Models and Mirrors. Towards an Anthropology of Public Events, Paperback - Don Handelman

Ritual is one of the most discussed cultural practices, yet its treatment in anthropological terms has been seriously limited, characterized by a h...

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons LtdNumber of pages: 180Collection: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book SeriesPublicati...

An anthropological perspective on the devastating environmental consequences of global capital's growth imperative.

This invaluable text, written by one of the world's most influential black scholars, re-imagines the communal ideal from a broader perspective that...

Reducere. DescriptionAs the book's title suggests, this book uses anthropological methods and insights to study the practice of anthropology as an academic d...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 31 colour and 53 bw illusNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 241 x 24C...

Presents a fresh theoretical ground for the study of ritual, iconographic technologies, and oral traditions among nonliterate peoples. The author u...

A major new intervention on the overarching challenges of modernity from one of the world's leading anthropologistsPublisher: Pluto PressAuthor(s):...

From the 2019/2020 Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh In God's Image describes how centering our culture on the human and divine spiri...

Reducere. DescriptionAn Anthropology of Marxism offers Cedric Robinson's analysis of the history of communalism that has been claimed by Marx and Marxists. S...

This book gives an eye-opening account of the ways various political and intellectual projects have appropriated the medieval past for their own en...

In Magic's Reason, Graham M. Jones tells the entwined stories of anthropology and entertainment magic. The two pursuits are not as separate as they...

Reducere. Frustrated by her students' performance, her relationships with them, and her own daughter's problems in school, Susan D. Blum, a professor of anth...

In The Cow in the Elevator Tulasi Srinivas explores a wonderful world where deities jump fences and priests ride in helicopters to present a joyful...

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Artistic residency has recently become popular and well-supported within Taiwan. This book explores the challenges that this form of art practice f...

Now in a thoroughly revised Fifth Edition, An Introduction to the Policy Process provides students at all levels with an accessible, readable, and ...

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Previously published by Pearson Education, Inc. under the title The challenge of third world development.

Reducere. This is Charlotte Mason as you have not seen her before: Mind to Mind is her well-seasoned final work, originally titled An Essay Towards a Philoso...

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Publisher: Berghahn BooksAuthor(s): Michael JacksonNumber of pages: 252Collection: Methodology & History in AnthropologyPublication date: 2005Dimen...

An Introduction to Psychotherapeutic Playback Theater is a comprehensive book presenting Psychotherapeutic Playback Theatre as a unique form of gro...

No Blank Check presents a comprehensive study of public opinion towards presidential power. Analyzing data from panel surveys, original experiments...

Reducere. Everywhere anarchism is on the upswing as a political philosophy - everywhere, that is, except the academy. Anarchists repeatedly appeal to anthrop...

This is a re-issue of Gregory Bateson's and Mary Catherine Bateson's work, which has been out of print for the past 20 years, 2004 is the G. Bateso...

Reducere. What does it mean to say that someone is autistic?Dynamics of Autism is an exploration of this question and many more. In this thoughtful, wide-ran...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Eva StachniakNumber of pages: 416Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 203 x 136 x 29Cover type: PaperbackRedescoper...

Reducere. The problem of homelessness in America underpins the definition of an American city: what it is, who it is for, what it does, and why it matters. A...

Reducere. "In many ways, this is The Phoenix Project for the PowerShell world."Introduced in 2006, Microsoft's PowerShell made an immediate, positive impact ...

Rudiments of Christian History: An Outline of Persons, Events, and Teachings is written in the format of an informal outline which presents a summa...

Publisher: Merrell Publishers LtdNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 176 x 226 x 19Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescopera fa...

DescriptionYesterday, Seth was a star engineering student. Today, he roams the halls of a state mental hospital. His only crime is having Asperger'...

Reducere. This companion to Don Ross's immensely popular Rubber Powered Model Airplanes now opens the world of Electric Power, CO2, Micro R/C, and even Compr...

Reducere. China's most outrageous character--the magical Monkey who battles a hundred monsters--returns to the fray in this seventeenth-century sequel to the...

Reducere. A haunting and beautiful YA novel that is perfect for fans of Courtney Summers and Jessi Kirby, These Things I've Done is the story of a seventeen-...

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Reducere. Consciousness Explained Better is a unique contribution. This compact volume represents thousands of years of humanity's struggle to understand con...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Ulrich F. Phd LaniusAuthor: Sandra L. Phd PaulsenAuthor: Frank M. CorriganEncompassing the contributions of expert clinicia...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book is about China's role in the world to come and includes the author's recent explorations of China's readiness to assume a glob...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

"Chapter 6 A 2018 Robert Wilson"--T.p. verso.

Contributor(s): Author: Don A. DillmanAuthor: Jolene D. SmythAuthor: Leah Melani ChristianThe classic survey design reference, updated for the digi...

Using the case study of a Seattle school, this text describes a working model for the education of homeless children in America's public schools.Pu...

Reducere. Preference falsification, according to the economist Timur Kuran, is the act of misrepresenting one's wants under perceived social pressures. It ha...

Benoit Godin is a Professor at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Montreal.

DescriptionWhen children learn about something big and bad - even when they hear only bits and pieces - their brains get busy trying to make sense ...

It is widely accepted in science that the universe is a closed deterministic system in which everything can, ultimately, be explained by purely phy...