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8 produkter
In Her Prime
NEW VIEWS of MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN
Av Virginia Kerns, Judith K Brown
Häftad, 1991
312 kr
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What does it mean to be a middle-aged woman, whether in tribal and peasant societies or in the industrialized world? Typically, according to contributors to this book, it means greater freedom, sometimes including greater sexual freedom, more authority, and opportunities for social recognition. A …
Women and the Ancestors
BLACK CARIB KINSHIP and RITUAL
Häftad, 1997
511 kr
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This classic study of BlackCarib culture and its preservation through ancestral rituals organizedby older women now includes a foreword by Constance R. Sutton and an afterwordby the author."One of the outstandingstudies of this genre. . . . Refreshingly, the book has good photographs,as well as …
Scenes from the High Desert
JULIAN STEWARD'S LIFE and THEORY
Häftad, 2009
379 kr
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Julian Steward (1902-72) is best remembered in American anthropology as the creator of cultural ecology, a theoretical approach that has influenced generations of archaeologists and cultural anthropologists. Virginia Kerns considers the intellectual and emotional influences of Steward's remarkable …
Scenes from the High Desert
JULIAN STEWARD'S LIFE and THEORY
E-bok, 2010
568 kr
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If a religion cannot attract and instruct young people, it will struggle to survive, which is why recreational programs were second only to theological questions in the development of twentieth-century Mormonism. In this book, Richard Ian Kimball explores how Mormon leaders used recreational …
Journeys West
Jane and Julian Steward and Their Guides
Inbunden, 2010
761 kr
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Journeys West traces journeys made during seven months of fieldwork in 1935 and 1936 by Julian Steward, a young anthropologist, and his wife, Jane. Virginia Kerns identifies the scores of Native elders whom they met throughout the Western desert, men and women previously known in print only by …
Journeys West
Jane and Julian Steward and Their Guides
E-bok, 2010
678 kr
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Journeys West traces journeys made during seven months of fieldwork in 1935 and 1936 by Julian Steward, a young anthropologist, and his wife, Jane. Virginia Kerns identifies the scores of Native elders whom they met throughout the Western desert, men and women previously known in print only by …
Sally in Three Worlds
An Indian Captive in the House of Brigham Young
Inbunden, 2021
778 kr
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In this remarkable and deeply felt book, Virginia Kerns uncovers the singular and forgotten life of a young Indian woman who was captured in 1847 in what was then Mexican territory. Sold to a settler, a son-in-law of Brigham Young, the woman spent the next thirty years as a servant to Young's …
Sally in Three Worlds
An Indian Captive in the House of Brigham Young
Häftad, 2021
407 kr
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In this remarkable and deeply felt book, Virginia Kerns uncovers the singular and forgotten life of a young Indian woman who was captured in 1847 in what was then Mexican territory. Sold to a settler, a son-in-law of Brigham Young, the woman spent the next thirty years as a servant to Young's …
