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  • Sex at Dawnby Christopher Ryan; Cacilda Jetha

    HarperCollins 2010; US$ 9.99

    Since Darwin's day, we've been told that sexual monogamy comes naturally to our species. Mainstream science—as well as religious and cultural institutions—has maintained that men and women evolved in families in which a man's possessions and protection were exchanged for a woman's fertility and fidelity. But this narrative is collapsing. Fewer and fewer couples are getting married, and divorce rates keep climbing as adultery and flagging libido drag down even seemingly solid marriages. How can reality be reconciled with the accepted narrative? It can't be, according to renegade thinkers Christopher Ryan and Cacilda JethÅ. While debunking almost everything we "know" about sex, they offer a bold alternative explanation in... more...

  • Deeply Into the Boneby Ronald L. Grimes

    University of California Press 2000; US$ 15.95

    Over the past two decades, North Americans have become increasingly interested in understanding and reclaiming the rites that mark significant life passages. In the absence of meaningful rites of passage, we speed through the dangerous intersections of life and often come to regret missing an opportunity to contemplate a child's birth, mark the arrival of maturity, or meditate on the loss of a loved one. more...

  • Sociology on the Menuby Alan Beardsworth; Teresa Keil

    Routledge 1996; US$ 56.95

    Sociology on the Menu is an accessible introduction to the sociology of food. Highlighting the social and cultural dimensions of the human food system it encourages us to consider new ways of thinking of the everyday act of eating more...

  • Aromaby Constance Classen; David Howes; Anthony Synnott

    Routledge 1994; US$ 57.95

    Compelling, accessible and beautifully written, this is the first comprehensive exploration of the cultural role of odours in Western society - from antiquity to the present - and in a variety of non-Western societies. more...

  • Meatby Nick Fiddes

    Routledge 1992; US$ 57.95

    This is a broad-ranging and provocative study of the human passion for meat. It will intrigue anyone who has ever wondered why meat is important to us; why we eat some animals but not others; and how meat is associated with environmental decay. more...

  • Alcohol, Gender and Cultureby Dimitra Gefou-Madianou

    Routledge 1992; US$ 155.00

    Contributors show how in countries across Europe, alcohol plays a significant role in cultural, religious and social identities, and how drinking practices can provide an analytical tool with which to approach different socio-cultural groups. more...

  • Means Of Namingby Stephen Wilson

    Routledge 1998; US$ 38.95

    Names are never given accidentally; they are chosen and bestowed according to rules that reflect fundamental features of the society and culture concerned. This is a study of the nature and history of naming practices in Western Europe. more...

  • Wedding Cakes and Cultural Historyby Simon R. Charsley

    Routledge 1992; US$ 31.95

    In this unique contribution to the anthropology of food, Simon Charsley traces the history of the wedding cake to the present day and shows how it provides a vivid illustration of the traditions and traditional values inherent in all foods. more...

  • Food, Health and Identityby Pat Caplan

    Routledge 1997; US$ 59.95

    By addressing the issue of food and eating in Britain today, this book considers the way in which our food habits are changing, and shows how social and personal identities and perceptions of health and risk influence choices. more...

  • Daughters of Haritiby Geoffrey Samuel; Santi Rozario

    Routledge 2002; US$ 143.00

    Is Western medical technology necessarily a good thing, or can it be dangerous? This book investigates its impact on midwives, healers and mothers giving birth in India today. more...