Routledge Series for Creative Teaching and Learning in Anthropology – serie
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26 produkter
Reconsidering the Bicycle
An Anthropological Perspective on a New (Old) Thing
Av Luis Vivanco
Inbunden, 2013
2744 kr
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In cities throughout the world, bicycles have gained a high profile in recent years, with politicians and activists promoting initiatives like bike lanes, bikeways, bike share programs, and other social programs to get more people on bicycles. Bicycles in the city are, some would say, the wave of …
Reconsidering the Bicycle
An Anthropological Perspective on a New (Old) Thing
Av Luis Vivanco
Häftad, 2013
619 kr
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In cities throughout the world, bicycles have gained a high profile in recent years, with politicians and activists promoting initiatives like bike lanes, bikeways, bike share programs, and other social programs to get more people on bicycles. Bicycles in the city are, some would say, the wave of …
Lycra
How A Fiber Shaped America
Inbunden, 2011
2504 kr
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"The Anthropology of Stuff" is part of a new Series dedicated to innovative, unconventional ways to connect undergraduate students and their lived concerns about our social world to the power of social science ideas and evidence. Our goal with the project is to help spark social science …
Lycra
How A Fiber Shaped America
Häftad, 2011
602 kr
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"The Anthropology of Stuff" is part of a new Series dedicated to innovative, unconventional ways to connect undergraduate students and their lived concerns about our social world to the power of social science ideas and evidence. Our goal with the project is to help spark social science …
Fake Stuff
China and the Rise of Counterfeit Goods
Inbunden, 2011
2736 kr
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"The Anthropology of Stuff" is part of a new Series dedicated to innovative, unconventional ways to connect undergraduate students and their lived concerns about our social world to the power of social science ideas and evidence. Our goal with the project is to help spark social science …
Fake Stuff
China and the Rise of Counterfeit Goods
Häftad, 2011
602 kr
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"The Anthropology of Stuff" is part of a new Series dedicated to innovative, unconventional ways to connect undergraduate students and their lived concerns about our social world to the power of social science ideas and evidence. Our goal with the project is to help spark social science …
Alcohol
Social Drinking in Cultural Context
Av Janet Chrzan
Inbunden, 2013
2475 kr
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Alcohol: Social Drinking in Cultural Context critically examines alcohol use across cultures and through time. This short text is a framework for students to self-consciously examine their beliefs about and use of alcohol, and a companion text for teaching the primary concepts of anthropology to …
Alcohol
Social Drinking in Cultural Context
Av Janet Chrzan
Häftad, 2013
573 kr
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Alcohol: Social Drinking in Cultural Context critically examines alcohol use across cultures and through time. This short text is a framework for students to self-consciously examine their beliefs about and use of alcohol, and a companion text for teaching the primary concepts of anthropology to …
World of Wal-Mart
Discounting the American Dream
Av Christine Labuski, Nick Copeland
Inbunden, 2012
2736 kr
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This book demonstrates the usefulness of anthropological concepts by taking a critical look at Wal-Mart and the American Dream. Rather than singling Wal-Mart out for criticism, the authors treat it as a product of a socio-political order that it also helps to shape. The book attributes Wal-Mart’s …
World of Wal-Mart
Discounting the American Dream
Av Christine Labuski, Nick Copeland
Häftad, 2012
602 kr
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This book demonstrates the usefulness of anthropological concepts by taking a critical look at Wal-Mart and the American Dream. Rather than singling Wal-Mart out for criticism, the authors treat it as a product of a socio-political order that it also helps to shape. The book attributes Wal-Mart’s …
Love Letters
Saving Romance in the Digital Age
Inbunden, 2018
2504 kr
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In today’s world of Tinder and texting, do we write and save love letters anymore? Are we more likely to save a screenshot of a text exchange or a box of paper letters from a lover? How might these different ways to store a love letter make us feel? Sociologist Michelle Janning’s Love Letters: …
Love Letters
Saving Romance in the Digital Age
Häftad, 2018
631 kr
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In today’s world of Tinder and texting, do we write and save love letters anymore? Are we more likely to save a screenshot of a text exchange or a box of paper letters from a lover? How might these different ways to store a love letter make us feel? Sociologist Michelle Janning’s Love Letters: …
Seafood
Ocean to the Plate
Av Shingo Hamada, Richard Wilk
Inbunden, 2018
2504 kr
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Seafood draws on controversial themes in the interdisciplinary field of food studies, with case studies from different eras and geographic regions. Using familiar commodities, this accessible book will help students understand cutting-edge issues in sustainability and ask readers to think about the …
Seafood
Ocean to the Plate
Av Shingo Hamada, Richard Wilk
Häftad, 2018
631 kr
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Seafood draws on controversial themes in the interdisciplinary field of food studies, with case studies from different eras and geographic regions. Using familiar commodities, this accessible book will help students understand cutting-edge issues in sustainability and ask readers to think about the …
Persian Carpets
The Nation as a Transnational Commodity
Inbunden, 2018
2578 kr
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Persian Carpets: the Nation As a Transnational Commodity tracks the Persian carpet as an exotic and mythological object, as a commodity, and as an image from mid-nineteenth-century England to contemporary Iran and the Iranian diaspora. Following the journey of this single object, the book brings …
Persian Carpets
The Nation as a Transnational Commodity
Häftad, 2018
650 kr
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Persian Carpets: the Nation As a Transnational Commodity tracks the Persian carpet as an exotic and mythological object, as a commodity, and as an image from mid-nineteenth-century England to contemporary Iran and the Iranian diaspora. Following the journey of this single object, the book brings …
Violins
Local Meanings, Globalized Sounds
Av Pamela Moro
Inbunden, 2018
2578 kr
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Violins: Local Meanings, Globalized Sounds examines the violin as an object of meaning in a variety of cultural and historical contexts, and as a vehicle for introducing anthropological issues. Each chapter highlights concepts as taught in lower-level anthropology courses, and includes teaching and …
Violins
Local Meanings, Globalized Sounds
Av Pamela Moro
Häftad, 2018
650 kr
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Violins: Local Meanings, Globalized Sounds examines the violin as an object of meaning in a variety of cultural and historical contexts, and as a vehicle for introducing anthropological issues. Each chapter highlights concepts as taught in lower-level anthropology courses, and includes teaching and …
Anthropology of Money
A Critical Introduction
Av Tim Di Muzio, Richard Robbins
Inbunden, 2017
3055 kr
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An Anthropology of Money: A Critical Introduction shows how our present monetary system was imposed by elites and how they benefit from it. The book poses the question: how, by looking at different forms of money, can we appreciate that they have different effects? The authors demonstrate how …
Anthropology of Money
A Critical Introduction
Av Tim Di Muzio, Richard Robbins
Häftad, 2017
631 kr
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An Anthropology of Money: A Critical Introduction shows how our present monetary system was imposed by elites and how they benefit from it. The book poses the question: how, by looking at different forms of money, can we appreciate that they have different effects? The authors demonstrate how …
Baseball Glove
History, Material, Meaning, and Value
Inbunden, 2018
2504 kr
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The baseball glove is a ubiquitous item, a crucial piece of equipment in the game of baseball, and it offers the opportunity to examine the production of material culture and social practice at numerous levels. Where and how is a glove made, and how does its manufacture square with the narratives …
Baseball Glove
History, Material, Meaning, and Value
Häftad, 2018
646 kr
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The baseball glove is a ubiquitous item, a crucial piece of equipment in the game of baseball, and it offers the opportunity to examine the production of material culture and social practice at numerous levels. Where and how is a glove made, and how does its manufacture square with the narratives …
Re-imagining Milk
Cultural and Biological Perspectives
Av Andrea Wiley
Inbunden, 2015
2736 kr
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Milk is a fascinating food: it is produced by mothers of each mammalian species for consumption by nursing infants of that species, yet many humans drink the milk of another species (mostly cows) and they drink it throughout life. Thus we might expect that this dietary practice has some effects on …
Re-imagining Milk
Cultural and Biological Perspectives
Av Andrea Wiley
Häftad, 2015
617 kr
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Milk is a fascinating food: it is produced by mothers of each mammalian species for consumption by nursing infants of that species, yet many humans drink the milk of another species (mostly cows) and they drink it throughout life. Thus we might expect that this dietary practice has some effects on …
Coffee Culture
Local Experiences, Global Connections
Inbunden, 2017
2547 kr
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Coffee Culture: Local experiences, Global Connections explores coffee as (1) a major commodity that shapes the lives of millions of people; (2) a product with a dramatic history; (3) a beverage with multiple meanings and uses (energizer, comfort food, addiction, flavouring, and confection); (4) an …
Coffee Culture
Local Experiences, Global Connections
Häftad, 2017
588 kr
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Coffee Culture: Local experiences, Global Connections explores coffee as (1) a major commodity that shapes the lives of millions of people; (2) a product with a dramatic history; (3) a beverage with multiple meanings and uses (energizer, comfort food, addiction, flavouring, and confection); (4) an …
