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Sex at Dawnby Christopher Ryan; Cacilda Jetha
HarperCollins 2010; US$ 9.99Since Darwin's day, we've been told that sexual monogamy comes naturally to our species. Mainstream scienceas well as religious and cultural institutionshas 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$ 15.95Over 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$ 56.95Sociology 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$ 57.95Compelling, 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$ 57.95This 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$ 155.00Contributors 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$ 38.95Names 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$ 31.95In 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$ 59.95By 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$ 143.00Is 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...