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28 produkter
Ghetto at the Center of the World
Häftad, 2011
228 kr
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There is nowhere else in the world quite like Chungking Mansions, a dilapidated seventeen-story commercial and residential structure in the heart of Hong Kong's tourist district. A remarkably motley group of people call the building home; Pakistani phone stall operators, Chinese guesthouse workers, …
World in Guangzhou
Africans and Other Foreigners in South China's Global Marketplace
Av Gordon Mathews, Linessa Dan Lin m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
849 kr
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Mere decades ago, the population of Guangzhou was almost wholly Chinese. Today, it is a truly global city, a place where people from around the world go to make new lives, find themselves, or further their careers. A large number of those migrants are small-scale traders from Africa who deal in …
World in Guangzhou
Africans and Other Foreigners in South China's Global Marketplace
Av Gordon Mathews, Linessa Dan Lin m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
262 kr
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Mere decades ago, the population of Guangzhou was almost wholly Chinese. Today, it is a truly global city, a place where people from around the world go to make new lives, find themselves, or further their careers. A large number of those migrants are small-scale traders from Africa who deal in …
Global Culture/Individual Identity
Searching for Home in the Cultural Supermarket
Inbunden, 2000
2516 kr
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Most people still think of themselves as belonging to a particular culture. Yet today, many of us who live in affluent societies choose aspects of our lives from a global cultural supermarket, whether in terms of food, the arts or spiritual beliefs. So if roots are becoming simply one more consumer …
Global Culture/Individual Identity
Searching for Home in the Cultural Supermarket
Häftad, 2000
649 kr
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Most people still think of themselves as belonging to a particular culture. Yet today, many of us who live in affluent societies choose aspects of our lives from a global cultural supermarket, whether in terms of food, the arts or spiritual beliefs. So if roots are becoming simply one more consumer …
Japan's Changing Generations
Are Young People Creating a New Society?
Av Gordon Mathews, Bruce White
Inbunden, 2003
2516 kr
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This book argues that 'the generation gap' in Japan is something more than young people resisting the adult social order before entering and conforming to that order. Rather, it signifies something more fundamental: the emergence of a new Japan, which may be quite different from the Japan of …
Japan's Changing Generations
Are Young People Creating a New Society?
Av Gordon Mathews, Bruce White
Häftad, 2005
743 kr
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Japan's Changing Generations argues that 'the generation gap' in Japan is something more than young people resisting the adult social order before entering and conforming to that order. Rather, it signifies something more fundamental: the emergence of a new Japan, which may be quite different from …
Hong Kong, China
Learning to belong to a nation
Av Gordon Mathews, Eric Ma m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
2516 kr
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The idea of ‘national identity’ is an ambiguous one for Hong Kong. Returned to the national embrace of China on 1 July 1997 after 150 years as a British colony, the concept of national identity and what it means to "belong to a nation" is a matter of great tension and contestation in Hong Kong. …
Hong Kong, China
Learning to belong to a nation
Av Gordon Mathews, Eric Ma m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
751 kr
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The idea of ‘national identity’ is an ambiguous one for Hong Kong. Returned to the national embrace of China on 1 July 1997 after 150 years as a British colony, the concept of national identity and what it means to "belong to a nation" is a matter of great tension and contestation in Hong Kong. …
Globalization from Below
The World's Other Economy
Av Gordon Mathews, Gustavo Lins Ribeiro m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
2516 kr
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This book explores globalization as actually experienced by most of the world’s people, buying goods from street vendors brought by traders moving past borders and across continents under the radar of the law. The dimensions and practices of ‘globalization from below’ are depicted and analyzed in …
Globalization from Below
The World's Other Economy
Av Gordon Mathews, Gustavo Lins Ribeiro m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
765 kr
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This book explores globalization as actually experienced by most of the world’s people, buying goods from street vendors brought by traders moving past borders and across continents under the radar of the law. The dimensions and practices of ‘globalization from below’ are depicted and analyzed in …
What Makes Life Worth Living?
How Japanese and Americans Make Sense of Their Worlds
Häftad, 1996
428 kr
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Here is an original and provocative anthropological approach to the fundamental philosophical question of what makes life worth living. Gordon Mathews considers this perennial issue by examining nine pairs of similarly situated individuals in the United States and Japan. In the course of exploring …
Life After Death Today in the United States, Japan, and China
Av Miu Ying Kwong, Yang Yang m. fl.
E-bok, 2023
712 kr
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This book is about contemporary senses of life after death in the United States, Japan, and China. By collecting and examining hundreds of interviews with people from all walks of life in these three societies, the book presents and compares personally held beliefs, experiences, and interactions …
Life After Death Today in the United States, Japan, and China
Av Miu Ying Kwong, Yang Yang m. fl.
E-bok, 2023
727 kr
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This book is about contemporary senses of life after death in the United States, Japan, and China. By collecting and examining hundreds of interviews with people from all walks of life in these three societies, the book presents and compares personally held beliefs, experiences, and interactions …
Life After Death Today in the United States, Japan, and China
Av Gordon Mathews, Yang Yang m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
2136 kr
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This book is about contemporary senses of life after death in the United States, Japan, and China. By collecting and examining hundreds of interviews with people from all walks of life in these three societies, the book presents and compares personally held beliefs, experiences, and interactions …
Life After Death Today in the United States, Japan, and China
Av Gordon Mathews, Yang Yang m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
620 kr
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This book is about contemporary senses of life after death in the United States, Japan, and China. By collecting and examining hundreds of interviews with people from all walks of life in these three societies, the book presents and compares personally held beliefs, experiences, and interactions …
Hong Kong, China
Learning to belong to a nation
Av Tai-Lok Lui, Eric Ma m. fl.
E-bok, 2007
864 kr
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The idea of ‘national identity’ is an ambiguous one for Hong Kong. Returned to the national embrace of China on 1 July 1997 after 150 years as a British colony, the concept of national identity and what it means to "belong to a nation" is a matter of great tension and contestation in Hong Kong. …
Hong Kong, China
Learning to belong to a nation
Av Tai-Lok Lui, Eric Ma m. fl.
E-bok, 2007
883 kr
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The idea of ‘national identity’ is an ambiguous one for Hong Kong. Returned to the national embrace of China on 1 July 1997 after 150 years as a British colony, the concept of national identity and what it means to "belong to a nation" is a matter of great tension and contestation in Hong Kong. …
Japan's Changing Generations
Are Young People Creating a New Society?
Av Bruce White, Gordon Mathews
E-bok, 2012
830 kr
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This book argues that ''the generation gap'' in Japan is something more than young people resisting the adult social order before entering and conforming to that order. Rather, it signifies something more fundamental: the emergence of a new Japan, which may be quite different from the Japan of …
Japan's Changing Generations
Are Young People Creating a New Society?
Av Bruce White, Gordon Mathews
E-bok, 2012
830 kr
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This book argues that ''the generation gap'' in Japan is something more than young people resisting the adult social order before entering and conforming to that order. Rather, it signifies something more fundamental: the emergence of a new Japan, which may be quite different from the Japan of …
Global Culture/Individual Identity
Searching for Home in the Cultural Supermarket
E-bok, 2002
762 kr
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Most people still think of themselves as belonging to a particular culture. Yet today, many of us who live in affluent societies choose aspects of our lives from a global cultural supermarket, whether in terms of food, the arts or spiritual beliefs. So if roots are becoming simply one more consumer …
Global Culture/Individual Identity
Searching for Home in the Cultural Supermarket
E-bok, 2002
746 kr
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Most people still think of themselves as belonging to a particular culture. Yet today, many of us who live in affluent societies choose aspects of our lives from a global cultural supermarket, whether in terms of food, the arts or spiritual beliefs. So if roots are becoming simply one more consumer …
Globalization from Below
The World's Other Economy
Av Carlos Alba Vega, Gustavo Lins Ribeiro m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
881 kr
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This book explores globalization as actually experienced by most of the world’s people, buying goods from street vendors brought by traders moving past borders and across continents under the radar of the law. The dimensions and practices of ‘globalization from below’ are depicted and …
Globalization from Below
The World's Other Economy
Av Carlos Alba Vega, Gustavo Lins Ribeiro m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
901 kr
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This book explores globalization as actually experienced by most of the world’s people, buying goods from street vendors brought by traders moving past borders and across continents under the radar of the law. The dimensions and practices of ‘globalization from below’ are depicted and …
Pursuits of Happiness
Well-Being in Anthropological Perspective
Av Gordon Mathews, Carolina Izquierdo
Inbunden, 2008
1921 kr
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Anthropology has long shied away from examining how human beings may lead happy and fulfilling lives. This book, however, shows that the ethnographic examination of well-being—defined as “the optimal state for an individual, a community, and a society”—and the comparison of well-being within and …
Pursuits of Happiness
Well-Being in Anthropological Perspective
Av Gordon Mathews, Carolina Izquierdo
Häftad, 2009
527 kr
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Anthropology has long shied away from examining how human beings may lead happy and fulfilling lives. This book, however, shows that the ethnographic examination of well-being—defined as “the optimal state for an individual, a community, and a society”—and the comparison of well-being within and …
Pursuits of Happiness
Well-Being in Anthropological Perspective
Av Carolina Izquierdo, Gordon Mathews
E-bok, 2008
335 kr
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Anthropology has long shied away from examining how human beings may lead happy and fulfilling lives. This book, however, shows that the ethnographic examination of well-being—defined as “the optimal state for an individual, a community, and a society”—and the comparison of well-being within and …
