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Pre-Owned Culture Sketches: Case Studies in Anthropology Paperback Holly Peters-Golden

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Gender Culture and Politics in the Middle East: Women s Voices in Middle East Museums: Case Studies in Jordan (Hardcover)

Written with verve and style this book begins with an historical overview of the museums of Turkey Syria Lebanon Jordan Iraq and the West Bank of Palestine and then focuses on the museums of Jordan and the women who work in them. Carol Malt intertwines... more

Pre-Owned Disability Culture and Development: A Case Study of Japanese Children at School Hardcover - USED

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Routledge Research in International and Comparative Educatio: Culture Transnational Education and Thinking: Case studies in global schooling (Paperback)

The notion of thinking skills as a key component of a 21st century school education is now firmly entrenched in educational policy and curriculum frameworks in many parts of the world. However there has been relatively little questioning of the manner... more

Pre-Owned Five Families: Mexican Case Studies in the Culture of Poverty (Paperback 9780465097050) by Oscar Lewis Ruth M Lewis Margaret Mead

9780465097050. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Revised ed. Language: English. Pages: 368. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 368 p. Contains: Unspecified. Harper Torchbooks; Tb5037. One of the truly seminal works in modern cultural... more

Case Studies in Anthropology Tanners of Taiwan: Life Strategies and National Culture (Paperback)

Tanners of Taiwan is an ethnography of identity construction set in the leather-tanning communities of Southern Taiwan. Through life history analysis and ethnographic observation Simon examines what it means to be Chinese - or alternatively Taiwanese -... more

Pre-Owned The Ancient Egyptian State: The Origins of Egyptian Culture (c. 80002000 BC) (Case Studies in Early Societies Series Number 8) Paperback - USED

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Pre-Owned Changing Values Persisting Cultures : Case Studies in Value Change 9789004162341

Based upon the data collected by values surveys since 1981 this volume presents detailed analyses of cultural change and stability in a number of key countries around the globe. Democratization individualization modernization and secularization are... more

Harper Torchbooks; Tb5037 Five Families: Mexican Case Studies in the Culture of Poverty (Paperback)

One of the truly seminal works in modern cultural anthropology Five Families is a dramatic and forceful account of the men women and children of five Mexican families and the impoverished communities in which they live. more

Pre-Owned Five Families: Mexican Case Studies In The Culture Of Poverty (Harper Torchbooks; Tb5037) Paperback

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Culture Humanity and Urban Life: The Everyday Life of Urban Inequality : Ethnographic Case Studies of Global Cities (Hardcover)

The Everyday Life of Urban Inequality explores urban inequality through detailed case studies. By focusing on situated experiences of displacement belonging and difference the contributors to this edited collection demonstrate the power of... more

Masculinity Studies: Embodying Masculinities: Towards a History of the Male Body in U.S. Culture and Literature (Hardcover)

Embodying Masculinities sketches the first history of the male body in modern U.S. culture and literature. The book will be of interest to scholars in the fields of gender and masculinity studies as well as those in American studies. more

Issues in Cultural and Media Studies (Paperback): Science Technology and Culture (Paperback)

David Bell introduces students to cultural studies of science and technology. He looks at popular representations of science and scientists and the contests over amateur fringe and pseudo-science. In addition he presents diverse case studies ranging... more

Studies in Education and Culture: The Parent-Centered Early School (Paperback)

This case study of a small independent parent-run program in Milwaukee s inner city finds that several factors combine to make the school effective: parental involvement at all levels including governance; a clear and shared sense of mission; and a... more

Working Class Culture (Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies) - Clarke John

First published in 2013. How can we define working class culture? Since the late 1950s the term has become more complex because of both social changes and intense debates about the meaning of ‘culture’. Through this collection of original case... more

Advertising and Promotional Culture: Case Histories (Paperback)

This key textbook traces the development of advertising from the mid-nineteenth century to the present providing connections with the past that illuminate present developments and point to future possibilities. Chapters take a variety of theoretical... more

Case Studies in Early Societies Ancient Inca (Paperback)

This book offers a detailed account of Inca history society and culture through the lens of archaeology written documents and ethnographic accounts of native Andeans. Throughout the Andes public works ordained by the emperors of the Incas dominate and... more

Pre-Owned The Isthmus Zapotecs: A Matrifocal Culture of Mexico (Paperback 9780030550577) by Beverly Chinas Beverly Chiinas Beverly Chianas

9780030550577. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. 2nd Revised ed. Language: English. Pages: 133. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 133 p. Contains: Illustrations. Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology. This case study has long been valued... more

Gender and Culture at the Limit of Rights 9780812221428 Used / Pre-owned

In this interdisciplinary international collection of original essays distinguished scholars lawyers and activists probe the complex relationship between gender culture and rights. The authors offer thoughtful provocative case studies to suggest that... more

Desired States : Sex Gender and Political Culture in Chile (Paperback)

Situates the state using Chile as a case study in a rich and changing context of transnational and localized movements imperialist interests geo-political conflicts and market forces to explore the broader struggles of desiring subjects especially in... more

Digital Activism and Society: Politics Economy and Culture: Digital Memory in Brazil: A Fragmented and Elastic Negationist Remembrance of the Dictatorship (Hardcover)

Digital Memory in Brazil draws on the results of three case studies to determine the strategies and practices applied by the Brazilian far-right government of Bolsonaro (2019-2023) to construct a negationist digital memory of the Brazilian dictatorship. more

Tourism Social Science: Culture and Society in Tourism Contexts (Hardcover)

This book strives to understand the social and cultural dynamics in Mediterranean tourism destinations through ethnographic examples and case studies from places including Greece Spain Morocco Croatia Lebanon France and Crete. Exploring themes such as... more

New Frontiers in Education Culture and Politics: Schooling in the Age of Austerity: Urban Education and the Struggle for Democratic Life (Paperback)

Through a case study in a Chicago public school Means demonstrates that despite the fragmentation of human security in low-income and racially segregated public schools there exist positive social relations knowledge and desire for change that can be... more

Nature Society and Culture: Building Something Better : Environmental Crises and the Promise of Community Change (Paperback)

Showing that it is possible to challenge social inequality and environmental degradation by refusing to continue business-as-usual Building Something Better shares vivid case studies of small groups who are making a big impact by crafting alternatives... more

New Frontiers in Education Culture and Politics: Schooling in the Age of Austerity: Urban Education and the Struggle for Democratic Life (Hardcover)

Through a case study in a Chicago public school Means demonstrates that despite the fragmentation of human security in low-income and racially segregated public schools there exist positive social relations knowledge and desire for change that can be... more

Intersections in Communications and Culture: Rebooting the Herman & Chomsky Propaganda Model in the Twenty-First Century (Paperback)

Using the Herman & Chomsky Propaganda Model that was introduced in 1988 Goss offers a rigorous and accessible portrait of contemporary news media. Following a current survey of media ownership and news worker routines in a series of case studies he... more

Nature Society and Culture: Building Something Better : Environmental Crises and the Promise of Community Change (Hardcover)

Showing that it is possible to challenge social inequality and environmental degradation by refusing to continue business-as-usual Building Something Better shares vivid case studies of small groups who are making a big impact by crafting alternatives... more

Pre-Owned Immigration and American Popular Culture : An Introduction 9780814775530

Looks at the relationship between American immigrants and the popular culture industry in the 20th century. Using case studies this book shows how specific trends in popular culture have their roots in the complex socio-political nature of immigration... more

Educational Metamorphoses : Philosophical Reflections on Identity and Culture (Hardcover)

A preeminent philosopher of education in the United States Jane Roland Martin challenges conventional wisdom that education consists of small incremental changes. Using case studies of personal transformations or metamorphoses Martin examines Malcolm X... more

Does Everyone Want Democracy? : Insights from Mongolia (Hardcover)

This book challenges the conventional wisdom that democracy is a universal desire offering a model case study of Mongolian democratization that ties culture history and values to the study of political systems. more

Perspectives on Asian Tourism: Managing Asian Destinations (Hardcover)

Analyses empirical evidence collected and interpreted by researchers indigenous to Asian culture and context Offers a variety of perspectives and case studies of Asian destinations including many emerging destinations Provides an Asian perspective that... more

Making Inclusive Higher Education a Reality: Creating a University for All (Paperback)

Revealing higher education inclusive practice in action this key title showcases a range of international case studies from a number of universities in order to highlight approaches to developing a culture of access and inclusion. It provides detailed... more

Archaeology and Apprenticeship : Body Knowledge Identity and Communities of Practice (Hardcover)

Apprenticeship is broadly defined as the transmission of culture through a formal or informal teacher–pupil relationship. This collection invites a wide discussion citing case studies from all over the world and yet focuses the scholarship into a... more

Pan-African Psychologies: Adornment Masquerade and African Femininity (Hardcover)

This book draws on a unique theoretical framework informed by clinical case studies Fanonian and Lacanian psychoanalysis and decolonial feminism to examine the concept of adornment in African cultures. The book discusses the construction of aesthetic... more

Pre-Owned Mountain of the Condor: Metaphor and Ritual in an Andean Ayllu (Paperback 9780881331431) by Joseph W Bastien

9780881331431. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 227. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 227 p. Case Studies in Education and Culture 64. more

Routledge Contemporary Japan Japanese Digital Cultural Promotion: Online Experience of Kyoto (Hardcover)

Gadjeva uses Kyoto as a case study to explore the innovative mechanisms being used to promote Japanese culture and cultural properties since the outbreak of COVID-19. Beginning by setting out the main initiatives and actors involved in preserving... more