Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardback. The richness of Brazilian stardom extends well beyond the ubiquitous Carmen Miranda, and among the studies assembled in this volume are fascinating explorations of figures alongside interrogations of the inner workings of the star system in Brazil. Editor(s): Bergfelder, Tim; Shaw, Lisa; Viera, Joao Luiz. Num Pages: 334 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; APFA; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332982
- ISBN
- 9781785332982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.02
€ 154.02
hardcover. War X is an explosive introduction to the discussion of modern warfare and a timely consideration of industrial warfare. It is also a deliberation on the startling world of new weapon development, and the indescribable future of war that beckons. Series: Digital Futures. Num Pages: 258 pages, 21. BIC Classification: JFC; JH; JWM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802087911
- ISBN
- 9780802087911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.90
€ 48.90
Paperback. Much more than a sports memoir, The Making of a Man reveals how faith, family, honor, and integrity have everything to do with true manhood and a life well-lived. These pages will both challenge and inspire you to become the man you've always known you could be. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 212 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718037475
- ISBN
- 9780718037475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.84
€ 16.99
€ 15.84
Paperback. The first comprehensive exploration of counterculture in the UK - from street art to alternative comedy, from Gay Lib to youtubers, from CND to punk and much much more. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFC; JFSS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Aurora Metro Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956632968
- ISBN
- 9780956632968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.31
€ 23.99
€ 20.31
Hardback. Over the years, governments have delegated extensive regulatory authority to international private-sector organizations. This book examines who writes the rules in international private organizations, as well as who wins, who loses - and why. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 halftones. 9 line illus. 20 tables. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPSN; KCL; LNPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691144795
- ISBN
- 9780691144795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.90
€ 46.99
€ 32.90
Paperback. An analysis of the aspirations of different groups living in East London and the strategies they have used to improve their status. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; JFSC; JFSG; JFSL1; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847426505
- ISBN
- 9781847426505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 36.75
€ 38.99
€ 36.75
Hardback. Examining political struggle based on sexuality, gender, and age, this volume explores identity politics from different contexts using methodological approaches and theoretical views. It teaches students and scholars of political sociology, the role of political opportunity and threat in social movements, and transgender political activism. Editor(s): Waldner, Lisa K.; Dobratz, Betty A.; Buzzell, Timothy. Series: Research in Political Sociology. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762309917
- ISBN
- 9780762309917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.72
€ 126.72
Paperback. This book paints a picture of life in group homes today. The authors propose a framework for increasing community presence and participation, and consider the barriers to be overcome in achieving these key goals. Topics include the notion of 'homeliness', maintaining a balance between individual and group needs and practice leadership. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSM; JKSN; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843106456
- ISBN
- 9781843106456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.89
€ 46.99
€ 46.89
Paperback. Wild parties, late nights, and lots of sex, drugs, and alcohol. Many assume these are the things that define an American teenager's first year after high school. But the reality is quite different. This book reports that teenagers generally manage the responsibilities of everyday life immediately after graduation. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226110660
- ISBN
- 9780226110660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.41
€ 32.99
€ 25.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: APFD; CBV; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415570770
- ISBN
- 9780415570770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.01
€ 47.01
Hardcover. Just how bad is television? Drawing on a range of theoretical sources including Husserl Lacan, Lefebvre, Sartre, Schutz and Adam Smith, this book takes a phenomenological approach to the small screen to offer an original sociological approach to television and its contribution to moral culture of late modern societies. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFDT; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230234819
- ISBN
- 9780230234819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.05
€ 119.05
Paperback. Purposely flying in the face of decades of safe-sex campaigning and HIV/AIDS awareness initiatives, barebacking is unquestionably radical behavior, behavior that most people would rather condemn than understand. This title presents an investigation into barebacking and the distinctive subculture that has grown around it. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK2; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226139395
- ISBN
- 9780226139395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.50
€ 31.99
€ 24.50
Paperback. Combining psychoanalytic emphasis on the unconscious with a respect for the variability of sexual identities, this work of queer theory makes the case for viewing erotic desire as fundamentally impersonal. Dean develops a reading of Lacan that brings out queer tensions and productive incoherencies. Num Pages: 318 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSK; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226139357
- ISBN
- 9780226139357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.12
€ 37.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. This collection of essays reconsiders the troubled relationship between same-sex desire and psychoanalysis, assessing homosexuality's status in psychoanalytic theory and practice, as well as the value of psychoanalytic ideas for queer theory. Works by Freud, Klein, Reich and Lacan are examined. Num Pages: 476 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFSK; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 35. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 476
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226139371
- ISBN
- 9780226139371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.58
€ 47.99
€ 36.58
Paperback. A comprehensive guide to the key theories, perspectives and developments in the field of fashion. It covers such topics as: men's fashion, masculinity and the suit; women's fashion and the role of sexuality; children, the body and fashion; the role of celebrity and designer label culture; and, globalisation and the production of fashion. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AKTA; JFCK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415447942
- ISBN
- 9780415447942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.27
€ 48.27
Paperback. The first book on the shocking reality of AIDS in Latin America. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; HBJK; JFC; JHB; JHMC; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349531264
- ISBN
- 9781349531264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.39
€ 57.39
Hardcover. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403969446
- ISBN
- 9781403969446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.23
€ 63.23
Hardback. Series: Romanticism in Perspective: Texts, Cultures, Histories. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312220396
- ISBN
- 9780312220396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.06
€ 181.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FZG; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613733325
- ISBN
- 9781613733325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.86
€ 27.99
€ 22.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16-page photo insert. BIC Classification: 1FMN; HBJF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804844765
- ISBN
- 9780804844765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.63
€ 19.99
€ 14.63
Paperback. From selfies and memes to hashtags and parodies, social media are used for mundane and personal expressions of political commentary, engagement, and participation. The coverage of politics reflects the social mediation of everyday life, where individual experiences and thoughts are documented and shared online. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745691350
- ISBN
- 9780745691350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.19
€ 24.19
hardcover. From selfies and memes to hashtags and parodies, social media are used for mundane and personal expressions of political commentary, engagement, and participation. The coverage of politics reflects the social mediation of everyday life, where individual experiences and thoughts are documented and shared online. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745691343
- ISBN
- 9780745691343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.76
€ 65.76
Paperback. Hacking provides an introduction to the community of hackers and an analysis of the meaning of hacking in twenty-first century societies. One the one hand, hackers infect the computers of the world, entering where they are not invited, taking over not just individual workstations but whole networks. Series: Digital Media and Society. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFMG; URH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745639727
- ISBN
- 9780745639727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.95
€ 22.95
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: GTC; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer VS United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658019563
- ISBN
- 9783658019563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.22
€ 73.22