Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
Paperback. Gone are the days when feminism translated simply into the advocacy of equality for women. Women's interests are not always aligned; race, class, and sexuality complicate the equation. This book examines the social, political, and psychological ramifications of this phenomenon, as evidenced in a range of texts. Editor(s): Fleischner, Jennifer B. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814726204
- ISBN
- 9780814726204
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€ 33.99€ 30.81
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Paperback. Although the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City symbolically mark the start of the gay rights movement, individuals came together long before the modern era to express their same-sex romantic and sexual attraction toward one another. This title seeks to uncover the many iterations of same-sex desire in colonial America and the early Republic. Editor(s): Foster, Thomas A. Num Pages: 414 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSJ; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814727508
- ISBN
- 9780814727508
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
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Paperback. Includes case studies that examine the intricacies of relations between the generations in a broad range of immigrant groups - from Latin America, Asia, the Caribbean, and Africa - and gives a sense of what everyday life is like in immigrant families. Editor(s): Foner, Nancy. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814727713
- ISBN
- 9780814727713
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814731161
- ISBN
- 9780814731161
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€ 33.99€ 30.61
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Paperback. An ethnographic investigation into the lives of street outreach workers and the homeless of New York City Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFB; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814732281
- ISBN
- 9780814732281
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Addresses the impact of methamphetamine and, more generally, the war on drugs, on everyday life in the United States Num Pages: 201 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFFH; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814732403
- ISBN
- 9780814732403
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
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Hardback. Since its founding, the US has struggled with issues of federalism and states' rights. This book explores the complicated and complicating role of the states in immigration policy and enforcement, including voices from both sides of the debate. Editor(s): Hessick, Carissa Byrne. Series: Citizenship and Migration in the Americas. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814737804
- ISBN
- 9780814737804
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Condition: New
€ 47.21
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Paperback. Exploring such issues as body image and self-acceptance, education and empowerment, health and sexuality, political representation, economic justice, and violence against women, this work looks at the challenges that women and girls face while emphasizing the strength that they independently, and collectively, embody. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740026
- ISBN
- 9780814740026
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
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Paperback. 10 years later, a unique look at Ground Zero from across the street Num Pages: 293 pages, 66 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JMC; JFFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740859
- ISBN
- 9780814740859
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.70
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Paperback. Traces the history of anti-drug movements, demonstrating that designer chemicals inspire so much fear because they bring into focus deeply rooted public concerns about social and cultural upheaval Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814742440
- ISBN
- 9780814742440
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.86
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814749036
- ISBN
- 9780814749036
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
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Hardback. A compilation of the primary texts-by Foucault, Arendt, Agamben, Badiou, and other theorists-that laid the ground for contemporary thinking about biopolitics, or the relations between life and politics. Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814752418
- ISBN
- 9780814752418
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Condition: New
€ 81.21
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Paperback. Explicates the influence of race on black Americans' trust perceptions Num Pages: 295 pages, 43 tables, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814758663
- ISBN
- 9780814758663
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.69
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 345
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814760598
- ISBN
- 9780814760598
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Paperback. Discusses what happens when the most common way we participate in social activism is by buying something Editor(s): Mukherjee, Roopali; Banet-Weiser, Sarah. Series: Critical Cultural Communication. Num Pages: 314 pages, 14 b&w illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814764015
- ISBN
- 9780814764015
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Condition: New
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Paperback. In "Watching Rape", Sarah Projansky undermines the complacent view - that equality for women has already been achieved - in her analysis of depictions of rape in US film, televsion, and independent video. This study addresses the relationship between rape and postfeminism. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; APT; JFC; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814766903
- ISBN
- 9780814766903
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
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Paperback. An eye-opening examination of African American women's experiences with intimate partner abuse Num Pages: 295 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE3; JFSJ1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814767306
- ISBN
- 9780814767306
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Illustrates how the operation of globalization enforces notions of women's domesticity and creates contradictory messages about women's place in society Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1FMP; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814767351
- ISBN
- 9780814767351
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€ 32.99€ 29.60
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Paperback. Asserts that the U.S. is in a new and distinct phase of racism that is "post-intentional," neither based on intentional discrimination nor drawing upon biological concepts of race Num Pages: 263 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814767375
- ISBN
- 9780814767375
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Highlights the gendered quality of the immigration process in the US, drawing on Census data and interviews Num Pages: 319 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814767399
- ISBN
- 9780814767399
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
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