America Observed: On an International Anthropology of the United States
ISBN: 9781785334351 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is surprisingly little fieldwork done on the United States by anthropologists from abroad. America Observed fills that gap by bringing into greater focus empirical as well as theoretical implications of this phenomenon. Edited by Virginia Dominguez and Jasmin Habib, the essays collected here offer a critique of such an absence, exploring its likely reasons while also illustrating the advantages of studying fieldwork-based anthropological projects conducted by colleagues from outside the U.S. This volume contains an introduction written by the editors and fieldwork-based... There is surprisingly little fieldwork done on the United States by anthropologists from abroad. America Observed fills that gap by bring... |
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America Observed: On an International Anthropology of the United States
ISBN: 9781785333606 / Angielski / Twarda / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is surprisingly little fieldwork done on the United States by anthropologists from abroad. America Observed fills that gap by bringing into greater focus empirical as well as theoretical implications of this phenomenon. Edited by Virginia Dominguez and Jasmin Habib, the essays collected here offer a critique of such an absence, exploring its likely reasons while also illustrating the advantages of studying fieldwork-based anthropological projects conducted by colleagues from outside the U.S. This volume contains an introduction written by the editors and fieldwork-based... There is surprisingly little fieldwork done on the United States by anthropologists from abroad. America Observed fills that gap by bring... |
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506,60 zł |
A Simple Story: The Last Malambo
ISBN: 9780811226004 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Every year, at the height of summer, the remote Argentine village of Laborde holds the national malambo contest. Centuries-old, this shatteringly demanding traditional gaucho dance is governed by the most rigid rules. And this festival has one stipulation that makes it unique: the malambo is danced for up to five minutes. That may seem like nothing, but consider the world record for the hundred-meter dash is 9.58 seconds. The dance contest is an obsession for countless young men, who sacrifice their bodies and money as they strive to become the champion, knowing that if they win--in order to...
Every year, at the height of summer, the remote Argentine village of Laborde holds the national malambo contest. Centuries-old, this shatteringly dema...
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In Praise of Forgetting: Historical Memory and Its Ironies
ISBN: 9780300227109 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A leading contrarian thinker explores the ethical paradox at the heart of history's wounds
The conventional wisdom about historical memory is summed up in George Santayana's celebrated phrase, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Today, the consensus that it is moral to remember, immoral to forget, is nearly absolute. And yet is this right? David Rieff, an independent writer who has reported on bloody conflicts in Africa, the Balkans, and Central Asia, insists that things are not so simple. He poses hard questions about whether... A leading contrarian thinker explores the ethical paradox at the heart of history's wounds
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Re: Thinking Europe: Thoughts on Europe: Past, Present and Future
ISBN: 9789462983151 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What is Europe? This concise, yet immensely complex, question, more pressing than ever during this time of intense political crisis--the worst since the process of European integration began in the 1950s--sets the stage for this volume. Bringing together international thinkers and scholars from different generations, including Barack Obama, Margaret Thatcher, Milan Kundera, Tom Holland, Ivan Krastev, Philipp Blom, and many others, the essays engage with the paradoxes and puzzles of European identity, ultimately rethinking the continent's culture, history, present--and future.
What is Europe? This concise, yet immensely complex, question, more pressing than ever during this time of intense political crisis--the worst since t...
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How to Be a Geek: Essays on the Culture of Software
ISBN: 9781509517169 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Insightful, informative, provocative and brilliant, Fuller -geeks out- the problematic of software. In a wide-ranging analysis that moves from object oriented languages to Github, from metadata to urban models, Fuller reveals software's intersecting technical, cultural and political aspects. A must read for anyone interested in software and new media studies.' 'This new book from the pioneer of software studies sets a new standard for critical discussion about the crucial part of contemporary culture and society - software. From mobile... 'Insightful, informative, provocative and brilliant, Fuller -geeks out- the problematic of software. In a wide-ranging analysis that moves from obj... |
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Alternative Masculinities for a Changing World
ISBN: 9781349499076 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Focusing on global examples of gender equality, this collection explores non-dominant models of masculinity that represent gender equity in pro-feminist ways. Essays explore new alternative models of masculinity by a wide variety of contemporary authors and texts, ranging from Paul Auster to Jonathan Franzen.
Focusing on global examples of gender equality, this collection explores non-dominant models of masculinity that represent gender equity in pro-femini...
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The Utopian Impulse in Latin America
ISBN: 9781349287857 / Angielski / Miękka / 307 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An exploration of the concept of utopia in Latin America from the earliest accounts of the New World to current cultural production, the carefully selected essays in this volume represent the latest research on the topic by some of the most important Latin Americanists working in North American academia today.
An exploration of the concept of utopia in Latin America from the earliest accounts of the New World to current cultural production, the carefully sel...
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Corpus: An Interdisciplinary Reader on Bodies and Knowledge
ISBN: 9781349295586 / Angielski / Miękka / 227 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Corpus begins with the argument that traditional disciplines are unable to fully apprehend the body and embodiment and that critical study of these topics urgently demands interdisciplinary approaches. The collection's 14 previously unpublished essays grapple with the place of bodies in a range of twenty-first century knowledge practices, including trauma, surveillance, aging, fat, food, feminist technoscience, death, disability, biopolitics, and race, among others. The book's projected audience includes teachers and scholars of bodies and embodiment, interdisciplinary scholars and...
Corpus begins with the argument that traditional disciplines are unable to fully apprehend the body and embodiment and that critical study of these to...
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On the Familiar Essay: Challenging Academic Orthodoxies
ISBN: 9781349382590 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rooted in close reading of texts, including the essays of E.B. White, this comprehensive assessment of the oft-slighted subform of the literary essay situates the familiar at the heart of the essay as form.
Rooted in close reading of texts, including the essays of E.B. White, this comprehensive assessment of the oft-slighted subform of the literary essay ...
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195,42 zł |
Untapped: Exploring the Cultural Dimensions of Craft Beer
ISBN: 9781943665686 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How does the growth of craft beer connect to trends like the farm-to-table movement, gentrification, and changing attitudes toward both cities and farms? How do craft beers conjure history, place, and authenticity? How does the rise of craft beer call into being new communities that may challenge or reinscribe hierarchies based on gender, class, and race? Untapped offers answer to these questions.
How does the growth of craft beer connect to trends like the farm-to-table movement, gentrification, and changing attitudes toward both cities and far...
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135,89 zł |
Untapped: Exploring the Cultural Dimensions of Craft Beer
ISBN: 9781943665679 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Collects twelve essays that analyse the rise of craft beer from social and cultural perspectives. These essays tackle such questions as: How does the growth of craft beer connect to trends like the farm-to-table movement, gentrification, the rise of the "creative class", and changing attitudes toward both cities and farms? How do craft beers conjure history, place, and authenticity?
Collects twelve essays that analyse the rise of craft beer from social and cultural perspectives. These essays tackle such questions as: How does the ...
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Le droit à la paresse
ISBN: 9781367860278 / Francuski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ce livre, ecrit en 1880, est la reponse a l'ouvrage de Louis Blanc intitule le droit au travail (1848) et a ses derives tout au long des annees qui vont suivre. Sa thematique principale est le travail et l'idee que s'en font les hommes... et surtout les hommes de gauche, fils des revolutionnaires, qui au lieu d'elever la servitude au rang d'activite honorable devrait la hair de toutes leurs forces. Malgre ses 136 ans, le texte reste d'une actualite et d'une pertinence insoupconnable. A certains egards, notre realite rejoint celle du XIXeme siecle. Les attaques incessantes contre le code du...
Ce livre, ecrit en 1880, est la reponse a l'ouvrage de Louis Blanc intitule le droit au travail (1848) et a ses derives tout au long des annees qui vo...
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Dogs and Men
ISBN: 9781473331921 / Angielski / Miękka / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1910 in the 'Atlantic' magazine, this is a powerful and heartfelt essay that perfectly encapsulates the love and trust that all dog lovers should feel towards their four-legged friends. With chapters named after the canine stars of the show, Pedro, Carus, Don, Sylvan Roamer and Toby. This text has been republished here for its historical and cultural significance. Including a brand new introduction on the subject of dogs in fiction.
First published in 1910 in the 'Atlantic' magazine, this is a powerful and heartfelt essay that perfectly encapsulates the love and trust that all dog...
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Impolite Conversations: On Race, Politics, Sex, Money, and Religion
ISBN: 9781476739120 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When was the last time you said everything on your mind without holding back? In this no-holds-barred discussion of America's top hot-button issues, a journalist and a cultural anthropologist express opinions that are widely held in private--but rarely heard in public. Everyone edits what they say. It's a part of growing up. But what if we applied tell-it-like-it-is honesty to grown-up issues? In Impolite Conversations, two respected thinkers and writers openly discuss five "third-rail" topics--from multi-racial identities to celebrity worship to hyper-masculinity among black...
When was the last time you said everything on your mind without holding back? In this no-holds-barred discussion of America's top hot-button issues, a...
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This Misery of Boots (1907)
ISBN: 9781473333673 / Angielski / Miękka / 38 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book contains a fascinating essay presented by Wells to the Fabian Society in December 1905. The "unwearable boots" represent the unnecessary suffering caused by a system of privately owned capital-an imagine inspired by Wells' youth spent in an underground kitchen, the only view of the outside glimpses of people's feet on the pavement above. "This Misery of Boots" offers a fascinating insight into Wells' political beliefs and is not to be missed by collectors of his work. Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946) was a prolific English writer who wrote in a variety of genres, including the...
This book contains a fascinating essay presented by Wells to the Fabian Society in December 1905. The "unwearable boots" represent the unnecessary suf...
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New Worlds For Old: A Plain Account of Modern Socialism
ISBN: 9781473333093 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Within "New Worlds For Old," H. G. Wells explores the possible future of Socialism, advocating replacing a social system based on Private Ownership with one based on "the spirit of the service"-which he maintains would be both more productive and just. He also spends several chapters discussing the history of Socialism and common objections. A fascinating book highly recommended for those with an interest in socialism and H. G. Wells. Contents include: "The Good Will In Man," "The Fundamental Idea Of Socialism," "The First Main Generalization Of Socialism," "The Second Main Generalization Of...
Within "New Worlds For Old," H. G. Wells explores the possible future of Socialism, advocating replacing a social system based on Private Ownership wi...
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Marxism vs. Liberalism - An Interview
ISBN: 9781473333062 / Angielski / Miękka / 34 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1934 H. G. Wells visited the Soviet Union, and on the 23rd of July he interviewed Joseph Stalin. Their conversation, which lasted for almost three hours, was recorded by Constantine Oumansky and is here presented. Before publication, the resulting text was approved by Wells and deemed to be sufficiently accurate. This fascinating and unique interview offers a rare insight into the mind of the famous Soviet dictator and is highly recommended for those with an interest in both Stalin and his interviewer. Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946) was a prolific English writer who wrote in a variety...
In 1934 H. G. Wells visited the Soviet Union, and on the 23rd of July he interviewed Joseph Stalin. Their conversation, which lasted for almost three ...
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Canadian Population and Northern Colonization
ISBN: 9781442652002 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In their annual sessions the various Sections of the Royal Society are accustomed to take up for general discussion a topic of current interest and this gives Fellows and special guests from the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities an opportunity for useful communication across the disciplines on an important subject. In 1961 the topic was an especially vital issue, the population explosion, and this volume, based on the papers given at the meeting, has much valuable information and many pertinent and provocative comments on this phenomenon particularly as it... In their annual sessions the various Sections of the Royal Society are accustomed to take up for general discussion a topic of current interest and... |
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How to Be a Geek: Essays on the Culture of Software
ISBN: 9781509517152 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Insightful, informative, provocative and brilliant, Fuller -geeks out- the problematic of software. In a wide-ranging analysis that moves from object oriented languages to Github, from metadata to urban models, Fuller reveals software's intersecting technical, cultural and political aspects. A must read for anyone interested in software and new media studies.' 'This new book from the pioneer of software studies sets a new standard for critical discussion about the crucial part of contemporary culture and society - software. From mobile... 'Insightful, informative, provocative and brilliant, Fuller -geeks out- the problematic of software. In a wide-ranging analysis that moves from obj... |
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296,26 zł |