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Society & culture: general

Paperback. A collection of essays exploring the Marxist and feminist theorisation in education and learning. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745336381
ISBN
9780745336381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.89

Paperback. Children and young people's cultural worlds offers a critical introduction to childhood in the digital age and challenges adult concerns, highlighting instead the diversity of children's experiences and relationships with each other. Editor(s): Gallacher, Lesley; Kehily, Mary Jane; Bragg, Sarah. Series: Childhood. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSP1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 191 x 246 x 16. Weight in Grams: 776.
Publisher
Bristol University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447305828
ISBN
9781447305828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.34

Paperback. The book is a personal account of the challenges faced by one family without Chinese consumer goods. In an accessible way, the book will shed light on China's reach into the daily lives of ordinary people. The author's reporting (based in part on her experience as a business writer) will offer insights into the "business". Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; BM; JFFS; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Wiley
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470379202
ISBN
9780470379202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GTC; HBJK; JFD; LNRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774824057
ISBN
9780774824057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

Paperback. This unique textbook enables social work practitioners to gain a deeper understanding of how Islamic principles inform and influence the lives of Muslim populations. Series: BASW/Policy Press Titles. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 174 x 240 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447330103
ISBN
9781447330103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.28

Hardback. This provocative cultural critique of the imperative to be happy draws on the work of feminist, black, and queer critics showing how happiness is used to justify social oppression. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ; JFFK; JFS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5753 x 3971 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346661
ISBN
9780822346661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.89

Paperback. Using feminist and postcolonial theory this book examines the impact of multiculturalism and globalization on embodiment and community, whilst considering the ethical and political implication of its critique for post-colonial feminism. Series: Transformations. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSL1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415201858
ISBN
9780415201858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.62

Paperback. This exciting collection of work from leading feminist scholars including Elspeth Probyn, Penelope Deutscher and Chantal Nadeua engages with and extends the growing feminist literature on this fascinating topic. Editor(s): Ahmed, Sara; Stacey, Jackie. Series: Transformations. Num Pages: 256 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: DNF; JFC; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415223560
ISBN
9780415223560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.57

Hardback. Showing how feminist theory is generated from everyday life and the ordinary experiences of being a feminist, Sara Ahmed highlights the ties between feminist theory and living a life that sustains it by building on legacies of feminist of color scholarship and discussing the figure of the feminist killjoy. Num Pages: 312 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFK; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363040
ISBN
9780822363040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.89

Paperback. .
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363194
ISBN
9780822363194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.50

Paperback. This provocative cultural critique of the imperative to be happy draws on the work of feminist, black, and queer critics showing how happiness is used to justify social oppression. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ; JFFK; JFS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822347255
ISBN
9780822347255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. Cultural theorist Sara Ahmed demonstrates how queer studies can put phenomenology to productive use by analyzing what it means for bodies to be "oriented" in space and time. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339144
ISBN
9780822339144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. Argues that a commitment to diversity is frequently substituted for a commitment to actual change. This title traces the work that diversity does, examining how the term is used and the way it serves to make questions about racism seem impertinent. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 221 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352365
ISBN
9780822352365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

paperback. A collection of sermons by rabbi Harold I. Saperstein, made between 1933 and 1980. This book illustrates the value of the sermon as a resource for understanding the challenges faced by American Jews at some of the most dramatic moments in the turbulent history of the 20th century. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780739102596
ISBN
9780739102596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.25

paperback. Represents a sample of the most penetrating and provocative scholarly interpretations of Jewish messianic movement from various perspectives- historical, sociological, psychological, and religious. Editor(s): Saperstein, Marc. Series: Essential Papers on Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRAX; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 39. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814779439
ISBN
9780814779439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.28

Paperback. Drawing on an array of interview, ethnographic, and survey data from her native country of Kenya, the author examines how young African women, who suffer disproportionate rates of HIV infection compared to young African men, navigate their relationships, employment, and finances in the context of economic inequality and a devastating HIV epidemic. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFH2; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280946
ISBN
9780520280946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Hardback. Editor(s): Halder, Santoshi; Assaf, Lori Czop. Series: Inclusive Learning and Educational Equity. Num Pages: 431 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JN; JNF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319552231
ISBN
9783319552231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 222.99

Paperback. Drawing on their own broad-ranging research at UNICEF and UNDP, the authors argue that fiscal, monetary, and other macro-economic policies for poverty reduction, human development and economic growth can be compatible with micro-level interventions to provide basic social services. Series: International Studies in Poverty Research. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842777732
ISBN
9781842777732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.20

Paperback. In post-Franco Spain, a re-shaping of notions of the masculine has been under way for some time. This book demonstrates how contemporary Spanish films, during this period, have contributed to this process, by visualizing the ways in which Spanish men have been abandoning old self images and adopting new ones. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; APFA; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845114503
ISBN
9781845114503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.64

Paperback. Contests the prevailing understanding of the relationship between postmodernity and Latin America by focusing on developments in Latin American, and particularly Argentine, political and literary culture. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822315209
ISBN
9780822315209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.28

Hardback. This annotated edition of Clio makes available in a well-documented and illustrated modern text the autobiography of Martha Fowke Sansom. This lively account of Fowke's life is filled with illuminating material on her family background, education, and emotional and social experiences. Editor(s): Guskin, Phyllis J. Num Pages: 210 pages, 11ill. BIC Classification: BGHA; DCQ; DSBD; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874136074
ISBN
9780874136074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.82

Hardback. Discusses the variable conceptions of art, culture and civilization, and their effects in the formation of library institutions and examines differences and tensions in art, culture and civilization discourses to build a picture of the moral narratives influencing library and cultural institutions. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: GLM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810840263
ISBN
9780810840263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 115 pages. BIC Classification: 1HSU; JFSC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634857826
ISBN
9781634857826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 137.87
€ 103.66

hardcover. An interdisciplinary, engaging book which looks at the nature of Indian society since Independence. By focusing on the Doon school, a famous boarding school in India, it unpacks what post-colonialism means to Indian citizens. Series: Culture and Communication in Asia. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, map ;. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415178556
ISBN
9780415178556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.30

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