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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. Lisa Hopkins analyzes eight film adaptations which have taken either Shakespeare or Jane Austen - icons of Englishness - out of their original geographical or cultural context and transposed them to a new location, allowing for a powerful interrogation both of what these texts mean in the modern world, and of Englishness itself. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN; DSBF; DSGS; DSK; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579552
- ISBN
- 9780230579552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardback. This text focuses on female tragic heroes in England from c1610 to c1645. Their sudden appearance can be linked to changing ideas about the relationships between bodies and souls, men's bodies and women's, marriage and mothering, and the law and religion. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; JFCX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333987919
- ISBN
- 9780333987919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Examining semen historically, medically, and culturally, Sperm Counts is a penetrating exploration of its meaning and power Series: Intersections: Transdisciplinary Persprectives on Genders and Sexualities Series. Num Pages: 214 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814795620
- ISBN
- 9780814795620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Hardcover. This work contributes to the development of a theoretical context of the politics of truth about animals. By applying and extending Foucault's theory of power, this work uncovers dominant and subjugated discourses about animals and describes power-knowledge associated with statements about animals that are understood to convey true things. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282575
- ISBN
- 9780230282575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardback. Work behaviours and inequality in work-based rewards are essential to financial security and general well-being. Although the benefits of receiving work-based rewards, such as income, benefits and retirement packages, are significant, they are not enjoyed uniformly. This title articulates an agenda for better understanding these social processes. Editor(s): Keister, Lisa. Series Editor(s): Keister, Lisa. Series: Research in the Sociology of Work. Num Pages: 405 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: JFSR; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 405
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780523460
- ISBN
- 9781780523460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.67
€ 141.67
paperback. Refuting commonly held beliefs within women's and lesbian history, feminist theory, and histories of the novel, this book challenges the idea that sex between women was unimaginable in British culture before the late nineteenth century. It is of interest to readers engaged in literary and queer theory. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822320494
- ISBN
- 9780822320494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.44
€ 32.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Electric Ladyland is a social and cultural history that tracks the changing conception of female sexuality and gender roles, and the ways women musicians, journalists, and groupies gained influence despite confining double standards applied by male writers and performers. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; AVGP; JFCA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812218992
- ISBN
- 9780812218992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Hardback. Gender and Jewish Difference from Paul to Shakespeare provides the first extended examination of the linkages of gender and Jewish difference in late medieval and early modern English literature, focusing on representations of Jews and women in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, selections from medieval drama, and Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237757
- ISBN
- 9780812237757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.52
€ 87.52
Hardback. This book examines the use of book covers as marketing devices, asking what exactly they communicate to their readers and buyers, and what images they associate with a genre and create about a culture. Focusing on Indian women's writing in English, it combines the study of text with the study of materiality of the book. Num Pages: 142 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH5; DSK; JFSJ1; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137474216
- ISBN
- 9781137474216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Paperback. Discusses the contradictions whereby Asians have been included in the workplaces and markets of the US nation-state, yet, through exclusion laws and bars from citizenship, have been distanced from the terrain of national culture. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFN; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822318644
- ISBN
- 9780822318644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.60
€ 29.99
€ 27.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801485442
- ISBN
- 9780801485442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.45
€ 36.99
€ 34.45
Paperback. Rape on Prime Time provides important insight into the social construction of rape in mainstream mass media since the inception of rape law reform in 1974. Series: Feminist Cultural Studies, the Media, & Political Culture. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFE2; JFFK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812217100
- ISBN
- 9780812217100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Offers a fresh understanding of the context-dependent nature of female sexuality. This title argues that for some women, love and desire are not rigidly heterosexual or homosexual but fluid, changing as women move through the stages of life, various social groups, and, most important, different love relationships. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032262
- ISBN
- 9780674032262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.20
€ 41.99
€ 35.20
Paperback. Editor(s): Hendey, Lisa M.; Reinhard, Sarah A. Series: CatholicMom.com Book. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCG9; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 178 x 37. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Ave Maria Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594716614
- ISBN
- 9781594716614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.19
€ 21.19
Paperback. An integrative treatment approach is presented, developed specifically for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance abuse. Focus is on working toward discontinuing substance abuse, letting go of dangerous relationships, and gaining control over extreme symptoms such as dissociation and s Series: Guilford Substance Abuse. Num Pages: 401 pages, forms. BIC Classification: JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 986.
- Publisher
- Guilford Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 401
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572306394
- ISBN
- 9781572306394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.04
€ 77.04
Paperback. Start feeling good about yourself! In Self-Esteem for Teens, best-selling author Lisa Schab offers six core principles to build a healthy, positive view of yourself as you face all the challenges of teen life. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP2; VSPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 202 x 15. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- New Harbinger Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626254190
- ISBN
- 9781626254190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.05
€ 26.99
€ 19.05
Paperback.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814723760
- ISBN
- 9780814723760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Hardback. A collection of the personal life histories of four female St'at'imc elders: Beverley Frank, Gertrude (Gertie) Ned, Laura Thevarge, and Rose Agnes Whitley. Their stories are presented in the original St'at'imcets as well as in English translation. In addition, a morpheme-by-morpheme gloss is provided for the purposes of linguistic analysis. Editor(s): Matthewson, Lisa. Series: First Nations Language Series. Num Pages: 552 pages, 4 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTD; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780774810906
- ISBN
- 9780774810906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.37
€ 146.37
Paperback. Lisa Mckenzie has lived on the notorious St Ann's estate in Nottingham for more than 20 years. Her 'insider' status enables us to hear the stories of its residents, often wary of outsiders, to give a unique account of life in poor communities in contemporary Britain. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFC; JFSC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447309956
- ISBN
- 9781447309956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.10
€ 23.99
€ 22.10
Paperback. In The Colonial Problem, Lisa Monchalin challenges the myth of the "Indian problem" by arguing that the overrepresentation of Indigenous peoples in the Canadian criminal justice system is not an Indian problem, but a colonial one. Num Pages: 448 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 30. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442606623
- ISBN
- 9781442606623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.64€ 47.76
€ 50.64
€ 47.76