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Society & culture: general
Paperback. This book demonstrates the centrality of sex, gender, and sexuality to theories of human behaviors and practices. * Moves beyond other "lesbian and gay studies" readers by presenting a broader view of the significance of studying same--sex cultures and sexualities across cultures. Editor(s): Robertson, Jennifer. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 171 x 19. Weight in Grams: 583.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631233008
- ISBN
- 9780631233008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.07
€ 54.07
Paperback. The all-female Takarazuka Revue was founded in 1913 as a novel counterpart to the all-male Kabuki theater. This book traces the contradictory meanings of Takarazuka productions over time, with special attention to the World War II period. Num Pages: 320 pages, 29 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW; JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486. Sexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan. 320 pages, 29 b&w photographs. The all-female Takarazuka Revue was founded in 1913 as a novel counterpart to the all-male Kabuki theater. This book traces the contradictory meanings of Takarazuka productions over time, with special attention to the World War II period. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW; JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight: 488.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520211513
- ISBN
- 9780520211513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
€ 36.99
€ 26.81
Hardcover. Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner have been partners in life and work for more than 40 years. Over those years they have been comedic pioneers in television, sound recording, film, theater, and animation. This book explores the ways they have used and expanded notions of queer to make their unique impact on American culture. Num Pages: 202 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZB; JFCA; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137358233
- ISBN
- 9781137358233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.33
€ 138.33
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JHBK; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231170307
- ISBN
- 9780231170307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.40€ 51.34
€ 65.40
€ 51.34
Paperback. A superbly authoritative A-Z guide to all the gods, heroes, remarkable women and monsters of Greek and Roman mythology, with 172 original illustrations. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; GBC; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 192 x 246 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1466.
- Publisher
- Oxbow Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782976356
- ISBN
- 9781782976356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.98
€ 40.99
€ 37.98
Paperback. Investigates the roles of popular culture and white professional elite men in constructing and facilitating the backlash against affirmative action policies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 865. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804778794
- ISBN
- 9780804778794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Hardcover. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 209 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Beaufort Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780825306938
- ISBN
- 9780825306938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.74
€ 24.74
paperback. Discusses the role the media play in cultivating, shaping, and directing the collective emotional response toward crime Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253223395
- ISBN
- 9780253223395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Hardcover. This ethnographic examination of a middle-class group that must re-position itself--schoolteachers in 1990s Russia--depicts the interplay between identity, morality and consumption. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFSC; JHBL; JHM; JNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804700696
- ISBN
- 9780804700696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.77
€ 140.77
Hardcover. Kurt Cobain and Ian Curtis. Through death, they became icons. However, the lead singers have been removed from their humanity, replaced by easily replicated and distributed commodities bearing their image. This book examines how the anglicised singers provide secular guidance to the modern consumer in an ever more uncertain world. Series: Pop Music, Culture and Identity. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137393524
- ISBN
- 9781137393524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Paperback. Kurt Cobain and Ian Curtis. Through death, they became icons. However, the lead singers have been removed from their humanity, replaced by easily replicated and distributed commodities bearing their image. This book examines how the anglicised singers provide secular guidance to the modern consumer in an ever more uncertain world. Series: Pop Music, Culture and Identity. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AV; JFC; JFD; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349483600
- ISBN
- 9781349483600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.77
€ 65.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFSJ; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801474088
- ISBN
- 9780801474088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Jennifer Nelson tells the story of the feminist struggle for legal abortion and reproductive rights in the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s through the particular contributions of women of colour. Num Pages: 225 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFMA; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814758274
- ISBN
- 9780814758274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Explores the meaning and significance of efforts designed to combat sex trafficking in the United States. This book examines how partnerships forged in the name of fighting domestic sex trafficking have blurred the boundaries between punishment and protection, victim and offender, and state and nonstate authority. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 b/w illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE2; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281967
- ISBN
- 9780520281967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardcover. Vaudeville is often viewed as the source of some of the crude stereotypes that positioned the Irish immigrant in America as the antithesis of native-born American citizens. Using primary archival material, Mooney argues that the vaudeville stage was an important venue in which an Irish-American identity was constructed, negotiated, and refined. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; ASZH; JFCA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137482648
- ISBN
- 9781137482648
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.78
€ 138.78
Paperback. Many thousands of people kill themselves every year, and many more are left behind to grieve. This book recounts individual suicide cases from the Bible and ancient Greeks to the present day and analyzes how ideas about suicide have changed over time. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 206 x 25. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300209365
- ISBN
- 9780300209365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.71
€ 19.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, 16 color illus., 5 tables. BIC Classification: JFCV; KCM; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253026989
- ISBN
- 9780253026989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. An introduction to feminist philosophy. The chapters in this book are organised around key issues of practical significance, such as pornography, abortion and sexual harassment. It provides arguments for a variety of feminist positions, drawing upon empirical research. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199249473
- ISBN
- 9780199249473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
Hardback. In each case, Mason demonstrates that understanding contemporary relationships between humans and animals is essential for understanding the debates about gender, race, and cultural power enacted in these texts. Series: Animals, History, Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801880711
- ISBN
- 9780801880711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.78
€ 76.78
Hardback. Series: Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; APFA; GTR; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319393179
- ISBN
- 9783319393179
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.58
€ 127.58
Paperback. What were the twelve labors of Herakles? Why did Zeus turn himself into a shower of gold? What was the name of the guard-dog of the Underworld? Which two-faced Roman god gave his name to the month January? What is the answer to the riddle of the Sphinx? This book answers these questions. Num Pages: 624 pages, black & white line drawings, maps, colour plates. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141020778
- ISBN
- 9780141020778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Hardback. In analyses of digital death footage-from victims of police brutality to those who jump from the Golden Gate Bridge-Jennifer Malkowski considers the immense changes digital technologies have introduced in the ability to record and display actual deaths-one of documentary's most taboo and politically volatile subjects. Num Pages: 264 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; APFA; APFR; HPJ; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363002
- ISBN
- 9780822363002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
Paperback. In analyses of digital death footage-from victims of police brutality to those who jump from the Golden Gate Bridge-Jennifer Malkowski considers the immense changes digital technologies have introduced in the ability to record and display actual deaths-one of documentary's most taboo and politically volatile subjects. Num Pages: 264 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; APFA; APFR; HPJ; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363156
- ISBN
- 9780822363156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.60
€ 30.99
€ 27.60
Hardcover. Editor(s): Mack, Jennifer; Swanson, Carl T. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 188 x 17. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629481630
- ISBN
- 9781629481630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 300.82€ 204.63
€ 300.82
€ 204.63