Society & culture: general
Results 2261 - 2280 of 26450
Society & culture: general
Paperback. This study of gender and sexuality in contemporary Japan investigates elements of Japanese popular culture including erotic comic books, stories of mother-son incest, lunchboxes - or obentos - that mothers ritualistically prepare for schoolchildren, and children's cartoons. Num Pages: 251 pages, 27 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ; JHBK; JHMC; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406. Mothers, Comics and Censorship in Japan. 251 pages, 27 illustrations. This study of gender and sexuality in contemporary Japan investigates elements of Japanese popular culture including erotic comic books, stories of mother-son incest, lunchboxes - or obentos - that mothers ritualistically prepare for schoolchildren, and children's cartoons. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ; JHBK; JHMC; JMU. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight: 360.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 251
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520219908
- ISBN
- 9780520219908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. In researching this book, the author took on the role of a hostess in one of Tokyo's many "hostess clubs". The resulting text critically examines how such establishments create bonds among white-collar men and forge a masculine identity that suits the needs of their corporations. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ1; JHBK5; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226014876
- ISBN
- 9780226014876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.65
€ 32.99
€ 25.65
Paperback. Talks about the politicising of parenthood in the Scandinavian welfare states. This book focuses on the relationship between parents and the state, and the renegotiations between the public and the private. It explores policy discourses, scrutinises outcomes, and presents the similarities and differences between Nordic countries. Editor(s): Ellingsaeter, Anne Lise; Leira, Arnlaug. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DN; JFSJ; JKSB1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861346452
- ISBN
- 9781861346452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.91
€ 40.99
€ 37.91
Tells the story of the remarkable efforts and accomplishments of the Atlanta Woman's Club from 1895 to present time. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 254 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Mercer University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881462753
- ISBN
- 9780881462753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.61
€ 87.61
Hardcover. Most Southerners who fought in the Civil War were native born, white, and Confederate. However, thousands with other ethnic back-grounds also took a stand - and not always for the South. This book recounts the wartime experiences of the region's German Americans, Native Americans, and African Americans. Series: Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Lecture Series. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- First Edition (1st printing)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820327570
- ISBN
- 9780820327570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.49
€ 38.49
Paperback. From female body building to virtual reality, from cosmetic surgery to cyberpunk, from reproductive medicine to public health policies to TV science programs, this book articulates the key issues concerning the status of the body for feminist cultural studies in a postmodern world. Num Pages: 232 pages, 29ill. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822316985
- ISBN
- 9780822316985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.29
€ 27.29
Paperback. A cultural theorist and media designer issues a call for taking culture seriously in the design and development of innovative technologies Num Pages: 296 pages, 33 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822344452
- ISBN
- 9780822344452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.22
€ 31.99
€ 30.22
Paperback. A comprehensive study that draws upon poetry and mythology, art and literature, archaeology and psychology to show how the myth of the goddess has been lost from our formal Judeo-Christian images of the divine. It explains what happened to the goddess, when, and how she was excluded from western culture, and the implications of this loss. Num Pages: 800 pages, b&w illustrations and illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HRLB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 800
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140192926
- ISBN
- 9780140192926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.66
€ 33.99
€ 22.66
Paperback. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HBJF; HBLA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231163095
- ISBN
- 9780231163095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.49
€ 42.99
€ 30.49
Hardback. Translator(s): Kinney, Anne Behnke. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HBJF; HBLA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231163088
- ISBN
- 9780231163088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.61€ 88.27
€ 117.61
€ 88.27
Paperback. An exciting new series of great writing on television from the BFI. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is sure to be a hit. Series: BFI TV Classics. Num Pages: 154 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APT; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 189 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 154
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844570898
- ISBN
- 9781844570898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.51
€ 31.99
€ 26.51
Paperback. Anne Bishop confronts the question of oppression head on by drawing on her own experience both as an oppressed person as an oppressor. She tells us the we learn to be oppressors from our own oppression. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552667231
- ISBN
- 9781552667231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.39
€ 26.99
€ 23.39
paperback. This volume of essays attempts to identify the shared experiences of disabled children and examine the key debates about their care and control. The essays follow a chronological progression while focusing on the practices in a number of different countries. Series: Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFG; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138662100
- ISBN
- 9781138662100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.70
€ 70.70
Paperback. Anne Bradstreet was one of our earliest feminists and the first true poet in the American colonies. This collection of her extant poetry and prose includes an introduction that sketches the poet's life. Editor(s): Hensley, Jeannine. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; DCF; DN; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050273
- ISBN
- 9780674050273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.50
€ 27.99
€ 24.50
Hardback. Series: American Thought and Culture. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 175 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742532625
- ISBN
- 9780742532625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.48
€ 164.48
Paperback. A groundbreaking study of gender in English from the Middle Ages to modern times. Series: Studies in English Language. Num Pages: 236 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; CFF; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780521117265
- ISBN
- 9780521117265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.88
€ 45.88
Hardback. Using new research, Anne Daguerre examines Obama's legacy on welfare and antipoverty policies, focusing in particular on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447338338
- ISBN
- 9781447338338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.95
€ 40.99
€ 37.95
Paperback. Explores global interconnections and cultural cross-pollination between communist and capitalist countries and within the communist world Editor(s): Gorsuch, Anne E.; Koenker, Diane P. Num Pages: 348 pages, 12 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1QFW; 3JJPK; JFC; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253009371
- ISBN
- 9780253009371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.64
€ 36.99
€ 35.64
Hardback. Explores global interconnections and cultural cross-pollination between communist and capitalist countries and within the communist world Editor(s): Gorsuch, Anne E.; Koenker, Diane P. Num Pages: 348 pages, 12 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1QFW; 3JJPK; JFC; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253009296
- ISBN
- 9780253009296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.79
€ 103.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1. BIC Classification: FXZ; JFF; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 200 x 15. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Microcosm Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621067399
- ISBN
- 9781621067399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.70
€ 14.99
€ 14.70