anthropology and ethnography(65)

Náboženství Mayů

Who were the Mayans? Where and how did they live? What did their religious world look like? What gods did they worship? What rituals did ...

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

Pod maskou benevolence

This study by Harlan Lane presents a complex (linguistic, anthropological, historical) view of the representation of the deaf community, ...

Zneschopňování neslyšící komunity

Prague Soundscapes

Prague Soundscapes is the first book focusing on music in Prague from other than musical-historical perspectives. It approaches musical e...

Pravěké umění

The book Prehistoric Art. Evolution of Man and Culture addresses the birth of human creativity in the context of the evolution of the hum...

Evoluce člověka a kultury

Pražské hudební světy

Prague Soundscapes is the first book focusing on music in Prague from other than musical-historical perspectives. It approaches musical e...

Prehistorie rodu Homo

Prehistorie rodu Homo (Prehistory of the Homo family) attempts to answer the timeless question related to the existence of the humankind:...

Prostory vzpomínání

Individuals as well as entire cultures maintain memories, creating their "memory.” This allows them to define their identity and legitima...

Podoby a proměny kulturní paměti

Příběhy (ne)obyčejných profesí

Histories of the "normalization and transformation" have recently become quite popular and a theme discussed by scholars and also by the ...

Česká společnost v období tzv. normalizace a transformace

Příbuzenství v antropologické perspektivě

In his book An Anthropological Perspective on Kinship, Ladislav Holý has managed to provide a concise, clear, and engaging summary of the...

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

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