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Pioneering essays on the idea of the Balkan as a body of knowledge and a cultural metaphor.

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Building a bridge between the anthropologies of West and East, the author shows how an intrinsically pathological - marginal - Western culture can be partially reconstructed to go "beyond marginality" by incorporating elements of a more authentic world view.

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In Capoeira, Mobility, and Tourism: Preserving an Afro-Brazilian Tradition in a Globalized World, Sergio Gonzlez Varela examines the mobility of capoeira leaders and practitioners. He analyzes their motivations and spirituality as well as their ability to reconfigure social practices.

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This book invites readers on a journey through time, to explore the multifaceted history of Central Asia. Through transcontinental passages such as the Silk Road, the book provides links among the major civilizations of China, India, Persia, and the Mediterranean, which in turn influences the characteristics of the region and beyond.

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This new collection of essays looks at Max Weber's concept of the charismatic leader and the role and significance of charismatic leadership in relation to structural developments in contemporary society.

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One of the world's leading anthropologists assesses the work of the founder of structural anthropology

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This unique collection of comparable case studies addresses the need to assess modes of conflict resolution in a larger sociocultural context with attention to varying approaches and cultural perspectives.

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This unique collection of comparable case studies addresses the need to assess modes of conflict resolution in a larger sociocultural context with attention to varying approaches and cultural perspectives.

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In Corporate Responsibility and Human Rights, Jide James-Eluyode highlights key issues concerning the emergence of a normative framework for the human rights of indigenous peoples under international law and depicts its impact on corporate social responsibility practices.

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Creative Practice Ethnographies examines how the collaboration between creative practice and ethnography enables scholars and practitioners to hone research strategies and methods within contemporary contexts. The authors use three heuristicstechniques, translations, and transmissionsto illustrate how this interdisciplinary strategy operates.

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Charles Lindholm offers a sweeping introduction in this revised and updated edition of one of the leading textbooks on psychological anthropology.

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Written in practical, straightforward language, this text defines the qualitative research enterprise, links research strategies to theoretical paradigms, and outlines the ways in which an ethnographic study can be designed.

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Written in practical, straightforward language, this text defines the qualitative research enterprise, links research strategies to theoretical paradigms, and outlines the ways in which an ethnographic study can be designed.

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"Chun investigates the centrality of race, gender, class, and sexuality to "Big Data" and network analytics"--

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Embracing the Anaconda examines the socio-environmental impacts of contemporary mining companies like Anaconda Copper on the Atacameos, an indigenous community in northern Chile, and how the relationship has evolved through the battle for local water resources that jeopardizes the environment and livelihoods of the Atacameos.

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Addresses the ways in which body modification has been central to social and cultural practices.

This single-source reference will help students and general readers alike understand the most critical issues facing American society today.

Featuring the work of almost 200 expert contributors, the Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Social Issues comprises four volumes, each devoted to a particular subject area.

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This work provides a detailed and explicit account of the genre of social science research articles. It presents a comprehensive model which characterizes the generic, registerial and discoursal options as they interweave within a text.

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This volume examines the work of ten sociologists who have been forgotten or neglected within contemporary sociology. Each chapter examines one of these marginalized scholars including a brief biographical sketch, an overview of the selected theorists work and significance, and the relevance of their work to one or more contemporary social issues.

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Through literature, philosophy, history and autobiography, Louise Harmon probes the taboos around discussions of death. It is a study of the vigil over the dying.

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'There is no one else like Cooper' Guardian

When Jilly Cooper, then a young Sunday Times journalist, was asked to write a book on marriage, she had been married to Leo Cooper for a mere seven years.