Social Identities – serie
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14 produkter
Humour, Comedy and Laughter
Obscenities, Paradoxes, Insights and the Renewal of Life
Inbunden, 2016
1921 kr
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Anthropological writings on humor are not very numerous or extensive, but they do contain a great deal of insight into the diverse mental and social processes that underlie joking and laughter. On the basis of a wide range of ethnographic and textual materials, the chapters examine the cognitive, …
Out of Place
Madness in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea
Inbunden, 2011
1880 kr
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The Kakoli of the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG), the focus of this study, did not traditionally have a concept of mental illness. They classified madness according to social behaviour, not mental pathology. Moreover, their conception of the person did not recognise the same physical …
Youth Gangs and Street Children
Culture, Nurture and Masculinity in Ethiopia
Inbunden, 2011
1921 kr
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The rapidly expanding population of youth gangs and street children is one of the most disturbing issues in many cities around the world. These children are perceived to be in a constant state of destitution, violence and vagrancy, and therefore must be a serious threat to society, needing …
Youth Gangs and Street Children
Culture, Nurture and Masculinity in Ethiopia
Häftad, 2013
454 kr
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The rapidly expanding population of youth gangs and street children is one of the most disturbing issues in many cities around the world. These children are perceived to be in a constant state of destitution, violence and vagrancy, and therefore must be a serious threat to society, needing …
Humour, Comedy and Laughter
Obscenities, Paradoxes, Insights and the Renewal of Life
Häftad, 2018
527 kr
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Anthropological writings on humor are not very numerous or extensive, but they do contain a great deal of insight into the diverse mental and social processes that underlie joking and laughter. On the basis of a wide range of ethnographic and textual materials, the chapters examine the cognitive, …
Medical Identities
Healing, Well Being and Personhood
Av Kent Maynard
Inbunden, 2007
1979 kr
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Illness and misfortune more broadly are ubiquitous; thus, healing roles or professions are also universal. Ironically, however, little attention has been paid to those who heal or promote wellbeing. These come in many different guises: in some societies, healing is highly professional and …
Changing Sex and Bending Gender
Av Alison Shaw, Shirley Ardener
Inbunden, 2005
1921 kr
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Anthropologists and historians have shown us that 'male' and 'female' are variously defined historically and cross-culturally. The contributions to this volume focus on the voluntary and involuntary, temporary or permanent transformation of gender identity. Overall, this volume provides powerful …
Professional Identities
Policy and Practice in Business and Bureaucracy
Av Shirley Ardener, Fiona Moore
Inbunden, 2007
1979 kr
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In both professional and academic fields, there is increasing interest in the way in which white-collar workers engage with institutions and networks which are complex social constructions. Covering a wide variety of countries and types of organization, this volume examines the diverse ways in …
Where Humans and Spirits Meet
The Politics of Rituals and Identified Spirits in Zanzibar
Inbunden, 2008
1921 kr
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Zanzibar, an island off the East African coast, with its Muslim and Swahili population, offers rich material for this study of identity, religion, and multiculturalism. This book focuses on the phenomenon of spirit possession in Zanzibar Town and the relationships created between humans and …
Changing Sex and Bending Gender
Av Alison Shaw, Shirley Ardener
Häftad, 2005
454 kr
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Anthropologists and historians have shown us that 'male' and 'female' are variously defined historically and cross-culturally. The contributions to this volume focus on the voluntary and involuntary, temporary or permanent transformation of gender identity. Overall, this volume provides powerful …
Medical Identities
Healing, Well Being and Personhood
Av Kent Maynard
Häftad, 2007
467 kr
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Illness and misfortune more broadly are ubiquitous; thus, healing roles or professions are also universal. Ironically, however, little attention has been paid to those who heal or promote wellbeing. These come in many different guises: in some societies, healing is highly professional and …
Balkan Departures
Travel Writing from Southeastern Europe
Av Wendy Bracewell, Alex Drace-Francis
Inbunden, 2009
1979 kr
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In writings about travel, the Balkans appear most often as a place travelled to. Western accounts of the Balkans revel in the different and the exotic, the violent and the primitive − traits that serve (according to many commentators) as a foil to self-congratulatory definitions of the West as …
Discipline of Leisure
Embodying Cultures of "Recreation"
Inbunden, 2008
1921 kr
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The burgeoning social scientific study of tourism has emphasized the effects of the post-industrial economy on travel and place. However, this volume takes some of these issues into a different area of leisure: the spare-time carved out by people as part of their everyday lives - time that is much …
Discipline of Leisure
Embodying Cultures of 'Recreation'
Häftad, 2010
511 kr
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The burgeoning social scientific study of tourism has emphasized the effects of the post-industrial economy on travel and place. However, this volume takes some of these issues into a different area of leisure: the spare-time carved out by people as part of their everyday lives - time that is much …
