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The Silent Language by Edward T Hall Publisher Comments In print for nearly forty years and with more than one million copies sold, this classic work "shows how cultural factors influence the individual behind his back, without his knowledge" (Erich Fromm).... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Exploring the Humanities: Creativity and Culture in the West; Volume 2 with CD (Audio) by Laurie Schneider Adams Publisher Comments Introduction to the Humanities, Volume Two provides a comprehensive, color and illustration-filled compilation of the history of civilization. The book examines humanity and its art, culture, society, architecture and religion from the reformation and... (read more) List Price $100.50 Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market
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Humankind: A Brief History by F Fernandez Armesto Publisher Comments The discovery that the DNA of chimpanzees and humans is incredibly similar, sharing 98% of the same code, suggests that there is very little different--or special--about the human animal. Likewise, advances in artificial intelligence mean that humans no... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $3.25 Used - Hardcover
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The Mehinaku: The Dream of Daily Life in a Brazilian Indian Village by Thomas Gregor Publisher Comments Thomas Gregor sees the Mehinaku Indians of central Brazil as performers of roles, engaged in an ongoing improvisational drama of community life. The layout of the village and the architecture of the houses make the community a natural theater in the... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Nahuat Myth and Social Structure (Texas Pan American Series) by James Taggart Synopsis First published in 1983, Nahuat Myth and Social Structure brings together an important collection of modern-day Aztec Indian folktales and vividly demonstrates how these tales have been shaped by the social structure of the communities in which they are... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $1.98 Used - Trade Paper
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Women in the Field 2ND Edition by Peggy Golde Publisher Comments What is it like to be an anthropologist or, more specifically, a woman anthropologist? Here we see highly trained and qualified women anthropologists examining their own efforts to live and work in alien cultures in many parts of the world. New chapters... (read more) List Price $38.50 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Crafting Selves: Power, Gender, and Discourses of Identity in a Japanese Workplace by Dorinne K Kondo Publisher Comments The ethnography of Japan is currently being reshaped by a new generation of Japanologists, and the present work certainly deserves a place in this body of literature. . . . The combination of utility with beauty makes Kondo's book required reading, for... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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To Remember the Faces of the Dead: The Plenitude of Memory in Southwestern New Britain (New Directions in Anthropological Writing) by Thomas Maschio Publisher Comments After having arrived in New Guinea, on travels to southwestern New Britain by first taking a jet from Port Moresby to Kimbe, a new town that has grown up around a government-sponsored oil palm project. One takes a small plane over the rugged mountain... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays by Camille Paglia Publisher Comments A collection of twenty of Paglia's out-spoken essays on contemporary issues in America's ongoing cultural debate such as Anita Hill, Robert Mapplethorpe, the beauty myth, and the decline of education in America.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Assault on Paradise: Social Change in a Brazilian Village by Conrad Phill Kottak Publisher Comments This is a revision of a highly readable, instructive, and entertaining ethnography for use as a supplemental text in introductory anthropology courses. The text chronicles the rapid social and economic change in Arembepe, a Brazilian coastal fishing... (read more) List Price $33.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Legends of the Egyptian Gods: Hieroglyphic Texts and Translations by E A Wallis Budge Publisher Comments 9 of the most interesting and important Egyptian legends in hieroglyphic texts with literal translations on facing pages. Included are The Legend of the Creation, The Legend of the Destruction of Mankind, The Legend of Isis and Osiris, and more, enhanced... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Introducing Cultural Studies by Ziauddin Sardar Publisher Comments Cultural studies can't be described simply as a new "discipline". It's a whole new critical approach, incorporating methods from a wide range of academic fields. Cultural studies provide us with new means for understanding racial, national, sexual and... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Buried Alive: The Startling Truth about Neanderthal Man by Jack Cuozzo Publisher Comments In 1979, New Jersey orthodontist Jack Cuozzo was granted access to the world's most famous Neanderthal skeletons in Germany, France, and Israel. His interest in the mysterious remains began as mere curiosity about these ancient creatures. His findings... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mountain People by Colin Turnbull Publisher Comments In 'The Mountain People', Colin M. Turnbull, the celebrated author of the classic 'The Forest People', describes the dehumanization of the Ik, African tribesmen who in less than three generations have deteriorated from being once-prosperous hunters to... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $6.58 Used - Trade Paper
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Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Cultural Anthropology by Kirk M Endicott Publisher Comments This debate-style reader is designed to introduce students to controversies in cultural anthropology. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading anthropologists and educators, reflect a variety of viewpoints. Each reading has been selected... (read more) List Price $28.25 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Beyond Culture by Edward T Hall Publisher Comments Edward T. Hall opens up new dimensions of understanding and perception of human experience by helping us rethink our values in constructive ways.... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Cassowary's Revenge: The Life and Death of Masculinity in a New Guinea Society (Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, & Culture) by Donald F Tuzin Publisher Comments Donald Tuzin first studied the New Guinea village of Ilahita in 1972. When he returned many years later, he arrived in the aftermath of a startling event: the villages men voluntarily destroyed their secret cult that had allowed them to dominate women... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Patterns of Social Capital: Stability and Change in Historical Perspective (Studies in Interdisciplinary History) by Robert I Rotberg Publisher Comments Examines voluntary associations, comparatively and cross-culturally, as indicators of citizen readiness for civic engagement.... (read more) List Price $43.50 Your price: $3.75 Used - Trade Paper
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Symbol & Theory: A Philosophical Study of Theories of Religion in Social Anthropology by John Skorupski Publisher Comments Anthropologists have always been concerned with the difference between traditional (or 'primitive') and scientific modes of thought and with the relationships between magic, religion and science. John Skorupski distinguishes two broadly opposed... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $5.98 Used - Trade Paper
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Culture & Society in Britain, 1850-1890: A Source Book of Contemporary Writings by J M Golby Publisher Comments In 1850 Britain was the most prosperous industrial country in the world. Although many people saw no reason why Britain should not maintain its dominance, there were many others who did not share their same confidence. This source book reflects people's... (read more) Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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