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Society & culture: general
Hardback. Draws on 12 months of fieldwork with diamond consumers in New York City as well as an analysis of the iconic De Beers campaign that promised romance, status, and glamour to anyone who bought a diamond to show that this thematic pool is just one resource among many that diamond owners draw upon to engage with their own stones. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: JFCD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479810666
- ISBN
- 9781479810666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.04
€ 82.04
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479879908
- ISBN
- 9781479879908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.64
€ 30.99
€ 27.64
Paperback. 'A brilliant, unsentimental, often darkly humorous account of America's nervous breakdown after 9/11.' Publishers Weekly starred boxed review From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the international bestselller Backlash - an unflinchingly critical and strikingly original dissection of the mind and soul of America since 9/11. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843547792
- ISBN
- 9781843547792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.34
€ 30.99
€ 22.34
paperback. What has made women unhappy in the last decade? Faludi writes 'is not their equality' - which they don't yet have - but the rising pressure to halt, even worse, women's quest for that equality. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 38. Weight in Grams: 430. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTJ8039296
- ISBN
- 9780099222712
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.50
€ 4.50
Paperback. Bringing an art historical perspective to the realm of American and European film, this title examines the ways in which films have used works of art and artists themselves as cinematic and narrative motifs. It probes more than twenty films from the post-war era through contemporary times. Num Pages: 213 pages, 39 halftones. BIC Classification: APFA; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 509. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292709416
- ISBN
- 9780292709416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.38
€ 26.99
€ 25.38
Paperback. This new and revised edition includes new material on the legal issues and policies developed to protect displaced women, and addresses the increasingly recognised problem of internally displaced persons, focusing on the unique hardships for women who are forced from their homes. Series: Program in Migration and Refugee Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739105894
- ISBN
- 9780739105894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Paperback. Millions of lives are damaged by the legacy of parental abuse. This title confronts this painful legacy and shows why it is so difficult to put the past behind you. The author offers alternatives for freeing yourself from the patterns of your relationships with your parents. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553814828
- ISBN
- 9780553814828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.48
€ 17.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. This photocopiable resource provides the reader with a step-by-step approach to organising sensory-focused activities for carers and professionals working with people with physical, multiple or complex disabilities. Importantly, it also presents information on sensory stimulation within a framework that embraces the person's daily environment. Num Pages: 248 pages, approx. 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; MQT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 296 x 212 x 13. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843104551
- ISBN
- 9781843104551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.62
€ 65.62
Hardback. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231166348
- ISBN
- 9780231166348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Hardback. Academic superstars Andrew Ross, Edward Said, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr Bad boy filmmakers Quentin Tarantino, Spike Lee, and Brian de Palma. What do these influential contemporary figures have in common? This work identifies them all with "cool masculinity" and boldly unpacks the gender politics of their work. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 180 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129626
- ISBN
- 9780231129626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.52€ 83.70
€ 109.52
€ 83.70
Paperback. Thailand's foremost writers about women are brought together in this collection of 11 short stories and excerpts from five novels. The selection shows the many ways fiction has mirrored the lives of Thai women over the 20th century. Translator(s): Kepner, Susan Fulop. Series: Voices from Asia S. Num Pages: 281 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 2G; FA; FYB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520089037
- ISBN
- 9780520089037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.79
€ 36.99
€ 26.79
Paperback. Provides an understanding of gender relations and their significance in social and institutional transformations. This work offers a comparison of East Central European gender relations with those of western welfare states. It examines how states and political-economic processes are gendered, and how states and markets regulate gender relations. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJPR; JFSJ; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691048949
- ISBN
- 9780691048949
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.80
€ 46.99
€ 33.80
Paperback. "Blood Talk" shows how race melodrama emerged from race abolitionist works such as "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and surprisingly manifested itself in a set of more aesthetically and politically varied works, such as historical romances, sentimental novels and travel literature. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226293905
- ISBN
- 9780226293905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.57
€ 40.99
€ 31.57
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252078989
- ISBN
- 9780252078989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.55
€ 26.55
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582418769
- ISBN
- 9780582418769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.77
€ 52.77
Paperback. This account of the author's experience with a chronic pain disorder and subsequent interaction with the American health care system goes to the heart of the workings of power and culture in the biomedical domain, illustrating medicine's power to create and inflict suffering. Num Pages: 383 pages, 7 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFFH; JHMC; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223981
- ISBN
- 9780520223981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.46
€ 38.99
€ 28.46
Hardback. Given a feminism now ensconced within higher education as specialized or fractious scholarship, Susan Gubar's Critical Condition: Feminism at the Turn of the Century demonstrates that an invigorated concentration on activism and artistry can accentuate not the clinical or disparaging meaning of "critical" but its sense of compelling urgency and irreverent vitality. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 color illus. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 242 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115803
- ISBN
- 9780231115803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.52€ 46.89
€ 59.52
€ 46.89
Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; AMVD; HBJK; JFSF; JFSL9; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Clear Light Publishers United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780940666634
- ISBN
- 9780940666634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.83
€ 34.99
€ 23.83
Paperback. Drawing on medicine, social science, philosophy, and religion to provide a broad perspective on aging, Aging Together offers a vision of relationships filled with love, joy, and hope in the face of a condition that all too often elicits anxiety, hopelessness, and despair. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP31; MJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413754
- ISBN
- 9781421413754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.57
€ 35.99
€ 30.57
Hardcover. Drawing on medicine, social science, philosophy, and religion to provide a broad perspective on aging, Aging Together offers a vision of relationships filled with love, joy, and hope in the face of a condition that all too often elicits anxiety, hopelessness, and despair. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP31; MBP; MJND; MJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 231 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801899867
- ISBN
- 9780801899867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.61
€ 72.61
Hardcover. In 1949 Simone de Beauvoir asked, What does it mean to be a woman? Her answer to that question inaugurated a radical transformation of the meaning of woman that defined the direction of subsequent feminist theory. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745687834
- ISBN
- 9780745687834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.41
€ 72.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRCV4; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 281 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Crossway Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Redesign
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433552397
- ISBN
- 9781433552397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. Using evidence from the Athenian Agora the authors show how objects discovered during excavations provide a vivid picture of women's lives. The book is structured according to the social roles women played-as owners of property, companions (in and outside of marriage), participants in ritual, craftspeople, producers, and consumers. Num Pages: 56 pages, 75 col & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1QDAG; HDDA; HDDK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- American School of Classical Studies at Athens United States
- Edition
- Volume XXVI ed.
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876616444
- ISBN
- 9780876616444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.49
€ 12.49
hardcover. Analyzes the literary, cultural, and ethical effects of six woman writers - Nadezhda Mandel'shtam, Romola Nijinsky, Simone de Beauvoir, Lou Andreas-Salome, Asja Lacis, and Maitreyi Devi - whose lives were twined with the cultural vibrations of their time. Num Pages: 224 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802036902
- ISBN
- 9780802036902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.90
€ 69.90