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Hardback. Media use starts in the first year of life. Initial experiences are controlled by parents and caregivers, but increasingly give way to childrena s preferences. The degree to which these experiences are a positive or negative source of developmental change is an ongoing intellectual debate with significant implications for todaya s society. Editor(s): Wilson, Barbara J.; Calvert, Sandra L. Series: Handbooks in Communication and Media. Num Pages: 640 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 173 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1212.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405144179
- ISBN
- 9781405144179
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 231.71
€ 231.71
Paperback. Calvin Thomas's Male Matters reveals the act and production of writing as a bodily, material process that transgresses the boundaries of gender Wise and quirky, sophisticated and coarse, serious and hilarious, this look at male identity and creativity and dislocation at the end of the twentieth century definitely will not assuage male anxiety! Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252065002
- ISBN
- 9780252065002
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.61
€ 41.99
€ 37.61
Paperback. Offers a refreshing look at the relation between queer theory and critical examinations of the construction of heterosexuality. Seeking to proliferate the findings and insights of queer theory, this title explores the issue of whether and how queer theory can speak for and include the straight. Editor(s): Thomas, Calvin. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252068133
- ISBN
- 9780252068133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. Focuses on an aspect of contemporary motherhood often hidden from view: the need for paid childcare by women returning to the workforce, and the complex bonds mothers forge with the 'shadow mothers' they hire. The author illuminates both sides of an unequal and complicated relationship. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266971
- ISBN
- 9780520266971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.86
€ 33.99
€ 24.86
Paperback. Continued economic restructuring has brought service work to center stage in labor and management studies, as well as in the sociology of work, gender, race, and inequality. This work features essays that explore questions of power and control, resistance and empowerment, and innovation and organizing in the lives of front-line service workers. Editor(s): Macdonald, Cameron Lynne; Sirianni, Carmen. Series: Labor & Social Change. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ; JHBL; KCF; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566394802
- ISBN
- 9781566394802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.06
€ 43.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1MBF; BGA; JFSL9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 172 x 9. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780855753481
- ISBN
- 9780855753481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.61
€ 25.99
€ 19.61
Paperback. Shattered Lives bears witness to the lives of children who have experienced abuse and neglect, and highlights the effects of early traumatic episodes. Chapters take the form of letters to a child capturing their life experiences, hugely impacted by sexual abuse, parental substance misuse and loss, leading to feelings of shame, and worthlessness. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB1; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 231 x 11. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843106036
- ISBN
- 9781843106036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.64
€ 34.64
Hardback. Shattered Lives bears witness to the lives of children who have experienced abuse and neglect, and highlights the effects of early traumatic episodes. Chapters take the form of letters to a child capturing their life experiences, hugely impacted by sexual abuse, parental substance misuse and loss, leading to feelings of shame, and worthlessness. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB1; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843104346
- ISBN
- 9781843104346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.64
€ 34.64
Hardback. The conference "Everyday Life in the Segmented City", held in July 2010, Florence, gathered a multiplicity of approaches and points of view dealing with issues of global urbanization. This title contains a selection of the papers presented at the conference. Editor(s): Perrone, Camilla; Manella, Gabriele; Tripodi, Lorenzo. Series Editor(s): Hutchison, Ray. Series: Research in Urban Sociology. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780522586
- ISBN
- 9781780522586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.00
€ 143.00
Paperback. American Indian History , which covers the fifteenth century through the present day, illuminates the richness of American Indian historical traditions. Townsend devotes nearly a third of the volume to the ancient world through the eighteenth century and then moves on to extensive coverage of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Townsend, Camilla. Series: Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159081
- ISBN
- 9781405159081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.07
€ 41.07
Paperback. Other Objects of Desire; Collectors and Collecting Queerly explores gay identities and identifications as they are communicated in and through art, and provides a critical approach to the study of collectors and collecting. Editor(s): Camille, Michael; Rifkin, Adrian. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 168 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 3J; AB; AC; AGC; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 163 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631233619
- ISBN
- 9780631233619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.78
€ 30.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; HRLK2; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Shambhala Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570629679
- ISBN
- 9781570629679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 27.17
€ 40.99
€ 27.17
Paperback. Explores the science fiction community and its relationships with the industries that sustain it, including the publishing, computer, and hotel/convention industries, and explores the issue of power in those relationships: Who seems to have it? Who does have it? How do they use it? What are the results of that use? Series: Feminist Cultural Studies, the Media, & Political Culture. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FL; JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812215304
- ISBN
- 9780812215304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.17
€ 37.99
€ 34.17
Paperback. The book is a stimulating and inspiring collection which explores the often contentious themes of race, racism and culture in relation to the experience of art therapy, in a constructive way. Contributors examine the impact of racial perceptions in their own experience, their clients' lives, and on the interaction of therapist and client. Editor(s): Brooks, Frederica; Liebmann, Marian; Campbell, Jean. Num Pages: 328 pages, line drawings, photographs. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JFSL1; MMZ; MQTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853025785
- ISBN
- 9781853025785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.92
€ 49.92
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012531
- ISBN
- 9780253012531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. How can we understand the variety and dynamism of contemporary cities and urban experience across the globe? BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 301 x 2. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784534592
- ISBN
- 9781784534592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.10
€ 42.99
€ 36.10
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Gibson Square Books
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908096210
- ISBN
- 9781908096210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.03
€ 16.99
€ 13.03
Paperback. Candace Clark here seeks to identify the role sympathy plays in constructing the social order of American society. She explores the difference it makes for individuals, for relationships and for group solidarity if one person gives or withholds sympathy from another. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 line drawings, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JH; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226107578
- ISBN
- 9780226107578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
€ 40.99
€ 31.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 182 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 186 x 16. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611228410
- ISBN
- 9781611228410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.22€ 94.69
€ 137.22
€ 94.69
Paperback. In Amazonian folktales, dolphins take human form, seduce men and women, and carry them away to a city beneath the river. This book examines these stories, both as folk narratives and as representations of culture and conflict in the Amazon. Num Pages: 326 pages, 24 halftones, 1 map, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; JFC; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226761848
- ISBN
- 9780226761848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.53
€ 42.99
€ 33.53