| Sub-categorii: | ||||
|
||||
Presents data on both prehistoric and recent indigenous groups across the entire continent within an explicit theoretical framework. Introductory chapters provide a brief overview of the variability that has characterised these groups over the long period of indigenous adaptation to the continent.
An account of Egyptian history and custom which includes anthropology, natural history and any antiquarian information of interest to Herodotus. This scholarly edition offers a thorough introduction to both Greek historiography and Egyptology.
A critique of sexism in contemporary sport in which the author shows how it affects women and men outside the playing arena, examining how women are excluded from participating in sport on equal terms with men, and how all-male sporting environments foster misogyny and sexual violence.
Religion remains a powerful reality for countless human beings across a range of cultures and systems of beliefs. This text is about the devotional subcultures created by women. Its authors draw their evidence and inspiration from Hindu, Buddhist, Islamist and Christian traditions.
This collection of general reflections and practical experiences illustrates the inappropriateness of a Western model in many local settings, and the positive value of non-Western systems of knowledge, values and ways of doing things.
This collection of general reflections and practical experiences illustrates the inappropriateness of a Western model in many local settings, and the positive value of non-Western systems of knowledge, values and ways of doing things.
De Sardan reasserts the relevance of mainstream anthropology to development and argues that contemporary development should be the main theme of modern anthropological research. Much of the empirical material is drawn from Africa.
De Sardan reasserts the relevance of mainstream anthropology to development and argues that contemporary development should be the main theme of modern anthropological research. Much of the empirical material is drawn from Africa.