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This book critically engages with the study of theatre and performance in colonial India, and relates it with colonial (and postcolonial) discussions on experience, freedom, institution-building, modernity, nation/subject not only as concepts but also as...
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Springer
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2018-11-03
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The social impact of the Internet and new digital technologies is irrefutable, especially for adolescents. It is simply no longer possible to understand coming of age in the inner city without an appreciation of both the face-to-face and online relations that structure...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-10-30
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This book explores the ways in which the spatio-temporal contingency of human life is being conceived in different fields of research. Specifically, it looks at the relationship between the situatedness of human life, the situation or place in which human life is...
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Springer
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2018-10-23
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'Engaging, witty, thoughtful, clever, casual, ebullient, erudite and thoroughly modern' Spectator'A dazzling talent - hilarious, winning and deft' Malcolm Gladwell In Mid-Air is a collection of short essays by the acclaimed writer and speaker, Adam Gopnik. Known for his...
Editeur :
Riverrun
Parution :
2018-10-18
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Global in scope, this original and thought-provoking collection applies new theory on legitimacy and legitimation to urban life. An informed reflection on this comparatively new topic in anthropology in relation to morality, action, law, politics and governance is both...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-10-17
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This book explores the aesthetic and ethical ways in which history and daily life are filmically represented and witnessed in Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien’s movies. From the era of the Japanese Occupation to the White Horror and then to the lifting of martial law,...
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Springer
Parution :
2018-10-10
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An ethnography of urban citizenship, global belonging, and queerness in a rapidly growing provincial city in the Global South, Queerly Cosmopolitan explores how people develop a sense of belonging in a city understood by many to be “unimportant” and “in the middle of...
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Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2018-10-10
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A well-known name in contemporary sociology, Dipankar Gupta’s wide range of scholarship and popular columns have justly earned him the reputation of being one of India’s leading public intellectuals. Talking Sociology provides a complete panorama of Gupta’s life and...
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OUP India
Parution :
2018-10-09
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For fans of Neil Gaiman and Welcome to Night Vale, Aaron Mahnke's The World of Lore (based on the hit LORE podcast) explores the chilling truth behind the legendary creatures, peculiar people and horrific places that arouse our deepest fears. Now on online streaming...
Editeur :
Wildfire
Parution :
2018-10-09
Collection :
The World of Lore
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This edited volume focuses on the impact of education among different social groups in different geographical areas of South Asia. The chapters illustrate the effects of formal education on castes ranging from Dalits to Brahmins, Buddhists, and Christians, even as they...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-09-24
Collection :
Anthropological Studies of Education
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______________________A richly illustrated and wonderfully eclectic collection of THE WORLD'S GREATEST SPEECHES - THE OLD, THE NEW AND THE UNSPOKEN - from the author of the international bestseller, Letters of Note. Discover speeches that altered the course of history,...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2018-09-20
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A Population History of India provides an account of the size and characteristics of India's population stretching from when hunter-gatherer homo sapiens first arrived in the country - very roughly seventy thousand years ago - until the modern day. It is a period during...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-09-19
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The city of Clermont-Ferrand in central France is inextricably linked to the global tire company Michelin—not only by the industrial, social, and economic realities that tie employees to employer, but also by a multi-generational, regional belief in the company’s...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-09-15
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Living Mantra is an anthropology of mantra-experience among Hindu-tantric practitioners. In ancient Indian doctrine and legends, mantras perceived by rishis (seers) invoke deities and have transformative powers. Adopting a methodology that...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-09-15
Collection :
Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
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Are painkillers mundane medications safe for use to ease human suffering? Or are they drugs of abuse that cause addiction and death? Do they ameliorate pain, or do they cause it? This book explores growing interest among medical practitioners media outlets about the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-09-15
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A Population History of India provides an account of the size and characteristics of India's population stretching from when hunter-gatherer homo sapiens first arrived in the country - very roughly seventy thousand years ago - until the modern day. It is a period during...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-09-13
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Recent discussions of self-realization have devolved into unscientific theories of self-help. However, this vague and often misused concept is connected to many important individual and social problems. As long as its meaning remains unclear, it can be abused for...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-09-11
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This book contains research findings from three major study areas, natural sciences, social sciences, and public policy and management. The focus area extends over geographical zones ranging from mountainous area of Mount Gagau in the Taman Negara National Park, down to...
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Springer
Parution :
2018-09-11
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This innovative volume explores the link between local and regional eating cultures and their mediatization via transnational TV cooking shows, glocal food advertising and social media transfer of recipes. Pursuing a global and interdisciplinary approach, it brings...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-09-10
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Breathes life into conversations about feminism' PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE'Very funny, very clever, very thoughtful and very relevant' DOLLY ALDERTONWhy do we find it so hard to say 'No'?How can feminism be more inclusive?What can rom-coms tell us...
Editeur :
Virago
Parution :
2018-09-06
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