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Paperback. Examines men's relationships with one another in English literature and the ways those relationships affect women. Central to this study is Sedgwick's conception of "male homosocial desire". She argues that the power of male homophobia has radically shaped the ideologies of men and women. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 244 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366. English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire. Series: Gender and Culture Series. 244 pages, Ill. Examines men's relationships with one another in English literature and the ways those relationships affect women. Central to this study is Sedgwick's conception of "male homosocial desire". She argues that the power of male homophobia has radically shaped the ideologies of men and women. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB; JFSJ. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight: 378.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 244
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231082730
- ISBN
- 9780231082730
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
€ 33.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 224. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Thirtieth anniversary edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231176293
- ISBN
- 9780231176293
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Condition: New
€ 26.00€ 22.06
€ 26.00
€ 22.06
paperback. Since the late 1980s, queer studies and theory have become vital to the intellectual and political life of the United States. Working from texts of European and American writers, this work analyzes a turn-of-the-century historical moment in which sexual orientation became as important a demarcation of personhood as gender had been for centuries. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402. 280 pages. Since the late 1980s, queer studies and theory have become vital to the intellectual and political life of the United States. Working from texts of European and American writers, this work analyzes a turn-of-the-century historical moment in which sexual orientation became as important a demarcation of personhood as gender had been for centuries. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFSK. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight: 388.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254060
- ISBN
- 9780520254060
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.94
€ 40.99
€ 28.94
Paperback. Brings together the author's explorations of emotion and expression. This work also offers "tools and techniques for nondualistic thought," and in the process touching and transforming such theoretical discourses as psychoanalysis, speech-act theory, Western Buddhism, and the Foucauldian "hermeneutics of suspicion." Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 figure, 1 photo. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330158
- ISBN
- 9780822330158
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.97
€ 26.99
€ 26.97
Hardcover. This comprehensive overview of domestic violence against women and children in America covers the services meant to combat it, the legal approaches to prosecuting it, the public's attitudes toward it, and the successes and failures of systems meant to address it. Editor(s): Stark, Evan D.; Buzawa, Eve S. Num Pages: 888 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE3; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 88. Weight in Grams: 2077.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 888
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275998462
- ISBN
- 9780275998462
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Condition: New
€ 206.83€ 187.97
€ 206.83
€ 187.97
Hardcover. Re-examining Mary Douglas' work on pollution and concepts of purity, this volume explores modern expressions of these themes in urban areas, examining the intersections of material and cultural pollution. It presents ethnographic case studies from a range of cities affected by globalization processes such as neoliberal urban policies.. Editor(s): Durr, Eveline; Jaffe, Rivke. Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 218 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHM; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456924
- ISBN
- 9781845456924
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Condition: New
€ 152.14
€ 152.14
Hardback. Shades of Difference examines the significance of skin color in different societies around the world and its effects on relations between and within racial groups. Editor(s): Glenn, Evelyn. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 tables, 15 figures, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759984
- ISBN
- 9780804759984
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Condition: New
€ 136.16
€ 136.16
Paperback. Demonstrates how more diverse representations do not in themselves solve the problem of racial stereotyping Series: Critical Cultural Communication. Num Pages: 239 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFSL1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814707326
- ISBN
- 9780814707326
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Hardcover. Demonstrates how more diverse representations do not in themselves solve the problem of racial stereotyping Series: Critical Cultural Communication. Num Pages: 239 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFSL1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814707319
- ISBN
- 9780814707319
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Condition: New
€ 97.71
€ 97.71
paperback. Discusses same-sex desire among women in non-Western cultures. The book explores female eroticism in societies such as India and Polynesia, aiming to dispel ideas that non-Western women are victims of compulsory heterosexuality and that same-sex female desire is rooted in Western culture. Editor(s): Blackwood, Evelyn; Wieringa, Saskia. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 photos. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSK1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231112611
- ISBN
- 9780231112611
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.82
€ 40.99
€ 28.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 186 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 11. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- African American Images United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913543238
- ISBN
- 9780913543238
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.06
€ 15.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. The esteemed historian and philosopher of science Evelyn Fox Keller addresses the nature-nurture debate, arguing that it is riddled by conceptual incoherence. Num Pages: 120 pages, 3 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 158 x 8. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347316
- ISBN
- 9780822347316
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.89
€ 25.99
€ 25.89
Hardback. The esteemed historian and philosopher of science Evelyn Fox Keller addresses the nature-nurture debate, arguing that it is riddled by conceptual incoherence. Num Pages: 120 pages, 3 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5499 x 3971 x 13. Weight in Grams: 309.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347149
- ISBN
- 9780822347149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.53
€ 95.53
Paperback. Presenting a history of the Bronx, this book describes how the once-infamous New York City borough underwent one of the most successful and inspiring community revivals in American history. It shows how the Bronx interacted with and was affected by the rest of New York City as it grew from a small colony in Manhattan into a sprawling metropolis. Series: The Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 304 pages, 69 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121156
- ISBN
- 9780231121156
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
€ 33.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. The Hell-Fire Clubs scandalized eighteenth-century English society. This book explores the social and economic context in which the clubs emerged and flourished; their various phases, which first involved violence as an assertion of masculinity, then religious blasphemy, and later sexual indulgence. Num Pages: 250 pages, black-&-white plate section. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300164022
- ISBN
- 9780300164022
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.34
€ 26.99
€ 20.34
Paperback. The inequalities that persist in America have deep historical roots. Evelyn Nakano Glenn untangles this complex history in a comparative regional study from the end of Reconstruction to the eve of World War II. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674013728
- ISBN
- 9780674013728
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.28
€ 38.99
€ 32.28
Paperback. Addresses the phenomenon of colorism - the preference for lighter skin and the ranking of individual worth according to skin tone. Examining the social and cultural significance of skin color in a range of societies and periods, this work looks at how skin color affects people's opportunities in Latin America, Asia, Africa and North America. Editor(s): Glenn, Evelyn Nakano. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 tables, 15 figures, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759991
- ISBN
- 9780804759991
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.69
€ 32.99
€ 31.69
Paperback. This book explores the complexity of urban Indigeneity in Canada and internationally and positions urban areas as places of Indigenous resilience and cultural innovation. Editor(s): Peters, Evelyn J.; Andersen, Chris. Num Pages: 428 pages, , black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSG; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774824651
- ISBN
- 9780774824651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.12
€ 40.99
€ 40.12
Hardcover. This new illustrated edition of Evelyn Rose's classic book has been completely revised and updated by Evelyn's daughter Judi, ensuring it continues to be the culinary bible of Jewish cuisine. Num Pages: 560 pages, 72 colour photographs. BIC Classification: JFSR1; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 199 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1888. 560 pages, 72 colour photographs. This new illustrated edition of Evelyn Rose's classic book has been completely revised and updated by Evelyn's daughter Judi, ensuring it continues to be the culinary bible of Jewish cuisine. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFSR1; WBN. Dimension: 280 x 199 x 46. Weight: 1906.
- Publisher
- Pavilion
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862059085
- ISBN
- 9781862059085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.06
€ 16.06
Paperback. Although inequality in Latin America ranks among the worst in the world, it has notably declined over the years, offset by improvements in health care and education, enhanced programs for social assistance, and increases in the minimum wage. The author argues that the resurgence of democracy in Latin America is key to this change. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 figures, 36 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFJ; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226356532
- ISBN
- 9780226356532
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01
Hardback. Num Pages: ill. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571815910
- ISBN
- 9781571815910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.34
€ 151.34
Paperback. Hughes was the first sociologist to pay sustained attention to occupations as a field for study. The writings in this volume highlight his contributions to: the sociology of work and professions; race and ethnicity; and the central themes and methods of the discipline. Num Pages: 218 pages, 3 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226359724
- ISBN
- 9780226359724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.11
€ 40.99
€ 31.11
Hardback. The uniqueness of the many American ethnicities provides the roots of US identity, yet recognizing those differences often makes Americans feel isolated from the whole. This work relies on the tradition of cultural pluralism to argue that unity and individuality are not mutually exclusive. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742521971
- ISBN
- 9780742521971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.57
€ 162.57
paperback. The uniqueness of the many American ethnicities provides the roots of US identity, yet recognizing those differences often makes Americans feel isolated from the whole. This work relies on the tradition of cultural pluralism to argue that unity and individuality are not mutually exclusive. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742521988
- ISBN
- 9780742521988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.51
€ 63.51