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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.

Shadow of the Plantation (Paperback, New Ed): Charles S. Johnson Shadow of the Plantation (Paperback, New Ed)
Charles S. Johnson
R1,557 Discovery Miles 15 570 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"Shadow of the Plantation" focuses on descendants of slaves in one rural Southern community in the early part of this century. In the process, Johnson reviews the troubled history of race relations in the United /States. When reread half a century after it was first written, "Shadow of the Plantation" is clearly revealed as a remarkably perceptive and fresh comment on race relations and the triumph of individuals over circumstances. Charles Johnson's book is significant for its use of multiple methodologies. The research took place in an ecological setting that was a dynamic element of the life of the community. The book is a multifaceted, interpretive survey of the 612 black families that composed the rural community of Macon County, Alabama, in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Johnson describes and analyzes their families, economic situation, education, religious activities, recreational life, and health practices. "Shadow of the Plantation" manages to be both historically accurate and foresighted at the same time. It is as much a book about today as it is a discussion of yesterday. This volume is an important study that will be of value to sociologists, anthropologists, and black studies specialists.

Ethnic America - A History (Paperback, New ed): Thomas Sowell Ethnic America - A History (Paperback, New ed)
Thomas Sowell
R678 Discovery Miles 6 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This classic work by the distinguished economist traces the history of nine American ethnic groups--the Irish, Germans, Jews, Italians, Chinese, African-Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Mexicans.

Black and White Styles in Conflict (Paperback, New edition): Thomas Kochman Black and White Styles in Conflict (Paperback, New edition)
Thomas Kochman
R464 Discovery Miles 4 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this book, the author draws attention to a rarely acknowledged problem in inter-ethnic communications: A difference in means (or style) rather than ends (or goals) impedes many attempts at communications among Americans...His thesis is convincing and his demonstrations impress the reader with the range and importance of stylistic conflicts...The potential for conflict and misunderstanding which inheres in these stylistic differences has alarming implications.

Illegal Encounters - The Effect of Detention and Deportation on Young People (Paperback): Deborah A Boehm, Susan J. Terrio Illegal Encounters - The Effect of Detention and Deportation on Young People (Paperback)
Deborah A Boehm, Susan J. Terrio
R817 Discovery Miles 8 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The impact of the U.S. immigration and legal systems on children and youth In the United States, millions of children are undocumented migrants or have family members who came to the country without authorization. The unique challenges with which these children and youth must cope demand special attention. Illegal Encounters considers illegality, deportability, and deportation in the lives of young people-those who migrate as well as those who are affected by the migration of others. A primary focus of the volume is to understand how children and youth encounter, move through, or are outside of a range of legal processes, including border enforcement, immigration detention, federal custody, courts, and state processes of categorization. Even if young people do not directly interact with state immigration systems-because they are U.S. citizens or have avoided detention-they are nonetheless deeply affected by the reach of the government in its many forms. Contributors privilege the voices and everyday experiences of immigrant children and youth themselves. By combining different perspectives from advocates, service providers, attorneys, researchers, and young immigrants, the volume presents rich accounts that can contribute to informed debates and policy reforms. Illegal Encounters sheds light on the unique ways in which policies, laws, and legal categories shape so much of daily life for young immigrants. The book makes visible the burdens, hopes, and potential of a population of young people and their families who have been largely hidden from public view and are currently under siege, following their movement through complicated immigration systems and institutions in the United States.

Studying Native America - Problems and Prospects (Paperback): Russell Thornton Studying Native America - Problems and Prospects (Paperback)
Russell Thornton
R867 R795 Discovery Miles 7 950 Save R72 (8%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"The White Man does not understand the Indian for the reason that he does not understand America. He is too far removed from its formative process. The roots of the tree of his life have not yet grasped rock and soil." The words of Lakota writer Luther Standing Bear foretold the current debate on the value of Native American studies in higher education. Studying Native America addresses for the first time in a comprehensive way the place of this critical discipline in the university curriculum. Leading scholars in anthropology, demography, English and literature, history, law, social work, linguistics, public health, psychology, and sociology have come together to explore what Native American studies has been, what it is, and what it may be in the future. The book's thirteen contributors and editor Russell Thornton, stress the frequent incompatibility of traditional academic teaching methods with the social and cultural concerns that gave rise to the field of Native American studies. Beginning with the intellectual and institutional history of Native American studies, the book examines its literature, language, historical narratives, and anthropology. The volume discusses the effects on Native American studies of law and constitutionalism; cosmology, epistemology, and religion; identity; demography; colonialism and post-colonialism; science and technology; and repatriation of human remains and cultural objects. Contributors to Studying Native America include Raymond J. DeMallie, Bonnie Duran, Eduardo Duran, Raymond D. Fogelson, Clara Sue Kidwell, Kerwin Lee Klein, Melissa L. Meyer, John H. Moore, Peter Nabokov, Katheryn Shanley, C. Matthew Snipp, Rennard Strickland, Russell Thornton, J. Randolph Valentine, Robert Allen Warrior, Richard White, and Maria Yellowhorse-Braveheart. The book is sponsored in part by the Social Science Research Council.

Visualizing Theory - Selected Essays from V.A.R., 1990-1994 (Paperback): Lucien Taylor Visualizing Theory - Selected Essays from V.A.R., 1990-1994 (Paperback)
Lucien Taylor
R1,499 Discovery Miles 14 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


Ancient Bones - Unearthing the Astonishing New Story of How We Became Human (Hardcover): Madelaine Boehme Ancient Bones - Unearthing the Astonishing New Story of How We Became Human (Hardcover)
Madelaine Boehme; Translated by Jane Billinghurst; Rudiger Braun, Florian Breier; Foreword by David R. Begun
R684 R582 Discovery Miles 5 820 Save R102 (15%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"Splendid and important .... Scientifically rigorous and written with a clarity and candor that create a gripping tale ... [Boehme's] account of the history of Europe's lost apes is imbued with the sweat, grime, and triumph that is the lot of the fieldworker, and carries great authority."-Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books In this "fascinating forensic inquiry into human origins" (Kirkus STARRED Review), a renowned paleontologist takes readers behind-the-scenes of one of the most groundbreaking archaeological digs in recent history. Somewhere west of Munich,paleontologist Madelaine Boehme and her colleagues dig for clues to the origins of humankind. What they discover is beyond anything they ever imagined: the twelve-million-year-old bones of Danuvius guggenmosi make headlines around the world. This ancient ape defies prevailing theories of human history-his skeletal adaptations suggest a new common ancestor between apes and humans, one that dwelled in Europe, not Africa. Might the great apes that traveled from Africa to Europe before Danuvius's time be the key to understanding our own origins? All this and more is explored in Ancient Bones. Using her expertise as a paleoclimatologist and paleontologist, Boehme pieces together an awe-inspiring picture of great apes that crossed land bridges from Africa to Europe millions of years ago, evolving in response to the challenging conditions they found. She also takes us behind the scenes of her research, introducing us to former theories of human evolution (complete with helpful maps and diagrams), and walks us through musty museum overflow storage where she finds forgotten fossils with yellowed labels, before taking us along to the momentous dig where she and the team unearthed Danuvius guggenmosi himself-and the incredible reverberations his discovery caused around the world. Praise for Ancient Bones: "Readable and thought-provoking. Madelaine Boehme is an iconoclast whose fossil discoveries have challenged long-standing ideas on the origins of the ancestors of apes and humans."-Steve Brusatte, New York Times-bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs "An inherently fascinating, impressively informative, and exceptionally thought-provoking read."-Midwest Book Review "An impressive introduction to the burgeoning recalibration of paleoanthropology."-Kirkus Reviews(starred review)

Questioning Gypsy Identity - Ethnic Narratives in Britain and America (Hardcover, New): Brian A. Belton Questioning Gypsy Identity - Ethnic Narratives in Britain and America (Hardcover, New)
Brian A. Belton
R2,715 Discovery Miles 27 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Brian Belton's powerfully original book examines Gypsy lives against the framework of social theories that illustrate how identity arises out of the cultural complexity of individual biographies, families, and communities. Addressing the lack of contextual and social perspectives in the existing literature and the underlying assumption of a consistent Gypsy lineage, he explores the subject of identity to include the broader social context in which the population exists. He argues that Gypsy identity is created and maintained not only by tradition and heredity, but also by social and ideological factors that give rise to the 'ethnic narrative' of Gypsy identity. Growing up in an English Gypsy family, Belton offers a unique 'outsider-insider' perspective to Questioning Gypsy Identity, writing what are essentially stories of people_how they are made, their social force, and what they collectively create.

In Pursuit of Impact - Trauma- and Resilience-Informed Policy Development (Hardcover): Nadia Ferrara In Pursuit of Impact - Trauma- and Resilience-Informed Policy Development (Hardcover)
Nadia Ferrara; Foreword by Grant J Rich
R2,822 R2,532 Discovery Miles 25 320 Save R290 (10%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In Pursuit of Impact pushes researchers and policymakers to reflect, rethink, and reconnect with their purpose to support the greater good by developing meaningful public policies. Through a multidisciplinary lens, Nadia Ferrara, draws on research, clinical, and policy experience to show how we can engage in learning, and building more effective relationships to better support the development of responsive policies. Ferrara offers a refreshing analysis while integrating a new approach to understanding trauma and resilience that places a humanizing emphasis on the power of narratives and storytelling. Revisiting the theories of pioneer thinkers and showing the relevance of their work is the necessary rethinking required to support the shift towards an evidence-informed policy development process. Ferrara highlights the fact that people, and their own lived realities, are defined by trauma and resilience and are engaged in the development of public policy and are affected by implemented policies. This book is recommended for scholars and practitioners in the fields of psychology, sociology, anthropology, political sciences, clinical psychiatry, and philosophy.

The People of Sunghir - Burials, Bodies, and Behavior in the Earlier Upper Paleolithic (Hardcover): Erik Trinkaus, Alexandra P.... The People of Sunghir - Burials, Bodies, and Behavior in the Earlier Upper Paleolithic (Hardcover)
Erik Trinkaus, Alexandra P. Buzhilova, Maria B. Mednikova, Maria V. Dobrovolskaya
R6,164 Discovery Miles 61 640 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this latest volume in the Human Evolution Series, Erik Trinkaus and his co-authors synthesize the research and findings concerning the human remains found at the Sunghir archaeological site. It has long been apparent to those in the field of paleoanthropology that the human fossil remains from the site of Sunghir are an important part of the human paleoanthropological record, and that these fossil remains have the potential to provide substantial data and inferences concerning human biology and behavior, both during the earlier Upper Paleolithic and concerning the early phases of human occupation of high latitude continental Eurasia. But despite many separate investigations and published studies on the site and its findings, a single and definitive volume does not yet exist on the subject. This book combines the expertise of four paleoanthropologists to provide a comprehensive description and paleobiological analysis of the Sunghir human remains. Since 1990, Trinkaus et al. have had access to the Sunghir site and its findings, and the authors have published frequently on the topic. The book places these human fossil remains in context with other Late Pleistocene humans, utilizing numerous comparative charts, graphs, and figures. As such, the book is highly illustrated, in color. Trinkaus and his co-authors outline the many advances in paleoanthropology that these remains have helped to bring about, examining the Sunghir site from all angles.

Ethnic and Religious Identities and Integration in Southeast Asia (Paperback): Ooi Keat Gin, Volker Grabowsky Ethnic and Religious Identities and Integration in Southeast Asia (Paperback)
Ooi Keat Gin, Volker Grabowsky
R1,119 R1,046 Discovery Miles 10 460 Save R73 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The research presented in this volume analyzes the impact of ethnic change and religious traditions on local, national, and regional identities. Case studies include the Bru population in Laos/Vietnam, hill tribe populations without citizenship in northern Thailand, the Lua also in northern Thailand, the Pakistani community in Penang, the Rohingya in Myanmar, the Leke religious movement in Thailand/Myanmar, political Islam in Indonesia, Sufi Muslims in Thailand, pluralism in Penang, the Preah Vihear dispute between Thailand and Cambodia, and hero cult worship in Lan Na. Historians and social anthropologists variously tackle these issues of identity and integration within the kaleidoscope of ethnicities, religions, languages, and cultures that make up Southeast Asia.

The Arts of Africa - Studying and Conserving the Collection; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Paperback): Richard B Woodward, Ash... The Arts of Africa - Studying and Conserving the Collection; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Paperback)
Richard B Woodward, Ash Duhrkoop, Ndubuisi Ezeluomba, Sheila Payaqui, Ainslie Harrison, …
R1,294 R1,181 Discovery Miles 11 810 Save R113 (9%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A groundbreaking analysis of one of the most significant collections of African art in the United States The collection of African art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is among the most comprehensive in the United States, featuring works in all media from across the continent dating from antiquity to today. This handsome volume, the product of a groundbreaking collaboration between the museum's curators and conservators, supported by a major grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, presents highlights from the collection-some never before published-alongside new scientific analysis and imaging. Six chapters detail both the historiographical and technical concerns at play in collecting and conserving African art. The result promises to deepen our understanding of the art in the dynamics of their original communities and as they appear now in a museum context. Distributed for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Amazon Town - A Study of Human Life in the Tropics (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Charles Wagley, Conrad Kottak, Richard Pace Amazon Town - A Study of Human Life in the Tropics (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Charles Wagley, Conrad Kottak, Richard Pace
R689 Discovery Miles 6 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Charles Wagley (1913-1991) was an American anthropologist specializing in rural Latin America. His principal focus was Brazil, where he is considered one of the founders of contemporary Brazilian Anthropology. He made major contributions to the concept of cultural areas for Latin America (including a typology of subcultures for the region) and to the notion that race was a cultural construct. He conducted extensive research in the Amazon among indigenous and peasant peoples. Out of the latter came his classic description of peasant life (e.g. rubber tappers) in the Amazon- Amazon Town. Co-authors Conrad Kottak and Richard Pace have revised and updated Charles Wagley's Amazon Town to coincide with Wagley's 100th birthday in late 2013. Revisions include a new foreword by Conrad Kottak, and a new preface and chapter by Richard Pace.

The Science of Human Origins (Paperback): Claudio Tuniz, Giorgio Manzi, David Caramelli The Science of Human Origins (Paperback)
Claudio Tuniz, Giorgio Manzi, David Caramelli
R1,274 Discovery Miles 12 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Our understanding of human origins has been revolutionized by new discoveries in the past two decades. In this book, three leading paleoanthropologists and physical scientists illuminate, in friendly, accessible language, the amazing findings behind the latest theories. They describe new scientific and technical tools for dating, DNA analysis, remote survey, and paleoenvironmental assessment that enabled recent breakthroughs in research. They also explain the early development of the modern human cortex, the evolution of symbolic language and complex tools, and our strange cousins from Flores and Denisova.

Sense and Stigma in the Gospels - Depictions of Sensory-Disabled Characters (Hardcover, New): Louise J. Lawrence Sense and Stigma in the Gospels - Depictions of Sensory-Disabled Characters (Hardcover, New)
Louise J. Lawrence
R3,296 Discovery Miles 32 960 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The senses are used within New Testament texts as instruments of knowledge and power and thus constitute important mediators of cultural knowledge and experience. Likewise, those instances where sensory faculty is perceived to be 'disabled' in some way also become key sites for ideological commentary and critique. However, often biblical scholarship, itself 'disabled' by eye-centric and textocentric 'norms', has read sensory-disabled characters as nothing more than inert sites of healing; their agency, including their alternative sensory modes of communication and resistance to oppression, remain largely unaddressed. In response, Louise J. Lawrence seeks to initiate a variety of interdisciplinary dialogues with disability studies and sensory anthropology in a quest to refigure characters with sensory disabilities featured in the gospels and provide alternative interpretations of their conditions and social interactions. In each instance the identity of those stigmatised as 'other' (according to particular physiological, social and cultural 'norms') are recovered by exploring ethnographic accounts which document the stories of those experiencing similar rejection on account of perceived sensory 'difference' in diverse cross-cultural settings. Through this process these 'disabled' characters are recast as individuals capable of employing certain strategies which destabilize the stigma imposed upon them and tactical performers who can subversively achieve their social goals.

Forensic Anthropology - An Introductory Lab Manual (Paperback): Christopher M. Stojanowski and Andrew C. Seidel, Andrew C Seidel Forensic Anthropology - An Introductory Lab Manual (Paperback)
Christopher M. Stojanowski and Andrew C. Seidel, Andrew C Seidel
R2,415 R1,636 Discovery Miles 16 360 Save R779 (32%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Key topics and basic laboratory training for beginning students This versatile laboratory manual is designed to support introductory undergraduate courses in forensic anthropology. Usable for both in-person and online classes and suitable to accompany any textbook or for use on its own as a text-lab manual hybrid, it provides basic training for beginner students in relevant methods of biological profile estimation and trauma assessment for use in medico-legal death investigations. Structured in a standard format for classes and existing texts, this manual offers a unique emphasis on lab exercises that align with general studies requirements and basic science competency. Each chapter begins with learning goals and an introductory section that outlines the topics to be covered. The discussion then leads students through the material, including periodic learning checks built into the structure of the chapter, followed by end-of-chapter exercises. Through clear explanations of fundamental principles, the complete medico-legal context is covered with respect to forensic anthropology. Basic information on bone biology, human osteology, and rules of evidence are also presented. Alongside its substantive text discussion of key topics, this manual's exercises can be used in in-person laboratory classes while its learning checks can be completed by online students without access to skeletal material or casts. This book offers the necessary content to teach forensic anthropology regardless of the experience or location of students or the resources of specific colleges and universities.

Palestinian Identity in Jordan and Israel - The Necessary "Others" in the Making of a Nation (Paperback): Riad M. Nasser Palestinian Identity in Jordan and Israel - The Necessary "Others" in the Making of a Nation (Paperback)
Riad M. Nasser
R1,443 Discovery Miles 14 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The book examines the process of national identity formation. It argues that identity, whether of a small community, a nation, an ethnic group, or a religious community, requires an Other against whom it becomes meaningful. In other words, identity develops via difference from Others against whom our sense of self becomes meaningful. This thesis emerges out of the synthesis the study develops from the from the various modern and poststructuralist theories of identity and nationalism.

The Lithic Assemblages of Qafzeh Cave (Hardcover): Erella Hovers The Lithic Assemblages of Qafzeh Cave (Hardcover)
Erella Hovers
R1,754 Discovery Miles 17 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book presents the first comprehensive description of the lithic assemblages from Qafzeh Cave, one of only two Middle Paleolithic sites in the Levant that has yielded multiple burials of early anatomically modern Homo sapiens (AMHs). The record from this region raises the question of possible long-term temporal overlap between early AMHs and Neanderthals. For this reason, Qafzeh has long been one of the pivotal sites in debates on the origins of AMHs and in attempts to compare and contrast the two species' adaptations and behavior.
Although the hominin fossils from the site were published years ago, until now the associated archaeological assemblages were incompletely described, often leading to conflicting interpretations. This monograph includes a thorough technological analysis of the lithic assemblages, incorporated in their geological and sedimentological contexts. This description serves as a springboard for regional comparisons as well as a more general discussion about Middle Paleolithic behavior, which is relevant to important and as yet unresolved questions on the origins of "modern" behavior patterns.
The volume includes a wide-ranging and up-to-date bibliography that provides the middle-range for discussing the ecological context and behavioral complexity of the Middle Paleolithic period, and ends with some thought-provoking conclusions about the dynamic human interations that existed in the region during this time.

First-Time - The Historical Vision of an African American People (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Richard Price First-Time - The Historical Vision of an African American People (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Richard Price
R1,269 Discovery Miles 12 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A classic of historical anthropology, "First-Time" traces the shape of historical thought among peoples who had previously been denied any history at all. The top half of each page presents a direct transcript of oral histories told by living Saramakas about their eighteenth-century ancestors, "Maroons" who had escaped slavery and settled in the rain forests of Suriname. Below these transcripts, Richard Price provides commentaries placing the Saramaka accounts into broader social, intellectual, and historical contexts.
"First-Time"'s unique style of presentation preserves the integrity of both its oral and documentary sources, uniting them in a profound meditation on the roles of history and memory. This second edition includes a new preface by the author, discussing "First-Time"'s impact and recounting the continuing struggles of the Saramaka people.

Berlin/Accra - Music, Travel, and the Production of Space (Paperback): Florian Carl Berlin/Accra - Music, Travel, and the Production of Space (Paperback)
Florian Carl
R932 Discovery Miles 9 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From ethnographic shows in the nineteenth century to "African markets" in zoos today; from funeral celebrations in urban settings in Ghana to workshops and world music festivals in Germany; from televised Independence Day celebrations in Africa to musical scenes and the nightlife in European cities - the contexts for the performance of African music could hardly be more diverse. This ethnography explores the production of social space and the negotiation of culture and ethnicity through musical performance in the transnational field between Berlin and Accra.

Minima Ethnographica (Paperback, New edition): Michael Jackson Minima Ethnographica (Paperback, New edition)
Michael Jackson
R1,077 Discovery Miles 10 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The postmodern opposition between theory and lived reality has led in part to an anthropological turn to "dialogic" or "reflexive" approaches. Michael Jackson claims these approaches are hardly radical as they still drift into such abstractions as "society" or "culture." His "Minima Ethnographica" proposes an existential anthropology that recognizes even abstract relationships as modalities of interpersonal life.
Written in the style of Theodor Adorno's "Minima Moralia," Jackson's work shows how general ideas are always anchored in particular social events and critical concerns. Emphasizing the intersubjective encounter over objective descriptions of the whole historical and contemporary situation of a given people, he illustrates the power and originality of existential anthropology through a series of vignettes from his fieldwork in Sierra Leone and Australia. An award-winning poet, novelist, and anthropologist, Jackson offers a timely critique of conventions that dull our sense of the links between academic study and lived experience.

Critical Race Theory - The Key Writings That Formed the Movement (Paperback): Kimberle Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda, Garry Peller Critical Race Theory - The Key Writings That Formed the Movement (Paperback)
Kimberle Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda, Garry Peller; Edited by Kendall Thomas
R725 Discovery Miles 7 250 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

A new generation of progressive intellectuals is transforming the ways we understand law, race and racial power. Questioning the old assumptions of both left and right on traditional civil rights reform, critical race theorists have presented new paradigms for understanding racial justice and new ways of viewing the links between race, gender, sexuality and class. The founders of the critical race movement have collaborated to edit this collection of important writings on the subject. Included in the essays are Whiteness as Property by Cheryl Harris, Race Consciousness by Garry Peller and Race, Reform and Retrenchment by Kimberle Crenshaw. The collection provides an overview of the principal themes of the movement, and includes an introduction by the editors offering a clear and accessible presentation of the main tenets of critical race theory.

Japan's Minorities - The illusion of homogeneity (Paperback, 2nd edition): Michael Weiner Japan's Minorities - The illusion of homogeneity (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Michael Weiner
R1,496 Discovery Miles 14 960 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Based on original research, Japan's Minorities provides a clear historical introduction to the formation of individual minorities, followed by an analysis of the contemporary situation. This second edition identifies and explores the six principal minority groups in Japan: the Ainu, the Burakumin, the Chinese, the Koreans, the Nikkeijin and the Okinawans. Examining the ways in which the Japanese have manipulated historical events, such as Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the contributors reveal the presence of an underlying concept of 'Japaneseness' that excludes members of these minorities. The book addresses key themes including: the role of this ideology of 'race' in the construction of the Japanese identity historical memory and its suppression contemporary labour migration to Japan the three-hundred year existence of Chinese communities in Japan mixed-race children in Japan the feminization of contemporary migration to Japan. Still the only scholarly examination of issues of race, ethnicity and marginality in Japan from both a historical and comparative perspective, this new edition will be essential reading for scholars and students of Japanese studies, ethnic and racial studies, culture and society, anthropology and politics.

Figurines in Hellenistic Babylonia - Miniaturization and Cultural Hybridity (Hardcover): Stephanie M. Langin-Hooper Figurines in Hellenistic Babylonia - Miniaturization and Cultural Hybridity (Hardcover)
Stephanie M. Langin-Hooper
R2,650 Discovery Miles 26 500 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this volume, Stephanie M. Langin-Hooper investigates the impact of Greek art on the miniature figure sculptures produced in Babylonia after the conquests of Alexander the Great. Figurines in Hellenistic Babylonia were used as agents of social change, by visually expressing and negotiating cultural differences. The scaled-down quality of figurines encouraged both visual and tactile engagement, enabling them to effectively work as non-threatening instruments of cultural blending. Reconstructing the embodied experience of miniaturization in detailed case studies, Langin-Hooper illuminates the dynamic process of combining Greek and Babylonian sculpture forms, social customs, and viewing habits into new, hybrid works of art. Her innovative focus on figurines as instruments of both personal encounter and global cultural shifts has important implications for the study of tiny objects in art history, anthropology, classics, and other disciplines.

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