A useful introduction to the study of tourism that applies semiotics and cultural theory to deal with some of our most iconic tourist destinations from the Taj Mahal to Las Vegas, and from the Eiffel Tower to Antarctica...
Thinking Through Resistance examines a diverse range of case studies of opposition to biomedical public health policies – from resistance to HPV vaccinations in Texas to disputes over HIV prevention research in Malawi – to assess the root causes of opposition. It is argued that far from being based ..
Explores the lives of the `first peoples' in developed countries such as Australia and Canada, describing how they are increasingly marginalised and eroded due to State disregard for social structures and the beliefs which underpin them...
The study of kinship is a fundamental part of the study and the practice of social anthropology. This volume examines the work of three distinguished anthropologists that bear on kinship...
The study of kinship is a fundamental part of the study and the practice of social anthropology. This volume examines the work of three distinguished anthropologists that bear on kinship...
First published in 1967, this book gives some of the fruits of the author's study of Tikopia ways of thought as the result of three field expeditions...
First published in 1967, this book gives some of the fruits of the author's study of Tikopia ways of thought as the result of three field expeditions...
This pioneering collection illustrates and explores the diversity of archaeological approaches to time. The contributors contrast a scientific understanding with social, cultural and religious ideas of time...