Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, did symbolic as well as literal damage. This book includes two interlinked essays that proposes the notion of virtual traumato that describe the cultural wound that this name-date both deflects and relays. It examines the historical and philosophical infrastructure of the notion of war on terror. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFC; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823231249
- ISBN
- 9780823231249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.22
€ 41.99
€ 37.22
Hardback. Drawing on political writings, religious texts, and other cultural artifacts, as well as comparative examples from other empires and frontiers, this book explores the construction of ethnicity during the Tang dynasty, which reigned for roughly three centuries from 618-907. It offers insights on East Asian and Inner Asian history. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812240528
- ISBN
- 9780812240528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.63
€ 76.63
Hardcover. Reveals wampum's undeniable influence on the cultural, political, and economic foundations of North America. Num Pages: 168 pages, 18 color photographs, 101 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL9; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 190 x 17. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252033667
- ISBN
- 9780252033667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.66
€ 63.66
Hardback. The twentieth century witnessed genocides, ethnic cleansing, forced population expulsions, shifting borders, and other disruptions on an unprecedented scale. This book examines the work of memory and the ethics of healing in post authoritarian societies that have experienced state-perpetrated violence. Editor(s): Silberman, Marc; Vatan, Florence. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 270 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JFFE; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343512
- ISBN
- 9781137343512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.51
€ 123.51
Hardcover. This edited volume explores the crossings, permeations, and constructions of cultural and political borders between peoples and territories, examining how walls, borders, and boundaries signify both interdependence and contact within sites of conflict and separation. Editor(s): Silberman, Marc; Till, Karen E.; Ward, Janet. Series: Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association. Num Pages: 284 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; RGC; RPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502. Spatial and Cultural Practices in Europe. Series: Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association. 388 pages, 19 ills, bibliog., index. Editor(s): Silberman, Marc; Till, Karen E.; Ward, Janet. This edited volume explores the crossings, permeations, and constructions of cultural and political borders between peoples and territories, examining how walls, borders, and boundaries signify both interdependence and contact within sites of conflict and separation. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; RGC; RPC. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 19. Weight: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857455048
- ISBN
- 9780857455048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.48
€ 155.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820338910
- ISBN
- 9780820338910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.67
€ 44.67
Paperback. Invites policymakers, practitioners, academics, students, and others to think about three commanding contemporary issues - war, development, and youth - in new ways. The starting point is the following irony: while African youth are demographically dominant, many act as if they are members of an outcast minority. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 black & white photographs, 2 diagrams, 2 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; JFSP2; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820348858
- ISBN
- 9780820348858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.13
€ 40.13
Paperback. Providing an overview of Japanese media theory from the 1910s to the present, this volume introduces English-language readers to Japan's rich body of theoretical and conceptual work on media for the first time, challenging media theory's Eurocentric formation and perspective and redefining its location and practice. Editor(s): Steinberg, Marc. Num Pages: 440 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; APFA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363262
- ISBN
- 9780822363262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Hardback. Providing an overview of Japanese media theory from the 1910s to the present, this volume introduces English-language readers to Japan's rich body of theoretical and conceptual work on media for the first time, challenging media theory's Eurocentric formation and perspective and redefining its location and practice. Editor(s): Steinberg, Marc. Num Pages: 440 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; APFA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363125
- ISBN
- 9780822363125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.89
€ 128.89
Hardcover. Examines the processes and interactions which led to the modernisation and successful co-optation by the British government of this comparatively small branch of Shi'a Islam. The author poses several key questions regarding the wider developing relationship between movements in contemporary Islam and 'The West'. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 153 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press USA
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850659822
- ISBN
- 9781850659822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.43
€ 40.99
€ 36.43
Paperback. 'Shows how internally displaced persons are not passive victims of circumstance, and that policy makers and humanitarian organizations should plan accordingly.' Journal of Refugee Studies Editor(s): Vincent, Marc; Sorensen, Birgitte Refslund. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 maps / 6 photographs. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745318189
- ISBN
- 9780745318189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.46
€ 40.99
€ 31.46
Hardback. A visual and textual journey through the cultural contributions of Puerto Rican artists in the United States Series: Latinos in Chicago and Midwest. Num Pages: 232 pages, 20 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJP; JFC; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252036460
- ISBN
- 9780252036460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.40
€ 117.40
Paperback. Brettler focuses on reading the Hebrew Bible using a 'historical-critical method', explaining the literary conventions, ideological assumptions, and historical conditions that inform the Hebrew Bible and shows how modern critical scholarship and archaeological discoveries shed light on this fascinating and complex literature. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195325225
- ISBN
- 9780195325225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.55
€ 35.55
Hardback. The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples set key standards for the treatment of indigenous people, and has significantly developed how indigenous rights are viewed and enforced. This commentary thematically assesses all aspects of the Declaration's provisions, providing an overview of its impact. Editor(s): Weller, Marc; Hohmann, Jessie. Series: Oxford Commentaries on International Law. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JPSN1; LBBR; LBBU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199673223
- ISBN
- 9780199673223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 293.48
€ 293.48
Paperback. Presents an introduction to the field of cultural semiotics. This book features practical examples of how semiotics can be used. It is suitable for those who want to understand the whys and wherefores of semiotics. Series: Advances in Semiotics. Num Pages: 432 pages, 7 b&w photos, 53 figures. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253212986
- ISBN
- 9780253212986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Hardback. This work takes a look at cultural influences on teenagers and adolescents. Based on interviews with teens, pre-teens, and parents, it sketches out a facet of the adolescent's cultural portrait, from body image and slang to peer pressure and drugs. Num Pages: 208 pages, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742528543
- ISBN
- 9780742528543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.09
€ 156.09
Paperback. This work takes a look at cultural influences on teenagers and adolescents. Based on interviews with teens, pre-teens, and parents, it sketches out a facet of the adolescent's cultural portrait, from body image and slang to peer pressure and drugs. Num Pages: 208 pages, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742528550
- ISBN
- 9780742528550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.40
€ 59.40
Paperback. The most coherent treatment yet of these fields, the Encyclopedia of Media and Communication promises to be the standard reference text for the next generation of media and communication students and scholars. Num Pages: 752 pages, 19 Figures. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 174 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442611696
- ISBN
- 9781442611696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 47.11
€ 52.99
€ 47.11
Paperback. How and when did the kiss become a vital sign of romance and love? In this wide-ranging book, pop culture expert Marcel Danesi takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the history of the kiss, from poetry and painting to movies and popular songs, and argues that its romantic incarnation signaled the birth of popular culture. Series: Semiotics and Popular Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137376848
- ISBN
- 9781137376848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.19
€ 63.19
Paperback. Interprets the development of the modern west, with its political and psychological complexities, in terms of mankind's changing relation to religion. This book views Western history as a movement away from religious society, beginning with prophetic Judaism, gaining momentum in Christianity, and leading to the rise of the political state. Translator(s): Burge, Oscar. Series: New French Thought Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691029375
- ISBN
- 9780691029375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.62
€ 54.99
€ 39.62
Paperback. When first published, The Gift served as nothing less than an onslaught on contemporary political theory. This edition confirms the continuing relevance of Mauss's highly original perspective. Translator(s): Halls, W. D. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415267496
- ISBN
- 9780415267496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.91
€ 19.99
€ 19.91
Paperback. Begins with the emergence of agriculture after thousands of years in which human societies had depended on hunting and gathering. This title shows how agricultural techniques developed in the different regions of the world, and how this extraordinary wealth of knowledge, tradition, and natural variety is endangered by global capitalism. Num Pages: 522 pages, Maps, figures, tables, index. BIC Classification: JFFC1; KCZ; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844073993
- ISBN
- 9781844073993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.03
€ 51.03
Hardback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816695706
- ISBN
- 9780816695706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.60
€ 94.60
Hardback. Modern antisemitism and the modern discipline of sociology not only emerged in the same period, but - antagonism and hostility between the two discourses notwithstanding - also overlapped and complemented each other. This book offers a collection of twelve essays providing a comparative analysis of modern antisemitism and the rise of sociology. Editor(s): Stoetzler, Marcel. Num Pages: 390 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803248649
- ISBN
- 9780803248649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.19
€ 71.19