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Paperback. When Cuba's centralized system for providing basic social services began to erode in the early 1990s, Christian and Afro-Cuban religious groups took on new social and political responsibilities. This book analysis how the Cuban state and local religious groups collaborate on community-development projects. Num Pages: 232 pages, 21 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JFSR; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341963
- ISBN
- 9780822341963
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€ 27.99€ 26.40
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Paperback. Explores "child circulation," informal arrangements in which indigenous Andean children are sent by their parents to live in other households. This title demonstrates that such an understanding of the practice is simplistic and misleading. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFSP1; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822341970
- ISBN
- 9780822341970
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€ 27.99€ 26.48
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Paperback. A look at how the modern woman was envisioned in postrevolutionary Mexican popular culture and how she figured in contestations over Mexican national identity. Num Pages: 216 pages, 68 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822342380
- ISBN
- 9780822342380
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€ 26.99€ 25.32
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Paperback. Tackles the political and institutional challenges that women's studies has faced since its integration into university curricula. This book embraces feminism not as a set of prescriptions, but as a critical stance, one that seeks to interrogate and disrupt prevailing systems of gender. Editor(s): Scott, Joan Wallach. Series: A Differences Book. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822342748
- ISBN
- 9780822342748
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€ 27.99€ 26.43
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Paperback. An ethnography of class dynamics and the subject formation of migrant domestic workers. It explores what the migrant domestic workers mean to the families that hire them, to urban economies, to rural provinces such as Anhui, and to the Chinese state. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; JFSJ1; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822343042
- ISBN
- 9780822343042
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€ 31.99€ 28.62
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€ 28.62
Paperback. In jazz circles, players and listeners with "big ears" hear and engage complexity in the moment, as it unfolds. Taking gender as part of the intricate, unpredictable action in jazz culture, this title explores the terrain opened up by listening, with big ears, for gender in jazz. Editor(s): Rustin, Nichole T.; Tucker, Sherrie. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 472 pages, 19 photographs, 1 table, 4 figures. BIC Classification: AVGJ; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 624.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822343202
- ISBN
- 9780822343202
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€ 34.99€ 32.04
€ 34.99
€ 32.04
Paperback. A story of how gender, culture, class, and personality intersect as a group of indigenous Hawaiian men work to overcome the dislocations of colonial history. It analyzes how middle-aged, middle-class, and mixed-race members assert a warrior masculinity through practices including martial arts, wood-carving, and cultural ceremonies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JFSJ2; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343219
- ISBN
- 9780822343219
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€ 32.99€ 29.73
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paperback. Examines how specific Party chapters or offshoots emerged, developed, and waned, as well as how the local branches related to their communities and to the national party. This work reveals how Black Panther Party ideologies, goals, and strategies were taken up and adapted throughout the United States. Editor(s): Williams, Yohuru; Lazerow, Jama. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFSL3; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5741 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822343264
- ISBN
- 9780822343264
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€ 33.99€ 30.70
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Paperback. An ethnographic exploration of how young South Asian Muslim immigrants living in the United States experienced and understood national belonging (or exclusion) in the years immediately following September 11, 2001. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JMC; JFFN; JFSR2; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344094
- ISBN
- 9780822344094
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€ 32.99€ 29.73
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Paperback. A biography of Henry Roe Cloud (c. 1884-1950), a Winnebago educator, scholar, and minister who was one of the most renowned Native Americans of his time. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL1; JNM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344216
- ISBN
- 9780822344216
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€ 29.99€ 27.59
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paperback. This portrayal of Native Alaska brings together essays, poems, songs, stories, maps, and visual art. Most of the selections are by Alaska Natives; many were written especially for this volume. Editor(s): Williams, Maria Shaa Tlaa. Series: The World Readers. Num Pages: 416 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344803
- ISBN
- 9780822344803
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€ 32.99€ 29.73
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Paperback. An ethnography on the significance of Selena's afterlife for Latino identity. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLCM; JFC; JFSL4; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345022
- ISBN
- 9780822345022
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€ 29.99€ 27.53
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Paperback. Explores ethnoreligious tensions in coastal Kenya. This title also advances understanding of ethnic essentialism, religious plurality, spirit possession, local understandings of personhood, and the many meanings of 'Islam' across cultures. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; JFSL; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780822345091
- ISBN
- 9780822345091
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€ 32.99€ 29.73
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Paperback. Shows how Portugal's economic integration into the European Union (EU) in 1996 fundamentally changed ordinary encounters between African migrants and Portuguese citizens. This book examines this economic transition through transformations in popular ideologies of difference in workspaces in Lisbon between the mid-1990s and the early 2000s. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 1HFDV; JFFN; JFSL3; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345121
- ISBN
- 9780822345121
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€ 27.99€ 26.37
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Hardback. A kaleidoscopic view of Black Latin@s in the United States, addressing history, music, gender, class, and media representations in more than sixty selections, including essays, memoirs, journalism, poetry, and interviews. Editor(s): Jimenez Roman, Miriam; Flores, Juan. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 584 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345589
- ISBN
- 9780822345589
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€ 144.93
€ 144.93
Paperback. A kaleidoscopic view of Black Latin@s in the United States, addressing history, music, gender, class, and media representations in more than sixty selections, including essays, memoirs, journalism, poetry, and interviews. Editor(s): Jimenez Roman, Miriam; Flores, Juan. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 584 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345725
- ISBN
- 9780822345725
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
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Paperback. This vivid ethnographic account of the first peaceful encounters between the Wari Indians of western Brazil and missionaries and government workers emphasizes how the Wari perceived the interactions. Translator(s): Rodgers, David. Series: The Cultures and Practice of Violence. Num Pages: 392 pages, 38 photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL9; JHMC; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345732
- ISBN
- 9780822345732
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
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Hardback. What is it about "the homosexual" that incites vitriolic rhetoric and/or violence around the world? How and why do some people hate queers? Does homophobia operate differently across social, political, and economic terrains? This volume addresses these questions through critical interrogations of sites where homophobic discourses are produced. Editor(s): Murray, David A. B. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345824
- ISBN
- 9780822345824
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Condition: New
€ 110.75
€ 110.75
Hardback. Christina Sharpe interprets Black Atlantic visual and literary texts that grapple with the sexual violence of slavery and racialized subjugation, and their present-day legacies. Series: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe. Num Pages: 272 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345916
- ISBN
- 9780822345916
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Condition: New
€ 113.65
€ 113.65
Paperback. What is it about "the homosexual" that incites vitriolic rhetoric and/or violence around the world? How and why do some people hate queers? Does homophobia operate differently across social, political, and economic terrains? This volume addresses these questions through critical interrogations of sites where homophobic discourses are produced. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345985
- ISBN
- 9780822345985
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.40
€ 27.99
€ 26.40