edited by joy hendry (18 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Hardback. Straight, sharp, clean boards. Internally clean and crisp with similarly clean long and short edges to text-block. No inscriptions. Slightly age-toned DJ.

Original Navy Hardback. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. 1985. 62pp. B&W illustrations by the author. Best known for her Scottish Nationalist politics and activism, Wendy Wood was also an accomplished writer. Unclipped dust jacket is in excellent condition. Book has gilt titles to spine and gilt titles and decorations to upper board. Boards, pages, and contents are in excellent condition with no inscriptions.

Card Wraps (Staple Bound). Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. 1978. 52pp. Contents include works by: Tom Scott; Philoas; Donald Campbell; Robert Preston Wells; George Gunn; Jim Morrison; and Angus Calder.Book has light wear to edges and corners with slight foxing to panels and edges. Book also includes a loosely inserted letter from the editor emploring the subscriber (Jane), to please conribute to helping it continue, as the funding has been cut. Overall, in VG condition with no inscriptions.

Softcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Periodical. 52pp. Glossy illustrated wrappers. Small creases on rear wrap, near fine. This issue of the literary magazine devoted to Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid with contributions by Tom Scott, T.S. Law, Tessa Stiven, Valerie Gillies, and more.

Softcover. Condizione: Fine. First edition. 104pp. Glossy illustrated wrappers. Fine. Contains poetry by 40 Irish poets, including Thomas Kinsella, Desmond O'Grady, Eithne Strong, Eva Bourke, John F. Deane, Peter Fallon, Eavan Boland, Seamus Heaney, Francis Devine, Michael Longley, Brendan Kennelly and more; additional contributions by Bernard McLaverty, Suzanne Thompson and more.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Text is clean, clear and bright throughout. Cover is in very good, clean condition. Used.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. PAPERBACK. 21x14.5cm. 250 pages. Flat spine. Flat covers. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref.

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. Spine Creased With A Little Fraying At Ends. Front Board Creased Along Spine/Board Edge And Frayed At Corners. Rear Board Clean, Lower Corner Frayed. All Pages Clean And Tightly Bound.

First Edition. Collection of poems by the Scottish writer and politician Wendy Wood. Softcovers. Edges a little toned otherwise VG.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 244 pages. 9.10x6.10x0.70 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 160 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 2nd edition. 291 pages. 9.25x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. viii, 705 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm Contents: Introduction -- Fieldwork. 1. From scrambled messages to an impromptu dip : serendipity in finding a field location ; 2. The paradox of friendship in the field : analysis of a long-term Anglo-Japanese relationship -- Marriage and some early theoretical contributions. 3. Is science maintaining tradition in Japan? ; 4. The modification of tradition in modern Japanese weddings and some implications for the social structure ; 5. Tomodachi kō : age-mate groups in northern Kyushu ; 6. Shoes : the early learning of an important distinction in Japanese society ; 7. "The fix" in Japanese society ; 8. Marriage and the family in modernising Japan ; 9. The continuing case of Japan -- Child rearing and education. 10. Becoming Japanese : a social anthropological view of child rearing ; 11. Kindergartens and the transition from home to school education ; 12. Peer pressure and kindergartens in Japan ; 13. Children's contests in Japan ; 14. St. Valentine and St. Nicholas travel abroad : success and internationalisation in Japanese education ; 15. Individualism and individuality : entry into a social world ; 16. Bags, objects and education in Japan ; 17. Material objects and mathematics in the life of the Japanese primary school child -- Politeness, housewives and the wrapping idea. 18. The use and abuse of politeness formulae ; some social implications ; 19. Respect, solidarity or contempt? : politeness and communication in modern Japan ; 20. Humidity, hygiene, or ritual care : some thoughts on wrapping as a social phenomenon ; 21. To wrap or not to wrap : politeness and penetration in ethnographic inquiry ; 22. The armour of honorific speech : some lateral thinking about keigo ; 23. Politeness and formality in Japanese social relations ; 24. Order, elegance and purity : the life of the professional housewife; 25. Honorifics as dialect : the expression and manipulation of boundaries in Japanese ; 26. The role of the professional housewife ; 27. Wrapping and Japanese presentation : is this waste or care? ; 28. The sacred power of wrapping -- Cultural display. 29. Gardens and the wrapping of space in Japan : some benefits of a Balinese insight ; 30. Nature tamed : gardens as a microcosm of Japan's view of the world ; 31. Who is representing whom? : gardens, theme-parks and the anthropologist in Japan ; 32. Pine, ponds and pebbles : gardens and visual culture ; 33. The whole world as heritage? : foreign country theme parks in Japan ; 34. Foreign country theme parks : a new theme or an old Japanese pattern? ; 35. The Japanese tattoo : play or purpose? ; 36. Old gods, new pilgrimages : a whistle-stop tour of Japanese international theme parks ; 37. Shakespeare on show in Japan : an anthropological analysis of cultural display ; 38. "The past, foreign countries and fantasy . they all make for a good outing" : staging the past in Japan and some other locations -- Some sundry contributions. 39. Nursing in Japan ; 40. Food as social nutrition? : the Japanese case ; 41. Drinking and gender in Japan ; 42. The ritual of the revolving towel ; 43. The chrysanthemum continues to flower : Ruth Benedict and some perils of popular anthropology ; 44. Building bridges, common ground, and the role of the anthropologist -- Summing up. 45. Japan and Pacific anthropology : some ideas for new research ; 46. Learning that emerges in times of trouble : A few cases from Japan ; 47. Forty years of research and teaching on Japan : a personal trajectory -- Joy Hendry's full bibliography -- Index.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Spine Shows A Little Denting At Ends. Front Board Clean, A Few Minor Marks To Rear Board. Board Corners Dented. All Pages Clean Though A Slight Crease To Upper And Lower Corner Present. Binding Remains Tight.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 243 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 2nd sub edition. 291 pages. 9.50x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 312 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 243 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.