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The Americas
Paperback. A sophisticated theoretical reconsideration of Latin American studies, critiquing past work and proposing new frameworks for the discipline. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 26. Weight in Grams: 581.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
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- New
- SKU
- V9780822327240
- ISBN
- 9780822327240
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Paperback. With its recurrent themes of trans-nationalism, globalisation, and postcoloniality, this title considers various embodiments of the Asian diaspora, including a rumination on minority discourses and performance studies, and an historical look at the journal Amerasia. Editor(s): Chuh, Kandice; Shimakawa, Karen. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; JFC; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 531.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
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- New
- SKU
- V9780822327394
- ISBN
- 9780822327394
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Paperback. Representing a wave of legal history that has emerged in recent years, this title presents essays about the relationship between ordinary people and the law. It is suitable for scholars in Latin American studies and to those interested in the social and cultural history of law. Editor(s): Salvatore, Ricardo Donato; Aguirre, Carlos A.; Joseph, Gilbert M. Num Pages: 480 pages, 11 tables, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JKV; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 717.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
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- New
- SKU
- V9780822327448
- ISBN
- 9780822327448
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Paperback. The first study to focus on how popular representations of the forced relocation and internment of nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II affected the formation of Cold War culture Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5995 x 3734 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
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- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822327462
- ISBN
- 9780822327462
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Paperback. An analysis of the complex moral interpretations crime was given by Mexico's urban poor and of the evolving institutional responses to crime and punishment in modern Mexico. Num Pages: 376 pages, 7 b&w photographs, 17 tables, 1 map, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSG; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5741 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 603.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822327479
- ISBN
- 9780822327479
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Paperback. Colonial discourse in the United States has tended to criminalise, pathologise, and depict as savage not only Native Americans but Mexican immigrants, indigenous peoples in Mexico, and Chicanas/os as well. This book reveals how each group, has actively attempted to create for itself a social and textual space. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
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- New
- SKU
- V9780822327486
- ISBN
- 9780822327486
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Paperback. An archive-based study of the failure of President Cardenas's agrarian reform in Mexico's Yucatan region. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
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- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822327677
- ISBN
- 9780822327677
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Paperback. Argues that the meaning of citizenship in the United States during the nineteenth century was bound to - and even dependent on - death. Deploying an impressive range of literary and cultural texts, this title interrogates an American public sphere that fetishised death as a crucial point of political identification. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 368 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JHBZ; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 617.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822327721
- ISBN
- 9780822327721
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Paperback. Offers a mixture of reflexive theoretical essays and interpretative case studies that embrace the challenge of writing a social and cultural history of Latin America that is not divorced from politics and broader arenas of power. Editor(s): Joseph, Gilbert M. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBAH; HBJK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 735.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822327899
- ISBN
- 9780822327899
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Paperback. A study of the evolution of the Community Economic Development movement, paying particular attention to the institutional and legal mechanisms it utilises. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JKS; JPQB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822328155
- ISBN
- 9780822328155
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Paperback. Addresses the problems defined by writers and artists during the post-dictatorship years in Argentina and Chile, years in which both countries aggressively adopted neo-liberal market-driven economies. This work is suitable for Latin Americanists, literary and political theorists and those involved with the study of postmodernism and globalisation. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSH; 3JJP; A; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JHM; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822328186
- ISBN
- 9780822328186
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Paperback. An historical ethnography of the banana industry in Ecuador that demonstrates how capitalist transitions have shaped the 20th century. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328636
- ISBN
- 9780822328636
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Paperback. Offers an historical-materialist critique of practices in multiculturalism and cultural studies. Rejecting contemporary theories of inclusion as affirmations of the capitalist status quo, this book envisions a future of politically equal and economically empowered citizens through the democratisation of power and the socialisation of property. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328667
- ISBN
- 9780822328667
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Paperback. What does it mean to be young, American, and white at the dawn of the twenty-first century? By exploring this question and revealing the everyday social processes by which high school students define white identities, this book offers insights into the social construction of race and whiteness among youth. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JFSP2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5741 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328926
- ISBN
- 9780822328926
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Paperback. Challenges the limitations of thinking about nineteenth-century American culture within the narrow rubric of "male public" and "female private" spheres. This title examines the ways that the separate spheres binary has malingered in unexamined ways in feminist criticism, American literary studies, and debates on the public sphere. Editor(s): Davidson, Cathy N.; Hatcher, Jessamyn. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328933
- ISBN
- 9780822328933
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Paperback. Examines how self-identified middle class Brazilians in Sao Paulo redefined their class during Brazil's economic crisis of 1981-1994. Illuminating the intricate relation between identity and local and global consumption, this work is suitable for students and scholars in anthropology and Latin American studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 b&w photos, 1 map, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFCA; JFFT; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328940
- ISBN
- 9780822328940
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Paperback. Bartra offers commentary on connections between popular culture, national ideology, and the state, assessing socio-cultural events and processes in Mexico and analyzing Mexico's cultural and political relationship to the US. Translator(s): Healy, Mark Alan. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
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- New
- SKU
- V9780822329237
- ISBN
- 9780822329237
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paperback. Focusing on the close relationship between complex cultural shifts and the development of the neoliberal nation-state, this title argues that the modern Latin American nation was built upon the idea of 'the people', a citizenry with common interests transcending demographic and cultural differences. Num Pages: 392 pages, 13 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329411
- ISBN
- 9780822329411
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Paperback. Posits an underlying religious impetus for modernity in Mexico, claiming that the Catholic Church nursed a reform movement that ultimately affected many of the same changes as the Protestant Reformation. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HRCC7; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 581.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329435
- ISBN
- 9780822329435
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Paperback. Testimonial text by a Mapuche woman, with commentary and other ethnographic interventions by a US historian. Editor(s): Mallon, Florencia E. Num Pages: 392 pages, 36 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; BG; JFSJ1; JFSL9; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5741 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329626
- ISBN
- 9780822329626
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paperback. The history of African Americans in film musicals and their reception by Black audiences and critics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 68 b&w photos, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 31. Weight in Grams: 730.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822329633
- ISBN
- 9780822329633
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Paperback. A reader aimed at revitalizing left legal and political critique. Editor(s): Brown, Wendy; Halley, Janet E. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFF; LAB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 30. Weight in Grams: 696.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
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- SKU
- V9780822329688
- ISBN
- 9780822329688
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Paperback. Suitable for those interested in African American studies, Caribbean studies, cultural studies, women's studies, and American studies, this book explores the paths taken by black nationalism in the United States and the Caribbean. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329732
- ISBN
- 9780822329732
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Paperback. Explores the significance of the wedding ceremony by asking what the wedding becomes when you separate it from the idea of marriage. This book finds that weddings - as performances, fantasies, and rituals of transformation - are sites for imagining and enacting forms of social intimacy other than monogamous heterosexuality. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSJ; JHBK; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5665 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 636.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822329893
- ISBN
- 9780822329893
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€ 31.99€ 30.33
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