An Ethnography of a Vodu Shrine in Southern Togo: Of Spirit, Slave and Sea [ebook ed.] 9004341250, 9789004341258

Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean 9780226622415

“The Southern Ocean is a wild and elusive place, an ocean like no other. With its waters lying between the Antarctic con

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Hunters and Herders of Southern Africa: A Comparative Ethnography of the Khoisan Peoples 0521428653, 978-0521428651

The Khoisan are a cluster of southern African peoples, including the famous Bushmen or San "hunters," the Khoe

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The Western Slave Coast and its Rulers: European Trade and Administration Among the Yoruba and Adja-Speaking Peoples of South-Western Nigeria, Southern Dahomey, and Togo

A survey of the history of the western slave coast of Africa, a name derived from the principal aspect of early relation

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Flashes of a Southern Spirit : Meanings of the Spirit in the U.S. South [1 ed.] 9780820339566, 9780820338293

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Women of Color in a World Apart: An Ethnography of Care Workers and Dementia 1000206521, 9781000206524

Care, whether viewed as acts of civility, acts of compassion and skill, or acts of close personal interaction, is the fu

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A Disability of the Soul: An Ethnography of Schizophrenia and Mental Illness in Contemporary Japan 9780801467998

Bethel House, located in a small fishing village in northern Japan, was founded in 1984 as an intentional community for

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At Home in a Nursing Home: An Ethnography of Movement and Care in Australia 9781800736658

Focusing on contemporary ideas about how aged care is provided, this book poses the question: How can people who are age

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Imagining Transgender: An Ethnography of a Category 9780822390213

An ethnography in which the author’s fieldwork with transgendered and transsexual individuals in New York City demonstra

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Talking about Machines: An Ethnography of a Modern Job 9781501707407

This is a story of how work gets done. It is also a study of how field service technicians talk about their work and how

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Tangier/Gibraltar - A Tale of One City: An Ethnography 9783839456491

Contemporary life is caught in prisons of identity. Public, academic, and political discourses do not seem to be possibl

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