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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Moves beyond the limited framing of the 'War on Terror' which has dominated recent debates, offering a new perspective on the study of Islamophobia. Series: Decolonial Studies, Postcolonial Horizons. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 213 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745331317
- ISBN
- 9780745331317
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.23
€ 40.99
€ 31.23
Paperback. * Offers a fascinating introduction to the public debate over media violence. * Looks at the chronology of contemporary media violence, and explores reservations over communications medias throughout history. * Examines the forces behind the encouraged anxieties about media violence. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405133852
- ISBN
- 9781405133852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.27
€ 35.27
Hardback. * Offers a fascinating introduction to the public debate over media violence. * Looks at the chronology of contemporary media violence, and explores reservations over communications medias throughout history. * Examines the forces behind the encouraged anxieties about media violence. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405133838
- ISBN
- 9781405133838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.32
€ 108.32
Paperback. This text addresses the changes brought about by the growth of digital communication technologies and the way we think about them. The volume addresses topics ranging from virtual reality, internet commerce, and computer art, to the effects of new technology on work, leisure, and community. Editor(s): Trend, David. Series: KeyWorks in Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 181 x 21. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631223023
- ISBN
- 9780631223023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.28
€ 61.28
Hardcover. Connect to the world around you and realize the enormous potential in talking to strangers
Everyday, random encounters really can change lives, when you make them happen the right way and leverage the connection at the other end. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFP; VS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118203477
- ISBN
- 9781118203477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.79
€ 25.99
€ 20.79
Paperback. Essays on media change past and present, with examples ranging from religious pamphleteers of the seventeenth century to the World Wide Web. Editor(s): Thorburn, David; Jenkins, Henry. Series: Media in Transition S. Num Pages: 416 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262701075
- ISBN
- 9780262701075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.32
€ 43.99
€ 38.32
Hardcover. We hear much talk about the advent of a postracial age. The election of Barack Obama as President of the U.S. was held by many to be proof that we have once and for all moved beyond race. The Swedish government has even gone so far as to erase all references to race from its legislative documents. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745689715
- ISBN
- 9780745689715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.49
€ 46.49
Paperback. * Brings together well--established contributors and emergent scholars in postcolonialism. * Presents essays in dialogue with each other to create a controversial collection that examines the current state of postcolonial studies. Editor(s): Goldberg, David Theo; Quayson, Ato. Num Pages: 400 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 180 x 20. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631208051
- ISBN
- 9780631208051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.08
€ 55.08
Hardback. Argues that race is integral to the conceptual, philosophical and material emergence of the modern nation state, and to its ongoing management. This book shows that debates and struggles about race in a wide variety of societies are really about the nature of political constitution and community. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631199199
- ISBN
- 9780631199199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.26
€ 139.26
Paperback. Delineates the concerns and considerations, principles and practices, concepts and categories that fall under the rubric of "multiculturalism". This readers analyzes themes such as the relations between self and other, selves and others; between knowledge, power, pedagogy, and empowerment; and between meaning, ambiguity, and representation. Editor(s): Goldberg, David Theo. Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 464 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631189121
- ISBN
- 9780631189121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.32
€ 56.32
Paperback. Racist Culture offers an anti--essentialist and non--reductionist account of racialized discourse and racist expression. Goldberg demonstrates that racial thinking is a function of the transforming categories and conceptions of social subjectivity throughout modernity. Num Pages: 328 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631180784
- ISBN
- 9780631180784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.07
€ 50.07
Paperback. * Offers a new conceptual apparatus for thinking about developments and transformations in the a racial statea . * Integrates racial theory with state theory, arguing that race is integral to the formation and management of states. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631199212
- ISBN
- 9780631199212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.24
€ 56.24
paperback. We hear much talk about the advent of a postracial age. The election of Barack Obama as President of the U.S. was held by many to be proof that we have once and for all moved beyond race. The Swedish government has even gone so far as to erase all references to race from its legislative documents. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 129 x 191 x 18. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745689722
- ISBN
- 9780745689722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.38
€ 24.38
Paperback. This wide-ranging book brings new and fresh visions of important aspects of Tibetan culture. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 211 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Monash Asia Institute
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781876924775
- ISBN
- 9781876924775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.57
€ 32.99
€ 23.57
Paperback. Power and Betrayal in the Canadian Media is a sweeping exploration of the Canadian media system and the impact it has on Canadian society, politics, and culture. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442600515
- ISBN
- 9781442600515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.85
€ 26.99
€ 25.85
Hardcover. In Digital Mosaic, David Taras both embraces and challenges new media by arguing that coinciding crises bring exciting opportunities as well as considerable dangers to democratic life and citizen engagement in Canada. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFD; JKS; JPQB; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442608870
- ISBN
- 9781442608870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.91
€ 81.91
Paperback. This edition offers an interpretation of a puzzling chapter in American social and medical history: the dramatic change in the pattern of opiate addiction-from respectable upper-class matrons to lower-class urban males, often with a criminal record. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 map, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Enlarged
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005853
- ISBN
- 9780674005853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.54
€ 50.99
€ 42.54
Paperback. This text is a thorough history of the traffic in psychoactive substances. It brings wide research, reasoned judgment, and dry humour to a subject prone to ill-informed and overheated discussions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBT; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010031
- ISBN
- 9780674010031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.53
€ 35.99
€ 30.53
Paperback. This treatment of minority-dominated congressional districts shows that the unintended consequences of black majority districts actually contradict the common wisdom that whites will not be adequately represented in these areas. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 line drawings, 35 tables. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JPA; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226092713
- ISBN
- 9780226092713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.29
€ 34.99
€ 27.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 327 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 6. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268020255
- ISBN
- 9780268020255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35