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Paperback. This is the first book in English to examine, through material in the popular press, the radical changes that took place in Japanese ideas about sex, romance and male-female relations in the wake of Japan's defeat and occupation by Allied forces at the end of the Second World War. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; JFC; JHBK; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137565105
ISBN
9781137565105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. This is the first book in English to examine, through material in the popular press, the radical changes that took place in Japanese ideas about sex, romance and male-female relations in the wake of Japan's defeat and occupation by Allied forces at the end of the Second World War. Num Pages: 251 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; HBTB; JFCA; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230120594
ISBN
9780230120594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.67

Paperback. This is the first book in English to examine, throughmaterial in the popular press, the radical changes that took place in Japanese ideas about sex, romance and male-female relations in the wake of Japan's defeat and occupation by Allied forces at the end of the Second World War." Num Pages: 251 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349298785
ISBN
9781349298785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.16

Paperback. Drawing on an array of interview, ethnographic, and survey data from her native country of Kenya, the author examines how young African women, who suffer disproportionate rates of HIV infection compared to young African men, navigate their relationships, employment, and finances in the context of economic inequality and a devastating HIV epidemic. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFH2; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280946
ISBN
9780520280946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Hardcover. This book compares understandings and experiences of love and intimacy of one distinct cultural group - Gujarati Indians - born and brought up in two different countries. In a rapidly globalizing world, this comparative ethnographic study explores how the context in which we are brought up shapes our most intimate attachments and family lives. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSL; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137294296
ISBN
9781137294296
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.65

Paperback. This book compares understandings and experiences of love and intimacy of one distinct cultural group Gujarati Indians born and brought up in two different countries. In a rapidly globalizing world, this comparative ethnographic study explores how the context in which we are brought up shapes our most intimate attachments and family lives." Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349451487
ISBN
9781349451487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.64

Hardback. Love, H is an intimate selection of letters from a forty-year correspondence between writer Hettie Jones and painter and sculptor Helene Dorn, who both survived their time as wives in the Beat bohemia of the 1960s and went on to successful artistic careers of their own. Num Pages: 384 pages, 21 illustrations, incl. 10 in color. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; 3JM; BJ; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361466
ISBN
9780822361466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.66

Hardcover. Editor(s): Rubin, Miri; Gowing, Laura; Hunter, Michael. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JFSJ; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403991478
ISBN
9781403991478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; JFSJ; JFSK; JFSL1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403970381
ISBN
9781403970381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.17

paperback. Explores the social changes that account for the growth of intermarriage as well as the lingering prejudices that oppress racially mixed families. This book traces race prejudice to the various institutions that were structured to maintain white privilege, but the core analysis is about what happens when people of different races decide to marry. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566398268
ISBN
9781566398268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.13

Hardback. This analysis of the relation of erotic philosophy to homosexuality in the modern period focuses on homoerotic (mis)appropriations and subversions of homoerotic conceptions of romantic love in texts by authors including Oscar Wilde, Andre Gide, Ronald Firbank, Virginia Woolf and Gertrude Stein. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804722995
ISBN
9780804722995
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000312
ISBN
9781845194192
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000311
ISBN
9781845194192
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Maree, Claire. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9781875559824
ISBN
9781875559824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardcover. Editor(s): Cathcart, Kevin M.; Gabel-Brett, Leslie. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; JHBK; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 30. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New Press, The
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595585509
ISBN
9781595585509
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV4; JFSJ1; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 202 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
WaterBrook
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781601428103
ISBN
9781601428103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837618853
ISBN
9783837618853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.00
€ 38.20

Paperback. The first ever book by music legend Sir Elton John is the personal, passionate and illuminating journey of his fight to end the AIDS epidemic. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 x 8 page colour insets. BIC Classification: BM; JFFH2; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 200 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444757033
ISBN
9781444757033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. Editor(s): Matheson, Sue. Num Pages: 259 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; APFN; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349445073
ISBN
9781349445073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.00

Paperback. Explores the psychology of love from the legend of Tristan and Isolde to Hollywood. Bringing together historical, religious, philosophical, and cultural dimensions, the author traces the evolution of Western romantic love from its literary beginnings as an awe-inspiring secret to its commercialization in the cinema. Translator(s): Belgion, Montgomery. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
394
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691013930
ISBN
9780691013930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.73

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