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Paperback. Contains essays which analyze the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that shape gender systems in the Middle East and North Africa. This volume includes essays that also analyze Arab disillusionment with the radical nationalisms of the 1950s and 1960s and with leftist ideologies, as well as the rise of political Islamist movements. Editor(s): Joseph, Suad; Slyomovics, Susan. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JJPG; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812217490
ISBN
9780812217490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 36.00

hardcover. Drawing on newly available archival case records, this book demonstrates that Chinese women's rights to property changed substantially from the Song through the Qing dynasties, and even more dramatically under the Republican Civil Code of 1929-30. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 256 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735261
ISBN
9780804735261
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.48

Paperback. Since the early 1980s sex and sexuality have become prominent themes of public debate in China, after three decades during which discourses on sexuality were subject to stringent ideological controls. This book analyses the ways in which sex and sexuality have been discussed in The People's Republic of China since 1949. Num Pages: 280 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745613987
ISBN
9780745613987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.79

Paperback. An impressive collection of writings on women's issues in Indian history Editor(s): Sarkar, Sumit; Sarkar, Tanika. Num Pages: 560 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 255 x 29. Weight in Grams: 980.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253220493
ISBN
9780253220493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.96

Hardcover. Throughout South and Southeast Asia, groups battle over definitions of identity. This volume explores the intricate, dynamic relationships that pertain between women's agency and the state-making institutions and armed forces of Kashmir, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Burma (Myanmar). It also addresses the complex roles of Islam, and Hinduism. Editor(s): Skidmore, Monique; Lawrence, Patricia. Series: Kroc Institute Series on Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 illustrated maps, 19 illustrated halftones. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTJ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268041250
ISBN
9780268041250
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.77

Paperback. Throughout South and Southeast Asia, groups battle over definitions of identity. This volume explores the intricate, dynamic relationships that pertain between women's agency and the state-making institutions and armed forces of Kashmir, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Burma (Myanmar). It also addresses the complex roles of Islam and Hinduism. Editor(s): Skidmore, Monique; Lawrence, Patricia. Series: Kroc Institute Series on Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 illustrated maps, 19 illustrated halftones. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTJ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268041267
ISBN
9780268041267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. In a challenging and authoritative analysis, Parvin Paidar considers how Iranian women have been affected, and their position redefined, by the political transformations of twentieth-century Iran. Editor(s): Tripp, Charles. Series Editor(s): Clancy-Smith, Julia A.; Gershoni, Israel; Owen, Roger; Sayigh, Yezid; Tucker, Judith E. Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 424 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW; JFFK; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521595728
ISBN
9780521595728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 40.75

Paperback. This text charts women's contributions to what the author calls the "War Story". It concentrates on the contemporary literature of the Arab world, showing how women who write themselves and their experiences into the "War Story" undo the masculine contract with violence, sexuality and glory. Num Pages: 309 pages, 32 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 1FB; 1FMV; DSA; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ1; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206137
ISBN
9780520206137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.91

hardcover. Using a theoretical approach that utilizes work in literary studies, anthropology, feminist theory, and cultural studies, this book investigates how, in twentieth century China, the modern concepts of the new woman and the new writing developed into a protracted cultural debate over what and how women should and could write. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804731294
ISBN
9780804731294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.61

Paperback. Considers the changing identity and status of women in India today - how they view themselves and how they are viewed - through the current work of seven anthropologists, historians and sociologists from India, the UK and the US. The essays illustrate the overall problem of women's subjectivity. Editor(s): Kumar, Nita. Series: Feminist Issues: Practice, Politics, Theory S. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB; JFC; JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813915227
ISBN
9780813915227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4; HBWS5; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
13154th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231141918
ISBN
9780231141918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.88

paperback. In 1900, Baron von Ketteler, the German Minister, was assassinated in a Peking street. By 4pm the first shots were fired and a siege by Boxers and imperial troops had begun. Among the besieged were 148 women from around the world and Maud, the Baron's widow. This book tells their story. Num Pages: 430 pages, 4 maps, 44 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLW; JFSJ1; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 32. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Holo Books United Kingdom
Edition
1st.ed.
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953773060
ISBN
9780953773060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.30

paperback. Barbara N. Ramusack surveys the prescriptive roles and lived experiences of women from the period of the early states to the 1990s. Series: Restoring Women to History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FP; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212672
ISBN
9780253212672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Manohar Publishers and Distributors India
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9788173043826
ISBN
9788173043826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.09

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

€ 64.24
€ 49.96

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

€ 92.73

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
€ 29.14

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

€ 72.41
€ 55.86

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

€ 64.71

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
€ 33.67

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

€ 81.11

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
€ 33.63

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
€ 33.63

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

€ 61.05

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