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  • Aboriginal Woman Sacred and Profaneby Phyllis Kaberry

    Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 49.95

    First published in 1939 by Routledge, this classic ethnography portrays the aboriginal woman as she really is - a complex social personality with her own prerogatives, duties, problems, beliefs, rituals and point of view. This groundbreaking and enduring study was researched in North-West Australia between 1935 and 1936 and was written by a woman who... more...

  • The Aborigines of Western Australiaby Albert F. Calvert

    ReadHowYouWant 2009; US$ 4.99

    A fabulous short research about the aborigines of Western Australia. Through simple and vivid language Calvert has portrayed the culture and traditions of natives very superbly. Awe-inspiring! more...

  • The Admonishment of Vegetarian Great Auntby Saskia Eleonora Wieringa

    Amsterdam University Press 2007; US$ 10.50

    Great Aunt Reflections on Sexual and Gender Multiplicity and Culture Inaugural Lecture delivered on the appointment to the chair of Gender and Women's Same-Sex Relations Cross-culturally at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences more...

  • Advancing Ethnography in Corporate Environmentsby Brigitte Jordan

    Left Coast Press 2012; US$ 29.95

    In this innovative volume, twelve leading scholars from corporate research labs and independent consultancies tackle the most fundamental and contentious issues in corporate ethnography. Organized in pairs of chapters in which two experts consider different sides of an important topic, these provocative encounters go beyond stale rehearsals of method... more...

  • Advertising Culturesby Timothy deWaal Malefyt; Brian Moeran

    Bloomsbury Publishing 2003; US$ 109.95

    Through its artful engagement with consumers, advertising subtly shapes our everyday worlds. It plays upon powerful emotions -- envy, fear, lust and ambition. But the industry itself is far more subtle and complex than many people might assume. Throu gh an innovative mix of business strategy and cultural theory, this pioneering book provides a behind-the-scenes... more...

  • Africa Countsby Claudia Zaslavsky

    Chicago Review Press 1999; US$ 14.95

    This fascinating study of mathematical thinking among sub-Saharan African peoples covers counting in words and in gestures; measuring time, distance, weight, and other quantities; manipulating money and keeping accounts; number systems; patterns in music, poetry, art, and architecture; and number magic and taboos. African games such as mankala and... more...

  • African Charismaticsby J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu

    BRILL 2004; US$ 70.00

    This book provides significant insights into current historical and theological developments affecting independent indigenous Pentecostalism in Ghana. The information used originates from a specific African context, but serves as a window for understanding modern African Christianity. more...

  • African Cultural Astronomyby Jarita Holbrook; Rodney Thebe Medupe; Johnson O. Urama

    Springer 2008; US$ 139.99

    Astronomy is the science of studying the sky using telescopes and light collectors such as photographic plates or CCD detectors. However, people have always studied the sky and continue to study the sky without the aid of instruments this is the realm of cultural astronomy. This is the first scholarly collection of articles focused on the cultural... more...

  • Afro-Caribbean Religionsby Nathaniel Samuel Murrell

    Temple University Press 2010; US$ 41.95

    Religion is one of the most important elements of Afro-Caribbean culture linking its people to their African past, from Haitian Vodou and Cuban Santeria—popular religions that have often been demonized in popular culture—to Rastafari in Jamaica and Orisha-Shango of Trinidad and Tobago. In Afro-Caribbean Religions, Nathaniel Samuel Murrell... more...