anthropology and ethnography(69)

Gramofon. Film. Typewriter

Kittler’s book interprets the history of media technology related to three inventions (gramophone, film and typewriter), spanning the per...

Rozkoš mezi pohlavími

The significance of this classical work by Thomas W. Laqueur, an American anthropologist from the University of California, Berkeley, to ...

Sexuální diference od antiky po Freuda

Člověk v teoretické perspektivě společenských věd

What picture do the contemporary social and human sciences present? This question is addressed by a group of scholars coming from many di...

Terénní výzkum v sociální a kulturní antropologii

Martin Soukup’s book is the first original Czech work which systematically focuses on the methodological foundations of cultural and soci...

Islámská kultura a její reflexe v Českých zemích

This monograph presents Islamic culture in a Euro-Mediterranean multicultural dialog with a specific focus on the situation in the Czech ...

Gender a pravěká společnost

How is the seemingly theoretical discipline of gender analysis related to archaeological practice? General analysis affords archaeologist...

Identity, Tradition and Revitalisation of American Indian Culture

"Identity, Tradition and Revitalisation of American Indian Culture", a collective monograph, is dedicated to the revitalisation of tradit...

Skejuš - Skejušané - Skejušan

Russinians in Chomutov, Their Origin, History and Current State addresses the theme on several levels. The scholars first expand on the s...

Rusíni v Chomutově, původ, historie a současnost

Quantum Anthropology

The book offers a fresh look on man, cultures, and societies built on the current advances in the fields of quantum mechanics, quantum ph...

Man, Cultures, and Groups in a Quantum Perspective

Umění a kultura království Benin

This book on the remarkable culture and original art of the Benin Empire covers historical transformations of the empire, local mythology...

Physical and personality traits of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia

On the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the death of Charles IV in 1978, Professor Emanuel Vlček, MD, DSc conducted research of the s...

A medical-anthropological investigation

Židovské tradice a zvyky

Jewish traditions and customs are among the most interesting and multifarious areas of Jewish studies as they reach out to many other dis...