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  • Ceremony and Ritual in Japanby Jan Van Bremen; D. P. Martinez

    Routledge 1994; US$ 195.00

    Focuses on traditional and religious aspects of Japanese society from an anthropological perspective, presenting new material and making cross-cultural comparisons. Topics include women's role in ritual, mourning and the playing of games. more...

  • Religionby Raymond Firth

    Routledge 1995; US$ 43.95

    Treats religion as a human art, capable of great intellectual and artistic achievements. more...

  • Introduction to Tourism and Anthropologyby Peter Burns

    Routledge 1999; US$ 45.95

    This text explains how anthropology is a window through which tourism dynamics may be properly analysed and evaluated. more...

  • On Durkheim's Elementary Forms of Religious Life by N.J. Allen; W.S.F. Pickering; W. Watts Miller

    Routledge 1998; US$ 208.00

    This is the first collection of essays to be published on Durkheim's masterpiece The Elementary Forms of Religious Life and includes work by the most important international Durkheim scholars. more...

  • What is Indigenous Knowledge?by Ladislaus M. Semali; Max Allan Collins

    Garland Science 2000; US$ 57.95

    The international panel of contributors analyses knowledge production and the rules of scholarship, opening new avenues for discussion in education, philosophy, cultural studies, as well as in other important fields. more...

  • Medicine, Magic and Religionby W.H.R. Rivers

    Routledge 2001; US$ 18.00

    In this classic work, the author introduced the then revolutionary idea that indigenous practices are indeed rational, when viewed in terms of religious beliefs. more...

  • Purity and Dangerby Mary Douglas

    Routledge 2002; US$ 19.95

    In this classic work Mary Douglas identifies the concern for pirity as a key theme at the heart of every society. She reveals its wide-ranging impact on our attitudes tp society, values, cosmology and knowledge. more...

  • Understanding Ritualsby Daniel de Coppet

    Routledge 1992; US$ 44.95

    Within any society, rituals create, maintain and transform cultural identity and social relations. Daniel de Coppet presents six different contributions on how to understand ritual within the frame of contemporary social anthropology. more...

  • Anthropology and International Healthby Mimi Nichter; Mark Nichter

    Routledge 2002; US$ 44.95

    Recognizing the significance of cultural aspects in the practice of medicine, this book places a strong emphasis on the social structure, customs, and history of the indigenous population and its ramifications on health care providers. The book also considers the econo-cultural influences on the way medicine is practiced. By including chapters that focus on health care's sudden advent as commodity and the microeconomic approach to public funding for health care facilities, the Nichters explore a world in which money and patients' expectations play an ever increasing role in the way health care is provided. more...

  • Encyclopedia of Religious Rites, Rituals, and Festivalsby Frank Salamone

    Routledge 2004; US$ 165.00

    This complex topic is explored through articles covering general concepts and ideas, major forms of ritual and festival, life cycle rites and specific rites and festivals such as Easter, Christmas, Passover, Ramadan and many more. more...