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Hardback. This volume explores the search for meaning among people in China today. The subjects of these essays span the social spectrum from hip young entrepreneurs to sweatshop workers and homeless beggars, with the issues ranging from domestic violence to homosexuality to political corruption. Editor(s): Link, Perry; Madsen, Richard; Pickowicz, Paul G. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; JFC; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742510784
ISBN
9780742510784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.00

Paperback. Reveals why we study popular culture and how it is taught in the classroom. Blending music, science fiction, and film, this book shows us that an informed awareness of politics, race, and sexuality is essential to any understanding of popular culture. It offers a glossary of useful terms, a sample syllabus and bibliography. Num Pages: 202 pages, glossary, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814726709
ISBN
9780814726709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.10

Paperback. * A Demonstrates links between how culture is produced and consumed. A Covers wide range of examples found in popular culture. A Adopts a cross--disciplinary approach. A Includes both classic and contemporary essays as well as new articles written especially for this volume. . Editor(s): Harrington, Lee; Bielby, Denise. Series: Blackwell Readers in Sociology. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHM; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631217107
ISBN
9780631217107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.75

Paperback. Presents statistics on the ethnography of Vietnam. This title analyzes ethnic composition of the population, identifying each of the 54 ethnic groups and sub-groups by name, geographical distribution, and linguistic origin. It provides geographic distribution statistics for each ethnic group, showing the process of migration and redistribution. Num Pages: 50 color photos. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Condition
New
SKU
V9789747551655
ISBN
9789747551655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.44

Paperback. This study of local perceptions of population and development in a rural southwestern Nigerian town questions some of the underlying assumptions of the demographic theory of fertility transition. Series: International African Library. Num Pages: 256 pages, 41 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; GTB; JHBD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748618156
ISBN
9780748618156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.07

Addresses the need for review and assessment of the framework of interdisciplinary population studies. It includes chapters on anthropology, archaeology, demography, ecology, epidemiology, geography, genomics, human biology, population genetics, social and demographic history, the history of science, and social network analysis. Editor(s): Kreager, Philip; Winney, Bruce; Ulijaszek, Stanley; Capelli, Cristian. Num Pages: 640 pages, 96 Figures and 58 Tables. BIC Classification: JHBD; JHM; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 182 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1254.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199688203
ISBN
9780199688203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 165.63

Paperback. In the past decades, international port cities have been strongly affected by global transformation processes, dramatically altering life and work around the ports, the built environment and public imagery of urban waterfronts. This volume focus on local stakeholders' perceptions and strategies in port cities in Europe and Latin America. Editor(s): Gandelsman-Trier, Mijal; Kokot, Waltraud; Wildner, Kathrin; Wonneberger, Astrid. Num Pages: 212 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9783899429497
ISBN
9783899429497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.09

Paperback. From the history of Porta Palazzo, Western Europe's largest open-air market, to its current growing pains, this book turns an ethnographic eye on a meeting place for trade, cultural identity, and cuisine. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; JHM; KJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223156
ISBN
9780812223156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.80

Paperback. Examines reform in Russia beyond the Washington Consensus. This title uses the Russian case to examine neoliberalism as a central form of political rationality in contemporary societies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 halftones. 5 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JHM; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148311
ISBN
9780691148311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. The war in Bosnia Herzegovina (1992-95) affected the inhabitants of Stolac the most. The Muslims of Stolac are aware that as Muslims ethnic identity is an important form of identity in present-day Bosnia Herzegovina. This book shows that for the Muslims of Stolac, the creation of unambiguous ethnic identities is only half the story. Num Pages: 315 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779343139
ISBN
9788779343139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.19

Paperback. Explores everyday modes of social and psychological experience, the constitution of the subject, and forms of subjection that shape the lives of Basque youth, Indonesian artists, members of nongovernmental HIV/AIDS programs in China and the Republic of Congo, psychiatrists and the mentally ill in Morocco and Ireland. Editor(s): Good, Mary-Jo DelVecchio; Hyde, Sandra Teresa; Pinto, Sarah; Good, Byron J. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. Num Pages: 480 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHMC; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520252240
ISBN
9780520252240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.50

Paperback. Postcolonial Thought and Social Theory maps the convergences and differences between these two seemingly opposed bodies of thought. It explores the different waves of postcolonial thought, elaborates the postcolonial critique of social theory, and charts different strategies for crafting a postcolonial social science. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HBTR; JHBA; JHMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 411.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190625146
ISBN
9780190625146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.06

Paperback. Engages in an interdisciplinary investigation of the political technologies of the body in the wake of postmodernity, technologies apparent in film, medicine, entertainment industries, politics, and the arts. This book reflects the growing concern with interfaces between humans and computer and bio-medical technologies. Editor(s): Halberstam, Judith; Livingston, Ira. Series: Unnatural Acts: Theorizing the Performative. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 b&w photos. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253209702
ISBN
9780253209702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.29

Paperback. Designed to explain posthumanism to those outside of academia, this brief and accessible book makes an original argument about anthropology's legacy as a study of "more than human." Series: Anthropological Insights. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442636415
ISBN
9781442636415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.89

paperback. Editor(s): Dellamora, Richard. Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812215588
ISBN
9780812215588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.62

hardcover. These 15 essays engage topics from architecture to politics and from fast food to film, aiming to reveal the problems and potential of postmodern cultural criticism. It looks at the value and limits of postmodernist approaches to present-day society and culture. Editor(s): Carmichael, Thomas; Lee, Alison. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780875802510
ISBN
9780875802510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.61

Paperback. '[A] critique of postmodernism - and an important..provocative book.' Labour Left Briefing Num Pages: 344 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780745307497
ISBN
9780745307497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.34

Paperback. Considers the work of the most influential postmodern theorists, including Lyotard and Jameson, and offers accounts both of the work of newly emerging theorists and new areas of postmodernist culture which have developed over the years, especially in law, music, dance, spatial theory, ethnography, ecology, and the new technologies. Num Pages: 340 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631200529
ISBN
9780631200529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.03

Hardback. When Freud wrote his classic Civilization and its Discontents, he was concerned with repression. Modern civilization depends upon the constraint of impulse, the limiting of self expression. Today, in the time of modernity, Bauman argues, Freuda s analysis no longer holds good, if it ever did. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745617909
ISBN
9780745617909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.14

Paperback. When Freud wrote his classic Civilization and its Discontents, he was concerned with repression. Modern civilization depends upon the constraint of impulse, the limiting of self expression. Today, in the time of modernity, Bauman argues, Freuda s analysis no longer holds good, if it ever did. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745617916
ISBN
9780745617916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.40

Paperback. Contests the prevailing understanding of the relationship between postmodernity and Latin America by focusing on developments in Latin American, and particularly Argentine, political and literary culture. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822315209
ISBN
9780822315209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.03

Paperback. This work looks at the key issue of sovereignty, and asks how we should think about the identity of a "postnationalist" Ireland. It questions whether the sacrosanct concept of absolute national sovereignty is becoming a luxury ill afforded in the emerging new Europe. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFC; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385 260pp. Usual library markings
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Routledge London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
SKU
KHS1017836
ISBN
9780415115032
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 26.00

Paperback. We are not yet at a moment that can be called postmodernity, says sociologist Ben Agger. In this study he borrows from French postmodern theory and the Frankfurt School's critical theory to address the shortcomings of postmodern theory for understanding identity, culture, race, gender and power. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742519206
ISBN
9780742519206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Paperback. This rare, first-hand, ethnographic account of a potlatch from Tsimshian scholar William Benyon reveals the wonderful complexities of the events that took place in Gitsegukla in 1945. Editor(s): Halpin, Marjorie M.; Anderson, Margaret. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations, glossary, indexes. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JJP; JFSL9; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774807449
ISBN
9780774807449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 45.61

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