Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. This volume explores violence in the public lives of modern Middle Eastern cities--as a collective act, a historical event, and an urban process. Editor(s): Fuccaro, Nelida. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF1; JFFE; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804797528
- ISBN
- 9780804797528
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Hardcover. Series: Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 1FPK; JFFN; JPB; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 660.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804797627
- ISBN
- 9780804797627
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Condition: New
€ 118.43
€ 118.43
Paperback. Series: Anthropology of Policy. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JHB; JHMC; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 280.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804797788
- ISBN
- 9780804797788
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.43
€ 27.99
€ 26.43
Paperback. "Kapchan's splendid enthnographic study of women's performance genres in Beni Mellal, Morocco, is an outstanding contribution to gender studies and to the understanding of Middle Eastern society."-Choice Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: 1HBM; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 538.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
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- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812214260
- ISBN
- 9780812214260
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
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Paperback. "Well researched and written with passion and elegance."-International Journal of Middle East Studies Num Pages: 320 pages, 42 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JFC; JFSG; JFSR1; JFSR2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 536.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812215250
- ISBN
- 9780812215250
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
Paperback. "In the restrained prose of Torture lies a passionate message about the intentional violation of the bodies of human beings, in our time and in the past."-New York Times Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JFFE; JKVP1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812215991
- ISBN
- 9780812215991
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. "Beautifully crafted, powerfully illustrated with conversation, theoretically important, and almost unique as an ethnography."-Arthur Kleinman, Harvard University Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: JFFB; JFSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216226
- ISBN
- 9780812216226
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
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Paperback. "A lucid and riveting account of the recent violent upheaval in Algeria."-Publishers Weekly Translator(s): Vila, Anne C. Series: Critical Authors and Issues. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; HRH; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 300.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216578
- ISBN
- 9780812216578
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Editor(s): Constable, Liz; Denisoff, Dennis; Potolsky, Matthew. Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216783
- ISBN
- 9780812216783
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. "This is an important title.. It will be valuable in graduate-level study of Western and Middle Eastern antiquity."-Choice Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 404.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812217971
- ISBN
- 9780812217971
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
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Paperback. Uses the bra to gauge the social history of women and to understand the business history of fashion. This book illuminate the effect the brassiere has had on women's lives - their style, health, and economic opportunity. It also contains examples from advertising, movies, and other areas of popular culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, 51 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AK; GT; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 461.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218350
- ISBN
- 9780812218350
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Crossovers brings together four decades of popular and academic writings by folklorist, anthropologist, and jazz scholar John Szwed. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVG; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812219722
- ISBN
- 9780812219722
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. Feminist Anthropology probes critical issues in the study of gender, sex, and sexuality. While feminist anthropology is often perceived as fragmented, this vital new work establishes common ground and situates feminist inquiries within the larger context of social theory and anthropological practice. Editor(s): Geller, Pamela L.; Stockett, Miranda K. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220056
- ISBN
- 9780812220056
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. Rainforest Warriors is a historical, ethnographic, and documentary account of a people, their threatened rainforest, and their successful attempt to harness international human rights law in their fight to protect their way of life-part of a larger story of tribal and indigenous peoples that is unfolding all over the globe. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 280 pages, 41 illus. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221374
- ISBN
- 9780812221374
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.70
€ 33.99
€ 30.70
Paperback. In Muslims in Global Politics, Mahmood Monshipouri examines the role identity plays in the political dynamics of six different Muslim nations-Egypt, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Iran, and Indonesia-as well as in Muslim diaspora communities in Europe and North America. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221961
- ISBN
- 9780812221961
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. In Old Worlds, New Mirrors Moshe Idel turns his gaze on figures as diverse as Walter Benjamin and Jacques Derrida, Franz Kafka and Franz Rosenzweig, Arnaldo Momigliano and Paul Celan, Abraham Heschel and George Steiner to reflect on their relationships to Judaism in a cosmopolitan, mostly European, context. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HRJX; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 319. Weight in Grams: 508.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222104
- ISBN
- 9780812222104
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Paperback. Focusing on the most notorious fashion of the 1940s, Zoot Suit traces its enigmatic career during World War II and after, as it spread from Harlem across the United States and around the world. In so doing, this book offers a new perspective on youth culture and the politics of style. Num Pages: 248 pages, 28 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223033
- ISBN
- 9780812223033
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. The stories gathered here explore the vagaries of sexual desire, gender identity, and erotic attachment, revealing the surprising queerness of nineteenth-century American literature. Editor(s): Looby, Christopher. Series: Q19: The Queer American Nineteenth Century. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223668
- ISBN
- 9780812223668
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
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Hardback. "This long-awaited book makes available .. the most important collection of material on women's diseases and their treatments for the period from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries."-Social History of Medicine Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 3H; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 167 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812235890
- ISBN
- 9780812235890
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Condition: New
€ 91.05
€ 91.05
Hardback. Kingdom of Snow investigates the impact of Roman rule in Cappadocia and the fate of classical Greek culture in an increasingly Christian society. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJF; HBLA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812236811
- ISBN
- 9780812236811
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Condition: New
€ 76.23
€ 76.23
Hardback. A provocative and historical reading of the relations between Victorian liberalism and aestheticism that challenges critical assumptions concerning liberal agency and aesthetic experience more generally. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237542
- ISBN
- 9780812237542
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Condition: New
€ 76.26
€ 76.26
Hardback. As more and more Asian medical practices cross into Western culture through the popularity of yoga and herbalism, and as Western medicine finds its way east in the form of plastic surgery, these systems of meaning become inextricably interrelated. The essays in this volume consider the larger implications of transmissions between cultures. Editor(s): Alter, Joseph S. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFS; JHMC; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- y First printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238662
- ISBN
- 9780812238662
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Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16
Hardback. "Writing a book about one of the most complex books ever assembled is no easy task, yet Griffiths rises to the occasion.. This work will be widely and warmly received by medievalists everywhere."-Jeffrey Hamburger, Harvard University Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 412 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: 3H; HRLB; JFSJ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812239607
- ISBN
- 9780812239607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.38
€ 91.38
Hardback. "The Pilgrim and the Bee makes a broad claim about a reading-centered history, reclaiming for this purpose a distinctive body of texts. Brown's analysis marks an important step toward a better history of reading."-David D. Hall, Harvard University Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JB; CFC; DSBD; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812240153
- ISBN
- 9780812240153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.56
€ 81.56