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Society & culture: general

Paperback. A literary critical and historical chronicle of women s culture in the United States from 1830 to the present, by a leading Americanist. Num Pages: 368 pages, 41 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822342021
ISBN
9780822342021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.23

Paperback. Through virtuoso interpretations of works of cinema, photography, critical theory, and literature, including Lydia Davis' story "Break It Down" (reprinted in full here), this title explores what it means to live with negativity, with those divisions that may be irreparable. Series: Theory Q. Num Pages: 168 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: JFSK; JHBA; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822355946
ISBN
9780822355946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226043777
ISBN
9780226043777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.00
€ 23.58

Hardback. In Sex, or the Unbearable two of our leading theorists of sexuality, politics, and culture engage in intense and animated dialogue about living with-and imagining alternatives to-what's overwhelming in sex, friendship, social inequality, and one's relation to oneself. Series: Theory Q. Num Pages: 168 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: JFSK; JHBA; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822355809
ISBN
9780822355809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.91

Hardback. Ties together political economy and affect in a time of decreased expectations. Num Pages: 352 pages, 58 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822350972
ISBN
9780822350972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.83

Paperback. Editor(s): Barnes, Sandra L. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JNA; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823268801
ISBN
9780823268801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.20

Hardback. Editor(s): Barnes, Sandra L. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JNA; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 256 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823268795
ISBN
9780823268795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.73
€ 34.88

Paperback. A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Talking to you in English', he said, 'is like touching you with gloves.' Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BM; CJC; JFC; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008100629
ISBN
9780008100629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.32

Hardback. Using a wealth of evidence from legal, literary and medical texts, as well as art, architecture, ritual, and material culture, the contributors to this volume offer the first extensive study of the private and public roles of mothers in the Classical world Editor(s): Petersen, Lauren Hackworth; Salzman-Mitchell, Patricia. Num Pages: 272 pages, 44 b&w photos, 5 b&w drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HPCA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292729902
ISBN
9780292729902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.82

Hardback. Aimed at students, parents, faculty members, university leaders, service providers, and lawmakers, Campus Sexual Assault seeks to put an end to the silence around sexual trauma by giving voice to those closest to it and providing tools for others to hear-and to act. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JFSJ; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421419053
ISBN
9781421419053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 29.81

Paperback. Mad Men, Mad World is a comprehensive analysis of this groundbreaking TV series. Editor(s): Goodlad, Lauren M. E.; Kaganovsky, Lilya; Rushing, Robert A. Num Pages: 432 pages, 97 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPK; APT; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 172 x 31. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354185
ISBN
9780822354185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.55

Hardback. In this comprehensive analysis of the TV series Mad Men, scholars explore the groundbreaking drama in relation to fashion, history, architecture, civil rights, feminism, consumerism, art, cinema, and the serial format. Editor(s): Goodlad, Lauren M. E.; Kaganovsky, Lilya; Rushing, Robert A. Num Pages: 432 pages, 97 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPK; APT; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354024
ISBN
9780822354024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.60

Paperback. Detailing the relationship of three women filmmakers' lives and films to the institutions of the post-World War II era, this title presents the social history of North American avant-garde cinema. It argues that avant-garde cinema, open to women because of its marginal status in the art world, included women as filmmakers, organizers, and critics. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ANH; APF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252071249
ISBN
9780252071249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.74

Paperback. Editor(s): Rickels, Laurence A. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816633210
ISBN
9780816633210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.05

Paperback. Illustrates the relation between myth, culture and literature with discussions of poetry, fiction, film and popular song; explores uses made of the term 'myth' within the fields of literary criticism, anthropology, cultural studies, feminism, Marxism and psychoanalysis. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415442848
ISBN
9780415442848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.80

Paperback. In this, the first sustained account of pedlars and peddling, Laurence Fontaine argues that pedlars and the networks they built up played a crucial role in the birth of the modern European economy. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; JFSC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745617411
ISBN
9780745617411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.89

Hardcover. Whereas in English-speaking countries comics are for children or adults who should know better,A" in France and Belgium the form is recognized as the ninth artA" and follows in the path of poetry, architecture, painting, and cinema. The bande dessinee [comic strip] has its own national institutions and regularly obtains front-page coverage. Series: Polygons: Cultural Diversities & Intersections. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 ills. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AKLC; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455880
ISBN
9781845455880
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.78

Paperback. A book about reading women's poems, rather than forming theories about them. Beginning with Katherine Philips, the first Englishwoman to achieve fame as a poet, it covers three centuries to the work of Marianne Moore and Stevie Smith, but does not include the many living women poets who deserve a volume to themselves. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845193348
ISBN
9781845193348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.07

Hardback. There exists a tendency to explain away much of Shiite politics in the Middle East as inextricably linked to Iranian foreign policy. Laurence Louer challenges this view, arguing that, in the end, local political imperatives have been the crucial factor determining the direction of Shiite states in the Middle East. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HRAM2; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849042024
ISBN
9781849042024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.44

Paperback. Series: The Iroquois and Their Neighbours. Num Pages: 232 pages, 31 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; JFSL9; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610793
ISBN
9780815610793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.27

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