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Paperback. One of the major characteristics of our contemporary culture is a positive, almost banal, view of the transgression and disruption of cultural boundaries. Strangers, migrants and nomads are celebrated in our postmodern world of hybrids and cyborgs. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBK; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745690704
ISBN
9780745690704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.39

Hardback. One of the major characteristics of our contemporary culture is a positive, almost banal, view of the transgression and disruption of cultural boundaries. Strangers, migrants and nomads are celebrated in our postmodern world of hybrids and cyborgs. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBK; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745690698
ISBN
9780745690698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Hardcover. Argues that health is a concept, a norm, and a set of bodily practices whose ideological work is often rendered invisible by the assumption that it is a monolithic, universal good Editor(s): Metzl, Jonathan M.; Kirkland, Anna. Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 226 pages, Illustrations 1 map. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
NYU Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814795927
ISBN
9780814795927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.29

Paperback. Argues that health is a concept, a norm, and a set of bodily practices whose ideological work is often rendered invisible by the assumption that it is a monolithic, universal good Editor(s): Kirkland, Anna Rutherford; Metzl, Jonathan M. Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
226
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814795934
ISBN
9780814795934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. In closely-read case studies, we encounter artworks by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Ana Mendieta, Louise Bourgeois, Alina Szapocznikow, Anna Maria Maiolino, Vera Frenkel, Sarah Kofman and Chantal Akerman to explore trauma and bereavement, fatal illness, Holocaust experience, migration, exile and the encounter with political horror and atrocity. Series: Rethinking Art's Histories. Num Pages: 384 pages, 91 black & white halftones, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; JFFK; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 898.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719087981
ISBN
9780719087981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.64

Paperback. Explores the cultural anxieties over the putatively deteriorating 'American work ethic', and the class, race, sexual and gender biases at the root of the policy and debates. This title argues that activists could make great strides towards achieving social justice, even in the reactionary climate. Num Pages: 244 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814797556
ISBN
9780814797556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Zoe H. Wool explores how the most severely injured veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars rehabilitating at Walter Reed Medical Center-whether recovering from losing a limb or sustaining a traumatic brain injury-struggle to build some kind of ordinary life in a situation that is anything but ordinary. Series: Critical Global Health: Evidence, Efficacy, Ethnography. Num Pages: 264 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822360032
ISBN
9780822360032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. The legacy of the massacre of civilians at My Lai reverberates throughout Vietnam. This study considers how Vietnamese villagers in My Lai and Ha My - a village where South Korean troops committed an equally appalling massacre of unarmed civilians - assimilate the catastrophe of these mass deaths into their everyday ritual life. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 231 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JFFE; JHM; JWXK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330. Commemoration and Consolation in Ha My and My Lai. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. 231 pages, 1 map. The legacy of the massacre of civilians at My Lai reverberates throughout Vietnam. This study considers how Vietnamese villagers in My Lai and Ha My - a village where South Korean troops committed an equally appalling massacre of unarmed civilians - assimilate the catastrophe of these mass deaths into their everyday ritual life. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JFFE; JHM; JWXK. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 16. Weight: 330.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
231
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520247970
ISBN
9780520247970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. A compelling read filled with fascinating portraits of women who are living in the aftermath of breast cancer Num Pages: 203 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; JFSJ1; MJCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780814707357
ISBN
9780814707357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. Looks at changes in technology, policy, economy and society, and makes an argument for a future where, by necessity, the car system will be re-designed and re-engineered. This book suggests that there are some hugely bleak dilemmas facing the twenty first century. It lays out what the authors' consider to be possible 'post-car' future scenarios. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFR; RPT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 219 x 23. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644219
ISBN
9780745644219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Hardback. Examines the long-term impact of redundancy on a workforce who lost their jobs when a Sheffield steel company closed one of its plants. Also analyzes current debates about the impact of recession, the role of trade unions and possible solutions to structural unemployment. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFA; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745601519
ISBN
9780745601519
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.45

Paperback. Further investigations of what race and racism mean in America. Num Pages: 189 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
189
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814782699
ISBN
9780814782699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. After Globalization offers a new way of thinking about globalization -- both what it was and how it still operates as a social narrative. In lively and unflinching prose, the authors argue that contemporary thought about the world is disabled by a fatal flaw: the inability to think "an after" to globalization. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118357521
ISBN
9781118357521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.23

Paperback. In an era of catastrophes natural and man-made, a great French philosopher ponders human responsibility. Exclusive to this English edition are two interviews with the author. Translator(s): Mandell, Charlotte. Num Pages: 72 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 132 x 6. Weight in Grams: 94.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823263394
ISBN
9780823263394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.65

Paperback. An important investigation into the actual practices of African return migrants, and their abilities - or otherwise - to act as the continent's 'new developers'. Editor(s): Akesson, Lisa; Baaz, Maria Eriksson. Series: Africa Now. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; JFFN; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783602339
ISBN
9781783602339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.90

Paperback. Expands the diaspora framework to include Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, and Cuba, exploring the connections and disjunctures between colonial Latin America and the African diaspora in the Spanish empires. Editor(s): Bryant, Sherwin K.; O'Toole, Rachel Sarah; Vinson, Ben, III. Series: New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBTS; JFC; JFFN; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252080012
ISBN
9780252080012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252079238
ISBN
9780252079238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. .
Publisher
Africa Research & Publications United States
Number of pages
284
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865436282
ISBN
9780865436282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.96

Paperback. Details African populations in motion Editor(s): Kane, Abdoulaye; Leedy, Todd H. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253005762
ISBN
9780253005762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

paperback. African immigration to North America has been increasing. This title focuses on new understandings and insights concerning the presence and relevance of African immigrant religious communities in the US. It describes key social and historical aspects of African immigrant religion in the US and builds a conceptual framework for theory and analysis. Editor(s): Olupona, Jacob K.; Gemignani, Regina. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HRA; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814762127
ISBN
9780814762127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

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