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Society & culture: general
Neurofeminism: Issues at the Intersection of Feminist Theory and Cogni...
Bluhm, Robyn, Maibom, Heidi Lene, Jaap Jacobs...
Hardcover. Going beyond the hype of recent fMRI 'findings', thisinterdisciplinary collection examines such questions as: Do women and men have significantly different brains? Do women empathize, while men systematize? Is there a 'feminine' ethics? What does brain research on intersex conditions tell us about sex and gender? Editor(s): Jacobson, Anne Jaap. Series: New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JMR; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230296732
- ISBN
- 9780230296732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.56
€ 128.56
Gender, Migration and Domestic Work: Masculinities, Male Labour and Fa...
Kilkey, Majella, Perrons, Diane, Plomien, Ani...
Hardcover. Based on studies conducted in the UK and USA, this book investigates the experiences of suppliers and consumers of masculinized domestic services, exploring issues such as increasing inequality, migration, the rise of commoditized domestic services, contemporary masculinities and the gendering of paid work. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ2; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230297203
- ISBN
- 9780230297203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. Performances in hospices and on beaches; cross-cultural myth making in Wales, New Zealand and the US; communal poetry among mental health system survivors: this book, now in paperback, presents a senior practitioner/critic's exploration of arts-based research processes sustained over more than a decade - a subtle engagement with disability culture. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASZ; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468. Find a Strange and Twisted Shape. 296 pages, 25 black & white halftones. Performances in hospices and on beaches; cross-cultural myth making in Wales, New Zealand and the US; communal poetry among mental health system survivors: this book, now in paperback, presents a senior practitioner/critic's exploration of arts-based research processes sustained over more than a decade - a subtle engagement with disability culture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ASZ; JFFG. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 21. Weight: 468.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298279
- ISBN
- 9780230298279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.76
€ 67.76
Hardcover. Novels by significant Modernist authors can be described as romans a clef, providing insight into restrictions governing the representation of female homosexuality in the early twentieth century. Nair argues that key novels of the period represented same-sex desire through the encryption of personal references directed towards coterie audiences. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298378
- ISBN
- 9780230298378
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Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Hardcover. This book examines feminist art of the 1970s through contemporary art made by women. In a series of readings of artworks by, amongst others, Tracey Emin, Vanessa Beecroft, Hannah Wilke and Carolee Schneemann the reader is taken on a journey through maternal desire, fantasies of escape and failed femininity. Num Pages: 184 pages, 10 figures. BIC Classification: ABA; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298484
- ISBN
- 9780230298484
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Condition: New
€ 116.24
€ 116.24
Hardcover. A comparative analysis of the evolution ofUK and German broadcasting policies, adding to the developing area of comparative research on media and communications policy. The book focuses on processes of marketization and liberalization as they have affected policy-making, national regulatory frameworks and media structures. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; JFD; JPQB; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298613
- ISBN
- 9780230298613
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Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardcover. What links the interviews with Saddam Hussein and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on British and American TV, the chase of journalists following mega-terrorists, and the new status conferred on ordinary people at war? Transforming Media Coverage of Violent Conflicts offers a timely and original discussion on the shift in war journalism in recent years. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JWL; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298705
- ISBN
- 9780230298705
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. EU internal security concerns such as migration, police and judicial cooperation are today part of EU foreign policy. This book shows how those concerns dominate the EU agenda towards Mediterranean countries. Adopting a rational-choice institutionalist approach, it explores EU policy and the strategic choices made after the 2011 Arab revolts. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JPQ; JPSN2; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299931
- ISBN
- 9780230299931
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Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. What determines Europe's migrant policies and where does the EU fit into this picture? This book is a comparative analysis of the impact of the EU, if any, on the policies and politics of immigrant integration in its member states. It investigates whether the EU can be a force for good in this policy area. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; JFFN; JPB; JPQB; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299993
- ISBN
- 9780230299993
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Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Hardcover. Through empirical material as well as theoretical discussions, this book explores developments in gender-technology relations from the 1980s to today. The author draws on her long-lasting research in the field, providing insight in both historical and more recent discussions of gender in relation to computers and computing. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300132
- ISBN
- 9780230300132
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Using in-depth interviews, this book explores women employed in the Indian IT industry and highlights the gender specific and culturally specific consequences of reflexive modernity in neo-liberal India. Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSC; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300187
- ISBN
- 9780230300187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. This book explores men's ambiguous relationship with intimate caring work within a context where carefree and nurturing expectations for men are competing for influence. For men, to be more involved carers clashes with commonly valued expectations of them as men and this book analyses how men confront this contradictory expectation. Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JKS; JMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300217
- ISBN
- 9780230300217
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Same Sex Marriages: New Generations, New Relationships (Genders and Se...
Heaphy, Brian, Smart, Carol, Einarsdottir, An...
Hardcover. Based on extensive couple and individual interviews with young same sex couples who have legally formalized their relationships, this book argues that same sex marriages as they are lived need to be understood in terms of interlinked developments in lesbian and gay life, heterosexual relationships and in personal life. Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JFSK; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300231
- ISBN
- 9780230300231
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. This book analyzes racism in Communist and post-Communist contexts, examining the 'Red' promise of an end to racism and the racial logics at work in the Soviet Union, Central and Eastern Europe, Cuba and China, placing these in the context of global racialization. Series: Mapping Global Racisms. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 black & white halftones, 1 figures. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1FPC; 1KJC; JFSL; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300309
- ISBN
- 9780230300309
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Condition: New
€ 127.21
€ 127.21
Hardcover. Drawing on children's narratives about their everyday life this book explores how children come to understand the process of socialization at home, at school and in the neighbourhood as an embodied and biographical experience. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSP1; JHBK; JMC; JNLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300330
- ISBN
- 9780230300330
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Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. The analysis of social distinction cannot indefinitely remain confined to logics of reasoning that are markedly ethnocentric. Rather than just applying the consecrated schemes of Veblen or Bourdieu, Daloz provides new foundations in this book for understanding 21st Century Dubai, China, Russia and settings of the past. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFT; JFSC; JHBA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300354
- ISBN
- 9780230300354
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Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Paperback. Urban studies has long understood the city as a 'text'. What would it mean now to use performance to rethink that metaphor? This book, now in paperback, queries the role theatre and performance play in urban policy, architecture, and civic history, also exploring their important place in the memories created in the wake of urban trauma. Editor(s): Hopkins, D. J.; Orr, Shelley; Solga, Kim. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; ASZ; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300491
- ISBN
- 9780230300491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Migrant Activism and Integration from Below in Ireland (Migration, Dia...
Lentin, Ronit, Moreo, Elena
Hardcover. This book analyzes the interaction between migrant activists and leaders and the state of the Republic of Ireland - a late player in Europe's immigration regime - against the background of an increasingly restrictive immigration regime. Editor(s): Lentin, Ronit; Moreo, Elena. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 214 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300620
- ISBN
- 9780230300620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Paperback. An interdisciplinary study providing first-hand evidence of the everyday lives of politicians; what politicians actually do on 'the backstage' in political organizations. The book offers answers to the widely discussed phenomena of disenchantment with politics and depoliticization. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 219 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300750
- ISBN
- 9780230300750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. Offering a critical introduction into LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) transnational identity in the media, this book examines performances and representations within documentary and fiction oriented texts. An interdisciplinary approach is put forward, revealing new potentials for non western queer identity. Num Pages: 331 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFDT; JFSJ5; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301061
- ISBN
- 9780230301061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. A timely and critical investigation into the way media operates in a so-called global age, presenting new empirical data on key sites of news production and crucially tying these findings to ongoing debates on globalization and democracy. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301337
- ISBN
- 9780230301337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Paperback. Modern communication systems have incessantly exposed us to reports of distant events, brought to us through the media. In this book, leading scholars explore key questions concerning the implications of 'media witnessing'. Editor(s): Frosh, Paul; Pinchevski, Amit. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFDT; JPVH2; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301351
- ISBN
- 9780230301351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Political Communication in Britain: The Leader's Debates, the Campaign...
Mortimore, Roger, Atkinson, Simon
Hardcover. The 2010 General Election represented a pathbreaking contest in Political Communication. The TV debates changed forever the feel of the campaign. This book brings together key commentators, analysts and polling experts to present readers with a unique and valuable insight into the development of political communication in British Politics. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; APT; GTC; JFD; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301450
- ISBN
- 9780230301450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.85
€ 67.85
Paperback. The 2010 General Election represented a pathbreaking contest in Political Communication. The TV debates changed forever the feel of the campaign. This book brings together key commentators, analysts and polling experts to present readers with a unique and valuable insight into the development of political communication in British Politics. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; APT; GTC; JFD; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301467
- ISBN
- 9780230301467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04