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Society & culture: general

hardcover. Erudite and enlightening, Frye's comments on politics are as relevant today as they were when he wrote them, and this volume will be a valuable reference for understanding the essential Frye. Editor(s): Gorak, Jan. Series: Collected Works of Northrop Frye. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DN; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 39. Weight in Grams: 835.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802036964
ISBN
9780802036964
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.33

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583673201
ISBN
9781583673201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.53

Paperback. With examples from the paintings of Van Gogh and Picasso, the work of contemporary feminist painters, the photography of Bill Henson and the film and animation work of Van Sowerine, author demonstrates how Kristeva can illuminate the relationships between artist and art object, between artists, artworks and audiences, and between art and knowledge. Series: Contemporary Thinkers Reframed. Num Pages: 160 pages, 9 bw integrated. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 173 x 123 x 12. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845116606
ISBN
9781845116606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.71

Paperback. A look at how the Chinese Exclusion Act and later legislation affected Chinese American communities, who created fictitious "paper families" to subvert immigration policies. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFFJ; JFFN; JFSL; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822337478
ISBN
9780822337478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. .
Publisher
Between the Lines
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771130165
ISBN
9781771130165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.87

Hardback. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ACXD; AGB; AGH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781633450271
ISBN
9781633450271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.20

Paperback. Editor(s): Goldberg, Esther Ann. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853036227
ISBN
9780853036227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.22

Mixed media pr. Editor(s): Goldberg, Esther Ann. Num Pages: 156 pages, maps (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 245 x 13. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853037248
ISBN
9780853037248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.12

Hardback. This book explores how we define our social spaces in a world of globalization, cultural diversity, and media convergence. Critiquing our focus on nation, state, and particular countries of origin and settlement, this book offers a new conceptual approach to study contemporary migration and media. Series: The Palgrave MacMillan Series in International Political Communication. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFN; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137558565
ISBN
9781137558565
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.03

Paperback. This important book illuminates how the poor live, and offers an opportunity to think of efficient ways, rooted in the reality, to fight poverty in the world. Translator(s): Al Shamy, Anwar Al. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9789992195246
ISBN
9789992195246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

hardcover. The author, an anthropologist specializing in bureaucratic organizations and gender studies, was hired to monitor the project. Analyzing her own experience as a practicing development expert, she demonstrates that the professed goal of women's empowerment is a pretext for promoting economic organizational goals and the interests of local elites. Num Pages: 278 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKN; JFSJ1; JHMC; JNFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781845457686
ISBN
9781845457686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.45

Hardback. Since Israel is primarily a country of immigrants, the state takes on the responsibility for the settlement and integration of each new group. It therefore sees its role as benevolent and indispensable to the welfare of the immigrants. This be true to some extent. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 maps, 10 ills. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1HFGA; JFFN; JFSR1; JHM; JPQB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 441.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571819413
ISBN
9781571819413
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.74

Paperback. Editor(s): Kingston-Mann, Esther; Mixter, Timothy. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691606927
ISBN
9780691606927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.98
€ 59.92

Hardback. Speculative fiction often shows the complicated and rather fraught history of medicine as it relates to black women. Through prominent writers like Octavia Butler, Nnedi Okorafor, and Nalo Hopkinson, Jones highlights how personal experiences of illness and disease frequently reflect larger societal sicknesses in connection to race and gender. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137520609
ISBN
9781137520609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.54

Paperback. 'Provides important contributions to understanding one of the past century's most original thinkers.' Douglas Kellner, UCLA Series: Modern European Thinkers. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745315683
ISBN
9780745315683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.49

paperback. An analysis of how women in the United States perceive the threat of crime in their everyday lives and how that perception controls their behavior. It shows that race and class position play a role in a woman's sense of vulnerability. It argues that fear itself is a strong element in keeping women in subservient and self-limiting social positions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520208551
ISBN
9780520208551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.65

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HBLW3; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845196165
ISBN
9781845196165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.15

Paperback. An autobiography of cultural anthropologist Esther Newton, a pioneer in gay and lesbian studies. Chronicling the development of her ideas from the excitement of early feminism in the 1960s to friendly critiques of queer theory in the 1990s, it is suitable for those interested in the birth and growth of gay and lesbian studies. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 360 pages, 23 photographs. BIC Classification: BG; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822326120
ISBN
9780822326120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.67

Paperback. A study that is concerned with working out the interests brought to bear on each film project by their initiators and the impact each has made on the image of Luther in film in its historical context. Num Pages: 240 pages, illus. BIC Classification: APF; HBLH; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Germany
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9783525550199
ISBN
9783525550199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.87

Paperback. Explores a wide range of topics related to body weight. From the historical construction of fatness to public health policy, from job discrimination to social class disparities, from chick-lit to airline seats, this collection provides an overview of fat studies, an examination of the movement's fundamental concerns, and a look at its research. Editor(s): Rothblum, Esther D.; Solovay, Sondra. Num Pages: 396 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 252 x 23. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814776315
ISBN
9780814776315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

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