Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. This book offers an innovative way of doing critical discourse analysis that focuses on the performatively produced concepts and social structures that support oppressive attitudes in a community. It draws upon ethnographic data from a women's field hockey club to examine players' homophobic attitudes towards lesbians on the team. Num Pages: 167 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFGR; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230276666
- ISBN
- 9780230276666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.24
€ 66.24
Paperback. This book offers an innovative way of doing critical discourse analysis that focuses on the performatively produced concepts and social structures that support oppressive attitudes in a community. It draws upon ethnographic data from a women's field hockey club to examine players' homophobic attitudes towards lesbians on the team. Num Pages: 157 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 157
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- SKU
- V9781349325337
- ISBN
- 9781349325337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Dominance, identity and resistance are key themes in this examination of language in global, virtual and local settings. It focuses on world languages, linguistic rights and minority protection. Case studies explore the social strategies employed by migrants speaking non-indigenous tongues and the effect of religion in sensitive political contexts. Editor(s): Nic Craith, Mairead. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFC; JFF; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349541997
- ISBN
- 9781349541997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM; JFSL; JHMC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403939722
- ISBN
- 9781403939722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.82
€ 126.82
Hardback. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM; JFSL; JHMC. 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
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403939715
- ISBN
- 9781403939715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardcover. This book explores dominant ideologies about citizenship, nation, and language that frame the everyday lives of Spanish-speaking immigrant day laborers in Arizona. It examines the value of speaking English in this context and the dynamics of intercultural communication in fast-paced job negotiations. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; CFB; CFF; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137301017
- ISBN
- 9781137301017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
Paperback. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFB; CFF; JFC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 261.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349453368
- ISBN
- 9781349453368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.32
€ 126.32
Paperback. Drawing on critical frameworks, this study establishes the centrality of language, gender, and community in the quest for identity in contemporary American fiction. Close readings of novels by Alice Walker, Ernest Gaines, Ann Beattie, John Updike, Chang-rae Lee, and Rudolfo Anaya, among others, show how individuals find their American identities. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349292899
- ISBN
- 9781349292899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Hardback. This volume draws on sociologically and ethnographically oriented work from a number of disciplines to allow the reader to compare developments in the different Eastern European states, and to examine the interplay of language issues, ethnic nationalism, and processes of state formation. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJPR; CFB; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333929247
- ISBN
- 9780333929247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. Editor(s): O'Reilly, C. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; HBJD; JFSL; JHB; JHM; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349425464
- ISBN
- 9781349425464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Hardback. A collection of sociologically and ethnographically oriented works that discuss the ethnic-linguistic issues of the European Union. It looks at the different ethno-linguistic revival groups in the EU and discusses the implications of EU policy on linguistic heterogeneity and cultural diversity. Editor(s): O'Reilly, Camille C. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; CFB; JFC; JFSL; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333929254
- ISBN
- 9780333929254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.40
€ 127.40
Language, Citizenship and Identity in Quebec (Language and Globalizati...
Oakes, Leigh, Warren, Jane
Hardcover. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; 2ADF; CFB; CFF; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403949752
- ISBN
- 9781403949752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Paperback. An eloquent analysis of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal answers one of the primary callings of anthropology: to stimulate critical reflection by making the exotic seem familiar and the familiar appear strange. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCR; JFSR; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341104
- ISBN
- 9780230341104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Paperback. Shows how the media is implicated in global terrorism, and how the language it uses has changed since 9/11. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 figures, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: CFB; JFD; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780745324845
- ISBN
- 9780745324845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.81
€ 40.99
€ 31.81
Paperback. aeo Provides an ethnographically rich account of sociolinguistic variation in an adolescent population. aeo Shows how local processes coincide with the global patterning of variation with class, gender and age. aeo Uncovers the nature of social meaning and the dynamics of influence in variation. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; CFD; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631186045
- ISBN
- 9780631186045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.44
€ 60.44
Hardback. Based on two years of sociolinguistic and ethnographic fieldwork in one school, supplemented by shorter periods of fieldwork in three other schools, this study focuses on the polarized social categories, the 'jocks' and the 'burnouts', that dominate social organization in all of these schools. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; CFD; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631186038
- ISBN
- 9780631186038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.72
€ 154.72
Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSL1; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403940865
- ISBN
- 9781403940865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.32
€ 128.32
Paperback. Exploring language rights politics in theoretical, historical and international context, this book brings together debates from law, sociolinguistics, international politics, and the history of ideas. The author argues that international language rights advocacy supports global governance of language and questions freedoms of speech and expression. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFB; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349520336
- ISBN
- 9781349520336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. This book discusses a new breed of racism, namely language racism, which is spreading both in the USA and in Europe, as well as other parts of the world. The book is a manifesto promoting a more positive view of linguistic and cultural diversity. Num Pages: 138 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM; JFFJ; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 239 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137531063
- ISBN
- 9781137531063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.17
€ 77.17
Paperback. This revised second edition is a comprehensive overview of why we speak the languages that we do. It covers language learning imposed by political and economic agendas as well as language choices entered into willingly for reasons of social mobility, economic advantage and group identity. Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302617
- ISBN
- 9780230302617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.56
€ 83.56