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Cultural studies
Paperback. Across much of the world today, Muslim women of all ages are increasingly choosing to wear the veil. Is this trend a sign of rising piety or a way of asserting Muslim pride? And does the veil really provide women freedom from sexual harassment? This title examines the inconsistent and inadequate reasons given for the veil. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150086
- ISBN
- 9780691150086
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.15
€ 21.99
€ 17.15
Hardback. This book is the first comprehensive exposition of the work of one of the most important intellectual historians and political theorists writing today. Quentin Skinnera s treatment of political theory as a dimension of political life marks a revolutionary move in the historical as well as the philosophical study of political thought. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745628561
- ISBN
- 9780745628561
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Condition: New
€ 76.86
€ 76.86
Paperback. "A heroically imaginative account of gay metropolitan culture, an elegy and an apologia for a generation."-New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 40. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780393326406
- ISBN
- 9780393326406
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.62
€ 18.99
€ 17.62
Paperback. A provocative triptych of black queer desire, articulated through aesthetic works and experiences Series: The New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 29 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; APF; JFCA; JFSK2; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252077876
- ISBN
- 9780252077876
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.55
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Paperback. Examines the formation of gay identity and community in the former Soviet Union. This book presents the study of how and why there was no Soviet gay community or even gay identity before perestroika and the degree to which this situation has-or has not-changed since. It reveals the vibrant manifestations of gay life found at the local level. Num Pages: 272 pages, 9 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFC; JFSK1; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Durham, North Carolina
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822323464
- ISBN
- 9780822323464
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.33
€ 37.99
€ 34.33
Paperback. Exploring the relationship between queer sexuality and music in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Editor(s): Fuller, Dr. Sophie; Whitesell, Lloyd. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AV; JFC; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252075780
- ISBN
- 9780252075780
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.45
€ 30.99
€ 27.45
Paperback. Presents essays that explore how sexuality and sexual identity change when individuals, ideologies, and media move across literal and figurative boundaries. Illuminating the complex nature of queerness in the post-modern world, this book contributes to the advancement of gay and lesbian studies. Editor(s): Patton, Cindy; Sanchez-Eppler, Benigno. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 b&w photographs, 11 figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324225
- ISBN
- 9780822324225
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
€ 37.99
€ 33.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719068553
- ISBN
- 9780719068553
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 9.51
€ 21.99
€ 9.51
Hardcover. An exploration of John Brinkley, Norman Baker and Harry Hoxsey, the ultimate snake oil salesmen of the 20th century. This volume takes a revealing look at health quackery, and the connections between fraudulent medicine and populist rhetoric in middle America. Num Pages: 224 pages, 28 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; JFHX; MBX; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612031
- ISBN
- 9780700612031
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Condition: New
€ 70.91
€ 70.91
Paperback. An examination of the promise looking at aspects ranging from its semiotic value to legal representations and its place in literature. This work considers texts such as Diderot's "Madame de la Carliere" and Moliere's "Dom Juan". Editor(s): Brandt, Per Aage; Prassoloff, Annie. Series: Poetica et Analytica. Num Pages: 148 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB; GTE; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772883984
- ISBN
- 9788772883984
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Condition: New
€ 14.50
€ 14.50
Paperback. The Andean nation of Ecuador derives much of its revenue from petroleum that is extracted from its vast Upper Amazonian rain forest, which is home to ten indigenous nationalities. This book presents a trenchant ethnography of history, ecology, imagery, and cosmology to focus on shamans, ceramic artists, myth, ritual, and political engagements. Num Pages: 336 pages, 29 photographs; 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074790
- ISBN
- 9780252074790
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.19
€ 30.99
€ 27.19
paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 halftones, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZP; JFCA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816647903
- ISBN
- 9780816647903
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.18
€ 24.99
€ 23.18
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 19. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFCX; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801438554
- ISBN
- 9780801438554
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Condition: New
€ 89.55
€ 89.55
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPL; AVGU; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 201 x 19. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Publisher
- Carpet Bombing Culture
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908211446
- ISBN
- 9781908211446
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Hardback. Denies that punishment is about justice, reason, and law. This book shows that punishment is an essentially irrational act founded in ritual as a means to control evil without creating more of it in the process. It looks at issues ranging from public executions and the development of the prison to the invention of the guillotine. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226766096
- ISBN
- 9780226766096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.15€ 79.56
€ 95.15
€ 79.56
Paperback. Denies that punishment is about justice, reason, and law. This book shows that punishment is an essentially irrational act founded in ritual as a means to control evil without creating more of it in the process. It looks at issues ranging from public executions and the development of the prison to the invention of the guillotine. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226766102
- ISBN
- 9780226766102
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.08
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paperback. While many cultures eat pumpkin year round, North Americans reserve it for a set of beloved autumn rituals that celebrate the harvest season and the rural past. This book shows how Americans have used the pumpkin to connect with nature and our agrarian roots - and, ironically, how this process has revitalized small farms and rural communities. Series: Weyherhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 336 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; WB; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 174 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295993324
- ISBN
- 9780295993324
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.33
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Paperback. Takes us on a funhouse hall-of-mirrors ride through the other side of America - to the Ozarks for a Christian rock festival; to Florida to meet the straggling refugees of MTV's "Real World"; to Indiana to investigate the formative years of Michael Jackson and Axl Rose and then to the Gulf Coast in the wake of Katrina. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099572350
- ISBN
- 9780099572350
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.34
€ 25.99
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Hardback. From cookbooks and family recipes to novels, poems, songs and cartoons, this book tells the story of puddings and how they developed from early savoury, sausage - like mixtures to today's sweet and sticky confections. It traces the development of puddings and explains how advances in kitchen equipment have changed them over time. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 128 pages, 60 black & white illustrations, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; WBVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780230429
- ISBN
- 9781780230429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.34
€ 17.99
€ 16.34
Paperback. An investigation of how the idea of a public as a central fiction of modern life informs our literature, politics, and culture. Num Pages: 334 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSK; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Number of pages
- 334
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890951290
- ISBN
- 9781890951290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.04
€ 33.99
€ 25.04