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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Investigates how childbirth became medicalized in Africa. Featuring stories about autopsies and bicycles, obstetric surgery and male initiation, this title reveals how concerns about strange objects and procedures fashioned the hybrid social world of colonialism and its aftermath in Mobutu's Zaire. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 496 pages, 47 b&w photographs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 238 x 38. Weight in Grams: 758.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
62041st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822323662
ISBN
9780822323662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.94

Paperback. Black and white women's struggles over race relations in the YWCA and beyond Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSJ1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077104
ISBN
9780252077104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813553016
ISBN
9780813553016
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801497988
ISBN
9780801497988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.27

Paperback. This work examines the concept of trust from the angle of the trustee, rather than the truster. Rather than thinking of trust as risk-taking, Potter views it as equally a matter of responsibility-taking. She looks at trust particularly in the context of power relations. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742511514
ISBN
9780742511514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.18

Hardback. This work examines the concept of trust from the angle of the trustee, rather than the truster. Rather than thinking of trust as risk-taking, Potter views it as equally a matter of responsibility-taking. She looks at trust particularly in the context of power relations. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742511507
ISBN
9780742511507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.51

Hardback. The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies provides an invaluable resource for students and scholars in the overlapping areas of gender, feminist, queer, masculinity, and sexuality studies; and acknowledges the growing interdisciplinary impact of these fields. Series: SSEZ -Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedias in Social Sciences. Num Pages: 2800 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 201 x 281 x 218. Weight in Grams: 5356.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405196949
ISBN
9781405196949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 849.20

Hardback. This concise alphabetical guide to the key terms, issues, theoretical approaches, projects and thinkers in feminist philosophy covers contemporary material in a number of feminist approaches Editor(s): Leaman, Oliver. Series: Philosophy A-Z. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
184
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748622177
ISBN
9780748622177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.35
€ 119.45

Paperback. This concise alphabetical guide to the key terms, issues, theoretical approaches, projects and thinkers in feminist philosophy covers contemporary material in a number of feminist approaches Editor(s): Leaman, Oliver. Series: Philosophy A-Z. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 160 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748621538
ISBN
9780748621538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. The theme of this volume, studies in macro-micro influences on children, in their pathways to adulthood is aimed at examining the points of intersect between individual and family level reactions to the socioeconomic forces buffeting all industrialised societies. Editor(s): Mandell, Nancy; Porter, Elaine; Tesson, Geoffrey. Series: Sociological Studies of Children & Youth. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784413101
ISBN
9781784413101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.38

Paperback. Elegantly written and meticulously researched, this book offers a major new interpretation of the Ku Klux Klan in America, placing the organization in its context of class and gender as well as race and religion. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 pp halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HBTV; JFFJ; JFSL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195098365
ISBN
9780195098365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.23

Paperback.
Publisher
Bedford/St. Martin's
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312448011
ISBN
9780312448011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 42.70

Paperback. Using insights from ethnographic research conducted in London and New York, this book explores the varying ways young men use graffiti to construct masculinity, claim power and establish independence from the institutions which define, and often limit, them as young people. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1KBBEY; AFJG; JFC; JFSG; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333781913
ISBN
9780333781913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.20
€ 58.29

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Battles, Asa. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 279 x 16. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
American Traveler Press United States
Edition
1ST
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558381063
ISBN
9781558381063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.33

Hardcover. Written by prominent women, this work recounts stories of personal struggles, challenges to their values, turning points and issues of family and work. The examples aim to inspire readers to overcome adversity in their own lives, and fulfill their dreams and aspirations. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KJ; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 569.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787941758
ISBN
9780787941758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99

Paperback. Prominent activists, academics, politicians, journalists, mothers, and daughters celebrate the indomitable spirit of the American woman and reflect on what democracy means to women's lives. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470630877
ISBN
9780470630877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.28

Paperback. This collection of essays drawn from a range of disciplines explores American paranoia and the continuum of fear that has centred on enemies real and imagined in American culture. Contributors examine areas such as theoretical constructions of fear, racial discrimination and religious intolerance. Editor(s): Schultz, Nancy Lusignan (Professor of English, Salem State College, Salem, Massachusetts, USA). Num Pages: 456 pages, notes, bibliography, index, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; JFC; JHM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557531155
ISBN
9781557531155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.95

Paperback. Lublin focuses on the core principles of feminist theory and offers a new framework for creating public policy and social change in the name of gender justice. Series: New Feminist Perspectives. Num Pages: 208 pages, map. BIC Classification: JFFK; MBDC; MBNH4; MFKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847686377
ISBN
9780847686377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JFF; JFSJ; JFSL1; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801497957
ISBN
9780801497957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.94

Paperback. Introduces the diverse strands of feminist legal theory and the array of substantive legal issues relevant to women's and gender studies. This book centers on feminist legal theories - including equal treatment theory, cultural feminism, dominance theory, critical race feminism, lesbian feminism, postmodern feminism, and ecofeminism. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814751992
ISBN
9780814751992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.51

Paperback. In this work, the author analyzes the ways in which law legitimizes the social segregation of the sexes through legal decisions and illustrates the ways in which men's and women's oppressions are intertwined and how law molds the very definition of masculinity. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FV; JFSJ; LAB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814751220
ISBN
9780814751220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479882809
ISBN
9781479882809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 157 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Leyland Publications,U.S. United States
Number of pages
157
Condition
New
SKU
V9780943595849
ISBN
9780943595849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.16

Hardback. Editor(s): Green, Nancy L.; Waldinger, Roger. Series: Studies of World Migrations. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252040443
ISBN
9780252040443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.85

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