Social and cultural anthropology

For some people sex is a daily necessity, for others a once-a-year thing.

The issue of patronage-clientelism has long been of interest in the social sciences.

This book explores the role that arts and culture can play in supporting global international development.

It has become popular to blame the American obesity epidemic and many other health-related problems on processed food.

The Twilight of European Colonialism (1961) is a comprehensive appraisal of modern colonialism, as well as providing historical background, of the governments of British, French, Belgian and Portuguese colonies.

This book facilitates constructive interdisciplinary dialogue among linguistics and philology specialists concerning various languages in Vietnam, East Asia, and Southeast Asia.

The structure of a food influences the way it is transformed during processing and digestion.

This book examines ways in which families' physical environments have implications for their relationships and the health and well-being of their members.

Learn the most simple and effective way to adhere to the widely popular ketogenic diet, and lose up to twenty pounds per month with easy meal plans and recipes containing no more than six ingredients.

In what ways did Europeans interact with the diversity of people they encountered on other continents in the context of colonial expansion, and with the peasant or ethnic Other at home?

Janice Perlman wrote the first in-depth account of life in the favelas, a book hailed as one of the most important works in global urban studies in the last 30 years.

Was kann national und international wirklich gegen die dro-hende Klimakatastrophe getan werden?

This book discusses the latest research and new techniques in the field of lactic acid bacteria, including comparative genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics.

This book provides a more rational and systematic explanation for the origin and evolution of the Chinese narrative tradition, based on studies of Chinese literary classics, local culture and items such as bronze wares and porcelain vessels with "e;portrayed stories.

A people-centered approach to global healthWhen People Come First critically assesses the expanding field of global health.

Public agencies and industry will probably spend tens of billions of dollars on new water pollution abatement facilities in the next few decades.

This book is designed to meet the needs of nurse practitioners, other advanced practice nurses, and allied health professionals working in women's health, primary care, and other specialties.

Japan ist seit den 1980ern als Land bekannt, das eine bemerkenswerte Roboterkultur hervorgebracht hat.

First Published in 1993.

Nutritional Influences on Bone Health presents a collection of papers from the 8th International Symposium on Nutritional Aspects of Osteoporosis, the primary forum for and only regular meeting exclusively devoted to the topic of nutritional influences on bone health.

Child prostitution became one of the key concerns of the international community in the 1990s.

Food--how we produce, prepare, share and consume it--is fundamental to our wellbeing.

This established textbook offers a one-stop, comprehensive coverage of air pollution, all in an easy-reading and accessible style.

At just over a century old, the Pentecostal Movement accounts for over 500 million believers worldwide and continues to grow.

Cafe culture is flourishing in cities across the world.

Through its unique approach of using narratives and stories to convey theories and concepts, this text, now in its fourth edition, gives students a foundational knowledge in intercultural communication that is imperative for understanding and navigating our increasingly complex human interactions.

Handbook of Molecular Gastronomy: Scientific Foundations and Culinary Applications presents a unique overview of molecular gastronomy, the scientific discipline dedicated to the study of phenomena that occur during the preparation and consumption of dishes.

The reindeer herders of Aoluguya, China, are a group of former hunters who today see themselves as keepers of reindeer as they engage in ethnic tourism and exchange experiences with their Ewenki neighbors in Russian Siberia.

Monsters are culturally meaningful across the world.

Crucial to the world history of folkloristics is this key study, first published in 1992, of the development of folklore study in the Soviet Union.

Remaking Politics, Markets, and Citizens in Turkey critically analyses the travel of neoliberal ideas, policies, experts and institutions from the West to Turkey.

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Each August staff and volunteers begin to construct Black Rock City, a temporary city located in the hostile and haunting Black Rock Desert of northwestern Nevada.

In Intoxicated Identities, Tim Mitchell provides a novel and well-grounded framework for understanding subjective drinking experiences from the Aztecs to the present day in areas as diverse as Chiapas, Chihuahua, Oaxaca, Mexico City, Texas and California.

Approximately 380 million people worldwide are 60 years of age or older.

This book provides a concise, yet comprehensive overview of the many facets relating to human health risk assessments in relation to chemical exposure problems.

The Right Spouse is an engaging investigation into Tamil (South Indian) preferential close kin marriages, so-called Dravidian Kinship.

This volume examines gender and mobility in Africa though the central themes of borders, bodies and identity.

In 2008, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad invited international investors to the first-ever Palestine Investment Conference, which was designed to jump-start the process of integrating Palestine into the global economy.

This book introduces a simple idea: when we tell a story, we tell a story and at the same time create the world where this story takes place.

Since the early 1990s, new migratory patterns have been emerging in the southern Mediterranean.

Nutritional Oncology: Nutrition in Cancer Prevention, Treatment, and Survivorship presents evidence-based approaches to the study and application of nutrition in all phases of cancer including prevention, treatment, and survivorship.

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