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Orthodox Christianity, New Age Spirituality and Vernacular Religion - The Evil Eye in Greece (Hardcover): Eugenia Roussou Orthodox Christianity, New Age Spirituality and Vernacular Religion - The Evil Eye in Greece (Hardcover)
Eugenia Roussou
R3,443 Discovery Miles 34 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This anthropological work thoroughly illustrates the novel synthesis of Christian religion and New Age spirituality in Greece. It challenges the single-faith approach that traditionally ties southern European countries to Christianity and focuses on how processes of globalization influence and transform vernacular religiosity. Based on long-term anthropological fieldwork in Greece, this book demonstrates how the popular belief in the 'evil eye' produces a creative affinity between religion and spirituality in everyday practice. The author analyses a variety of significant research themes, including lived and vernacular religion, alternative spirituality and healing, ritual performance and religious material culture. The book offers an innovative social scientific interpretation of contemporary religiosity, while engaging with a multiplicity of theoretical, analytic and empirical directions. It contributes to current key debates in social sciences with regard to globalization and secularization, religious pluralism, contemporary spirituality and the New Age movement, gender, power and the body, health, illness and alternative therapeutic systems, senses, perception and the supernatural, the spiritual marketplace, creativity and the individualization of religion in a multicultural world.

Strong and Free - Stories and photos of Canadian women in sport from the popular #superROLEmodels project (Hardcover): Lyndsay... Strong and Free - Stories and photos of Canadian women in sport from the popular #superROLEmodels project (Hardcover)
Lyndsay Doyle
R1,577 Discovery Miles 15 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Reality, Magic, and Other Lies - Fairy-Tale Film Truths (Hardcover): Pauline Greenhill Reality, Magic, and Other Lies - Fairy-Tale Film Truths (Hardcover)
Pauline Greenhill
R2,593 Discovery Miles 25 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Reality, Magic, and Other Lies: Fairy-Tale Film Truths explores connections and discontinuities between lies and truths in fairy-tale films to directly address the current politics of fairy tale and reality. Since the Enlightenment, notions of magic and wonder have been relegated to the realm of the fanciful, with science and reality understood as objective and true. But the skepticism associated with postmodern thought and critiques from diverse perspectives - including but not limited to anti-racist, decolonial, disability, and feminist theorizing - renders this binary distinction questionable. Further, the precise content of magic and science has shifted through history and across location. Pauline Greenhill offers the idea that fairy tales, particularly through the medium of film, often address those distinctions by making magic real and reality magical. Reality, Magic, and Other Lies consists of an introduction, two sections, and a conclusion, with the first section, "Studio, Director, and Writer Oeuvres", addressing how fairy-tale films engage with and challenge scientific or factual approaches to truth and reality, drawing on films from the stop-motion animation company LAIKA, the independent filmmaker Tarsem, and the storyteller and writer Fred Pellerin. The second section, "Themes and Issues from Three Fairy Tales", shows fairy-tale film magic exploring real-life issues and experiences using the stories of "Hansel and Gretel", "The Juniper Tree\2, and "Cinderella". The concluding section, "Moving Forward?" suggests that the key to facing the reality of contemporary issues is to invest in fairy tales as a guide, rather than a means of escape, by gathering your community and never forgetting to believe. Reality, Magic, and Other Lies-which will be of interest to film and fairy-tale scholars and students-considers the ways in which fairy tales in their mediated forms deconstruct the world and offer alternative views for peaceful, appropriate, just, and intersectionally multifaceted encounters with humans, non-human animals, and the rest of the environment.

Individualism and Inequality - The Future of Work and Politics (Paperback): Ralph Fevre Individualism and Inequality - The Future of Work and Politics (Paperback)
Ralph Fevre
R1,283 Discovery Miles 12 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the neoliberal world, rising individualism has frequently been linked to rising inequality. Drawing on social theory, philosophy, history, institutional research and a wealth of contemporary empirical data, this innovative book analyzes the tangled relationship between individualism and inequality and explores the possibilities of rediscovering individualism's revolutionary potential. Ralph Fevre demonstrates that a belief in individual self-determination powered the development of human rights and inspired social movements from anti-slavery to socialism, feminism and anti-racism. At the same time, every attempt to embed individualism in systems of education and employment has eventually led to increased social inequality. The book discusses influential thinkers, from Adam Smith to Herbert Spencer and John Dewey, as well as the persistence of discrimination despite equality laws, management and the transformation of individualism, individualism in work and mental illness, work insecurity and intensification. This multi-disciplinary book will be essential reading for students and scholars of sociology, economics, philosophy, political science, management science and public policy studies, among other subjects. It will also be of use to policymakers and those who want to know how the culture and politics of the neoliberal world are unfolding.

Witchcraft and Witchcraft Trials in Orkney and Shetland (Folklore History Series) (Hardcover): G.F. Black Witchcraft and Witchcraft Trials in Orkney and Shetland (Folklore History Series) (Hardcover)
G.F. Black
R968 Discovery Miles 9 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Awakening in Tennis - The Best Mental Book for Tennis Players, Athletes, Coaches and Parents (Hardcover): Jose Antonio... The Awakening in Tennis - The Best Mental Book for Tennis Players, Athletes, Coaches and Parents (Hardcover)
Jose Antonio Casares-Falconi
R916 Discovery Miles 9 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Young Adult Sexuality in the Digital Age (Hardcover): Rachel Kalish Young Adult Sexuality in the Digital Age (Hardcover)
Rachel Kalish
R6,117 Discovery Miles 61 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Technology is rapidly advancing, and each innovation provides opportunities for such technology to mesh with the human enactment of physical intimacy or to be used in the quest for information about sexuality. However, the availability of this technology has complicated sexual decision making for young adults as they continually navigate their sexual identity, orientation, behavior, and community. Young Adult Sexuality in the Digital Age is a pivotal reference source that improves the understanding of the combination of technology and sexual decision making for young adults, examining the role of technology in sexual identity formation, sexual communication, relationship formation and dissolution, and sexual learning and online sexual communities and activism. While highlighting topics such as privacy management, cyber intimacy, and digital communications, this book is ideally designed for therapists, social workers, sociologists, psychologists, counselors, healthcare professionals, scholars, researchers, and students.

Participation Income - An Alternative to Basic Income for Poverty Reduction in the Digital Age (Hardcover): Heikki Hiilamo Participation Income - An Alternative to Basic Income for Poverty Reduction in the Digital Age (Hardcover)
Heikki Hiilamo
R2,716 Discovery Miles 27 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This innovative book provides the first in-depth analysis of participatory income and its potential role in countering endemic poverty and unemployment in high-income countries. Heikki Hiilamo reviews the concept of basic income and specific basic income experiments before presenting participatory income as a viable alternative in the fight against poverty. Highly topical, chapters explore pressing issues such as the effects of automation on the future of work and the links between social protection and eco-social transition. Putting forward the argument that any reform of social assistance should continue to enforce reciprocity with reduced means-testing, Hiilamo explores the practical advantages of the participation income model in reducing poverty and developing an eco-social welfare model. Tackling one of the most heated current debates in social policy, this book will be a key resource for scholars and students in this field, particularly those with a focus on welfare and labour economics, labour policy and the sociology of work. Its use of examples and case studies will also benefit practitioners and policy makers.

The ocean of story, being C.H. Tawney's translation of Somadeva's Katha sarit sagara (or Ocean of streams of story)... The ocean of story, being C.H. Tawney's translation of Somadeva's Katha sarit sagara (or Ocean of streams of story) (Volume III) (Hardcover)
N.M. Penzer
R1,247 Discovery Miles 12 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Traditions of the Tinguian - a study in Philippine folk-lore (Hardcover): Fay Cooper Cole Traditions of the Tinguian - a study in Philippine folk-lore (Hardcover)
Fay Cooper Cole
R909 R828 Discovery Miles 8 280 Save R81 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Law Multiple - Judgment and Knowledge in Practice (Hardcover): Irene van Oorschot The Law Multiple - Judgment and Knowledge in Practice (Hardcover)
Irene van Oorschot
R3,167 Discovery Miles 31 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the field of socio-legal studies or law and society scholarship, it is rare to find empirically rich and conceptually sophisticated understandings of actual legal practice. This book, in contrast, connects the conceptual and the empirical, the abstract and the concrete, and in doing so shows the law to be an irreducibly social, material and temporal practice. Drawing on cutting-edge work in the social study of knowledge, it grapples with conceptual and methodological questions central to the field: how and where judgment empirically takes place; how and where facts are made; and how researchers might study these local and concrete ways of judging and knowing. Drawing on an ethnographic study of how narratives and documents, particularly case files, operate within legal practices, this book's unique and innovative approach consists of rearticulating the traditional boundaries separating judgment from knowledge, urging us to rethink the way truths are made within law.

The History of the Spur (Hardcover): Charles De Lacy The History of the Spur (Hardcover)
Charles De Lacy
R881 Discovery Miles 8 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Legends of the Torres Straits (Folklore History Series) (Hardcover): Alfred C Haddon Legends of the Torres Straits (Folklore History Series) (Hardcover)
Alfred C Haddon
R558 Discovery Miles 5 580 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Nationalism (Hardcover): Rabindranath Tagore Nationalism (Hardcover)
Rabindranath Tagore
R801 Discovery Miles 8 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Social Skills - Useful tips to Improve Your Social Intelligence, Social Circle and Win Friends, Build Better Relationships and... Social Skills - Useful tips to Improve Your Social Intelligence, Social Circle and Win Friends, Build Better Relationships and Achieve Success in your Life, even at Work (Hardcover)
Brigham Hubbard
R791 Discovery Miles 7 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
What the Children Said - Child Lore of South Louisiana (Hardcover): Jeanne Pitre Soileau What the Children Said - Child Lore of South Louisiana (Hardcover)
Jeanne Pitre Soileau
R3,312 Discovery Miles 33 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Jeanne Pitre Soileau, winner of the 2018 Chicago Folklore Prize and the 2018 Opie Prize for Yo' Mama, Mary Mack, and Boudreaux and Thibodeaux: Louisiana Children's Folklore and Play, vividly presents children's voices in What the Children Said: Child Lore of South Louisiana. Including over six hundred handclaps, chants, jokes, jump-rope rhymes, cheers, taunts, and teases, this book takes the reader through a fifty-year history of child speech as it has influenced children's lives. What the Children Said affirms that children's play in south Louisiana is acquired along a network of summer camps, schoolyards, church gatherings, and sleepovers with friends. When children travel, they obtain new games and rhymes, and bring them home. The volume also reveals, in the words of the children themselves, how young people deal with racism and sexism. The children argue and outshout one another, policing their own conversations, stating their own prejudices, and vying with one another for dominion. The first transcript in the book tracks a conversation among three related boys and shows that racism is part of the family interchange. Among second grade boys and girls at a Catholic school another transcript presents numerous examples in which boys use insults to dominate a conversation with girls, and girls use giggles and sly comebacks to counter this aggression. Though collected in the areas of New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lafayette, Louisiana, this volume shows how south Louisiana child lore is connected to other English-speaking places: England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as the rest of the United States.

Strange Tales of Scotland - Large Print Hardcover Edition (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition): Jack... Strange Tales of Scotland - Large Print Hardcover Edition (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
Jack Strange
R694 Discovery Miles 6 940 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Undine - Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (Hardcover): Friedrich De La Motte-Fouqu Undine - Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (Hardcover)
Friedrich De La Motte-Fouqu; Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
R1,025 Discovery Miles 10 250 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Annihilation of Caste (Hardcover): Dr B R Ambedkar Annihilation of Caste (Hardcover)
Dr B R Ambedkar
R701 Discovery Miles 7 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Vampire, His Kith and Kin (Hardcover): Montague Summers The Vampire, His Kith and Kin (Hardcover)
Montague Summers
R1,058 Discovery Miles 10 580 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Men's Ready Made Clothing - Sample Book 89F. (Hardcover): Sears Roebuck & Co Men's Ready Made Clothing - Sample Book 89F. (Hardcover)
Sears Roebuck & Co
R750 Discovery Miles 7 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Saint Worm - Poems (Hardcover): Hailey Leithauser Saint Worm - Poems (Hardcover)
Hailey Leithauser
R750 R658 Discovery Miles 6 580 Save R92 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Blue Fairy Book (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (Hardcover): Lang,... The Blue Fairy Book (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (Hardcover)
Lang, Andrew,
R1,003 Discovery Miles 10 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Egyptian Gods - A Captivating Guide to Atum, Horus, Seth, Isis, Anubis, Ra, Thoth, Sekhmet, Geb, Hathor and Other Gods and... Egyptian Gods - A Captivating Guide to Atum, Horus, Seth, Isis, Anubis, Ra, Thoth, Sekhmet, Geb, Hathor and Other Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt (Hardcover)
Matt Clayton
R720 R639 Discovery Miles 6 390 Save R81 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Animal Lore and Legend - The wisdom and wonder of animals revealed (Hardcover): Ruth Binney Animal Lore and Legend - The wisdom and wonder of animals revealed (Hardcover)
Ruth Binney
R313 R235 Discovery Miles 2 350 Save R78 (25%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

For as long as humans have inhabited the earth, we have lived alongside the multitude of other creatures with which we share our planet. However it is undoubtedly true that today most of us are not as close to the animals around us as our forebears were, and that many of the world's best loved large mammals and most beautiful birds are in danger of becoming extinct. The threats of the 21st century to the animal world make it even more pertinent to explore the many legends and folktales, myths and superstitions that reflect this past closeness, highlight our desire to explain nature's wonders and mysteries, and underline the necessity to preserve for future generations all creatures great and small.Gathered together in this fascinating book are the lore and legends of the animal world, alongside the realities of nature. Yet whatever their natural attributes, in folklore animals can do almost anything. They can be our friends and foes - and of course they can talk to each other. They can be evil witches and devils in disguise, they can bring good luck and bad. And in real life they can be our dearest companions, to the point of sheer worship.An amazing collection of fanciful superstitions, intriguing tales and amusing anecdotes, which any animal lover will truly relish.

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