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Paperback. What does it mean to re-conceptualize pornography as a material practice rather than as speech? Sidestepping the legal debates over their civil ordinance, and drawing on phenomenology of the lived body, Mason-Grant returns to the innovative core of the Dworkin- MacKinnon critique of mainstream pornography. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512238
- ISBN
- 9780742512238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.64
€ 62.64
Hardback. What does it mean to re-conceptualize pornography as a material practice rather than as speech? Sidestepping the legal debates over their civil ordinance, and drawing on phenomenology of the lived body, Mason-Grant returns to the innovative core of the Dworkin- MacKinnon critique of mainstream pornography. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512221
- ISBN
- 9780742512221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.62
€ 163.62
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 1KBBSM; JFSL3; JNB; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226394626
- ISBN
- 9780226394626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.85€ 48.68
€ 56.85
€ 48.68
Paperback. Here, now fully updated for the twenty-first century, is the complex and fascinating history of the formation of the British Women Police. Full of drama, intrigue and humour, it also captures, through well-authenticated primary material, the colour and manner of the times. Num Pages: 256 pages, Approx. 15 photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBT; JFSJ1; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- NAG Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719814228
- ISBN
- 9780719814228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46
Hardcover. Essays and artists' projects explore the ubiquity of cloth in everyday life and the effect of globalization on art and labor; with more than 100 color images. Editor(s): Livingstone, Joan; Ploof, John. Num Pages: 422 pages, 134 color illus., 98 duotones. BIC Classification: AB; JFC; KNDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 187 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262122900
- ISBN
- 9780262122900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 34.55
€ 48.99
€ 34.55
Hardback. Num Pages: 247 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: GBC; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611483512
- ISBN
- 9781611483512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.47
€ 129.47
Paperback. These posthumous essays by Joan Kelly, a founder of women's studies, represent a profound synthesis of feminist theory and historical analysis and require a realignment of perspectives on women in society from the Middle Ages to the present. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 248 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226430287
- ISBN
- 9780226430287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.82
€ 31.99
€ 24.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 100 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBFT; 3JH; HBJM; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845888855
- ISBN
- 9781845888855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.63
€ 29.99
€ 21.63
paperback. Drawing upon a vast array of sources, this volume develops new strategies for reading, contextualizing, and interpreting the long Chinese tradition of women's biography. Editor(s): Judge, Joan; Hu, Ying. Series: New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society. Num Pages: 446 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB; HBJF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520289734
- ISBN
- 9780520289734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.72
€ 49.99
€ 35.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 51 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804773263
- ISBN
- 9780804773263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.72
€ 42.99
€ 38.72
Hardback. Analyzes how turn-of-the-twentieth-century male and female writers, educators, and activists reinterpreted both historical Chinese and modern Western women's biographies to promote their divergent visions of womanhood and nationhood. Num Pages: 416 pages, 51 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 789. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755894
- ISBN
- 9780804755894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.52
€ 169.52
Paperback. This study strives to illustrate the lingering second-class status of women under the current legal system in the United States, and questions whether a "one-size-fits-all" vision of individual rights will ever improve the situation. Num Pages: 580 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPVH; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 580
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814735091
- ISBN
- 9780814735091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 3JJ; BM; HBJF; HBWS; JFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781925377125
- ISBN
- 9781925377125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.61
€ 26.99
€ 20.61
Paperback. Over the past century the figure of the vampire has undergone many transformations--from Bram Stoker's original Dracula to Anne Rice's VAMPIRE CHRONICLES. BLOOD READ examines a wide range of vampire narratives from the perspective of both writers and scholars and shows how these transformations reflect ongoing changes in postmodern culture. Editor(s): Gordon, Joan; Hollinger, Veronica. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216288
- ISBN
- 9780812216288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Reveals the dramatic stories of twenty outstandingly gifted people as they grew from early promise to maturity in Britain. This book also reveals the frustrations and triumphs of the author's remarkable participants, and investigates why some fell by the wayside whilst others reached fame and fortune. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BG; JFSP1; JMC; JNSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415470094
- ISBN
- 9780415470094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.78
€ 30.99
€ 30.78
Paperback. This exploration of the newly emerging, diverse, and controversial area of animal lawpresents a basic survey of the laws designed to protect animals, analyzing and critiquing them, and proposing a future where the legal regime properly recognizes and protects the inherent worth of all animals. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230235649
- ISBN
- 9780230235649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 156.17
€ 156.17
Hardback. Num Pages: 297 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231062305
- ISBN
- 9780231062305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.43€ 89.80
€ 118.43
€ 89.80
Paperback. The concept of obscenity is an ancient one. But as Joan de Jean suggests, its modern form, the same that today's politicians decry, was invented in seventeenth century France. This work also casts a fresh light on the mythical link between sexual impropriety and all things French. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; JFC; JFMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226141411
- ISBN
- 9780226141411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.63
€ 37.99
€ 29.63
Paperback. As the end of the 20th century approaches, many predict that it will mirror the 19th-century decline into decadence. The author of this text finds a closer analogy with the culture wars of France in the 1690s - a battle of the books known as the "Quarrel between the Ancients and Moderns". Num Pages: 236 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; HBA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226141381
- ISBN
- 9780226141381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.83
€ 52.99
€ 40.83
Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 402 pages, 9 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226141367
- ISBN
- 9780226141367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.96
€ 52.99
€ 40.96
Paperback. Charting the cultural imagination of Haiti, this text argues for the recognition of both vodou rituals and narrative fictions as repositories of history. The book gives human dimensions to the 18th-century French colony and provides a template for understanding the Haiti of today. Num Pages: 362 pages, 34 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520213685
- ISBN
- 9780520213685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.61
€ 35.99
€ 26.61
Hardcover. Working with Latino Youth offers counselors, teachers, social workers, therapists, and other professionals--no matter what their level of experience or cultural background--an accessible and practical guide for working effectively with Latino children and adolescents. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBPK; MJW; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780787943257
- ISBN
- 9780787943257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.29
€ 57.29
Paperback. A penetrating look at the values, systems, and life-and-death dramas in the surgical intensive care unit. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; MMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592133369
- ISBN
- 9781592133369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Hardback. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFFS; JFSL; JPFM; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Harvard Business Review Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633693784
- ISBN
- 9781633693784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.51
€ 24.99
€ 24.51