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An ethnography of contemporary Java. It analyzes how language operates to organize and to order an Indonesian people. It exposes the ways a culture reconstitutes itself. It leads to insights into the 'accidents' that precede the formulations of culture as such.

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Through a combination of text, colour photographs and sound recordings, Sonic ethnography explores the role of sound in the performance of local identities in the southern Italian region of Basilicata. The book makes a compelling argument for taking sound seriously as a crucial component of social life and as an ethnographic form of representation.

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South Asia in Transition is an introductory book on the anthropology of South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. This work is suitable for students and scholars at all levels.

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South Asia in Transition is an introductory book on the anthropology of South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. This work is suitable for students and scholars at all levels.

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This is a unique ethnographic study of the practical, theoretical, methodological, ethical and social dimensions of some key non-governmental organisations (NGOs), non-profit organisations (NPOs), and think tanks in Seoul during Roh Moo Hyun's tumultuous presidency (2003-8). -- .

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The ordinary citizens campaigning for justice in one of the most troubled countries in Africa

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The ordinary citizens campaigning for justice in one of the most troubled countries in Africa

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Spatial Anthropology offers a rich tapestry of cultures, landscapes and spatial stories that speaks to both the particularities of place and locality as well as the more delocalised topographies of regional, national and global mobility.

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Spatial Anthropology offers a rich tapestry of cultures, landscapes and spatial stories that speaks to both the particularities of place and locality as well as the more delocalised topographies of regional, national and global mobility.

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An anthropology of sport, which looks at how different sports are used by a wide variety of peoples to express, manipulate and negotiate their identities, and to challenge the way they are identified by others.

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An anthropology of sport, which looks at how different sports are used by a wide variety of peoples to express, manipulate and negotiate their identities, and to challenge the way they are identified by others.

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Gives a picture of the realities of life for the 30,000 street children in Nairobi, who are only one component of the growing worldwide problem of homeless children.

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Gives a picture of the realities of life for the 30,000 street children in Nairobi, who are only one component of the growing worldwide problem of homeless children.

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Aimed at anthropologists, this book offers a new model for understanding health and illness, provides a review of techniques found in many cultures for reducing individual and system stress, and offers processes for recovering health and individual social balance.

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Supplies models and tools from the discipline of anthropology for conducting effective counseling and therapy in individual, marriage, and group settings.

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Study Abroad and the Quest for an Anti-Tourism Experience examines the intersections and contradictions of study abroad and tourism, investigating how current study abroad practices engage with the promises of global citizenship. Contributors draw from their substantial experience in designing and running study abroad programs.

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Traces the growth of a middle class in Kathmandu as urban Nepalis harness the modern cultural resources of mass media and consumer goods to build modern identities and pioneer a new socio-cultural space in one of the world's 'least developed countries'.

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This book examines the roots of hatred, genocide, and mass murder in psychology, history, politics, and economics, including the funding of destructive political campaigns. It provides solutions grounded in moral philosophy as well as possible legal measures.