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Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231158145
ISBN
9780231158145
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.66
€ 50.63

Hardback. Offering a distinctive and subtle analysis of tensions between government policies on religious matters and feminism, Halperin-Kaddari shows how women in Israel indeed have a state of their own-in the sense not of liberating refuge but of unfair marginalization. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 701.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812237528
ISBN
9780812237528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.34

Paperback. Based on fieldwork in ten Asian countries, this book examines cross-national patterns and the impact of globalization, state policies, individual autonomy, and social factors on various women's international migration. Num Pages: 264 pages, 16 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFN; JFFS; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804746380
ISBN
9780804746380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.31

paperback. Tracing the evolution of the role of women beginning with ancient Middle Eastern societies through the seventeenth century, this book examines the interplay between local practices and early Islamic beliefs and institutions. It also examines the development of the foundations of Islamic law and practice with regard to women. Series: Restoring Women to History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; HBJF1; HBJH; JFC; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212641
ISBN
9780253212641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.17

Paperback. Written by a pioneer in the field of Middle Eastern women's history, this book presents a concise and comprehensive history of the lives of the region's women since the rise of Islam. It shows why hostile or apologetic responses are completely inadequate to the diversity and richness of the lives of Middle Eastern women. Num Pages: 432 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 232 x 16. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128634
ISBN
9780691128634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 42.14

Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 168 x 33. Weight in Grams: 730.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231162661
ISBN
9780231162661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.89
€ 56.82

Paperback. Despite the attention surrounding Middle Eastern attitudes toward women, there has been little study of the statements regarding women in the Quran. This work studies the women of Islamic sacred history by telling their stories in the Quaran and interpreting them. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HRH; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195111484
ISBN
9780195111484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.58

Paperback. Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; ASZM; JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896803046
ISBN
9780896803046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.82

Hardback. Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; ASZM; JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780896803039
ISBN
9780896803039
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.50

Paperback. Features research on the roles of women in Japan and Korea. Editor(s): Gelb, Joyce; Palley, Marian Lief. Series: Women in the Political Economy. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 tables, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566392242
ISBN
9781566392242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 21. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486654
ISBN
9780801486654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.82

Hardcover. Focusing specifically on Jordanian and Palestinian women, Sonbol shows the legal constraints extant in a number of legal codes, namely penal codes that permit violence against Muslim women and personal status laws that require a husband's permission for a woman to work. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 296 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; 1FBP; HBJF1; JFSJ1; JFSR2; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629641
ISBN
9780815629641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.74

Paperback. Focusing specifically on Jordanian and Palestinian women, Sonbol shows the legal constraints extant in a number of legal codes, namely penal codes that permit violence against Muslim women and personal status laws that require a husband's permission for a woman to work. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 296 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; 1FBP; HBJF1; JFSJ1; JFSR2; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629856
ISBN
9780815629856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.96

paperback. Based on the recollection of the author's mother, other relatives, and family records, this is a vivid picture of the everyday life of a samurai household in the last years of the Tokugawa period. Translator(s): Nakai, Kate Wildman. Num Pages: 228 pages, 18 half-tones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804731492
ISBN
9780804731492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.53

Paperback. A novel by a Kurdish-Iraqi writer that gives voice to contemporary Iraqi women's experiences of political repression, violence, exile, and the yearning for peace. It represents a critique of the violence done to ordinary people by those who hold power both in Iraq and in the West. Translator(s): Cumberbatch, Judy. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; APFA; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292714847
ISBN
9780292714847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.90

paperback. Shows how female cosmopolitanism re-contextualises the well-known Western male romance with the Orient: Japanese women are now the agents, narrating their own desires for the "modern" West in ways that seem to defy Japanese nationalism as well as long-standing relations of power not only between men and women but between Japan and the West. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 312 pages, 23 b&w photos, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JFSJ1; JHBK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5588 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822328162
ISBN
9780822328162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.84

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988443
ISBN
9780295988443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.12

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252073175
ISBN
9780252073175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 377 pages, 40 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 53. Weight in Grams: 586. Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity. 377 pages, 40 b/w photographs. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFSK. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 53. Weight: 516.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
377
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520242630
ISBN
9780520242630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816683840
ISBN
9780816683840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.31

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816683826
ISBN
9780816683826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.25

Hardback. Aims to facilitate and support national and international efforts to empower women in the Middle East and North Africa. This study presents a comparative evaluation of women's rights in 17 selected countries and territories through a set of numerical scores, analytical narrative reports, and vital statistics. Series: Freedom in the World. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742549913
ISBN
9780742549913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.96

Hardcover. This book begins with an historical overview of the museums of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and the West Bank of Palestine and then focuses on the museums of Jordan and the women who work in them. Carol Malt intertwines a history of Islam and a discussion of the emerging public role of women in Muslim society. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 144 pages, maps, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1FB; GM; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630784
ISBN
9780815630784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.15

Hardback. Series: Library of Modern Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 bw integrated illustrations, 12 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 224 x 31. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848857575
ISBN
9781848857575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.08
€ 126.34

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