Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. Repetition and seriality are inherent in pornography and is constitutive for its functionality as a film genre, an industry, and an area of gender studies. By linking the styles of the genre to processes of serial production, consumption, and discussion, Schaschek questions the dominant assumptions about pornography and the stability of the genre. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137363121
- ISBN
- 9781137363121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
Hardcover. Tracking the emergence of a new and distinctive way of thinking about sex represented by the unalterable, simple, and visually compelling binary of the X and Y chromosomes, this title examines the interaction between cultural gender norms and genetic theories of sex from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present, postgenomic age. Num Pages: 312 pages, 21 halftones, 11 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFSJ; PDX; PSAK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226084688
- ISBN
- 9780226084688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.17€ 77.70
€ 94.17
€ 77.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; PDX; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226325613
- ISBN
- 9780226325613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.68
€ 32.99
€ 25.68
Hardcover. Corporate diversity programs often fail because of resistance in workplace culture. The author sets out an approach to real change by analysing the role of organisational cultures in marginalising women workers. Based on academic research, case studies and interviews, the author presents a new model for changing organisational culture Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KJU; KJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230283701
- ISBN
- 9780230283701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.23
€ 63.23
Paperback. A narrative of the family odyssey across the America and of their early years in California. It presents the portrait of a remarkable woman. Num Pages: 144 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 10. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803258563
- ISBN
- 9780803258563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.37
€ 19.37
Hardcover. A rare first-person account of life in the twentieth-century South, "He Included Me" weaves together the story of a black family eight children reared in rural Alabama, their mother a schoolteacher, their father a minister and the emerging self-portrait of a woman determined, like her parents, to look ahead." Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820311418
- ISBN
- 9780820311418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.16
€ 40.16
Hardback. A new industrial revolution. The age of making. From bits to atoms. Many people are excited by the possibilities offered by new fabrication technologies like 3D printers, and the way in which they are being used in hacker and makerspaces. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509501168
- ISBN
- 9781509501168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.25
€ 71.25
Paperback. A new industrial revolution. The age of making. From bits to atoms. Many people are excited by the possibilities offered by new fabrication technologies like 3D printers, and the way in which they are being used in hacker and makerspaces. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509501175
- ISBN
- 9781509501175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.29
€ 24.29
Paperback. In "Watching Rape", Sarah Projansky undermines the complacent view - that equality for women has already been achieved - in her analysis of depictions of rape in US film, televsion, and independent video. This study addresses the relationship between rape and postfeminism. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; APT; JFC; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814766903
- ISBN
- 9780814766903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Hardback. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403903235
- ISBN
- 9781403903235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.62
€ 62.62
Paperback. Based on the author's dissertation at the University of Chicago. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JFSC; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820344164
- ISBN
- 9780820344164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.23
€ 43.23
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442251298
- ISBN
- 9781442251298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.77€ 65.65
€ 104.77
€ 65.65
Hardcover. This comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection examines diverse forms of anti-social behaviour in Victorian and contemporary Britain, providing a unique comparison of the methods which have been employed by governments to control it. Num Pages: 395 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JM; JFF; JFSC; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137399304
- ISBN
- 9781137399304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.38
€ 120.38
Paperback. Diaspora studies have tended to privilege urban landscapes over rural ones, wanting to avoid the racial homogeneity, conservatism, and xenophobia usually associated with the latter. This book examines the work of various writers to show how it expresses the appeal that rural and wilderness spaces can hold for the diasporic imagination. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; DSBH; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926391
- ISBN
- 9780813926391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.48
€ 35.48
Hardback. Series: Literature Now. Num Pages: 352 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231174404
- ISBN
- 9780231174404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.74€ 50.14
€ 64.74
€ 50.14
Hardcover. Communicating Popular Science addresses the role of science popularization and explains how science writing works can do better at promoting public discussions about science-related issues. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137017574
- ISBN
- 9781137017574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.13
€ 129.13
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPW; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137538338
- ISBN
- 9781137538338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.05
€ 109.05
Paperback. Against the commonly held opinion that ancient Judaism was an artless culture, this sumptuously illustrated book offers new ways of looking at art in Jewish antiquity. Leading experts, under the editorship of Sarah Pearce, skilfully explore different functions of images in relation to their prohibition by the Second of the Ten Commandments. Editor(s): Pearce, Sarah. Num Pages: 288 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 188 x 21. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Journal of Jewish Studies
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780957522800
- ISBN
- 9780957522800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.06
€ 66.06
Paperback. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349372867
- ISBN
- 9781349372867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.68
€ 67.68
Paperback. In a major revisionary approach to ancient Greek culture, this title invokes as a paradigm the myths surrounding Daidalos to describe the profound influence of the Near East on Greece's artistic and literary origins. Num Pages: 483 pages, 63 halftones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; ACG; DSBB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 411
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691001609
- ISBN
- 9780691001609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.40€ 62.58
€ 82.40
€ 62.58