Social and cultural anthropology

According to the Bible, Eve was the first to heed Satan's advice to eat the forbidden fruit and thus responsible for all of humanity's subsequent miseries.

Global economy and its business environment, and thus the world of work, have recently been influenced by demographic and social changes, globalisation, as well as rapid development and introduction of novel, sophisticated and previously unknown technologies and new business models, especially in the context of the so-called fourth industrial revolution.

Der Ball bleibt rund, doch Fankurve ist längst nicht mehr gleich Fankurve.

Fermented food play an important proactive role in the human diet.

This book offers an ethnographic and conceptual analysis of contemporary UFO phenomena, focusing specifically on Chilean ufology and the ufological "e;absurd"e;, nonsensical instances for their experiencers in which there is no conceptual way out.

Questions of vision and knowledge are central to debates about the world in which we live.

Ethnography is a genre of writing that uses fieldwork to provide a descriptive study of human societies.

Problem Society is an essential introduction to the many facets of divided societies.

Although many scholars are convinced of the apparent civic disengagement of youth, others suggest that civic participation of young people is stable and increasingly expressed through non-institutionalized forms of practicing politics.

Bringing together contributions from established scholars as well as promising younger academics, the seventeenth volume of this established series offers a broad-ranging view of why Judaism, a religion whose observance is more honored in the breach in most western Jewish communities, has garnered attention, authority, and controversy in the late twentieth century.

In Rio de Janeiro's favelas, traffickers assert power through conspicuous displays of wealth and force, brandishing high-powered guns, gold jewelry, and piles of cash and narcotics.

A comprehensive overview of both traditional and current knowledge on the health effects of plant based antioxidants, this book reviews medicinal and aromatic plants from around the world.

Nationalism and nationalist ideas are a major force in the contemporary world.

Arthritis affects millions of people throughout the world and while its treatment is usually medical or surgical, there exists an increasingly large body of evidence concerning the positive effects of nutrition on the condition.

Performing Punk is a rich exploration of subcultural contrasts and similarities among punks.

"e;In this book, Morland, Lehmann, and Karpyn discuss the critical need for healthy food financing programs as a vehicle to improve food access for all Americans.

This book examines the peace settlement and veterans'' programmes after Zimbabwe''s guerrilla war of independence.

This book investigates the art and architecture of Papua New Guinean spirit structures with a multi-perspectival approach that combines cultural and social sciences with building, architectural, and spatial research.

The Secret Life of a Satanist steps behind the curtain with the founder and High Priest of the Church of Satan.

This book draws on the relationship between culture and the environment and its connection with health and well-being.

This book explores the profound and ancient relationship between music and astronomy.

Magic is a universal phenomenon.

Immigrant Life in the U.

These forty-eight powerful stories and poems etch in vivid detail the breakthrough moments experienced by women during the life-changing era that was the ’60s and ’70s.

This book offers a fresh perspective on the European migration crisis, chronicling its everyday realities in a central Italian province.

A detailed study of the engagement of state law with indigenous rights to water in comparative legal and policy contexts.

This book is an innovative sociolinguistic study of New Australia, an Australian immigrant community in Paraguay in 1893, whose descendants today speak Guarani.

Demands for freedom, justice, and dignity have animated protests and revolutions across the Middle East in recent years, from the Iranian Green Movement and the Arab Spring uprisings to Turkey's March for Justice and the ongoing struggle in Palestine.

A new, hands-on approach to social inquiry for social scientists who wish to make a difference to policy and practice.

This book examines the social inequalities relating to food insecurity in the UK, as well as drawing parallels with the US.

Dieses Sachbuch räumt mit Mythen rund um eine gesunde und ausgewogene Ernährung auf, denn was ist schon die richtige Ernährung?

Drawing on in-depth qualitative research, this book provides a nuanced picture of the everyday identifications experienced and expressed among the superdiverse Tamil migrant population in Britain.

This book is the first interdisciplinary treatment of the cultural significance of the Decembrists' mythic image in Russian literature, history, film and opera in a survey of its deployment as cultural trope since the original 1825 rebellion and through the present day.

Doing Science + Culture is a groundbreaking book on the cultural study of science, technology and medicine.

How hackers facilitate community technology projects that counter the monoculture of "e;big tech"e; and point us to brighter, innovative horizons.

Follow Aleister Crowley through his mystical travels in India, which profoundly influenced his magical system as well as the larger occult world *; Shares excerpts from Crowley's unpublished diaries and details his travels in India, Burma, and Sri Lanka from 1901 to 1906 *; Reveals how Crowley incorporated what he learned in India--jnana yoga, Vedantist, Tantric, and Buddhist philosophy--into his own school of Magick *; Explores the world of Theosophy, yogis, Hindu traditions, and the first Buddhist sangha to the West as well as the first pioneering expeditions to K2 and Kangchenjunga in 1901 and 1905 Early in life, Aleister Crowley's dissociation from fundamentalist Christianity led him toward esoteric and magical spirituality.

Stiles utilizes in-depth ethnographic study of judicial reasoning and litigant activity in Islamic family court in Zanzibar, Tanzania to draw new and important conclusions on how people understand and use Islamic legal ideas in marital disputes.

In June 2014, Brazil opened the twentieth FIFA World Cup with a spectacular ceremony.

On June 2122, 2017, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Food and Nutrition Board convened a workshop in Washington, DC, to explore the range of policies and programs that exist at the federal, state, tribal, and local levels to limit sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in children birth to 5 years of age.

This book provides an insight into the Afro-Brazilian experience of racism in Brazil from the 19th Century to the present day, exploring people of African Ancestry's responses to racism in the context of a society where racism was present in practice, though rarely explicit in law.

In her latest contribution to the growing field of emotion studies, Deidre Pribram makes a compelling argument for why culturalist approaches to the study of emotional "e;disorders"e; continue to be eschewed, even as the sociocultural and historical study of mental illness flourishes.

The authoritative guide for dietetic students and both new and experienced dietitians endorsed by the British Dietetic Association Now in its sixth edition, the bestselling Manual of Dietetic Practice has been thoroughly revised and updated to include the most recent developments and research on the topic.

A study of the history of filth, disease, purity and cleanliness in one of Europe''s oldest and most influential cities.

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