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Reducing Bodies - Mass Culture and the Female Figure in Postwar America (Hardcover): Elizabeth M. Matelski Reducing Bodies - Mass Culture and the Female Figure in Postwar America (Hardcover)
Elizabeth M. Matelski
R4,465 Discovery Miles 44 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Reducing Bodies: Mass Culture and the Female Figure in Postwar America explores the ways in which women in the years following World War II refashioned their bodies-through reducing diets, exercise, and plastic surgery-and asks what insights these changing beauty standards can offer into gender dynamics in postwar America. Drawing on novel and untapped sources, including insurance industry records, this engaging study considers questions of gender, health, and race and provides historical context for the emergence of fat studies and contemporary conversations of the "obesity epidemic."

The Challenge of Cultural Pluralism (Hardcover): Stephen Brooks The Challenge of Cultural Pluralism (Hardcover)
Stephen Brooks
R2,770 Discovery Miles 27 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Many believe that we are passing through a period during which, due largely to globalization's challenge to the idea and sovereignty of nation-states, there is now the intellectual and political space for the construction of new models of citizenship, involving new relations between individuals and their governments. These new relations may be mediated through individuals' membership in communities that are recognized within states. In various ways, the resurgence of ethnic nationalism, the rise of multiculturalism, the ideas associated with communitarianism, and the apparent erosion of national sovereignty have all contributed to the creation of this interest in new ways of conceptualizing citizenship and carrying out the tasks of governance.

Brooks and his colleagues examine various aspects of the challenge of cultural pluralism. Together they cover a wide range of national cases, theoretical issues, and empirical research. The collection is intended for all scholars, students, and researchers who have an interest in cultural pluralism, consociationalism, and inter-community relations in socieites divided by language, ethnicity, and culture.

Genetic, Linguistic And Archaeological Perspectives On Human Diversity In Southeast Asia (Hardcover): Li Jin, Mark Seielstad,... Genetic, Linguistic And Archaeological Perspectives On Human Diversity In Southeast Asia (Hardcover)
Li Jin, Mark Seielstad, Chunjie Xiao
R2,724 Discovery Miles 27 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Southeast Asia is regarded as one of the birthplaces of modern humans. Recent genetic evidence shows that it was probably the entry point of modern humans from Africa into East Asia and Oceania. With the help of new markers X mostly from the Y-chromosome and mtDNA X several recent efforts have been made to study the populations of Southeast Asia, which have been somewhat neglected in the past.A new picture of the origin and migrations of modern humans in this region is quickly emerging. In this book, the leading researchers in the studies of Southeast Asian, East Asian, and Oceanian populations present the most up-to-date results of their research.

Miraculous Response - Doing Popular Religion in Contemporary China (Hardcover): Adam Yuet Chau Miraculous Response - Doing Popular Religion in Contemporary China (Hardcover)
Adam Yuet Chau
R2,760 Discovery Miles 27 600 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Based on a total of 18 months of fieldwork in Shaanbei (northern Shaanxi province), this is the first book-length ethnographic case study of the revival of a popular religious temple in contemporary rural China. The book reveals that doing popular religion is much more complex than praying to gods and burning incense. It examines the organizational and cultural logics that inform the staging of popular religious activities such as temple festivals. It also shows the politics behind the religious revival: the village-level local activists who seize upon temples and temple associations as a valuable political, economic, and symbolic resource, and the different local state agents who interact with temple associations and temple bosses. The study sheds unique light on shifting state-society relationships in the reform era, and is of interest to scholars and students in Asian Studies, the social sciences, and religious and ritual studies.

Myths of the Cherokee (Paperback, New edition): James Mooney Myths of the Cherokee (Paperback, New edition)
James Mooney
R828 R744 Discovery Miles 7 440 Save R84 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Comprehensive selection of 126 myths, including sacred stories, animal myths, local legends, wonder stories, historical traditions and miscellaneous myths and legends. Also, extensive background on Cherokee history, notes on the myths, parallels between Cherokee and other myths, much more. 20 maps and illustrations.

Signs and Society - Further Studies in Semiotic Anthropology (Hardcover): Richard J Parmentier Signs and Society - Further Studies in Semiotic Anthropology (Hardcover)
Richard J Parmentier
R2,011 R1,778 Discovery Miles 17 780 Save R233 (12%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Brilliantly articulating the potent intersections of semiotic and linguistic anthropology, Signs and Society demonstrates how a keen appreciation of signs helps us better understand human agency, meaning, and creativity. Inspired by the foundational contributions of C. S. Peirce and Ferdinand de Saussure, and drawing upon key insights from neighboring scholarly fields, noted anthropologist Richard J. Parmentier develops an array of innovative conceptual tools for ethnographic, historical, and literary research. His concepts of "transactional value," "metapragmatic interpretant," and "circle of semiosis," for example, illuminate the foundations and effects of such diverse cultural forms and practices as economic exchanges on the Pacific island of Palau, Pindar's Victory Odes in ancient Greece, and material representations of transcendence in ancient Egypt and medieval Christianity. Other studies complicate the separation of emic and etic analytical models for such cultural domains as religion, economic value, and semiotic ideology. Provocative and absorbing, these fifteen pioneering essays blaze a trail into anthropology's future while remaining firmly rooted in its celebrated past.

Struggle for Ethnic Identity - Narratives by Asian American Professionals (Paperback, New): Pyong Gap Min Struggle for Ethnic Identity - Narratives by Asian American Professionals (Paperback, New)
Pyong Gap Min; Edited by Rose Kim
R1,230 Discovery Miles 12 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Dr. Pyong Gap Min and Rose Kim present a compilation of narratives on ethnic identity written by first-, 1.5-, and second-generation Asian American professionals. In an attempt to reconcile the dichotomies long associated with being both Asian and American, these narratives trace the formation of each author's ethnic identity and discuss its importance in shaping his or her professional career. The narratives touch upon common themes of prejudice and discrimination, loss and retention of ethnic subculture, ethnic versus non-ethnic friendship networks, and racial and inter-racial dating patterns. When coupled with Dr. Min's comprehensive introductory chapter on contemporary trends in the study of ethnicity, these narratives prove that constructing one's ethnicity is truly a dynamic process and serve as an invaluable resource for anyone interested in teaching or studying the concepts of ethnic identity.

Oceanic Socialities and Cultural Forms - Ethnographies of Experience (Hardcover): Ingjerd Hoem, Sidsel Roalkvam Oceanic Socialities and Cultural Forms - Ethnographies of Experience (Hardcover)
Ingjerd Hoem, Sidsel Roalkvam
R3,018 Discovery Miles 30 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In anthropology, theoretical approaches attempting to come to terms with experiences of social interaction, often inspired by phenomenology, have come to the fore in opposition to the previously favored emphasis on symbolic and social structures. These essays attempt a new kind of ethnographic description of social life that treats structure and practice as aspects of the same reality. This is achieved through attention to indigenous conceptualizations of the way society itself is generated.

With Jonathan Friedman and Fredrik Barth providing overviews, this series of innovative ethnographies highlights ways of forming social relations specific to Oceania as a cultural area, exemplifying a new kind of comparative approach and making a major contribution to general social theory.

Ingjerd Hoem is Head of the Institute for Pacific Archaeology and Cultural History at the Kon-Tiki Museum.

Sidsel Roalkvam is a Post-doctoral fellow in the Department of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo."

The Historical Evolution of Earlier African American English - An Empirical Comparison of Early Sources (Hardcover, Reprint... The Historical Evolution of Earlier African American English - An Empirical Comparison of Early Sources (Hardcover, Reprint 2012)
Alexander Kautzsch
R3,498 R3,157 Discovery Miles 31 570 Save R341 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Based on a 500,000 word corpus of early sources collected from ex-slave narratives, ex-slave recordings, and interviews with hoodoo priests, this book reconstructs the English spoken by African Americans between 1830 and 1920. By means of detailed quantitative analyses, three linguistic features (negation patterns, copula usage, and relative marker choice) are interpreted along the lines of temporal change, regional diversity, and variation across gender. Additionally, some 300 non-standard letters written by African Americans in the 19th century are compared to the main corpus in order to identify differences between speech and writing.

Kinship and Beyond - The Genealogical Model Reconsidered (Paperback): Sandra Bamford, James Leach Kinship and Beyond - The Genealogical Model Reconsidered (Paperback)
Sandra Bamford, James Leach
R891 Discovery Miles 8 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"This collection of ten essays is the latest major work to call for renewed attention to the topic of kinship], especially with respect to contemporary questions of how cultures relate to nature... It] is a welcome addition to the ongoing revival of kinship, and will stimulate further debate among its many participants." Ethnobiology Letters

The genealogical model has a long-standing history in Western thought. The contributors to this volume consider the ways in which assumptions about the genealogical model-in particular, ideas concerning sequence, essence, and transmission-structure other modes of practice and knowledge-making in domains well beyond what is normally labeled "kinship." The detailed ethnographic work and analysis included in this text explores how these assumptions have been built into our understandings of race, personhood, ethnicity, property relations, and the relationship between human beings and non-human species. The authors explore the influences of the genealogical model of kinship in wider social theory and examine anthropology's ability to provide a unique framework capable of bridging the "social" and "natural" sciences. In doing so, this volume brings fresh new perspectives to bear on contemporary theories concerning biotechnology and its effect upon social life.

Sandra Bamford is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on Papua New Guinea and the West, with an emphasis on kinship, gender, landscape, environmentalism, globalization, and biotechnology. In addition to having authored several journal articles and book chapters, her most recent publications include: "Biology Unmoored: Melanesian Reflections on Life and Biotechnology" (University of California Press, 2006) and "Embodying Modernity and Postmodernity: Ritual, Praxis and Social Change in Melanesia" (Carolina Academic Press, 2007).

James Leach is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen. Published works include "Creative Land: Place and Procreation on the Rai Coast of Papua New Guinea" (2003), "Reite Plants: An Ethnobotanical Study in Tok Pisin and English" (2010, with Porer Nombo), and "Recognising and Translating Knowledge, " 2012 "Anthropological Forum" Special Issue, ed with R. Davis).

Racism, Sexism, Power and Ideology (Hardcover): Colette Guillaumin Racism, Sexism, Power and Ideology (Hardcover)
Colette Guillaumin
R4,490 Discovery Miles 44 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Sexual Naturalization - Asian Americans and Miscegenation (Paperback, New): Susan Koshy Sexual Naturalization - Asian Americans and Miscegenation (Paperback, New)
Susan Koshy
R635 Discovery Miles 6 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Sexual Naturalization offers compelling new insights into the racialized constitution of American nationality. In the first major interdisciplinary study of Asian-white miscegenation from the late nineteenth to the end of the twentieth century, Koshy traces the shifting gender and racial hierarchies produced by antimiscegenation laws, and their role in shaping cultural norms. Not only did these laws foster the reproduction of the United States as a white nation, they were paralleled by extraterritorial privileges that facilitated the sexual access of white American men to Asian women overseas. Miscegenation laws thus turned sex acts into race acts and engendered new meanings for both. Koshy argues that the cultural work performed by narratives of white-Asian miscegenation dramatically transformed the landscape of desire in the United States, inventing new objects and relations of desire that established a powerful hold over U.S. culture, a capture of imaginative space that was out of all proportion to the actual numbers of Asian residents.

The Mirage of China - Anti-Humanism, Narcissism, and Corporeality of the Contemporary World (Hardcover): Xin Liu The Mirage of China - Anti-Humanism, Narcissism, and Corporeality of the Contemporary World (Hardcover)
Xin Liu
R3,018 Discovery Miles 30 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Today's world is one marked by the signs of digital capitalism and global capitalist expansion, and China is increasingly being integrated into this global system of production and consumption. As a result, China's immediate material impact is now felt almost everywhere in the world; however, the significance and process of this integration is far from understood. This study shows how the a priori categories of statistical reasoning came to be re-born and re-lived in the People's Republic - as essential conditions for the possibility of a new mode of knowledge and governance. From the ruins of the Maoist revolution China has risen through a mode of quantitative self-objectification. As the author argues, an epistemological rift has separated the Maoist years from the present age of the People's Republic, which appears on the global stage as a mirage. This study is an ethnographic investigation of concepts - of the conceptual forces that have produced and been produced by - two forms of knowledge, life, and governance. As the author shows, the world of China, contrary to the common view, is not the Chinese world; it is a symptomatic moment of our world at the present time.

Dominicans in New York City - Power From the Margins (Paperback): Milagros Ricourt Dominicans in New York City - Power From the Margins (Paperback)
Milagros Ricourt
R1,076 Discovery Miles 10 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Homelands and Diasporas - Holy Lands and Other Places (Paperback): Andre Levy, Alex Weingrod Homelands and Diasporas - Holy Lands and Other Places (Paperback)
Andre Levy, Alex Weingrod
R853 Discovery Miles 8 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This collection focuses fresh attention on the relationships between "homeland" and "diaspora" communities in today's world. Based on in-depth anthropological studies by leading scholars in the field, the book highlights the changing character of homeland-diaspora ties. Homelands and Diasporas offers new understandings of the issues that these communities face and explores the roots of their fascinating, yet sometimes paradoxical, interactions. The book provides a keen look at how "homeland" and "diaspora" appear in the lives of both Israeli Jews and Israeli Palestinians and also explores how these issues influence Pakistanis who make their home in England, Armenians in Cyprus and England, Cambodians in France, and African-Americans in Israel. The critical views advanced in this collection should lead to a reorientation in diaspora studies and to a better understanding of the often contradictory changes in the relationships between people whose lives are led both "at home and away."

Forensic Anthropology (Hardcover): Max M. Houck Forensic Anthropology (Hardcover)
Max M. Houck
R2,424 R2,076 Discovery Miles 20 760 Save R348 (14%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Forensic Anthropology serves as a graduate level text for those studying and teaching forensic anthropology, as well as an excellent reference for forensic anthropologist libraries or for use in casework. Covers taphonomy, recovery and analysis, identification, statistical interpretation, and professional issues. Edited by a world-renowned leading forensic expert, the Advanced Forensic Science Series grew out of the recommendations from the 2009 NAS Report, Strengthening Forensic Science: A Path Forward, and is a long overdue solution for the forensic science community.

Transnational Chinese - Fujianese Migrants in Europe (Paperback, New): Frank N. Pieke, P al Ny iri, Mette Thuno, Antonella... Transnational Chinese - Fujianese Migrants in Europe (Paperback, New)
Frank N. Pieke, P al Ny iri, Mette Thuno, Antonella Ceccagno
R690 Discovery Miles 6 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the 1990s, societies across the world were confronted with a sudden mass inflow of Chinese migrants. This publication investigates the global nature of Chinese migration by focusing on one of the fastest growing groups of new Chinese international migrants: those from Fujian province in southern China. It specifically focuses on Fujianese migration to Europe, where a broad range of immigration regimes has provided various incentives and disincentives that have influenced Fujianese migratory patterns across the continent. Applying intensive, multi-sited fieldwork research in the UK, Hungary, Italy, as well as sending areas in Fujian, the book investigates the origins and mechanics of recent Chinese migration by focusing on the work and life of Fujianese migrants in the United Kingdom, Hungary and Italy, and exploring the many transnational spaces that connect Fujianese across Europe, the United States and China.

Media Studies - Ethnomethodological Approaches (Paperback): Paul L. Jalbert Media Studies - Ethnomethodological Approaches (Paperback)
Paul L. Jalbert; Contributions by Dusan Bjelic, David Bogen, Wil Coleman, Peter Eglin, …
R1,884 Discovery Miles 18 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Media Studies presents the first collection of studies of mass media texts of various genres from an ethnomethodological point of view. This distinct point of view derives from the analytical attention to the way in which sense may be made of cultural products, focusing on the logic of textual production that enables its practitioners to avoid the stipulative classifications of traditional content analysis, the sterility of hermeneutical debates, and the ethical quagmires of the critique of ideologies. This collection offers an advancement of the analytical ambitions that require close attention be paid to the details of human conduct in real time and to the articulation of descriptive vocabularies which accurately characterize the concepts, reasoning, knowledge, and upon which such conduct depends and exhibits. It furthers both media studies and ethnomethodology, providing the intellectual rigor sought after by practitioners of ethnomethodology and an extension of this kind of inquiry into the heart of media research.

Ethnic Identity - Problems and Prospects for the Twenty-first Century (Hardcover, Fourth Edition): Lola Romanucci-Ross, George... Ethnic Identity - Problems and Prospects for the Twenty-first Century (Hardcover, Fourth Edition)
Lola Romanucci-Ross, George A Vos, Takeyuki Tsuda; Contributions by Andrea Boscoboinik, George A De Vos, …
R3,388 Discovery Miles 33 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this thoroughly revised fourth edition, with ten new chapters, the editors provide thought-provoking discussions on the importance of ethnicity in different cultural and social contexts. The authors focus especially on changing ethnic and national identities, on migration and ethnic minorities, on ethnic ascription versus self-definitions, and on shifting ethnic identities and political control. The international group of scholars examines ethnic identities, conflicts and accommodations around the globe, in Africa (including Zaire and South Africa), Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Netherlands, the United States, Thailand, and the former Yugoslavia. It will serve as an excellent text for courses in race & ethnic relations, and anthropology and ethnic studies.

Evolution In An Anthropological View (Paperback): Loring C. Brace Evolution In An Anthropological View (Paperback)
Loring C. Brace
R1,328 Discovery Miles 13 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

With characteristic intelligence, wit, and a willingness to challenge conventional wisdom, C. Loring Brace brings together 35 years of work into a monumental statement on evolutionary anthropology. An advocate of integrated, four-field anthropology, Brace begins by asking: Which anthropological data can benefit from an evolutionary perspective, and which cannot? Succeeding chapters present path-breaking research on Darwinism, race, cladistics, phylogeny, Neanderthals, dentition, craniometry, fossil evidence, and cultural ecology that raise provocative questions for the entire discipline. Reworked and updated into an accessible whole, the chapters weave analyses of scientific data, intellectual history, and anthropological theory with both grace and rigor. Evolution in an Anthropological View will stand as a milestone of twentieth century anthropology, and essential reading for all anthropologists, and their students.

Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Minorities of Pakistan - Constitutional and Legal Perspectives (Paperback): Shaheen Sardar Ali,... Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Minorities of Pakistan - Constitutional and Legal Perspectives (Paperback)
Shaheen Sardar Ali, Javaid Rehman
R1,489 Discovery Miles 14 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Examines the issues facing indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities, including their role in the nation's constitutional and legal developments, and makes a number of recommendations which would satisfy their demands without compromising the sovereignty of the state.

Tibetans in Nepal - The Dynamics of International Assistance among a Community in Exile (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed): Ann... Tibetans in Nepal - The Dynamics of International Assistance among a Community in Exile (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)
Ann Frechette
R3,018 Discovery Miles 30 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Based on eighteen months of field research conducted in exile carpet factories, settlement camps, monasteries, and schools in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, as well as in Dharamsala, India and Lhasa, Tibet, this book offers an important contribution to the debate on the impact of international assistance on migrant communities. The author explores the ways in which Tibetan exiles in Nepal negotiate their norms and values as they interact with the many international organizations that assist them, and comes to the conclusion that, as beneficial as aid agency assistance often is, it also complicates the Tibetans' efforts to define themselves as a community.

Elder Voices - Southeast Asian Families in the United States (Paperback, New): Daniel F. Detzner Elder Voices - Southeast Asian Families in the United States (Paperback, New)
Daniel F. Detzner
R1,209 Discovery Miles 12 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

More than a quarter of a century has passed since the first Southeast Asian refugees arrived in this country, but because of their age and formidable language barriers, many elders have difficulty making their voices heard. Language barriers, family privacy, and social isolation have made it almost impossible for their experiences to be shared outside the family and community. Elder Voices helps to understand the family life of Vietnamese, Cambodian, Lao, and Hmong refugees from the perspective of the oldest generation. Their stories are composed of complex family narratives that help us understand the ways in which migration and resettlement processes are experienced. The forty life histories of Southeast Asian elders gathered for this study collectively reveal personal perspectives on new immigrant family adaptation to American life at the end of the twentieth century. This volume is a great resource for anyone interested in Southeast Asian families in America.

Londonland - An Ethnography of Labour in a World City (Paperback): Simon J Bennett Londonland - An Ethnography of Labour in a World City (Paperback)
Simon J Bennett
R638 R604 Discovery Miles 6 040 Save R34 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An intimate portrait of London life in the first decade of the 21st century, this study reveals the "lived reality" of metropolitan labor--its satisfactions and frustrations, positives and negatives. Based on interviews with working people, this is a story of unsung heroes and heroines, of bus drivers, shop-keepers, metro workers, computer programmers, artisans, teachers, and entrepreneurs--the everyday people whose labors underwrite Britain's economic powerhouse.

Elder Voices - Southeast Asian Families in the United States (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed): Daniel F. Detzner Elder Voices - Southeast Asian Families in the United States (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)
Daniel F. Detzner
R2,718 Discovery Miles 27 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

More than a quarter of a century has passed since the first Southeast Asian refugees arrived in this country, but because of their age and formidable language barriers, many elders have difficulty making their voices heard. Language barriers, family privacy, and social isolation have made it almost impossible for their experiences to be shared outside the family and community. Elder Voices helps to understand the family life of Vietnamese, Cambodian, Lao, and Hmong refugees from the perspective of the oldest generation. Their stories are composed of complex family narratives that help us understand the ways in which migration and resettlement processes are experienced. The forty life histories of Southeast Asian elders gathered for this study collectively reveal personal perspectives on new immigrant family adaptation to American life at the end of the twentieth century. This volume is a great resource for anyone interested in Southeast Asian families in America.

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