Author: Lo_c Tallo
Publisher: AltaMira Pre
Keywords: guides, media, handheld, experience, technologies, museum, digital
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2008-08-28
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0759111197
ISBN-13: 9780759111196

Digital Technologies and the Museum Experience explores the potential of mobile technologies (cell phones, digital cameras, MP3 players, PDAs) for visitor interaction and learning in museums.

Author: Michael S. Kimmel
Publisher: AltaMira Pre
Keywords: youth, college, study, masculinity, dilemmas
Number of Pages: 302
Published: 2004-11-01
List price: $31.95
ISBN-10: 0759107300
ISBN-13: 9780759107304

First Published in 1976, Dilemmas of Masculinity takes a rare look at the immediate impact on masculinity of the women’s movement. The book is informed by research carried out during 1969-1970, when Mirra Komarovsky was teaching Sociology at Barnard College. It offers a unique insight into the early impact of the women’s movement on college-aged men.

Author: Hisham M. Ramada
Publisher: AltaMira Pre
Keywords: contemporary, issues, islam, classical, islamic, law, understanding
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2006-04-28
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0759109915
ISBN-13: 9780759109919

Ramadan brings together essays to explain the history of Islamic law and its role in the contemporary world.

Author: Mark Sutto
Publisher: AltaMira Pre
Keywords: ecology, cultural, introduction
Number of Pages: 396
Published: 2009-07-28
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0759112479
ISBN-13: 9780759112476

Introduction to Cultural Ecology provides a thorough discussion of the history and theoretical basis behind cultural ecology, starting with the basic principles of cultural anthropology, environmental studies, and human biological adaptations to the environment. It features nine case studies from around the world and highlights and defines key terms for the introductory-level student.

Author: William H. Swatos Jr.
Publisher: AltaMira Pre
Keywords: society, religion, encyclopedia
Number of Pages: 604
Published: 1998-02-05
List price: $134.95
ISBN-10: 0761989560
ISBN-13: 9780761989561

As the new millennium approaches the sacred and profane interface, conflict, and intermingle in novel ways. "The Encyclopedia of Religion and Society" provides a guide map for these developments. From succinct, brief notes to essay-length entries, this encyclopedia covers world religious leaders and scholars-past and present-in the United States and the world. This comprehensive volume is an essential reference for the study of the anthropology, psychology, politics, or sociology of religion.

Author: Ashley Montagu
Publisher: AltaMira Pre
Keywords: women, superiority, natural
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1999-07-13
List price: $33.95
ISBN-10: 076198982X
ISBN-13: 9780761989820

Among the central issues of the modern feminist movement, the debate over biology and culture over sex and gender, over genetics and gender roles has certainly been one of the most passionately contested. Making revolutionary arguments upon its first publication in 1953, "The Natural Superiority of Women" stands as one of the original feminist arguments against biological determinism. An iconoclast, Montagu wielded his encyclopedic knowledge of physical anthropology in critique of the conventional wisdom of women as the "weaker sex," showing how women’s biological, genetic, and physical

Author: Duane Champagne
Publisher: AltaMira Pre
Keywords: native, american, communities, contemporary, state, peoples, modern, indigenous
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2005-07-01
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 0759107998
ISBN-13: 9780759107991

Native American Studies