Primitive Characters of Liangzhu: Paintings and Symbols
ISBN: 9789811953101 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book mainly focuses on the roles of engraved symbols and ornamentation in Liangzhu culture. It categorizes the engraved symbols discovered in Liangzhu culture as means of ideographical expression and decoration, aspects that are explored in detail. Further, the engraved symbols and ornamentation are subdivided in terms of certain similarities, including the dragon and bird systems. A separate chapter is especially designed to help readers appreciate the typical paintings and symbols in selected objects and vessels. In this way, the book seeks to analyze and generate a particular...
This book mainly focuses on the roles of engraved symbols and ornamentation in Liangzhu culture. It categorizes the engraved symbols discovered i...
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The Mughal Aviary: Women's Writings in Pre-Modern India
ISBN: 9781648894848 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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201,13 zł |
Portraits of Empires: Habsburg Albums from the German House in Ottoman Constantinople
ISBN: 9780253066916 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the late 16th century, hundreds of travelers made their way to the Habsburg ambassador's residence, known as the German House, in Constantinople. In this centrally located inn, subjects of the emperor found food, wine, shelter, and good company—and left an incredible collection of albums filled with images, messages, decorated papers, and more. Portraits of Empires offers a complete account of this early form of social media, which had a profound impact on later European iconography. Revealing a vibrant transimperial culture as viewed from all walks of life—Muslim and Christian, noble...
In the late 16th century, hundreds of travelers made their way to the Habsburg ambassador's residence, known as the German House, in Constantinople. I...
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Portraits of Empires: Habsburg Albums from the German House in Ottoman Constantinople
ISBN: 9780253066923 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the late 16th century, hundreds of travelers made their way to the Habsburg ambassador's residence, known as the German House, in Constantinople. In this centrally located inn, subjects of the emperor found food, wine, shelter, and good company—and left an incredible collection of albums filled with images, messages, decorated papers, and more. Portraits of Empires offers a complete account of this early form of social media, which had a profound impact on later European iconography. Revealing a vibrant transimperial culture as viewed from all walks of life—Muslim and Christian, noble...
In the late 16th century, hundreds of travelers made their way to the Habsburg ambassador's residence, known as the German House, in Constantinople. I...
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111,65 zł |
Biotechnology and the Politics of Plants: Disciplining Time
ISBN: 9780367201463 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explores the mysterious phenomenon of ‘apomixis’, the ability of some plants to ‘self-clone’, and its revolutionary potential in agriculture. Through historical anthropological and ethnographic study, Hodgest traces the development of the CIMMYT Apomixis Project and its reinvention as a public-private partnership. Explores the mysterious phenomenon of ‘apomixis’, the ability of some plants to ‘self-clone’, and its revolutionary potential in agricult... |
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86,27 zł |
Social Change in Syria: Family, Village and Political Party
ISBN: 9780367506278 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Studying a rural village in northern Syria during a period of tremendous social and political change (1940s to 1970s), this book offers a unique perspective on how agrarian transformations in land distribution and its use deeply affected social and political relations among a rural community.
Studying a rural village in northern Syria during a period of tremendous social and political change (1940s to 1970s), this book offers a unique persp...
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192,89 zł |
Isn't it Ironic?: Irony in Contemporary Popular Culture
ISBN: 9780367530839 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bringing together studies of a range of texts, this volume addresses the relationship between irony and popular culture and the role of the consumer in determining meaning, arguing that in a cultural climate largely characterised by fractious communications, the very role of irony in popular culture needs to come under greater scrutiny.
Bringing together studies of a range of texts, this volume addresses the relationship between irony and popular culture and the role of the consumer i...
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192,89 zł |
Hidden Attractions of Administration: The Peculiar Appeal of Meetings and Documents
ISBN: 9780367622268 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book argues that the expansion of administrative activities in today’s working life is driven not only by pressure from above, but also from below. With an ethnographic study and by drawing upon Simmel’s Eigendynamik, the authors uncover the hidden attractions of doing administrative work.
This book argues that the expansion of administrative activities in today’s working life is driven not only by pressure from above, but also from be...
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187,81 zł |
Ethics and Nationalist Populism at the British Seaside: Negotiating Character
ISBN: 9780367628574 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on ethnographic research at the British seaside, this book offers an original and insightful anthropological contribution to the study of contemporary Britain and nationalism.
Drawing on ethnographic research at the British seaside, this book offers an original and insightful anthropological contribution to the study of cont...
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192,89 zł |
Global Economic Crisis as Social Hieroglyphic: Genesis, Constitution and Regressive Progress
ISBN: 9780367754648 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the 2008 global economic crisis as a complex social phenomenon or "social hieroglyphic", arguing that the crisis is not fundamentally economic, but instead a symptom of a long-standing, multifaceted, and endemic crisis of capitalism which has effectively become permanent.
This book examines the 2008 global economic crisis as a complex social phenomenon or "social hieroglyphic", arguing that the crisis is not fundamental...
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Blackness in Mexico: Afro-Mexican Recognition and the Production of Citizenship in the Costa Chica
ISBN: 9780813069661 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An up-close view of the movement to make “Afro-Mexican” an official cultural category Through historical and ethnographic research, Blackness in Mexico delves into the ongoing movement toward recognizing Black Mexicans as a cultural group within a nation that has long viewed the non-Black mestizo as the archetypal citizen. Anthony Jerry focuses on this process in Mexico’s Costa Chica region in order to explore the relational aspects of citizenship and the place of Black people in how modern citizenship is imagined. Jerry’s study of the Costa Chica shows the political stakes of the...
An up-close view of the movement to make “Afro-Mexican” an official cultural category Through historical and ethnographic research, Blackness in ...
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517,35 zł |
Blackness in Mexico: Afro-Mexican Recognition and the Production of Citizenship in the Costa Chica
ISBN: 9780813080123 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An up-close view of the movement to make “Afro-Mexican” an official cultural category Through historical and ethnographic research, Blackness in Mexico delves into the ongoing movement toward recognizing Black Mexicans as a cultural group within a nation that has long viewed the non-Black mestizo as the archetypal citizen. Anthony Jerry focuses on this process in Mexico’s Costa Chica region in order to explore the relational aspects of citizenship and the place of Black people in how modern citizenship is imagined. Jerry’s study of the Costa Chica shows the political stakes of the...
An up-close view of the movement to make “Afro-Mexican” an official cultural category Through historical and ethnographic research, Blackness in ...
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216,73 zł |
Museums as Agents for Social Change: Collaborative Programmes at the Mutare Museum
ISBN: 9781032019161 / Angielski / Miękka / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Museums as Agents for Social Change is the first comprehensive text to examine museum practice in a decolonised moment, moving beyond known roles of object collection and presentation.
Museums as Agents for Social Change is the first comprehensive text to examine museum practice in a decolonised moment, moving beyond known roles of o...
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91,34 zł |
Cultural Expression and Subjectivity of Chinese Peasants
ISBN: 9781032039312 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume investigates how Chinese peasants express their culture and adapt to social change. The author’s research consists of participant observation and interviews of shadow puppetry artists in Guanzhong, China, illustrating how peasant artists have adapted to the historical and social changes.
This volume investigates how Chinese peasants express their culture and adapt to social change. The author’s research consists of participant observ...
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192,89 zł |
The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere
ISBN: 9781496234704 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 2022 Choice Outstanding Academic Title The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere is a reclaimed history of the deep past of Indigenous people in North and South America during the Paleolithic. Paulette F. C. Steeves mines evidence from archaeology sites and Paleolithic environments, landscapes, and mammalian and human migrations to make the case that people have been in the Western Hemisphere not only just prior to Clovis sites (10,200 years ago) but for more than 60,000 years, and likely more than 100,000 years. Steeves discusses the political history of American anthropology...
2022 Choice Outstanding Academic Title The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere is a reclaimed history of the deep past of Indigenous peo...
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The Franz Boas Papers, Volume 2: Franz Boas, James Teit, and Early Twentieth-Century Salish Ethnography
ISBN: 9781496235718 / Angielski / Twarda / 1040 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Franz Boas Papers, Volume 2 explores the development of the ethnography of Salishan-speaking societies on the North American Plateau as revealed through the correspondence between Franz Boas and the Scottish-born James Teit, who married into an Interior Salish family and community and became fluent in the Nlaka’pamux language. The letters between Teit (1864–1922) and Boas (1858–1942) chronicle Teit’s varied career as an ethnographer, from shortly after his initial meeting with Boas in 1894 until Teit’s death at the age of fifty-eight. A postscript documents Boas’s contribution...
The Franz Boas Papers, Volume 2 explores the development of the ethnography of Salishan-speaking societies on the North American Plateau as revealed t...
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Geopolitics, Culture, and the Scientific Imaginary in Latin America
ISBN: 9781683403876 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Highlighting the relationship among science, politics, and culture in Latin American history Challenging the common view that Latin America has lagged behind Europe and North America in the global history of science, this volume reveals that the region has long been a center for scientific innovation and imagination. It highlights the important relationship among science, politics, and culture in Latin American history. Scholars from a variety of fields including literature, sociology, and geography bring to light many of the cultural exchanges that have produced and spread scientific...
Highlighting the relationship among science, politics, and culture in Latin American history Challenging the common view that Latin America has lagge...
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120,25 zł |
AI and Popular Culture
ISBN: 9781803823300 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. AI and Popular Culture explores the development and social significance of artificial intelligence by looking at representations in fiction, film and television, as well as examining the effect of AI technologies on the way we consume culture. Lee Barron traces the evolution of AI – from the Turing Machine to deep learning, to interrogate the key issues and debates. He uses examples of AI from pop culture to help us understand how the technology is changing aspects of society from surveillance and work to human relationships with technology. AI and Popular Culture sheds light on how...
AI and Popular Culture explores the development and social significance of artificial intelligence by looking at representations in fiction, film and ...
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96,15 zł |
What Is Antiracism?: And Why It Means Anticapitalism
ISBN: 9781839762765 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Failures in Cultural Participation
ISBN: 9783031161155 / Angielski / Twarda / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This open access book examines how and why the UK's approach towards increasing cultural participation has largely failed to address inequality and inequity in the subsidised cultural sector despite long-standing international policy discourse on this issue. It further examines why meaningful change in cultural policy has not been more forthcoming in the face of this apparent failure. This work examines how a culture of mistrust, blame, and fear between policymakers, practitioners, and participants has resulted in a policy environment that engenders overstated aims, accepts mediocre quality...
This open access book examines how and why the UK's approach towards increasing cultural participation has largely failed to address inequality and in...
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194,52 zł |