Cultural studies
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Cultural studies
Paperback. Investigates how childbirth became medicalized in Africa. Featuring stories about autopsies and bicycles, obstetric surgery and male initiation, this title reveals how concerns about strange objects and procedures fashioned the hybrid social world of colonialism and its aftermath in Mobutu's Zaire. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 496 pages, 47 b&w photographs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 238 x 38. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 62041st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822323662
- ISBN
- 9780822323662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.30
€ 41.99
€ 37.30
Hardback. Offers a views of rhetoric through the lens of modality, arguing that rhetoric's guiding interest in what is possible makes it a suitable tool for understanding politics. This title examines rhetoric's role in the history of modernity and to makes connections between thinkers from the classical, early modern, and modern periods. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HP; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780226777481
- ISBN
- 9780226777481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 37.90
€ 48.99
€ 37.90
Paperback. When lives are dominated by hunger, what becomes of love? When assaulted by daily acts of violence and untimely death, what happens to trust? Set in the lands of Northeast Brazil, this is an account of the everyday experience of scarcity, sickness and death that centres on the lives of the women and children of a hillside "favela". Num Pages: 632 pages, 65 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JFFE; JFSJ1; JHBZ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1002. The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil. 632 pages, 65 b&w photographs. Bringing her readers to the slopes above a modern plantation town, the author follows three generations of shanty-town women as they struggle to survive through hard work, cunning and trial. It is a story of class relations told at the basic level of bodies, emotions, desires and needs. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JFFE; JFSJ1; JHBZ; JHM. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 40. Weight: 1006.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 632
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520075375
- ISBN
- 9780520075375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.73
€ 44.99
€ 31.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 497 color photos. BIC Classification: AKTA; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 215 x 9. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764304842
- ISBN
- 9780764304842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.02
€ 25.99
€ 18.02
Identifying and dating eyewear on the market today is now simple and fun. Examples of eyewear from the sevententh century to the present are shown in over 600 color photos and explained in an engaging text. Bifocals, monocles, pince-nez, fanciful and safety styles of eyeglasses and sunglasses appear, along with some price estimates. Num Pages: 192 pages, 600 color photos. BIC Classification: AKTA; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 226 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1254.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764310416
- ISBN
- 9780764310416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.10
€ 48.99
€ 32.10
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, 325 color photos. BIC Classification: JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 290 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764325083
- ISBN
- 9780764325083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.56
€ 48.99
€ 32.56
Hardback. An exploration of the relations between medical and religious discourse and practice in medieval culture, focussing on how they are affected by gender. Editor(s): Yoshikawa, Naoe Kukita. Series: Gender in the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 240 x 26. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 310
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843844013
- ISBN
- 9781843844013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.68
€ 114.68
Paperback. Series: Public Worlds Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; CFP; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816628636
- ISBN
- 9780816628636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.37
€ 30.99
€ 27.37
Paperback. Takes the reader through a tour of the lives, times, and writings of such key bachelors of Science as Bacon, Descartes, Newton, and Gassendi. This book situates these empiricist philosophers and their canonical reputations within the larger framework of the de facto 'masculinization of science' and 'scientizing of masculinity' in the 17th century. Series: Themes in the History of Philosophy S. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; HPC; JFCX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566394369
- ISBN
- 9781566394369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.00
€ 40.99
€ 36.00
Women in the Middle East and North Africa: Restoring Women to History
Nashat, Guity; Tucker, Judith E.
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
€ 26.41
€ 26.41
Paperback. Redefining the face of the American farmer Num Pages: 240 pages, Color illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; JFSL; TVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Publisher
- New Society Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865717893
- ISBN
- 9780865717893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.72
€ 33.99
€ 28.72
Paperback. "In this book Natasha Distiller explores historic and contemporary uses of Shakespeare in South African society which illustrate the complexities of colonial and post-colonial realities as they relate to iconic Englishness."--Back cover. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145614
- ISBN
- 9781868145614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.59
€ 32.99
€ 29.59
Paperback. A finalist for the 1972 National Book Award, hailed by The New York Times Book Review as 'brilliant' and 'provocative,' Nathan Huggins' Harlem Renaissance was a milestone in the study of African-American life and culture. Now this classic history is being reissued, with a new foreword by acclaimed biographer Arnold Rampersad. Num Pages: 390 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195063363
- ISBN
- 9780195063363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.06
€ 25.99
€ 24.06
Hardback. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; VFJK; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252039799
- ISBN
- 9780252039799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.70
€ 117.70
Paperback. A penetrating look at musical leisure during a time of social, political, and cultural change in Ghana Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 336 pages, 32 b&w illus., 22 audio. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; AV; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253007292
- ISBN
- 9780253007292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.32
€ 30.99
€ 27.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509500345
- ISBN
- 9781509500345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Hardback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509500338
- ISBN
- 9781509500338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.02
€ 72.02
Hardcover. Dates is an informative and enjoyable account of the date and the date palm, following its journey from ancient Mesopotamia to the places where it is cultivated today. Dates is interwoven with stories, anecdotes and humour, and explores date etymology, history, culture, religion, myth and legend. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 176 pages, 40 black & white illustrations, 15 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 102 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861897961
- ISBN
- 9781861897961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.49
€ 19.99
€ 18.49
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397025
- ISBN
- 9781566397025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.78
€ 34.99
€ 31.78
Paperback. In this definitive collection of Stephenson's writings, journalism and meditations, the great American polymath puts the 20th Century - mathematics, cryptography, philosophy, currency, and the history of science and technology- under his eclectic and unflinching gaze. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848878563
- ISBN
- 9781848878563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70