Anthropology
Global approaches to the study of human society and culture, covering hunter-gatherers, state formation, ethnography, physical and cultural anthropology.
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The Mediterranean as a Source of Cultural Criticism: Myth, Literature, and Anthropology [Paperback]
Andrea Benedetti (Editor); Ulrich van Loyen (Editor)
£18.00ISBN: 9788869771361
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Anthropology
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The essays contained in this volume explore the historical trajectories along which the Mediterranean has been conceptualized as a cultural, religious and economical resource and how these various aspects are intertwined. While staying clear of a ... .... Learn More -
The Phallus and the Mask: The Patriarchal Unconscious of Psychoanalysis [Paperback]
Marina de Carneri (Author)
£12.00ISBN: 9788869771385
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Psychology
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Psychoanalysts from all schools – even when they are women – have often dismissed and sometimes openly disapproved of feminism and its critique of male universalism. While other disciplines, like sociology and anthropology, have welcomed the contr... .... Learn More -
At the Origin of Middle-Class Rationality: Interpretations of Ulysses and the Sirens [Paperback]
Ruggero D’Alessandro (Author)
£12.00ISBN: 9788869771378
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Literature
The Odyssey is rightly celebrated as a story that goes far beyond the scope of epic poetry. It is an open window to an entire era and its social systems as well as its theological, cultural, economic and political structures, while running simulta... .... Learn More -
Women on the verge of Jihad: The hidden pathways towards radicalization [Paperback]
Anna Zizola (Author); Paolo Maria Inghilleri (Author)
£10.00ISBN: 9788869771316
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Politics
Surprisingly, jihadi groups like ISIS do not only attract female supporters coming from Muslim communities, but also Western women who grew up in non-Muslim environments. Trauma, depression and the need for a more exciting life outside the constra... .... Learn More -
A&P N.12: Anthropology and Philosophy? International Multidisciplinary Journal [Paperback]
Mariano L. Bianca (Editor); Luca Malatesti (Editor); Paolo Piccari (Editor)
£11.00ISBN: 9788869770944
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: A&P
Volume: Volume 12 - 2015/2016
A&P is a multidiscilinary journal which gathers international scholars and thinkers to analyse the latest debates in the field of philosophy and anthropology. .... Learn More -
Fighting Fibres: Kiribati Armour and Museum Collections [Paperback]
Julie Adams (Editor); Polly Bence (Editor); Alison Clark (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9789088905650
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: Pacific Presences
Volume: 2
This book brings together artists, curators, researchers and conservators to consider the significance of coconut fibre armour from the islands of Kiribati. Taking as its focus the armour found in museum collections, it investigates the historical... .... Learn More -
Brill's Companion to Classics and Early Anthropology
Emily Varto (Editor)
£180.00ISBN: 9789004249363
Published by : Brill
The chapters in Brill’s Companion to Classics and Early Anthropology explore key points of interaction between classics and anthropology from the eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Ancient Greece and Rome played varying roles in early anthro... .... Learn More -
Anthropocene: A Very Short Introduction [Paperback]
Erle C. Ellis (Author)
£7.99ISBN: 9780198792987
Published by : Oxford University Press
Climate scientists, geologists, ecologists, and archaeologists recognize the profound effects of human activity on Earth, though whether and how this should be recognized as a formal geological epoch - the Anthropocene - remains under debate, Erle... .... Learn More -
Living with the Gods: 40,000 Years of Peoples, Objects and Beliefs [Hardback]
Neil MacGregor (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9780241308295
Published by : Penguin Books Ltd
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A panoramic exploration of peoples, objects and beliefs over 40,000 years from the celebrated author of A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany, following the new BBC Radio 4 documentary and British Museum exhibition. Available for pre-o... .... Learn More -
Upper Egypt: Life Along the Nile [Paperback]
Nicholas S. Hopkins (Author)
£12.95ISBN: 9788787334525
Published by : Aarhus University Press
Upper Egypt: Life along the Nile describes life in the southern part of Egypt in the twentieth century. The book represents some of the most recent social and cultural research in the area, and it focuses on aspects of Egypt that tend to ... .... Learn More
