Catálogo de libros: Antropología

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  • Touring Afoot
    Claude P. Fordyce
    Touring Afoot, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of ...
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    15,42 €

  • Popular Pastimes for Field and Fireside, or Amusements for young and old
    Caroline L. Smith
    Popular Pastimes for Field and Fireside, or Amusements for young and old, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped a...
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    20,56 €

  • An Anthropology of Crosslocations
    Phaedra Douzina-Bakalaki / Samuli Lähteenaho / Sarah Green
     An Anthropology of Crosslocations introduces a radical new approach to understanding location. The co-authors show that the question of where something is depends on how places are mutually connected and disconnected. The location of a place can be established by different logics, such as national borders, ecosystems, or economic zones. These different ways of classifying the ...
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    47,15 €

  • EcoGothic gardens in the long nineteenth century
    Sue Edney
    Diverse ecoGothic interpretations of Victorian gardens and their reflections of human disturbance, using material ecocritical methodology to examine uncanny vegetal agency. Monster plants, mystical trees, fairy groves, grim lakes and talking flowers are among the topics, seen through prose, poetry and painting. ...
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    35,77 €

  • The anthropology of ambiguity
    This is an anthropological exploration of the existential and philosophical qualities of ambiguity as a generative force of political and socio-cultural transformation in contemporary human life trajectories. ...
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    169,60 €

  • Resisting Olympic evictions
    Adam Talbot
    Resisting Olympic evictions explores how one favela mobilised urban space to contest the logic underpinning removals in the glare of the mega-event’s spotlight. Based on 14 months of ethnographic fieldwork in Brazil, it provides instructive lessons on building democratic and just cities across the Global South. ...
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    157,72 €

  • The Playboy of the Western World-A New Version
    Bisi Adigun Adigun / Roddy Doyle
    Bisi Adigun and Roddy Doyle’s centenary adaption of J. M. Synge’s classic The Playboy of the Western World had a sold-out run when it was produced at Dublin’s Abbey Theater in 2007 and was brought back by popular demand in 2009. The new version is set in a contemporary Dublin pub and features the character of a Nigerian asylum-seeker in the lead role. Under the coauthorship of ...
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    89,15 €

  • The Playboy of the Western World-A New Version
    Bisi Adigun / Roddy Doyle
    Bisi Adigun and Roddy Doyle’s centenary adaption of J. M. Synge’s classic The Playboy of the Western World had a sold-out run when it was produced at Dublin’s Abbey Theater in 2007 and was brought back by popular demand in 2009. The new version is set in a contemporary Dublin pub and features the character of a Nigerian asylum-seeker in the lead role. Under the coauthorship of ...
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    44,72 €

  • Chinese Espresso
    Grazia Ting Deng
    Why and how local coffee bars in Italy—those distinctively Italian social and cultural spaces—have been increasingly managed by Chinese baristas since the Great Recession of 2008Italians regard espresso as a quintessentially Italian cultural product—so much so that Italy has applied to add Italian espresso to UNESCO’s official list of intangible heritages of humanity. The coffe...
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    135,80 €

  • Chinese Espresso
    Grazia Ting Deng
    Why and how local coffee bars in Italy—those distinctively Italian social and cultural spaces—have been increasingly managed by Chinese baristas since the Great Recession of 2008Italians regard espresso as a quintessentially Italian cultural product—so much so that Italy has applied to add Italian espresso to UNESCO’s official list of intangible heritages of humanity. The coffe...
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    37,56 €

  • Disability Worlds
    Faye Ginsburg
    In Disability Worlds, Faye Ginsburg and Rayna Rapp chronicle and theorize two decades of immersion in New York City’s wide-ranging disability worlds as parents, activists, anthropologists, and disability studies scholars. They situate their disabled children’s lives among the experiences of advocates, families, experts, activists, and artists in larger struggles for recognition...
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    134,65 €

  • Disability Worlds
    Faye Ginsburg
    In Disability Worlds, Faye Ginsburg and Rayna Rapp chronicle and theorize two decades of immersion in New York City’s wide-ranging disability worlds as parents, activists, anthropologists, and disability studies scholars. They situate their disabled children’s lives among the experiences of advocates, families, experts, activists, and artists in larger struggles for recognition...
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    35,41 €

  • My Dark Companions and Their Strange Stories
    Henry M. Stanley
    My Dark Companions and Their Strange Stories, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are...
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    18,27 €

  • Told on the Pagoda
    Mimosa
    Told on the Pagoda: Tales of Burmah, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made...
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    13,93 €

  • My Book of Indoor Games
    Clarence Squareman
    My Book of Indoor Games, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned ...
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    16,94 €

  • Exploring CQ
    Wilbur Sargunaraj
    Embark on a transformative journey to develop your cultural intelligence and build meaningful relationships with people from different cultures. In Exploring CQ, Cultural Intelligence Facilitator Wilbur Sargunaraj uses insightful and humorous stories from his travels to explore cultural values, cultural clusters, and the subtleties of unconscious bias. This book is an invitatio...
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    17,64 €

  • Wonder in South Asia
    Tulasi Srinivas
    A comparative study of wonder in South Asian religions. ...
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    46,83 €

  • The Land of Fetish
    A. B. Ellis
    'The Land of Fetish' by A. B. Ellis is a captivating exploration of cultural anthropology, delving into the intricate tapestry of human beliefs and practices across diverse societies. Through meticulous ethnographic research, Ellis unveils a rich tapestry of folklore, rituals, and symbolism, shedding light on the profound significance of sacred objects and mythological narrativ...
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    14,58 €

  • Wake Up To Woke
    Kevin Donnelly
    Western civilisation, including Australia, is facing an existential threat to the hard fought forliberties and freedoms we take for granted. Rationality and reason no longer exist, religiousfreedom and freedom of conscience cancelled and institutions, including schools, universities, thechurch, family, businesses, corporations, the law and the media, infected with neo-Marxist i...
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    15,13 €

  • The elementary structuring of patriarchy
    Menara Guizardi
    Through life histories of Indigenous women, the volume bridges classical anthropological studies on kinship and contemporary research on the gender inequalities in transnational and transborder migrant families. This ethnographically-informed exercise establishes a critical feminist contribution to the study of border territories. ...
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    194,07 €

  • Vital Relations
    Jean Dennison
    Relationality is a core principle of Indigenous studies, yet there is relatively little work that assesses what building relations looks like in practice, especially in the messy context of Native nations’ governance. Focusing on the unique history and context of Osage nation building efforts, this insightful ethnography provides a deeper vision of the struggles Native nation l...
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    127,07 €

  • Vital Relations
    Jean Dennison
    Relationality is a core principle of Indigenous studies, yet there is relatively little work that assesses what building relations looks like in practice, especially in the messy context of Native nations’ governance. Focusing on the unique history and context of Osage nation building efforts, this insightful ethnography provides a deeper vision of the struggles Native nation l...
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    38,22 €

  • Shadow-Claimed
    Martine Osias
    In a world that has evolved beyond recognition, where human characteristics, interactions and cultural expressions seem alien compared to a century ago, this book dares to question the unnatural shift in humanity. It boldly uncovers the unspoken truths about life in today’s world, challenging the reader to say: STOP! We have strayed too far from our natural course.The book intr...
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    38,68 €

  • Are We Learning from Accidents?
    Nippin Anand
    Book review ’This brilliant book combines deeply personal insights and scholarly work, brought to bear on the important case of the Costa Concordia ship disaster. It’s full of riveting stories about shipping, punctuated by cool-headed analyses of mistakes and learning in general. Nippin’s labour of love will make everyone who reads the work a better, more interesting person.’ L...
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    27,33 €

  • The Progress of Ethnology
    John Russell Bartlett
    Excerpt from The Progress of Ethnology Of the first class of works, it has been sufficiently demonstrated, that a small proportion were intended for works of defence that another portion were sacred places, or in some way connected with religious or superstitious rites, while a third and much the larger number are entirely inexplicable in our present state of information. John ...
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    14,20 €

  • Lives Guided by Honor
    Mayling Elizabeth Simpson
    '...reveals the secret ingredients to why strong traditions at VMI have remained for almost two hundred years and the influence society has had on the school to change with the times.' -Destiny Jennifer Ringgold, author of Choosing the Harder Right: West Point’s 1976 Cheating Scandal'Simpson has drawn back the veil to reveal this legendary and mysterious Southern institution.' ...
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    17,95 €

  • Lives Guided by Honor
    Mayling Elizabeth Simpson
    '...reveals the secret ingredients to why strong traditions at VMI have remained for almost two hundred years and the influence society has had on the school to change with the times.' -Destiny Jennifer Ringgold, author of Choosing the Harder Right: West Point’s 1976 Cheating Scandal'Simpson has drawn back the veil to reveal this legendary and mysterious Southern institution.' ...
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    24,59 €

  • Tangible and Intangible Heritage in the Age of Globalisation
    Lilia Makhloufi
    Tangible and Intangible Heritage in the Age of Globalisation is a rich collection that illuminates the complex interrelationships between tangible and intangible heritage.Offering a close and critical examination of heritage preservation in countries including Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Egypt, Iran, Japan, Morocco, Oman, Syria and Tunisia, these essays illustrate t...
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    60,67 €

  • Tangible and Intangible Heritage in the Age of Globalisation
    Lilia Makhloufi
    Tangible and Intangible Heritage in the Age of Globalisation is a rich collection that illuminates the complex interrelationships between tangible and intangible heritage.Offering a close and critical examination of heritage preservation in countries including Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Egypt, Iran, Japan, Morocco, Oman, Syria and Tunisia, these essays illustrate t...
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    43,58 €

  • The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World, Vol. III. Being the First of the Second Voyage
    Georg Forster / James Cook
    The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World, Vol. III. Being the First of the Second Voyage, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has be...
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    28,20 €


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