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  • The Anthropology of Elites

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    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Offering insightful anthropological-historical contributions to the understanding of elites worldwide, this book helps us grasp their ways of life and role in times of contested global inequalities. Case studies include the Polish gentry, the white former colonial elite of Mauritius, professional elites, and transnational (financial) elites. ... Leer más

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  • Stretching the Sociological Imagination

    Essays in Honour of John Eldridge

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
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  • Big Science Transformed

    Science, Politics and Organization in Europe and the United States

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
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  • The Dialectic of Taste

    On the Rise and Fall of Tuscanization and other Crises in the Aesthetic Economy

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
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  • Craft and the Creative Economy

    de S. Luckman ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
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  • The Halal Frontier

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    de J. Fischer ...
    Series series Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
    In The Halal Frontier Johan Fischer shows that halal (literally lawful or permitted) is no longer an expression of esoteric forms of production, trade and consumption, but part of an expanding globalised market. This book explores modern forms of halal understanding and practice in the halal consumption of middle-class Malays in the diaspora. ... Leer más

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  • Dance, Consumerism, and Spirituality

    de C. Walter ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Dance has proliferated in movies, television, Internet, and retail spaces while the spiritual power of dance has also been linked with mass consumption. Walter marries the cultural studies of dance and the religious aspects of dance in an exploration of consumption rituals, including rituals of being persuaded to buy products that include dance. ... Leer más

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  • Sports and The Global South

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    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
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    The Politics and Poetics of Rural, Regional and Remote Creativity

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  • Police Socialisation, Identity and Culture

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