Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. This collection brings together leading research on contemporary and popular culture, focussing on marginalised voices and representations; socially marginalised, marginalised in media and media scholarship. It spans five continents, with contributions on topics like gender, sexuality, nation, disability, disciplinary boundaries, youth and age. Editor(s): Savigny, Heather; Alexander, Jenny; Jackson, Daniel; Thorsen, Einar. Num Pages: 277 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137512802
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- 9781137512802
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€ 62.64
€ 62.64
Hardcover. This volume draws together both theoretical and empirical contributions reflecting on, and developing, the growing scholarship being produced at the intersection of 'queer' and 'criminology'. The contributions each highlight how such scholarship is essential to achieving greater social and criminal justice for LGBTIQ communities. Editor(s): Dwyer, Angela; Crofts, Thomas. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 10 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSK; JHBA; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137513335
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- 9781137513335
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€ 139.73
€ 139.73
Hardcover. Bringing together perspectives from multiple disciplines and diverse regions of the world, this book explores the causes of persistent gender inequalities in public and private life, their implications for the meaning of democracy in the 21st century, and strategies for social transformation to attain democratic governance and gender justice. Editor(s): Vianello, Mino; Hawkesworth, Mary. Num Pages: 425 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPH; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 28. Weight in Grams: 648.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137514158
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- 9781137514158
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€ 120.28
€ 120.28
Hardcover. This book explores the dynamics of excessive violence, using a broad range of interdisciplinary case studies. It highlights that excessive violence depends on various contingencies and is not always the outcome of rational decision making. The contributors also analyse the discursive framing of acts of excessive violence. Editor(s): Ziegler, Daniel J.; Gerster, Marco; Kramer, Steffen; Oliver, M. Num Pages: 263 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHB; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137514424
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- 9781137514424
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€ 119.18
€ 119.18
Hardcover. Mobile Childhoods in Filipino Transnational Families focuses on the lived experiences of '1.5-generation' migrants with similar 'roots' (the Philippines), traversing different 'routes' (receiving countries). By shedding light on the diversified paths of their migratory lives, it revisits the relationships between mobility, sociality and identity. Editor(s): Nagasaka, Itaru; Fresnoza-Flot, Asuncion. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FMP; JFFN; JFSL1; JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
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- Hardback
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- 2015
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137515131
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- 9781137515131
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€ 129.64
€ 129.64
Hardcover. This edited volume illuminates the role of women in violence to demonstrate that gender is a key component of discourse on conflict and peace. Through an examination of theory and practice of women's participation in violent conflicts, the book makes the argument that both conflict and post-conflict situations are gender insensitive. Editor(s): Shekhawat, Seema. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137516558
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- 9781137516558
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€ 150.03
€ 150.03
Paperback. This volume, now available in paperback, represents recent scholarship that has uncovered new texts as well as introduced new paradigms to further our understanding of women's literary history during the seventeenth century. Editor(s): Suzuki, Mihoko. Series: History of British Women's Writing. Num Pages: 362 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- Reprint
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137517968
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- 9781137517968
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€ 129.47
€ 129.47
Paperback. This volume, now available in paperback, explores what it means to create and experience urban performance - as both an aesthetic and a political practice - in the burgeoning world where cities are built by globalization and neoliberal capital. Editor(s): Hopkins, D. J.; Solga, Kim. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; ASD; JFFS; JFSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 364.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137520258
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- 9781137520258
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€ 61.87
€ 61.87
Hardcover. Japan was shaken by the 'double disaster' of earthquake and sarin gas attack in 1995, and in 2011 it was hit once again by the 'triple disaster' of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown. This international, multi-disciplinary group of scholars examines the state and societal responses to the disasters and social crisis. Editor(s): Mullins, Mark R.; Nakano, Koichi. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRAM2; JFFC; JPA; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137521316
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- 9781137521316
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€ 140.26
€ 140.26
Hardcover. Editor(s): Nixon, Kari; Servitje, Lorenzo. Num Pages: 317 pages, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; MBS; PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137521408
- ISBN
- 9781137521408
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€ 192.34
€ 192.34
Hardcover. This book provides a framework for understanding the global flows of cuisine both into and out of Asia and describes the development of transnational culinary fields connecting Asia to the broader world. Individual chapters provide historical and ethnographic accounts of the people, places, and activities involved in Asia's culinary globalization. Editor(s): Farrer, James. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JFCV; JFFS; WBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137522283
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- 9781137522283
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€ 129.13
€ 129.13
Hardcover. While policymakers in the world reiterate the importance of protecting voice diversity, traditional media conglomerates and new social media giants make their task increasingly challenging. This book assesses the current state of policy-making on media plurality and explores novel policy ideas for funding, regulatory and structural interventions. Editor(s): Barnett, Steven; Townend, Judith. Series: Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business. Num Pages: 248 pages, 5 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137522832
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- 9781137522832
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€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Hardcover. The concept of Third Culture Kids is often used to describe people who have spent their childhood on the move, living in many different countries and languages. This book examines the hype, relevance and myths surrounding the concept while also redefining it within a broader study of transnationality to demonstrate the variety of stories involved. Editor(s): Benjamin, Saija; Dervin, Fred. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSP1; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137524652
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- 9781137524652
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€ 129.41
€ 129.41
Hardcover. Much has been made of the role of various media in the shaping of conflicts and political agendas in today's Arab world. This volume examines this topic with interdisciplinary contributions that range across media studies, anthroplogy, religious studies, and political science and explore both new and older media forms. Editor(s): Jayyusi, Lena; Roald, Anne-Sofie. Series: The Palgrave MacMillan Series in International Political Communication. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JFD; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137525222
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- 9781137525222
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€ 119.66
€ 119.66
Hardcover. Based on historic and ethnographic approaches, this volume examines how the ideological images of Asian women are produced, circulated, appropriated, and pluralized. Contributors analyze the interactions between the politicized formation of ideological representations and the everyday practices of women who resist and re-contextualize these images. Editor(s): Ijichi, Noriko; Kato, Atsufumi; Sakurada, Ryoko. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137531513
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- 9781137531513
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€ 62.20
€ 62.20
Hardcover. This book is about forms of media that have reflected - or increased consciousness of - a sense of place or a regional identity. From landscape painting in the Romantic era to newspaper coverage of devolution, the chapters explore, through contextualized case studies, the aesthetics of a wide range of local, regional and grassroots forms of media. Editor(s): Franklin, Ieuan; Chignell, Hugh; Skoog, Kristin. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137532824
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- 9781137532824
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€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Hardcover. Religion's persistent and new visibility in political life has prompted a significant global debate over the nature and impact of secularization. This book intervenes by providing summative accounts of the history, culture, and legal interactions that have informed the Australian case. Timothy Stanley critically analyzes secular political theory. Editor(s): Stanley, Timothy. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSR; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137536891
- ISBN
- 9781137536891
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€ 62.48
€ 62.48
Hardcover. This volume contributes towards to developments in the study of religion that illuminate the plural nature of religious change in modern Britain. It makes a critical intervention in British studies of religion by bringing the analytical insights of material culture, to bear on religion in the British World. Editor(s): Jones, Timothy Willem; Matthews-Jones, Lucinda. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAX; JFCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137540553
- ISBN
- 9781137540553
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€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Hardcover. This anthology explores challenges to understanding the nature of cultural production, exploring innovative new research approaches and improvements to old approaches, such as newsroom ethnography, which will enable clearer, fuller understanding of the workings of journalism and other forms of media and cultural production. Editor(s): Paterson, Chris; Lee, David; Saha, Anamik; Zoellner, Anna; Irving, Nicholas. Series: Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research - A Palgrave and IAMCR Series. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137541932
- ISBN
- 9781137541932
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€ 149.93
€ 149.93
Hardcover. This book deals with the often-neglected link between indigenous languages, media and democracy in Africa. It recognizes that the media plays an amplifying role that is vital to modern-day expression, public participation and democracy but that without the agency to harness media potential, many Africans will be excluded from public discourse. Editor(s): Salawu, Abiodun; Chibita, Monica B.; Sarantakos, Nikos. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137547293
- ISBN
- 9781137547293
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€ 129.39
€ 129.39
Hardcover. Critical Terms in Caribbean and Latin American Thought is a collection of critical essays and responses for twelve keywords central in Latin American and Caribbean Studies: indigenismo, Americanism, colonialism, criollismo, race, transculturation, modernity, nation, gender, sexuality, testimonio, and popular culture. Editor(s): Sifuentes-Jauregui, Ben; Miguel, Yolanda Martinez San; Belausteguigoitia, Marisa. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 238 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137554291
- ISBN
- 9781137554291
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€ 140.52
€ 140.52
Hardcover. This book focuses on the problem of ethnic conflict in Africa and seeks to explain its root causes. The main thesis of the book is that ethnic political mobilization is essentially a function of deeply-felt grievances on the part of the groups so mobilized. Editor(s): Nasong'O, Wanjala S. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFE; JFSL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137554994
- ISBN
- 9781137554994
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€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Hardcover. This book provides insight into one of the world's quietest human rights abuses. The story of the Lhotsampa people of Bhutan describes their journey of coping and resilience, incorporating qualitative research undertaken in the refugee camps in Nepal and resettlement areas in Australia and elsewhere in the world. Editor(s): Pulla, Venkat. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKH; JFFD; JFFN; JFSL1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137557216
- ISBN
- 9781137557216
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€ 139.29
€ 139.29
Hardcover. The role of the mass media in genocide is multifaceted with respect to the disclosure and flow of information. This volume investigates questions of responsibility, denial, victimisation and marginalisation through an analysis of the media representations of the Armenian genocide in different national contexts. Editor(s): Kappler, Stefanie; Chabot, Joceline; Godin, Richard. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 figures, 5 black & white tables, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUR; 3JJF; HBTB; HBTZ; JFD; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137564016
- ISBN
- 9781137564016
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Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82