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Lifestyle, Consumption and Identity: A Human Ecological Study
ISBN: 9783843366540 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The purpose of this book is to focus on our current ecological Aspects, especially when it comes to our lifestyle, consumption and identity. These are new phenomena to the entire discourse of our current environmental crisis. This book consists of six different aspects: Human Being as a commodity: In relation to our environmental crisis., Rethinking the concept of 'consumer' and our way of consuming., A study of religious aspect, consumer desire, food system and climate change., Cooking a chicken Curry by traveling all over the world: An ethnographic observation of consumption and ecological...
The purpose of this book is to focus on our current ecological Aspects, especially when it comes to our lifestyle, consumption and identity. These are...
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Coptic Orthodox Christianity
ISBN: 9783843353977 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While the Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates a unique historical trajectory, contemporary Copts' conceptualization of religious discourses reflects a transformation impacted by political and economic global forces. The international prevailing ideological paradigm of neoliberalism is highlighted by the shift from governments into individuals through economic and political practices. This book which is based on a research study conducted in Egypt illustrates the transformation using an example of a Coptic charity organization redefining itself to be a non-governmental organization (NGO) in...
While the Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates a unique historical trajectory, contemporary Copts' conceptualization of religious discourses reflects a t...
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An Exploratory Study of Non-Kin Models of Care
ISBN: 9783843367868 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Victims of HIV/AIDS are not only those infected with the disease, but also those who are affected by it; such as the children of infected parents and relatives, and indeed, all children living in communities in which the disease has reached epidemic proportions. As the number of orphaned and vulnerable children continues to rise unabated in South Africa the question remains as to who will take responsibility for these children once their parents, and relatives, have died. Research shows that the extended family continues to be the first line of support for such children; however, the...
Victims of HIV/AIDS are not only those infected with the disease, but also those who are affected by it; such as the children of infected parents and ...
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'Rice Is a Jealous Crop'
ISBN: 9783838352886 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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A Members' Only Community
ISBN: 9783838396651 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Walled, gated, and guarded social clubs in Mexico City typically denote to the public a material and symbolic representation of exclusion and privilege. Many of these private communities have been home to affluent Mexicans for at least fifty years. In recent decades, however, it has become more common for the middle class to frequent these spaces and create their own social networks therein. Based on participant observation and interviews with club members, administrators, and employees, this book examines the relationship between club membership and the ways in which class and status...
Walled, gated, and guarded social clubs in Mexico City typically denote to the public a material and symbolic representation of exclusion and privileg...
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Expectations, Obligations, Goals
ISBN: 9783843375764 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A focus on care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS throughout the world has become a key discussion in the general HIV/AIDS discourse. This study provides an in-depth analysis of two HIV/AIDS support groups operating in areas south of Durban, South Africa. In particular, the study presents the reader with a description of the main participants in the support groups, and an overview of how the support groups are structured and operate. The study reveals that each support group operates within an environment, in which a discrepancy of expectations, obligations, and goals...
A focus on care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS throughout the world has become a key discussion in the general HIV/AIDS discourse. This...
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A Cultural Account of Organ Transplantation in Ontario, Canada
ISBN: 9783838359564 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study takes interview material and makes an interpretation by linking organ recipients statements, experiences and relationships to the wider society in order to get at possible meanings and present a cultural account of organ transplantation. It will look at the understandings of the body and its organs and how these allow for organs to take on or have a life of their own, becoming a party to the lives of recipients and bringing with it a social force. It will then show how this animated organ comes with obligations, as part of the circle of gift exchange, upon which organ donation and...
This study takes interview material and makes an interpretation by linking organ recipients statements, experiences and relationships to the wider soc...
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For the Player, by the Player
ISBN: 9783843351614 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Online communities are a new an unique form of human gathering. Unencumbered by distances, people from anywhere in the world can come together and share their shared interest. Rather than form out of convenience or necessity, these communities are based on passion. People who come together online to discuss their favorite video games are no different. They seek out other players so that they can learn more about the games they pursue and attain higher levels of skill or knowledge. Often times, these communities of players elevate the game to higher levels than the creators even intended,...
Online communities are a new an unique form of human gathering. Unencumbered by distances, people from anywhere in the world can come together and sha...
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Ukuthwasa the Training of Xhosa Women as Traditional Healers
ISBN: 9783843373777 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Embodied Religion
ISBN: 9783843377836 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the way religiosity is embodied in ritual performances in Catholic practices, in San Agustin, a town in the State of Jalisco, Mexico. Catholicism is an embodied religion, deeply concerned with representing the body.This work will address this concern by first presenting ethnographic examples on how the leaders of the Church and the inhabitants of this town produce representations of themselves that colide with lived experiences. Rituals such as processions, patronal feasts and a pilgrimage will be followed afterwards, focusing on the body, and the ways they are practiced,...
This book examines the way religiosity is embodied in ritual performances in Catholic practices, in San Agustin, a town in the State of Jalisco, Mexic...
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ARVs: a second chance to life?
ISBN: 9783838301990 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This thesis discusses antiretrovirals (medication for people living with HIV/AIDS) as social and cultural phenomena by following their life cycle from the initial phases of production, marketing and prescription, through the phases of distribution, purchasing and consumption, to the final phase of efficacy. Each phase in the life cycle of antiretrovirals has its own particular context and characteristics. In each phase different actors construct and define the social and cultural meaning of AIDS and antiretrovirals. Although freely accessible antiretroviral treatment has been introduced in...
This thesis discusses antiretrovirals (medication for people living with HIV/AIDS) as social and cultural phenomena by following their life cycle from...
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That's How I Live with It, I Don't Have a Choice
ISBN: 9783843387774 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After a change in the Health Insurance Act in January 2009 in the Netherlands difficulties were expected for undocumented migrants with dental problems. Commissioned by the NGO Dokters van de Wereld and in line with that expectation this study examines undocumented migrants' (UDMs) health seeking behaviour for dental problems in the Netherlands. It is based on a qualitative research conducted from early March till late May 2010. With the assumption that UDMs are part of the margin of society and their status is highly stigmatized, the author believes that access to health or dental care is an...
After a change in the Health Insurance Act in January 2009 in the Netherlands difficulties were expected for undocumented migrants with dental problem...
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Cephalometrics in Sex Determination
ISBN: 9783843392518 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the world, where crimes and accidents rule the roost, the investigative measures and techniques should be competent enough to bring the culprit to book. In this context, Forensic investigative methods need to be underlined in red. Forensic anthropology is the application of the science of physical anthropology to the legal process.Reconstructing the biology and behavior of past populations relies on accurate determination of sex.The existence of sexual dimorphism in human skeletons and its importance in medico legal investigations has been acknowledged since years.Skull is one...
In the world, where crimes and accidents rule the roost, the investigative measures and techniques should be competent enough to bring the culprit ...
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Freedom of Movement Vs Integration
ISBN: 9783844301533 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This thesis examines the informal barriers experienced by highly skilled EU15 citizens (free movers) in Copenhagen. The focal point of the research is to gain a perspective on how free movers and Copenhagen co-construct a unique framework for integration. In this optic both the free movers and Copenhagen are agents of potential informal barriers, given their respective characteristics. Through an exploratory case study the research seeks to investigate how free movers perceive Copenhagen and what informal barriers to integration they experience in Copenhagen. The research is based on...
This thesis examines the informal barriers experienced by highly skilled EU15 citizens (free movers) in Copenhagen. The focal point of the research is...
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Water and War at Pyreneus Mountains
ISBN: 9783844305616 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Lavras do Abade research is a multiple perspective archaeological study about the environmental impacts of a gold mining village in Mid-Western Brazil that was destroyed by neighboring villages at the end of the nineteenth century. According to local narratives, the conflict was the consequence of a dispute about the control and use of natural resources, such as water. However, this investigation reveals that the conflict was caused also by economic and political disputes between the villages in the region. In this work, each stage of investigation is presented in separate chapters....
The Lavras do Abade research is a multiple perspective archaeological study about the environmental impacts of a gold mining village in Mid-Western Br...
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Children with Adult Hearts?
ISBN: 9783844381740 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is about visible orphanhood in Zimbabwe which increased of late, due to the HIV and AIDS,scourge and poverty.Family life has been decimated and livelihoods destroyed leaving children in many cases as family heads, providing for the needs of their siblings.The extended family or social parenting has been weakened as modernity has institutionalised individualism. Fewer and fewer families can provide financial support to "social children", as they actually struggle to look after their own children during these harsh economic times characterised by political bickering in government and...
This book is about visible orphanhood in Zimbabwe which increased of late, due to the HIV and AIDS,scourge and poverty.Family life has been decimated ...
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Traditional Knowledge System (Medicinal Plants): Status in Arkalgud
ISBN: 9783845424286 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book attempts to assess the status of Traditional Knowledge Systems (TKS)as a tool of conservation in the Arakalgud administrative unit of Karnataka. TheStudy is based on the field investigation and interaction with the followers ofTraditional systems such as healers and practitioners. Many plants in traditionalagricultural systems have medicinal value; these are found in home gardens, asscattered trees in croplands and grazing lands on field bunds. Consequently therehas been a reduction in the use of home remedies and preventive diets at thehousehold level.
This book attempts to assess the status of Traditional Knowledge Systems (TKS)as a tool of conservation in the Arakalgud administrative unit of Karnat...
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Across the Atlantic: Cultural Exchanges Between Europe and the United States
ISBN: 9789052019260 / Angielski / Miękka / 327 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the result of an experiment in advanced teaching and learning which took place as a joint effort of the Departments of History at the European University Institute, Florence, and at New York University in the years 1996-1999. The experiment brought together fifteen graduate students and six professors from the two institutions, and included two workshops and a conference, in which also other scholars participated. Junior and senior scholars explored how and to what extent reciprocal exchanges between Europe and the USA in the period from the end of the XVIIIth century to the...
This book is the result of an experiment in advanced teaching and learning which took place as a joint effort of the Departments of History at the Eur...
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Work Experiences of University Janitors and Cafeteria Employees
ISBN: 9783843382649 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a private university in northern California which stands out for its academic excellence and social values, employees work on a daily basis in the cafeteria services and Facilities department (custody and maintenance). Workers, who are mostly migrants from Latin America, are seen daily on campus cleaning dorm halls and preparing food for students, faculty, and staff. Despite the fact that their job is of utmost importance for the running of the university, their voices seem to go unheard in the community. As part of her research, Radovic Fanta conducted fieldwork in 2004 with the purpose...
In a private university in northern California which stands out for its academic excellence and social values, employees work on a daily basis in the ...
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Injecting Drug Use and the Risks of HIV Infection
ISBN: 9783843372572 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The infamous red-light district of Lahore, Pakistan, Heera Mandi, also known as Shahi Mohullah (The Royal Neighborhood), ever since its existence, has been famous for dancing girls and music. Over the years Heera Mandi transformed into sex industry and from the last few decades it has become a concentration of drug users and more recently the injecting drug users. Prostitution coupled with the injecting drug usage may facilitate the HIV infection, causing AIDS. This book, based on the behavioral research conducted in the red light area adds a new perspective to the existing literature on...
The infamous red-light district of Lahore, Pakistan, Heera Mandi, also known as Shahi Mohullah (The Royal Neighborhood), ever since its existence, has...
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