Social and cultural anthropology

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Ethical Humans questions how philosophy and social theory can help us to engage the everyday moral realities of living, working, loving, learning and dying in new capitalism.

Jonathan Chu explores individual economic and legal behaviors, connecting them to adjustments in trade relations with Europe and Asia, the rise in debt litigation in Western Massachusetts, deflation and monetary illiquidity, and the Bank of North America.

A comprehensive guide to the history and practice of Angular Magic *; Details the development of the magical system of the Nine Angles by the Church of Satan and the Temple of Set, as well as its internal body, the Order of the Trapezoid *; Analyzes the 3 key rites of Angular Magic: Die Elektrischen Vorspiele, the Ceremony of the Nine Angles, and the Call to Cthulhu *; Explores historical influences on Angular Magic, including Pythagorean number mysticism, John Dee's Enochian magic, and the writings of H.

Magic and Impotence in the Middle Ages investigates the common medieval belief that magic could cause impotence, focusing particularly on the period 1150-1450.

This book is the first to focus on violent and/or 'abusive' behaviours in lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender, non-binary gender or genderqueer people's intimate relationships.

Since Durkheim's influential work a century ago, sociological theory has been among the most integrative and useful tools for social scientists across many disciplines.

Creating Community with Food and Drink in Merovingian Gaul exposes the manner in which feasting and fasting, in other words, ritualized actions not performed solely for the purpose of nourishment, were central to social interaction in Gaul both prior and subsequent to Christianization of the mixed population of Franks and Gallo-Romans.

This book asks us to consider what is absent, rather than what is present, when studying religions.

This Springer Brief gives an overview of recent research conducted in the area of oil structuring starting with a detailed introduction on oleogelation and properties of food-approved building blocks followed by the discussion of some illustrative examples to explain the processing steps required for creating oleogels, advanced characterization (rheological, thermal and microstructural) and some potential edible applications of oleogels.

Introduces a Powerful New Brief Therapy ApproachThis groundbreaking book is the first to provide a comprehensive model for effectively blending the two main postmodern brief therapy approaches: solution-focused and narrative therapies.

From the laughing clubs of India and robotic granny minders of Japan to the "e;Flexsecurity"e; system of Denmark and the elderscapes of Florida, experts in this collection bring readers cutting-edge and future-focused approaches to our aging population worldwide.

In competitive sports where an extra breath or a millisecond quicker neural response can spell the difference between fame and mediocrity, a number of myths have persisted around the impact of what might be considered megadoses of various vitamins and trace elements.

Written by an experienced psychotherapist, this book provides professionals in the fields of health and wellbeing with a guide to human relationships with food, and their impact on mental health.

This book explores major shifts and reorientations in the recent history of American Anthropology, reflecting the author's vision of what anthropology is and what it has the potential to become.

In this bold, innovative work, Dorinne Kondo theorizes the racialized structures of inequality that pervade theater and the arts.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of Native American educational issues in the Northeast and highlights teacher training and instruction that address the experience and needs of the many Native students that attend reservation border town schools.

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This book examines the concepts of the Anthropocene and globalisation in our society and the changes that these are bringing about in education and human learning.

This book presents a consecutive story on the evolution of religions.

Conjuring up love, success, health, and happiness, The Little Book of Pocket Spells, has something for every situation.

Mineral elements are found in foods and drink of all different types, from drinking water through to mothers milk.

This thematic encyclopedia provides an overview of education in 70 countries worldwide and links educational organization, philosophy, and practice with important global social, economic, and environmental issues facing the contemporary 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.

Now in a revised second edition, Nutrigenomics and Proteomics in Health and Disease brings together the very latest science based upon nutrigenomics and proteomics in food and health.

Death and Digital Media provides a critical overview of how people mourn, commemorate and interact with the dead through digital media.

New York Times BestsellerDiscover the critical link between your brain and the food you eat and change the way your brain ages, in this cutting-edge, practical guide to eliminating brain fog, optimizing brain health, and achieving peak mental performance from media personality and leading voice in health Max Lugavere.

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This lively and engaging ethnography, written and designed with students in mind, uses the experiences and perspectives of a set of long-time market vendors in San Lorenzo, a neighborhood in the historic center of Florence, Italy, to explore how cultural identities are formed in periods of profound economic and social change.

The American military base on the island of Diego Garcia is one of the most strategically important and secretive U.

How you can solve the climate, energy and air pollution crises, without relying on ''miracle technologies''.

Introduction to Design Theory introduces a comprehensive, systematic, and didactic outline of the discourse of design.

This book uses narratives collected over a period of four years, detailing the stereotypes and stigmas attached to LGBTQ employees at the workplace in India, and it allows their voices to be heard.

In 2002, armed Hindu mobs attacked Muslims in broad daylight in the west Indian state of Gujarat.

This book provides up-to-date information on the state of the art in applications of biotechnological and microbiological tools for protecting the environment.

Less than three decades ago, when the Chinese bought cloth or clothes, they would have had to use a government-issued coupon.

This book examines the law and its practice in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Proper nutrition is the single most important component of preventative health care.

Light from the East collates letters between Hon.

This book explains how the U.

How are we to explain the resurgence of customary chiefs in contemporary Africa?

This book studies the intersection of performance and nationalism in South Asia.

China's transformation from a poor and underdeveloped country into a global market power has profoundly altered its socioeconomic power relations with the other countries in the Greater China region, namely, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Following a decade of U.

Every day many people suffer from intestinal diseases.

Many organizations are making focused efforts to prevent obesity.

A History of the Georgian People (1971) begins with an account of the early history and ethnographic background of Georgia, and goes on to cover the country's political history from 1000 to 1800 and Russian conquest.

Many health benefits have been attributed to selenium that include preventing various forms of cancer (e.