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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Contains an essay on Gay Musicology, its history and scope. Along with this historical essay, this work includes an introduction that outlines the changes that have occurred as Gay Musicology has grown. Editor(s): Brett, Phillip; Wood, Elizabeth; Thomas, Gary C. Num Pages: 418 pages, 9 black & white tables, 18 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AV; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415978842
- ISBN
- 9780415978842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.29
€ 79.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Lantern Books,US United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590564233
- ISBN
- 9781590564233
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.45
€ 21.99
€ 20.45
Paperback. Explores the ways in which food practices enabled women to exert control within the family and to define their religious vocations. This title describes what women meant by seeing their own bodies and God's body as food and what men meant when they too associated women with food and flesh. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. Num Pages: 300 pages, 24ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC1; HRCR; HRCV; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 686. The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. 300 pages, 24ill. Explores the ways in which food practices enabled women to exert control within the family and to define their religious vocations. This title describes what women meant by seeing their own bodies and God's body as food and what men meant when they too associated women with food and flesh. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC1; HRCR; HRCV; JFSJ1. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520063297
- ISBN
- 9780520063297
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.04
€ 38.99
€ 28.04
Hardcover. Written in an accessible tone but grounded in years of research, this book charts the nautical influence on fashion over five chapters, each of which considers a particular maritime profession: The Officer, The Sailor, The Fisherman, The Sportsman and The Pirate. Num Pages: 224 pages, 210 illustrations, 141 in colour. BIC Classification: AKTH; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 238 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500517802
- ISBN
- 9780500517802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.00
€ 27.99
€ 25.00
Paperback. Examining the themes of presence and absence, the relationship between photography and theatre, history and death, these 'reflections on photography' begin as an investigation into the nature of photographs. Then, as Barthes contemplates a photograph of his mother as a child, the book becomes an exposition of his own mind. Translator(s): Howard, Richard. Num Pages: 144 pages, 1. BIC Classification: AJB; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099225416
- ISBN
- 9780099225416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 4.82
€ 12.99
€ 4.82
Paperback. Featuring a sensitive and loving portrait of mankind as a community, as a family but most importantly as individuals, this book tries to answer the universal and ancient question of who we are and what we aspire to. It also reveals the dark side of the human condition, but it also sheds light on the best of it. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; RNK; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 286 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1098.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500292143
- ISBN
- 9780500292143
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 5.70
€ 26.99
€ 5.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: AVGM; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- McFarland
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786498611
- ISBN
- 9780786498611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.69
€ 40.99
€ 40.69
Paperback. Gypsies have always intrigued and fascinated - partly because of their mysterious origins, and partly because of the romance of nomadism. This book focuses particularly on the gypsies in Eastern Europe (an estimated 6 million), and their future as a distinct race within a nationalist Europe. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations facsim., maps, plan, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DV; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099740216
- ISBN
- 9780099740216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.19
€ 17.99
€ 13.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252061561
- ISBN
- 9780252061561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.59
€ 34.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. Community, Class and Schooling. 136 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBCO; JFSP2; JN. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 8. Weight: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552664704
- ISBN
- 9781552664704
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.27
€ 21.99
€ 20.27
Paperback. Chicken provides insight into the astonishing world of the chicken and contains many intriguing facts, including why the largest predator ever to walk the earth is considered the ancestor of the modern chicken and how mother hens communicate with their chicks while they're still in the egg. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 216 pages, 72 colour illustrations, 103 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; WNCB; WNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861898586
- ISBN
- 9781861898586
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.18
€ 19.99
€ 18.18
Paperback. Why would a man in Morocco who doesn't have enough to eat buy a television? Why do the poorest people in India spend 7 percent of their food budget on sugar? This book overturns the myths about what it is like to live on very little, revealing the unexpected decisions that millions of people make every day. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780718193669
- ISBN
- 9780718193669
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.67
€ 14.99
€ 11.67
Paperback. Clastres's final, posthumous book on the affirmative role of violence in "primitive societies." Translator(s): Herman, Jeanine; Lebner, Ashley. Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Autonomedia United States
- Edition
- new edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584350934
- ISBN
- 9781584350934
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.66
€ 18.99
€ 17.66
Paperback. Collects together key papers by international leaders in the field from a range of sources that explain the concepts, actors and processes that constitute global social policy. This book covers emergence of global social policy as an expanding field of practice, and the impact of globalisation on key welfare discourses and governance mechanisms. Editor(s): Yeates, Nicola; Holden, Chris. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 172 x 29. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847423771
- ISBN
- 9781847423771
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 25.64
€ 42.99
€ 25.64
Paperback. Presents an account of the history of reggae. This book describes reggae's origins and development in Jamaica, from ska to rock-steady to dub and to reggae itself, a local music which conquered the world. It relates the story of reggae to the history of Jamaica, from Colonial Island to troubled independence, and Jamaicans, from Kingston to London. Num Pages: 608 pages, 8pp b&w photographs, further reading, index. BIC Classification: AVGS; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140237634
- ISBN
- 9780140237634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.32
€ 19.99
€ 14.32
Paperback. The author challenges masculinist assumptions relating to the stability and homogeneity of the Orientalist gaze. The extent of women's involvement in the popular field of visual Orientalism is revealed. Num Pages: 324 pages, 40 photographs. BIC Classification: AGP; DSB; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415124904
- ISBN
- 9780415124904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.06
€ 59.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JNF; JNM; LNHD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807078129
- ISBN
- 9780807078129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.59
€ 19.99
€ 17.59
Paperback. Essays on media change past and present, with examples ranging from religious pamphleteers of the seventeenth century to the World Wide Web. Editor(s): Thorburn, David; Jenkins, Henry. Series: Media in Transition S. Num Pages: 416 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262701075
- ISBN
- 9780262701075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.32
€ 43.99
€ 38.32
Paperback. Offers an inquiry into how to understand, describe, and represent what it is to live in the contemporary moment. This book argues that predictions that post-modernity would emerge as a global successor to modernity have not materialized as anticipated. Editor(s): Enwezor, Okwui; Condee, Nancy; Smith, Terry. Num Pages: 456 pages, 77 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342038
- ISBN
- 9780822342038
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.47
€ 33.99
€ 33.47
Paperback. The first comprehensive portrait of the Roman Renaissance world. Num Pages: 480 pages, 37 b&w photos, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253212085
- ISBN
- 9780253212085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.56
€ 35.99
€ 34.56
Paperback. This collection brings together diverse analyses of women in Japan--including department store elevator girls, tour bus guides, airline stewardesses, soldiers, soccer players, beauty queens, and educators--who have been intimately involved in the practices and professions of modernity. Editor(s): Freedman, Alisa; Miller, Laura; Yano, Christine Reiko. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804781145
- ISBN
- 9780804781145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.14
€ 29.99
€ 29.14
Hardback. Using extensive evidence from archival documents from both the ecclesiastical court system and the records of city and royal government, as well as advice manuals, chronicles, moral tales, and liturgical texts, McSheffrey examines how marital and sexual relationships were woven into the fabric of late medieval London. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBLC; JFC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812239386
- ISBN
- 9780812239386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.43
€ 81.43
Paperback. With philosophy so steeped in patriarchal tradition how is it possible for feminists to work within it? In this volume, 13 feminist theorists discuss whether traditional ideals of objectivity and rationality should be given a place within the committed feminist view of philosophy and the world. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Westview Press
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813366074
- ISBN
- 9780813366074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.02€ 61.20
€ 67.02
€ 61.20
Paperback. Taking disability theory out of a Western context, Eunjung Kim questions the assumptions that treating disabilities with cure represents a universal good by examining the manifestations of violence that accompany medical and nonmedical cures in twentieth- and early twenty-first-century Korea. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; JFFE; JFFG; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362883
- ISBN
- 9780822362883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.35
€ 31.99
€ 30.35