Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Concerned with issues that have shaped the history of women in particular places and eras, this title examines women in ancient civilizations; including women in China, Japan, and Korea; women and gender in South and South East Asia; Medieval women; women and gender in Colonial Latin America; and the history of women in the US up to 1865. Editor(s): Smith, Bonnie G. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072499
- ISBN
- 9780252072499
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Folksongs of North India. 320 pages, 30 photographs, 2 maps. Analyzes the folk songs from the Bhojpuri-speaking regions of North India to explore how ideas of gender, caste, and class are socially constructed, transmitted, questioned, and reaffirmed through their performance. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AVGH; JFSJ. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 19. Weight: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351306
- ISBN
- 9780822351306
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.79
€ 36.99
€ 28.79
paperback. BIC Classification: JFSR. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349553358
- ISBN
- 9781349553358
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Condition: New
€ 65.60
€ 65.60
Hardback. Amongst Digital Humanists brings an ethnographic account of the changing landscape of humanities scholarship as it affects individual scholars, academic fields and institutions, and argues for a pluralistic vision of digital knowledge production in the humanities. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HPK; JFD; JHMC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137484178
- ISBN
- 9781137484178
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Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Paperback. A revealing and dramatic chronicle of the twelve months leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316332774
- ISBN
- 9780316332774
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.54
€ 18.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. Based on extensive couple and individual interviews with young same sex couples who have legally formalized their relationships, this book argues that same sex marriages as they are lived need to be understood in terms of interlinked developments in lesbian and gay life, heterosexual relationships and in personal life. Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFK; JFSJ; JHBK; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349335961
- ISBN
- 9781349335961
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Condition: New
€ 65.81
€ 65.81
Paperback. It has long been argued that opera is all about sex. This work explores the impact of this sexual obsession, and of the power relations that come with it, on the music, words, and staging of opera. It combines readings of specific scenes with efforts to situate these musical moments within the observed historical contexts. Editor(s): Smart, Mary Ann. Series: Princeton Studies in Opera. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 illus, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC9; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691058139
- ISBN
- 9780691058139
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.73
€ 46.99
€ 33.73
Give Peace a Chance: Exploring the Vietnam Antiwar Movement: Essays fr...
Small, Professor Melvin, Hoover, William D, D...
Paperback. This work offers an introduction to the best-known antiwar movement in United States history, written by veterans of the Vietnam War and participants in the movement. It examines how the activities of the movement affected the lives of most Americans. Editor(s): Small, Melvin; Hoover, D.William. Series: Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution. Num Pages: 260 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTJ; JFC; JPS; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815625599
- ISBN
- 9780815625599
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Condition: New
€ 29.56
€ 29.56
Paperback. This volume responds to recent concerns about the decline of public intellectual life, particularly in Britain and America. Thinkers discuss what the role of writers and intellectuals should be in today's society, how thought can be publicly expressed, and how it relates to action. Editor(s): Small, Helen. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631231981
- ISBN
- 9780631231981
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Condition: New
€ 56.60
€ 56.60
Hardcover. Mirbagheri traces the revival of Islamic/ist movements, and embarks on a theoretical study of some of the fundamental concepts in Islam and International Relations such as the self, Jihad, peace and universalism. Contemporary cases of conflict in the Middle East are analysed to pose a challenge to the universalist discourse of Western liberalism. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPFR; JPS; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230220614
- ISBN
- 9780230220614
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Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Paperback. Series: Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology. BIC Classification: HR; JFSJ; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138267015
- ISBN
- 9781138267015
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Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardback. Editor(s): Koziel, Slawomir; Chakraborty, Raja; Bose, Kaushik. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: JFFM; JFFN; JHBD; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634856447
- ISBN
- 9781634856447
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Condition: New
€ 219.04€ 166.09
€ 219.04
€ 166.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFD; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141984124
- ISBN
- 9780141984124
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.90
€ 14.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. Slavoj eiuek provides a virtuoso reading of the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan through the works of contemporary popular culture, from horror fiction and detective thrillers to popular romances and Hitchcock films. Series: October Books. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 179 x 11. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262740159
- ISBN
- 9780262740159
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 42.15
€ 47.99
€ 42.15
Paperback. Argues that the physical violence we see is often generated by the systemic violence that sustains our political and economic systems. With the help of eminent philosophers and frequent references to popular culture, this title examines the causes of violent outbreaks like those seen in Israel and Palestine and in terrorist acts around the world. Series: Big Ideas. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846680274
- ISBN
- 9781846680274
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.61
€ 16.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. An Event can be an occurrence that shatters ordinary life, a radical political rupture, a transformation of reality, a religious belief, the rise of a new art form, or an intense experience such as falling in love. This book examines the new and highly-contested concept of Event. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPX; HRA; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 181 x 111 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846146268
- ISBN
- 9781846146268
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.61
€ 14.99
€ 12.61
Hardback. In this new book, Slavoj i ek and Glyn Daly engage in a series of entertaining conversations which illustrate the originality of i ek's thinking on psychoanalysis, philosophy, multiculturalism, popular/cyber culture, totalitarianism, ethics and politics. Series: Cons - Conversation Series. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745628967
- ISBN
- 9780745628967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Paperback. In this new book, Slavoj i ek and Glyn Daly engage in a series of entertaining conversations which illustrate the originality of i ek's thinking on psychoanalysis, philosophy, multiculturalism, popular/cyber culture, totalitarianism, ethics and politics. Series: Cons - Conversation Series. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 218 x 12. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745628974
- ISBN
- 9780745628974
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Condition: New
€ 23.99
€ 23.99
Paperback. This insightful book examines how the original concept of publicity has been reduced to mean the right of media to access and print information. Series: Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFD; JPVH2; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742516151
- ISBN
- 9780742516151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.23
€ 78.23
Hardback. This insightful book examines how the original concept of publicity has been reduced to mean the right of media to access and print information. Series: Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFD; JPVH2; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742516144
- ISBN
- 9780742516144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.92
€ 181.92