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Society & culture: general

Hardback. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HRAX; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231157582
ISBN
9780231157582
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.81
€ 64.07

Paperback. Behind the innocent face of Victorian fairy tales such as "Through the Looking Glass", lurks the spectre of an intense gender debate about the very nature of childhood. The author considers the relationships between adults and children, and adults and their own childhood selves. Num Pages: 464 pages, 39 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSY; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226448169
ISBN
9780226448169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 31 black & white illustrations, 10 colour plates. BIC Classification: AC; AK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 205 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816687244
ISBN
9780816687244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Focusing especially on literature by or about women-preferring women, Sang traces the history of female same-sex relations in China from the late Imperial period (1600-1911) through the republican era (1912-1949). She ends by examining the re-emergence of public debate on lesbians in modern China. Series: Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender & Culture. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226734804
ISBN
9780226734804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.92

Hardback. Making a case for liberation that is based primarily on common moral intuitions and beliefs, and that therefore could attract wide understanding and support, this title attempts to change the terms of the liberation debate. It claims that speciesism is compatible with liberation. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691133287
ISBN
9780691133287
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 51.18

Paperback. A study of early 20th-century literary and artistic culture. The text focuses on the turbulent later years of the 1920s and 1930s, tracking the dissolution of modernism in the interwar years. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AB; ACX; APFA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520216488
ISBN
9780520216488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.10

Paperback. The magnificent textiles produced during this time are little known outside of the Pueblo world. Num Pages: 50 pages, 49 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; JFSL9; WFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 6. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
50
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890134658
ISBN
9780890134658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.05

Paperback. Tyler Oakley, pop culture phenomenon and the most prominent LGBTQ+ voice on YouTube, brings you his funniest untold stories in his first book. Now in paperback! Num Pages: 304 pages, Full colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGF; JFSK; UD; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471162077
ISBN
9781471162077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. Presents an economist's eye to bear on an age-old question: Are market exchange and aesthetic quality friends or foes? This book asks what happens when cultures collide through trade, whether technology destroys native arts, why (and whether) Hollywood movies rule the world, and whether 'globalized' culture is dumbing down societies everywhere. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
48673rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691117836
ISBN
9780691117836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.87

Paperback. Drawing on social and cultural history, this book shows how, despite Anglo attempts to fix racial categories through Jim Crow laws, converging migrations - particularly those of Mexicans and Creoles - complicated ideas of blackness and whiteness and introduced different understandings about race. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282582
ISBN
9780520282582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.93

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. This anthology seeks to bridge the gaps between feminist and anti racist theories and practices. The essays deal with racial and gender inequality around the globe, tackling such issues as political and environmental racism, imprisonment, sexual exploitation and economic inequality. Editor(s): Twine, France Winddance; Blee, Kathleen M. Num Pages: 414 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFFK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 555.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780814798553
ISBN
9780814798553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardcover. Editor(s): Turner, Raymond A.; Rogers, Henry O. Num Pages: 158 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 182 x 14. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9781622571130
ISBN
9781622571130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 236.59
€ 161.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, 470 colour & 35 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 1KBC; ACBK; AFW; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 288 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1222.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764347290
ISBN
9780764347290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.41
€ 39.66

Hardcover. Editor(s): Turcotte, Daniel M. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Number of pages
162
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626189492
ISBN
9781626189492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 230.68
€ 157.04

Paperback. A straight-talking guide to helping disabled people fulfil their sexual lives, covering sexual needs, difficulties disabled people experience and communication. How professionals can support disabled people with sex is covered, and a chapter on the law is included. Essential reading for practitioners working with or supporting disabled people. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 231 x 11. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849053969
ISBN
9781849053969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.16

Paperback. The contributors explore the intimate relationships between music & gender, across the wide range of cultures around the Mediterranean. Essays examine musical behaviour as representation, assertion, and transgression of gender identities. Editor(s): Magrini, Tullia. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 376 pages, 19 halftones, 1 musical example. BIC Classification: 1QSM; AV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226501666
ISBN
9780226501666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Paperback. First published in Venice in 1547, this work casts a woman rather than a man as the main disputant on the ethics of love. Tullia d'Aragona argued that the only moral form of love between a woman and a man is one that recognizes both the sensual and the spiritual needs of humankind. Editor(s): Russell, Rinaldina (Professor of European Languages, Queens College, New York, USA); Merry, Bruce (Professor of Modern Languages, John Cook University, North Queensland, Australia). Translator(s): Russell, Rinaldina (Professor of European Languages, Queens College, New York, USA); Merry, Bruce (Professor of Modern Languages, John Cook University, North Queensland, Australia). Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADT; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226136394
ISBN
9780226136394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.17

Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 18 illlus. BIC Classification: HRQM; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231149327
ISBN
9780231149327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.30
€ 90.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HRQM; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231149334
ISBN
9780231149334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.01

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