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Frontiers of Social Research. Japan and Beyond.
FURUKAWA, AKIRA (EDITOR). Stock ID: 101869 Black and white illustrations, xiv + 351pp, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. "In this collection, thirteen essays by Japanese and Korean sociologists and anthropologists explore a variety of methods of social inquiry. They include: urban research, wartime anthropology, folklore studies, the studies of local knowledge of villagers, visual methodologies in fieldwork and description, and research and practice in social work." Publisher's description. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 101869) ... more |
AU$59.95 |
| Inside Austronesian Houses. Perspectives on Domestic Designs for Living.
FOX, JAMES J. (EDITOR). Stock ID: 49639 Maps, black and white illustrations, x + 237pp, references, small quarto, paperback. The eight papers in this volume examine the spatial organisation of a variety of Austronesian houses and relate the domestic design of these houses to the social and ritual practices of the specific groups who reside within them. Includes Comparative Perspectives on Austronesian Houses: An Introductory Essay - James J. Fox; The Lahanan Longhouse - Jennifer Alexander; Good Walls Make Bad Neighbours: Good Walls Make Bad Neighbours: The Dayak Longhouse as a Community of Voices - Christine Helliwell; Posts, Hearths and Thresholds: The Iban Longhouse as a Ritual Structure - Clifford Sather; Raising the House Post and Feeding the Husband-Givers: The Spatial Categories of Social Reproduction among the Mingangkabau - Cecilia Ng; Memories of Ridge-Poles and Cross-Beams: The Categorical Foundations of a Rotinese Cultural Design - James J. Fox; The Kalauna House of Secrets - Michael W. Young; Maori Meeting-Houses in and Over Time - Toon van Meijl; Houses and the Built Environment in Island South-East Asia: Tracing Some Shared Themes in the Uses of Space - Roxana Waterson. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 49639) ... more |
AU$27.50 |
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Asia in the Making of New Zealand.
JOHNSON, HENRY AND BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY (EDITORS). Stock ID: 100491 Black and white plates, x + 294pp, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. "'Asia in the Making of New Zealand' explores how the burgeoning Asian population of New Zealand is affecting our understanding of Asia and altering the way we see our own identity. This impact of Asia on New Zealand is not a recent phenomenon but goes back to New Zealand?s early years, and thus five of the essays in this book consider historical links between New Zealand and some Asian countries. Other chapters look at Asian aspects of contemporary kiwi culture, from the Indonesian gamelan, Indian identity, Muslim traditions as exemplified in the ?burqa? case, to Chinese and Korean use of the media. Essays are written by Tony Ballantyne, Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, Tim Beal, James Beattie, Stephen Epstein, David Hood, Henry Johnson, Erich Kolig, Jacqui Leckie, Brian Moloughney and Paola Voci, and the book includes a foreword written by Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin and an afterword by Professor Ann Curthoys, an Australian historian and an important writer in this field. Asia in the Making of New Zealand offers a thoughtful and illuminating discussion of the rapidly changing, creative and dynamic multicultural society in which we now live." Publisher's description. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 100491) ... more |
AU$60.00 |
| The Races of Mankind.
NESTURKH, PROFESSOR M. Stock ID: 74205 Translated from the Russian by George Hanna. Colour and black and white line and photographic illustrations, many folding, 112pp, from the library of Professor van der Sprenkel with his signature and date front free endpaper, good copy in worn and faded dustjacket. Chapters include: Definition of the Races of Mankind; Races and the Origin of Man; The Origin of the Races; Races and Racism. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 74205) ... more |
AU$30.00 |