University of Washington Press
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Cizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Hobby, Knihy, Nonfiction
Exploring several utopian imaginaries and practices, A Place for Utopia ties different times together from the early twentieth century to the present, the biographical and the anthropological, the cultural and the conjunctional, South Asia, Europe,…3 562 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction, Psychology
Reveals the limits and exclusions of defining desire as universalCompulsory sexuality—where sexual desire is seen as fundamental to human experience—not only pervades popular culture but is foundational to scientific research.988 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
First published in 1943, this classic memoir by well-known Filipino poet Carlos Bulosan describes his boyhood in the Philippines, his voyage to America, and his years of hardship and despair as an itinerant laborer following…625 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
Muddying the divide between land and waterThis interdisciplinary collection delves into the experiences and meanings of life in environments where water levels and availability are in constant flux. Amphibious Anthropologies brings together a global set…924 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction, Psychology
The human desire to adorn the body is universal and timeless. While specific forms of body decoration and the motivations for them vary by region, culture, and era, all human societies have engaged in practices…1 318 Kč KoupitArt, Cizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction
To Ellen Dissanayake, the arts are biologically evolved propensities of human nature: their fundamental features helped early humans adapt to their environment and reproduce themselves successfully over generations.792 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, History, Knihy, Nonfiction
Western imaginations of "Back East" rewrote America's cultural identity, shaping myths and realities alikeJust as easterners imagined the American West, westerners imagined the American East, reshaping American culture. Back East flips the script of American…759 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
We see how colonizers obliterated plant time’s deep history to create a reductionist system that imposed a Latin-based naming system, drew on the imagined sex lives of European elites to explain plant sexuality, and discussed…988 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
The destruction and defiance that swirled around Australia's embrace of the world's nuclear orderThough a nonnuclear state, Australia was embroiled in the military and civilian nuclear energy programs of numerous global powers across the twentieth…2 904 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
Where statehood is contested, questions of identity and territory define the political landscapeDespite maintaining de facto sovereignty, states like Taiwan find themselves unrecognized in today's international system because another power claims the state as part…1 153 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction, Psychology
Long suppressed as components of the human tool kit, psychedelic plants can be usefully modeled as “eloquence adjuncts†that intensify a crucial component of sexual selection in humans: discourse. Psychedelic plants seduce us to interact…1 153 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction, Science
“Should feminists clone?†“What do neurons think about?†“How can we learn from bacterial writing?†These and other provocative questions have long preoccupied neuroscientist, molecular biologist, and intrepid feminist theorist Deboleena Roy, who takes seriously…988 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction, Science
This book is designed for use as a dissection guide in comparative vertebrate anatomy or in mammalian anatomy.724 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
When spirits guard forests, conservation becomes revolution—and liberation grows from the soilIn 2011 Myanmar emerged from what was by some counts the longest ongoing war in the world. Amid the flurry of ceasefires and constitutional…1 153 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction, Psychology
A small town weighs the economic compromises of growth in the Rocky Mountain WestWhat happens to rural communities when their traditional economic base collapses?988 Kč Koupit
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