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Paperback. Uses English language education for women in India between 1850 and 1940 as a way to explore how and why the English language became a powerful tool in struggles over caste hierarchy. This book shows how elite men linked ideas of matrimony, chastity, and heteronormativity with modernity in order to claim power on a national level. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; 2AB; CFB; JFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352273
ISBN
9780822352273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Based on the analysis of community records in a Peruvian village, The Lettered Mountain tells how Andean peasants thought to be illiterate appropriated the Roman alphabet long ago. Num Pages: 392 pages, 72 illustrations, 7 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; CFC; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350446
ISBN
9780822350446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA; HP; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 163 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816691029
ISBN
9780816691029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

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
€ 27.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; CFG; DSB; JFC; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816627875
ISBN
9780816627875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.60

Paperback. Translator(s): Brooks, P. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 83 pages. BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816610112
ISBN
9780816610112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Argues that men must interrogate their own sexuality in dialogue with women in order to revise phallocentric discourse. Drawing on a range of genres, cultures and theoretical perspectives, this examination questions the assumptions behind the representations of manhood in modern literature. Editor(s): Murphy, Peter F. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
New York University Press New York
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814754986
ISBN
9780814754986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.98

Paperback. This textual study attempts to subject the works of the Anglo-Irish writer, Elizabeth Bowen, to a poststructuralist re-reading from a lesbian feminist perspective. Hoogland's current research is preoccupied with configurations of lesbian sexuality in novels of "female development" in the 50s. Series: Elizabeth Bowen. Num Pages: 390 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; CF; DSBH; DSK; JFFK; JFSK1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
New York University Press New York
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814735114
ISBN
9780814735114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. Drawing on the disarticulate figures in modern fictional works such as Billy Budd, The Sound and the Fury, Nightwood, White Noise, and The Echo Maker, among others, this book shows how these characters mark sites at which aesthetic, philosophical, ethical, political, medical, and scientific discourses converge. Series: Cultural Front. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814725306
ISBN
9780814725306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Terrorism, jihad, fundamentalism, blowback. These and other highly charged terms have saturated news broadcasts and everyday conversation since September 11th. But to keen ears their meanings change depending upon who's doing the talking. So what do these words really mean? And what are people trying to say when they use them? Editor(s): Collins, John; Glover, Ross. Num Pages: 230 pages, black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; CFG; JFC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814716281
ISBN
9780814716281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Introduces and develops Lacanian thought concerning the relations among language, subjectivity, and society. This title provides an account of how language both interacts with and constitutes structures of subjectivity, producing specific attitudes and behaviors as well as significant social effects. Editor(s): Alcorn, Marshall W.; Corthell, Ronald J.; Massardier-Kenney, Francoise. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; GTC; JFC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814712993
ISBN
9780814712993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Hardcover. Drawing on the disarticulate figures in modern fictional works such as Billy Budd, The Sound and the Fury, Nightwood, White Noise, and The Echo Maker, among others, this book shows how these characters mark sites at which aesthetic, philosophical, ethical, political, medical, and scientific discourses converge. Series: Cultural Front. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814708460
ISBN
9780814708460
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.98

Hardcover. Introduces prospective journalists to the basics of editing and design by following a true story through these processes at a major newspaper, on the newspaper's Web desk, and on its TV outlet. Here, readers are guided through the fundamentals of editing both words and layout with contemporary software. Num Pages: 261 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; CJB; JNU; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 185 x 21. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Iowa State University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813813066
ISBN
9780813813066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.84

Hardback. "The Pilgrim and the Bee makes a broad claim about a reading-centered history, reclaiming for this purpose a distinctive body of texts. Brown's analysis marks an important step toward a better history of reading."-David D. Hall, Harvard University Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JB; CFC; DSBD; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812240153
ISBN
9780812240153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.16

Paperback. This book establishes first, that melancholy serves as an important focal point in the interpretation of Benjamin's early work, and second, that Benjamin's approach to melancholy releases it from its customary psychological context, turning it into a philosophical premise. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804785204
ISBN
9780804785204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755429
ISBN
9780804755429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Imagining an encounter between Moliere's Don Juan and Austin, this bold yet subtle meditation contemplates the seductive promises of speech and of love, in a telling exchange among philosophy, linguistics, literature, and Lacanian theory. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; CFB; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744539
ISBN
9780804744539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Hardback. First comprehensive study of this endangered language and one of the few reference grammars of this language family Series: Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas. Num Pages: 536 pages, 15 figures, 38 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2JS; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 43. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
0th edition
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803228221
ISBN
9780803228221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.25

Hardback. Traces the impact of the French Revolution on Enlightenment thought in Germany as evidenced in the work of three major figures around the turn of the nineteenth century: Immanuel Kant, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Heinrich von Kleist. This book examines the philosophical and literary reception of the French Revolution. Editor(s): Gailus, Andreas. Series: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSBD; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801882777
ISBN
9780801882777
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.18
€ 61.65

Paperback. Anecdotal, eclectic, and always enthusiastic, The Origins of English Words is a diverting expedition beyond linguistics into literature, history, folklore, anthropology, philosophy, and science. Num Pages: 672 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 41. Weight in Grams: 918.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801867842
ISBN
9780801867842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.36

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