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Routledge Studies in Anthropology Climate Change and Tradition in a Small Island State: The Rising Tide Book 13 (Hardcover)

The citizens of the Marshall Islands have been told that climate change will doom their country and they have seen confirmatory omens in the land air and sea. This book investigates how grassroots Marshallese society has interpreted and responded to... more

Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice The Anthropology of Police (Paperback)

What are the potential contributions of anthropology to the study of police? Even beyond the methodological particularities and geographic breadth of cultural anthropology there are a set of conceptual and analytical traditions that have much to... more

Routledge Studies in Anthropology Youth Culture and Identity in Northern Thailand: Fitting In and Sticking Out (Hardcover)

Youth Culture and Identity in Northern Thailand examines how young people in urban Chiang Mai construct an identity at the intersection of global capitalism state ideologies and local culture. Drawing on over 15 years of ethnographic research the... more

Routledge Library Editions. Anthropology Political Systems and the Distribution of Power (Paperback)

Modern political anthropology began in 1940 with the first systematic comparative studies of how primitive societies maintained law and order. The focus was on government and the presence or absence of state institutions. Recently interest has... more

Pre-Owned Short-Term Mission : An Ethnography of Christian Travel Narrative and Experience 9780830839735

Brian Howell provides an anthropology of short-term mission (STM) among American Christians. Delivering a history of STM along with an ethnographic case study of a trip to the Dominican Republic Howell argues that the movement is sustained by a... more

Routledge Studies in Anthropology Surfaces: Transformations of Body Materials and Earth (Hardcover)

In attending to surfaces as they wrap layer and grow within sentient bodies material formations and cosmological states this volume presents a series of ten anthropological studies stretching across five continents and in observation of earthly... more

Economies and Cultures: Foundations of Economic Anthropology (Paperback - Used) 0813320585 9780813320588

This second edition contains an entirely new chapter on gifts and exchange as well as a thoroughly updated bibliography and guide for students for finding case studies in economic anthropology. more

Routledge Research in Music Music Science and the Rhythmic Brain: Cultural and Clinical Implications (Paperback)

This book studies the effects of repetitive musical rhythm on the brain and nervous system and in doing so integrates diverse fields including ethnomusicology psychology neuroscience anthropology religious studies music therapy and human health. It... more

Routledge Studies in Anthropology The Cultural Economy of Protest in Post-Socialist European Union (Paperback)

Focusing on Slovakia and East Central Europe this book examines the cultural economy of protest and considers how the origins of political movements - progressive and reactionary - derive from resilient agrarian features. It draws attention to how... more

Routledge Guides to Literature Jonathan Swift s Gulliver s Travels: A Routledge Study Guide (Paperback)

An extremely complex yet widely studied text Jonathan Swift s Gulliver s Travels ranks as one of the most scathing satires of British and European society ever published. Students will therefore welcome the publication of Roger Lund s sourcebook... more

Pre-Owned Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective 9780813343846

Integrating biocultural environmental and evolutionary approaches to the study of human health this premier teaching text for medical anthropology has been updated to reflect the latest developments in the field.Good Condition: Minimal damage to the... more

Routledge Advances in Urban History Urban Emotions and the Making of the City: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Book 10 (Hardcover)

This book brings together a vibrant interdisciplinary mix of scholars - from anthropology architecture art history film studies fine art history literature linguistics and urban studies - to explore the role of emotions in the making and remaking of... more

Pre-Owned Language Culture and Society: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (Paperback) 0813343429 9780813343426

This fourth edition expands its coverage of the fundamental issues in the field including language and gender and language and ethnicity. Now with a built-in Resource Manual and Study Guide Language Culture and Society is the teaching text for the... more

Pre-Owned Global Classroom: An Essential Guide to Study Abroad (Paperback) 1594516774 9781594516771

Travel abroad has become a standard feature of global citizenship and many seek help in making sure their travel experiences are fulfilling. University based tours and travel programs are among the most popular for the educated sojourner. This book... more

Routledge Studies in Anthropology Surfaces: Transformations of Body Materials and Earth (Paperback)

In attending to surfaces as they wrap layer and grow within sentient bodies material formations and cosmological states this volume presents a series of ten anthropological studies stretching across five continents and in observation of earthly... more

Routledge New Horizons in South Asian Studies: Caste and Equality in India: A Historical Anthropology of Diverse Society and Vernacular Democracy (Paperback)

This book presents an alternative view of caste in Indian society by analysing caste structure and change in local communities in Orissa from historical and anthropological perspectives. Focusing on the agricultural society in the Khurda district of... more

Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective 9780813348872 Used / Pre-owned

Integrating biocultural environmental and evolutionary approaches to the study of human health this premier teaching text for medical anthropology has been updated to reflect the latest developments in the field. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are... more

Pre-Owned Beauty and Power: Transgendering Cultural Transformation in the Southern Philippines (Paperback) 1859739253 9781859739259

9781859739259. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 274. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 274 p. Explorations in Anthropology. This compelling study of gender and sexual diversity in the Southern Philippines... more

Routledge Studies in Cultural History Eating on the Move from the Eighteenth Century to the Present (Hardcover)

This book focuses on food and meals consumed during travel since the transport revolution and examines the ways in which the introduction of new forms of transport (propelled by steam and petrol engines) not only affected the way people travel but... more

Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Com The Routledge Companion to New Cinema History (Paperback)

The Routledge Companion to New Cinema History presents the most recent approaches and methods in the study of the social experience of cinema from its origins in vaudeville and traveling exhibitions to the multiplexes of today. Exploring its history... more

Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness: Childlessness in the Age of Communication: Deconstructing Silence (Paperback)

Childlessness in the Age of Communication draws on a range of disciplines and fields including sociology health gender and sexuality studies communication media studies politics and anthropology. It is a book for all those interested in... more

Routledge Contemporary Japan Japan s Triple Disaster: Pursuing Justice after the Great East Japan Earthquake Tsunami and Fukushima Nuclear Accident (Hardcover)

The authors of this volume discuss questions of disaster and justice from various interdisciplinary vantage points including public policy science and technology studies law gender sociology and psychology social and cultural anthropology town... more

Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philos Towards a Philosophical Anthropology of Culture: Naturalism Relativism and Skepticism (Paperback)

This book explores the question of what it means to be a human being through sustained and original analyses of three important philosophical topics: relativism skepticism and naturalism in the social sciences. Kevin M. Cahill s approach involves an... more

Routledge Studies in Health and Medical Anthropology: Living with Diabetes and Uncertainty in Cairo: Sweetness Under Pressure (Hardcover)

Living with Diabetes and Uncertainty in Cairo offers an ethnographic exploration of the interactions of two different understandings of type-2 diabetes: one related to the notion of �aghṭ translated as pressure or stress and another related... more

Routledge Library Editions: Japan Marriage in Changing Japan: Community & Society (Paperback)

This book approaches its subject from two angles. First there is a detailed and descriptive analysis of the social organisation of and place of marriage in one community in Kyushu. To this extent the study is a regional one and provides valuable... more

Routledge Studies in Anthropology: Secular Narrations and Transdisciplinary Knowledge (Hardcover)

This book considers secularism and its narrative expressions. It shows how secularism is articulated and transmitted ubiquitously within state institutions and outside of them. Abdelmajid Hannoum does this by dissecting in a series of essays a... more

Routledge Studies in Cultural History A History of the Cultural Travels of Energy (Hardcover)

This book offers a cultural history of the travels of energy in the English language from its origins in Aristotle s ontology where it referred to the activity-of-being through its English usage as a way to speak about the inherent nature of things... more

Routledge Studies in Speculative Fiction: Human Evolution and Fantastic Victorian Fiction (Paperback)

Following the publication of Darwin s On the Origin of Species Victorian anthropology made two apparently contradictory claims: it distinguished civilized man from animals and primitive humans and it linked them though descent. Paradoxically it was... more

Routledge Studies in Anthropology One World Anthropology and Beyond: A Multidisciplinary Engagement with the Work of Tim Ingold (Hardcover)

This volume offers a multidisciplinary engagement with the work of Tim Ingold. Involved in a critical long-term exploration of the relationships between human beings organisms and their environment Ingold has become one of the most influential... more

Routledge Research in Travel Writing Traveling Bodies: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Traveling as an Embodied Practice (Hardcover)

Traveling Bodies: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Traveling as an Embodied Practice explores the central role the body has in and for traveling and thus complements and expands upon existing research in travel studies with new perspectives on and... more

Routledge Anthropology Handbooks The Routledge Handbook of Social Studies of Outer Space (Hardcover)

This book offers a state-of-the-art overview of contemporary social and cultural research on outer space. With over thirty contributors it explores the question of why and how to study outer space and provides scholars practitioners and upper-level... more

Routledge Studies in Cultural History Anthropology and Race in Belgium and the Congo (1839-1922) (Hardcover)

This books examines the history of Belgian physical anthropology in the long nineteenth century and discusses how the notion of race structured Belgian pasts and presents as well as relations between metropole and empire. In a context of competing... more

Routledge Research in Travel Writing Time and Temporalities in European Travel Writing (Paperback)

This book examines time and temporality in European travel writings from the late medieval period to the turn of the nineteenth century. In eight case studies framed with a theoretical introduction the volume explores how temporal aspects have... more

Routledge Studies in Anthropology A Realist Account of Stress PTSD and Resilience (Paperback)

This book rejects traditional dominant-typically reductive and anti-realist-explanations of stress PTSD and resilience. more

Routledge Studies in Anthropology and Museums: Material Culture in Transit: Theory and Practice (Hardcover)

Material Culture in Transit: Theory and Practice constellates curators and scholars actively working with material culture within academic and museal institutions through theory and practice. The rich collection of essays critically addresses the... more

Routledge Transnational Perspectives on Travel and Dislocation in Contemporary American Fiction (Paperback)

This book offers a critical study and analysis of American fiction at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It focuses on novels that go outward literally and metaphorically and it concentrates on narratives that take place mainly away from the... more

Routledge Studies in Nineteenth Century Literature: Nineteenth-Century Visions of Race: British Travel Writing about America (Paperback)

Nineteenth-Century Visions of Race: British Travel Writing about America concerns the depiction of racial Others in travel writing produced by British travelers coming to America between 1815 and 1861.The travelers discussions of slavery and of the... more

Witchcraft Confessions And Accusations (Routledge Library Editions: Anthropology And Ethnography) - Douglas Mary

Historians As Well As Anthropologists Have Contributed To This Volume Of Studies On Aspects Of Witchcraft In A Variety Of Cultures And Periods From Tudor England To Twentieth-Century Africa And New Guinea.Contributors Include: Mary Douglas Norman... more