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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Why Haiti Needs New Narratives [Hardback]
Gina Athena Ulysse (Author); Robin D.G. Kelley (Other)
£75.00ISBN: 9780819575449
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
Mainstream news coverage of the catastrophic earthquake of January 12, 2010, reproduced longstanding narratives of Haiti and stereotypes of Haitians. Cognizant that this Haiti, as it exists in the public sphere, is a rhetorically ... .... Learn More -
Why Haiti Needs New Narratives [Paperback]
Gina Athena Ulysse (Author); Robin D.G. Kelley (Other)
£27.00ISBN: 9780819575456
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
Mainstream news coverage of the catastrophic earthquake of January 12, 2010, reproduced longstanding narratives of Haiti and stereotypes of Haitians. Cognizant that this Haiti, as it exists in the public sphere, is a rhetorically ... .... Learn More -
The Archaeology of Cremation: Burned Human Remains in Funerary Studies [Paperback]
Tim Thompson (Editor)
£38.00ISBN: 9781782978480
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Studies in Funerary Archaeology
Volume: 8
Human societies have disposed of their dead in a variety of ways. However, while considerable attention has been paid to bodies that were buried, comparatively little work has been devoted to understanding the nature of cremated remains, despite t... .... Learn More -
Crime And Custom In Savage Society [Paperback]
Bronislaw Malinowski (Author)
£9.00ISBN: 9788857523965
Published by : Mimesis International
Volume: 1
This book is one of the most important works of modern anthropology. Starting from his studies of the Melanesian society on the Trobriand Islands off New Guinea, Malinowski describes and examines the ways in which Trobriand Islanders structure and... .... Learn More -
Trophies, Relics and Curios? [Paperback]
Karen Jacobs (Editor); Chantal Knowles (Editor); Chris Wingfield (Editor)
£35.00ISBN: 9789088902710
Published by : Sidestone Press
The British Missionary movement, which began in earnest in the early 19th century, was one of the most extraordinary movements of the last two centuries, radically transforming the lives of people in large parts of the globe, including in Europe i... .... Learn More -
Foragers, Farmers and Fossil Fuels: How Human Values Evolve [Hardback]
Ian Morris (Author)
Regular Price: £24.00
Special Price: £9.95
ISBN: 9780691160399
Published by : Princeton University Press
Most people in the world today think democracy and gender equality are good, and that violence and wealth inequality are bad. But most people who lived during the 10,000 years before the nineteenth century thought just the opposite. Drawing on arc... .... Learn More -
Hajj [Paperback]
Luitgard Mols (Editor); Marjo Buitelaar (Editor)
£50.00ISBN: 9789088902857
Published by : Sidestone Press
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 -
Mercados de la Mixteca [Paperback]
Laura Van Broekhoven (Author)
£50.00ISBN: 9789088902895
Published by : Sidestone Press
Los mercados de la Mixteca son colectividades vibrantes y dinámicas que funcionan y forman parte del macrocontexto de la globalización, desde el consumismo hasta el movimiento mundial de productos y personas. Por lo general, la historia económic... .... Learn More -
Porn After Porn [Paperback]
Enrico Biasin (Editor); Giovanna Maina (Editor); Federico Zecca (Editor)
£20.50ISBN: 9788857523590
Published by : Mimesis International
Volume: 1
After the “digital turn,” sexual representations have been increasing both quantitatively (thanks to the multiplication of production and distribution channels) and qualitatively (giving rise to a plurality of new representational forms). In this... .... Learn More -
Fingerprinting the Iron Age: Approaches to identity in the European Iron Age: Integrating South-Eastern Europe into the debate [Hardback]
Cătălin Nicolae Popa (Editor); Simon Stoddart (Editor)
Regular Price: £48.00
Special Price: £12.95
ISBN: 9781782976752
Published by : Oxbow Books
Archaeology has long dealt with issues of identity, and especially with ethnicity, with modern approaches emphasising dynamic and fluid social construction. The archaeology of the Iron Age in particular has engendered much debate on the topic of e... .... Learn More
