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Society & culture: general

Hardback. A collection of essays, presentations and lectures written with the aim of developing a critical sense of the potential and limitations of mediated communication. The author includes a discussion of her own development as a teacher, producer and participant in the struggle for media democracy. Series: Communications & Media Studies. Num Pages: 486 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 33. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823221004
ISBN
9780823221004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.61

Hardback. An ethnographic study of a community of Mongolian herders who have been undergoing dramatic environmental and social transformations since 1980. It observes a remote region of modern China, documenting some of the unintended harmful consequences of decollectivization and economic development. Num Pages: 272 pages, 32 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804742788
ISBN
9780804742788
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.00

Paperback. Editor(s): Ray, Dee C. Num Pages: 220 pages, 9 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JKSN2; JNC; JNLA; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138828971
ISBN
9781138828971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.30

Paperback. Covers various aspects of western feminine life, which include a good deal about the western male. This book shows that the reactions of the women to their frontier experience were as important as male reactions in the development of American mores and American democracy. Num Pages: 335 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803250253
ISBN
9780803250253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.12

Paperback. The Fetterman Massacre occurred on December 21, 1866, at Fort Phil Kearny, a small outpost in the foothills of the Big Horns. The second battle in American history from which came no survivors, it became a cause celebre and was the subject of a congressional investigation. Num Pages: 259 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780803257306
ISBN
9780803257306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.79

Paperback. Editor(s): Reynolds, Dee; Reason, Matthew. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 171 x 19. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Intellect Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841504919
ISBN
9781841504919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 45.64

Paperback. Personal, first-hand accounts from transgender and non-binary individuals and the diverse experiences and challenges they face before, during and after transition. This comprehensive introduction to trans issues details the social, physical and emotional struggles involved in becoming who you are. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785922404
ISBN
9781785922404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.22

paperback. A memoir of Scott O'Hara, a key contemporary figure in the pornographic industry. The author reveals the full truth behind this trade and discusses his life, how he became involved in the sex trade, and how ultimately he had to get out. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Routledge United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560238980
ISBN
9781560238980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.37

hardcover. The author, who died of AIDS in 1998, describes his adventures as a porn star, writer, playwright, and editor of the journal STEAM. He discusses safe sex, male beauty, fantasies, and childhood experiences with humor and insight, in essays, poems, and stories. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DN; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Routledge United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780789005731
ISBN
9780789005731
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 430 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; DQ; FA; FYB; JFSJ2; JFSK2; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc United States
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560235033
ISBN
9781560235033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.37

Paperback. Considers fragments of experience recorded in oral histories and newspapers as well as those produced in twentieth-century novels, films, and television that reveal how the black body in pain functions as a rhetorical device and as political strategy. This book investigates America's love-hate relationship with black bodies in pain. Series: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFA; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813926810
ISBN
9780813926810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.53

Hardcover. Danger! Women Artists at Work is a provocative exploration of the way in which art is transformed through a woman's point of view and includes a captivating selection of groundbreaking female artists throughout history, from Artemisia Gentileschi and Rosa Bonheur to Cindy Sherman and Tracey Emin. Num Pages: 160 pages, 110 illustrations, 90 in colour. BIC Classification: AC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1050.
Publisher
Merrell Publishers
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781858945644
ISBN
9781858945644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 25.17

hardcover. Both the story of Monroe's steady rise into the professional class and a parallel history of unsuitable exes, this memoir reminds us how accidental even a good life can be. Funny, poignant, wise, "My Unsentimental Education" explores the confusion that ensues when a working-class girl ends up far from where she began. Series: Crux: The Georgia Series in Literary Nonfiction. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JFSC; JFSJ1; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820348742
ISBN
9780820348742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.94

Paperback. Over the years, migration from Mexico to the United States has moved beyond the borderlands to diverse communities across the country, with the most striking transformations in American suburbs and small towns. This title explores the challenges encountered by Mexican families as they endeavor to find their place in the US. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269590
ISBN
9780520269590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Compelling first-hand stories of Jewish women fighting racism in the American south while coming of age in the shadow of the Holocaust. Num Pages: 248 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBT; JFFJ; JFSJ1; JFSL; JFSR1; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780814797754
ISBN
9780814797754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. Traumatic stress and post-traumatic stress more particularly, has gained international prominence as a condition or disorder that affects people across the globe in the wake of exposure to extreme life events, be these collective or individual. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145096
ISBN
9781868145096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. The second edition of "FallProof!," now packaged with a DVD, is a practical guide to implementing a multidimensional balance and mobility training program to address the increasing incidence of falls among older adults. Num Pages: 328 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 208 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFSP31; VFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 285 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1148.
Publisher
Human Kinetics Publishers United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780736067478
ISBN
9780736067478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.26

paperback. Compares the self-representations of the US Mexicanas with the representations of academic-affiliated, intellectual Chicana writers and visual artists. This work looks at how the Chicana professional intellectuals and the US Mexicana women refigure demeaning constructions of female gender roles and racial, ethnic, and sexual identities. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; AC; DSBH; HBTD; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822343103
ISBN
9780822343103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Presents a feminist study that argues against the idea that the popularity of body work means that women are enslaved to a male-fashioned 'beauty myth'. This title demonstrates that women actually use body work to escape that beauty myth. Num Pages: 181 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
181
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520228566
ISBN
9780520228566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.88

Hardcover. Editor(s): Andrist, Debra D. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; AB; DSB; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845198367
ISBN
9781845198367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.15

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
None ed.
SKU
V9780813544304
ISBN
9780813544304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816631131
ISBN
9780816631131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 2ADS; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816639588
ISBN
9780816639588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Hardback. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; JFSJ1; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252040375
ISBN
9780252040375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.98

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