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Paperback. Tracing the history of Africa's relationship to film festivals and exploring the festivals' impact on the various types of people who attend festivals (the festival experts, the ordinary festival audiences, and the filmmakers), Dovey reveals what turns something called a "festival" into a "festival experience" for these groups. Series: Framing Film Festivals. Num Pages: 270 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; JFC; JFD; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349487226
ISBN
9781349487226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 138.54

paperback. How ethnological show business shaped European and American perceptions of Africa and Africans. Editor(s): Lindfors, Bernth. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 1H; 1KBB; ASZH; JFC; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 174 x 18. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212450
ISBN
9780253212450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.04

Paperback. This ground breaking study argues that literature and criminology share a common concern to understand modernity. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSJ; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349282456
ISBN
9781349282456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Provides an overview of criticism about the work of Toni Morrison, the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. The book also offers an introduction to the key works and issues in African-American literary scholarship. Editor(s): Peach, Linden. Series: New Casebooks. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 4KL; DSBH; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284.
Edition
1998th Edition
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333659151
ISBN
9780333659151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.46

Paperback. This book examines how the concept of the poet as a male professional emerged during the Restoration and eighteenth century. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349386451
ISBN
9781349386451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. This work examines how the concept of the poet as a male professional emerged during the Restoration and 18th century. The book proposes that during this period, discourse about the poet's social role both revealed and produced a crucial shift in configurations of masculinity. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; DSC; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312237585
ISBN
9780312237585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.37

Hardcover. This unique study explores the relationship between informal financial systems, illegal migration and human smuggling. Focusing on Chinese illegal immigrants working in the US, it examines the motivation and patterns of the use of illegal fund transfer systems, providing a revealing insight into the workings of Chinese underground banks. Series: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBBEY; JFFN; JKVM; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137290892
ISBN
9781137290892
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.36

Paperback. This unique study explores the relationship between informal financial systems, illegal migration and human smuggling. Focusing on Chinese illegal immigrants working in the US, it examines the motivation and patterns of the use of illegal fund transfer systems, providing a revealing insight into the workings of Chinese underground banks. Series: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JKV; JKVM; JPQB; KFFH; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
171
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349450626
ISBN
9781349450626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.48

Paperback. For many years, kisses were the only sexual acts to be seen in mainstream American movies. This title investigates how sex acts have been represented on screen for more than a century and, just as important, how we have watched and experienced those representations. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 129 illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 175 x 23. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822342854
ISBN
9780822342854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. In this study, the author moves beyond the impasse of the anti-porn/anti-censorship debate to analyze what hard-core film pornography is and does - as a genre with a history, as a specific cinematic form, and as part of contemporary discourse on sexuality. Num Pages: 398 pages, 25 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: APFA; JFMP; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 648. Power, Pleasure, and the "Frenzy of the Visible". 398 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. In this study, the author moves beyond the impasse of the anti-porn/anti-censorship debate to analyze what hard-core film pornography is and does - as a genre with a history, as a specific cinematic form, and as part of contemporary discourse on sexuality. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: APFA; JFMP; JFSJ. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight: 552.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
398
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520219434
ISBN
9780520219434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JMF; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138642362
ISBN
9781138642362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.09

Hardback. Examines Pentecostal conversion as a force of change, revealing new insights into its dominant role in global Christianity today. Series: Religion in Transforming Africa. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; HRCC96; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
James Currey
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011527
ISBN
9781847011527
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Paperback. "Crossing the Line" is told by a middle-class American woman who falls in love with the son of an impoverished family from rural Mexico a man who crosses the border illegally to be with her. Married in 1988, Linda and Sixto Valdez learn to love each other s very different families and cultures, raising their child to walk proudly in both worlds." Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 black & white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JFFN; JFSL1; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875656182
ISBN
9780875656182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.11

Hardback. One woman's courage to battle stigma and injustice for women and the mentally ill Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252035722
ISBN
9780252035722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.21

Paperback. Surveys the contours of Asian America. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 tables, references. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 18. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566399388
ISBN
9781566399388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.29

Paperback. This book analyzes the representation of women in elected and appointed office in Canada to explain why gender parity remains elusive. Editor(s): Trimble, Linda; Arscott, Jane; Tremblay, Professor Manon. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774825214
ISBN
9780774825214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Paperback. An urgent, uncompromising and heartfelt insider's account of what it is like to be poor and working-class in the modern West Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349005485
ISBN
9780349005485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: APB; BGF; BM; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062469755
ISBN
9780062469755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. This challenges the idea that childhood victims are caught forever in the vicious circle of abuse. In 17 years of working with victims and survivors, the author discovered that most survivors break free from the patterns of victimization. Over 20 people were interviewed in depth for this book. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; MMJT; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853813740
ISBN
9781853813740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFFP; JP; KJN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781523082711
ISBN
9781523082711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.80

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