Resultados de búsqueda: Anthropology from Diatrope Books

Strecker und Schröder, 1913. Paperback. Acceptable. Text in German. Significant wear on cover, including a water stain on the back and fraying spine. Maps and Tables. Some uncut pages. Discusses the coastal and hill tribes of the Gazelle Peninsula: A contribution to the ethnology of New Guinea with special emphasis on legal and social institutions, by Dr. Friedrich Burger.

New York: J. J. Augustin, 1957. Hardcover. Acceptable. Ex-library and Ex Libris Robert H. Lowie. Robert H. Lowie (1883-1957) was an Austrian-born American anthropologist. An expert on North American Indians, he was instrumental in the development of modern anthropology. This book's bookplate design shows an American Indian from a British Columbia bust, front view. c. 1950s (reproduced from a print made by Sybil Andrews). Loose hinge. Illustrated volume. 4 maps, including 2 foldout maps inside back cover. Bibliography.

Society for Psychological Anthropology, 1983. Paperback. Good. Unmarked. Foxing on edge. A special publication of the Society for Psychological Anthropology. Essays from a symposium held Dec. 1980 in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Society for Psychological Anthropology. Contributors: Donald Tuzin, Paula Brown, Fitzjohn Porter Poole, Gillian Gillison, Carol P. MacCormack, Marshall Shalins, and Shirley Lindenbaum. 106p. Measures 6x9 inches.

Library of Congress, 2002. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked text. Illustrated. This is the 2002 revision of the 1979 publication. 38p. Measures 6x9 inches. Photographs. Covers what is folklife, how to do fieldwork, supplies, documentation, and more. Model forms.

Harvard University Press, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 9x6x1. Unmarked. Dust jacket under clear mylar cover, with chipping and scrapes. Dorson is often called the father of American folklore. In addition, he is given credit for bringing about an international or cross-cultural approach to the subject. 391p. Measures 6.25x9.5 inches. Notes. Index. Bibliography

Random House, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket with clear mylar archival cover. 264p. Measures 6.5x9.5 inches. Bateson has come to believe that listening across generations is key to living creatively and to discovering the strange in the familiar and the familiar in the strange.

Nepal Studies Association, 1998. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Special Topics: Solukhumbu and the Sherpa, Part Two: LADAKH. Artlcles include "Pilgrimage to Uomi Tsho" by Eberhard Berg, "True Patriots: Justifying Autonomy for Ladakh" by Martjn van Beek and more. Reviews. Member directory. 98p.

Society for Applied Anthropology, 2006. Library Binding. Good. Unmarked text. Paperback bound in a folder by Library. Some tanning on cover. Issue focuses on Research and Resource Management in North American Fisheries. Human Organization is the journal of the Society for Applied Anthropology. Its primary objective is the scientific investigation of the principles controlling the relations of human beings to one another and the wide application of these principles to practical problems. Articles report the application of concepts of social/behavioral science to issues and problems in the contemporary world. Authors include David Griffith, James M. Acheson, Julia Olson and others. Ex-library and bound in a clear display library folder. pp. 229-342.

Duke University Press, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good. Unmarked text. No dust jacket, boards are under clear mylar cover. 59 figures. Notes. References. Index. 269p. 6.25x9.5 inches. Collection of essays. Basing his claims on wide-ranging historical and ethnographic research and building on his celebrated studies of exchange and colonialism in the Pacific, Thomas describes how outsiders and islanders alike have constructed indigenous cultures over the last two hundred years. Nicholas Thomas (b. 1960) is a leading theorist of historical anthropology.

American Anthropological Association, 1955. Paperback. Good. Unmarked text. Sun line at spine. Volume 57, No. 1, Part 2, Memoir No. 80, rebruary 1955. American Anthropological Association Memoir No. 80. A Study of the Emergence of Commercial Operations in the Melanesian Society of Southeastern Papua. Map. 2 plates. Tables. 84p. Measures 6x9.25 inches.

Lowie Museum, 1961. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Good. Unmarked text. Some age tanning. Booklet accompanied an exhibition at the Lowie Museum. 18p. Map. Black-and-white illustrations. Measures 5.5x8.5 inches.

Lowie Museum of Anthropology/University of California Berkeley, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Exhibition catalog. Well illustrated with 57 full-color reproductions of contemporary Thailand artworks. Focuses on the importance and meaning of contemporary art in the Thai context, with work and biographical information on 28 of Thailand's artists. 138p.

American Folklore Society, 1986. Paperback. Good. Unmarked text. Soft crease on cover. This issue includes A Case Study of Individual Remarks by Turkish Romance Tellers by Ilhan Basgoz, The Origins of Korean Folklore Scholarship by Roger J. Janelli, Bullfighting: The Ritual Origina of Scholarly Myths, Narrative as Expository Discourse, "Hansel and Gretel" in Spain and Mexico, Swedish Folklife Research, and more. The Journal of American Folklore, the quarterly journal of the American Folklore Society since the Society's founding in 1888, publishes scholarly articles, essays, notes, and commentaries directed to a wide audience, as well as separate sections devoted to reviews of books.

American Folklore Society, 1986. Paperback. Good. Unmarked text. Some nicks on cover. Topics include South African Black Popular theater, Ethnic Identity in Illinois, Performance and Honor in 13th century Ireland, Redemption rumors, etc. Reviews. pp. 131-256pp.

Blackwell Synergy, 2006. Paperback. Good. Ex-library. 274p. Unmarked text. A few marks on cover. Articles include (among others) "Managing Memories in post-war Sarajevo" by Cornelia Sorabji, Sarah Elton on hominin-cercopithecid comparison in palaeoanthropology, Peggy Froerer on the emergence of Hindu nationalism in a central Indian tribal community, and Tobias Kelly on the second Palestinian intifada. Book reviews. Comment on North Ambrym by Mary Patterson.

American Folklore Society, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Articles include "Picturing Our Past: An Archive Constructs a National Culture" by Karin Becker, "Yellow Ribbons and Seasonal Flags: The Folk Assemblage of War" by Jack Santino, "Indexicality, Authority, and Communication in Traditional Narrative Discourse" by Gary R. Butler, an obituary of Albert Bates Lord (1912-1991), and more. Illustrated. The Journal of American Folklore, the quarterly journal of the American Folklore Society since the Society's founding in 1888, publishes scholarly articles, essays, notes, and commentaries directed to a wide audience, as well as separate sections devoted to reviews of books.

Blackwell Synergy, 2006. Paperback. Good. Ex-library. pp275-513. Clean text. Articles include (among others) Howard Campbell on Piros, Mansos, and Tiwas through history, Johan Rasanayagam on the formation of selfhood in post-Soviet Uzbekistan, and "Sorcery, corruption, and the dangers of democracy in Indonesia" by Nils Bubandt. A comment by A.D. Harvey on anthropologists in the National archives and "In search of the last 'wild' Apaches of the Sierra Madre" by Mark Jamieson. Book reviews.

Basel: Ethnologisches Seminar der Universit, 1981. Paperback. Good. Unmarked. Bumped cover and corner. Text in German with an 12-page English summary at the end. Section of 61 plates. Some color illustrations. Map. Bibliography. Measures 6.75x9.5 inches. Originally presented as the author's thesis ((1979).The full title is: Kinder schildern ihren Alltag: die Stellung des Kindes im ökonomischen System einer Dorfgemeinschaft in Papua New Guinea (Palimbei, Iatmul, Mittelsepik). In this study, children describe their everyday life and the position of the child in the economic system of a village community in Papua New Guinea (Palimbei, Iatmul, Mittelepik).

Tribal Arts, nd. Paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. Unmarked text. Text in English and French. Includes an interview with Oliver Wick, Ernst Beyeller, and more. 54p. Measures 9x11.75 inches.

Berkeley: The Holt Family Foundation, 1986. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Contains conference abstracts for the event. 106p. List of authors. Conference held in Berkeley California at the Alumni House (12-16 April 1986). Measures 5.5x8.5 inches.