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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSL9; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Encounter Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594038532
ISBN
9781594038532
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.33

Paperback. Editor(s): Scheman, Naomi; O'Connor, Peg (Director, Women's Studies Program, Gustavus Adolphus College, USA). Series: Re-Reading the Canon. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF5; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271021980
ISBN
9780271021980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.79
€ 47.76

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822316930
ISBN
9780822316930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.28

A reanalysis of Sand's major writing, ranging from her early short stories to her later fiction, which identifies her writing as an example of an aesthetic mode often associated with femininity. The study compares Sand's place in the history of the realist novel to that of her male counterparts. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 275 pages, 3 illustrations, 7 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155. Weight in Grams: 681.
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231065221
ISBN
9780231065221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 95.15

Hardcover. This collection looks from a variety of angles at the human body as it resists the determinations of gender, sexuality, socialisation and history. Editor(s): Segal, Naomi; Taylor, Lib; Cook, Roger. Num Pages: 256 pages, 44 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 497.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2003 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333949696
ISBN
9780333949696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.41

Paperback. Editor(s): Sykes, Naomi. Series: Food and Drink in Archaeology. Num Pages: 176 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HD; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 174 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Prospect Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909248359
ISBN
9781909248359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.76

Paperback. The book that got everyone talking. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 126 x 196 x 32. Weight in Grams: 390.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844086894
ISBN
9781844086894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. In the struggle for women's equality, there is one subject still shrouded in silence - women's compulsive pursuit of beauty. This title exposes the tyranny of the beauty myth through the ages and its oppressive function today, in the home and at work, in literature and the media, in relationships between men and women, between women and women. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099861904
ISBN
9780099861904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. Every day, women around the world are confronted with a dilemma - how to look. In a society embroiled in a cult of female beauty and youthfulness, pressure on women to conform physically is constant and all-pervading. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 110 x 11. Weight in Grams: 72.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Vintage Feminism Short Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784870416
ISBN
9781784870416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.88

Paperback. In the struggle for women's equality, there is one subject still shrouded in silence - women's compulsive pursuit of beauty. The myth of female beauty challenges every woman, every day of her life. This book exposes the tyranny of the beauty myth through the ages and its oppressive function in the home and at work, in literature and more. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 252. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0011436
ISBN
9780099595748
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. This ground-breaking study of the baby boomer generation reflects the intersection of time, ageing, body and identity to give a nuanced and enlightened understanding of the ageing process. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHB; JKSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447318774
ISBN
9781447318774
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.98

paperback. Tracing social and historical problems related to racial identity, this title discusses why race is a matter of such importance in America and examines the treatment of mixed race in law, society, and literature. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFF; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566392655
ISBN
9781566392655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.75

Paperback. Takes the reader through a tour of the lives, times, and writings of such key bachelors of Science as Bacon, Descartes, Newton, and Gassendi. This book situates these empiricist philosophers and their canonical reputations within the larger framework of the de facto 'masculinization of science' and 'scientizing of masculinity' in the 17th century. Series: Themes in the History of Philosophy S. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; HPC; JFCX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566394369
ISBN
9781566394369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.51

Naomi Zack brings us an indispensable work in the ethics of race through an inquiry into the history of moral philosophy. The Ethics and Mores of Race: Equality after the History of Philosophy enters into a web of ideas, ethics, and morals that untangle our evolving ideas of racial equality straight into the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442211254
ISBN
9781442211254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 117.42

Paperback. Documents the central texts and arguments in African American literary theory from the 1920s to now Editor(s): Napier, Winston. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814758106
ISBN
9780814758106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.32

Hardback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442225879
ISBN
9781442225879
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.49
€ 18.60

Hardback. The Life of Sharatchandra Chatopadhyay presents a historical critical assessment of the novelist's upbringing and the experiences that informed his work. The author exposes Sharatchandra's innate conservative worldview and his romantic platonic concept of human sexuality that informs all his love stories. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BM; BGL; DSB; HBJF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611475074
ISBN
9781611475074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.26

Hardback. This study, based primarily on vernacular sources, explores the transition of Sarada's life of missed motherhood to a career of holy motherhood. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HRG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 157 x 8. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575910734
ISBN
9781575910734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.51

Paperback. A considerable amount of feminist thinking today works across borders in ways that unsettle familiar philosophical and political frameworks. This work also crosses regional, national, and continental boundaries, as feminists find they must think globally, act locally, as the popular slogan has it. Editor(s): Narayan, Uma; Harding, Sandra. Series: A Hypatia Book. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253213846
ISBN
9780253213846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.90

Hardback. A vivid overview of the scope of the problem of gender-based violence worldwide, and a sense of the important work now underway to eradicate it. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSJ1; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742524996
ISBN
9780742524996
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.05

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