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Pre-Owned Global Transformations: Anthropology and the Modern World Paperback

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Pre-Owned Beyond the Good Death : The Anthropology of Modern Dying 9780812240429

Exploring the shaping of modern end-of-life experiences by medical demographic and cultural trends James Green provides an important interpretation of the political nature of death and of the ways in which Americans react when death is at hand for... more

Pre-Owned American Kinship: A Cultural Account (Anthropology of Modern Societies) Paperback

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Peking University Sociology and Anthropology: Social Suffering and Political Confession: Suku in Modern China (Hardcover)

This book closely examines one relatively small but significant political phenomenon -- Suku in Revolutionary China through a matrix of western social theory: Freud Marcuse Arendt and Ricoeur. Suku is the practice of confessing individual suffering in... more

Pre-Owned Anthropology and Anthropologists: The Modern British School (Paperback 9780415118958) by Adam Kuper

9780415118958. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. 3rd Rev and Enl ed. Language: English. Pages: 246. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 246 p. Contains: Illustrations black & white. On its first publication in 1973 Adam Kuper s entertaining... more

Anthropology Confronts the Problems of the Modern World (Hardcover)

Anthropology Confronts the Problems of the Modern World is the first English translation of a series of lectures Claude Lévi-Strauss delivered in Tokyo in 1986. Written with an eye toward the future as his own distinguished career was drawing to a... more

A Manual of Anthropology Or Science of Man: Based on Modern Research / Charles Bray (1871) (1871) [Leather Bound]

Leatherbound edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1871 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint. Illustrations Index if any are... more

Anthropology of Asia The Tea Ceremony and Women s Empowerment in Modern Japan (Paperback)

The subject of the tea ceremony is well researched both in and outside of Japan but the women who practice it are hardly ever discussed. The Tea Ceremony and Women s Empowerment in Modern Japan rectifies this by discussing the meaning of the Japanese... more

Beyond the Good Death: The Anthropology of Modern Dying (Paperback)

In November 1998 millions of television viewers watched as Thomas Youk died. Suffering from the late stages of Lou Gehrig s disease Youk had called upon infamous Michigan pathologist Dr. Jack Kevorkian to help end his life on his own terms. After... more

Pre-Owned Social and Cultural Anthropology in Perspective : Their Relevance in the Modern World 9780140219159 Used

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Beyond the Good Death: The Anthropology of Modern Dying (Paperback - Used) 0812221982 9780812221985

In November 1998 millions of television viewers watched as Thomas Youk died. Suffering from the late stages of Lou Gehrig s disease Youk had called upon infamous Michigan pathologist Dr. Jack Kevorkian to help end his life on his own terms. After... more

An Inquiry Into Modes of Existence: An Anthropology of the Moderns (Hardcover) by Bruno LaTour Catherine Porter

9780674724990. New condition. Hard cover. Pages: 486. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 486 p. In this new book Bruno Latour offers answers to questions raised in We Have Never Been Modern a work that interrogated the connections... more

Social and Cultural Anthropology in Perspective: Their Relevance in the Modern World (Paperback)

Social anthropology is in the classic definition dedicated to the study of distant civilizations in their traditional and contemporary forms more

Pre-Owned The Modern Anthropology of India: Ethnography Themes and Theory (Paperback 9780415587242) by Peter Berger Frank Heidemann

9780415587242. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Paperback. Language: English. Contains: Illustrations black & white Halftones black & white. Includes: halftones black & white illustrations black & white. Intended for college/higher education audience. The... more

Routledge Library Editions. Anthropology Political Systems and the Distribution of Power (Paperback)

Modern political anthropology began in 1940 with the first systematic comparative studies of how primitive societies maintained law and order. The focus was on government and the presence or absence of state institutions. Recently interest has shifted... more

Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians: Households and Families of the Longhouse Iroquois at Six Nations Reserve (Hardcover)

This study of kinship relations economics and household organization among the modern Longhouse Iroquois located in Ontario Canada fills a crucial gap in our knowledge of modern Iroquoian culture and history and provides a treasury of information about... more

Modernities Class and the Contradictions of Globalization : The Anthropology of Global Systems (Paperback)

Modernities Class and the Contradictions of the Globalization presents an anthropological perspective on the various strains and disruptions caused by modern global systems. more

Dental Anthropology (Paperback)

Anthropology is the study of humans in all places and at all times.The field includes many aspects of sociology prehistory the humanities and the physical sciences. Anthropologist study modern humans and their direct ancestors whom it is referred as... 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

Genealogies for the Present in Cultural Anthropology (Paperback)

In the wake of tensions between modern and postmodern sensibilities what larger directions now emerge in cultural anthropology? In this major work Bruce Knauft takes stock of important recent initiatives in cultural and critical theory. By combining... more

A History of Anthropology (Hardcover)

This is a thoroughly updated and revised edition of a popular classic of modern anthropology. The authors provide summaries of Enlightenment Romantic and Victorian anthropology from the cultural theories of Morgan and Taylor to the often neglected... more

Hosts and Guests: The Anthropology of Tourism (Paperback)

Tourism--one of the world s largest industries--has long been appreciated for its economic benefits but in this volume tourism receives a unique systematic scrutiny as a medium for cultural exchange. Modern developments in technology and industry... more

Pre-Owned Philosophy and Anthropology: Border Crossing Transformations (Hardcover 9780857285126) by Ananta Kumar Giri John Clammer

9780857285126. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Pages: 380. 380 p. Key Issues in Modern Sociology . Intended for professional and scholarly audience. Philosophy and Anthropology: Border Crossings and Transformations is an innovative and original... more

Pre-Owned Small Places Large Issues: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology (Paperback) 0745335934 9780745335933

This introduction to social and cultural anthropology has become a modern classic revealing the rich global variation in social life and culture across the world. Presenting a clear overview of anthropology it focuses on central topics such as kinship... more

Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology: Ethnobotany in the New Europe: People Health and Wild Plant Resources (Paperback)

The study of European wild food plants and herbal medicines is an old discipline that has been invigorated by a new generation of researchers pursuing ethnobotanical studies in fresh contexts. Modern botanical and medical science itself was built on... more

A History of Anthropology (Paperback)

9780745333526. New condition. Trade paperback. 2nd ed. Language: English. Pages: 264. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 264 p. This is a thoroughly updated and revised edition of a popular classic of modern anthropology. The authors provide... more

Anthropology of Contemporary Issues: Ginseng and Aspirin (Hardcover)

Navigating the maze of modern American health care is rarely easy; those who enter it are confronted with a dizzying array of specialists practitioners and clinics from which to choose and are forced to make decisions regarding drugs and treatments... more

Pre-Owned Pragmatic Women and Body Politics (Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology Series Number 5) (Paperback) 0521629292

This thought-provoking volume compares the responses of women in a variety of countries and cultural settings to modern medical technologies. The contributors describe how women in East Africa deal with infertility how American women respond to... more

Tree Leaf Talk: A Heideggerian Anthropology (Paperback)

This is the first book to explore the relationship between Martin Heideggers work and modern anthropology. Heidegger attracts much scholarly interest among social scientists but few have explored his ideas in relation to current anthropological... more

Methodology & History in Anthropology: Louis Dumont and Hierarchical Opposition (Paperback)

The work of Louis Dumont who died in 1998 on India and modern individualism represented certain theoretical advances on the earlier structuralism of Claude Lévi-Strauss. One such advance is Dumont s idea of hierarchical opposition which he proposed as... more

Pre-Owned Small Places Large Issues: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology (Paperback 9780745330495) by Thomas Hylland Eriksen

9780745330495. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. 3rd ed. Language: English. Pages: 376. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 376 p. Contains: Figures. This concise introduction to social and cultural anthropology has become a modern classic... more

Inside Society Culture and Public Health: Readings in Anthropology [Hardcover]

About the Book:- Society is an integral part of modern man s life. Culture is the key component of every society. It help researchers to know about the rich past and present of a particular society. The book is collection of twenty-four research... more

Pre-Owned Cultural Anthropology: 101 (Paperback 9781138775527) by Jack David Eller

9781138775527. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 200. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 200 p. 101. This concise and accessible introduction establishes the relevance of cultural anthropology for the modern world... more

Pre-Owned Genealogies for the Present in Cultural Anthropology (Paperback 9780415912648) by Bruce M. Knauft

9780415912648. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Paperback. Language: English. Intended for college/higher education audience. In the wake of tensions between modern and postmodern sensibilities what larger directions now emerge in cultural anthropology? In... more

Pre-Owned Tree Leaf Talk: A Heideggerian Anthropology (Paperback 9781859737217) by James F Weiner

9781859737217. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Revised ed. Language: English. Pages: 206. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 206 p. This is the first book to explore the relationship between Martin Heideggers work and modern anthropology.... more

Pre-Owned The Cell Phone: An Anthropology of Communication (Paperback 9781845204013) by Heather Horst Daniel Miller

9781845204013. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 224. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 224 p. Few modern innovations have spread quite so quickly as the cell phone. This technology has transformed communication... more

Pre-Owned A History of Anthropology (Hardcover 9780745333533) by Thomas Hylland Eriksen Finn Sivert Nielsen

9780745333533. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. 2nd ed. Language: English. Pages: 254. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 254 p. Anthropology Culture and Society. This is a thoroughly updated and revised edition of a popular classic of modern... more

Believing in Belonging: Belief and Social Identity in the Modern World (Paperback)

Believing in Belonging draws on empirical research exploring mainstream religious belief and identity in Euro-American countries. Starting from a qualitative study based in northern England and then broadening the data to include other parts of Europe... more