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Landscapes Beyond Land: Routes, Aesthetics, Narratives (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Goes beyond the theoretical dichotomy of structure and experience Focuses on routes, aesthetics and narratives Wide regional spread of ethnography Links British and French traditions of landscape study
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Marginal At the Center: The Life Story of a Public Sociologist (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A self-proclaimed guerrilla fighter for ideas, Baruch Kimmerling was an outspoken critic, prolific writer, and "public" sociologist. While he... Læs mere
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New Regionalism and Asylum Seekers: Challenges Ahead (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Taking the context of forced migration, this book addresses the role that regional, in contrast to national or global, institutions and relationships... Læs mere
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Security and Development (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Since 9/11 ideas of security have focused in part on the development of ungovernable spaces. Important debates are now being had over the nature, impacts, and outcomes of the... Læs mere
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Postsocialist Europe: Anthropological Perspectives from Home (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Now that nearly twenty years have passed since the collapse of the Soviet bloc there is a need to understand what has taken place since that... Læs mere
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Much Ado About Nothing? (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The year 2010 marked the halfway point for Silvio Berlusconi's fourth government with the solidity of its electoral mandate threatened on a number of occasions by strong clashes with the opposition, ultimately leading to a "divorce" from Gianfranco Fini.
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Foodways and Empathy: Relatedness in a Ramu River Society, Papua New Guinea (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This in-depth study focuses on the Bosmun of Daiden, a Ramu River people in an under-represented area in the ethnography of Papua New Guinea, uncovering the conceptual convergence of local notions of relatedness, foodways, and empathy.
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French Film in Britain: Sex, Art and Cinephilia (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
In a market long dominated by Hollywood, French films are consistently the most widely distributed non-English language work. French cinema, however, appears... Læs mere
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Manufacturing Tibetan Medicine: The Creation of an Industry and the Moral Economy of Tibetanness (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Describes how the Tibetan medicine industry has become central to the debate about Tibet's future Explains how considerations of profit and capital have transformed the industry into producing commodities for the Chinese national market
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Factions, Friends and Feasts: Anthropological Perspectives on the Mediterranean (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Drawing on field research in Malta, Sicily, and among Italian emigrants in Canada, this book explores the social influence of the Mediterranean climate and the legacy of ethnic and religious conflict from the past five decades.
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Greek Whisky: The Localization of a Global Commodity (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
An explanation of the social life of Scotch in Greece via the Greek culture industry, Athenian nightlife and North Aegean drinking habits An analysis... Læs mere
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Environmental Anthropology Engaging Ecotopia: Bioregionalism, Permaculture, and Ecovillages (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
In order to move global society towards a sustainable "ecotopia," solutions must be engaged in specific places and communities, and the authors here argue for re-orienting environmental anthropology from a problem-oriented towards a solutions-focused endeavor.
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