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Mary Douglas: An Intellectual Biography
ISBN: 9780415040938 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. An account of the life and ideas of Mary Douglas, the British social anthropologist whose publications span the second half of the 20th century. Richard Fardon covers Douglas's family background, education and early research before providing an analysis of two of her most influential works; Purity and Danger (1966) and Natural Symbols (1970). The final section deals with Douglas's more controversial writings in the fields of economics, consumption, religion and risk analysis in contemporary societies. Throughout, he assesses Douglas's place in the history of British social anthropology and...
An account of the life and ideas of Mary Douglas, the British social anthropologist whose publications span the second half of the 20th century. Richa...
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226,86 zł |
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Mary Douglas : An Intellectual Biography
ISBN: 9780415040921 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 315 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. An account of the life and ideas of Mary Douglas, the British social anthropologist whose publications span the second half of the 20th century. Richard Fardon covers Douglas's family background, education and early research before providing an analysis of two of her most influential works; Purity and Danger (1966) and Natural Symbols (1970). The final section deals with Douglas's more controversial writings in the fields of economics, consumption, religion and risk analysis in contemporary societies. Throughout, he assesses Douglas's place in the history of British social anthropology and...
An account of the life and ideas of Mary Douglas, the British social anthropologist whose publications span the second half of the 20th century. Richa...
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696,20 zł |
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Lela in Bali: History Through Ceremony in Cameroon
ISBN: 9781845452155 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. ..".this specialist-oriented volume is a rich contribution to the literature on this region. Notably it seems directed as much toward the ongoing historiographical conversation in Bali itself as it is toward external scholars." JASO Online ..".constitutes an outstanding contribution in the study of history outside the traditional perspective of recourse to narrative sources (whether these be oral or written)." African Affairs "This amazing book...represents a model for scholars seeking to blend the tools of history writing and political/ cultural anthropology; its value is applicable... ..".this specialist-oriented volume is a rich contribution to the literature on this region. Notably it seems directed as much toward the ongoing h... |
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510,55 zł |
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The Sage Handbook of Social Anthropology
ISBN: 9781847875471 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 1184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A contemporary, comprehensive upper level volume for postgraduates and researchers. Sponsored by the ASA and authored by leading global scholars, it is a landmark handbook in the field.
A contemporary, comprehensive upper level volume for postgraduates and researchers. Sponsored by the ASA and authored by leading global scholars, it i...
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1572,91 zł |
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Counterworks: Managing the Diversity of Knowledge
ISBN: 9780415107938 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Globalization is often described as the spread of western culture to other parts of the world. How accurate is the depiction of 'cultural flow'? In Counterworks, ten anthropologists examine the ways in which global processes have affected particular localities where they have carried out research. They challenge the validity of anthropological concepts of culture in the light of the pervasive connections which exist between local and global factors everywhere.
Rather than assuming that the world is culturally diverse, this book proposes that culture is itself a representation of... Globalization is often described as the spread of western culture to other parts of the world. How accurate is the depiction of 'cultural flow'? In |
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226,86 zł |
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Counterworks: Managing the Diversity of Knowledge
ISBN: 9780415107921 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Globalization is often described as the spread of western culture to other parts of the world. How accurate is the depiction of 'cultural flow'? In Counterworks, ten anthropologists examine the ways in which global processes have affected particular localities where they have carried out research. They challenge the validity of anthropological concepts of culture in the light of the pervasive connections which exist between local and global factors everywhere.
Rather than assuming that the world is culturally diverse, this book proposes that culture is itself a representation of... Globalization is often described as the spread of western culture to other parts of the world. How accurate is the depiction of 'cultural flow'? In |
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696,20 zł |
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African Languages, Development and the State
ISBN: 9781032340425 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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206,23 zł |
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Franz Baermann Steiner: A Stranger in the World
ISBN: 9781800732704 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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510,55 zł |
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Learning from the Curse: Sembene's Xala
ISBN: 9781849046954 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 'This book is about a story (Ousmane Sembene's Xala), about a time (the aftermath of Senegalese Independence), and about a place (Dakar, the capital of Senegal). It's also about the collaboration between an artist and an anthropologist, who have reacted in their different mediums to the story, time and place, and to what the other made of them ....'
So opens a unique account in a genre of its own devising that will engage readers interested in Sembene Ousmane as writer and film director, in Senegal, in African film, in West Africa, or in books designed to be desirable objects in their own... 'This book is about a story (Ousmane Sembene's Xala), about a time (the aftermath of Senegalese Independence), and about a place (Dakar, the capital o...
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97,66 zł |
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African Languages, Development and the State
ISBN: 9780415094764 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This shows that multilingusim does not pose for Africans the problems of communication that Europeans imagine and that the mismatch between policy statements and their pragmatic outcomes is a far more serious problem for future development
This shows that multilingusim does not pose for Africans the problems of communication that Europeans imagine and that the mismatch between policy sta...
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696,20 zł |
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African Broadcast Cultures: Radio in Transition
ISBN: 9780852558287 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Radio has played a pivotal role in situations of conflict, crisis, change and development on the African continent. Local radio stations are as important as international broadcasters being both the barometers and agents of change. North America: Praeger
Radio has played a pivotal role in situations of conflict, crisis, change and development on the African continent. Local radio stations are as import...
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128,88 zł |
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Taboo, Truth and Religion
ISBN: 9781571817129 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Franz Steiner's study of Taboo is internationally recognized as a classic in its field. In a newly researched introductory chapter, based on a thorough study of Steiner's unpublished papers, this edition for the first time places the book in its context and offers a new reading of the text. More than just a critique of existing taboo theories, as it has often been seen, this study offers a profound analysis of danger behavior and pollution in "non-civilized" societies. This provided an important starting-point for Mary Douglas' Purity and Danger. A key aspect of Steiner's achievement lies... Franz Steiner's study of Taboo is internationally recognized as a classic in its field. In a newly researched introductory chapter, based on a thor... |
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144,14 zł |
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Tiger in an African Palace, and Other Thoughts about Identification and Transformation
ISBN: 9789956791705 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Tiger in an African palace collects eight essays about kinship and belonging that Richard Fardon wrote to complement his monographs on West Africa. The essays extend those book-length descriptions by pursuing their wider implications for theory in social anthropology: exploring the relationship between comparison and historical reconstruction, and questioning the fit between personal, ethnic and cosmopolitan identities in contemporary West African nations. In an Introduction written specially for this Langaa collection, Richard Fardon retraces the career-long development of his preoccupation...
Tiger in an African palace collects eight essays about kinship and belonging that Richard Fardon wrote to complement his monographs on West Africa. Th...
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268,15 zł |
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Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley
ISBN: 9780977834464 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Winner of the Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award from the Arts Council of the African Studies Association The Benue River Valley is the source of some of the most abstract, dramatic, and inventive sculpture in sub-Saharan Africa. A vast region, the Valley extends from the heart of present-day Nigeria eastward to its border with Cameroon, and is home to a large number of ethnic and linguistic groups, all of whom have produced sculptures that are remarkable for their variety. This book brings together figurative wood sculptures and ceramic vessels, masks, and elaborate... Winner of the Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award from the Arts Council of the African Studies Association The Benue River Valley is t... |
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428,03 zł |
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