Catálogo de libros: Sociología y antropología

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  • The Handbook of Marriage in the Arab World
    This open access handbook combines multiple theoretical and practical approaches for enabling a nuanced understanding of the phenomenon of marriage in the Arab world. Adopting a holistic, interdisciplinary approach, it provides a framework for the contextual and macro factors surrounding and affecting marriage in the Arab countries. It looks at the different types of marriage, ...
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    78,63 €

  • Popular Memory and Franco’s ’Disappeared’ in Spain
    Francie Cate
    'Francie Cate’s Popular Memory and Franco’s ’Disappeared’ is an obra magistral, an opus magnum, a masterwork. It is an in-depth and broad study in which further research on memory, imposed forgetting, counter-memory, and the dynamics of cultural memory will be rooted.'- Maureen Tobin Stanley, University of Minnesota Duluth, USAThis book examines a 'people’s history' of the Span...
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    179,25 €

  • Weaving Justice into the Truth and Reconciliation Process by means of the Maslow-Lederach Reconciliation Model (MLRM)
    Danielle Michaud Aubrey
    A model is presented in which the five hierarchal needs of Abraham Maslow align with the four reconciliation elements of John Paul Lederach:the Maslow-Lederach Reconciliation Model (MLRM). The matrix is used to identify and assess restorative justice programs and policy concerning injured ethnic groups on a national level. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission process in both...
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    15,37 €

  • Last Chance to Save Our Republic
    Hannah Faulkner
    In Last Chance to Save Our Republic, Hannah delivers a powerful wake-up call to Americans of all ages and backgrounds, urging them to fight for the Republic that so many have sacrificed their lives to protect. She confronts the moral decay threatening the nation, from the breakdown of the family to the absurdity of leaders who can’t define basic truths like 'What is a woman?' H...
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    24,84 €

  • Matter Out of Place
    Anthropologists often use ’pollution’ to refer to social and individual challenges to a cultural idea of purity, which may be seen in terms of religious practice, foodstuffs and social differentiation. It has been used as a trope to explore ideas of dirt and place, moral inversion and reinforcement, disgust and taboo.The book is an invitation to consider the continued relevance...
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    184,53 €

  • Girls Take Action
    Catherine Vanner
    The repression of the rights of girls and women is continuously threatened in a wide range of global cultural contexts. From the rise in laws restricting reproductive freedom to the growth in essentialist ideas about gender and the backlash to the #MeToo movement, the challenges facing girls and young women are as diverse as the activism networks established to address them. Gi...
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    183,87 €

  • Invisible Faces and Hidden Stories
    Dealing with narratives of vulnerable populations, this book looks at how they deal with dimensions of their social life, especially in regards to health. It reflects the socio-political ecologies like public hostility and stereotyping, neglect of their unique health needs, their courage to overcome adversity, and the love of family and healthcare providers in mitigating their ...
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    40,76 €

  • Articulate Necrographies
    Going beyond the frameworks of the anthropology of death, Articulate Necrographies offers a dramatic new way of studying the dead and their interactions with the living. Traditional anthropology has tended to dichotomize societies where death 'speaks' from those where death is 'silent' - the latter is deemed 'scientific' and the former 'religious' or 'magical'. The collection i...
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    47,12 €

  • Terrorism and the Pandemic
    Rohan Gunaratna
    The global pandemic has offered extraordinary opportunities for extremists and terrorists to mobilize themselves and revive as more powerful actors in the security landscape. But could these threat groups actually capitalize on the coronavirus crisis and advance their malevolent agendas? Utilizing the largest COVID-19-related terrorism database, the book presents an analysis bu...
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    26,66 €

  • Making Multiple Babies
    Chia-Ling Wu
    Human beings have been producing more twins, triplets, and quadruplets than ever before, due to the expansion of medically assisted conception. This book analyzes the anticipatory regimes of making multiple babies. With archival documents, participant observation, in-depth interviews, and registry data, this book traces the global and local governance of the assisted reproducti...
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    26,41 €

  • Desert Entanglements
    Gabriele Volpato
    The word 'desert' comes from the Latin desertus, which means forsaken, empty. To this view, the Sahrawi camel pastoralists of Western Sahara contrapose the Arabic term badiya to describe an animated landscape. After five decades of exile as refugees in southwestern Algeria, the Sahrawi have struggled to reconfigure the badiya, recovering camel husbandry and access to part of th...
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    184,38 €

  • Belonging in Unhomely Homelands
    Marija Grujić
    Over two decades ago, Kosovo Serbs faced displacement due to ethnic conflict and tensions. Using their rich biographical narratives and intersectional analysis, this book provides insight into the nuanced ways individuals navigate their sense of place, sense of loss and belonging during times of upheaval and the rise of nationalism, with connections to territoriality of homelan...
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    184,19 €

  • Value and Worthlessness
    Don Kalb
    Advocating for an interdisciplinary Marxist anthropology of the present, this book uses historical and global anthropology to engage with history, theory, unevenness, and comparison, while using 'global ethnography' and 'hidden histories' as the keys to social discovery. Kalb’s anthropology of value and worthlessness lays bare the logics that currently produce right wing, popul...
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    197,25 €

  • Resituating Crisis
    The world is increasingly influenced by ongoing crisis, or at least this is what mainstream media and politics wants us to believe. When portrayed here, crisis most often comes in the form of situations challenging a sense of normality, such as with violent conflicts, pandemics, or forced migration. However, crisis is not just a situation twisting normality but can become const...
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    184,10 €

  • Nighttime Breastfeeding
    Cecília Tomori
    New parents in the United States are caught between responding to infant needs for closeness and breastfeeding, and cultural and medical norms that emphasize solitary sleep. This anthropological investigation shows that nighttime closeness and breastfeeding are the evolutionary and cross-cultural norm, but recent sociocultural shifts produced novel ideals of separation. The boo...
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    197,70 €

  • Negotiating Gendered Identities in Primary School
    Jon Swain
    This open access book explores young children’s lives in their later years at primary school, from their own point of view. It focuses on how girls and boys experience life in their informal peer group and explores the dynamics of friendships and social hierarchies, identities and how time is spent outside of lessons, including the use of social media. The author interrogates h...
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    219,01 €

  • Asylum and Nonreligion
    Ben Laws
    This open access Palgrave Pivot explores the experiences of nonreligious asylum seekers in Northern Europe. While religious persecution is often cited as a reason for seeking asylum, nonbelievers also face significant persecution in their home countries due to their lack of religious affiliation. Despite this, their experiences are frequently overlooked in academic discussions,...
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    56,64 €

  • William Cotton Oswell Hunter And Explorer The Story Of His Life With Certain Correspondence And Extracts From The Private Journal Of David Livingstone, Hitherto Unpublished Vol. II
    W. Edward Oswell
    'William Cotton Oswell Hunter And Explorer: The Story Of His Life With Certain Correspondence And Extracts From The Private Journal Of David Livingstone, Hitherto Unpublished Vol. II' is a biographical work that recounts the life of William Cotton Oswell, a prominent hunter and explorer of the 19th century. The book delves into his adventurous spirit and achievements. The narra...
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    15,23 €

  • Principia Of Ethnology The Origin Of Races And Color, With An Arch ological Compendium Of Ethiopian And Egyptian Civilization, From Years Of Careful Examination And Inquiry
    Martin R. Delany
    Principia Of Ethnology: The Origin Of Races And Color, With An Arch ological Compendium Of Ethiopian And Egyptian Civilization, From Years Of Careful Examination And Inquiry is a scholarly work that examines the origins of races and color, with a particular focus on the civilizations of Ethiopia and Egypt. Delany offers an in-depth analysis based on years of research, highlight...
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    11,75 €

  • Cradle Wedding Rituals Of The Khorezm Oasis
    Ro’za Otaboyeva
    The concept of the cradle has been deeply rooted in human history and culture, symbolizing care, nurturing, and the cycle of life. From ancient times, cradles have served not only as practical tools for soothing infants but also as cultural artifacts reflecting societal values, craftsmanship, and traditions.The history of the cradle dates back thousands of years, with evidence ...
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    51,75 €

  • Echoes of Oral Tradition
    K. K. BONTEH
    Echoes of the Oral Tradition: Exploring Africa’s Rich Heritage in Oral Literature by K.K. Bonteh is a profound journey into the heart of Africa’s diverse oral traditions. From the vibrant folktales of West Africa to the spiritual chants of Southern Africa, this book uncovers the foundational role that oral literature plays in preserving history, culture, and identity across the...
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    72,24 €

  • Modern-day ethics
    Pathy MAKOYI / RICHARD BUNDUKI
    This book explores the crucial role of ethics in research, examining a variety of methodologies and contexts. Each study focuses on ethical responsibility throughout the research process, from initial conception to dissemination. Researchers face increasing challenges in navigating ethical complexities, requiring robust frameworks to ensure integrity and protect the welfare of ...
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    31,14 €

  • Anthropology in the Anthropocene
    Christoph Antweiler
    In this book, anthropologist and geologist Christoph Antweiler shows that geology is a special, namely historical, natural science and is therefore relevant for a historically informed anthropology. He argues that we do not only need a geologically informed cultural anthropology, but conversely also an anthropologically oriented geology. A comprehensive geology must include mat...
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    179,08 €

  • The Crowd
    Gustave Le Bon
    In this groundbreaking classic, Gustave Le Bon explores the psychology of crowds, unraveling the forces that shape collective behavior and the ways individuals are transformed within a crowd: published in 1895, The Crowd is as relevant today as it was in 1895, offering insights into the dynamics of group influence in politics, culture, and society.Le Bon examines how emotions, ...
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    9,59 €

  • Dead Meat
    Elisabeth Abergel
    As we confront the environmental challenges of the Anthropocene, cellular agriculture has emerged as a revolutionary technology promising to reshape global food systems. Dead Meat offers a critical examination of this biotechnological shift, exploring how cultivated meat production reconfigures the relationship between life, death, and food in the context of competing ecologica...
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    179,39 €

  • Doing Research in Social Work and Social Care
    Catherine Flynn / Fiona McDermott
    A step-by-step guide to understanding the concepts of research and gathering data to writing it all up and sharing knowledge, this book enables readers to learn the research process with confidence, build practical knowledge, and make the necessary connections between research and professional practice. ...
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    182,98 €

  • How to Study Social Life
    Alan Latham / Russell Hitchings
    This text is both a practical account of the research process, and an invitation to think more deeply and reflexively about the imperfect, multifaceted nature of social research itself. ...
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    157,50 €

  • How to Study Social Life
    Alan Latham / Russell Hitchings
    This text is both a practical account of the research process, and an invitation to think more deeply and reflexively about the imperfect, multifaceted nature of social research itself. ...
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    183,20 €

  • Social, Political, and Health Implications of Early Marriage
    Emaj Uddin
    Early marriage has significant social, political, and health implications that impact individuals, families, and communities. Socially, early marriage often hinders opportunities for education, personal development, and economic independence, and can perpetuate cycles of poverty and gender inequality. Politically, it raises concerns about human rights, legal frameworks, and acc...
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    308,65 €

  • Social, Political, and Health Implications of Early Marriage
    Emaj Uddin
    Early marriage has significant social, political, and health implications that impact individuals, families, and communities. Socially, early marriage often hinders opportunities for education, personal development, and economic independence, and can perpetuate cycles of poverty and gender inequality. Politically, it raises concerns about human rights, legal frameworks, and acc...
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    236,27 €


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