Social and cultural anthropology Books

This book starts from the premise that the advent of mobile telephony in Mali coincided with economic liberalization, internationalization of trades and new balances in social spaces such as the Bamako market and the Center and Northern regions of Mali...

According to Fossungu, we need healthy competition for progress. Competition that is not geared toward progress is negative competition. No competition or the absence of self-help is negative competition. With factories competing healthily, consumers...

This book is a descriptive and documentary analysis of the Mankon I-language and E-language mirrored through aspects of history, geography, flora and fauna. These aspects manifest in the taxonomic nomenclatures attributed to referents in society. Because...

Embark on a captivating journey through the heart of Bulgaria with Mags Pie's latest masterpiece, "With Knife and Fork in Bulgaria." As your culinary guide and history enthusiast, Mags Pie weaves a tapestry of fascinating tales, blending the rich history...

Young lovers who have read the 24x7 Marriage: Smart strategies for Good Beginnings; Dr Vijay Nagaswami's bestseller in 2008/2009, may be asking themselves; 'What if the magic leaves us?' The Fifty-50 Marriage: Return to Intimacy, the second in...

Für jeden einzelnen Tag von 2021 - 2030 findet man hier die entsprechenden Daten der verschiedenen Maya-Kalender: Haab, Tzolkin und Long Count. Es ist dies eine Sonderausgabe der ersten Gesamtausgabe der drei Maya-Kalender - Tzolkin + Haab + Long Count -...

1. Einleitung2. Geschichte des spanischen Kriminalromans: vom 19. Jahrhundert bis Manuel Vázquez Montalbán3. Spanien unter Francisco Franco3.1 Geschichtlicher Überblick3.2 Das Zensursystem in Spanien von 1936 - 19753.3 Umgehungsmöglichkeiten der Zensur...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften - Sonstiges, Note: 1,15, Universität Bremen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das grundlegende Thema der folgenden Arbeit ist, inwiefern sich in Godards frühen Filmen spezifische Aspekte...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften - Sonstiges, Note: 1,0, Universität Passau (Philosophische Fakultät), Veranstaltung: Kulturgeographie, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Hip Hop ist „more than just music", so KRS-One in...

Magisterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Ethnologie / Volkskunde, Note: 1,7, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Wenn Flüchtlinge und Migranten in ein für sie fremdes Land kommen, werden sie mit allerlei Problemen...

Magisterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Ethnologie / Volkskunde, Note: 1,7, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (Institut für Ethnologie), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: AbstractJeder kennt die suggestive und evokative Kraft, die Metaphern in...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Ethnologie / Volkskunde, Note: 5,5 (CH), Universität Zürich (Ethnologisches Seminar), Veranstaltung: Lizentiat, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ob Völkermord in Ruanda oder Burundi, der Kampf der Timoresen um...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften - Empirische Kulturwissenschaften, Note: 1,3, Universität Lüneburg (Kulturwissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Seminar: Urbane Aspekte der Kulturvermittlung , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract:...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften - Empirische Kulturwissenschaften, Note: ohne, Universität Lüneburg, Veranstaltung: Computerspiele - Heldenmythen für den modernen Jungen/Mann?, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Spielen...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften - Empirische Kulturwissenschaften, Note: 2, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (Volkskunde/Kulturgeschichte), Veranstaltung: Spruchweisheiten, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Sprichwörter,...

In der Arbeitswelt werden neue Fähigkeiten verlangt. Dieses Buch zeigt, dass künftig eine neue Kernkompetenz darin besteht, Unwägbarkeiten zu bewältigen - auch und gerade in hoch technisierten Wirtschaftszweigen. ...

Im Kontext von Organisationstheorie und Bildungsmanagement bieten die AutorInnen dieses Bandes eine wissenschaftlich fundierte Reflexionsgrundlage für geplanten Organisationswandel.

In dem Buch werden die Sozialsektoren der Länder Deutschland, Frankreich und Großbritannien verglichen, nationale Besonderheiten hervorgehoben und Unterschiede aufgezeigt. Abgeschlossen wird mit einem Ausblick über die Zukunft...

Dass Deutschland ein Einwanderungsland ist, gilt inzwischen nicht nur in der Wissenschaft sondern auch in der Politik als unbestrittene Tatsache. Die Konsequenzen der Einwanderung für Einheimische und Zuwanderer sind Gegenstand...

"Mehr Wettbewerb und weniger Organisation" lautet die populäre Antwort auf oftmals beklagte Innovationsdefizite. Diese Position lässt unberücksichtigt, dass Wettbewerb in den meisten Gesellschaftsbereichen Organisation...

This collection comprises a diverse and stimulating collection of essays on questions of gender and sexualities, crafted by both established and younger researchers. The collection includes fascinating insights into topics as varied as the popularity of...

The Contemporary study of musical arts, Volumes 1 to 5 is a series that emphasizes the intellectual security of cultural knowledge orientation in the study and research of the musical arts for students and educators that could engage in global knowledge...

The Contemporary study of musical arts, Volumes 1 to 5 is a series that emphasizes the intellectual security of cultural knowledge orientation in the study and research of the musical arts for students and educators that could engage in global knowledge...

 A riveting story of grinding poverty and casual cruelty in 1920s Halifax. A time just within the edges of living memory when a four-year-old child danced for pennies on a pub table, to pay for her father's drinking. And as a nine-year-old, that...

The things which are right in front of us can often be the things which are most hidden. In Japan, the word omote means 'face'. But it also means 'mask' - something that a person uses to hide an inner reality.Face-value questions - 'Are the Japanese...

In this volume Massimo Canevacci draws on ethnographic fieldworkcarried out together with Bororo of the Mato Grosso (Brazil), in particular Kleber Meritororeu, to examine the tensions, conflicts and exchanges between transformation and tradition. The...

Storytelling plays an important part in the vibrant cultural life of Zambia and in many other communities across Africa. This innovative book provides a collection and analysis of oral narrative traditions as practiced by five Bemba-speaking ethnic...

The study of non-human animals as other-than-human persons (including animal-spirits and divine animals) has marked a significant shift in the ethics and politics of the academic study of religion. Charming Animals and Frightful...

Recent literature has identified modern "parenting" as an expert-led practice-one which begins with pre-pregnancy decisions, entails distinct types of intimate relationships, places intense burdens on mothers and increasingly on fathers too. Exploring...

Thirty years after the collapse of Communism, and at a time of increasing anti-migrant and anti-Roma sentiment, this book analyses how Roma identity is expressed in contemporary Europe. From backgrounds ranging from political theory, postcolonial,...

What happens when versions of the past become silenced, suppressed, or privileged due to urban restructuring? In what ways are the interpretations and performances of 'the past' linked to urban gentrification, marginalization, displacement, and social...

'May you live in interesting times' was made famous by Sir Austen Chamberlain. The premise is that 'interesting times' are times of upheaval, conflict and insecurity - troubled times. With the growing numbers of displaced populations and the rise in the...

Presenting sixty theoretical ideas, David Zeitlyn asks 'How to write about anthropological theory without making a specific theoretical argument.' "David Zeitlyn has written a wryly engaging, short book on, essentially, why we should not become...

Offering an original discussion of the gentrification phenomenon in Europe, this book provides new theoretical insights into classical works on the subject. Using a thorough analysis of the diversity of the forms, places and actors of gentrification in...

Addressing several issues of significance in the fields of Anthropology of Migration, Politics of Healthcare, Religious and Francophone Studies, this book pursues an unprecedented line of research by bringing to the fore the geopolitical dimension of...

Tibet is known for its broad range of marriage practices, particularly polyandry, where two or more brothers share one wife. With economic development and massive Chinese social and political reforms, including new marriage laws prohibiting plural...

Lifestyle in Siberia and the Russian North breaks new ground by exploring the concept of lifestyle from a distinctly anthropological perspective. Showcasing the collective work of ten experienced scholars in the field, the book goes beyond concepts of...

Theory without practice is empty, practice without theory is blind, to adapt a phrase from Immanuel Kant. The sentiment could not be truer of cultural heritage ethics. This intra-disciplinary book bridges the gap between theory and practice by bringing...

More than two decades of deconstruction, renovation, and reconstruction have left the urban environments in the former German Democratic Republic completely transformed. This volume considers the changing urban landscapes in the former East - and how the...

Gananath Obeyesekere calls his contribution to this volume a peon to 'foolishness'. But this is a fertile foolishness that implies a positive freedom to engage passionately in comparison, to avoid disciplinary overspecialization, to understand that the...

Since the time of the Grand Tour, the Italian region of Tuscany has sustained a highly visible American and Anglo migrant community. Today American women continue to migrate there, many in order to marry Italian men. Confronted with experiences of social...

In post-1991 Macedonia, Barok furniture came to represent affluence and success during a period of transition to a new market economy. This furniture marked the beginning of a larger Baroque style that influenced not only interior decorations in people's...

Everywhere in the world communities and nations organize themselves in relation to water. We divert water from rivers, lakes, and aquifers to our homes, workplaces, irrigation canals, and hydro-generating stations. We use it for bathing, swimming,...

Nostalgia is intimately connected to the history of the social sciences in general and anthropology in particular, though finely grained ethnographies of nostalgia and loss are still scarce. Today, anthropologists have realized that nostalgia constitutes...

Within little more than ten years in the early nineteenth century, inhabitants of Tahiti, Hawaii and fifteen other closely related societies destroyed or desecrated all of their temples and most of their god-images. In the aftermath of the explosive...

Two decades after the publication of Clifford and Marcus' volume Writing Culture, this collection provides a fresh and diverse reassessment of the debates that this pioneering volume unleashed. At the same time, Beyond Writing Culture moves the debate on...

Vernacular knowledge is a realm of discourses and beliefs that challenge institutional authorities and official truths, defying regulation and eluding monovocal expressions. Unlike monolithic 'truths', religious or secular, vernacular knowledge tends to...