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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
NYU Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479852819
ISBN
9781479852819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. Female and male brains are different, thanks to hormones coursing through the brain before birth. This title argues passionately that the analysis of gender differences deserves far more rigorous, biologically sophisticated science. Num Pages: 408 pages, 15 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ; PD; PSC; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674063518
ISBN
9780674063518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 12 black & white tables, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFG; JNSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 247 x 10. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408279069
ISBN
9781408279069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.12

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JFD; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813936253
ISBN
9780813936253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JFD; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813936260
ISBN
9780813936260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.03

Hardback. Explores the modern recategorization of religious practices and people and examines how state power affected the religious lives and physical order of local communities. This book looks at how politicians conceived of their own ritual role in an era when authority was meant to derive from popular sovereignty. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 11 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HRA; JFSR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 868.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035997
ISBN
9780674035997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.60

paperback. Series: Studies in United States Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP1; JNLB; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 379.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469629476
ISBN
9781469629476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.57

Hardback. Uses the work of contemporary American artist Kara Walker to investigate a range of storytelling traditions with roots in the nineteenth century and ramifications in the present. This book also explores a significant yet neglected aspect of Walker's production: her commitment to examining narrative depictions of race, gender, power, and desire. Num Pages: 216 pages, 24 color photographs, 28 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AGB; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 188 x 263 x 19. Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288928
ISBN
9780520288928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

Paperback. While in the West it is said that women can never be too thin, semi-nomadic Arabs in Niger cherish a feminine ideal of extreme fatness. Feeding Desire analyses this beauty ideal in the context of Islam, conceptions of health, and notions of desire Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 b&w photographs and 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFDR; JFSJ1; VFMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
First American Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415280969
ISBN
9780415280969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.99

Paperback. Series: Quadrant Book. Num Pages: 296 pages, 22 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFW; JFS; RGC; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816666003
ISBN
9780816666003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 illustrations/3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSC; JFSJ1; JNLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780271024912
ISBN
9780271024912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.82

Paperback. Solnit's revelatory modern classic exploring philosophy, history, art and metaphysics Series: Canons. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786890511
ISBN
9781786890511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. .
Publisher
Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595347534
ISBN
9781595347534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.20

Paperback. Part of a trilogy of atlases, this title conveys innumerable unbound experiences of New York City through twenty-six imaginative maps and informative essays. Bringing together the insights of dozens of experts, it explores all five boroughs of New York City and parts of nearby New Jersey. Num Pages: 232 pages, 60 color images. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSG; RGC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 181 x 20. Weight in Grams: 794.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285958
ISBN
9780520285958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Hardback. Part of a trilogy of atlases, this title conveys innumerable unbound experiences of New York City through twenty-six imaginative maps and informative essays. Bringing together the insights of dozens of experts, it explores all five boroughs of New York City and parts of nearby New Jersey. Num Pages: 232 pages, 60 color images. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSG; RGC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285941
ISBN
9780520285941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.39

paperback. Through close examinations of diaries, diary publication, and diaries in fiction, this book explores how the diary's construction of time and space made it an invaluable and effective vehicle for the dominant discourses of the period; it also explains how the genre evolved into the feminine, emotive, private form we continue to privilege today. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2011
SKU
V9781349296958
ISBN
9781349296958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.77

Hardback. This work examines the rise of the femme fatale as a prominant fictional type in late nineteenth-century British culture, in the light of biological determinism, imperialism, race, theories about female sexuality, degeneration and evolutionary theory. Series: Women's Studies at York/Macmillan S. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333556122
ISBN
9780333556122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.44

Paperback. Written for a broad audience and grounded in cutting-edge, contemporary scholarship, this volume addresses some of the key questions asked about pornography today. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745651941
ISBN
9780745651941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.53

Hardback. Written for a broad audience and grounded in cutting-edge, contemporary scholarship, this volume addresses some of the key questions asked about pornography today. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745651934
ISBN
9780745651934
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.74

paperback. From The Nun's Story to The Flying Nun to The Singing Nun, nuns were a major presence in the mainstream media. Sullivan discusses these images in the context of the period's seemingly unlimited potential for social change. Num Pages: 340 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HRCX8; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802037763
ISBN
9780802037763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.18

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