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Loving animals Loving animals Kathy Rudy " The contemporary animal rights movement encompasses a wide range of sometimes-competing agendas from vegetarianism to animal liberation. For people for whom pets are family members--animal lovers o… OL15946808W
September 12 September 12 Gregory Smithsimon Until September 11, Battery Park City had been a secluded, wealthy enclave just west of Wall Street in downtown Manhattan, one with all the opulence of the surrounding corporate headquarters yet with… OL15952097W
Investigating culture Investigating culture Carol Lowery Delaney "In its new Second Edition, the innovative and ever-popular Investigating Culture has been updated and revised to incorporate new teacher and student feedback. Carol Delaney and Deborah Kaspin provid… OL15976841W
On the road to Babadag On the road to Babadag Andrzej Stasiuk "Andrzej Stasiuk is a restless and indefatigable traveler. His journeys take him from his native Poland to Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Albania, Moldova, and Ukraine. By car, train, bus, fer… OL15999423W
The indistinct human in Renaissance literature The indistinct human in Renaissance literature Jean E. Feerick,Vincent Joseph Nardizzi "This volume argues for the necessaity of a re-articulation of the differences that separated man from other forms of life. Building on the increased attention paid in recent criticism to both plant … OL16142372W
A cultural approach to interpersonal communication A cultural approach to interpersonal communication Leila Frances Monaghan,Jane E. Goodman,Jennifer Meta Robinson "The Second Edition of A Cultural Approach to Interpersonal Communication presents key readings from the fields of cultural and linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, and communication studies th… OL16142768W
Spirits without borders Spirits without borders Karen Fjelstad "Spirits without Borders is an ethnographic study of the transnational and multicultural expansion of Vietnam's Mother Goddess Religion and its spirit possession ritual. The product of collaborative … OL16151592W
Berserk style in American culture Berserk style in American culture Kirby Farrell "As an idea, the berserk style is terrifying but also alluring in its promise that we can gain access to extraordinary resources by overthrowing inhibitions. Focusing on post-Vietnam America, using p… OL16151594W
Weimar film and modern Jewish identity Weimar film and modern Jewish identity Ofer Ashkenazi "This book argues that Weimar genre film was a site where the complexities and challenges of Jewish identity were envisioned and negotiated. In reading popular films of the Weimar Republic as candid … OL16152493W
The anthropology of ignorance The anthropology of ignorance High, Casey Ph. D. "Documents the many relationships and practices that depend on the suspension of knowledge or the generation, deployment, or recognition of ignorance"-- OL16167660W
Witchcraft and a life in the new South Africa Witchcraft and a life in the new South Africa Isak A. Niehaus "Witchcraft and a Life in the New South Africa reconstructs the biography of an ordinary South African, Jimmy Mohale. Born in 1964, Jimmy came of age in rural South Africa during apartheid, then stud… OL16191207W
A poetics of relation A poetics of relation Odile Ferly "A Poetics of Relation fosters a dialogue across islands and languages between established and lesser-known authors, bringing together archipelagic and diasporic voices from the Francophone and Hispa… OL16415217W
Fair trade from the ground up Fair trade from the ground up April Linton "Fair Trade promises to raise living standards in developing countries through: - worldwide minimum prices for commodities - support for democratically governed cooperatives - requirement of minimum … OL16509990W
Body Style Body Style Theresa M. Winge "Body Style reveals the subcultural body as a site for understanding subcultural identity, resistance, agency and fashion. Analyzed, theorized, politicized, and sensationalized, the subcultural body … OL16521248W
Drug effects Drug effects Lisa L. Gezon "Khat, marijuana, peyote--are these dangerous drugs or vilified plants with rich cultural and medical values? In this book, Lisa Gezon brings the drug debate into the 21st century, proposing criteria… OL16561527W
Running with the Kenyans Running with the Kenyans Adharanand Finn ""A dusty road stretches into the distance like a pencil line across the arid landscape. Lions, rhino, and buffalo roam the plains on either side. But I haven't come to Kenya to spot wildlife. I've c… OL16585386W
What's left of Blackness? What's left of Blackness? Tracy Fisher "What's Left of Blackness analyzes the political transformations in black women's socially engaged community-based political work in England from the late 1960s until the 2000s. Tracy Fisher situates… OL16592334W
A companion to moral anthropology A companion to moral anthropology Didier Fassin "A Companion to Moral Anthropology is the first collective consideration of the anthropological dimensions of morals, morality, and ethics. Original essays by international experts explore the variou… OL16607874W
Culture and dignity Culture and dignity Laura Nader "In Culture and Dignity - Dialogues between the Middle East and the West, renowned cultural anthropologist Laura Nader examines the historical and ethnographic roots of the complex relationship betwe… OL16626967W
Homoeroticism in Imperial China Homoeroticism in Imperial China Mark Stevenson,Cuncun Wu "Bringing together over sixty pre-modern Chinese primary sources on same-sex desire in English translation, Homoeroticism in Imperial China is an important addition to the growing field of the compar… OL16688620W
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