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Paperback. Often depicted as deviant or pathological by public health researchers, psychoanalysts, and sexologists, male-with-male sex and sex work is, in fact, an increasingly mainstream pursuit. This book addresses how masculinity and sexuality shape male commercial sex in this era of Internet communications. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFMX; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226870069
- ISBN
- 9780226870069
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€ 35.99€ 28.23
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Paperback. On his return to the village of Chipaya, the author learned that a group of Uru Indians, believed to be sorcerers and vampires, was being incarcerated and tortured. This study examines relations between the Urus and the region's dominant ethnic groups. Translator(s): Volk, Carol. Num Pages: 164 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 240.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226867649
- ISBN
- 9780226867649
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€ 31.99€ 24.51
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Hardcover. In 1799, the authors set out to determine whether the Orinoco River connected with the Amazon. This title brings together drawings and detailed texts to achieve multifaceted views of cultures and landscapes across the Americas. Editor(s): Kutzinski, Vera M.; Ette, Ottmar. Series: Alexander von Humboldt in English. Num Pages: 576 pages, 30 colour plates, 41 halftones, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1676.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Critical
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226865065
- ISBN
- 9780226865065
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€ 76.44€ 64.02
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Paperback. Harlem's nightclubs in the 1920s and '30s were a crucible for testing society's racial and sexual limits. Combining performance theory, historical research, and biographical study, this title explores the role of nightlife performance as a definitive touchstone for understanding the racial and sexual politics of the early 20th century. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFCA; JFSJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226862521
- ISBN
- 9780226862521
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.23
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Hardcover. Harlem's nightclubs in the 1920s and '30s were a crucible for testing society's racial and sexual limits. Combining performance theory, historical research, and biographical study, this title explores the role of nightlife performance as a definitive touchstone for understanding the racial and sexual politics of the early 20th century. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; JFCA; JFSJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226862514
- ISBN
- 9780226862514
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€ 94.08€ 77.43
€ 94.08
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Paperback. Vives advocated education for all women, regardless of social class and ability. From childhood through adolescence to marriage and widowhood, this manual offers advice as well as philosophical meditation. Vives stressed that women were intellectually equal if not superior to men. Translator(s): Fantazzi, Charles. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226858159
- ISBN
- 9780226858159
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.35
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Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226854588
- ISBN
- 9780226854588
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€ 52.92€ 44.94
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Paperback. Anna Maria van Schurman (1607-1678) was an advocate and exemplar of women's education, this text contains her writings on the defence of women's education, her letters to other learned women, her own account of her early life as well as responses to her work from male contemporaries Translator(s): Irwin, Joyce L. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DNF; HRC; JFSJ1; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226849997
- ISBN
- 9780226849997
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€ 34.99€ 27.51
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Hardcover. This volume considers what is known of women's options and practices used to regulate menstruation - practices used to control the periodicity, quantity, colour and even consistency of menses - in different places and times, while revealing the ambiguity that those practices present. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226847436
- ISBN
- 9780226847436
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Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 77.43
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Paperback. Editor(s): Buitenen, J. A. B. van. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BBA; FC; JFC; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Fourth Impression
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226846477
- ISBN
- 9780226846477
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€ 35.99€ 28.23
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Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226845302
- ISBN
- 9780226845302
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€ 40.99€ 31.01
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Paperback. The Caribbean "market woman" is ingrained in the popular imagination as the archetype of black womanhood in the region. Challenging this stereotype, this work offers a complex picture by documenting the history of international traders who travel abroad to import and export consumer goods sold in the public markets of Kingston, Jamaica. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; JFSJ1; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226841229
- ISBN
- 9780226841229
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€ 36.99€ 29.15
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Paperback. The election of America's first black president has led many to believe that race is no longer a real obstacle to success and that remaining racial inequality stems largely from the failure of minority groups to take personal responsibility for seeking out opportunities. The author upends this view. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JFSL3; JHMC; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226817125
- ISBN
- 9780226817125
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€ 32.99€ 25.44
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Paperback. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 halftones, 2 maps, 5 tables, 18 music examples. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; AVGH; JFC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226817002
- ISBN
- 9780226817002
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.25
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Paperback. Asks whether bosses and reformers are more alike than we might have realized. This title finds that the answer - yes - illuminates the nature of political power. It shows that the resulting loss of democratic responsiveness eventually mobilizes residents to vote monopolistic regimes out of office. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 line drawings, 30 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226812823
- ISBN
- 9780226812823
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€ 35.99€ 28.23
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Paperback. This text is a history of how the obsession with homosexuality is deeply tied to changing American anxieties about social and sexual order in the modern age. It argues that homosexuality served as a marker of the "abnormal" against which contradictory concepts of the "normal" were defined. Num Pages: 416 pages, 14 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 858.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226793672
- ISBN
- 9780226793672
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€ 40.99€ 31.01
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Paperback. Considering the singular experience of the African American writer, this title argues that African American literature did not develop apart from canonical Western literary traditions but instead grew out of those literatures, even as it adapted and transformed the cultural traditions and religions of Africa and the African diaspora along the way. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226789972
- ISBN
- 9780226789972
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€ 35.99€ 28.22
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Paperback. What if there were more women in congress? Michele L. Swers demonstrates that, even though representatives often vote a party line, their gender is politically significant and does indeed influence policy making. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 line drawings, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226786490
- ISBN
- 9780226786490
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€ 34.99€ 27.29
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Paperback. Scholars have made urban mothers living in poverty a focus of their research for decades. Offering an analysis of how faith both motivates and at times constrains poor mothers' actions, this book reveals the ways it serves as a lens through which many view and interpret their worlds. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HR; JFFA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226781617
- ISBN
- 9780226781617
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
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Paperback. How can child care be structured to protect both the interests of children and the rights of women? Must children suffer the "loss" of their childhood through institutional care? Polakow uses her observations of pre-school centers including profit-run, federally funded, community, and Montessori institutions to open the "windows of daycare."" Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226780054
- ISBN
- 9780226780054
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€ 36.99€ 29.15
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Paperback. The tale of Paul Stoller's sojourn among sorcerors in the Republic of Niger is a story of growth and change, of mutual respect and understanding that will challenge all who read it to plunge deeply into an alien world. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- CA res. please inc. 7.25% tax
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226775432
- ISBN
- 9780226775432
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.62
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Paperback. Blending ethnographic description with social analysis, Stoller shows how West African entrepreneurs have built cohesive and effective multinational trading networks in New York. Their stories illuminate ongoing debates about globalisation. Num Pages: 232 pages, 15 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226775302
- ISBN
- 9780226775302
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.23
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Paperback. Drawing on Chicago Police Department statistics and interviews with both law-abiding citizens and criminals in one of the city's highest-crime areas, this work demonstrates that drug dealers and robbers are primarily attracted to locations with businesses like liquor stores, fast food restaurants, and check-cashing outlets. Num Pages: 256 pages, 41 halftones, 5 maps, 3 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: JFSG; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226774992
- ISBN
- 9780226774992
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.86
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Paperback. In West Java, Indonesia, all it takes is a woman's voice and a drumbeat to make a man get up and dance. The author draws on decades of ethnographic research to explore the reasons behind this phenomenon, arguing that Sundanese men use dance to explore and enact contradictions in their gender identities. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 halftones, 9 musical examples, 14 line drawings, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMN; AVA; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226769592
- ISBN
- 9780226769592
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
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€ 31.01