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  • I Riti Funebri Di Roma Pagana...
    Francesco Eugenio Guasco
    I Riti Funebri di Roma Pagana di Francesco Eugenio Guasco è un saggio di antropologia culturale che indaga sui riti funebri della Roma antica. Guasco offre una descrizione dettagliata delle pratiche e delle credenze funerarie romane, focalizzandosi sulla visione della vita dopo la morte e sulle cerimonie di commemorazione dei defunti.This work has been selected by scholars as b...
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    23,19 €

  • Anthropography Or Bible Phrenology Of The Nations And Tribes That Sprang From Abraham
    Rachel Bevington. [from old c... Webber
    This book explores the connections between phrenology and the Bible, attempting to classify different nations and tribes according to their mental capacities. With detailed illustrations, it presents a unique perspective on the anthropology of different peoples.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilizati...
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    25,29 €

  • The Evolution of Man
    William Wright Hardwicke
    Discover the evolution of human societies and belief systems from a historical and anthropological perspective in this comprehensive study. William Wright Hardwicke presents comparative analyses of various religions and customs from around the world and their transformations throughout history.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of...
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    26,16 €

  • Oraibi Natal Customs And Ceremonies
    Henry R. Voth
    First published in 1903, this ethnographic study of the Hopi community of Oraibi provides a detailed look at the tribe’s cultural and religious practices. With extensive fieldwork and firsthand observations, the book offers valuable insights into the customs and beliefs of this fascinating tribe.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part ...
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    15,63 €

  • Etnografía sus bases, sus métodos y aplicaciones a España
    Telesforo de 1860- Aranzadi y Unamuno
    Este libro es una exposición de las bases y los métodos de la etnografía, así como de su aplicación en España. Se presenta como una herramienta fundamental para el estudio de la cultura y el comportamiento humano. Una obra ideal para aquellos interesados en los estudios culturales, la antropología y la historia.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally importa...
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    35,53 €

  • On Certain Burial Customs As Illustrative of the Primitive Theory of the Soul
    Anonymous
    First published in 1894, this book explores the connection between burial customs and the ancient belief in the soul. Drawing on examples from around the world, Clodd examines how different cultures have sought to explain the mystery of death and what lies beyond. With its fascinating insights and detailed analysis, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in anthropology...
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    29,56 €

  • Chinook Texts; Volume 20
    Franz Boas
    This volume presents a collection of traditional stories and songs in Chinook, a language spoken by indigenous peoples in the Pacific Northwest. Recorded and transcribed by the pioneering anthropologist Franz Boas, these texts offer a window into a rich and complex oral tradition that has been passed down over generations. With translations and notes by Boas, this volume is an ...
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    36,47 €

  • Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Congress of Americanists
    Frederick Webb Hodge
    Hodge’s ’Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Congress of Americanists’ is a fascinating account of the congress held in Washington in 1915. This book covers everything from the papers presented to the discussions that took place, and is essential reading for anyone interested in anthropology and the study of indigenous cultures. Hodge’s writing is informative and insigh...
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    53,99 €

  • Young Japan
    James A.B. Scherer
    Young Japan: The Story of the Japanese People, Especially of Their Educational Development offers a fascinating window into the rapidly changing world of Meiji-era Japan. Published in 1905, this book explores the social, cultural, and educational transformations that took place in Japan during this period. Scherer’s lively and engaging narrative captures the spirit of an exciti...
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    39,52 €

  • Night Scenes of City Life
    Thomas De Witt Talmage
    In this vivid and powerful book, Talmage offers a compelling and deeply humanistic portrait of city life in the late 19th century. Drawing on his own experiences and observations, he paints an unforgettable picture of the struggles and triumphs of urban dwellers, and offers a poignant meditation on the meaning of community and belonging. With its evocative prose and timeless in...
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    35,52 €

  • Folktales of Mayotte, an African Island
    Lee Haring
    The book uncovers the versatility and literary skills of oral narrators in a small African island. Relying on the researches of three French ethnographers who interviewed storytellers in the 1970s-80s, Lee Haring shows a once-colonised people using verbal art to preserve ancient values in the postcolonial world, when the island of Mayotte was transforming itself from a neglecte...
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    37,29 €

  • Folktales of Mayotte, an African Island
    Lee Haring
    The book uncovers the versatility and literary skills of oral narrators in a small African island. Relying on the researches of three French ethnographers who interviewed storytellers in the 1970s-80s, Lee Haring shows a once-colonised people using verbal art to preserve ancient values in the postcolonial world, when the island of Mayotte was transforming itself from a neglecte...
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    54,24 €

  • Handbook of Research on Deconstructing Culture and Communication in the Global South
    There are inequalities in global knowledge production in communication outlets, cultural practices, and governance problems. Under this symbiotic relationship, they reinforce the cultural ideas, values, and governance systems operating in the Western countries as an ideal and role model for the Global South countries. Media is regarded as the agent of change for communication a...
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    354,52 €

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Kinship
    Sandra Bamford
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    55,26 €

  • Human Rights and Chinese Thought
    Stephen C. Angle / Kirill Batygin
    What should we make of claims by members of other groups to have moralities different from our own? Human Rights in Chinese Thought gives an extended answer to this question in the first study of its kind. It integrates a full account of the development of Chinese rights discourse with philosophical consideration of how various communities should respond to contemporary Chinese...
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    40,49 €

  • Heritage and Culture-Discovering the Heart and Soul of the Capitals
    Kelli Tempest
    Heritage and Culture: Discovering the Heart and Soul of the Capitals is an exciting and informative journey through the history, culture, and society of some of the world’s most fascinating cities. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in discovering the hidden gems of the world’s capitals and understanding the importance of heritage and culture in shaping their identi...
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    10,51 €

  • The Future Equation
    Mekiki Magazine
    'The Future Equation: Balancing Humanity and Technology' is a collection of essays that navigate the complexities of technology’s influence on society and humankind. This thought-provoking book examines the transformative impact of emerging innovations and invites readers to reflect on our ever-evolving world. Each essay offers unique perspectives, stimulating contemplation on ...
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    23,86 €

  • The Trans-Australian Wonderland
    A.G. Bolam
    The first book written on the natural history of life on the Nullabor Plain, was written by station-master A.G. Bolam and first published in 1923. The author recollects his times with Aboriginal trackers and workers in and around Ooldeah, as the great railway progressed from South Australia across to Western Australia, and in doing so looks at animal and bird life and the uniqu...
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    19,07 €

  • Border images, border narratives
    This interdisciplinary volume written by experienced scholars in border studies explores the political role of images and narratives addressing borders, borderscapes and migration. The volume offers new methodologies to approach the political aesthetics of the border and related issues such as borderland identities and border-crossings. ...
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    35,56 €

  • Afterlives of war
    Michael Roper
    This book documents the lives and historical pursuits of the generations in Australia, Britain and Germany who grew up in the shadow of the First World War. Although they were not direct witnesses to the conflict, through the intimate experience of coming after, they have played a key role in shaping the memory of the First World War since 1918 ...
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    42,40 €

  • Pottery Craft of the Yakut
    Andrei A Savvin
    This book offered to the reader’s attention is an ethnographic study devoted to the traditional pottery of Yakutia. The author, A. A. Savvin, collected materials for the book during field research in 1939-1941, when ceramic tableware had largely already lost its former role in the household way of the Yakuts. But the skills for its manufacture were still preserved in certain lo...
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    199,97 €

  • Vodou en Vogue
    Eziaku Atuama Nwokocha
    In Haitian Vodou, spirits impact Black practitioners’ everyday lives, tightly connecting the sacred and the secular. As Eziaku Atuama Nwokocha reveals in this richly textured book, that connection is manifest in the dynamic relationship between public religious ceremonies, material aesthetics, bodily adornment, and spirit possession. Nwokocha spent more than a decade observing ...
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    128,84 €

  • Darkwater
    W.E.B. Du Bois
    ''Darkwater: Voices From Within The Veil'' is a powerful collection of essays and reflections by W.E.B. Du Bois, one of the most influential African American intellectuals of the 20th century. Published in 1920, this thought-provoking work delves into the complex issues of race, identity, and social justice. Darkwater: Voices From Within The Veil'' is a powerful collection of e...
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    15,46 €

  • Friendship
    Michael Jackson
    In this book, renowned anthropologist Michael Jackson draws on philosophy, biography, ethnography, and literature to explore the meanings and affordances of friendship-a relationship just as significant as, yet somehow different from, kinship and love. Beginning with Aristotle’s accounts of friendship as a political virtue and Montaigne’s famous essay on friendship as a form of...
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    113,01 €

  • Turkish Drama Serials
    Miriam Berg
    Examines the reach and reception of Turkish drama serials in the Middle East and Latin America, exploring what it is that makes Turkish television so successful as entertainment in places as diverse as Qatar, Chile and Israel. ...
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    128,00 €

  • Landscapes of Care
    Thurka Sangaramoorthy
    This insightful work on rural health in the United States examines the ways immigrants, mainly from Latin America and the Caribbean, navigate the health care system in the United States. Since 1990, immigration to the United States has risen sharply, and rural areas have seen the highest increases. Thurka Sangaramoorthy reveals that that the corporatization of health care deliv...
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    127,24 €

  • Landscapes of Care
    Thurka Sangaramoorthy
    This insightful work on rural health in the United States examines the ways immigrants, mainly from Latin America and the Caribbean, navigate the health care system in the United States. Since 1990, immigration to the United States has risen sharply, and rural areas have seen the highest increases. Thurka Sangaramoorthy reveals that that the corporatization of health care deliv...
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    29,24 €

  • Performing Tsarist Russia in New York
    Natalie K. Zelensky / Dmitrii Galtsyn
    Offering a rare look at the musical life of Russia Abroad as it unfolded in New York City, Natalie K. Zelensky examines the popular music culture of the post-Bolshevik Russian emigration and the impact made by this group on American culture and politics. By combining archival research with fieldwork and interviews with Russian emigres of various generations and emigration waves...
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    41,05 €

  • Languaging Class
    Ortu
    This volume explores the issue of social class from the point of view of its linguistic articulations. Indeed, as Machin and Richardson (2008) stated, 'discourses may be variously approached as (often simultaneously) reflecting class structures, as a site of class inequalities, as expressive of class identities or class consciousness and/or as a constituent part of more perform...
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    60,62 €

  • A Historical and Cultural Analysis of Women Land Rights in Kisii County, Kenya, 1895 - 1970
    Makana E. Nicolas / Mallion K. Onyambu / Prisca T. Tanui
    In most societies in different parts of the world, there are gender inequalities in access to productive resources such as land, and other social, economic, and environmental resources that are critical for people’s sustenance. However, in many instances, not much research has been conducted on those critical gender issues and perceived unfairness in the ownership, access, and ...
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    42,03 €


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