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Candala - Untouchability and Caste in Early India (Hardcover): Vivekanand Jha Candala - Untouchability and Caste in Early India (Hardcover)
Vivekanand Jha
R1,500 Discovery Miles 15 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Txtbk - Semester syllabus and reader for the cross-cultural business skills minor (Hardcover, 6th Edition ed.): Sander... Txtbk - Semester syllabus and reader for the cross-cultural business skills minor (Hardcover, 6th Edition ed.)
Sander Schroevers, Aynur Doğan
R1,425 Discovery Miles 14 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Rethinking Internal Displacement - Geo-political Games, Fragile States and the Relief Industry (Hardcover): Frederick Laker Rethinking Internal Displacement - Geo-political Games, Fragile States and the Relief Industry (Hardcover)
Frederick Laker
R3,015 Discovery Miles 30 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Internal displacement has become one of the most pressing geo-political concerns of the twenty-first century. There are currently over 45 million internally displaced people worldwide due to conflict, state collapse and natural disaster in such high profile cases as Syria, Yemen and Iraq. To tackle such vast human suffering, in the last twenty years a global United Nations regime has emerged that seeks to replicate the long-established order of refugee protection by applying international law and humanitarian assistance to citizens within their own borders. This book looks at the origins, structure and impact of this new UN regime and whether it is fit for purpose.

Man; A Monthly Record Of Anthropological Science Royal Anthropological Institute Of Great Britain And Ireland (Volume Xv) 1915... Man; A Monthly Record Of Anthropological Science Royal Anthropological Institute Of Great Britain And Ireland (Volume Xv) 1915 (Hardcover)
R1,304 Discovery Miles 13 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Chinese Sketches (Hardcover): Herbert Allen Giles Chinese Sketches (Hardcover)
Herbert Allen Giles
R894 Discovery Miles 8 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Why Women Wear What They Wear (Hardcover): Sophie Woodward Why Women Wear What They Wear (Hardcover)
Sophie Woodward
R3,888 Discovery Miles 38 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Each morning we establish an image and an identity for ourselves through the simple act of getting dressed. Why Women Wear What they Wear presents an intimate ethnography of clothing choice. The book uses real women's lives and clothing decisions-observed and discussed at the moment of getting dressed - to illustrate theories of clothing, the body, and identity. Woodward pieces together what women actually think about clothing, dress and the body in a world where popular media and culture presents an increasingly extreme and distorted view of femininity and the ideal body. Immediately accessible to all those who have stood in front of a mirror and wondered 'does my bum look big in this?', 'is this skirt really me?' or 'does this jacket match?', Why Women Wear What they Wear provides students of anthropology and fashion with a fresh perspective on the social issues and constraints we are all consciously or unconsciously negotiating when we get dressed.

Ethnography in the Raw - Life in a Luzon Village (Hardcover): Brian Moeran Ethnography in the Raw - Life in a Luzon Village (Hardcover)
Brian Moeran
R3,025 Discovery Miles 30 250 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Ethnography in the Raw describes the author's encounters with the Philippine family into which he has married, his wife's friends and acquaintances, and their lives in a remote rural village in the rice basin of Luzon, about 130 miles northeast of Manila. The book links detailed descriptions of his Philippine family with cultural practices such as circumcision, marriage and cockfights combined with theoretical musings on the concepts of sacrifice, social exchange, patron-client relations, food, and religious symbolism. It is both anthropological fieldwork 'in the raw,' and an incisive analysis of contemporary Philippine society and culture.

Man to Man (a Conversation Between a Father & Son) - A Conversation Between a Father & Son (Hardcover): Jay Baisden Man to Man (a Conversation Between a Father & Son) - A Conversation Between a Father & Son (Hardcover)
Jay Baisden
R904 Discovery Miles 9 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Reflexive Ethnographic Practice - Three Generations of Social Researchers in One Place (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Amanda... Reflexive Ethnographic Practice - Three Generations of Social Researchers in One Place (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Amanda Kearney, John Bradley
R3,383 Discovery Miles 33 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Putting the anthropological imagination under the spotlight, this book represents the experience of three generations of researchers, each of whom have long collaborated with the same Indigenous community over the course of their careers. In the context of a remote Indigenous Australian community in northern Australia, these researchers-anthropologists, an archeologist, a literary scholar, and an artist-encounter reflexivity and ethnographic practice through deeply personal and professionally revealing accounts of anthropological consciousness, relational encounters, and knowledge sharing. In six discrete chapters, the authors reveal the complexities that run through these relationships, considering how any one of us builds knowledge, shares knowledge, how we encounter different and new knowledge, and how well we are positioned to understand the lived experiences of others, whilst making ourselves fully available to personal change. At its core, this anthology is a meditation on learning and friendship across cultures.

The Obelisk and Freemasonry According to the Discoveries of Belzoni and Commander Gorringe - Also, Egyptian Symbols Compared... The Obelisk and Freemasonry According to the Discoveries of Belzoni and Commander Gorringe - Also, Egyptian Symbols Compared With Those Discovered in American Mounds (Hardcover)
John Adam 1810-1888 Weisse, Samuel 1813-1885 Birch
R900 Discovery Miles 9 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Academic Literacy Development - Perspectives on Multilingual Scholars' Approaches to Writing (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021):... Academic Literacy Development - Perspectives on Multilingual Scholars' Approaches to Writing (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Laura-Mihaela Muresan, Concepcion Orna-Montesinos
R3,643 Discovery Miles 36 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This edited book brings together an international cast of contributors to examine how academic literacy is learned and mastered in different tertiary education settings around the world. Bringing to the fore the value of qualitative enquiry through ethnographic methods, the authors illustrate in-depth descriptions of genre knowledge and academic literacy development in first and second language writing. All of the data presented in the chapters are original, as well as innovative in the field in terms of content and scope, and thought-provoking regarding theoretical, methodological and educational approaches. The contributions are also representative of both novice and advanced academic writing experiences, providing further insights into different stages of academic literacy development throughout the career-span of a researcher. Set against the backdrop of internationalisation trends in Higher Education and the pressure on multilingual academics to publish their research outcomes in English, this volume will be of use to academics and practitioners interested in the fields of Languages for Academic Purposes, Applied Linguistics, Literacy Skills, Genre Analysis and Acquisition and Language Education.

Defiant Indigeneity - The Politics of Hawaiian Performance (Hardcover): Stephanie Nohelani Teves Defiant Indigeneity - The Politics of Hawaiian Performance (Hardcover)
Stephanie Nohelani Teves
R2,887 Discovery Miles 28 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Aloha"" is at once the most significant and the most misunderstood word in the Indigenous Hawaiian lexicon. For Kanaka Maoli people, the concept of ""aloha"" is a representation and articulation of their identity, despite its misappropriation and commandeering by non-Native audiences in the form of things like the ""hula girl"" of popular culture. Considering the way aloha is embodied, performed, and interpreted in Native Hawaiian literature, music, plays, dance, drag performance, and even ghost tours from the twentieth century to the present, Stephanie Nohelani Teves shows that misunderstanding of the concept by non-Native audiences has not prevented the Kanaka Maoli from using it to create and empower community and articulate its distinct Indigenous meaning. While Native Hawaiian artists, activists, scholars, and other performers have labored to educate diverse publics about the complexity of Indigenous Hawaiian identity, ongoing acts of violence against Indigenous communities have undermined these efforts. In this multidisciplinary work, Teves argues that Indigenous peoples must continue to embrace the performance of their identities in the face of this violence in order to challenge settler-colonialism and its efforts to contain and commodify Hawaiian Indigeneity.

Uprooted Women - Migrant Domestics in the Caribbean (Hardcover, New): Paula L. Aymer Uprooted Women - Migrant Domestics in the Caribbean (Hardcover, New)
Paula L. Aymer
R2,214 Discovery Miles 22 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Traces labor migration of women from Eastern Caribbean to oil-producing countries such as Venezuela, Trinidad, Curaðcao, and especially Aruba. Discusses women's participation in the labor force, gender relations, domestic service, the social and economic position of the migrants, and motherhood. Argues that US investments are an important factor in the migration of Caribbean women"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Rhetoric and Social Relations - Dialectics of Bonding and Contestation (Hardcover): Jon Abbink, Shauna Latosky Rhetoric and Social Relations - Dialectics of Bonding and Contestation (Hardcover)
Jon Abbink, Shauna Latosky
R3,020 Discovery Miles 30 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume explores the constitutive role of rhetoric in socio-cultural relations, where discursive persuasion is so important, and contains both theoretical chapters as well as fascinating examples of the ambiguities and effects of rhetoric used (un)consciously in social praxis. The elements of power, competition and political persuasion figure prominently. It is an accessible collection of studies, speaking to common issues and problems in social life, and shows the heuristic and often explanatory value of the rhetorical perspective.

Mexican Rural Development and the Plumed Serpent - Technology and Maya Cosmology in the Tropical Forest of Campeche, Mexico... Mexican Rural Development and the Plumed Serpent - Technology and Maya Cosmology in the Tropical Forest of Campeche, Mexico (Hardcover)
Betty Bernice Faust
R2,784 Discovery Miles 27 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the first ethnography to be written about a Campeche Maya community. It examines the surviving Maya traditional technologies and sacred cosmologies and discusses the potential for combining these with modern knowledge and technologies to form an efficient new system that will not only provide for ecologically responsible development but will also make possible the cultural survival of this threatened indigenous population.

Culture and Anarchy (Hardcover): Matthew Arnold Culture and Anarchy (Hardcover)
Matthew Arnold
R797 Discovery Miles 7 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Routledge Library Editions: Marriage - 20 Volume Set (Hardcover): Various Routledge Library Editions: Marriage - 20 Volume Set (Hardcover)
Various
R52,653 Discovery Miles 526 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This 20-volume set has titles originally published between 1939 and 1991. It looks at marriage in a broad context from a variety of perspectives, including anthropological, health, historical, psychological, and sociological. Individual titles cover mediation, divorce and separation, marriage guidance, disability, sexual health, along with wider issues such as kinship, wardship, marriage in India and Africa and the subordination of women internationally. This collection is an excellent resource for those interested in the place of marriage in society.

Indigenous Knowledge in Taiwan and Beyond (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Shu-mei Shih, Lin-chin Tsai Indigenous Knowledge in Taiwan and Beyond (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Shu-mei Shih, Lin-chin Tsai
R3,665 Discovery Miles 36 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book situates Taiwan's indigenous knowledge in comparative contexts across other indigenous knowledge formations. The content is divided into four distinct but interrelated sections to highlight the importance and diversity of indigenous knowledge in Taiwan and beyond. It begins with an exploration of the recent development and construction of an indigenous knowledge and educational system in Taiwan, as well as issues concerning research ethics and indigenous knowledge. This is followed by a section that illustrates diverse forms of indigenous knowledge, and in turn, a theoretical dialogue between indigenous studies and settler colonial studies. Lastly, the Paiwan indigenous author Dadelavan Ibau's trans-indigenous journey to Tibet rounds out the coverage. This book is useful to readers in indigenous, settler colonial, and decolonial studies around the world, not just because it offers substantive content on indigenous knowledge in Taiwan, but also because it offers conceptual tools for studying indigenous knowledge from comparative and relational perspectives. It also greatly benefits anyone interested in Taiwan studies, offering an ethical approach to indigeneity in a classic settler colony.

Dying Unneeded - The Cultural Context of the Russian Mortality Crisis (Hardcover): Michelle A. Parsons Dying Unneeded - The Cultural Context of the Russian Mortality Crisis (Hardcover)
Michelle A. Parsons
R3,144 R1,919 Discovery Miles 19 190 Save R1,225 (39%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the early 1990s, Russia experienced one of the most extreme increases in mortality in modern history. Men's life expectancy dropped by six years; women's life expectancy dropped by three. Middle-aged men living in Moscow were particularly at risk of dying early deaths. While the early 1990s represent the apex of mortality, the crisis continues. Drawing on fieldwork in the capital city during 2006 and 2007, this account brings ethnography to bear on a topic that has until recently been the province of epidemiology and demography.


Middle-aged Muscovites talk about being unneeded ("ne nuzhny"), or having little to give others. Considering this concept of "being unneeded" reveals how political economic transformation undermined the logic of social relations whereby individuals used their position within the Soviet state to give things to other people. Being unneeded is also gendered--while women are still needed by their families, men are often unneeded by state or family. Western literature on the mortality crisis focuses on a lack of social capital, often assuming that what individuals receive is most important, but being needed is more about what individuals give. Social connections--and their influence on health--are culturally specific.


In Soviet times, needed people helped friends and acquaintances push against the limits of the state, crafting a sense of space and freedom. When the state collapsed, this sense of bounded freedom was compromised, and another freedom became deadly.


"This book is a recipient of the annual Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Prize for the best project in the area of medicine."

Order and Dispute - An Introduction to Legal Anthropology (Second Edition) (Hardcover, 2nd ed.): Simon Roberts Order and Dispute - An Introduction to Legal Anthropology (Second Edition) (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
Simon Roberts
R1,041 Discovery Miles 10 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Linguistic Worldview - Ethnolinguistics, Cognition, and Culture (Hardcover): Adam Glaz, David Danaher, Przemyslaw Lozowski The Linguistic Worldview - Ethnolinguistics, Cognition, and Culture (Hardcover)
Adam Glaz, David Danaher, Przemyslaw Lozowski
R4,710 R4,216 Discovery Miles 42 160 Save R494 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

the book is concerned with the linguistic worldview broadly understood, but it focuses on one particular variant of the idea, its sources, extensions, its critical assessment, and inspirations for related research. This approach is the ethnolinguistic linguistic worldview (LWV) program pursued in Lublin, Poland, and initiated and headed by Jerzy Bartminski. In its basic design, the volume emerged from the theme of the conference held in Lublin in October 2011: "The linguistic worldview or linguistic views of worlds?" If the latter is the case, then what worlds? Is it a case of one language/one worldview? Are there literary or poetic worldviews? Are there auctorial worldviews? Many of the chapters are based on presentations from that conference, and others have been written especially for the volume. Generally, there are four kinds of contributions: (i) a presentation and exemplification of the "Lublin style" LWV approach; (ii) studies inspired by this approach but not following it in detail; (iii) independent but related and compatible research; and (iv) a critical reappraisal of some specific ideas proposed by Jerzy Bartminski and his collaborators.

Anthropology in Medical Education - Sustaining Engagement and Impact (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Iveris Martinez, Dennis W.... Anthropology in Medical Education - Sustaining Engagement and Impact (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Iveris Martinez, Dennis W. Wiedman
R2,884 Discovery Miles 28 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume reflects on how anthropologists have engaged in medical education and aims to positively influence the future careers of anthropologists who are currently engaged or are considering a career in medical education. The volume is essential for medical educators, administrators, researchers, and practitioners, those interested in the history of medicine, global health, sociology of health and illness, medical and applied anthropology. For over a century, anthropologists have served in many roles in medical education: teaching, curriculum development, administration, research, and planning. Recent changes in medical education focusing on diversity, social determinants of health, and more humanistic patient-centered care have opened the door for more anthropologists in medical schools. The chapter authors describe various ways in which anthropologists have engaged and are currently involved in training physicians, in various countries, as well as potential new directions in this field. They address critical topics such as: the history of anthropology in medical education; humanism, ethics, and the culture of medicine; interprofessional and collaborative clinical care; incorporating patient perspectives in practice; addressing social determinants of health, health disparities, and cultural competence; anthropological roles in planning and implementation of medical education programs; effective strategies for teaching medical students; comparative analysis of systems of care in Japan, Uganda, France, United Kingdom, Mexico, Canada and throughout the United States; and potential new directions for anthropological engagement with medicine. The volume overall emphasizes the important role of anthropology in educating physicians throughout the world to improve patient care and population health.

Disenchanting Citizenship - Mexican Migrants and the Boundaries of Belonging (Hardcover, New): Luis Plascencia Disenchanting Citizenship - Mexican Migrants and the Boundaries of Belonging (Hardcover, New)
Luis Plascencia
R3,171 Discovery Miles 31 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Central to contemporary debates in the United States on migration and migrant policy is the idea of citizenship, and this issue remains a focal point of contention. In Disenchanting Citizenship, Luis F. B. Plascencia examines two interrelated issues: U.S. citizenship and the Mexican migrants' position in the United States. The book explores the meaning of U.S. citizenship through the experience of a unique group of Mexican migrants who were granted Temporary Status under the ""legalization"" provisions of the 1986 IRCA, attained Lawful Permanent Residency, and later became U.S. citizens. Plascencia integrates an extensive and multifaceted collection of interviews, ethnographic fieldwork, ethno-historical research, and public policy analysis in examining efforts that promote the acquisition of citizenship, the teaching of citizenship classes, and naturalisation ceremonies. He argues that the acquisition of citizenship can lead to disenchantment with the very status desired. In the end, Plascencia expands our understanding of the dynamics of U.S. citizenship as a form of membership and belonging. |Central to contemporary debates in the United States on migration and migrant policy is the idea of citizenship, and this issue remains a focal point of contention. In Disenchanting Citizenship, Luis F. B. Plascencia examines two interrelated issues: U.S. citizenship and the Mexican migrants' position in the United States. The book explores the meaning of U.S. citizenship through the experience of a unique group of Mexican migrants who were granted Temporary Status under the ""legalization"" provisions of the 1986 IRCA, attained Lawful Permanent Residency, and later became U.S. citizens. Plascencia integrates an extensive and multifaceted collection of interviews, ethnographic fieldwork, ethno-historical research, and public policy analysis in examining efforts that promote the acquisition of citizenship, the teaching of citizenship classes, and naturalisation ceremonies. He argues that the acquisition of citizenship can lead to disenchantment with the very status desired. In the end, Plascencia expands our understanding of the dynamics of U.S. citizenship as a form of membership and belonging.

Critical Theory and the Anthropology of Heritage Landscapes (Hardcover): Melissa F. Baird Critical Theory and the Anthropology of Heritage Landscapes (Hardcover)
Melissa F. Baird
R2,001 Discovery Miles 20 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores the sociopolitical contexts of heritage landscapes, paying special attention to sites with deep indigenous histories - Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park and the Burrup Peninsula along the Pilbara Coast in Australia, the Altai Mountains of northwestern Mongolia, and Prince William Sound in Alaska. For many communities, landscapes such as these have long been associated with cultural identity and memories of important and difficult events, as well as political struggles related to nation-state boundaries, sovereignty, and knowledge claims. ,br> Drawing on the emerging field of critical heritage theory and the concept of "resource frontiers," Melissa Baird shows how these landscapes are sites of power and control and are increasingly used in development and extractive projects. As a result, heritage landscapes face social and ecological crises such as environmental degradation, ecological disasters, and structural violence. She describes how heritage experts, industries, government representatives, and descendant groups negotiate the contours and boundaries of these contested sites, and recommends ways such conversations can better incorporate a critical engagement with indigenous knowledge and agency.

The Gift - The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies (Hardcover): Marcel Mauss The Gift - The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies (Hardcover)
Marcel Mauss
R792 Discovery Miles 7 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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