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A fascinating and haunting exploration of the bound foot in Chinese culture.Why did so many Chinese women over a thousand-year period bind their feet, enduring rotting flesh, throbbing pain, and hampered mobility throughout their lives? What compelled...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767931212Author George ProchnikFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 274gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Sixteen women anthropologists analyze the place of women in human societies, treating as problematic certain questions and observations that in the past have been ignored or taken for granted, and consulting the anthropological record for data and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639231003Author Herbert M SheltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 476Imprint Lushena BooksPublisher Lushena BooksWeight(grams) 630gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639234882Author Ernest HolmesFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Lushena BooksPublisher Lushena BooksWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Intimacy Directing for Theatre provides much needed strategies on how teachers and artists can do intimacy work in the classroom and rehearsal room that is safe and just.This book puts forth intimacy work that is based on human rights and consent for...

"An accessible and entertaining read, useful to anybody interested in the ethnographic method." - Paul Miller, University of Cumbria "A very good introduction to ethnographic research, particularly useful for first time researchers...

Between the late 1970s and the mid 1980s, Guatemala was torn by a civil war which came to be known as La Violencia. During this time of mass terror and extreme violence, more than 600 massacres occurred in villages destroyed by the army, one and a half...

An intellectual biography of a preeminent American sociologist One of the founders of sociology in the United States, Charles Horton Cooley (1864-1929) is perhaps best known for his concepts of the looking-glass self and the primary group. But according...

Michel Foucault's work was described at his death as 'the most important event of thought in our century'. As a philosopher, historian and political activist, he certainly left behind an enduring and influential body of work, but is this acclaim...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913136444Author Anthony C ProctorFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Clink Street PublishingPublisher Clink Street PublishingWeight(grams)...

Culture, Class, Distinction is major contribution to international debates regarding the role of cultural capital in relation to modern forms of inequality. Drawing on a national study of the organisation of cultural practices in contemporary Britain,...

This was supposed to be the era when democracy came into its own, but instead power and wealth in Britain have slowly been consolidated the hands of a small elite, while the rest of the country struggles financially and switches off politically. We are...

An entertaining and enlightening anthology of classical Greek and Roman writings on animals-and our vital relationships with themHow to Care about Animals is a fascinating menagerie of passages from classical literature about animals and the lives we...

Investigating the reality and significance of racial categories, Remapping Race in a Global Context examines the role of race in human genomics, biomedicine, and struggles for social justice around the world. In this book, biologists, anthropologists,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250094599Author Carl SafinaFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

'This is a great resource that reflects the huge expertise of the authors. It will be welcomed by students, researchers and indeed anyone wanting critical but comprehensive coverage of key issues and trends concerning drugs and society - locally and...

In this work, young feminists born between the years 1964 and 1973, discuss the things that they consider matter now - both in looking at the accomplishments and failures of the past, and in planning for the future.Book InformationISBN...

Written in the early stages of the Cold War by one of the most controversial political and legal thinkers of the twentieth century, Carl Schmitt s two short dialogues on power and space bring together several dimensions of his work in new ways. The...

A fully revised and rewritten second edition of a book which is now regarded as a classic. Takes full advantage of new research and places strong emphasis on voluntary action and the role of women in the shaping of social policy.It retains the excellent...

This new collection of essays presents the latest thoughts of one of the world's leading ethnographic filmmakers and writers on cinema. It will provide essential reading for students in cinema studies, filmmaking, and visual anthropology. The dozen...

Nearly two thousand years ago a physician named Galen of Pergamon suggested that much of the variation in human behaviour could be explained by an individual's temperament. Since that time, inborn dispositions have fallen in and out of favour. Based on...

Village Voice Favorite Books of 2000 The popular book challenging the idea of a model minority, now in paperback!"How does it feel to be a problem?" asked W. E. B. Du Bois of black Americans in his classic The Souls of Black Folk. A hundred years later,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737412267Author Alan ZoltieFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Alan ZoltiePublisher Alan ZoltieWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 13mm

The Revolt of the Black Athlete hit sport and society like an Ali combination. This Fiftieth Anniversary edition of Harry Edwards's classic of activist scholarship arrives even as a new generation engages with the issues he explored. Edwards's new...

An introduction to and critique of the latest trends in critical theory.'...the most detailed introduction to postmodern social theory I have yet seen, including valuable critical readings of the major debates.' - Fredric Jameson, Duke UniversityReviews'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244671693Author Ross CaldwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 4mm

A philosophical critique of modern communication theories.Situated at the intersection of current debates regarding meaning and representation, Deconstructing Communication casts doubt on the seeming innocence of the activity of communication. Using...

The Routledge Handbook of Graffiti and Street Art integrates and reviews current scholarship in the field of graffiti and street art. Thirty-seven original contributions are organized around four sections: History, Types, and Writers/Artists of Graffiti...

In this far-ranging and penetrating work, Denise Ferreira da Silva asks why, after more than five hundred years of violence perpetrated by Europeans against people of color, is there no ethical outrage? Rejecting the prevailing view that social...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933435145Author Eric HofferFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Hopewell Publications LLCPublisher Hopewell Publications LLCWeight(grams)...

Containing the most systematic statement of the theoretical foundations and framework of functional sociology, the essays included in this edition provide an authoritative approach to the functional analysis of social structures.Featuring two new...

Management and leadership are increasingly important within the organisation and delivery of social care services and now form part of the post qualification framework for social workers. Yet, whilst there is a relatively broad understanding of...

The field of sex work has undergone a massive expansion in the past ten years. In this new edition, three leading researchers come together to provide an interdisciplinary outline of sex work. This book provides comprehensive coverage of key areas common...

Reflexivity is valuable in social research because it draws attention to the researcher as part of the world being studied and reminds us that the individuals involved in our research are subjects, not objects. By being reflexive we acknowledge that we...

Author and scholar Robert Edgerton challenges the notion that primitive societies were happy and healthy before they were corrupted and oppressed by colonialism. He surveys a range of ethnographic writings, and shows that many of these so-called innocent...

Deviance is by definition a social problem. Since deviant behavior violates the normative expectations of a given group, deviance must be regarded as a problem for that group, since all groups of people want their norms to be enforced. Many modern...

God. Whether one loves him, hates him, denies or defies him, it is hard to deny the worldwide fascination with God. This book explores why and suggests a personal response to the God Attachment in all of us. Why has the human race, the world over, been...

Beginning with a detailed study of Homer's balance of negative and positive elements in the Circe-Odysseus myth, Judith Yarnall employs text and illustrations to demonstrate how Homer's Circe is connected with age-old traditions of goddess worship. She...

This landmark book combines the voices of Native Americans and non-Indians, anthropologists and others, in an exploration of gender and sexuality issues as they relate to lesbian, gay, transgendered, and other "marked" Native Americans. Focusing on the...