Sociology: customs & traditions books

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The Little Book of Sanuk: The Thai Secret to a More Joyful Life

The Little Book of Sanuk: The Thai Secret to a More...

Author: Karen Sinotok
ISBN: 9780008657819
Format: Hardback
$24.99

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Biographies of Port Said: Everydayness of State, Dwellers, and Strangers: Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 36, No. 1

Biographies of Port Said: Everydayness of State, Dwellers,...

Author: Mostafa Mohie
ISBN: 9781649032300
Format: Paperback
$79.07

A study of how the city of Port Said was created, and its spaces mutually produced and transformed through the practices...  Read More >>

Understanding the Public Sector in Egyptian Cinema: A State Venture: Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 35, No. 3

Understanding the Public Sector in Egyptian Cinema:...

Author: Tamara Chahine Maatouk
ISBN: 9781649032287
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Public and government attitudes to the role of the public sector in Egyptian cinema In 1957 the public sector in...  Read More >>

On Friendship between the No Longer and the Not Yet: An Ethnographic Account: Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 35, No. 4

On Friendship between the No Longer and the Not Yet:...

Author: Soha Mohsen
ISBN: 9781649032294
Format: Paperback
$79.07

"An ethnographic study of the contemporary meanings, forms, and purposes of friendship among young Egyptians There...  Read More >>

Oral History in Times of Change: Gender, Documentation, and the Making of Archives: Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 35, No. 1

Oral History in Times of Change: Gender, Documentation,...

Author: Hoda Elsadda
ISBN: 9781649032355
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Challenges, opportunities, and methodological issues in the creation of oral history archives in the Arab world...  Read More >>

New Perspectives on the Ontology of Social Identities

New Perspectives on the Ontology of Social Identities...

Author: Alejandro Arango (Gonzaga University, USA) ,  Adam Burgos (Bucknell University, USA)
ISBN: 9781032690308
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This volume presents new research in social ontology by focusing on questions related to the characteristics, categories,...  Read More >>

Names Fashioned by Gender: Stitched Perceptions

Names Fashioned by Gender: Stitched Perceptions

Author: Thenjiwe Meyiwa ,  Madodo Cekiso
ISBN: 9781776151288
Format: Paperback
$29.70

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Translation and Decolonisation: Interdisciplinary Approaches

Translation and Decolonisation: Interdisciplinary Approaches...

Author: Claire Chambers ,  Ipek Demir
ISBN: 9781032382715
Format: Paperback
$77.99

Translation and Decolonisation: Interdisciplinary Approaches offers compelling explorations of the pivotal role...  Read More >>

Translation and Decolonisation: Interdisciplinary Approaches

Translation and Decolonisation: Interdisciplinary Approaches...

Author: Claire Chambers ,  Ipek Demir
ISBN: 9781032399195
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Translation and Decolonisation: Interdisciplinary Approaches offers compelling explorations of the pivotal role...  Read More >>

The Routledge International Handbook on Max Weber

The Routledge International Handbook on Max Weber

Author: Alan Sica (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
ISBN: 9780367545079
Format: Paperback
$92.99

This book brings together leading scholars from various disciplines to illuminate Weber’s thought in numerous areas,...  Read More >>

Space, Mobility, and Crisis in Mega-Event Organisation: Tokyo Olympics 2020's Atmospheric Irradiations

Space, Mobility, and Crisis in Mega-Event Organisation:...

Author: Rodanthi Tzanelli (University of Leeds, UK)
ISBN: 9781032323428
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Taking the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as a case study, Tzanelli explores mega-event crisis and risk management...  Read More >>

Morality, Violence, and Ritual Circumcision: Writing with Blood

Morality, Violence, and Ritual Circumcision: Writing...

Author: Na'ama Carlin (University of New South Wales, Australia)
ISBN: 9780367551964
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Departing from both the ordinary defences and criticisms that surround the practice of Jewish ritual of circumcision,...  Read More >>

Happiness and Domestic Life: The Influence of the Home on Subjective and Social Well-being

Happiness and Domestic Life: The Influence of the Home...

Author: Maria Teresa Russo (Roma Tre University, Italy) ,  Antonio Argandoña (University of Navarra, Spain)
ISBN: 9781032208855
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book uses a multidisciplinary approach to examine the relationship between the quality of domestic life and...  Read More >>

The Origins Of Human Social Nature: Westermarckian Sociology and Social Anthropology

The Origins Of Human Social Nature: Westermarckian Sociology...

Author: Otto Pipatti
ISBN: 9783031551468
Format: Hardback
$343.17

This book is the first comprehensive study of Westermarckian sociology and social anthropology, which flourished...  Read More >>

Cult, Culture, and Authority: Princess Lieu Hanh in Vietnamese History

Cult, Culture, and Authority: Princess Lieu Hanh in...

Author: Olga Dror
ISBN: 9780824898663
Format: Paperback
$73.92

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Resisting Olympic Evictions: Contesting Space in Rio De Janeiro

Resisting Olympic Evictions: Contesting Space in Rio...

Author: Adam Talbot
ISBN: 9781526156297
Format: Hardback
$183.99

Resisting Olympic evictions explores how one favela mobilised urban space to contest the logic underpinning removals...  Read More >>

Teilhabe- und bildungsorientierte Sprachtherapie mit Kindern?: Eine ethnographische Analyse der Therapeut*innen-Kind-Interaktionen

Teilhabe- und bildungsorientierte Sprachtherapie mit...

Author: Sylvie Borel
ISBN: 9783658443122
Format: Paperback
$224.37

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Our Worst Strength: American Individualism and Its Hidden Discontents

Our Worst Strength: American Individualism and Its Hidden...

Author: James Richardson
ISBN: 9798988768005
Format: Hardback
$79.07

This book explores how American-style individualism affects work, fun, food, friends, and family-a rare, tragi-comic...  Read More >>

Researching Contemporary Wellness Cultures

Researching Contemporary Wellness Cultures

Author: Naomi Smith (University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia) ,  Clare Southerton (La Trobe University, Australia)
ISBN: 9781804555859
Format: Hardback
$172.99

Researching Contemporary Wellness Cultures brings together scholars examining the various ways and spaces in which...  Read More >>

Insurgent Fandom: An Ethnography of Crowds and Unruly Sounds

Insurgent Fandom: An Ethnography of Crowds and Unruly...

Author: Max Jack (Postdoctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Center for the History of Emotions)
ISBN: 9780197773796
Format: Paperback
$61.95

Insurgent Fandom offers a behind-the-scenes look at a transnational subculture known to few--ultra. Embracing a...  Read More >>

Lonely Planet's Guide to Death, Grief and Rebirth

Lonely Planet's Guide to Death, Grief and Rebirth

Author: Lonely Planet
ISBN: 9781837580057
Format: Hardback
$39.99

Discover more than 35 fascinating customs around death, grief, and rebirth, from Mexico's Dia de Muertos (Day of...  Read More >>

Indigenizing Archaeology: Putting Theory into Practice

Indigenizing Archaeology: Putting Theory into Practice...

Author: Emily C. Van Alst ,  Carlton Shield Chief Gover
ISBN: 9780813080338
Format: Paperback
$237.60

Highlights early-career Indigenous scholars conducting research in North America who are advancing the growing paradigm...  Read More >>

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