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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM6; HRC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813933443
ISBN
9780813933443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.00

Paperback. This new introductory text constructs a Christian feminist theology, and lays out a view of the world indebted to both traditional Christian faith and recent feminist thought critical of that faith. Throughout the book Professor Carmody weaves back and forth, trying to develop a conversation stimulating for both partners. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 190 x 16. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557865878
ISBN
9781557865878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.06

Paperback. Series: Torchbooks. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
Edition
1 Reprint
Publisher
Bravo Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061300035
ISBN
9780061300035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.92

Hardback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JFCV; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 239 x 29. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231158602
ISBN
9780231158602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192100177
ISBN
9780192100177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.47

Paperback. The first comprehensive examination of the rise of black Judaism in America. Num Pages: 322 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HRJ; JFSL3; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190490096
ISBN
9780190490096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.34

Hardback. Num Pages: 152 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC99; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 225 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1144.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892728114
ISBN
9780892728114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 31.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLK; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Destiny Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Original ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892818617
ISBN
9780892818617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.05

Paperback. Combines historical analysis with the tools of gender studies and religious studies to compare the roles of the Virgin Mary in medieval Christianity with those of Fatima, daughter of the prophet Muhammad, in Shi'ite Islam. This book explores the proliferation of Marian imagery in Late Antiquity through the Church fathers and popular hagiography. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRC; HRH; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268042318
ISBN
9780268042318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. This work argues that the songs sung by choruses of young girls in ancient Greek poetry functioned as initiatory rituals in Greek cult practices. Using semiotic and anthropologic theory, the author reconstructs the religious and social institutions surrounding the songs. Translator(s): Collins, Derek; Orion, Janice. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
New and Revised
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742515253
ISBN
9780742515253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.06

Hardback. This work argues that the songs sung by choruses of young girls in ancient Greek poetry functioned as initiatory rituals in Greek cult practices. Using semiotic and anthropologic theory, the author reconstructs the religious and social institutions surrounding the songs. Translator(s): Collins, Derek; Orion, Janice. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
New and Revised Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742515246
ISBN
9780742515246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.87

Hardback. This is the first full-length study of one of the most popular, profitable and persistent genres in British cinema. It redraws the map of British film history by arguing that comedy was the most successful, and important, genre of the 1930s, and that the very qualities which ensured the comedy film's low status are also its particular strengths. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 303 pages, 20 halftones, 10 line illustrations, filmography, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; APFA; HBT; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859896030
ISBN
9780859896030
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.45

Hardback. Editor(s): DeFrantz, Thomas F.; Rothfield, Philipa. Series: New World Choreographies. Num Pages: 323 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 14 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: ASDC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137546524
ISBN
9781137546524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.13

Paperback. Choreographing Copyright provides a historical and cultural analysis of U.S.-based dance-makers' investment in intellectual property rights. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; ASDC; JFSJ; JFSL; LNRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199360376
ISBN
9780199360376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.29

paperback. Based on extensive fieldwork, this book explores the Lahu society in Southwest China where practical gender equality has become the byproduct of a potent ideology of gender unity, vividly expressed by the proverb, "chopsticks only work in pairs." Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 figs. & 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 173 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231119573
ISBN
9780231119573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.87

Paperback. Moving from meetings with artists to the creation of the first public museums in the 18th century, recounting the practice of inspirational figures such as Diaghilev, skipping between exhibitions, continents and centuries, the author argues that curation is far from a static practice. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 170 x 27. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
PENGUIN BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241950968
ISBN
9780241950968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.85

Hardback. Anna Maria van Schurman was in more than one aspect an unconventional woman in her own lifetime. As a gifted scholar in many foreign and ancient languages, as well as in philosophy and theology. This collection of essays describes the life and work of Anna Maria van Schurman from an interdisciplinary - or rather multidisciplinary - approach. Editor(s): Baar, Mirjam de; Lowensteyn, Machteld; Monteiro, Marit; Sneller, A. Agnes. Translator(s): Richards, Lynne. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDN; HPD; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792337997
ISBN
9780792337997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.20

Hardback. Choosing Ethnic Identity explores the ways in which people are able to choose their ethnic identities in contemporary multiethnic societies such as the USA and Britain. Notions such as adopting an identity, or self--designated terms, such as Black British and Asian American, suggest the importance of agency and choice for individuals. Num Pages: 190 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745622767
ISBN
9780745622767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; AVGT; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Publisher
Bazillion Points
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Death-luxe
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935950165
ISBN
9781935950165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.83

Paperback. Cholas and Pishtacos are two provocative characters from South American popular culture. In this book, these two figures become vehicles for an exploration of race, sex, and violence beginning with three forms of social and economic interaction: estrangement, exchange and accumulation. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12 halftones, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFFE; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226891545
ISBN
9780226891545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

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