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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Ekurhuleni - The making of an urban region is the first academic work to provide an historical account and explanation of the development of this extended region to the east of Johannesburg since its origins at the end of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: HBJH; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 240 x 18. Weight in Grams: 595.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145430
ISBN
9781868145430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.28

Paperback. "In this book Natasha Distiller explores historic and contemporary uses of Shakespeare in South African society which illustrate the complexities of colonial and post-colonial realities as they relate to iconic Englishness."--Back cover. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Wits University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145614
ISBN
9781868145614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.83

Paperback. In no other society in the world have urbanisation and industrialisation been as comprehensively based on migrant labour as in South Africa. Editor(s): Delius, Peter; Phillips, Laura; Rankin-Smith, Fiona. Num Pages: 320 pages, 90-100 images. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 912.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868147670
ISBN
9781868147670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.28

Paperback. Presents a bricolage of essays and interviews showcasing the experiences of women working in film, either directly as practitioners or in other areas such as curators, festival programme directors or fundraisers. It does not shy away from questioning the relations of power in the practice of filmmaking and the power invested in the gaze itself. Editor(s): Mistry, Jyoti; Schuhmann, Antje. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; APFA; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868148561
ISBN
9781868148561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, B/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1M; 2AB; DSB; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780855755447
ISBN
9780855755447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780855757113
ISBN
9780855757113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 313 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Transaction Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9781412842372
ISBN
9781412842372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QSP; JFSJ1; RNP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 176 x 17. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9781875559329
ISBN
9781875559329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 275 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876756086
ISBN
9781876756086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 342 pages, b/w photos & maps. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HRA; JFSJ1; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 148 x 215 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Spinifex Press
Edition
3rd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876756154
ISBN
9781876756154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.64

Paperback. Addresses fundamental questions about the social and political purposes of performance through an investigation of post-war alternative and community theatre. A detailed analysis of oppositional theatre as radical cultural practice. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 123 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415057639
ISBN
9780415057639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.04

paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages, 24 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; HBJF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415546744
ISBN
9780415546744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.06

paperback. Editor(s): Mariniello, Silvestria; Bove, Paul A. Series: A Boundary 2 Book. Num Pages: 440 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: HPK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822321965
ISBN
9780822321965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.94

paperback. Assesses various aspects of Edward Said's work - his contributions to postcolonial theory, his work on racism and ethnicity, his aesthetics and his resistance to the aestheticization of politics, his concepts of figuration, his assessment of the role of the exile in a metropolitan culture, and his work on music and the visual arts. Editor(s): Bove, Paul A. Series: A Boundary 2 Book. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
New ed
SKU
V9780822325222
ISBN
9780822325222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.72

paperback. Shows how female cosmopolitanism re-contextualises the well-known Western male romance with the Orient: Japanese women are now the agents, narrating their own desires for the "modern" West in ways that seem to defy Japanese nationalism as well as long-standing relations of power not only between men and women but between Japan and the West. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 312 pages, 23 b&w photos, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JFSJ1; JHBK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5588 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822328162
ISBN
9780822328162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.72

paperback. The Spanish terms cursi and cursileria are not easily translated, but they refer to a cultural phenomenon widely prevalent in Spanish society since the nineteenth century. This book examines the social meanings of cursi, viewing it as a window into modern Spanish history and particularly into the development of middle-class culture. Num Pages: 424 pages, 19 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DSE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822329978
ISBN
9780822329978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.94

paperback. At the center of pluralistic societies like that of the United States is the question of how to make broadly consensual social policy in light of the different moral values held by a heterogeneous population and more. This book develops an approach to deal with conflicting values in the policymaking process. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press Books United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822330936
ISBN
9780822330936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.49

paperback. When and why have certain forms of shame been embraced by blacks and queers? How does debasement foster attractions? How is it used for aesthetic delight? What does it offer for projects of sorrow and ways of creative historical knowing? How and why is it central to camp? This title deals with these questiions. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: JFSK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5741 x 3734 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822337966
ISBN
9780822337966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.60

paperback. Filled with fascinating insights into the collective emotional life of inner-city kids, this book is also a highly original history of the erosion of urban community life since World War II. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFF; JFSG; JFSP1; JFSP2; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Basic Books United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780465052196
ISBN
9780465052196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
African American Images United States
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934155127
ISBN
9781934155127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.74

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