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Living with London's Olympics
An Ethnography
Av I. Lindsay
Inbunden, 2014
550 kr
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The quadrennial summer Olympic Games are renowned for producing the world's biggest single-city cultural event. This mega-event attracts a live audience of millions, a television audience of billions, and generates incredible scrutiny before, during, and after each installment. This is due to the …
Migration of Rich Immigrants
Gender, Ethnicity and Class
Inbunden, 2015
550 kr
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Migration of Rich Immigrants addresses flows of emigrants who establish themselves in other countries temporarily or permanently, in favorable economic conditions. Vailati and Rial explore these migratory paths and analyze how gender, class, age, sexual orientation and ethnicity influence these …
Diaspora of the City
Stories of Cosmopolitanism from Istanbul and Athens
Inbunden, 2017
1093 kr
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As the former capital of two great empires—Eastern Roman and Ottoman—Istanbul has been home to many diverse populations, a condition often glossed as cosmopolitanism. The Greek-speaking Christian Orthodox community (Rum Polites) is among the oldest in the urban society, yet their leading status …
Shichigosan
Change and Continuity of a Family Ritual in Contemporary Urban Japan
Av Melinda Papp
Inbunden, 2016
550 kr
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This book presents a case study of shichigosan, an extremely popular childhood family ritual in contemporary Japan. It is an interesting example of a custom with very ancient roots (going back to the tenth century), that has undergone several transformations during the course of its history, …
Living with London's Olympics
An Ethnography
Av I. Lindsay
Häftad, 2014
550 kr
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The quadrennial summer Olympic Games are renowned for producing the world's biggest single-city cultural event. This mega-event attracts a live audience of millions, a television audience of billions, and generates incredible scrutiny before, during, and after each installment. This is due to the …
Diaspora of the City
Stories of Cosmopolitanism from Istanbul and Athens
Häftad, 2021
311 kr
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As the former capital of two great empires—Eastern Roman and Ottoman—Istanbul has been home to many diverse populations, a condition often glossed as cosmopolitanism. The Greek-speaking Christian Orthodox community (Rum Polites) is among the oldest in the urban society, yet their leading status …
Legitimacy
Ethnographic and Theoretical Insights
Av Italo Pardo, Giuliana B. Prato
Häftad, 2018
930 kr
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Global in scope, this original and thought-provoking collection applies new theory on legitimacy and legitimation to urban life. An informed reflection on this comparatively new topic in anthropology in relation to morality, action, law, politics and governance is both timely and innovative, …
Spirit of Capitalism According to the Michelin Company
Anthropology of an Industrial Myth
Häftad, 2018
550 kr
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The city of Clermont-Ferrand in central France is inextricably linked to the global tire company Michelin—not only by the industrial, social, and economic realities that tie employees to employer, but also by a multi-generational, regional belief in the company’s entrepreneurial mythos, the …
Market Versus Society
Anthropological Insights
Häftad, 2018
1093 kr
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This volume addresses the fraught relationship between market and society in times of social and economic crisis, exploring how they interact in key social, cultural, and political arenas on a global scale. The contributors examine the neoliberal market in anthropological and ethnographic terms to …
Mixed-Occupancy Housing in London
A Living Tapestry
Av James Rosbrook-Thompson, Gary Armstrong
Häftad, 2019
984 kr
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This ethnographic study of a mixed-occupancy housing estate near the centre of London refocuses the scholarly conversation around social housing in the UK after the 1980 Housing Act. As well as examining the long-term consequences of ‘Right to Buy,’ such as shortages in local authority stock and …
Ethnography of the Goodman Building
The Longest Rent Strike
Inbunden, 2019
767 kr
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“An Ethnography of the Goodman Building vividly incorporates a wide variety of methods to tell the story of class struggle in a building, neighborhood, and city that is replicated globally. I read it as a number of boxes inside each other opened in the course of reading. Caldararo recounts the …
Ethnography of the Goodman Building
The Longest Rent Strike
Häftad, 2020
550 kr
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“An Ethnography of the Goodman Building vividly incorporates a wide variety of methods to tell the story of class struggle in a building, neighborhood, and city that is replicated globally. I read it as a number of boxes inside each other opened in the course of reading. Caldararo recounts the …
Living in a World Heritage Site
Ethnography of Houses and Daily Life in the Fez Medina
Inbunden, 2019
822 kr
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Through a thick ethnography of the Fez medina in Morocco, a World Heritage site since 1981, Manon Istasse interrogates how human beings come to define houses as heritage. Istasse interrogates how heritage appears (or not) when inhabitants undertake construction and restoration projects in their …
Living in a World Heritage Site
Ethnography of Houses and Daily Life in the Fez Medina
Häftad, 2020
550 kr
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Through a thick ethnography of the Fez medina in Morocco, a World Heritage site since 1981, Manon Istasse interrogates how human beings come to define houses as heritage. Istasse interrogates how heritage appears (or not) when inhabitants undertake construction and restoration projects in their …
Gentrification around the World, Volume I
Gentrifiers and the Displaced
Av Jerome Krase, Judith N. DeSena
Inbunden, 2020
1419 kr
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Bringing together scholarly but readable essays on the process of gentrification, this two-volume collection addresses the broad question: In what ways does gentrification affect cities, neighborhoods, and the everyday experiences of ordinary people? In this first volume of Gentrification around …
Gentrification around the World, Volume I
Gentrifiers and the Displaced
Av Jerome Krase, Judith N. DeSena
Häftad, 2021
1419 kr
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Bringing together scholarly but readable essays on the process of gentrification, this two-volume collection addresses the broad question: In what ways does gentrification affect cities, neighborhoods, and the everyday experiences of ordinary people? In this first volume of Gentrification around …
Gentrification around the World, Volume II
Innovative Approaches
Av Jerome Krase, Judith N. DeSena
Inbunden, 2020
1093 kr
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Bringing together scholarly but readable essays on the process of gentrification, this two-volume collection addresses the broad question: In what ways does gentrification affect cities, neighborhoods, and the everyday experiences of ordinary people? In this second volume of Gentrification around …
Gentrification around the World, Volume II
Innovative Approaches
Av Jerome Krase, Judith N. DeSena
Häftad, 2021
1093 kr
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Bringing together scholarly but readable essays on the process of gentrification, this two-volume collection addresses the broad question: In what ways does gentrification affect cities, neighborhoods, and the everyday experiences of ordinary people? In this second volume of Gentrification around …
Urban Inequalities
Ethnographically Informed Reflections
Av Italo Pardo, Giuliana B. Prato
Inbunden, 2021
1419 kr
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This collection brings together leading thinkers on human beings in urban spaces and inequalities therein. The contributors eschew conceptual confusion between equality — of opportunity, of access, of the right to compete for whatever goal one chooses to pursue — and levelling. The discussions …
Urban Inequalities
Ethnographically Informed Reflections
Av Italo Pardo, Giuliana B. Prato
Häftad, 2022
1419 kr
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This collection brings together leading thinkers on human beings in urban spaces and inequalities therein. The contributors eschew conceptual confusion between equality — of opportunity, of access, of the right to compete for whatever goal one chooses to pursue — and levelling. The discussions …
Social History of Sheffield Boxing, Volume I
Rings of Steel, 1720–1970
Av Matthew Bell, Gary Armstrong
Inbunden, 2021
1349 kr
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A Social History of Sheffield Boxing combines urban ethnography and anthropology, sociological theory and place and life histories to explore the global phenomenon of boxing. Raising many issues pertinent to the social sciences, such as contestations around state regulation of violence, commerce …
Social History of Sheffield Boxing, Volume I
Rings of Steel, 1720–1970
Av Matthew Bell, Gary Armstrong
Häftad, 2022
1349 kr
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A Social History of Sheffield Boxing combines urban ethnography and anthropology, sociological theory and place and life histories to explore the global phenomenon of boxing. Raising many issues pertinent to the social sciences, such as contestations around state regulation of violence, commerce …
Social History of Sheffield Boxing, Volume II
Scrap Merchants, 1970-2020
Av Matthew Bell, Gary Armstrong
Inbunden, 2021
1310 kr
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A Social History of Sheffield Boxing combines urban ethnography and anthropology, sociological theory and place and life histories to explore the global phenomenon of boxing. Raising many issues pertinent to the social sciences, such as contestations around state regulation of violence, commerce …
Social History of Sheffield Boxing, Volume II
Scrap Merchants, 1970-2020
Av Matthew Bell, Gary Armstrong
Häftad, 2022
1310 kr
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A Social History of Sheffield Boxing combines urban ethnography and anthropology, sociological theory and place and life histories to explore the global phenomenon of boxing. Raising many issues pertinent to the social sciences, such as contestations around state regulation of violence, commerce …
Syrian Armenians and the Turkish Factor
Kessab, Aleppo and Deir ez-Zor in the Syrian War
Av Marcello Mollica, Arsen Hakobyan
Inbunden, 2021
984 kr
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This volume examines significant social transformations engendered by the ongoing Syrian conflict in the lives of Syrian Armenians. The authors draw on documentary material and fieldwork carried out in 2013-2019 among Syrian Armenians in Armenian and Lebanese urban settings. The stories of Syrian …
Syrian Armenians and the Turkish Factor
Kessab, Aleppo and Deir ez-Zor in the Syrian War
Av Marcello Mollica, Arsen Hakobyan
Häftad, 2022
892 kr
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This volume examines significant social transformations engendered by the ongoing Syrian conflict in the lives of Syrian Armenians. The authors draw on documentary material and fieldwork carried out in 2013-2019 among Syrian Armenians in Armenian and Lebanese urban settings. The stories of Syrian …
Emergent Spaces
Change and Innovation in Small Urban Spaces
Inbunden, 2021
1419 kr
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This book explores different emergent spaces where diverse urbanites spontaneously negotiate, make and remake urban spaces, create opportunities, produce social change, challenge urban life, culture, and politics, or simply ask for their right to the city. The focus of this book is on spaces and …
Emergent Spaces
Change and Innovation in Small Urban Spaces
Häftad, 2022
1419 kr
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This book explores different emergent spaces where diverse urbanites spontaneously negotiate, make and remake urban spaces, create opportunities, produce social change, challenge urban life, culture, and politics, or simply ask for their right to the city. The focus of this book is on spaces and …
Legitimacy of Healthcare and Public Health
Anthropological Perspectives
Av Italo Pardo, Giuliana B. Prato
Inbunden, 2023
1573 kr
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The complex, highly problematic, often thorny dynamics of trust and authority are central to the anthropological study of legitimacy. In this book, this sine qua non runs across the in-depth examination of the ways in which healthcare and public health are managed by the authorities and experienced …
Legitimacy of Healthcare and Public Health
Anthropological Perspectives
Av Italo Pardo, Giuliana B. Prato
Häftad, 2024
1573 kr
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The complex, highly problematic, often thorny dynamics of trust and authority are central to the anthropological study of legitimacy. In this book, this sine qua non runs across the in-depth examination of the ways in which healthcare and public health are managed by the authorities and experienced …
