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Drawing on a unique ethnographic inquiry, Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni explores the complexities of the relationship between socially and culturally constructed roles bestowed on Japanese women by a variety of state agents, including the market and the media, and the 'real'...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-06-04
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Aus kulturwissenschaftlicher Perspektive wird an Morenga von Uwe Timm untersucht, wie der Autor auf das kulturelle Wissen über Kolonialvergangenheit sowie Selbst- und Fremdbilder einzuwirken versucht. Die Studie arbeitet in einer umfassenden Kontextanalyse heraus, wie...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-05-31
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An interdisciplinary collection exploring the practices and cultures of mapping in the arts, humanities and social sciences. It features contributions from scholars in critical cartography, social anthropology, film and cultural studies, literary studies, art and visual...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-05-29
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At a time of significant change in the precarious world of female individualization, this collection explores such phenomena by critically incorporating the parameters of popular media culture into the overarching paradigm of gender relations, economics and politics of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-05-22
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In Hope and Glory Stuart Maconie goes in search of the days that shaped the Britain we live in today. Taking one event from each decade of the 20th century, he visits the places where history happened and still echoes down the years. Stuart goes to Orgreave and Windsor,...
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Ebury Digital
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2012-05-10
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Our perception of Greece conjures up many potent images: an ancient civilization brought alive by fable, hillsides dotted with sunbaked villages, lazy beaches lapped by crystal blue waters, the warmth and humour of its people. Yet if we look behind the picture-postcard...
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Penguin
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2012-05-03
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Die Arbeit erhielt den zweiten Platz beim Prix de la meilleure thèse de l’Université de Luxembourg 2012. Über 200.000 Menschen pendeln in der Großregion SaarLorLux über eine nationale Grenze an ihren Arbeitsplatz. Sie sind Gegenstand dieser Studie, die das...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-04-26
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This volume contains articles most of which present empirical studies in the field of systematic musicology. Contributions in particular deal with aspects of melody including modeling and computer-assisted analysis as well as with various issues in sound and music...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-04-19
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This book argues that since 2001 the primary discursive context for articulating a European identity within the EU has increasingly become the idea of a common foreign policy for Europe. A new grand project of making Europe a true global player is being put forth and it...
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P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
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2012-04-18
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Das frühe 20. Jahrhundert ist geprägt durch einen umfassenden Ausbau technischer und organisatorischer Funktionszusammenhänge und -ensembles, der sich quer durch alle öffentlichen Bereiche zieht. Die Erhöhung von Umschlaggeschwindigkeiten von Gütern, Personen und...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-04-13
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The question of ignorance occupies a central place in anthropological theory and practice. This volume argues that the concept of ignorance has largely been pursued as the opposite of knowledge or even its obverse. Though they cover wide empirical ground - from clients...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-03-27
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This book presents the results of Heide Goettner-Abendroth’s pioneering research in the field of modern matriarchal studies, based on a new definition of «matriarchy» as true gender-egalitarian societies. Accordingly, matriarchal societies should not be regarded as...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2012-03-27
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The Fifth Editon of the highly successful guide to arab society - publsihing in line with the Arab Spring.The perfect introduction to contemporary Arab culture for those who want to understand today's headlines and the complex events playing out on the world stage. From...
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Quercus
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2012-03-23
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A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe offers a survey of contemporary Europeanist anthropology and European ethnology, and a guide to emerging trends in this geographical field of research. Providing a synthesis of the different traditions and contemporary...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2012-03-22
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Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
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A Companion to theAnthropologyof Europe BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGYA Companion to the Anthropology of Europe “The volume also deserves a place on the shelves of academic libraries as well as the larger public library.” Reference Reviews “Summing Up: Highly...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2012-03-22
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Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
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In dieser Einführung in das archäologisch-kulturhistorische Vergleichen und Deuten werden die Grundlagen der archäologischen Forschung systematisch dargestellt. Es wurde in seiner Form zusammen mit Hamburger Studierenden erarbeitet und besteht aus einem Textteil, einem...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-03-15
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In reading popular films of the Weimar Republic as candid commentaries on Jewish acculturation, Ofer Ashkenzi provides an alternative context for a re-evaluation of the infamous 'German-Jewish symbiosis' before the rise of Nazism, as well as a new framework for the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-03-14
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This interdisciplinary anthology highlights exiled/alienated women in literature, history, and cinema. Contributors investigate when and how women from diverse backgrounds have been relegated to the margins in order to shed light on the state of alienhood that stems...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-03-14
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A Companion to Folklore contains an original and comprehensive set of essays from international experts in the field of folklore studies. This state-of-the-art collection uniquely displays the vitality of folklore research across the globe. The Companion covers four...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-03-12
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Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
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