presence of Andean Indigenous people in the Galapagos Islands. Her... -
Maya-British Conflict at the Edge of the Yucatecan Caste War by Christine A Kray 9781646425648
RRP: $33.48$31.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646425648Author Christine A KrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint University Press of ColoradoPublisher University Press of Colorado -
Fierce Climate, Sacred Ground: An Ethnography of Climate Change in Shishmaref, Alaska by Elizabeth Marino 9781602232662
RRP: $29.61$25.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602232662Author Elizabeth MarinoFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint University of Alaska PressPublisher University of Alaska PressDimensions(mm) 229mm... -
Harvard's Quixotic Pursuit of a New Science: The Rise and Fall of the Department of Social Relations by Patrick L Schmidt 9781538168288
RRP: $114.81$100.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538168288Author Patrick L SchmidtImprint Rowman & Littlefield PublishersPublisher Rowman & Littlefield Publishers -
Central Asian Cultures, Arts, and Architecture: Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Medieval Golden Ages by Ardi Kia 9781498589055
RRP: $109.65$96.12Central Asia Cultures, Arts, and Architecture presents a journey through time, analyzing the history of Central Asian cultures, arts, and architecture since prehistoric times. It includes documentation of historical, cultural, artistic, and architectural... -
Shackled Sentiments: Slaves, Spirits, and Memories in the African Diaspora by Eric Montgomery 9781498585989
RRP: $116.10$101.66The ramifications of the trans-Saharan, trans-Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and domestic African slave trades are immeasurable, and they continue to disaffect black people from Africa to Haiti and Los Angeles to Lagos. Shackled Sentiments focuses on the... -
Polish Lace Makers: Gender, Heritage, and Identity by Anna Sznajder 9781498584319
RRP: $140.61$123.29Anna Sznajder centers this ethnography of gendered creative practice in the lace-making community of Bobowa, Poland. Grounded in rural gender studies and feminist epistemology, Polish Lace Makers is a pivotal historical and modern account of the social... -
Study Abroad and the Quest for an Anti-Tourism Experience by John J. Bodinger de Uriarte 9781498583268
RRP: $144.48$126.61What sets study abroad apart from tourism? Both study abroad and mass tourism are experiencing rapid growth in the international market-with study abroad increasingly serving as an integral component of the "university experience"-and both call... -
Political Kinship in Pakistan: Descent, Marriage, and Government Stability by Stephen M. Lyon 9781498582179
RRP: $104.49$91.67South Asian politics have long been characterized as dynastic, but Steve Lyon contends that this overly simplifies the extent to which dynasties depend on the support of distinct, self-interested lineage groups. In Political Kinship in Pakistan, Lyon... -
Capoeira, Mobility, and Tourism: Preserving an Afro-Brazilian Tradition in a Globalized World by Sergio Gonzalez Varela 9781498570329
RRP: $109.65$96.12In Capoeira, Mobility, and Tourism: Preserving an Afro-Brazilian Tradition in a Globalized World, Sergio Gonzalez Varela examines the mobility of capoeira leaders and practitioners. He analyzes their motivations and spirituality as well as their ability... -
The Roots of Western Finance: Power, Ethics, and Social Capital in the Ancient World by Thomas K. Park 9781498545839
RRP: $54.18$47.64In The Roots of Western Finance: Power, Ethics, and Social Capital in the Ancient World, Thomas K. Park and James B. Greenberg take an anthropological approach to credit. They suggest that financial activities occur in a complex milieu, in which... -
The Roots of Western Finance: Power, Ethics, and Social Capital in the Ancient World by Thomas K. Park 9781498545815
RRP: $122.55$107.74In The Roots of Western Finance: Power, Ethics, and Social Capital in the Ancient World, Thomas K. Park and James B. Greenberg take an anthropological approach to credit. They suggest that financial activities occur in a complex milieu, in which... -
Doing Home Field Work: Ethnography in Familiar Contexts by Loukia K. Sarroub 9781475857450
RRP: $38.70$34.42This book engages readers via the international contributions from "home" field sites around the world and international authors. Importantly, the various chapters address a wide spectrum of educational contexts - ranging from higher education,... -
Doing Home Field Work: Ethnography in Familiar Contexts by Loukia K. Sarroub 9781475857443
RRP: $82.56$71.88This book engages readers via the international contributions from "home" field sites around the world and international authors. Importantly, the various chapters address a wide spectrum of educational contexts - ranging from higher education,... -
Russia: Anthropological Insights by Petra Rethmann 9781442636576
RRP: $27.08$24.54This book offers a brief introduction to the anthropological study of Russia. Moving beyond the conceptual iron curtain that has divided past study of Russia into "East" and "West," it situates Russia in a global context and provides readers with all of... -
Missing Bodies: The Politics of Visibility by Monica J. Casper 9780814716779
$115.95We know more about the physical body-how it begins, how it responds to illness, even how it decomposes-than ever before. Yet not all bodies are created equal, some bodies clearly count more than others, and some bodies are not recognized at all. In... -
Matters of Choice: Puerto Rican Women's Struggle for Reproductive Freedom by Iris Lopez 9780813543734
RRP: $49.02$37.47In ""Matters of Choice"", Iris Lopez presents a comprehensive analysis of the dichotomous views that have portrayed sterilization either as part of a coercive program of population control or as a means of voluntary, even liberating,... -
Drugs, Thugs, and Diplomats: U.S. Policymaking in Colombia by Winifred Tate 9780804792011
$139.80In 2000, the U.S. passed a major aid package that was going to help Colombia do it all: cut drug trafficking, defeat leftist guerrillas, support peace, and build democracy. More than 80% of the assistance, however, was military aid, at a time when the... -
After the Revolution: Youth, Democracy, and the Politics of Disappointment in Serbia by Jessica Greenberg 9780804789004
$128.03What happens to student activism once mass protests have disappeared from view, and youth no longer embody the political frustrations and hopes of a nation? After the Revolution chronicles the lives of student activists as they confront the possibilities... -
Confronting the Occupation: Work, Education, and Political Activism of Palestinian Families in a Refugee Camp by Maya Rosenfeld 9780804749879
RRP: $43.86$42.18Confronting the Occupation is a study of work, education, political-national resistance, family, and community relations in a Palestinian refugee camp under conditions of Israeli military occupation. It is based on extended field research carried out by...Qty in Cart: 0Price:RRP: $43.86$42.18Subtotal: