Social and cultural anthropology

This landmark book provides a comprehensive anthropological introduction to contemporary Central Asia.

Treatments of human communication mostly draw on cognitive and word-centred models to present it as predominantly a matter of words.

Siguiendo el espíritu del ángel caído, inspírate en los valores afirmativos del satanismo que se oponen valientemente a la autoridad arbitraria y defienden el espíritu contestatario.

This landmark book provides a comprehensive anthropological introduction to contemporary Central Asia.

This book brings fresh perspectives to the anthropology of migration.

This book focuses on the impacts of anthropogenic radiation on wildlife and ecosystems and provides an in-depth look at the approaches and available tools we can use to gain information about biological effects of radiation in the environment.

For the Foi people who live on the edge of the central highlands of Papua New Guinea, the flow of pearl shells is the "e;heart"e; of their social life.

This book links world-literary studies with anthropology and ethnography.

In this primer, the authors introduce readers to the top ten natural therapies so they can determine which therapy is best for them.

Countless people around the world suffer from allergies and allergy-like symptoms.

Die Erkrankung Adipositas, starkes Übergewicht, betrifft viele Kinder.

Esta publicación es acerca del patrimonio arqueológico de la ciudad, el patrimonio cultural enterrado que poco a poco ha salido a la luz para contar sobre la vida y la muerte en la ciudad, sobre la permanencia de prácticas indígenas y europeas en los oficios, como la producción cerámica o la preparación de alimentos, y las estrategias para la obtención de recursos, como el agua, en espacios que se hacen pequeños frente al aumento de población, propio de las urbes.

This book covers the wide range of malignant illness and where they intersect with environmental factors.

The book presents the results of an ethnographic study examining the post-deinstitutionalized organization and provision of acute mental health care in Italy.

Geriatrics, Lifestyle Medicine and Healthy Aging: A Practical Guide is a book for those interested in promoting healthy aging through lifestyle approaches.

This book reveals the history of the Vatican's ethnographic collections by exploring the imperial, scientific, technological, and religious agendas behind its collecting and curating practices in the early twentieth century.

Embodying Transnational Yoga is a refreshingly original, multi-sited ethnography of transnational yoga that obliges us to look beyond postural practice (asana) in modern yoga research.

Across many social and commercial domains, governments regulate the official names used to identify individuals, groups, places, companies & products, and even diseases.

This book advances the view that concentrated black power is the backbone of the Democratic Party and, as such, black empowerment represents the last hope for the US both domestically and internationally.

This book critically examines various facets of conflicts involving people and the state arising due to the uneven distribution of natural resources.

Cet ouvrage met en relief le nouvel essor des expressions culturelles autochtones et les conditions de leur réception.

The most promising natural substance in our body is NADH, the biological form of hydrogen.

Researchers now recognize that silent inflammation is responsible for most chronic deseases, including heart disease, Alzheimer's, and cancer.

Se ha demostrado que en los países donde se ha implementado el impuesto no ha habido pérdidas de puestos en las industrias afectadas ¿Por qué?

The book provides a comprehensive exploration of the relationship between nutrition and traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Vor dem Hintergrund der Tatsache, dass innovatives Handeln in der Gegenwart eine große Wertschätzung erfährt, unternimmt das Buch eine Untersuchung des Begriffs, des Ursprungs, des Werts und der Spielarten der Kreativität.

Este libro da cuenta de la capacidad de agencia de las personas desplazadas, principalmente en la ciudad de Popayán.

Matriliny and Modernity (1996) explores the situation both past and present of women living in the matrilineal society of Negeri Sembilan in a rapidly modernising Malaysia.

Treatments of human communication mostly draw on cognitive and word-centred models to present it as predominantly a matter of words.

This chronological reference compendium traces accusations, punishments, and the investigation of occultism from sorcery inquiries in 323 BCE Athens to the modern day.

Rewrite your money story-one spell at a time.

Nearly everyone seems confused about dietary fats.

This book clarifies the cause and consequences of hypercortisolism to help readers do something about it.

El cinabrio, un pigmento rojo vivo, ha sido utilizado por muchas culturas antiguas de todo el mundo, el hallazgo de cinabrio y de mercurio en el tunel excavado recientemente bajo el Templo de la Serpiente Emplumada, confirma la importancia simbolica de estos dos elementos y su vinculacion con el pensamiento cosmogonico de las antiguas culturas mesoamericanas.

Coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages on the planet and there has been extensive research into the purported health benefits or its disadvantages and counterindications.

El libro definitivo sobre Atapuerca.

Seeking Transcendence examines the various paths taken by those who have detached themselves from their traditional, institutional religious roots but are seeking non-traditional paths to spiritual experiences.

This comprehensive book provides a detailed framework for the evaluation and standardization of herbal products, promoting the safe and effective use of herbal medicines through rigorous testing and compliance with global regulatory requirements.

Coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages on the planet and there has been extensive research into the purported health benefits or its disadvantages and counterindications.

This book aims to describe and demystify what makes organized criminal groups so culturally powerful.

Als Mittel zur Orientierung -werden mit dem Werkzeug der "Drei Blickwinkel"-nacheinander die individuelle, soziale und die Sachperspektive eingenommen.

Ultimate Holistic HealthCutting edge science meets old-age spiritual in this user-friendly guide to help you balance your body's natural energy centers by using safe and natural practices.

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program.

This edited book provides an overview of existing and emerging gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) based methods for the authentication and fraud detection in all major food groups and beverages.

Women, and particularly poor women, have become essential cogs in the wheel of financialized capitalism.

The first book-length ethnographic study on music and Ifa divination in Cuba and Nigeria.

This book analyzes biological and sociocultural factors that influence nutritional status, physical growth, development and maturation of children and adolescents in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries in the perspective of human ecology.

Die geheimnisvolle Welt des Golden Dawn, durchzogen von mächtigen Symbolen, rituellen Zeremonien und intensiven Initiationsverfahren, hat seit jeher die Fantasie von Suchenden, Mystikern und Historikern gleichermaßen ergriffen.

Zwischen Zivilisation und Niemandsland – eine herausragende Reportage von der letzten Frontier der USADie meisten Amerikanerinnen und Amerikaner haben noch nie vom San Luis Valley gehört: einer flachen, weiten Prärielandschaft mitten im Nirgendwo.

El multinaturalismo del antropólogo brasilero Eduardo Viveiros de Castro y el animismo del francés Philippe Descola se han popularizado más o menos juntos bajo el nombre de perspectivismo amerindio y se están expandiendo viralmente desde la Amazonia al resto de la academia de las ciencias sociales.