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Strangers Either Way
The Lives of Croatian Refugees in their New Home
Häftad, 2011
527 kr
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Croatia gained the world's attention during the break-up of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. In this context its image has been overshadowed by visions of ethnic conflict and cleansing, war crimes, virulent nationalism, and occasionally even emergent regionalism. Instead of the norm, this book offers …
Two Sides of One River
Nationalism and Ethnography in Galicia and Portugal
Inbunden, 2013
2077 kr
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Galicia, the region in the northwest corner of Spain contiguous with Portugal, is officially known as the Autonomous Community of Galicia. It is recognized as one of the historical nationalities making up the Spanish state, as legitimized by the Spanish Constitution of 1978. Although Galicia and …
Colours of the Empire
Racialized Representations during Portuguese Colonialism
Inbunden, 2013
1979 kr
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The Portuguese Colonial Empire established its base in Africa in the fifteenth century and would not be dissolved until 1975. This book investigates how the different populations under Portuguese rule were represented within the context of the Colonial Empire by examining the relationship between …
Hunters, Gatherers, and Practitioners of Powerlessness
An Ethnography of the Degraded in Postsocialist Poland
Inbunden, 2016
1921 kr
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The socio-economic transformations of the 1990s have forced many people in Poland into impoverishment. Hunters, Gatherers, and Practitioners of Powerlessness gives a dramatic account of life after this degradation, tracking the experiences of unemployed miners, scrap collectors, and …
Raccomandazione
Clientelism and Connections in Italy
Inbunden, 2019
1768 kr
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The issue of patronage-clientelism has long been of interest in the social sciences. Based on long-term ethnographic research in Bernalda, southern Italy, this book examines the concept and practice of raccomandazione - the omnipresent social institution of using connections to get things done. …
Hunters, Gatherers, and Practitioners of Powerlessness
An Ethnography of the Degraded in Postsocialist Poland
Häftad, 2019
527 kr
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The socio-economic transformations of the 1990s have forced many people in Poland into impoverishment. Hunters, Gatherers, and Practitioners of Powerlessness gives a dramatic account of life after this degradation, tracking the experiences of unemployed miners, scrap collectors, and …
Heirs of the Bamboo
Identity and Ambivalence Among the Eurasian Macanese
Inbunden, 2020
1921 kr
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The reintegration of Macao into the People’s Republic of China in 1999 transformed Macao into one of the gambling capitals of the world and was accompanied by unprecedented social changes that, ultimately, have redefined the Macanese identity. This book is about the Macanese who left Macao and now …
To See a Moose
The History of Polish Sex Education
Inbunden, 2021
1867 kr
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Guiding the reader through the development of sex education in Poland, Agnieszka Kościańska looks at how it has changed from the 19th century to the present day. The book compares how sex was described in school textbooks, including those scrapped by the communists for fear of offending religious …
Almost, but Not Quite Bored in Pula
An Anthropological Study of the Tapija Phenomenon in Northwest Croatia
Inbunden, 2021
1665 kr
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Based on interviews and fieldwork conducted among residents of Pula, a coastal city in Northwestern Croatia, this study explores various aspects of a local feeling of boredom. This is mirrored in the term tapija, a word of Turkish origin describing a property deed, and in Pula’s urban slang it has …
Things of the House
Material Culture and Migration from Post-Colonial Mozambique to Portugal
Inbunden, 2023
1701 kr
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Discussing multiple aspects of material culture and domestic consumption, this book tackles the relationship between the trajectories and biographies of people, families, houses and objects and how they intertwine and produce each other. Focusing on the life stories of a group of European and …
Silences and Divided Memories
The Exodus and its Legacy in Post-War Istrian Society
Inbunden, 2023
1921 kr
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The Istrian Peninsula, which is made up of modern-day Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy suffered from the so-called "Istrian exodus" after the Second World War. This book looks at this difficult, silenced past and shifts the usual focus from migrants to those who stayed behind and to the new immigrants …
Inhabiting Silence
An Anthropologist in the Cloister
Inbunden, 2025
1921 kr
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Monasteries are typically characterized by physical and symbolic limitations on access as they are usually known through written texts and accounts by nuns who live in that world but do not allow others to have access. This has often resulted in research based on indirect sources. This volume is …
Disenchantment with Market Economics
East Germans and Western Capitalism
Inbunden, 2007
1916 kr
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The life-worlds and personal experiences of workers and employees in three enterprises in East Berlin at the moment of political and economic upheaval stand at the centre of the book. It sets out in 1989 at the moment of the fall of the Berlin Wall witnessing the confrontations with the market …
Strangers Either Way
The Lives of Croatian Refugees in their New Home
Inbunden, 2007
1880 kr
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Croatia gained the world's attention during the break-up of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. In this context its image has been overshadowed by visions of ethnic conflict and cleansing, war crimes, virulent nationalism, and occasionally even emergent regionalism. Instead of the norm, this book offers …
Disenchantment with Market Economics
East Germans and Western Capitalism
Häftad, 2007
543 kr
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The life-worlds and personal experiences of workers and employees in three enterprises in East Berlin at the moment of political and economic upheaval stand at the centre of the book. It sets out in 1989 at the moment of the fall of the Berlin Wall witnessing the confrontations with the market …
Developing Skill, Developing Vision
Practices of Locality at the Foot of the Alps
Inbunden, 2009
1861 kr
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Many people feel that the impact of technology and the pressure of the market economy on alpine communities leads to a loss of biodiversity, authenticity and cultural diversity, affecting animal husbandry, local food production, social networks and traditions. It is undeniable that "progress," …
