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  • The Social Life of Trees

    Anthropological Perspectives on Tree Symbolism

    Modifié par Laura Rival ...
    Collections series Materializing Culture
    The passionate response of the British public to the Newbury Bypass is a revealing measure of how strongly people feel about trees and the environment. Similarly, in the United States, the giant sequoia of California is an enduring national symbol that inspires intense feelings. As rainforests are sacrificed to the interests of multi-national corporations and traditional ways of life disappear, ... En savoir plus

    $85.99 CAD

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  • Anthropology

    A Beginner's Guide

    par Joy Hendry, Simon Underdown ...
    Collections series Beginner's Guides
    In this illuminating tour of humanity, Joy Hendry and Simon Underdown reveal the origins of our species, and the fabric of human society, through the discipline of anthropology. Via fascinating case studies and discoveries, they unravel our understanding of human behaviours and beliefs, including how witchcraft has been used to justify misfortune, and debunk old-fashioned ideas about “race” based ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • Beyond Nature and Culture

    par Philippe Descola ...
    Traduit par Janet Lloyd ...
    "Gives to anthropological reflection a new starting point and will become the compulsory reference for all our debates in the years to come." —Claude Lévi-Strauss, on the French editionBeyond Nature and Culture has been a major influence in European intellectual life since its French publication in 2005. Here, finally, it is brought to English-language readers. At its heart is a question central ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Handbook of Contemporary Animism

    par Graham Harvey ...
    Collections series Acumen Handbooks
    The Handbook of Contemporary Animism brings together an international team of scholars to examine the full range of animist worldviews and practices. The volume opens with an examination of recent approaches to animism. This is followed by evaluations of ethnographic, cognitive, literary, performative, and material culture approaches, as well as advances in activist and indigenous thinking about ... En savoir plus

    $104.99 CAD

  • Kin

    Thinking with Deborah Bird Rose

    Modifié par Thom van Dooren, Matthew Chrulew ...
    The contributors to Kin draw on the work of anthropologist Deborah Bird Rose (1946–2018), a foundational voice in environmental humanities, to examine the relationships of interdependence and obligation between human and nonhuman lives. Through a close engagement over many decades with the Aboriginal communities of Yarralin and Lingara in northern Australia, Rose’s work explored possibilities for ... En savoir plus

    $30.99 CAD

  • Living House

    An Anthropology of Architecture in South-East Asia

    par Roxana Waterson ...
    The Living House is a pioneering work by respected anthropologist Roxana Waterson that has become a classic in its field. It is first book of its kind to present a detailed picture of houses within the complex social and symbolic fabric of indigenous South-East Asian peoples.The main focus of the book is on Indonesia, but in tracing historical links between architectural forms across the region, ... En savoir plus

    $20.99 CAD

  • Prehistoric Rock Art

    Polemics and Progress

    par Paul G. Bahn ...
    Paul G. Bahn provides a richly illustrated overview of prehistoric rock art and cave art from around the world. Summarizing the recent advances in our understanding of this extraordinary visual record, he discusses new discoveries, new approaches to recording and interpretation, and current problems in conservation. Bahn focuses in particular on current issues in the interpretation of rock art, ... En savoir plus

    $39.99 CAD

  • In the Shadow of the Palms

    More-Than-Human Becomings in West Papua

    par Sophie Chao ...
    With In the Shadow of the Palms, Sophie Chao examines the multispecies entanglements of oil palm plantations in West Papua, Indonesia, showing how Indigenous Marind communities understand and navigate the social, political, and environmental demands of the oil palm plant. As Chao notes, it is no secret that the palm oil sector has destructive environmental impacts: it greatly contributes to ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD

  • Postcolonial Ecologies

    Literatures of the Environment

    Modifié par Elizabeth DeLoughrey, George B. Handley ...
    The first edited collection to bring ecocritical studies into a necessary dialogue with postcolonial literature, this volume offers rich and suggestive ways to explore the relationship between humans and nature around the globe, drawing from texts from Africa and the Caribbean, as well as the Pacific Islands and South Asia. Turning to contemporary works by both well- and little-known postcolonial ... En savoir plus

    $37.99 CAD

  • Archaeology and Anthropology

    Understanding Similarity, Exploring Difference

    par Duncan Garrow, Thomas Yarrow ...
    This book focuses on the relationship between the disciplines of archaeology and anthropology. Both disciplines arose from a common project: a desire to understand human social and cultural diversity. However, in recent years, archaeologys interest in anthropology has remained largely unreciprocated. To date, the causes and consequences of this imbalance have received little attention, ... En savoir plus

    $34.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Anthropology and Cryptozoology

    Exploring Encounters with Mysterious Creatures

    Modifié par Samantha Hurn ...
    Collections series Multispecies Encounters
    Cryptozoology is best understood as the study of animals which, in the eyes of Western science, are extinct, unclassified or unrecognised. In consequence, and in part because of its selective methods and lack of epistemological rigour, cryptozoology is often dismissed as a pseudo-science. However, there is a growing recognition that social science can benefit from engaging with it, for as as ... En savoir plus

    $88.99 CAD

  • A Cosmos in Stone

    Interpreting Religion and Society Through Rock Art

    par David J. Lewis-Williams ...
    Collections series Archaeology of Religion
    J. David Lewis-Williams is world renowned for his work on the rock art of Southern Africa. In this volume, Lewis-Williams describes the key steps in his evolving journey to understand these images painted on stone. He describes the development of technical methods of interpreting rock paintings of the 1970s, shows how a growing understanding of San mythology, cosmology, and ethnography helped ... En savoir plus

    $50.99 CAD