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21 produkter
Domestic Goddesses
Maternity, Globalization and Middle-class Identity in Contemporary India
Inbunden, 2008
2525 kr
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Based on extensive fieldwork in Calcutta, this book provides the first ethnography of how middle-class women in India understand and experience economic change through transformations of family life. It explores their ideas, practices and experiences of marriage, childbirth, reproductive change and …
Beyond Multiculturalism
Views from Anthropology
Inbunden, 2009
2525 kr
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While the anthropological field initially shied away from the debate on multiculturalism, it has been widely discussed within the fields of political theory, social policy, cultural studies and law. Beyond Multiculturalism is the first volume of its kind to offer a comparative, worldwide view of …
Citizenship and the Legitimacy of Governance
Anthropology in the Mediterranean Region
Av Italo Pardo, Giuliana B. Prato
Inbunden, 2010
2525 kr
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Against the background of unease at the increasingly loose and conflictual relationship between citizenship and governance, this book brings together rich, ethnographic studies from EU member states and post-Communist and Middle-Eastern countries in the Mediterranean Region to illustrate the crisis …
Multiculturalism's Double-Bind
Creating Inclusivity, Cosmopolitanism and Difference
Av John Nagle
Inbunden, 2009
2525 kr
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Using a rich array of ethnographic and archival data closely considering the Irish and the manner in which ’Irishness’ was rendered inclusive, Multiculturalism's Double Bind demonstrates that multiculturalism can encourage cross-community political engagement in the global city. This book …
African Americans and Gentrification in Washington, D.C.
Race, Class and Social Justice in the Nation’s Capital
Häftad, 2017
636 kr
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This book uses qualitative data to explore the experiences and ideas of African Americans confronting and constructing gentrification in Washington, D.C. It contextualizes Black Washingtonians’ perspectives on belonging and attachment during a marked period of urban restructuring and demographic …
Liminal Worker
An Ethnography of Work, Unemployment and Precariousness in Contemporary Greece
Häftad, 2017
622 kr
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The Liminal Worker examines the experience of work, employment, employment insecurity and precariousness in a context of high unemployment and welfare state crisis in modern Greece. A theoretically-informed, anthropological exploration of the notion of work in contemporary western society and its …
Seeing Cities Change
Local Culture and Class
Av Jerome Krase
Häftad, 2017
754 kr
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Cities have always been dynamic social environments for visual and otherwise symbolic competition between the groups who live and work within them. In contemporary urban areas, all sorts of diversity are simultaneously increased and concentrated, chief amongst them in recent years being the ethnic …
Anthropology in the City
Methodology and Theory
Av Italo Pardo, Giuliana B. Prato
Häftad, 2016
915 kr
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With half of humanity already living in towns and cities and that proportion expected to increase in the coming decades, society - both Western and non-Western - is fast becoming urban and even mega-urban. As such, research in urban settings is evidently timely and of great importance. Anthropology …
Migration and Religion in Europe
Comparative Perspectives on South Asian Experiences
Av Ester Gallo
Häftad, 2016
856 kr
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Religious practices and their transformation are crucial elements of migrants' identities and are increasingly politicized by national governments in the light of perceived threats to national identity. As new immigrant flows shape religious pluralism in Europe, longstanding relations between the …
Multiculturalism's Double-Bind
Creating Inclusivity, Cosmopolitanism and Difference
Av John Nagle
Häftad, 2016
897 kr
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Using a rich array of ethnographic and archival data closely considering the Irish and the manner in which ’Irishness’ was rendered inclusive, Multiculturalism's Double Bind demonstrates that multiculturalism can encourage cross-community political engagement in the global city. This book …
New Environmentalism?
Civil Society and Corruption in the Enlarged EU
Häftad, 2016
856 kr
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Drawing on rich ethnographic work in both Eastern and Western Europe, The New Environmentalism? presents a range of case studies to explore the impact of corruption in EU-funded structural development projects. With detailed analyses of the forms and contexts of environmentalism, the book reveals …
Beyond Multiculturalism
Views from Anthropology
Häftad, 2016
856 kr
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While the anthropological field initially shied away from the debate on multiculturalism, it has been widely discussed within the fields of political theory, social policy, cultural studies and law. Beyond Multiculturalism is the first volume of its kind to offer a comparative, worldwide view of …
Citizenship and the Legitimacy of Governance
Anthropology in the Mediterranean Region
Av Italo Pardo, Giuliana B. Prato
Häftad, 2016
856 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Against the background of unease at the increasingly loose and conflictual relationship between citizenship and governance, this book brings together rich, ethnographic studies from EU member states and post-Communist and Middle-Eastern countries in the Mediterranean Region to illustrate the crisis …
Domestic Goddesses
Maternity, Globalization and Middle-class Identity in Contemporary India
E-bok, 2016
2892 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Based on extensive fieldwork in Calcutta, this book provides the first ethnography of how middle-class women in India understand and experience economic change through transformations of family life. It explores their ideas, practices and experiences of marriage, childbirth, reproductive change and …
Domestic Goddesses
Maternity, Globalization and Middle-class Identity in Contemporary India
E-bok, 2016
2892 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Based on extensive fieldwork in Calcutta, this book provides the first ethnography of how middle-class women in India understand and experience economic change through transformations of family life. It explores their ideas, practices and experiences of marriage, childbirth, reproductive change and …
Anthropology in the City
Methodology and Theory
Av Italo Pardo, Giuliana B. Prato
Inbunden, 2012
2525 kr
Lägg i varukorg
With half of humanity already living in towns and cities and that proportion expected to increase in the coming decades, society - both Western and non-Western - is fast becoming urban and even mega-urban. As such, research in urban settings is evidently timely and of great importance. Anthropology …
New Environmentalism?
Civil Society and Corruption in the Enlarged EU
Inbunden, 2012
2525 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Drawing on rich ethnographic work in both Eastern and Western Europe, The New Environmentalism? presents a range of case studies to explore the impact of corruption in EU-funded structural development projects. With detailed analyses of the forms and contexts of environmentalism, the book reveals …
Liminal Worker
An Ethnography of Work, Unemployment and Precariousness in Contemporary Greece
Inbunden, 2013
2525 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The Liminal Worker examines the experience of work, employment, employment insecurity and precariousness in a context of high unemployment and welfare state crisis in modern Greece. A theoretically-informed, anthropological exploration of the notion of work in contemporary western society and its …
Seeing Cities Change
Local Culture and Class
Av Jerome Krase
Inbunden, 2012
2525 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Cities have always been dynamic social environments for visual and otherwise symbolic competition between the groups who live and work within them. In contemporary urban areas, all sorts of diversity are simultaneously increased and concentrated, chief amongst them in recent years being the ethnic …
Migration and Religion in Europe
Comparative Perspectives on South Asian Experiences
Av Ester Gallo
Inbunden, 2014
2759 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Religious practices and their transformation are crucial elements of migrants' identities and are increasingly politicized by national governments in the light of perceived threats to national identity. As new immigrant flows shape religious pluralism in Europe, longstanding relations between the …
African Americans and Gentrification in Washington, D.C.
Race, Class and Social Justice in the Nation’s Capital
Inbunden, 2014
2525 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book uses qualitative data to explore the experiences and ideas of African Americans confronting and constructing gentrification in Washington, D.C. It contextualizes Black Washingtonians’ perspectives on belonging and attachment during a marked period of urban restructuring and demographic …
