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Paperback. How can the concepts of Deleuze and Guattari be used to unearth the 'metaphysics' of modernist literature? This intersection of philosophy and key literary works uses their radical concepts to draw a dynamic map of modernism that explores the confrontation of each writer with the non-human machine age of the early twentieth-century. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HPCF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349304844
ISBN
9781349304844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.15

Paperback. A history of French homosexuals since 1942 in the interconnected realms of law, politics and the media, with a focus on the complex relationship between French republican values and the possibilities they have offered for change in each of these three spheres. Num Pages: 175 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349306541
ISBN
9781349306541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 120.97

Paperback. "Women who kill rupture the assumptions about what a woman is. This book explores different socio-cultural understandings of women who commit, or are accused, of murder. It discusses a wide range of cases in order to highlight the ways in which such women have been perceived"-- Series: Cultural Criminology. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFSJ; JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 323.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349308385
ISBN
9781349308385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.46

paperback. "In recent years children have become an increasingly important consumer market, and there is growing concern about the commercialisation of childhood. This book sheds light on these debates, offering new empirical data and challenging critical perspectives on childrens engagement with consumer culture from a wide range of international settings"-- Editor(s): Buckingham, David; Tingstad, Vebjorg. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSP; JFSR; JHBK; JHBL; JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2010
SKU
V9781349309788
ISBN
9781349309788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.50

Paperback. Michael Mann's films receive a detailed analysis as existential dramas, including Heat, Collateral, The Last of the Mohicans and Public Enemies. Thebook demonstrates that Mann's films perform critical engagement with existentialism, illustrating the problems and opportunities of living according to this philosophy." Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; HPX; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349336722
ISBN
9781349336722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.17

Paperback. Virginia Woolf, Jeanette Winterson, and Ali Smith share an ecological philosophy of the world as one highly interconnected entity comprised of multiple and equal, human and non-human participants. This study argues that these writers' texts have an ecological significance in fostering respect for and understanding of difference, human and nonhuman. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ; JHB; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 278 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349339020
ISBN
9781349339020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 187.26

Paperback. Becoming the Gentleman explains why British citizens in the long eighteenth century were haunted by the question of what it meant to be a gentleman. Supplementing recent work on femininity, Solinger identifies a corpus of texts that address masculinity and challenges the notion of a masculine figure that has been regarded as unchanging. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349351763
ISBN
9781349351763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Paperback. This volume presents the most recent debates and findings about public attitudes to, and consultation about, the risk of new technologies. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JHB; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349354863
ISBN
9781349354863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Paperback. This is a global collection relating applied linguistic research to the complexities of gender and religion. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; GTC; HRA; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349355051
ISBN
9781349355051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.67

Paperback. This volume applies two fashionable theoretical paradigms--"The Other" and "intercultural dialogue"--to Russian film and television. Editor(s): Hutchings, Stephen C. Series: Studies in Central and Eastern Europe. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFD; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2008
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349355099
ISBN
9781349355099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.32

Paperback. Yiddish and Power surveys the social, linguistic and intellectual history of the Yiddish language within the traditional civilisation of Jewish Ashkenaz in central, and then in eastern Europe, and its interaction with the surrounding non-Jewish culture. It explores the various ways in which Yiddish has empowered masses and served political agendas. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFB; CFGR; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349355211
ISBN
9781349355211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.98

Paperback. This book examines the range of public debates on the Nazi legacy in Germany since Gerhard Schroder's Red-Green coalition came to power in 1998." Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349355730
ISBN
9781349355730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.50

Paperback. This book examines only-child experience in global perspective and offers an insight into the dilemmas and challengesonly-children face as adults.Explored from both a social and psychological perspective, it reveals the complexity and multidimensional nature of the private and public worlds of the only-child." Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHBC; JHBK; JHM; JMS; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349355983
ISBN
9781349355983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.10

Paperback. Uprootedness, exile and forced displacement, be they due to conflict, persecution or so-called 'development', are conditions which characterise the lives of millions across the globe.This book analyses a range of displacement situations, including development 'oustees', refugees and internally displaced persons." Editor(s): Grabska, Katarzyna; Mehta, Lyla. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFF; JFFN; JFSL; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349356973
ISBN
9781349356973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Paperback. By revisiting globalization using an analysis of metaphors, such as 'global village' and 'network society', this volume sheds new light on overlooked dimensions of global politics, redresses outdated conceptualizations, and provides a critical analysis of existing approaches to the study of globalization. Editor(s): Kornprobst, Markus; Pouliot, Vincent; Shah, N. (Division of Biosphere Sciences, Kings College, London); Zaiotti, Ruben. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFFS; JHB; JPA; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349356997
ISBN
9781349356997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.72

Paperback. This book examines common familial trends and differences throughout Europe from the 1960s onwards and discusses the most common theoretical explanations for convergence and divergence. EriikkaOinonen reveals how structural factors such as the labour market, the welfare state and the EU affect Europeans' family related choices." Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHB; JHBK; JKSN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349358045
ISBN
9781349358045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.06

Paperback. This study argues that the private homes in transnational women's fiction reflect public legacies of colonialism. Published in Australia, Canada, India, Nigeria, Puerto Rico and the United States between 1995 and 2005, the novels use fictional houses to criticize and unsettle home and homeland, depicting their linked oppressions and exclusions. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSBH5; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349358625
ISBN
9781349358625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.10

Paperback. "This book examines the public controversies surrounding lifestyle risks in the consumer society. Comparing news coverage of the globesity pandemic in Britain and the USA, it illustrates the way moral panic brought childrens food marketing to the centre of the policy debates about consumer lifestyles"-- Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFSR; JHB; JHBK; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349359202
ISBN
9781349359202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Paperback. This book is an analysis of the culture of compassion and a critique of the project of "showing awareness." Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JHB; JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349361601
ISBN
9781349361601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Paperback. The author looks at conflicts between human rights for women and religious integrity, through family religious ideology and questions of relativism, privacy and agency. The study shows that theological resistance and political and social inhibitors can, ironically, make the human rights concept inappropriate for gaining rights for religious women. Series: Women's Studies at York Series. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSJ; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 219 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349362264
ISBN
9781349362264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

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