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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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 -
Hajj: Global Interactions through Pilgrimage [Hardback]
Luitgard Mols (Editor); Marjo Buitelaar (Editor)
£150.00ISBN: 9789088904776
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: Mededelingen van het Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde
Volume: 43
Every year, in the last month of the Islamic calendar, millions of Muslims from around the world come together in Mecca to perform the Hajj, the pilgrimage that all capable Muslims should perform at least once in their lives. In 2013, the National... .... Learn More -
From Belonging to Belief: Modern Secularisms and the Construction of Religion in Kyrgyzstan [Paperback]
Julie McBrien (Author)
£22.50ISBN: 9780822965084
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Central Eurasia in Context
From Belonging to Belief presents a nuanced ethnographic study of Islam and secularism in post-Soviet Central Asia, as seen from the small town of Bazaar-Korgon in southern Kyrgyzstan. Opening with the juxtaposition of a statue of Lenin a... .... Learn More -
Walking into the Void: A Historical Sociology and Political Anthropology of Walking [Hardback]
Arpad Szakolczai (Author); Agnes Horvath (Author)
Regular Price: £115.00
Special Price: £75.00
ISBN: 9781138214484
Published by : Routledge
Series: Contemporary Liminality
The book starts by discussing the significance of walking for the experience of being human, including a comparative study of the language and cultures of walking. It then reviews in detail, relying on archaeology, two turning points of human hist... .... Learn More -
Among Herders of Inner Mongolia: The Haslund-Christensen Collection at the National Museum of Denmark [Hardback]
Christel Braae (Author)
£70.00ISBN: 9788779343955
Published by : Aarhus University Press
Series: The Carlsberg Foundation's Nomad Research Project
This is a study of a unique collection of Inner Mongolian artifacts at the National Museum of Denmark. They are described, analyzed and presented in a catalogue of more than 800 items, documenting the daily life of pastoral society in and around t... .... Learn More -
Style and Meaning: Essays on the anthropology of art [Paperback]
Anthony Forge (Author); Alison Clark (Editor); Nicholas Thomas (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9789088904462
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: Pacific Presences
Volume: 1
Anthropology's engagement with art has a complex and uneven history. While material culture, 'decorative art', and art styles were of major significance for founding figures such as Alfred Haddon and Franz Boas, art became marginal as the discipli... .... Learn More -
Style and Meaning: Essays on the anthropology of art [Hardback]
Anthony Forge (Author); Alison Clark (Editor); Nicholas Thomas (Editor)
£135.00ISBN: 9789088904479
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: Pacific Presences
Volume: 1
Anthropology's engagement with art has a complex and uneven history. While material culture, 'decorative art', and art styles were of major significance for founding figures such as Alfred Haddon and Franz Boas, art became marginal as the discipli... .... Learn More -
Adjusting the Lens: Community and Collaborative Video in Mexico [Paperback]
Freya Schiwy (Editor); Byrt Wammack Weber (Editor)
£22.50ISBN: 9780822964469
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Illuminations
Adjusting the Lens offers a detailed analysis of contemporary, independent, indigenous-language audiovisual production in Mexico and in Mexican migrant communities in the United States. The contributors relate the styles and forms of collaborative... .... Learn More
