UID:
almafu_9959227343102883
Umfang:
1 online resource (x, 254 p.)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-92473-9
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1-280-35484-4
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1-134-92474-7
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0-203-41351-2
Inhalt:
Provides an introduction to the social anthropology of Western Europe. It covers food, migration, politics, urban and country life, magic, religion, sex and language in an accessible fashion, introducing the student to aspects of the anthropology of contemporary European culture.
Anmerkung:
Transferred to digital printing.
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Originally published: 1995.
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chapter 1 Travellers on a hill -- Introduction to the social anthropology of western Europe -- chapter 2 The golden oranges -- Food, appetites and identity -- chapter 3 The vines that trail -- Farming and fishing in western Europe -- chapter 4 The trampled garden -- Invasion, refugees, migrants and tourists -- chapter 5 The smokeless homes -- Peripheral regions in western Europe -- chapter 6 Towns with towers: the city as symbol and the neighbourhood as home -- The city as symbol and the neighbourhood as -- chapter 7 And with great lies -- Politics, patronage and leadership -- chapter 8 Turned in prayer -- Religion, magic, science and the supernatural -- chapter 9 The gossips of the town -- Sex and gender in contemporary Europe -- chapter 10 All Babel tongues -- Language and identity in Europe -- chapter 11 Ringed with a lake of fire -- Conclusions.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-415-06253-5
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-415-06254-3
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.4324/9780203413517
