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  • Perpetual Contactby James E. Katz; Mark Aakhus

    Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 34.00

    This book studies the impact of the mobile phone on contemporary society from a social scientific perspective. Providing a comprehensive overview of mobile phones and social interaction, it comprises an introduction covering the key issues, a series of unique national studies and a final section examining specific issues. more...

  • A history of the animal world in the ancient Near Eastby B. Collins

    BRILL 2002; US$ 290.00

    This title concerns man's contact with the animal world: sacrifice, sacred animals, diet, and domestication. Chapters on art, literature, religion and animal husbandry reveal a picture of the complex relationships between the peoples of the Ancient Near East and (their) animals. more...

  • Reading the Everydayby Joe Moran

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 36.95

    In an ever-growing field of study, this is a major contribution to one of the key areas in cultural studies and cultural theory ? the spaces, practices and mythologies of our everyday culture. Drawing on the work of such continental theorists as Henri Lefebvre, Michel de Certeau, Marc Augé and Siegfried Kracauer, Joe Moran explores the concrete... more...

  • Foragers of the Terminal Pleistocene in North Americaby Renee B. Walker

    University of Nebraska Press 2007; US$ 59.95

    These essays cast new light on Paleoindians, the first settlers of North America. Recent research strongly suggests that big-game hunting was but one of the subsistence strategies the first humans in the New World employed and that they also relied on foraging and fishing. more...

  • Thinking Through Thingsby Amiria Henare; Martin Holbraad; Sari Wastell

    Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 44.95

    Drawing upon the work of some of the most influential theorists in the field, Thinking Through Things demonstrates the quiet revolution growing in anthropology and its related disciplines, shifting its philosophical foundations. The first text to offer a direct and provocative challenge to disciplinary fragmentation - arguing for the futility of... more...

  • A Movable Feastby Kenneth F. Kiple

    Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 25.00

    This book provides a look at the globalization of food from the days of the hunter-gatherers to present-day genetically modified plants and animals. more...

  • Encyclopedia of Body Adornmentby Margo DeMello

    Greenwood Publishing Group 2007; US$ 80.00

    People everywhere have attempted to change their bodies in an effort to meet their cultural standards of beauty, as well as their religious and/or social obligations. Often times, this modification or adornment of their bodies is part of the complex process of creating and re-creating personal and social identities. Body painting has probably been... more...

  • Dinner with a Cannibalby Carole A. Travis-Henikoff; Christy G. Turner

    Santa Monica Press 2008; US$ 21.95

    Presenting the history of cannibalism in concert with human evolution, this account takes readers on an astonishing trip around the world and throughout history, painting the incredible, multifaceted realities of cannibalism. Focusing on how cannibalism began with the human species and how it has become an unspeakable taboo today, this study answers... more...

  • Understanding Material Cultureby Ian Woodward

    SAGE Publications 2007; US$ 58.00

    'In his interdisciplinary review of material culture, Ian Woodward goes beyond synthesis to offer a theoretically innovative reconstruction of the field. Understanding Material Culture is filled with gems of conceptual insight and empirical discovery. A wonderful book' - Jeffrey C. Alexander, Yale University ?This book provides a well-grounded... more...

  • The Writing Revolutionby Amalia E. Gnanadesikan

    John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2009; US$ 99.95

    In a world of rapid technological advancements, it can be easy to forget that writing is the original Information Technology, created to transcend the limitations of human memory and to defy time and space. The Writing Revolution picks apart the development of this communication tool to show how it has conquered the world. Explores how writing... more...