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  • Gender Reversals and Gender Culturesby Sabrina Petra Ramet

    Routledge 1996; US$ 42.95

    This collection of original essays explores the historical and cultural diversity of the experience of gender reversal over an exceptional geographical and chronological range. Topics cove- red include anthropology, history, literature. more...

  • Religionby Raymond Firth

    Routledge 1995; US$ 43.95

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

  • Anthropology and Psychoanalysisby Ariane Deluz; Suzette Heald

    Taylor and Francis 1994; US$ 57.95

    In Anthropology and Psychoanalysis the contributors, both practising anthropologists and psychoanalysts, explore in detail the interface between the two disciplines and locate this within the history of both anthropology and psychoanalysis. In particular, they deal with the distinctive reactions of British, French and American anthropology to psychoanalysis... more...

  • Purity and Dangerby Professor Mary Douglas

    Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 21.95

    In Purity and Danger Mary Douglas identifies the concern for purity as a key theme at the heart of every society. In lively and lucid prose she explains its relevance for every reader by revealing its wide-ranging impact on our attitudes to society, values, cosmology and knowledge. The book has been hugely influential in many areas of debate - from... 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...

  • Material Culturesby Daniel Miller

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 65.95

    This volume is an ethnographic study of material cultures. Incorporating local and global dimensions, a team of scholars explore the changing experiences of cultures in locations as disparate as the Philippines and Northern Ireland. Material culture and consumption studies have undergone something of a renaissance recently. This study provides an up-to-date... more...

  • Reason and Moralityby Joanna Overing

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 48.95

    This clear, critical examination makes Hegels arguments fully accessible. Hegel 's system is considered as a whole and examines the wide range of problems that it was designed to solve. more...

  • World of Goodsby Mary Douglas; Baron Isherwood

    Routledge 1996; US$ 52.95

    In this pioneering work, a leading anthropologist and an economist join forces to suggest that people use goods as a means of communicating with each other and illustrate how we can better understand the way this affects society. more...

  • Recasting Ritualby Felicia Hughes-Freeland; Mary M. Crain

    Routledge 1998; US$ 44.95

    Recasting Ritual, uses worldwide case studies to explore how ritualized action changes in response to varying cultural, political and physical contexts. more...

  • Locality and Belongingby Nadia Lovell

    Routledge 1998; US$ 47.95

    Locality and Belonging provides an international overview of the relationship between identity and territory with case studies from Indonesia, Zanzibar, Argentina, South Africa and the UK. more...