Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. From age four to 18, Sue William Silverman was sexually abused by her father, a high-ranking government official. This is an often graphic memoir of those years which recounts how Silverman's mother ignored her distress, thus conspiring in an attempt to keep the situation unreported and undetected. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFFE1; JFFE2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820321752
- ISBN
- 9780820321752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.87
€ 34.87
Paperback. This revised second edition is a comprehensive overview of why we speak the languages that we do. It covers language learning imposed by political and economic agendas as well as language choices entered into willingly for reasons of social mobility, economic advantage and group identity. Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302617
- ISBN
- 9780230302617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.64
€ 80.64
Hardcover. Explores women's employment at the start of the 21st century, identifying aspects of women's labour market situation which are poorly understood and challenging much 'received wisdom' about women and work. Editor(s): Yeandle, Sue. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 172 x 246 x 18. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847420541
- ISBN
- 9781847420541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.75
€ 104.75
paperback. Introduces the reader to the multiple roles and challenges that women faced in the interaction between the social and political dimensions of Arab/Palestinian society on the West Bank. This title contextualizes the role of women within the general socio-political struggles of the West Bank and in the Arab world. Editor(s): Sabbagh, Suha. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; GTJ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253211743
- ISBN
- 9780253211743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.82
€ 23.99
€ 21.82
Paperback. Editor(s): Chakma, Suhas; Jensen, Marianne. Series: IWGIA Document. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL9; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 172 x 16. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Publisher
- IWGIA & AITPN
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788790730468
- ISBN
- 9788790730468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.52
€ 19.99
€ 18.52
Paperback. An ethnographic consideration of why the Cuban government has allowed criticism of its policies to be expressed in Cuban film, visual art, and music over the past fifteen years. Num Pages: 240 pages, 17 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JFC; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338918
- ISBN
- 9780822338918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.39
€ 27.99
€ 26.39
Hardcover. Explores how North Korean state-sponsored propaganda performances - including public spectacles, theater, film, and other visual media including posters - shape everyday practice in a country where the performing arts are not only a means of entertainment but also a forceful institution used to regulate, educate, and mobilize people. Series: Theater: Theory/Text/Performance. Num Pages: 400 pages, 57 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; AN; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472117086
- ISBN
- 9780472117086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.62
€ 93.62
Paperback. Based on intensive fieldwork conducted among worshippers in Bengal's Navadvip-Mayapur sacred complex, this book discusses the diverse and contrasting ways in which Bengal-Vaishnava devotees experience sacred geography and divinity. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 294 pages, 14 b/w. BIC Classification: JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287716
- ISBN
- 9780520287716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. One of the most important branches of principles of Islamic jurisprudence ('usul al-fiqh') is the study of the usage of language. 'Language and the Interpretation of Islamic Law' is the first work to appear in English dealing with this important aspect of Islamic law. Num Pages: 239 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; LAFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780946621866
- ISBN
- 9780946621866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.16
€ 26.99
€ 20.16
Paperback. Is exile a falling away from a source of creativity associated with the wholeness of home and one's own language, or is it a spur to creativity? This book examines the complexities of exile and the diversity of its experiences. It is suitable for those who are interested in the problems of displacement and diaspora and the European Holocaust. Editor(s): Suleiman, Susan Rubin. Num Pages: 456 pages, 16 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ADF; ABA; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822322153
- ISBN
- 9780822322153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 413 pages. BIC Classification: JFMX; JFSJ1; JHBA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 32. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 413
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781876756604
- ISBN
- 9781876756604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.81
€ 26.99
€ 18.81
Hardback. State of the art overview of the relationship between globalization studies and literature and literary studies. The first book length treatment of this cutting edge area, pitched for undergraduate students. Series: Polity Themes in 20th and 21st Century Literature. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745640235
- ISBN
- 9780745640235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
Paperback. State of the art overview of the relationship between globalization studies and literature and literary studies. The first book length treatment of this cutting edge area, pitched for undergraduate students. Series: Themes in 20th and 21st Century Literature. Num Pages: 202 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745640242
- ISBN
- 9780745640242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.49
€ 24.49
Paperback. Editor(s): Stanyek, Jason; Gopinath, Sumanth S. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 544 pages, 24 b&w line drawings; 72 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: AVA; JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190676377
- ISBN
- 9780190676377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.22
€ 72.22
Paperback. This work analyzes the music of Java and the development of the gamelan, an ensemble dominated by bronze percussion instruments. Drawing on sources ranging from 12th-century poetry to 20th-century nationalistic writing, it examines historical sources and contemporary cultural theory and criticism. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 halftones, 24 line drawings, 51 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMN; AVGE; AVGH; AVRJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226780115
- ISBN
- 9780226780115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.30
€ 47.99
€ 37.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520244405
- ISBN
- 9780520244405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.56
€ 36.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Even in a realm that would seem to be as far removed from issues of gender as natural resource management, gender bias is pernicious and persistent, in India. This book looks at the reasons for this bias, including the socialization of attitudes, the shaping of community ideologies, and the construction of disciplines and research methodologies. Editor(s): Krishna, Sumi. Num Pages: 476 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 216 x 29. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Zubaan Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789383074754
- ISBN
- 9789383074754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.22
€ 35.99
€ 28.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 310 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; HBTB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349492848
- ISBN
- 9781349492848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.07
€ 64.07
Paperback. Editor(s): Schaberg, Christopher (Loyola University New Orleans USA); Bogost, Professor Ian (Loyola University New Orleans USA). Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCD; JFCK; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501325991
- ISBN
- 9781501325991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Paperback. Translator(s): Mair, Victor H. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HPDF; JF; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231133838
- ISBN
- 9780231133838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.40
€ 17.99
€ 14.40