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12 produkter
Om heder
Av Unni Wikan
Häftad, 2020
242 kr
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Heder uppfattas i hederskulturer som ett ting, som något man har eller inte har. Hedern är axeln som livet roterar kring. Och hedern är handfast. Det finns inget tvivel om vilka regler som ger eller berövar heder. Vanheder är hederns bortfall, den totala förlusten av position, anseende, aktning, …
Managing Turbulent Hearts
A Balinese Formula for Living
Av Unni Wikan
Häftad, 1990
355 kr
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How do Balinese manage to present to the world the clear, bright face, the grace and poise, that they regard as crucial to self-respect and social esteem? How can the anthropologist pass behind the conventions of such a complex culture to recognize what is going on between people, in terms that …
Behind the Veil in Arabia
Women in Oman
Av Unni Wikan
Häftad, 1991
287 kr
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Through photographs and detailed case histories, Unni Wikan explores the strict segregation of women, the wearing of the burqa mask, the elaborate nuptial rituals, and the graceful quality of Oman's social relations."Wikan does provide insights into the real position of these secluded and …
Generous Betrayal
Politics of Culture in the New Europe
Av Unni Wikan
Inbunden, 2001
848 kr
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All over Western Europe, the lot of many non-Western immigrants is one of marginalization, discrimination, and increasing segregation. In this book, the author shows how an excessive respect for "their culture" has been part of the problem. Culture has become a new concept of race, sustaining …
Generous Betrayal
Politics of Culture in the New Europe
Av Unni Wikan
Häftad, 2001
296 kr
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All over Western Europe, the lot of many non-Western immigrants is one of marginalization, discrimination, and increasing segregation. In this book, the author shows how an excessive respect for "their culture" has been part of the problem. Culture has become a new concept of race, sustaining …
In Honor of Fadime
Murder and Shame
Av Unni Wikan
Häftad, 2021
228 kr
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In 2002 young Fadime Sahindal was brutally murdered by her own father. She belonged to a family of Kurdish immigrants who had lived in Sweden for almost two decades. But Fadime’s relationship with a man outside of their community had deeply dishonored her family, and only her death could remove the …
Tomorrow, God Willing
Self-made Destinies in Cairo
Av Unni Wikan
Inbunden, 1996
1486 kr
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"I, without earning a penny, have to be the provider!" Thus Umm Ali sums up the nearly impossible challenge of her daily existence. Living in a poor neighbourhood of Cairo, she has raised eight children with almost no help from her husband or the Egyptian government and through hardships from …
Tomorrow, God Willing
Self-made Destinies in Cairo
Av Unni Wikan
Häftad, 1996
355 kr
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"I, without earning a penny, have to be the provider!" Thus Umm Ali sums up the nearly impossible challenge of her daily existence. Living in a poor neighbourhood of Cairo, she has raised eight children with almost no help from her husband or the Egyptian government and through hardships from …
Resonance
Beyond the Words
Av Unni Wikan
Inbunden, 2013
1535 kr
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"Resonance" gathers together forty years of anthropological study by a researcher and writer with one of the broadest fieldwork resumes in anthropology: Unni Wikan. In its twelve essays - four of which are brand new - "Resonance" covers encounters with transvestites in Oman, childbirth in Bhutan, …
Resonance
Beyond the Words
Av Unni Wikan
Häftad, 2013
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321 kr
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"Resonance" gathers together forty years of anthropological study by a researcher and writer with one of the broadest fieldwork resumes in anthropology: Unni Wikan. In its twelve essays - four of which are brand new - "Resonance" covers encounters with transvestites in Oman, childbirth in Bhutan, …
Managing Turbulent Hearts
A Balinese Formula for Living
Av Unni Wikan
Inbunden, 1990
1112 kr
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How do Balinese manage to present to the world the clear, bright face, the grace and poise, that they regard as crucial to self-respect and social esteem? How can the anthropologist pass behind the conventions of such a complex culture to recognize what is going on between people, in terms that …
In Honor of Fadime
Murder and Shame
Av Unni Wikan
Inbunden, 2008
241 kr
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In 2002, young Fadime Sahindal was brutally murdered by her own father. She belonged to a family of Kurdish immigrants who had lived in Sweden for almost two decades. But Fadime's relationship with a man outside of their community had deeply dishonored her family, and only her death could remove …
