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Paperback. Exploring life s character, sex, and meaning, while calling attention to the most precarious among us." Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen´s University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773547452
- ISBN
- 9780773547452
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
Paperback. The New Silk Road Diplomacy traces how China, faced with internal and external challenges to its authority following the collapse of the Soviet Union, constructed a gradualist approach to Central Asia that prioritized multilateral diplomacy. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSL3; JPA; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774816939
- ISBN
- 9780774816939
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.70
€ 40.99
€ 36.70
Paperback. This study traces the American tradition of the suspicion of immigrant populations spreading disease. From the cholera outbreak of the 1930s to the associations of Haitians and AIDS, the author shows how immigrant groups have been regularly slandered as carriers of particular diseases. Num Pages: 384 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFFN; JPVH1; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801850967
- ISBN
- 9780801850967
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.64
€ 36.99
€ 31.64
Hardback. Series: Expanding Frontiers: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: JFS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803285552
- ISBN
- 9780803285552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.68
€ 60.68
Paperback. A memoir of life, experience, and education of a Lakota child in the late 1800s. The author describes the home life and education of Indian children. Like other boys, he played with toy bows and arrows in the tipi before learning to make and use them and became schooled in the ways of animals and in the properties of plants and herbs. Num Pages: 198 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBNR; 3JH; BG; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803293342
- ISBN
- 9780803293342
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.63
€ 17.99
€ 17.63
Paperback. Stories of homosexual love affairs between samurai men and boys and between young kabuki actors and their patrons held broad appeal in pre-modern Japanese culture. An independent popular writer, Saikaku wrote "Nanshoku Okagami" in 1687 with the intention of extending his readership. Num Pages: 384 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; 3JD; FA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804718950
- ISBN
- 9780804718950
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. This study of the regulation of sexuality in the Qing dynasty explores the social context for sexual behavior criminalized by the state, showing how regulation shifted away from status to a new regime of gender that mandated a uniform standard of sexual morality and criminal liability for all people, regardless of their social status. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 440 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804745598
- ISBN
- 9780804745598
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.10
€ 33.99
€ 31.10
Hardback. This book traces the emergence and evolution of a discourse of minority identity within Japan's Korean community through its examination of their literary narratives and political struggles over the past three decades. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Twenty-Third and ed.
- SKU
- V9780804750400
- ISBN
- 9780804750400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.42€ 115.32
€ 128.42
€ 115.32
Paperback. Translator(s): Becker, G. Num Pages: 153 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 203 x 8. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Schocken
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805210477
- ISBN
- 9780805210477
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.70
€ 18.99
€ 16.70
Paperback. The Internet and social media are pervasive and transformative forces in contemporary China. The Internet, Social Media, and a Changing China explores the changing relationship between China's Internet and social media and its society, politics, legal system, and foreign relations. Editor(s): DeLisle, Jacques; Goldstein, Avery; Yang, Guobin. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223514
- ISBN
- 9780812223514
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Condition: New
€ 64.21€ 63.20
€ 64.21
€ 63.20
Paperback. Womanist approaches to the study of religion and society have contributed much to our understanding of Black religious life, activism, and women's liberation. This volume explores the achievements of this movement, and evaluates some of the leading voices and different perspectives within this field. Editor(s): Floyd-Thomas, Stacey M. Series: Religion, Race, & Ethnicity. Num Pages: 331 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HR; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814727539
- ISBN
- 9780814727539
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.10
€ 33.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. Contends that our notions of black American identity are not inevitable, nor have they simply been forced onto the black community. This work also argues that black American intellectuals have actively chosen the identity schemes that seem to us so natural. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 184 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCX; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814775844
- ISBN
- 9780814775844
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.63
€ 27.99
€ 26.63
Paperback. A collection of essays and documents chronicilizing the history of treatment, labeling, and understanding of mental retardating in the U.S. NYUP is one the forefront of publishing in disability studies. Editor(s): Noll, Steven; Trent, James. Series: The History of Disability. Num Pages: 513 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 513
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814782484
- ISBN
- 9780814782484
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.10
€ 33.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. Takes the enslaved person's claims of human consumption seriously, focusing on both the literal starvation of the slave and the tropes of cannibalism on the part of the slaveholder, and further draws attention to the ways in which Blacks experienced their consumption as a fundamentally homoerotic occurrence. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814794623
- ISBN
- 9780814794623
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Condition: New
€ 34.36
€ 34.36
Paperback. A unique and richly textured look at global television through a cultural lens Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799420
- ISBN
- 9780814799420
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.98
€ 32.99
€ 29.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFM; JHM; JPFF; JPFM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816624768
- ISBN
- 9780816624768
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.60
€ 30.99
€ 27.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816633548
- ISBN
- 9780816633548
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Editor(s): Kumar, Amitava (Associate Professor of English and Cultural Studies, Penn State University, USA). Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816638376
- ISBN
- 9780816638376
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Editor(s): Lunning, Frenchy. Series: Mechademia. Num Pages: 296 pages, 53 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AKLC; HBW; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816667499
- ISBN
- 9780816667499
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.15
€ 23.99
€ 22.15
Paperback. Editor(s): Mitchell, Angelyn. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822315445
- ISBN
- 9780822315445
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.28
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€ 34.28
Paperback. Argues that the contemporary commitment to the importance of cultural identity has reovated rather than replaced an earlier commitment to r4acial identity and asserts that the idea of culture, far from constituting a challenge to racism, is actually a for Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFF; JFSL1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822320647
- ISBN
- 9780822320647
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.38
€ 26.99
€ 25.38
Paperback. Globalization is usually thought of as the worldwide spread of Western - particularly American - popular culture. Yet if one nation stands out in the dissemination of pop culture in East and Southeast Asia, it is Japan. This title explores how Japanese popular culture circulates in Asia. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFCA; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328919
- ISBN
- 9780822328919
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Gives an account of the production of a mbaqanga album in a recording studio in Johannesburg. This work analyzes how the politics surrounding Zulu ethnic nationalism impacted mbaqanga artists' decisions of the studio. It explores how the global consumption of Afropop and African images fed back into mbaqanga during the recording process. Num Pages: 352 pages, 31 illus., incl. 9 in color. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AVGE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 663.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822330141
- ISBN
- 9780822330141
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.98
€ 32.99
€ 29.98
Paperback. Explores the ways in neuroscientific research bears on the relation between psyche and the body. Num Pages: 136 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 9. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822333654
- ISBN
- 9780822333654
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.33
€ 25.99
€ 24.33