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Society & culture: general

Paperback. A cruise along the streets of Chennai - or Silicon Valley - filled with professional young Indian men and women, reveals the new face of India. In this book, the authors examine one particularly striking group who have taken part in this development. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 halftones, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226152745
ISBN
9780226152745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.84

Hardcover. A cruise along the streets of Chennai - or Silicon Valley - filled with professional young Indian men and women, reveals the new face of India. In this book, the author examine one particularly striking group who have taken part in this development. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 halftones, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226152608
ISBN
9780226152608
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 79.37

Paperback. Shows that traditionalism and modernity reinforce each other among the priests at the Minakshi Temple. This book also shows that the priests have become more 'professional' and modern-minded while also insisting on the legitimacy of tradition. It concludes by critiquing the analysis of modernity and tradition in social science. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; HRLP1; HRLP7; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691116587
ISBN
9780691116587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. Based on eighteen months of fieldwork in a racially diverse working-class high school, this title sheds light on masculinity both as a field of meaning and as a set of social practices. It offers an approach that analyzes masculinity as not only a gendered process but also a sexual one. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JFSK2; JNKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Second Edition, With a New Preface
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271487
ISBN
9780520271487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.65

Paperback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442272927
ISBN
9781442272927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.97

Paperback. This volume brings together essays by five scholars concerned with the senses and the anthropology of everyday life. Covering a wide range of topics from film to food, the authors describe ways in which sensory memories have preserved cultures otherwise threatened by urbanism and modernity. Num Pages: 158 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
158
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Univ of Chicago PR ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226748771
ISBN
9780226748771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 43 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; JFSJ1; JHBZ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press Chicago
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226748764
ISBN
9780226748764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 38.41

Hardcover. Nielsen offers a dialogue with Foucault, Frederick Douglass, Frantz Fanon and the Augustinian-Franciscan tradition, investigating the relation between social construction and freedom and proposing an historically friendly, ethically sensitive, and religico-philosophical model for human being and existence in a shared pluralistic world. Series: New Approaches to Religion and Power. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAM1; HRLB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137034106
ISBN
9781137034106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.63
€ 60.10

Hardback. Examines how the ongoing struggle over the Washington Redskins team name raises important questions about how white Americans perceive American Indians, about the cultural power of consumer brands, and about continuing obstacles to inclusion and equality. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL9; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803278646
ISBN
9780803278646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 black & white illustration. BIC Classification: 3JMC; JFSJ2; JFSK2; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Condition
New
Number of pages
216
SKU
V9780816677979
ISBN
9780816677979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140. .
Publisher
The Merlin Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850363463
ISBN
9780850363463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.20

Paperback. A collection of Lewis's essays against 'the new morality' - a fine collection representing Lewis at his most brilliant. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008203856
ISBN
9780008203856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Hardback. Critical Cultural Policy Studies: A Reader brings together classic statements and contemporary views that illustrate how everyday culture is as much a product of policy and economic determinants as it is of creative and consumer impulses. Editor(s): Lewis, Justin; Miller, Toby. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 180 x 26. Weight in Grams: 778.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631222996
ISBN
9780631222996
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.19

Paperback. In an era marked by atrocities perpetrated on a grand scale, the tragedy of the comfort women - mostly Korean women forced into prostitution by Japanese army - endures as one of the darkest events of World War II. This study reveals that the forces of Japanese colonialism and Korean patriarchy together determined the fate of Korean comfort women. Series: Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender & Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 halftones, 4 maps, 1 line drawing, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 3JJH; HBTB; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226767772
ISBN
9780226767772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.71

Paperback. This volume boldly proposes that the core of the Arthurian and Holy Grail traditions derived not from Celtic mythology, but rather from the folklore of the peoples of ancient Scythia (what are now the South Russian and Ukrainian steppes). Series: Arthurian Characters & Themes. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815335665
ISBN
9780815335665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.23

Paperback. This book examines charisma as the force in art, literature, and film that engages the reader's or viewer's consciousness and inspires admiration and imitation. Thirteen chapters analyze the workings of charisma and its effects, ranging from Homer to Woody Allen. Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 440 pages, 52 illus. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223354
ISBN
9780812223354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.92

Hardback. This book examines charisma as the force in art, literature, and film that engages the reader's or viewer's consciousness and inspires admiration and imitation. Thirteen chapters analyze the workings of charisma and its effects, ranging from Homer to Woody Allen. Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 440 pages, 52 illus. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 232 x 31. Weight in Grams: 856.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812243291
ISBN
9780812243291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.82

Paperback. A rich and definitive history of the gay rights movement's West Coast origins Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 line drawing, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252076411
ISBN
9780252076411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Hardcover. Num Pages: 175 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFC; JKSR; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590333853
ISBN
9781590333853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.54
€ 76.94

Paperback. This is a commemorative edition for C. Vann Woodward, who died in December 1999, of his classic work on the history of segregation and American race relations. Pulitzer-Prize winning biographer and former Woodward student, William McFeely contributes a special afterword to discuss how Strange Career achieved its own significance as part of history. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBTB; JFSL1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Commemorative
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195146905
ISBN
9780195146905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.25

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