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Amsterdam University Press South Asia on the Move
Book SynopsisThis book sustains and expands the new mobilities paradigm by focusing such theoretical advances on South Asian scholarship. When it comes to analytical approaches to movement, the mobilities turn has been tremendously provocative, particularly in the last twenty years. However, much of that literature remains rooted in the priorities, ontologies, and geographies of the West/Global North. This volume extends earlier approaches by centering South Asia as a critical site through which scholars can advance new empirical research, develop fresh theoretical tools, diversify mobilities studies, and pose a challenge to predominant models. Through a diverse set of interdisciplinary chapters, South Asia on the Move makes a sustained argument about the value of decentering (im)mobilities research. In so doing, the collection redirects the regional, theoretical, and methodological foci of the mobilities turn, demonstrating the relevance of South Asia for thinking about varieties of movement within the region and around the world.
£96.30
Amsterdam University Press Human Evolution and Development: Textbook for
Book SynopsisOur understanding of human evolution is proceeding at an unprecedented rate over the last years due to spectacular fossil finds, reconstructions based on genome comparison, ancient DNA sequencing and new insights into developmental genetics. This book takes an integrative approach in which the development of the human embryo, the evolutionary history of our body, the structure of human populations, their dispersal over the world and their cultures are examined by integrating paleoanthropology, developmental biology, comparative zoology, population genetics and phylogenetic reconstruction. The authors discuss questions like: - What do we know about ancient humans? - What happens in the development of an embryo? - How did we manage to walk upright and why did we lose our hair? - What is the relationship between language, migration and evolution? - How does our body respond to the challenges of modern society? In addition to being a core text for the study of the life sciences, 'Human Evolution and Development' is an easy-to-read overview for the interested layperson.Table of ContentsPreface 1. Our ancestors' story - The revolutionary innovation: walking upright - How old is that fossil? - The human tree of descent - The old hominins - The golden age of ape-men - The first Homos - Towards modern times 2. From egg to human - Heterochrony and Haeckel's law - Cleavages and germ layers - Axes provide direction - Developmental biology's model animals - The molecular tool kit - Limbs need new axes 3. The tinkered body - Tinkering, watchmakers and a Boeing 747 - The naked body - Adaptations to bipedalism in the locomotor apparatus - Gill slits, jaws, the thyroid, and the middle ear - Heart, urogenitals, guts and lungs - Evolution of the brain 4. There's got to be differences - Neutral jumps or stepwise adaptation? - The origin of genetic variation - Equilibrium between allele and genotype frequencies - Neutral evolution - Geographic distance and genetic variation - On top of genetics 5. The past inside the present - Phylogenetic reconstruction - The molecular clock and coalescence analysis - Out of Africa or multiregional evolution? - Migrations in so many directions - Hybridizations between ancient hominins 6. The cultural human - Prehistoric tools and cave art - The Neolithic transition - Evolution of language: early or late? - Group living; kin selection and altruism - Cultural evolution 7. Do humans still evolve? - Quantitative genetics and heritability - Evolution of biomedical traits - Evolution of the human life-cycle - Partner preference and sexual selection - Evolutionary medicine Epilogue Further reading Primary literature Figure acknowledgements Index
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Fondo de Cultura Economica USA La Globalizacion: Consecuencias Humanas
£10.45
Hong Kong University Press Diasporic Histories Cultural Archives of Chinese
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Hong Kong University Press Colours of Money, Shades of Pride – Historicities
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£19.80
Central European University Press Darwin'S Footprint: Cultural Perspectives on
Book SynopsisDarwin’s Footprint examines the impact of Darwinism in Greece, investigating how it has shaped Greece in terms of its cultural and intellectual history, and in particular its literature. The book demonstrates that in the late 19th to early 20th centuries Darwinism and associated science strongly influenced celebrated Greek literary writers and other influential intellectuals, which fueled debate in various areas such as ‘man’s place in nature’, eugenics, the nature-nurture controversy, religion, as well as class, race and gender. In addition, the study reveals that many of these individuals were also considering alternative approaches to these issues based on Darwinian and associated biological post-Darwinian ideas. Their concerns included the Greek “race” or nation, its culture, language and identity; also politics and gender equality. Zarimis’s monograph devotes considerable space to Xenopoulos (1867-1951), notable novelist, journalist and playwright.Trade Review"The author has successfully shown that Darwinism exerted significant influence on cultural and intellectual history of Greece, and especially on its literature. The book reveals that renowned authors were not just reacting to Darwin’s teachings, but were also trying to devise their own approaches to these issues, based on Darwinian and post-Darwinian thought. In her narrative, Zarimis also places these developments in Greek intellectual history into a wider context of international scholars’ community’s response to influence of Darwin’s ideas." -- Vladimir Abramović * Acta hist. med. stom. pharm. med. vet. / 2018 / 37 / 1–2 / 88–89 *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgements Chapter One. Introduction Xenopoulos: Case Study Evolutionary Theories Social Implications of Evolutionism Darwinism in Literature and Criticism Darwinian Themes in International Literature General Reception and Impact of Darwinism in Greece Future Direction of the Greek Race: Eugenics and Post-Darwinian Discourse Chapter Two. The Darwinian Impact on Modern Greek Writers “Voltaire” and “Dock” Emmanuel Roidis Kostis Palamas Nikos Kazantzakis Alexandros Papadiamantis Appendix. Poem: Τόπο αλλάζει and Its English Translation Poem: Δαρβίνος and Its English Translation Chapter Three. Darwinian reflections: Children’s Guidance Science and Positivism Heldreich and Gradualism The Gender Divide Science and Religion Physiognomies and Expressions i Chapter Four. A Re-Reading of Rich and poor: It’s All in the Eyes Literary Criticism, the “Note” and Prologue Physiognomy, Expressions and Natural Selection The Eyes ― Mirror of the Soul Chapter Five. Metamorphoses of Woman: dangerous fantasies Xenopoulos’ Comments Literary Criticism Transforming Tereza Extinctions Chapter Six. New Woman, Degeneration/Regeneration and The Descent of Man “The three-sided woman” “Τhe night of degeneration” Epilogue Bibliography Addendum: The Female Sex’s Handbookt
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Central European University Press Mobilizing Romani Ethnicity: Romani Political
Book SynopsisThe Roma issue is generally treated as a European matter. Indeed, the Roma are the largest European minority—their presence outside of Europe is a result of various waves of migration over the past four hundred years. Likewise, the stereotypes associated with the Roma—the problematized, stigmatized status of a “Gypsy” as well as the historical and contemporary manifestations of antigypsyism—are also of European origin. This book claims, however, that the perception of Roma being strictly a European issue is flawed, and that re-connecting the Roma issue globally represents an important learning experience and an added value. The book offers a critical exploration of Romani political activism in Colombia and Argentina, and compares it to that in Spain, narrated from the intimate perspective of Romani actors themselves. By outlining parallel lineages of Romani activism in three countries and on two continents, the author arrives at broad conclusions regarding the nature of ethnic mobilization. Mirga-Kruszelnicka proposes a new synergetic conceptualization of this multidirectional concept as an interplay between political opportunities, mobilizing structures, and frames of identity. Contributing to the vivid debate about the relationship between the researcher and the researched, the book also includes an original discussion of the positionality of scholars of Romani background.Table of ContentsFOREWORD by Ethel Brooks INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1. DEFINING ETHNIC MOBILIZATION – A SYNERGIC APPROACH Ethnic mobilization – a conceptual puzzle Defining ethnic mobilization Understanding Romani ethnic mobilization Framing Romani activism – literature overview Delineating Romani ethnic mobilization – actors and processes Defining Romani mobilizing structures Pro-Roma actors and Romani ethnic mobilization CHAPTER 2. POLITICAL OPPORTUNITIES – UNDERSTANDING THE BROADER CONTEXT Setting the scene: Ethnic mobilization in Europe and Latin America Roma as political subjects Roma in Europe and Latin America: Comparable cases? CHAPTER 3. ROMANI ETHNIC MOBILIZATION IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE. LOOKING INTO THE CASE-STUDY COUNTRIES Argentina, Colombia and Spain: majority contexts, minority struggles Reconstructing the genealogy of Romani presence In search of windows of political opportunity Anno Domini 2017 – Status of Roma CHAPTER 4. WHO IS DOING THE MOBILIZING? ANATOMY OF ROMANI ETHNIC MOBILIZATION THROUGH THE PRISM OF THE ACTORS Anatomy of a movement – birth and growth of Romani actors Argentina Panorama of Romani mobilizing structures: an overview Leadership and composition patterns Multiple voices: Between fragmentation and consolidation Rationale for ethnic mobilization CHAPTER 5. MOBILIZING FRAMES? IDENTITY AND INTERESTS INTERTWINED Identity and interests – and potential of collective agency Romani identity frames Romani frames of collective interest Mobilizing frames? Frame alignment and frame correspondence vis-à-vis Romani constituency CHAPTER 6. MOBILIZING ROMANI ETHNICITY FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION Targets of mobilization – why is this important? Targeting structures of power – external upward mobilization Building support and seeking allies – external sideways mobilization Internal mobilization – community as a resource? Conclusion CONCLUSIONS: MOBILIZING FOR CHANGE? LIMITS AND POTENTIAL OF ROMANI ETHNIC MOBILIZATION Roma issue as a global issue – importance of the trans-continental perspective Contributions to Romani Studies Romani agency in the world politics – possibilities and opportunities BIBLIOGRAPHY
£128.52
Central European University Press An Older and More Beautiful Belgrade: A Visual
Book SynopsisThis substantial essay depicts urban collapse in an exceptionally difficult period of the Serbian capital. The author has marshalled facts, reflections, photographs and other imagesto demonstrate the transformation of Belgrade during the Milošević years. With the theoretical grounding of cultural anthropology, history studies, culture of memory, history of art, and urbanism, Mileta Prodanović considers changes to the built environment and urban landscape in the city in the 1990s. He covers many visual aspects of life with great ingenuity: shopping centers, unregulated construction and “wild” modifications of buildings, new buildings (broadcasting studios, shops, homes) that do not fit the surroundings, bad taste in home furnishings (camp, kitsch), boondoggles such as the international art center, problematic historical markers like the obelisk of the eternal flame, billboards, store displays, electoral propaganda, graffiti, grave-markers and cemetery memorials, coins and paper money, calendars, beer labels, and even religious icons (and more). All this information is provided with some critique and much implied comparison to past standards. Table of ContentsList of Figures, Maps and Plates Foreword by Milena Dragićević Šešić Author’s Summary 1. NEW FORMS OF SACRILEGE The Icon: Between the World and God Differentiating Icon from Idol Profane Icons: A Socialist Innovation The Icon in Serbia’s Post-Socialist “Popular Awakening” 2. PATHOPOLIS Money as an Image of the State Belgrade as a Patchwork City Urban Downfall in the Shadow of War The City as a Forum “Targeting” in the Urban Environment We Won (1): Medals as Reflections of an Incoherent Ideology New Houses for New People Celebrity Charlatans Interlude: How the Past Travels Požeška Street as a Manifesto of “Anti-bureaucratic” Architecture The Way Something Is Written Is as Important as the Content. Maybe Even More. Interlude: The Fine Art of Image Destruction (Iconoclasm Revisited) Elections in the Urban Landscape Megalomaniacs We Won (2): The Eternity Which Lasted a Few Months 3. NECROPOLIS Princes, Living and Dead Rulers' Graves Subjects' Graves “Hush Thou, Night...” ADDENDUM 1: Millennium Bug in the Graveyard ADDENDUM 2: Millennium Bug in Republic Square Biographies Index
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Local Government & Public Service Reform Initiative Managing Multiethnic Communities: In the
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£18.04
Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities The Onomasticon of Iudaea - Palaestina and Arabia
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Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities The Onomasticon of Iudaea, Palaestina and Arabia
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£108.00
Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities Comparative Studies in the Humanities
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£28.50
Mitologicas Lo Crudo Y Lo Cocido Antropologia
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£16.49
Siglo XXI Ediciones El Mito del Canibalismo.Antropologia y Antropofagia
£10.04
Sang-e-Meel Publications Dictionary of the Pathan Tribes on the North-West
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£17.25
Kadena Press To be Poor and Obscure: The Spiritual Sojourn of
Book SynopsisAs one walks through these confessional essays, one encounters Karl and his world, where the personal, political, and spiritual are interwoven into a Lumad design.
£23.96
University of the Philippines Press A Very Far Place: Tales of Tawi-Tawi
Book SynopsisIn the mid-1960s, H. Arlo Nimmo conducted two years of anthropological field research in the Tawi-Tawi Islands of southern Philippines among the nomadic boat-dwelling Sama Dilaut. A Very Far Place was inspired by some of the people, places, and events he encountered during those years. In this collection, we read about an American man searching for a father he never knew, a Filipino man seeking beauty and comfort denied him in Manila, the tragic ill-fated voyage of a young family, a broken American expat who finds solace in classical music, a Jewish woman and a German man who carry their mutual enmity to the other side of the world, a teenage couple divided by their families’ feud, and a strange house on a river filled with dead animals. Although the stories are set in a faraway place and in a distant time, their themes still resonate in the here and now.
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Ian Randle Publishers,Jamaica Bahamian Society After Emancipation
Book SynopsisIn this expanded edition of an earlier work (1990) Gail Saunders advances our knowledge of Bahamian history by providing an in depth study of specific episodes and communities as well as important developments in social and economic life of the island chain. Bahamian Society After Emancipation also helps to locate the Bahamas within a regional historical context by showing that despite the absence of sugar and a dominant agricultural economy, the islands’ social development bears great similarities to the countries of the Caribbean.
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The American University in Cairo Press Pioneering Feminist Anthropology in Egypt:
Book SynopsisCynthia Nelson was an outstanding professor of anthropology at AUC and the founding director of the Institute of Gender and Women’s Studies. This collection of her essays, which highlight her distinguished scholarly career, is grouped under three main themes: phenomenology and the meaning of religious phenomena in Egypt; women, power, and politics in the Middle East; and the politics and ethics of location. Cynthia Nelson was the editor of the first Cairo Papers monograph in 1977: thirty years later, this issue marks her legacy to the humanistic and social scientific understanding of Egypt, a legacy balanced by the enormous institutional contributions she made to establishing feminist anthropology in Egypt. Cairo Papers Vol. 28, No. 2
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The American University in Cairo Press The Modern Neighbours of Tutankhamun: History,
Book SynopsisUntil their recent demolition, the colorful mud-brick hamlets of al-Qurna village, situated among the Noble Tombs of the Theban Necropolis on the Luxor West Bank, were home to a vibrant community. Inhabiting a place of intensive Egyptological research for over two centuries, it was inevitable that Qurnawis should become part of the history of Egyptology and the development of archaeological practice in the Theban Necropolis. But they have mostly been regarded as laborers for the excavation teams or dealers in the illicit antiquities trade. The modern people inhabiting the ancient burial grounds have themselves rarely been considered. By demonstrating the multiplicity of economic activities that are carried out in al-Qurna, this study counters the villagers' stereotypical representation as tomb robbers, and restores an understanding of who they are as people living their lives in the shadow of valued cultural heritage.
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The American University in Cairo Press The Regency of Tunis, 1535–1666: Genesis of an
Book SynopsisA new history of Ottoman TunisThe first Ottoman conquest of Tunis took place in 1534 under the command of Kheireddine Barbarossa. However, it was not until 1574 that the Ottomans finally wrested control of the former Hafsid Ifriqiya (modern-day Tunisia), retaining it until the French occupation of Tunisia in 1881. The Regency of Tunis was thus born as an imperial province, and individuals originating from throughout the vast territory of the Ottoman Empire settled there, rapidly creating a new elite via marriage with women from local notable families. This book studies the former Hafsid territory’s position within the Ottoman world and the social developments that accompanied the genesis of the united Regency of Tunis until the death of Hamouda Pasha.On the social plane, who were these Turko-Ottomans who were able to drive the Hafsid kings from their throne? Were they noble officers, as is so often remembered? The sources paint a different picture: one of rogues from distant Anatolia, and captives of corsairs from across the Mediterranean. These men expanded privateering for their own profit, seizing the country’s riches for themselves and monopolizing exports to Europe.Leïla Blili revisits the conventional historiography of Ottoman Tunisia, widely considered by historians to be an autonomous province ruled by a dominant class of Turko-Ottomans cut off from local society. She shows that the Regency of Tunis was much less autonomous than secondary scholarship has alleged and, through her analysis of the marriages of these Turko-Ottomans, that they were in fact well-integrated into the local population. In doing so, she also illuminates the place of kinship ties in the establishing of inheritances, access to spheres of power, and the very acquisition of titles of nobility.Trade Review"Leïla Blili’s work on Ottoman Tunisia is a scholarly tour de force. Her thoughtful reconsideration of relationships between Istanbul, local elites, and traditional notables transforms the narrative of these critical centuries. Her meticulous research and original arguments make a significant contribution, not only to the history of Tunisia, the Maghreb, and the Ottoman Empire, but also to Mediterranean history writ large."—Julia Clancy-Smith, The University of Arizona"Blili has excavated many details about the political contestations of the late Hafsid and early Ottoman eras, bringing to life the men holding positions of authority in Tunis. Along the way, she indicates the recurrence of marriage alliances between political contenders and local families, painstaking work that also is presented in eight genealogical charts featuring some of the most prominent men of the ruling class. The fast-paced narration and short chapters make the text accessible and full of insights for scholars interested in the political elite of Tunis in the 16th and 17th centuries."—International Journal of Middle East Studies"[P]rovides innovative and provocative insights into the more than century-long process of Tunisia's attachment to the Ottoman Empire, as well as a valuable contextualization, ranging far beyond Tunisia itself, of the environment and circumstances in which this process played out."—Journal of Islamic StudiesTable of ContentsContentsIntroductionPart 1: At the Margins of the Empire1. The Mediterranean Scene2. Back to a Medieval Time3. The Barbarossa Brothers in the Maghreb4. Kheireddine Barbarossa and the Project of a Maghrebi State5. Kheireddine, Grand Admiral of the Ottoman Navy6. The Dismantling of the Hafsid Territory Among the Spanish, Turks, and Marabouts: 1535–15577. Dargouth and the Ottoman Breakthrough in the Mediterranean8. Mediterranean NetworksPart 2: In the Fold of the Empire9. The Battle of Tunis, 1569–1574, and the End of the Hafsids10. The Age of Uncertainty: 1574–158711. Instruments of Ottoman Occupation: The Army of the Janissaries12. Land and Men: Patterns of Land Appropriation13. Algiers, Tripoli, and Tunis, 1587–1599: A Decade of Turbulence14. Between Myth and History: Othman Dey and Saint Abou Al Gaith15. Othman and the World of the Renegades16. The Pachas of Tunis, Caught Between Diplomatic and Local Interests: 1596-163117. The First Turkish Houses of Tunis: Matrimonial Strategies and Transmissions of Power18. Deys, Beys, Alliances, and Successions, 1611–164019. The Mouradite HouseConclusionNotes BibliographyIndex
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The American University in Cairo Press Nubian Ceremonial Life: Studies in Islamic
Book SynopsisThe building of Egypt’s High Dam in the 1960s erased innumerable historic treasures, but it also forever obliterated the ancient land of a living people, the Nubians. In 1963–64, they were removed en masse from their traditional homelands in southern Egypt and resettled elsewhere. Much of the life of old Nubia revolved around ceremonialism, and in this remarkable study, John G. Kennedy and other leading anthropologists from around the world reveal and discuss some of the most important and distinctive aspects of Nubian culture.Since its original publication, Nubian Ceremonial Life has become a standard text in the fields of anthropology and cultural psychology. In addition to basic ethnographic data, this groundbreaking study contains a number of theoretical discussions on topics of interest to students of comparative religions: the psychology of death ceremonies, the nature of ‘taboo,’ theories of circumcision rituals, and the importance of trance curing ceremonies. The book also presents information about a village of Nubians who had been resettled some thirty years earlier, thereby providing some clues regarding the possible patterns of future culture change among these recently relocated people. With a new foreword by Robert Fernea, this edition brings back into print a major work of scholarship on the unique ceremonial traditions of a changed and changing Nubian world.Contributors: Hussein M. Fahim, Armgard Grauer, Fadwa al-Guindi, Samiha al-Katsha, John G. Kennedy, and Nawal al-Messiri.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Genetic, Linguistic And Archaeological
Book SynopsisSoutheast Asia is regarded as one of the birthplaces of modern humans. Recent genetic evidence shows that it was probably the entry point of modern humans from Africa into East Asia and Oceania. With the help of new markers X mostly from the Y-chromosome and mtDNA X several recent efforts have been made to study the populations of Southeast Asia, which have been somewhat neglected in the past.A new picture of the origin and migrations of modern humans in this region is quickly emerging. In this book, the leading researchers in the studies of Southeast Asian, East Asian, and Oceanian populations present the most up-to-date results of their research.Table of ContentsPrehistory of human populations: archaelogical, linguistic and paleontological perspectives - prehistory, language and human biology - is there a consensus in East and Southeast Asia?, C.F.W. Higham; human diversity and language diversity, W. S-Y Wang; before the neolithic - hunter-gatherer societies in Central Thailand, R. Thosarat. The peopling of Southeast Asia: the case for an African rather than an Asian origin of the human Y-chromosome YAP insertion, P.A. Underhill and C.C. Roseman; genetic history of ethnic populations in Southwestern China, B. Su et al; Y-chromosomal variation in uxorilocal and patrilocal populations in Thailand, M. Srikummool et al; genetic relationships among 16 ethnic groups from Malaysia and Southeast Asia, S.G. Tan. The peopling of East Asia: Chinese human genome diversity project - a synopsis, J. Chu; origins and prehistoric migrations of modern humans in East Asia, B. Su and L. Jin. The peopling of Oceania: the genetic trail from Southeast Asia to the Pacific, R. Deka et al; the colonization of remote Oceania and the drowning of Sundaland, J.K. Lum.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Sickness Work: Personal Reflections of a
Book SynopsisThis is the story of a professor of Medical Sociology, diagnosed with colon cancer. He undergoes the appropriate medical treatment. Passing through that trajectory, he realizes that things happen that he never read about in the professional literature. During his illness and rehabilitation he scribbles down notes about what is happening to him, what he is observing and what things do not tally with his knowledge of the sociological literature. This continuous connection of personal experience with academic literature is what makes this book such a powerful account of the ‘everyday’ life of a sick person. Recommended to teachers and students in the field of social health research; to everyone who works in health care, professionals as well as volunteers; and to men and women who themselves are experiencing a serious illness.Table of ContentsForeword.- Preface.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Disruption.- 3. Incantation.- 4. Collective Disruption.- 5. Sickness Work.- 6. Control.- 7. The Outside World.- 8. Legitimation.- 9. Epilogue.- Notes.- Index.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Medical Stigmata: Race, Medicine, and the Pursuit of Theological Liberation
Book SynopsisThis book observes the idea of race as a false representation for the cause of disease. Race-based medicine, an emerging field in pharmacology, aims to create a specialty market based on racial groups. Within this market, the drug BiDil set a precedent in this area of medicine targeting African Americans as its first racial group. Consequently, selecting African Americans as a “starter group” led to ethical questions regarding the motive behind race-based medicine within the context of the larger treatment of blacks in American medical history. This book therefore links medicine and American eugenics, examines race-based medicine’s influence on the perception of the black body, traces the influence of BiDil’s approval on the resurgence of race-based medicine, and assesses the black church’s response to race-based medicine using black liberation theology as a means to social justice.Trade Review“Medical Stigmata encourages readers to apply similar hermeneutics to clinical contexts, using scripture to challenge the determinist narratives that pervade medicine and its adjacent industries.” (Audrey Farley, Marginalia, marginalia.lareviewofbooks.org, October 18, 2019)Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Race-Based Medicine.- Chapter 3 Maleficence toward the Minority Patient.- Chapter 4 Research, Race, and Profit.- Chapter 5 Black Theology and Reconciliation.- Chapter 6 Conclusion.- Bibliography.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore COVID-19: Proportionality, Public Policy and
Book SynopsisCOVID-19: Proportionality, Public Policy and Social Distance explores the social and political response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It details the sociological aspects of the spread of the virus, the role played by social distancing in virus mitigation, and the comparative effect of social proximity and distance on national anti-viral behavior. Peter Murphy discusses various public policy approaches to the pandemic and their successes and failures. In this engaging analysis, he investigates the way that contemporary societies think about risk, threat and harm, and how social mood affected the response to COVID-19.Table of Contents1. Social Distance.- 2. Public Policy.- 3. Social Mood.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Contemporary History of Cantonese Migrants in
Book SynopsisThis book vividly portrays the past, current, and future development of Yokohama Chinatown through the context of its Cantonese residents, grounded through a family history. It is useful for both academic and non- academic readers who are interested in migration history, transformation of urban spaces, anthropological perspectives of integration of immigrants, diasporic studies and overseas Chinese studies. It is informative when considering the role of immigrant communities in the world today in the context of globalization stimulating cross-border movements and anti-globalization forces that act as push and pull factors for migration. It is also a study of harmonious integration of the overseas Chinese community in Yokohama and its ability to retain its own cultural traits, rights, rituals, traditions and dialect language in one of the most homogenous countries in the world. This increases the attractiveness of Yokohama City in terms of ethnic diversity, cosmopolitan multiculturalism and urban space renewal.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- The History of Cantonese Migrants in Yokohama Chinatown.- The Xie Family in Yokohama Chinatown.- The Xie Family and Making of Overseas Chinese Associations.- The Xie Family and Cantonese Cultural Heritage.- Conclusion.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Health Studies: An Introduction
Book SynopsisThis new edition of Health Studies provides an authoritative and contemporary introduction to the study of health. With chapters including epidemiology, psychology, human and environmental geography, and anthropology, it is the only book to explore in one volume all of the core disciplines that contribute to understanding health. It illustrates how the complexity of health problems such as obesity should be viewed with an interdisciplinary perspective. Each chapter explains the disciplinary approach and then its theoretical and research approaches with examples. A highlight of this 4th edition is a new chapter on sports and exercise science providing another scientific chapter on physiology which is applied and will be of interest to all those thinking of employment in sports or leisure industry.The book is accessible and learner-centered and each chapter features: a connections feature that links the chapters together; learning tasks; questions for reflection and debate; examples to illustrate concepts, methodologies and to explore contemporary issues; a case study on obesity, food and diet.Comprehensive, accessible and written by leading experts in the different fields, this is the introductory text for all students of health studies.Table of Contents1. Why Study Health?2. Human Biology and Health3. Epidemiology and Health4. Sport and Exercise Science and Health5. Geography and Health6. Health Psychology7. Sociology and Health8. Social Policy and Health9. Health Economics10. Politics and Health11. Organization and Management of Health and Healthcare12. History and Health13. Cultural Studies and Social Anthropology14. Ethics and Law
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Sociological Reflections on the Covid-19 Pandemic
Book SynopsisThis book presents a sociological study of the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of India. It invites readers to understand disasters and crises as triggers of radical transformations in society, changing the very nature of every day and the meaning of normal. It discusses the processes through which society accepts, internalizes and reinvents a new way of life. It provides insights into its impact on the individual, family, economy and the state and the relationships not only between them but also within them. The chapters draw attention to the concerns of the vulnerable sections of the population – the aged, children, women, the disabled, migrant labour and the economically backward classes. The chapters are written in an engaging style, and each chapter investigates the way societies think about the risk, threat and harm and the ways to navigate crises of all kinds. As such, the book provides a key read for academics, students and administrators, as well as general readers confronted by an existential crisis caused by the pandemic.Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1: ‘The New Normal’: Home and the World Through the Looking Glass CHAPTER 2: Gendering The Pandemic: Revisiting The Domestic Space In Times of COVID-19 CHAPTER 3: Home, the Vulnerable and the Pandemic CHAPTER 4: Bringing the World Inside Home: Media, Advertisements and Changing forms of Consumerism CHAPTER 5: Dealing with the fear and social stigma of the Pandemic: Medley of preventive healthcare practices in India CHAPTER 6: Higher Education And The COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences, Lessons And Future Prospects CHAPTER 7: Locking Down The Daily Wage Laborers ...The Continuum Of Socio-Economic Suffering CHAPTER 8: The Pandemic And The Migrant Workers: Experiences Form The Margins
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Space, Place and Capitalism: The Literary
Book SynopsisThis book is an original contribution to literary geography and commentaries on the work of David Ireland. It plots the relationship between the spaces and places of 1970s Australian capitalism as it evolves through Ireland’s 1971 Miles Franklin prize-winning novel The Unknown Industrial Prisoner. In particular, the book theorises the relationship between space and place in literature through two highly innovative arguments: a focus on the spatial unconscious as a means to assess and track the spatiality of capitalism in the novel form; and the articulation of a regime of space through the perceived, conceived and lived constitution of space. Drawing together concepts from radical geography and structural Marxist literary theory, it explores the dominance of the regime of abstract space in the Australian context. The text also examines the nature and possibilities of place-based strategies of resistance, and concludes by suggesting opportunities for future research and plotting the ways in which The Unknown Industrial Prisoner continues to speak to contemporary Australia.Trade Review“Heino’s project is a compelling one. His efforts to demonstrate the power of literary geography to analyse class and power issues work well in relation to his analysis of The Unidentified Industrial Prisoner. His book is a timely reminder of the power inherent in Australian literature, which still deserves recognition among the ‘old world’ reading publics.” (Dave McLaughlin, Environment, Space, Place, Vol. 14 (2), 2022)Table of ContentsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Space and place in radical geography Chapter 3: Literary geography, the spatial unconscious and The Unknown Industrial Prisoner Chapter 4: Abstract space (with antipodean characteristics?) Chapter 5: The spatial state Chapter 6: Resistance – the struggle for place Chapter 7: The limits to the Home Beautiful Chapter 8: Conclusion
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Springer Verlag, Singapore The Power of Parasites: Malaria as (un)conscious
Book SynopsisThis book describes how malaria both frustrates and facilitates life for Indigenous Pälawan communities living in the forested foothills of the municipality of Bataraza on the island of Palawan in the Philippines. Tracing the arc of malaria on the archipelago from colonial encounters to the present day, it examines the ways in which malaria parasites have become entangled in contemporary lives. It uniquely explores the experiences of local government leaders working towards sustainably developing this last ecological frontier, health workers trying to meet international targets to eliminate malaria, and Pälawan people trying to keep their bodies, social relations and the cosmos in careful balance. In exquisite detail, Dr Dalia Iskander shows how malaria emerged from, and was intrinsic to, a whole host of strategically-orientated social practices that were enacted in as well as around the disease’s name, as people worked day-to-day to gain power in different guises in different arenas.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Practices of Oppression.- Chapter 3 Practices of Progress.- Chapter 4 Practices of Development.- Chapter 5 Practices of Professionalization.- Chapter 6 Practices of Equilibrium.- Chapter 7 Conclusion.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Social Virtual Worlds and Their Places: A
Book SynopsisThis book provides a foundational look at social virtual worlds from the geographer’s perspective. How can the geographer’s craft be applied to social virtual worlds? This question is addressed through careful analysis of what social virtual worlds are, how interest in these worlds has waxed and waned during the twenty-first century, and the meaning of their concocted spaces. Examining one of the key features of the social virtual world, the avatar, the book focuses on its user's motivations and identity choices. The book draws on the geographical understanding of place to examine where avatars live, work, and roam, and describes how virtual-world places resemble and diverge from actual-world places. A mixed-methods survey conducted in Second Life adds additional breadth to the discussion, whilst a series of vignettes gives extra life to the subject matter. This original exploration of the content and meaning of social virtual worlds is an essential resource for geographers, and for anyone interested in the virtual world experience.Table of ContentsSetting the Stage.Where in the World Are These Worlds?.Who Am I if I’m not Me?.Is Place Still a Place in Social Virtual Worlds?.Whither Social Virtual Worlds and Their Geographers.
£104.49
Springer Verlag, Singapore Beyond Global Food Supply Chains: Crisis, Disruption, Regeneration
Book SynopsisThis open access book takes the upheaval of the global COVID-19 pandemic as a springboard from which to interrogate a larger set of structural, environmental and political fault lines running through the global food system. In a context in which disruptions to the production, distribution, and consumption of food are figured as exceptions to the smooth, just-in-time efficiencies of global supply chains, these essays reveal the global food system as one that is inherently disruptive of human lives and flourishing, and of relationships between people, places, and environments. The pandemic thus represents a particular, acute moment of disruption, offering a lens on a deeper, longer set of systemic processes, and shining new light on transformational possibilities.Table of ContentsPart I Foundations1 Introduction: Beyond Global Supply Chains 2 Supply Chains as Disruption 3 Agri-investment Cashing in on COVID-19 Part II Production 4 Putting the Crisis to Work 5 Going Against the Grain in the West Australian Wheatbelt 6 Reviving Community Agrarianism in Post-socialist China Part III Distribution 7 Fantasies of Logistics in Aotearoa New Zealand 8 Reproducing Hunger in Pandemic America 9 The Pandemic Supermarket Part IV Food Politics 10 Disruption as Reprieve? 11 The UN Food Systems Summit: Disaster Capitalism and the Future of Food 12 Against Consumer Ethics 13 Afterword: Temporary Measures
£31.49
Springer Verlag, Singapore Ethnomedicine and Tribal Healing Practices in
Book SynopsisThis book examines various aspects of ethnomedicine and tribal healing practices, including its importance for inclusion and integration from a health systems perspective. Tribal healing practices is an under-studied component in healthcare system, health policy and health systems research. The book consists of original research papers based on empirical studies done by anthropologists, sociologists, public health practitioners and research scientists in various parts of India. It discusses issues of non-codified folk healing, with a focus on the therapeutic ideas and practices of tribal communities, located in anthropological theory and methods. It has a balance of empirical papers, review and theoretical papers, not only explaining ‘what is inside the healing practices’ but also touching upon the question of ‘why’ and delving into ‘what should be’ looking into the possibility to apply it for a larger good i.e., health care for all. This book discusses several important issues related to legitimacy, evidence and efficacy, recognition, certification and integration, protection and preservation, bio-piracy and bioprospecting, benefit sharing and intellectual property rights, sustainable use of medicinal herbs and conservation of nature and natural resources, biodiversity and possibilities of mainstreaming tribal healing. It is of interest to students and researchers from medical anthropology, medical sociology, cultural geography, liberal studies, tribal studies, ecology, sustainability and development and public health.Table of ContentsIntroduction Sunita Reddy, Nemthianngai Guite, Bamdev Subedi Section 1: Ethnomedicine and Public Health Perspective in Traditional Medicine 2. Ethnomedicine as Public Health R.K. Mutatkar 3. Critical Medical Anthropology and Ayushisation: Practices and Praxis P. C. Joshi 4. Tribal Health Knowledge and Practices: Contemporary Relevance and Challenges from a Health Systems Perspective Ritu Priya Section 2- Traditional Healing Practices in Himalayan Region 5. Indigenous Healing Practices in the Himalaya: Use of Medicinal Plants and Health Development in Nepal Madhusudan Subedi 6. Ethnomedicine in Question: The Case of Tharu Healers and Healing Practices Bamdev Subedi 7. Amchi system in Ladakh: Challenges in the New World Tashi Smanla, Shalina Mehta 8. Health Care Systems among Broq-Pa Tribe, District Leh, (Jammu & Kashmir) Diskit Wangmo, Rita Kumari, Nutan Kumari Jha, A. K. Sinha Section 3- Traditional Healing Practices in North Eastern States 9. The Folk Healing Practices of the North East India Shailaja Chandra 10. Understanding the Etiology of Diseases among the Lepcha Community Tshering Lepcha 11. The nongai dawai Khasi healers of Meghalaya Sandra Albert, John Porter and Judith Green 12. Traditional Bone Setters in Manipur: A Case Study among the Meetei in Thoubal District Asem Tomba Meetei
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Understanding Singaporeans: Values, Lifestyles,
Book SynopsisThis book details the findings of a large-scale survey on the values and lifestyles of 1500 Singapore residents in 2001. Semi-structured interviews with elderly and young adult Singaporeans were also conducted. This comprehensive study provides insights into Singaporeans' value orientations, personal values, aspirations, satisfaction with life and living in Singapore, media habits, leisure activities, Internet usage, how Singaporeans are similar to or differ from one another, etc.Table of ContentsIntroduction and Research Methodology; Value Orientations; Personal Values and Life Aspirations; Life Satisfaction; Media Habits; Leisure Activities; Internet Usage and Behavior; Clustering of Singaporeans; Successful Ageing in Singapore; Young Adult Singaporeans.
£80.75
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Pioneers Of Modern China: Understanding The
Book SynopsisAmongst the Chinese exists great cultural variety and diversity. The Cantonese care more for profit than face and are good businessmen, whereas Fujian Rén are frank, blunt and outspoken but daring and generous. Beijing Rén are more aristocratic and well-mannered, having stayed in a city ruled by emperors of different dynasties. Shanghai Rén are more enterprising, adventurous and materialistic but less aristocratic, having been at the center of pre-war gangsterism. Hainan Rén are straightforward, blunt and stubborn. Hunan Rén are more warlike and have produced more marshals and generals than any other province.Pioneers of Modern China is a fascinating book that paints a vivid picture of the unique cultural characteristics and behavior of the Chinese in the various provinces. Using leaders in the modern history of China, such as Sun Yat Sen, Chiang Kai Shek, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao as representatives, it offers an in-depth look into the psyche of the Chinese people. It also pays tribute to writers, painters and kungfu experts, who have helped to develop the country socially and artistically.Table of Contents* Fujian Ren and Lin Ze Xu: The Fuzhou Hero Who Destroyed Opium * Guangdong Ren and Sun Yat Sen: The Founder of the Republic of China * Zhejiang Ren and Chiang Kai Shek: The Christian President Who Ruled China with an Iron Hand * Hunan Ren and Mao Ze Dong: Leader and God * Hubei Ren and Lin Biao: Mao's Named Successor * Sichuan Ren and Deng Xiao Ping: The Hero of China's Modernization * Jiangsu Ren and Jiang Ze Min: Former President of the People's Republic of China * Henan Ren and Zhao Zi Yang: The Pioneer of China's Market Economy * Shandong Ren: Wan Li and the Gang of Four * Jiangxi Ren: Hu Yao Bang's Grand Tomb * Anhui Ren and Hu Jin Tao: The New Star in Communist China * Tianjin: Birthplace of the New Prime Minister, Wen Jia Bao * Beijing: Mei Lan Fang, Poets, Writers and Painters * Shanghai: Du Yue Sheng, the Gangster Chief * Taiwan and The Dream for an Independent State * Hong Kong in the Experiment of "One Country, Two Systems" * Macau: The Las Vegas of the East
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NUS Press One or Two Words: Language and Politics in the
Book SynopsisThe expression "one or two words" is used by the Toraja highlanders of Indonesia to refer euphemistically to their highly elaborate form of political speechmaking. Moving from this understatement, which denotes the meaningfulness of transient acts of speech, One or Two Words offers an analysis of the shifting power relations between centers and peripheries in one of the world's most linguistically diverse countries. Drawing on long-term fieldwork, this book explores how people forge forms of collective belonging to a distinctive locality through the exchange of spoken words, WhatsApp messages, ritual gifts of pigs and buffaloes, and the performance of elaborate political speeches and ritual chants. Aurora Donzelli describes the complex forms of cosmopolitan indigeneity that have emerged in the Toraja highlands during several decades of encounters with a variety of local and international interlocutors. By engaging wider debates on the dynamics of cultural and linguistic change vis-à-vis globalizing influences, the book sheds light onto a hitherto neglected dimension of post-Suharto Indonesia: the recalibration of power relations between national and local languages prompted by recent institutional transformations and the re-articulation of the relations between the central state and its peripheries through acts of speech.Trade Review"Alongside its rich historical and ethnographic accounts of relevance to Indonesianists–for example, of Toraja landholding disputes and post-Suharto regional autonomy reforms–One or Two Words is a valuable contribution to the linguistic anthropological study of sociality constituted through a politics of representation.” * Discourse and Society *Table of Contents List of Maps List of Photographs List of Tables Acknowledgements A Note on Orthography and Transcriptions Introduction Part I: The Politics of Language 1. Subjects of Discourse 2. Narratives of Distinction 3. Grammars of Exchange Part II: The Language of Politics 4. Hierarchies of Language 5. Modes of Power 6. Global Frictions and Local Crossovers Bibliography Index
£38.21
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Crisis Of Cultural Intelligence, The: The
Book SynopsisMilitary and civilian organizations in the past have attempted to understand culture and the cultural environment of conflict zones through anthropology. While there is a small and growing number of studies examining the use of anthropology for counterinsurgency, no studies have compared the Anglo-Saxon ABCA Armies' approaches to understanding cultural factors for counterinsurgency and civil-military operations.Crisis of Cultural Intelligence: The Anthropology of civil-military Operations thus represents a timely investigation into a number of issues regarding the past and present relationship between militarized anthropology, settler colonialism, and Indigenous militancy and the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which has internationalized the claim of encapsulated nations for equal rights. Covering issues such as the use of militarized anthropology in the Vietnam War and the controversial Human Terrain System (HTS) program used in Afghanistan, this book addresses the need for constructive and informed discussions about the nature and function of cultural data collection and analysis for counterinsurgency, peace-building, and conflict prevention operations.Crisis of Cultural Intelligence: The Anthropology of civil-military Operations is particularly important today, as cultural values and heritage continue to inform civil-military interventions of intrastate armed conflict amongst the people. Following the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, this book will provide some insights into how militaries will now need to look ahead and consider the types of conflicts they may become involved in.
£85.50
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Living with Uncertainty: Social Change and the
Book SynopsisThis book is one of the first ethnographies written on the life of farmers in rural Southern Vietnam since the economic reform in the 1980s. It investigates how social, economic and political factors affect the farmers' life in the Mekong Delta in the late socialist era with a particularly focus on the family, which serves as the basic and most significant social unit for the farmers. Dealing with classical anthropological topics of kinship and family, the book examines them as dynamic institutions. With vivid illustrations of the village life, family farming, education of children, jobs outside of farming and everyday politics, it presents new and different pictures of the current Vietnamese family under rapid social changes.The book will contribute to the current ethnographical research in Vietnam and Southeast Asia and also be of particular interest to those working on society and culture in the geographical region from broader disciplines. It will also appeal to readers who are interested in such topics as late socialism, social transformation, and rural development.
£25.46
NUS Press Rickshaw Coolie: A People's History of Singapore,
Book SynopsisBetween 1880 and 1930 colonial Singapore attracted tens of thousands of Chinese immigrant laborers, brought to serve its rapidly growing economy. This book chronicles the vast movement of coolies between China and the Nanyang, and their efforts to survive in colonial Singapore.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Bonobos and People at Wamba: 50 Years of Research
Book SynopsisThis book reviews all the findings about bonobos and the local people of Wamba village in the Luo Scientific Reserve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo over the last 50 years. In 1973, Takayoshi Kano, a Japanese primatologist, traveled across a vast area of the Congo Basin with a bicycle and found Wamba village to be a promising site to start his first studies on wild bonobos. Since then, many researchers from Japan and all over the world have been working at Wamba, now the longest standing study site, to uncover various aspects of the ecology and behavior of this most recently identified great ape species. The researchers study bonobo behaviors and carry out various activities for the conservation of bonobos. They also conduct anthropological studies of local people who live with bonobos and believe them to be distant relatives from the same family, living in the forest. This book is published in commemoration of 2023 marking the 50th year of study. The main chapters are contributed by active researchers studying bonobos and the local people at Wamba. The book also includes contributions from various eminent researchers who have carried out short-term research or have supported research at Wamba, which helps place these studies of bonobos in a broader primatological or anthropological perspective. This book will be a useful resource for professional researchers in primatology and anthropology, as well as graduate or undergraduate students interested in these research fields. Table of ContentsPreface1 Preface2 Introduction Ecology and social organization Social relationships Characteristics in behaviors Communication Coexistence of local people and bonobos Evolution of bonobos Box articles
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Vajra Books Empowering Dalits Through Knowledge
Book SynopsisAs the still-nascent academic discipline of Dalit studies of Nepal matures into a vibrant, imperative pursuit, this book, Empowering Dalits through Knowledge, will be recognized as a landmark contribution. What it does most profoundly and definitively is to dislodge entrenched thinking, including my own, about caste and Dalits' place in it. Its contributors take on the most challenging topics of our time; through the lens of Dalit experience, it explores the relationship of Dalit identity with the experience of being Dalit in its various forms. It examines the material basis of caste in relation to its ideological underpinnings while also examining its fluidity historically and across different geographies, governmentalities and social structures.
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NUS Press Aware Saga: Civil Society and Public Morality in Singapore
Book SynopsisIn March 2009, the Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) was briefly taken over by a Christian faction. Their coup was overturned within a matter of weeks, but the episode highlighted a variety of issues, including the role of religion in civil society, sex education, homosexuality, state intervention and media engagement. Although the immediate issue was control of an activist group concerned with women's rights, it has implications for the agendas and concerns of NGOs, 'culture wars', the processes of citizenry mobilization, mass participation and noisy democracy, and liberal voices in contemporary Singapore. In this book, academics and public intellectuals examine the AWARE saga within the context of Singapore's civil society, considering the political and historical background and how the issues it raised relate to contemporary societal trends. In addition to documenting a milestone event for Singapore's civil society, the authors offer provocative interpretations that will interest a broad range of readers.
£19.29
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Mashindano: Competitive Music Performance in East Africa
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Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Rural-Urban Dynamics in the East African
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