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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Editor(s): Wilson, Gilbert L. Series: Borealis Book S. Num Pages: 129 pages, Ill.d. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
129
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873512190
ISBN
9780873512190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.34

Hardback. Provides valuable details of Hidatsa daily life during the nineteenth century, from courtship rituals that took place while gathering Juneberries, to descriptions of how the women kept young boys from stealing wild plums as they prepared them for use, to recipes for preparing and cooking local plants - including the roots, fruits, seeds, and sap. Editor(s): Scullin, Michael. Num Pages: 472 pages, 71 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBNR; JFSL9; JHMC; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 835.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803246744
ISBN
9780803246744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; WMQF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 271 x 9. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780486440217
ISBN
9780486440217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.89

Paperback. This collection of essays on the sexual culture of the Sambia of Papua New Guinea examines: fetish and fantasy; ritual nose-bleeding; the role of homoerotic insemination; the role of the father and mother in the process of identity formation; and the creation of a "third sex" in nature and culture. Series: Worlds of Desire S. Num Pages: 334 pages, 21 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFC; JFSJ; JHM; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327525
ISBN
9780226327525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.61

Paperback. Focuses on case studies ranging from sex education to AIDS to race to illustrate how sexuality is at the heart of many political controversies. This book reveals how moral and sexual panics have become a mainstay of certain kinds of conservative efforts to win elections and gain power in moral, social, and political arenas. Editor(s): Herdt, Gilbert. Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK5; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814737231
ISBN
9780814737231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. This unique study of boy-inseminating rituals among the Sambia of New Guinea challenges our deepest assumptions about the role of culture in understanding homosexuality and gender-identity development. Num Pages: 401 pages, 2 halftones, 1 map, 2 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFC; JFSJ; JFSK2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
401
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327495
ISBN
9780226327495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. A collection of essays by anthropologists on the subject of ritualized homosexuality. Their studies in cross-cultural variations in homosexual behaviour in a non-Western culture area indicate that contemporary theories of sex and gender development need revision. Editor(s): Herdt, Gilbert H. Series: Studies in Melanesian Anthropology. Num Pages: 476 pages, 3 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1MKL; JFC; JFSJ; JFSK2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
476
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520080966
ISBN
9780520080966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612054483
ISBN
9781612054483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFSR2; JPF; JPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Monthly Review Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583670811
ISBN
9781583670811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. * The first collection to explore the contribution that geographical thinking can make to our understanding of modern Britain. * Contains thirteen essays by leading scholars in the geography and history of twentieth--century Britain. * Focuses on how and why geographies of Britain have formed and changed over the past century. Editor(s): Gilbert, David; Matless, David; Short, Brian. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; GTB; HBJD1; HBLW; JFC; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631235019
ISBN
9780631235019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.64

Hardcover. Queer Nostalgia in Cinema and Pop Culture is a fascinating study of queer nostalgia in films, animation and music videos as means of empowerment, re-evaluating and recreating lost gay youth, coming to terms with one's sexual otherness and homoerotic desires, and creatively challenging homophobia, chauvinism, ageism and racism. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFCA; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137266330
ISBN
9781137266330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.31

Paperback. An explosive unique crucial book tackling the issues of Jewish Identity Politics and ideology and their global influence. Num Pages: 177 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
177
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846948756
ISBN
9781846948756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.34

Hardback. Challenging the widespread 'separatist imagination' behind partition, this book demonstrates the ways in which works of Jewish and Arab literature reject simple notions of separatism and instead display configurations of identity that emphasize the presence of alterity within the self - the Jew within the Arab, and the Arab within the Jew. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128757
ISBN
9780691128757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 51.06

Hardcover. Culture plays a central role in our understanding of migration as an economic phenomenon. This title emphasises on the distinctions in culture between migrants, the families they left behind, and the local population in the migration destination. Editor(s): Epstein, Gil; Gang, Ira. Series Editor(s): Beladi, Hamin; Choi, Eun Kwan. Series: Frontiers of Economics and Globalization. Num Pages: 757 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; KCF; KCR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1256.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
757
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780857241535
ISBN
9780857241535
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.54

Paperback. This social interactionist text emphasizes in all aspects of everyday life the tension between social constraints and social transformation. This second edition greatly expands the discussion of the relationship between structure and agency and coverage of the role of human emotions. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742525283
ISBN
9780742525283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.94

Hardback. This collection of outstanding essays addresses the concern of an astructural bias. Contemporary interactionists and their critics, social theorists, and students of sociology who are interested in assessing the ability of SI to fully address the social circumstances and social problems of an increasingly precarious world should read this book. Editor(s): Musolf, Gil Richard. Series Editor(s): Denzin, Norman K. Series: Studies in Symbolic Interaction. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 287 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786350367
ISBN
9781786350367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.62
€ 35.94

Hardcover. The work of Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, the Neziv, ranks amongst the most often read rabbinic literature of the nineteenth century. Yet, to date, there has been no comprehensive and systematic attempt to place his intellectual oeuvre into its historical context - until now. Series: Studies in Orthodox Judaism. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJS; HRLC1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Academic Studies Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235704
ISBN
9781936235704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.47

Paperback. A historical narrative of how Israeli expertise in Arab affairs has contributed to the creation of cultural separatism between Jews and Arabs, a separatism that exacerbates the conflict between the two peoples. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 tables, 6 figures, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804761017
ISBN
9780804761017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. Argues that before the formation of Israel, Jewish experts participated in constructing the Orient as both a metaphor for the rejuvenation of the Jewish nation, and an enchanted space populated by hybrid figures that mixed Jewish and Arab elements. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 tables, 6 figures, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804754033
ISBN
9780804754033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.89

Paperback. A celebration of JA culture: facts, recipes, songs, words, and memories that every JA will want to share. Num Pages: 176 pages, 65 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 190 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stone Bridge Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611720228
ISBN
9781611720228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.75

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