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Social groups
Hardcover. Placing gender at the centre of the debate about young children and multimedia, particularly video games, the book develops a relational approach to game play using an account of affect. The book explores central issues of violence and parental regulation and argues that economic relations are not remote from the micro relations of playing. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSJ; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517172
- ISBN
- 9780230517172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Hardcover. Exploring current approaches to addressing boys' education in schools, this book highlights the limitations of structural reform initiatives and the failure to address the impact of socioeconomic status, race, sexuality, disability and hegemonic masculinity on both boys' and girls' participation in schooling. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JNF; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517011
- ISBN
- 9780230517011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. This work explores contemporary debates on migration and integration, focussing on Euro-Muslims. It critically engages with republicanist and multiculaturalist policies of integration and claims that integration means more than cultural and linguistic assimilation of migrant communities. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230516793
- ISBN
- 9780230516793
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Paperback. The idea of an Aryan race became an important feature of imperial culture in the nineteenth century, feeding into debates in Britain, Ireland, India, and the Pacific. This work traces the emergence and dissemination of Aryanism within the British Empire. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJD1; HBJF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230507036
- ISBN
- 9780230507036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.09
€ 127.09
Hardcover. This book addresses the development of 'civil' anti-Semitism in twentieth-century Britain, a crucial and often critically neglected strand of anti-Jewish rhetoric that, prior to 1934, was essential to the legitimization of proto-fascist political and literary discourses, as well as stylistic practices within literary modernism. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; DSB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230391666
- ISBN
- 9780230391666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover. This book outlines the methodology and results of the Fiction and the Cultural Mediation of Ageing Project, led by a research team from Brunel University, UK. It investigates how older people resist stereotypical cultural representations of ageing and demonstrates the importance of narrative understanding to social agency. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230390935
- ISBN
- 9780230390935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardcover. This book brings a fresh, original approach to understand social action in China and Vietnam through the conceptual lens of informal environmental and health networks. It shows how citizens in non-democratic states actively create informal pathways for advocacy and the development of functioning civil societies. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFS; JPWD; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230380202
- ISBN
- 9780230380202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. In this book, men in politics are the subjects of a gendered analysis with Elin Bjarnegard exploring how male networks are maintained and expanded, seeking to improve our understanding of the rationale underlying male dominance in politics. The role of informal institutions in unpredictable political settings are explored. Series: Gender and Politics. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230369269
- ISBN
- 9780230369269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; VSPT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230368644
- ISBN
- 9780230368644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.81
€ 127.81
Hardcover. Repression receives little attention in philosophical literature. This study of cases of repression that inhibit an agent's deliberative access to his reasons argues that an agent cannot correctly deliberate about a reason to overcome repression as if he did so, he would already have overcome repression and so would have no reason to do so. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFSJ; JMRN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230368507
- ISBN
- 9780230368507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Paperback. Exploring representations of gender, sexuality and ethnicity in Hindi films, Banaji examines the socio-political contexts and how young audiences in India and the UK construct them. In-depth interviews, observations and photographs provide insights into spectatorship and comparison with theories about Hindi film and popular culture. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APF; JFCA; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230363458
- ISBN
- 9780230363458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. A lively, first hand account of the ideas and activities of women and men in anti-war, anti-militarist and peace movements. The author looks at the tensions and divergences in and between organizations, and their potential for cohering into a powerful worldwide counter-hegemonic movement for violence reduction. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFSJ1; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 313
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230359758
- ISBN
- 9780230359758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardcover. Based on interviews with pregnant women, this book provides a multi-disciplinary empirical account of pregnant embodiment and how it relates to wider sociological and feminist discourses about gender, bodies, 'fitness', 'fat', celebrity and motherhood. Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; JHBF; VFDW; VFXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230355439
- ISBN
- 9780230355439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Drawing upon field work and interviews with cultural workers in the UK and Australia, this book examines the cultural work experiences of rural, regional and remotely located creative practitioners, and how this sits within local economies and communities. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AF; JFC; JFSF; JHBL; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230355422
- ISBN
- 9780230355422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Male Homosexuality in West Germany: Between Persecution and Freedom, 1...
Whisnant, Clayton, Whisnant, Clayton J.
Hardcover. Whisnant argues that the period after Nazism was more important for the history of homosexuality in Germany than is generally recognized. Gay scenes resurfaced; a more masculine view of homosexuality also became prominent. Above all, a public debate about homosexuality emerged, constituting a critical debate within the Sexual Revolution. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBTB; JFSK2; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230355002
- ISBN
- 9780230355002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. This book explores the adoption of 'active ageing' policies by EU15 nations and the impact on older peoples' work and retirement policy options. Policies examined include unemployment benefits, active labour market policies, partial pension receipt, pension principles, early retirement and incentives for deferral. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFSP31; JHB; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230353701
- ISBN
- 9780230353701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. This book explores the human geographies of skilled migration, specifically the practices, dispositions, relationships, and resources of professional women who participate in the global care industry. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ1; JHBL; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230342330
- ISBN
- 9780230342330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Screening the Dark Side of Love: From Euro-Horror to American Cinema
Ritzenhoff, Karen A., Randell, Karen
Hardcover. How can love be understood globally as a problematic transgression rather than the narrative of "happy endings" that Hollywood has offered? The contributors utilize varying methodologies of textual analysis, psychoanalytic models, and cultural critique and engage with a broad range of films to explore issues of gender identity and spectatorship. Num Pages: 280 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341548
- ISBN
- 9780230341548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Paperback. An eloquent analysis of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal answers one of the primary callings of anthropology: to stimulate critical reflection by making the exotic seem familiar and the familiar appear strange. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCR; JFSR; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341104
- ISBN
- 9780230341104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. This book stems from a concern to assist pastoral counsellors in developing a therapeutic alliance with African-American women. It focuses on the social construct of the African-American matriarch, which can easily misinform the counsellor and cause emotional jeopardy for African-American women who attempt to live up to its expectations. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCV3; HRCX4; JFSJ1; JFSL3; JMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340657
- ISBN
- 9780230340657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95