Wiley-VCH - Anthropologie

A Cultural Approach to Interpersonal Communication

Monaghan, Leila / Goodman, Jane E. / Robinson, Jennifer Meta (eds.) — 6 Feb 2012 08:18:17 +0100

Starting from the premise that interpersonal communication is inseparable from culture, this collection moves beyond traditional approaches to the subject by foregrounding the ways in which interpersonal relationships emerge through culturally mediated language practices. It proposes a new approach to interpersonal communication, based in ethnography and performance. It features ethnographic articles that are inviting and accessible to beginning students. It includes articles with detailed transcripts of conversation that students can analyze while providing them with conceptual and practical tools to develop their own ethnographic research on language practices. [504 Seiten, Softcover]

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The Handbook of Intercultural Discourse and Communication

Bratt Paulston, Christina / Kiesling, Scott F. / Rangel, Elizabeth S. (eds.) — 6 Feb 2012 08:17:52 +0100

The Handbook of Intercultural Discourse and Communication contains contributions from established scholars and up-and-coming researchers from a range of disciplines to survey the theoretical perspectives and applied work in this burgeoning area of linguistics. It features contributions from established researchers in sociolinguistics and intercultural discourse, and explores the theoretical perspectives underlying work in the field. The book examines the history of the field, work in cross-cultural communication, and features of discourse. [552 Seiten, Hardcover]

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Ethnographic Fieldwork

Robben, Antonius C. G. M. / Sluka, Jeffrey A. (eds.) — 3 Jan 2012 08:17:25 +0100

This text provides readers with a broad overview of the range and complexity of fieldwork in anthropology. The updated selections offer insight into the ethnographer's experience of gathering and analyzing data, and a richer understanding of the conflicts, hazards and ethical challenges of pursuing fieldwork around the globe. With 16 new articles and completely revised editorial material throughout, this Second Edition includes insights from fieldworkers during earlier periods of the discipline, to the contemporary reflections on engaged anthropological research. It is an essential collection of international readings for the anthropology student and practicing fieldworker. [672 Seiten, Softcover]

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A Companion to Paleopathology

Grauer, Anne L. (ed.) — 5 Dec 2011 08:17:44 +0100

A Companion to Paleopathology offers a broad overview of the field that has evolved over the last few decades into an exploration of disease processes in the human skeleton. Top scholars around the world will be enlisted to provide the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of developments in the field, and this new companion will be an authoritative guide for researchers, instructors and students in physical or biological anthropology, archaeology, biology, osteology, and the medical and forensic sciences. [626 Seiten, Hardcover]

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The Curious History of Love

Kaufmann, Jean-Claude — 21 Nov 2011 08:18:14 +0100

The one emotion that matters most to many people is the one about which social thinkers rarely speak - love. For many people, love is the thing that matters most in their lives: they are searching for love, hoping to find in love a kind of happiness that they cannot find in their work or by surrounding themselves with material goods. But where does this peculiar and powerful blending together of love and happiness come from, and why do we find it such a compelling idea today? In this short book Jean-Claude Kaufmann offers a fresh account of the history of a feeling unlike any other. The modern idea of love as passion was born in the 12th century but it was marginalized by the rise of a kind of instrumental, calculating reason that became increasingly central to modern societies. As calculating reason began to encroach on the personal domain, many individuals sought to escape from it, searching for happiness elsewhere. As our societies become dominated by calculating reason and selfish individualism, we search elsewhere for the kind of happy love that will heal all our wounds. This is why we experience so many changes of heart in our personal lives: at times we are coldly calculating and then, a few moments later, we sacrifice ourselves to love without a second thought. Written by one of France's leading sociologists, this highly readable book sheds new light on love and happiness and will resonate with many readers. [200 Seiten, Softcover]

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The Curious History of Love

Kaufmann, Jean-Claude — 21 Nov 2011 08:18:13 +0100

Annals of Anthropological Practice

Kedia, Satish — 31 Oct 2011 08:17:26 +0100

This collection of 14 chapters brings together a wide array of applied anthropologists, other social scientists, and practitioners to detail the ways in which public health measures can be effectively integrated with HIV/AIDS prevention, anti-retroviral treatment, and food security efforts in sub-Saharan Africa. [244 Seiten, Softcover]

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Real World Research with SPSS V18 Set

Robson, Colin — 24 Oct 2011 08:18:35 +0200

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Variationist Sociolinguistics

Tagliamonte, Sali A. — 3 Oct 2011 08:17:58 +0200

Variationist Sociolinguistics: Change, Observation, Interpretation is a comprehensive and authoritative survey of systematic variation in language, both present and past. The textbook, aimed at students taking intermediate and advanced courses in sociolinguistics, outlines the methodologies of research and data collection in the field, with explanations that go beyond the facts and into the philosophy of the field. The first real textbook of its kind, Variationist Sociolinguistics is an ambitious and exciting work that will be a must-have for students and researchers alike. [424 Seiten, Softcover]

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Variationist Sociolinguistics

Tagliamonte, Sali A. — 3 Oct 2011 08:17:57 +0200

Still Life

Moore, Henrietta L. — 5 Sep 2011 08:18:00 +0200

How adequate are our theories of globalisation for analysing the worlds we share with others? In this provocative new book, Henrietta Moore asks us to step back and re-examine in a fresh way the interconnections normally labeled 'globalisation'. Rather than beginning with abstract processes and flows, Moore starts by analyzing the hopes, desires and satisfactions of individuals in their day-to-day lives. Drawing on a wide range of examples, from African initiation rituals to Japanese anime, from sex in virtual worlds to Schubert songs, Moore develops a theory of the ethical imagination, exploring how ideas about the human subject, and its capacities for self-making and social transformation, form a basis for reconceptualizing the role and significance of culture in a global age. She shows how the ideas of social analysts and ordinary people intertwine and diverge, and argues for an ethics of engagement based on an understanding of the human need to engage with cultural problems and seek social change. This innovative and challenging book is essential reading for anyone interested in the key debates about culture and globalization in the contemporary world. [208 Seiten, Softcover]

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Still Life

Moore, Henrietta L. — 5 Sep 2011 08:17:58 +0200

Work's Intimacy

Gregg, Melissa — 29 Aug 2011 08:18:41 +0200

This book provides a long-overdue account of online technology and its impact on the work and lifestyles of professional employees. It moves between the offices and homes of workers in the knew knowledge economy to provide intimate insight into the personal, family, and wider social tensions emerging in today's rapidly changing work environment. Drawing on her extensive research, Gregg shows that new media technologies encourage and exacerbate an older tendency among salaried professionals to put work at the heart of daily concerns, often at the expense of other sources of intimacy and fulfillment. New media technologies from mobile phones to laptops and tablet computers, have been marketed as devices that give us the freedom to work where we want, when we want, but little attention has been paid to the consequences of this shift, which has seen work move out of the office and into cafés, trains, living rooms, dining rooms, and bedrooms. This professional presence bleed leads to work concerns impinging on the personal lives of employees in new and unforseen ways. This groundbreaking book explores how aspiring and established professionals each try to cope with the unprecedented intimacy of technologically-mediated work, and how its seductions seem poised to triumph over the few remaining relationships that may stand in its way. [200 Seiten, Softcover]

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Ethnobiology

Anderson, E. N. / Pearsall, Deborah / Hunn, Eugene / Turner, Nancy (eds.) — 29 Aug 2011 08:17:33 +0200

The single comprehensive treatment of the field, from the leading members of the Society of Ethnobiology The field of ethnobiology--the study of relationships between particular ethnic groups and their native plants and animals--has grown very rapidly in recent years, spawning numerous subfields. Ethnobiological research has produced a wide range of medicines, natural products, and new crops, as well as striking insights into human cognition, language, and environmental management behavior from prehistory to the present. This is the single authoritative source on ethnobiology, covering all aspects of the field as it is currently defined. Featuring contributions from experienced scholars and sanctioned by the Society of Ethnobiology, this concise, readable volume provides extensive coverage of ethical issues and practices as well as archaeological, ethnological, and linguistic approaches. Emphasizing basic principles and methodology, this unique textbook offers a balanced treatment of all the major subfields within ethnobiology, allowing students to begin guided research in any related area--from archaeoethnozoology to ethnomycology to agroecology. Each chapter includes a basic introduction to each topic, is written by a leading specialist in the specific area addressed, and comes with a full bibliography citing major works in the area. All chapters cover recent research, and many are new in approach; most chapters present unpublished or very recently published new research. Featured are clear, distinctive treatments of areas such as ethnozoology, linguistic ethnobiology, traditional education, ethnoecology, and indigenous perspectives. Methodology and ethical action are also covered up to current practice. Ethnobiology is a specialized textbook for advanced undergraduates and graduate students; it is suitable for advanced-level ethnobotany, ethnobiology, cultural and political ecology, and archaeologically related courses. Research institutes will also find this work valuable, as will any reader with an interest in ethnobiological fields. [412 Seiten, Softcover]

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The Handbook of Language Socialization

Duranti, Alessandro / Ochs, Elinor / Schieffelin, Bambi B. (eds.) — 22 Aug 2011 08:18:10 +0200

This handbook presents a comprehensive survey of the latest research and our current state of knowledge in the flourishing field of language socialization. The articles cover the evolution of our knowledge of language socialization, with insights into how pioneering scholars documented child language acquisition and cultural development within communities around the world. They also cover the latest developments in the field, including second and heritage language socialization, literacy and media socialization, as well as socialization across the entire life span and across institutional settings. [676 Seiten, Hardcover]

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Work's Intimacy

Gregg, Melissa — 8 Aug 2011 08:18:02 +0200

NAPA Bulletin, Number 34, Anthropological Perspectives on Migration and Health

Hadley, Craig — 22 Apr 2011 08:17:40 +0200

In this volume of the NAPA Bulletin, practicing and applied anthropologists along with colleagues in public health examine the interactions of health and migrations in diverse settings around the world. Contributors draw on diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives to examine the various ways in which migration impacts on the health and well-being of migrants. [200 Seiten, Softcover]

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A Companion to the Anthropology of Education

Levinson, Bradley A. U. / Pollock, Mica — 19 Apr 2011 08:19:16 +0200

A Companion to the Anthropology of Education presents a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of the field, exploring the social and cultural dimension of educational processes in both formal and nonformal settings. This work explores theoretical and applied approaches to cultural practice in a diverse range of educational settings around the world, in both formal and non-formal contexts It integrates work from and on many different national systems of scholarship, including China, the United States, Africa, the Middle East, Colombia, Mexico, India, the United Kingdom, and Denmark [592 Seiten, Hardcover]

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A Companion to the Anthropology of the Body and Embodiment

Mascia-Lees, Frances E. (ed.) — 19 Apr 2011 08:19:13 +0200

The authors in A Companion to the Anthropology of the Body and Embodiment utilize studies of bodily experience to launch powerful refutations of abstract, universalizing models and ideologies, and provide new far-reaching analyses of gender, racial, and sexual difference and of bodies embedded in a range of political-economic contexts, including colonialism, late capitalism, neoliberalism, and post-socialism. Exploring body politics, embodiment, the senses, affect, and emotion, Mascia-Lees brings together a key group of scholars to examine historical and contemporary approaches to, and conceptualizations of, the body. [556 Seiten, Hardcover]

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Living Language

Ahearn, Laura M. — 19 Apr 2011 08:18:37 +0200

Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology is a clear and accessible exploration of the prominent theoretical issues in linguistic anthropology and a student-friendly introduction to the study of language in real-life social contexts around the world. Combining classic studies on language in social contexts and cutting-edge, contemporary scholarship, Ahearn provides a unifying synthesis of research in linguistic anthropology and looks towards future research in the field. [368 Seiten, Softcover]

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Living Language

Ahearn, Laura M. — 19 Apr 2011 08:18:34 +0200

Perspectives on Modern South Asia

Visweswaran, Kamala (ed.) — 19 Apr 2011 08:18:28 +0200

Perspectives on Modern South Asia presents an exciting core collection of essays drawn from anthropology, literary and cultural studies, history, sociology, economics, and political science to reveal the complexities of a region that is home to a fifth of humanity. * Presents an interdisciplinary overview of the origins and development of the eight nations comprising modern South Asia: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka * Explores South Asia's common cultures, languages and religions and their relationship to its ethnic and national differences * Features essays that provide understandings of the central dynamics of South Asia as an important cultural, political, and economic region of the world [392 Seiten, Softcover]

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Perspectives on Modern South Asia

Visweswaran, Kamala (ed.) — 19 Apr 2011 08:18:27 +0200

A Companion to Medical Anthropology

Singer, Merrill / Erickson, Pamela I. — 11 Apr 2011 08:18:35 +0200

A Companion to Medical Anthropology examines the key issues and controversies in medical anthropology today. Each chapter presents a thorough assessment of a specific area of medical anthropology, including expert overviews of major topics such as environmental health, global health, biotechnology, syndemics, nutrition, substance abuse, infectious disease, and sexuality and reproductive health. The authors also provide a guide to future trends and the emerging issues that will shape the future of medical anthropology and global health for years to come. [576 Seiten, Hardcover]

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Investigating Culture

Delaney, Carol — 11 Apr 2011 08:18:13 +0200

This new edition of Investigating Culture offers a hands-on alternative to more traditional textbooks not by teaching facts about other cultures, but helping students learn how to study any culture. Investigating Culture focuses on the variety of ways that humans orient themselves by means of language, the body, the structures of everyday life, and the symbols of religion and public ritual. Delaney and Kaspin teach students to think like anthropologists, training them to confront the reflexive nature of anthropology early on and to distance themselves from the inherent flaws of studying the exotic Other. [424 Seiten, Softcover]

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A Companion to Cognitive Anthropology

6 Apr 2011 08:18:37 +0200

A Companion to Cognitive Anthropology offers a comprehensive overview of the development of cognitive anthropology from its inception to the present day and explores recent findings in the areas of theory, methodology, and field research in twenty-nine key essays by leading scholars. The book explains how cultural (or collective) vs. individual knowledge distinguishes cognitive anthropology from cognitive psychology. The companion is essential for anyone interested in the questions of how culture shapes cognitive processes. [624 Seiten, Hardcover]

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Islamic Art and Visual Culture

Ruggles, D. Fairchild (ed.) — 6 Apr 2011 08:18:24 +0200

Islamic Art and Visual Culture is a collection of primary sources in translation accompanied by clear and concise introductory essays that provide unique insights into the aesthetic and cultural history of one of the world's major religions. * Collects essential translations from sources as diverse as the Qur'an, court chronicles, technical treatises on calligraphy and painting, imperial memoirs, and foreign travel accounts * Includes clear and concise introductory essays * Situates each text and explains the circumstances in which it was written--the date, place, author, and political conditions * Provides a vivid window into Islamic visual culture and society * An indispensable tool for teachers and students of art and visual culture [196 Seiten, Softcover]

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Islamic Art and Visual Culture

Ruggles, D. Fairchild (ed.) — 6 Apr 2011 08:18:23 +0200

Statistical Methods in Diagnostic Medicine

Zhou, Xiao-Hua / McClish, Donna K. / Obuchowski, Nancy A. — 6 Apr 2011 08:17:10 +0200

An important role of diagnostic medicine research is to estimate and compare the accuracies of diagnostic tests. This book provides a comprehensive account of statistical methods for the design and analysis of diagnostic studies, including sample size calculations, estimation of the accuracy of a diagnostic test, comparison of accuracies of competing diagnostic tests, and regression analysis of diagnostic accuracy data. This updated edition features edited case studies and new methods, including screening tests, semi-parametric and non-parametric regression models, and SROC and partial areas. Clinicians and advanced students will benefit from this much-needed guide. [546 Seiten, Hardcover]

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Real World Research

Robson, Colin — 7 Mar 2011 08:18:11 +0100

This bestselling text on carrying out research in 'real world' situations has been thoroughly revised and updated but continues to have the same authoritative voice and definitive content that has made it such an essential book for teachers and students conducting research within the social sciences. * Even-handed coverage of qualitative and quantitative approaches * Furnishes students with the skills necessary in order to conduct research outside the laboratory, in 'real world' situations * Draws examples from the fields of applied psychology, applied social science, health studies, social work and education * New chapters on multi-strategy designs, ethical issues, and on writing a project proposal * Discussion of Internet-based research - both as a research tool and as a subject for research * Coverage of evidence-based approaches - seeking to present a balanced assessment of their value * An enhanced website linked to the text * New and improved page design [608 Seiten, Hardcover]

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Real World Research

Robson, Colin — 7 Mar 2011 08:18:10 +0100

Economic Anthropology

Hart, Keith / Hahn, Chris — 21 Feb 2011 08:17:54 +0100

This book is a new introduction to the history and practice of economic anthropology by two leading authors in the field. They show that anthropologists have contributed to understanding the three great questions of modern economic history: development, socialism and one-world capitalism. In doing so, they connect economic anthropology to its roots in Western philosophy, social theory and world history. Up to the Second World War anthropologists tried and failed to interest economists in their exotic findings. They then launched a vigorous debate over whether an approach taken from economics was appropriate to the study of non-industrial economies. Since the 1970s, they have developed a critique of capitalism based on studying it at home as well as abroad. The authors aim to rejuvenate economic anthropology as a humanistic project at a time when the global financial crisis has undermined confidence in free market economics. They argue for the continued relevance of predecessors such as Marcel Mauss and Karl Polanyi, while offering an incisive review of recent work in this field. Economic Anthropology is an excellent introduction for social science students at all levels, and it presents general readers with a challenging perspective on the world economy today. [208 Seiten, Softcover]

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Economic Anthropology

Hahn, Chris / Hart, Keith — 21 Feb 2011 08:17:52 +0100

Human Bioarchaeology of the Transition to Agriculture

Pinhasi, Ron / Stock, Jay T. (eds.) — 14 Feb 2011 08:17:25 +0100

A holistic and comprehensive account of the nature of the transition from hunting to farming in prehistory. It addresses for the first time the main bioarchaeological aspects such as changes in mobility, behaviour, diet and population dynamics. This book is of major interest to the relevant audience since it offers for the first time a global perspective on the bioarchaeology of the transition to agriculture. It includes contributions from world-class researchers, with a particular emphasis on advances in methods (e.g. ancient DNA of pathogens, stable isotope analysis, etc.). The book specifically addresses the following aspects associated with the transition to agriculture in various world regions: * Changes in adult and subadult stature and subadult growth profiles * Diachronic trends in the analysis of functional morphological structures (craniofacial, vault, lower limbs, etc.) and whether these are associated with change in overall sex-specific morphological variability * Changes in mobility * Changes in behaviour which can be reconstructed from the study of the skeletal record. These include changes in activity patterns, sexual dimorphism, evidence of inter-personal trauma, and the like. * Population dynamics and microevolution by examining intra and inter population variations in dental and cranial metric traits, as well as archaeogenetic studies of ancient DNA (e.g. mtDNA markers). [500 Seiten, Hardcover]

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A Companion to the Anthropology of India

Clark-Deces, Isabelle (ed.) — 8 Feb 2011 08:18:20 +0100

A Companion to the Anthropology of India offers a broad overview of the rapidly evolving scholarship on Indian society from the earliest area studies to views of India's globalization in the twenty-first century. * Provides readers with an important new introduction to the anthropology of India * Explores the larger global issues that have transformed India since the end of colonization, including demographic, economic, social, cultural, political, and religious issues * Contributions by leading experts present up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of key topics such as population and life expectancy, civil society, social-moral relationships, caste and communalism, youth and consumerism, the new urban middle class, environment and health, tourism, public and religious cultures, politics and law * Represents an authoritative guide for professional social and cultural anthropologists, and South Asian specialists, and an accessible reference work for students engaged in the analysis of India's modern transformation [566 Seiten, Hardcover]

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Sexualities in Anthropology

Lyons, Andrew P. / Lyons, Harriet D. (eds.) — 8 Feb 2011 08:18:17 +0100

This thought-provoking new collection, Sexualities in Anthropology: A Reader offers insights into the diversity of human social beliefs and practices relating to sexuality in different times and in different cultures around the world. * Substantial editorial introductions set each Part in context of the field, providing readers helpful background and explanatory notes. * Presents a comprehensive collection of key historical and current readings in the social anthropology of sexuality * Includes literature on both heterosexualities and same-sex sexualities * Explores the key works and major debates of prominent scholars in the field, such as Mead, Malinowski, Newton, Herdt, and others * Introduces readers to major theoretical developments (essentialist and constructionist positions) [408 Seiten, Hardcover]

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Sexualities in Anthropology

Lyons, Andrew P. / Lyons, Harriet D. (eds.) — 8 Feb 2011 08:18:16 +0100

Biomolecular Archaeology

Brown, Terry / Brown, Keri A. — 8 Feb 2011 08:18:12 +0100

Biomolecular Archaeology investigates how biomolecular evidence (DNA, proteins, lipids and carbohydrates) can be used to address important archaeological questions. Terry Brown and Keri Brown describe this remarkable revolution in the study of historic and prehistoric biological materials, and provide the fundamental tools for studying the preserved or 'ancient' biomolecules recovered from human, plant, and animal remains, and how researchers can thus recover valuable information about the evolution of human societies and the environments in which we live. [336 Seiten, Softcover]

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Anthropology off the Shelf

Waterston, Alisse / Vesperi, Maria D. (eds.) — 10 Jan 2011 08:18:08 +0100

In Anthropology off the Shelf, leading anthropologists reflect on the craft of writing and the passions that fuel their desire to write books. At the core is a critical analysis of the ways in which anthropologists routinely frame, illustrate and contextualize new ideas about culture, and whether their methods facilitate or hinder engagement with the well-informed general reader. The eighteen contributors reveal their inspirations, their concerns about the writing process, their narrative strategies and their imagined audiences, as well as their habits and how they motivate people to read what they write. [232 Seiten, Softcover]

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Early Human Kinship

Allen, Nicholas J. / Callan, Hilary / Dunbar, Robin / James, Wendy (eds.) — 10 Jan 2011 08:18:07 +0100

Sponsored by the Royal Anthropological Institute, in conjunction with the British Academy, Early Human Kinship brings together original studies from leading figures in the biological sciences, social anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics to provide a major breakthrough in the debate over human evolution and the nature of society. [336 Seiten, Softcover]

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Tales of the Barbarians

Woolf, Greg — 10 Jan 2011 08:17:56 +0100

Tales of the Barbarians traces the creation of new mythologies in the wake of Roman expansion westward to the Atlantic, and offers the first application of modern ethnographic theory to ancient material. The text investigates the connections between empire and knowledge at the turn of the millennia, and the creation of new histories in the Roman West. In addition, the author explores how ancient geography, local histories and the stories of wandering heroes were woven together by Greek scholars and local experts. [184 Seiten, Hardcover]

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Making Knowledge

Marchand, Trevor H. J. (ed.) — 13 Dec 2010 08:17:58 +0100

Making Knowledge presents the work of leading anthropologists who promote pioneering approaches to understanding the nature and social constitution of human knowledge. The book offers a progressive interdisciplinary approach to investigations of the eternal questions of 'How we know?' and 'How we come to know?' Presenting cutting-edge research and theory in anthropology, leading scholars in the field explore a wide range of disciplines through an anthropological perspective. The book covers a rich and diverse ethnography and features many beautiful illustrations throughout. [216 Seiten, Softcover]

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The Handbook of Critical Intercultural Communication

Halualani, Rona / Nakayama, Tom (eds.) — 13 Dec 2010 08:17:44 +0100

This outstanding new resource traces the significant historical developments in intercultural communication, helps scholars reflect on the formation of critical intercultural communication studies and posits new directions for the field in terms of theorizing, knowledge production, and social justice engagement. [648 Seiten, Hardcover]

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