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Displaced Things in Museums and Beyond: Loss Liminality and Hopeful Encounters (Paperback)

Displaced Things in Museums and Beyond looks anew at the lives effects and possibilities of things. Starting from the perspectives of things themselves it outlines a particular displacement approach to the museum anthropology and material culture.... more

Displaced Things in Museums and Beyond: Loss Liminality and Hopeful Encounters (Hardcover)

Displaced Things in Museums and Beyond looks anew at the lives effects and possibilities of things. Starting from the perspectives of things themselves it outlines a particular displacement approach to the museum anthropology and material culture.... more

Columbia University contributions to anthropology. Volume 1 1913 (1913) [Leatherbound]

Leatherbound edition. Language: English Volume: v.1 1913 Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1913 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint.... more

Annals of archaeology and anthropology. Volume 1-2 (1908-09) (1909) [Leatherbound]

Leatherbound edition. Language: English Volume: v.1-2 (1908-09) Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1909 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d... more

Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development: Counting Populations Understanding Societies: Towards a Interpretative Demography (Paperback)

The core aim of this book is to determine how anthropology and demography can be used in conjunction in the field of population and development. The boundaries of demography are not as clearly defined or as stable as one might think especially in... more

Mineral Creek Site and Hooper Ranch Pueblo Eastern Arizona; Fieldiana Anthropology v.52 (Hardcover)

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United... more

Cultural Anthropology (Paperback - Used) 0060426675 9780060426675

Written by one of the most famous modern anthropologists the fifth edition of Cultural Anthropology continues to focus on the book s two major objectives. First it presents a holistic view of sociocultural systems and secondly the book provides a... more

The Interpretation of Ritual (Paperback)

First published in 1972. A revival of interest in primitive religion has been one of the most marked characteristics of British social anthropology of recent years. Inspired by the work of Audrey Richards whose writing on ritual contains many of the... more

Women s Place in the Andes : Engaging Decolonial Feminist Anthropology (Edition 1) (Paperback)

In Women s Place in the Andes Florence E. Babb draws on four decades of anthropological research to reexamine the complex interworkings of gender race and indigeneity in Peru and beyond. She deftly interweaves five new analytical chapters with six... more

Pre-Owned Human Evolution and Culture: Highlights of Anthropology (Paperback) 013603635X 9780136036357

For one semester/quarter introductory courses in General Anthropology (Four Fields). This book presents the highlights of the popular Anthropology 12thedition by the same author team. The size of the book (19 chapters) makes it useful for quarter... more

Explorations in Anthropology: Entering the Field: New Perspectives on World Football (Paperback)

As the 1994 World Cup Finals in the United States clearly demonstrated football is the quintessential global game. One of the world s most popular arenas for the expression of conflict and emotion it is virtually unparalleled as a site for cultural... more

Amazon Town: A Study of Human Life in the Tropics (Anniversary) (Paperback)

Charles Wagley (1913-1991) was an American anthropologist specializing in rural Latin America. His principal focus was on Brazil where he is considered to be one of the founders of contemporary Brazilian anthropology. He made major contributions to... more

And who is my neighbor? : an outline for the study of race relations in America. Part 1 1924 [Leather Bound]

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In the Field : Life and Work in Cultural Anthropology (Edition 1) (Hardcover)

This book offers an invaluable look at what cultural anthropologists do when they are in the field. Through fascinating and often entertaining accounts of their lives and work in varied cultural settings the authors describe the many forms fieldwork... more

Writing at the Margin : Discourse Between Anthropology and Medicine (Edition 1) (Paperback)

One of the most influential and creative scholars in medical anthropology takes stock of his recent intellectual odysseys in this collection of essays. Arthur Kleinman an anthropologist and psychiatrist who has studied in Taiwan China and North... more

From Savage to Negro : Anthropology and the Construction of Race 1896-1954 (Edition 1) (Paperback)

Lee D. Baker explores what racial categories mean to the American public and how these meanings are reinforced by anthropology popular culture and the law. Focusing on the period between two landmark Supreme Court decisions-Plessy v. Ferguson (the... more

Saints Scholars and Schizophrenics : Mental Illness in Rural Ireland Twentieth Anniversary Edition Updated and Expanded (Edition 1) (Paperback)

TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION UPDATED AND EXPANDED When Saints Scholars and Schizophrenics was published twenty years ago it became an instant classic--a beautifully written study tracing the social disintegration of Ballybran a small village on the... more

Ancient Maya Politics: A Political Anthropology of the Classic Period 150-900 CE (Hardcover)

The Classic Maya have long presented scholars with vexing problems. One of the longest running and most contested of these and the source of deeply polarized interpretations has been their political organization. Using recently deciphered... more

Studies in Melanesian Anthropology: Maring Hunters and Traders : Production and Exchange in the Papua New Guinea Highlands (Series #8) (Edition 1) (Paperback)

This title is part of UC Press s Voices Revived program which commemorates University of California Press s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice reach and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893 Voices... more

Harper Torchbooks; Tb5037 Five Families: Mexican Case Studies in the Culture of Poverty (Paperback)

One of the truly seminal works in modern cultural anthropology Five Families is a dramatic and forceful account of the men women and children of five Mexican families and the impoverished communities in which they live. more

Irony in Action : Anthropology Practice and the Moral Imagination (Hardcover)

Irony today extends beyond its classification as a figure of speech and is increasingly recognized as one of the major modes of human experience. This idea of irony as an integral force in social life is at the center of this provocative book. The... more

Hound Pound Narrative : Sexual Offender Habilitation and the Anthropology of Therapeutic Intervention (Edition 1) (Paperback)

This is a detailed ethnographic study of a therapeutic prison unit in Canada for the treatment of sexual offenders. Utilizing extensive interviews and participant-observation over an eighteen month period of field work the author takes the reader... more

Contemporary Ethnography: Witching Culture: Folklore and Neo-Paganism in America (Paperback)

Taking the reader into the heart of one of the fastest-growing religious movements in North America Sabina Magliocco reveals how the disciplines of anthropology and folklore were fundamental to the early development of Neo-Paganism and the revival... more

University of Washington publications in anthropology Volume 1 1920 [LEATHER BOUND]

CHOOSE ANY LEATHER COLOR OF YOUR CHOICE WITHOUT ANY EXTRA CHARGES JUST OPEN “View Larger Image� BUTTON JUST BELOW THE BOOK IMAGE AND MAIL US YOUR CHOICE. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in... more

Seasonal Variations of the Eskimo: A Study in Social Morphology (Paperback)

Seasonal Variations of the Eskimo is one of the first books in anthropology to adopt a sociological approach to the analysis of a single society. Mauss links elements of anthropology and human geography arguing that geographical factors should be... more

Atelier: Ethnographic Inquiry in the Twenty-First Century: Stuck Moving : Or How I Learned to Love (and Lament) Anthropology (Series #9) (Edition 1) (Hardcover)

This one-of-a-kind literary and conceptual experiment does anthropology differently--in all the wrong ways. No field trips. No other cultures. This is a personal journey within anthropology itself and a kind of love story. A critical candid... more

Sorcerers of Dobu: The social anthropology of the Dobu Islanders of the Western Pacific (Paperback)

Ever since its first publication in 1932 Sorcerers of Dobu has been recognized as one of the great triumphs of anthropological research and interpretation in the field of ethnography. A rich source of information on primitive psychology the book... more

Pre-Owned Stories of Culture and Place: An Introduction to Anthropology (Paperback) 1487593708 9781487593704

Stories of Culture and Place makes use of one of anthropology s most enduring elements--storytelling--to introduce students to the excitement of the discipline. The authors invite students to think of anthropology as a series of stories that emerge... more

Inside Cultures : A New Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (Paperback)

This concise contemporary and inexpensive alternative option for instructors of cultural anthropology replaces the traditional structure of introductory textbooks with one nuanced with the interplay of cultural factors that shape the contemporary... more

Materials for the Physical Anthropology of the Eastern European Jews Issues 1-6 (Paperback)

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United... more

The diamond : a study in Chinese and Hellenistic folk-lore / by Berthold Laufer -- Fieldiana Anthropology v. 15 no.1 Volume Fieldiana Anthropology v. 15 no.1 1915 [Leather Bo

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The races of man: an outline of anthropology and ethnography (1906) [Leatherbound]

Leatherbound edition. Language: English Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1906 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint. Illustrations... more

Anthropology Applied To The American White Man And Negro; Volume 1 (Hardcover)

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United... more

Pre-Owned Biological Anthropology: An Introductory Reader (Paperback) 0078116961 9780078116964

This supplementary reader offers both historical and contemporary articles that demonstrate the nature of biological anthropology. With nearly one-third of the selections focusing on living populations the 43 readings cover the entire range of... more

Pre-Owned Local Meanings Global Schooling : Anthropology and World Culture Theory (Paperback) 9781403961631

9781403961631. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. 2003 ed. Language: English. Pages: 263. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 263 p. Is there one global culture of schooling or many national and local cultures? Do educational reforms take... more

Pre-Owned A Critique of the Study of Kinship (Paperback) 0472080512 9780472080519

Schneider challenges the assumptions on which anthropology has depended for the last century by showing that one of the major categories in terms of which social life has been understood is largely untenable. The idea of kinship is subject to... more

Routledge Studies in Anthropology One World Anthropology and Beyond: A Multidisciplinary Engagement with the Work of Tim Ingold (Hardcover)

This volume offers a multidisciplinary engagement with the work of Tim Ingold. Involved in a critical long-term exploration of the relationships between human beings organisms and their environment Ingold has become one of the most influential... more

Rough Waters: Nature and Development in an East African Marine Park (Paperback)

Rough Waters explores one of the most crucial problems of the contemporary era--struggles over access to and use of the environment. It combines insights from anthropology history and environmental studies mounting an interdisciplinary challenge to... more