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Society & culture: general

Paperback. A study of African American actors in Hollywood during the 1930s, a decade that saw the consolidation of stardom as a potent cultural and industrial force. This title focuses on performers whose Hollywood film careers flourished during this period - Louise Beavers, Fredi Washington, Lincoln "Stepin Fetchit" Perry, and more. Num Pages: 312 pages, 35 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APFA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520279773
ISBN
9780520279773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Series: The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues. Num Pages: 360 pages, 44. BIC Classification: JF; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801482793
ISBN
9780801482793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.18

Hardback. A kaleidoscopic view of Black Latin@s in the United States, addressing history, music, gender, class, and media representations in more than sixty selections, including essays, memoirs, journalism, poetry, and interviews. Editor(s): Jimenez Roman, Miriam; Flores, Juan. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 584 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822345589
ISBN
9780822345589
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.86

Paperback. A kaleidoscopic view of Black Latin@s in the United States, addressing history, music, gender, class, and media representations in more than sixty selections, including essays, memoirs, journalism, poetry, and interviews. Editor(s): Jimenez Roman, Miriam; Flores, Juan. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 584 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822345725
ISBN
9780822345725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Rape, incest, and battery change a woman's life forever. Some women never rise above the pain, the rage, the humiliation, while others seem to transcend the violence and rebuild their lives. This text is a collection of stories from around the world of women who have survived such abuse. Editor(s): Harris, Miriam K. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JFFE3; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 535.
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875652306
ISBN
9780875652306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.83

Hardback. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 328 pages, 9 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations, 1 map, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276734
ISBN
9780520276734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.77
€ 46.96

Paperback. Rather than focusing on specific groups, this book takes a "pancultural" perspective that focuses on the common experiences of refugees and immigrants. The author focuses on empirically-based practice approaches; assessment and intervention techniques that have been scientifically validated. Based on this approach the book presents the "best practice" for each problem area. Num Pages: 504 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231115834
ISBN
9780231115834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349478330
ISBN
9781349478330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.81

Paperback. Presents the history of Japanese mass culture during the decades preceding Pearl Harbor. This work argues that the new gestures, relationship, and humor of ero-guro-nansensu (erotic grotesque nonsense) expressed a self-consciously modern ethos that challenged state ideology and expansionism. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 390 pages, 33 b/w photographs, 6 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
390
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260085
ISBN
9780520260085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.31

Hardback. Miriamne Ara Krummel challenges the accepted history of the English Middle Ages as a monolithic age of Christian faith. By cataloguing and explicating the complex depictions of semitisms to be found in medieval literature and material culture, this volume argues that Jews were always present in medieval England. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 262 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; DSBB; HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230618701
ISBN
9780230618701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Africa World Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592219940
ISBN
9781592219940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.28

Hardback. Next Year in Marienbad draws an engaging portrait of Jewish presence and cultural production in the spa towns of Carlsbad, Marienbad, and Franzensbad, from the last decades of the nineteenth century through the late 1930s. Translator(s): Templer, William. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812244663
ISBN
9780812244663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.97

Hardcover. Drawing upon the philosophical insights of Friedrich Schlegel, Walter Benjamin, Theodor W. Adorno, and Blixa Bargeld, this book explores the persistence of a critical-deconstructive approach to musical production, consumption, and reception in the German cultural sphere of the last two centuries. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; AV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137453365
ISBN
9781137453365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAF; HRC; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061927089
ISBN
9780061927089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. Series: Ohio RIS Africa Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 290 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896803107
ISBN
9780896803107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRJT; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556438790
ISBN
9781556438790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. A collection of classic texts and new black feminist scholarship. Exploring postmodernist themes of gendered and racialized exclusion, "black" identity and social and cultural difference, this volume provides an overview of black feminism in Britain as it has developed since the mid 1970s. Editor(s): Mirza, Heidi Safia. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415152891
ISBN
9780415152891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.62

Paperback. This book is a study of the 'Reality TV' format which, in less than a decade, has transformed network programming schedules, branded satellite and digital stations, become a favourite target for anti-television campaigners, and turned viewers into savvy readers of (and participants in) the mechanics of television production. Series: TV Genres. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270. Series: TV Genres. 200 pages. This book is a study of the 'Reality TV' format which, in less than a decade, has transformed network programming schedules, branded satellite and digital stations, become a favourite target for anti-television campaigners, and turned viewers into savvy readers of (and participants in) the mechanics of television production. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFDT. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 12. Weight: 270.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748637232
ISBN
9780748637232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. Reality Television, Affect and Intimacy explains the appeal of reality television in terms of the affective power of the mediated image. In place of common objections that reality TV is 'not real', Misha Kavka argues that the feelings of intimacy engendered by unscripted drama are both real and socially informative. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APT; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230545502
ISBN
9780230545502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.95

Paperback. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AP; HPN; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349435456
ISBN
9781349435456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.85

Paperback. Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indegenous Studies. Num Pages: 260 pages, 1 black & white illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816677917
ISBN
9780816677917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.60

Hardcover. Attending to the dialogue between the comic events in plays by female writers of the 18th century and the plays' more predictable comic endings illuminates the philosophical, political and legal arguements about women and marrige that fascinated the playwrights and the theatre-going public. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312239381
ISBN
9780312239381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.25

Paperback. Editor(s): Mitchell, Angelyn. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822315445
ISBN
9780822315445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.28

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 366 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691628134
ISBN
9780691628134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.42
€ 45.10

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