Sociology: customs & traditions books

16402 books were found.

The Book of Tea

The Book of Tea

Author: Kakuzo Okakura
ISBN: 9788119090143
Format: Paperback
$29.01

Gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the...  Read More >>

Relocating the Sacred: African Divinities and Brazilian Cultural Hybridities

Relocating the Sacred: African Divinities and Brazilian...

Author: Niyi Afolabi
ISBN: 9781438490724
Format: Paperback
$89.63

Maps manifestations of the sacred and religious syncretism in Afro-Brazilian cultural forms.  Read More >>

American Relics and the Politics of Public Memory

American Relics and the Politics of Public Memory

Author: Matthew Dennis
ISBN: 9781625347114
Format: Paperback
$86.99

Relics have long played a role in memorializing the American past, acting as physical reminders of hard-won battles,...  Read More >>

Kaibeto Memories: A trader's daughter remembers growing up on the Navajo Reservation at Kaibeto Trading Post in remote northern Arizona 1936-1960

Kaibeto Memories: A trader's daughter remembers growing...

Author: Elizabeth Anne Jones Dewveall ,  Robert Verne Jones
ISBN: 9780896461031
Format: Paperback
$39.47

Memories of trader's daughter at Kaibeto Trading post on Navajo Reservation,1936-1960  Read More >>

American Relics and the Politics of Public Memory

American Relics and the Politics of Public Memory

Author: Matthew Dennis
ISBN: 9781625347121
Format: Hardback
$261.36

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Wehali: Traditions of a Timorese Ritual Centre

Wehali: Traditions of a Timorese Ritual Centre

Author: Tom Therik
ISBN: 9781760464844
Format: Paperback
$113.49

Wehali defines itself as the ritual centre of the island of Timor. As a ritual centre, Wehali continues to be the...  Read More >>

Protect and Keep: The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

Protect and Keep: The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth...

Author: David Long ,  Gavin Whitelaw
ISBN: 9781803992747
Format: Paperback
$49.99

A unique pictorial record of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation  Read More >>

Encyclopedia of Hair: A Cultural History

Encyclopedia of Hair: A Cultural History

Author: Victoria Sherrow
ISBN: 9781440873485
Format: Hardback
$165.00

Examines the ways in which hair has served as a signifier of class, gender, ethnicity, conformity/non-comfority,...  Read More >>

In Search of Wild Silk: Exploring a Village Industry in the Jungles of India

In Search of Wild Silk: Exploring a Village Industry...

Author: Karen Selk
ISBN: 9780764364976
Format: Hardback
$90.00

Raising wild silk meets social and environmental challenges facing the textile industryΓÇöthe second-largest global...  Read More >>

Hermenéutica analógica, filosofía y dignidad humana

Hermenéutica analógica, filosofía y dignidad humana...

Author: Mauricio Hardie Beuchot Puente
ISBN: 9786075959825
Format: Paperback
$42.45

En este volumen me propongo examinar las relaciones de la hermenéutica con el estudio de la realidad. Por supuesto...  Read More >>

Grave

Grave

Author: Allison C. Meier (writer, Freelance writer, New York City, USA)
ISBN: 9781501383656
Format: Paperback
$19.99

"""Examines the design of the grave and how the ways in which we care for the dead are changing as old systems of...  Read More >>

The Eleventh Plague: Jews and Pandemics from the Bible to COVID-19

The Eleventh Plague: Jews and Pandemics from the Bible...

Author: Jeremy Brown (Director of the Office of Emergency Care Research, Director of the Office of Emergency Care Research, National Institutes of Health)
ISBN: 9780197607183
Format: Hardback
$93.95

Written in a lively and compelling style, this book explains the hidden relationship between Judaism and the world...  Read More >>

Sweeping the Way: Divine Transformation in the Aztec Festival of Ochpaniztli

Sweeping the Way: Divine Transformation in the Aztec...

Author: Catherine Dicesare
ISBN: 9781646423736
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Many disasters originate from a force of nature, such as an earthquake, cyclone, tsunami, volcanic eruption, drought,...  Read More >>

Beyond the Protest Square: Digital Media and Augmented Dissent

Beyond the Protest Square: Digital Media and Augmented...

Author: Tetyana Lokot, Lecturer, School of Commu
ISBN: 9781538181225
Format: Paperback
$67.99

The book provides a nuanced contribution to debates about the role of digital media in contentious politics and...  Read More >>

Communicating Food in Korea

Communicating Food in Korea

Author: Jaehyeon Jeong ,  Joong-Hwan Oh
ISBN: 9781793642271
Format: Paperback
$67.99

An in-depth investigation of the complex relationships among food, culture, and society in Korea, Communicating...  Read More >>

Journey Without End: Migration from the Global South Through the Americas

Journey Without End: Migration from the Global South...

Author: Andrew Nelson ,  Rob Curran
ISBN: 9798212442541
Format: Audio
$110.85

Chronicles the years-long journey of extracontinentales - African and South Asian migrants moving through Latin...  Read More >>

Journey Without End: Migration from the Global South Through the Americas

Journey Without End: Migration from the Global South...

Author: Andrew Nelson ,  Rob Curran
ISBN: 9798212442558
Format: Audio
$110.85

Chronicles the years-long journey of extracontinentales - African and South Asian migrants moving through Latin...  Read More >>

Sensory Anthropology: Culture and Experience in Asia

Sensory Anthropology: Culture and Experience in Asia...

Author: Kelvin E. Y. Low (National University of Singapore)
ISBN: 9781009240833
Format: Hardback
$245.81

Illustrated with a wide range of examples, this pioneering book analyses how the senses in everyday life manifest...  Read More >>

Behavioral Economics of Health: Healthcare for Effective, Efficient, and Sustainable Wellness

Behavioral Economics of Health: Healthcare for Effective,...

Author: Uwem Essia
ISBN: 9798389888463
Format: Paperback
$47.52

We are not as rational as the mainstream economic theory assumes us to be. Quite often, we make decisions and take...  Read More >>

Beyond the American Indian Stereotype: There's More to Me Than What You See

Beyond the American Indian Stereotype: There's More...

Author: Joely Proudfit
ISBN: 9781440851025
Format: Hardback
$113.95

"A comprehensive exploration of misappropriation and stereotyping related to American Indians that addresses the...  Read More >>

Leading Masonic Organizations: To Build and Sustain the York Rite of Freemasonry

Leading Masonic Organizations: To Build and Sustain...

Author: Ashley Moye
ISBN: 9781662936500
Format: Paperback
$26.37

Few Freemasons understand the dynamics of the York Rite, its structure, its interdependence and its complexities....  Read More >>

Inscrutable Eating: Asian Appetites and the Rhetorics of Racial Consumption

Inscrutable Eating: Asian Appetites and the Rhetorics...

Author: Jennifer Lin Lemesurier
ISBN: 9780814258675
Format: Paperback
$72.32

Investigates how the rhetorical framing of cultural food and eating practices underpins our understanding of race...  Read More >>

Party Food: A Partisan History of Food & Farming Policy in America

Party Food: A Partisan History of Food & Farming Policy...

Author: Rebecca Harris
ISBN: 9781863352475
Format: Paperback
$132.00

"""Voting with your fork"" is a common mantra for those concerned with food politics. However, real voting requires...  Read More >>

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