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Moral Politics in a South Chinese Village - Responsibility, Reciprocity, and Resistance (Paperback, New): Hok Bun Ku Moral Politics in a South Chinese Village - Responsibility, Reciprocity, and Resistance (Paperback, New)
Hok Bun Ku
R1,509 Discovery Miles 15 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Exploring sensitive issues often hidden to outsiders, this engaging study traces the transformation and economic development of a south China village during the first tumultuous decade of reform. Drawing on a wealth of intimate detail, Ku explores the new sense of risk and mood of insecurity experienced in the post-reform era in Ku Village, a typical hamlet beyond the margins of richer suburban areas or fertile farmland. Villagers' dissatisfaction revolves around three key issues: the rising cost of living, mounting agricultural expenses, and the forcible implementation of birth-control quotas. Faced with these daunting problems, villagers have developed an array of strategies. Their weapons include resisting policies they consider unreasonable by disregarding fees, evading taxes, and ignoring strict family planning regulations; challenging the rationale of official policies and the legitimacy of the local government and its officials; and reestablishing clan associations to supercede local Party authority. Using lively everyday narratives and compelling personal stories, Ku argues that rural people are not in fact powerless and passive; instead they have their own moral system that informs their everyday family lives, work, and political activities. Their code embodies concepts of fairness and justice, a concrete definition of the relationship between the state and its citizens, an understanding of the boundaries and responsibilities of each party, and a clear notion of what constitutes good and bad government and officials. On the basis of these principles, they may challenge existing policies and deny the authority of officials and the government, thereby legitimizing their acts of self-defense. Through his richly realized ethnography, Ku shows the reader a world of memorable, fully realized individuals striving to control their fate in an often arbitrary world.

An Account of the Native Africans in the Neighbourhood of Sierra Leone to Which Is Added an Account of the Present State of... An Account of the Native Africans in the Neighbourhood of Sierra Leone to Which Is Added an Account of the Present State of Medicine Among Them - To which is Added an Account of the Present State of Medicine Among Them (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
John D Hargreaves; Thomas Winterbottom
R3,047 Discovery Miles 30 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A field ethnographer to visit West Africa before the second half of the 19th century, the author of this work presents an informative description of the surrounding tribes together with a collection of Temne, Bulom and Susu vocabularies. The second volume represents a systematic account of African medicine, diseases, remedies and therapeutic plants. The volumes were first published in 1803.

Survival of the Friendliest - Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity (Paperback): Brian Hare, Vanessa... Survival of the Friendliest - Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity (Paperback)
Brian Hare, Vanessa Woods
R480 R414 Discovery Miles 4 140 Save R66 (14%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Ethnic Realignment - A Comparative Study of Government Influences on Identity (Hardcover): Matthew Hoddie Ethnic Realignment - A Comparative Study of Government Influences on Identity (Hardcover)
Matthew Hoddie
R2,527 Discovery Miles 25 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Ethnic Realignments offers a fresh look at the phenomenon of rapidly changing ethnic identity claims. By focusing on the countries of Australia, China, Malaysia, and India, Matthew Hoddie provides a comparative study arguing that government policies designed to favor one ethnic group over another can influence individuals among the disfavored group to change their "identities" and recast themselves as members of the favored group. Hoddie employs a statistical methodology to lay out the conditions and factors that lead to these ethnic identity changes, thereby contributing to the ongoing debate concerning the malleability of ethnic identity. Ethnic Realignments is a significant work for scholars interested in the politics of ethnicity and the effectiveness of affirmative action policies.

DNA for Archaeologists (Hardcover, New): Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith, K. Ann Horsburgh DNA for Archaeologists (Hardcover, New)
Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith, K. Ann Horsburgh
R5,076 Discovery Miles 50 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The ability to use DNA evidence is revolutionizing our understanding of the past. This book introduces archaeologists to the basics of DNA research so they can understand the powers and pitfalls of using DNA data in archaeological analysis and interpretation. By concentrating on the principles and applications of DNA specific to archaeology, the authors allow archaeologists to collect DNA samples properly and interpret the laboratory results with greater confidence. Written by archaeologists who conduct fieldwork as well as laboratory analysis, the volume is replete with case examples of DNA work in a variety of archaeological contexts and is an ideal teaching tool for archaeologists and their students.

DNA for Archaeologists (Paperback, New): Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith, K. Ann Horsburgh DNA for Archaeologists (Paperback, New)
Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith, K. Ann Horsburgh
R1,398 Discovery Miles 13 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The ability to use DNA evidence is revolutionizing our understanding of the past. This book introduces archaeologists to the basics of DNA research so they can understand the powers and pitfalls of using DNA data in archaeological analysis and interpretation. By concentrating on the principles and applications of DNA specific to archaeology, the authors allow archaeologists to collect DNA samples properly and interpret the laboratory results with greater confidence. Written by archaeologists who conduct fieldwork as well as laboratory analysis, the volume is replete with case examples of DNA work in a variety of archaeological contexts and is an ideal teaching tool for archaeologists and their students.

The Native Tribes of South West Africa (Hardcover, New Ed): L. Fourie, C.H. Hahn, V. Vedder The Native Tribes of South West Africa (Hardcover, New Ed)
L. Fourie, C.H. Hahn, V. Vedder
R4,335 Discovery Miles 43 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This text includes short sketches of each of the principal tribes of South-West Africa, showing their state of development, their mode of living and how they differ from each other.

The Melungeons - Resurrection of a Proud People - Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America (Paperback, Second Edition): N.... The Melungeons - Resurrection of a Proud People - Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America (Paperback, Second Edition)
N. Brent Kennedy, Robyn V. Kennedy
R446 R418 Discovery Miles 4 180 Save R28 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As early as 1654, English and French explorers in the southern Appalachians reported seeing dark-skinned, brown- and blue-eyed, and European-featured people speaking broken Elizabethan English, living in cabins, tilling the land, smelting silver, practicing Christianity, and, most perplexing of all, claiming to be Portyghee. Declared free persons of color in the late 1700s by the English and Scottish-Irish immigrants, the Melungeons, as they were known, were driven off their lands and denied voting rights, education, and the right to judicial process. The law was enforced mercilessly and sometimes violently in the resoundingly successful effort to totally disenfranchise these earliest American settlers.

Key Themes in Qualitative Research - Continuities and Changes (Paperback, New): Paul Atkinson, Amanda Coffey, Sara Delamont Key Themes in Qualitative Research - Continuities and Changes (Paperback, New)
Paul Atkinson, Amanda Coffey, Sara Delamont
R1,237 Discovery Miles 12 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Key Themes in Qualitative Research is an attempt by three well-respected ethnographic researchers to present a balanced view of qualitative methodology and research. The book is structured around classic texts, written by methodological pioneers, which comprise the basic foundation of modern qualitative research. The authors examine key premises in these texts, such as intimacy, advocacy, and validity, and how they may be supported, redesigned, or made problematic in today's field. This allows for a critical analysis of Old Guard vs. Avant-Garde ideas and provides for the reader a guide to wade through the proliferation of texts and theories available since the postmodern turn. While not designed as a primer in qualitative research methods, anyone with modest experience in the field should find this book extremely useful.

The Mexican-American Mind (Paperback): Ernesto Caravantes The Mexican-American Mind (Paperback)
Ernesto Caravantes
R1,032 Discovery Miles 10 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Mexican-American Mind is a book intended to give the reader a glimpse into the mental machinations of members of the Mexican-American cultural group, which has grown into one of the largest minority groups in the nation. In this collection of essays, the reader becomes privy to understanding how Mexican-Americans feel about, as well as interpret, almost all areas of culture: including men's roles, women's roles, relationships, marriage, religion, travel, and education. Caravantes gives expression to many cultural tendencies, which many have noticed, but few are willing to admit to in such a candid manner. Ultimately, this book, with its sociological inclinations, has an ultimate goal of acute cultural awareness among members of this population, as well as greater cultural awareness among those who service them.

The Road - An Ethnography of (Im)Mobility, Space, and Cross-Border Infrastructures in the Balkans (Paperback): Dimitris... The Road - An Ethnography of (Im)Mobility, Space, and Cross-Border Infrastructures in the Balkans (Paperback)
Dimitris Dalakoglou
R752 Discovery Miles 7 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is an ethnographic and historical study of the main Albania-Greece highway. But more than an ethnography on the road, it is an anthropology of the road. Highways are part of an explicit cultural-material nexus that includes houses, urban architecture and vehicles. Complex socio-political phenomena such as EU border security, nationalist politics, post-Cold War capitalism and financial crises all leave their mark in the concrete. This book explores anew classical anthropological and sociological categories of analysis in direct reference to infrastructure, providing unique insights into the political and cultural processes that took place across Europe after the Cold War. More specifically, it sheds light on political and economic relationships in the Balkans during the socialist post-Cold War period, focusing especially on Albania, one of the most under-researched countries in the region. -- .

Unveiling Man's Origins (Routledge Revivals) - Ten Decades of Thought About Human Evolution (Paperback): L.S.B. Leakey,... Unveiling Man's Origins (Routledge Revivals) - Ten Decades of Thought About Human Evolution (Paperback)
L.S.B. Leakey, Vanne Morris Goodall
R1,491 Discovery Miles 14 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Originally published in 1969, the aim of this book is to tell the story of the major discoveries which have been made and the attitude of the world at large to these discoveries during the ten decades since Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859. For anyone interested in man's past and in understanding the significance of each new discovery relating to human evolution, this reissue will be of great value.

Rethinking Race and Ethnicity in Research Methods (Hardcover, New): John H. Stanfield II Rethinking Race and Ethnicity in Research Methods (Hardcover, New)
John H. Stanfield II
R4,794 Discovery Miles 47 940 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This collection of original work demonstrates the new ways in which particular research methodologies are used, valued and critiqued in the field of race and ethnic studies. Contributing authors discuss the ways in which their personal and professional histories and experiences lead them to select and use particular methodologies over the course of their careers. They then provide the intellectual histories, strengths and weaknesses of these methods as applied to issues of race and ethnicity and discuss the ethical, practical, and epistemological issues that have influenced and challenged their methodological principles and applications. Through these rigorous self-examinations, this text presents a dynamic example of how scholars engage both research methodologies and issues of social justice and ethics. This volume is a successor to Stanfield's landmark Race and Ethnicity in Research Methods.

The Anglo-Saxons from the Migration Period to the Eighth Century - An Ethnographic Perspective (Paperback, New Ed): John Hines The Anglo-Saxons from the Migration Period to the Eighth Century - An Ethnographic Perspective (Paperback, New Ed)
John Hines
R1,171 Discovery Miles 11 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The culture of early Anglo-Saxon England explored from an inter-disciplinary perspective. A stimulating contribution to the field of Anglo-Saxon studies. MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY A mind-stretching read. NOTES AND QUERIES The papers contained in this volume, by leading researchers in the field, cover a wide range of social, economic and ideological aspects of the culture of early Anglo-Saxon England, from an inter-disciplinary perspective. The status of `Anglo-Saxondom' and `Englishness' as cultural and ethnic categories are a recurrent focus of debate, while other topics include the reconstruction of settlement patterns; social and political structures; farming in medieval England; and the spiritual world of the Anglo-Saxons. As a whole, the contributionsoffer fascinating insights into key contemporary research questions and projects, and into the character and problems of interdisciplinary approaches. Dr JOHN HINES is Reader in the School of History and Archaeology atthe University of Wales, Cardiff. Contributors: WALTER POHL, IAN WOOD, DELLA HOOKE, DOMINIC POWLESLAND, HEINRICH HAERKE, THOMAS CHARLES-EDWARDS, PATRIZIA LENDINARA, PETER FOWLER, CHRISTOPHER SCULL, JANE HAWKES, D.N. DUMVILLE, JOHN HINES, GIORGIO AUSENDA

Bones - Inside and Out (Paperback): Roy A. Meals Bones - Inside and Out (Paperback)
Roy A. Meals
R519 R454 Discovery Miles 4 540 Save R65 (13%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Bone is ubiquitous and versatile, and uniquely repairs itself without scarring. However, we rarely see bone in its living state-and even then, mostly in two-tone images that only hint at its marvels. After it serves and protects vertebrate lives, bone reveals itself in surprising ways, sometimes hundreds of millions of years later. In Bones, orthopaedic surgeon Roy Meals explores and extols this amazing material that both supports and records vertebrate life. He demystifies the biological makeup of bones; how they grow, break and heal; and how medical innovations-from the first X-rays to advanced surgical techniques-enhance our lives. With enthusiasm and humour, Meals also reveals the enduring presence of bone outside the body-as fossils, ossuaries, tools, musical instruments-and celebrates allusions to bone in history, religion and idiom. Approachable and entertaining, Bones richly illuminates our bodies' essential framework.

Habitat, Economy and Society - A Geographical Introduction to Ethnology (Paperback): C. Daryll Forde Habitat, Economy and Society - A Geographical Introduction to Ethnology (Paperback)
C. Daryll Forde
R1,536 Discovery Miles 15 360 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

An introduction to the ethnography and human geography of non-European peoples, this book deals with the economic and social life of a number of groups at diverse levels of cultural achievement and in different regions of the world. International in its scope the book covers: Malaysia, Africa, North America, Canada, Siberia, the Amazon, Eastern Solomon Islands, India, Central Asia and the Middle East. Originally published in 1934. This re-issues the seventh edition of 1949.

The Hobbit Trap - How New Species Are Invented (Paperback, 2nd edition): Maciej Henneberg, Robert B Eckhardt, John Schofield The Hobbit Trap - How New Species Are Invented (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Maciej Henneberg, Robert B Eckhardt, John Schofield
R1,314 Discovery Miles 13 140 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

When scientists found the remains of a tiny hominid on an Indonesian in 2004, they claimed they found a totally new species of human ancestor (homo floresiensis), and called it a Hobbit. Film crews rolled in and the little creature took the world by storm, but a group of prominent scientists, including Maciej Henneberg and Robert Eckhardt, smelled a rat. They refuted the data--the size and shape of bones, the inferences about height--and they raised fundamental questions about scientific method, revealing cultural and political pressures that lead to the wide acceptance of unsupported theories. The Hobbit Trap describes how the case against the "new species" theory developed and offers an important critique of the species concept in evolution. In this thoroughly updated second edition, the authors include new data and analysis of the Flores fossils, and expand their important analysis of scientific practice, calling for a new movement to reverse the decline in scientific standards and the rise in scientific politics. This lively and important challenge to conventional wisdom is accessible to the general reader and makes a stimulating addition to courses on the history and philosophy of science, evolution and physical anthropology.

Society in the Digital Age - An Interactionist Perspective (Hardcover): William Housley Society in the Digital Age - An Interactionist Perspective (Hardcover)
William Housley
R1,572 Discovery Miles 15 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In Digital Society: An Interactionist Perspective, William Housley explores the ways interactionist thinking contributes to our understanding of current trends and topics within digital sociology. Drawing on a range of aligned approaches, concepts and empirical studies, he explores how notions of self and presentation, action and agency, practical reason and interaction are of fundamental importance to our understanding of some of the emerging contours of digital society; inclusive of big data, social media, the social life of methods, algorithmic culture, 'artificial intelligence' and the pivot to voice. In doing so, Housley aims to demonstrate the enduring relevance of work associated with Goffman, Garfinkel and Sacks in understanding everyday digital social life. The book provides a range of insights into how sociology and social science continues to draw upon interactionism and aligned traditions such as ethnomethodology in making sense of the Interaction Order 2.0 and beyond.

Dialogues with Ethnography - Notes on Classics, and How I Read Them (Hardcover): Jan Blommaert Dialogues with Ethnography - Notes on Classics, and How I Read Them (Hardcover)
Jan Blommaert
R2,683 Discovery Miles 26 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book persuasively argues the case that ethnography must be viewed as a full theoretical system, rather than just as a research method. Blommaert traces the influence of his reading of classic works about ethnography on his thinking, and discusses a range of authors who have influenced the development of a theoretical system of ethnography, or whose work might be productively used to develop it further. Authors examined include Hymes, Scollon, Kress, Bourdieu, Bakhtin and Lefebvre. This book will be required reading for students and scholars involved in ethnographic research, or those interested in the theory of ethnography.

Medieval Ethnographies - European Perceptions of the World Beyond (Hardcover, New Ed): Joan-Pau Rubies Medieval Ethnographies - European Perceptions of the World Beyond (Hardcover, New Ed)
Joan-Pau Rubies
R7,966 Discovery Miles 79 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From the twelfth century, a growing sense of cultural confidence in the Latin West (at the same time that the central lands of Islam suffered from numerous waves of conquest and devastation) was accompanied by the increasing importance of the genre of empirical ethnographies. From a a global perspective what is most distinctive of Europe is the genre's long-term impact rather than its mere empirical potential, or its ethnocentrism (all of which can also be found in China and in Islamic cultures). Hence what needs emphasizing is the multiplication of original writings over time, their increased circulation, and their authoritative status as a 'scientific' discourse. The empirical bent was more characteristic of travel accounts than of theological disputations - in fact, the less elaborate the theological discourse, the stronger the ethnographic impulse (although many travel writers were clerics). This anthology of classic articles in the history of medieval ethnographies illustrates this theme with reference to the contexts and genres of travel writing, the transformation of enduring myths (ranging from oriental marvels to the virtuous ascetics of India or Prester John), the practical expression of particular encounters from the Mongols to the Atlantic, and the various attempts to explain cultural differences, either through the concept of barbarism, or through geography and climate.

Somalis Abroad - Clan and Everyday Life in Finland (Hardcover): Stephanie R. Bjork Somalis Abroad - Clan and Everyday Life in Finland (Hardcover)
Stephanie R. Bjork
R2,419 Discovery Miles 24 190 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Drawing on a wealth of ethnographic detail, Stephanie Bjork offers the first study on the messy role of clan or tribe in the Somali diaspora, and the only study on the subject to include women's perspectives. Somalis Abroad illuminates the ways clan is contested alongside ideas of autonomy and gender equality, challenged by affinities towards others with similar migration experiences, transformed because of geographical separation from family members, and leveraged by individuals for cultural capital. Challenging prevailing views in the field, Bjork argues that clan-informed practices influence everything from asylum decisions to managing money. The practices also become a pattern that structures important relationships via constant--and unwitting--effort.

White Man Falling - Race, Gender, and White Supremacy (Paperback): Abby Ferber White Man Falling - Race, Gender, and White Supremacy (Paperback)
Abby Ferber
R802 Discovery Miles 8 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The voice and writings of white supremacists provide the basis for Abby Ferber's provocative critique of America's most extreme form of racism. Using excerpts and illustrations from such rarely seen publications as National Vanguard, White Patriot, and White Power, this new book explores the world of white supremacists and the way they imagine racial and gender identity. Ferber examines their belief that white men are becoming victims, and their response to this threat: the reassertion of white male power. This book provides a history of race as a concept, as well as an account of the white supremacist movement, including such groups as the Ku Klux Klan, the Neo-Nazis, and skinheads. Ferber puts this movement into a wider context, arguing that, in important respects, white supremacist ideology resembles that of the mainstream by sharing basic assumptions about race and gender. White Man Falling is a startling portrait of the perception that white masculinity is in crisis and white supremacist attempts to reassert dominance. The end picture is one that holds serious repercussions not only for the future of the white man, but for all people.

Antiracist Education - From Theory to Practice (Paperback): Julie Kailin Antiracist Education - From Theory to Practice (Paperback)
Julie Kailin
R1,238 Discovery Miles 12 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book combines theory, practice, and ethnography in an exploration of how teachers can fully implement diversity and antiracism as a foundation of their teaching approach. The author, a white mother of children of color, whose work is influenced by her own experience being raised in an antiracist, activist family, developed her curriculum over many years of active involvement with parents and teachers in schools. She presents her curriculum along with ethnographic reports of the processes of change that teachers experience as they fully explore the realities of race relations, its history, and the lived experiences of others. Kailin shows how immersion in this exploration enables teachers to develop curricula and teaching practices that are effectively antiracist and fully connected to students' lives.

Negotiating Boundaries in the City - Migration, Ethnicity, and Gender in Britain (Hardcover, New Ed): Joanna Herbert Negotiating Boundaries in the City - Migration, Ethnicity, and Gender in Britain (Hardcover, New Ed)
Joanna Herbert
R4,630 Discovery Miles 46 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Using in-depth life-story interviews and oral history archives, this book explores the impact of South Asian migration from the 1950s onwards on both the local white, British-born population and the migrants themselves. Taking Leicester as a main case study - identified as a European model of multicultural success - Negotiating Boundaries in the City offers a historically grounded analysis of the human experiences of migration. Joanna Herbert shows how migration created challenges for both existing residents and newcomers - for both male and female migrants - and explores how they perceived and negotiated boundaries within the local contexts of their everyday lives. She explores the personal and collective narratives of individuals who might not otherwise appear in the historical records, highlighting the importance of subjective, everyday experiences. The stories provide valuable insights into the nature of white ethnicity, inter-ethnic relations and the gendered nature of experiences, and offer rich data lacking in existing theoretical accounts. This book provides a radically different story about multicultural Britain and reveals the nuances of modern urban experiences which are lost in prevailing discourses of multiculturalism.

An Earth-colored Sea - 'Race', Culture and the Politics of Identity in the Post-Colonial Portuguese-Speaking World... An Earth-colored Sea - 'Race', Culture and the Politics of Identity in the Post-Colonial Portuguese-Speaking World (Paperback)
Miguel Vale De Almeida
R764 Discovery Miles 7 640 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Although the post-colonial situation has attracted considerable interest over recent years, one important colonial power - Portugal - has not been given any attention. This book is the first to explore notions of ethnicity, "race", culture, and nation in the context of the debate on colonialism and postcolonialism. The structure of the book reflects a trajectory of research, starting with a case study in Trinidad, followed by another one in Brazil, and ending with yet another one in Portugal. The three case studies, written in the ethnographic genre, are intertwined with essays of a more theoretical nature. The non-monographic, composite - or hybrid - nature of this work may be in itself an indication of the need for transnational and historically grounded research when dealing with issues of representations of identity that were constructed during colonial times and that are today reconfigured in the ideological struggles over cultural meanings.

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