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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Of the many ballads, tales, and plays extolling filial piety (xiao) the foundational virtue of imperial China none was more popular in that era than the legend of Dong Yong and his heavenly helpmate, Weaving Maiden. This title presents the five versions of the legend. It illustrates the changing perceptions of xiao in various genres. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 108
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841351
- ISBN
- 9781603841351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.83
€ 20.99
€ 16.83
Hardback. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 383 pages, 30 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319504926
- ISBN
- 9783319504926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.90
€ 109.90
Hardcover. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 407.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403903914
- ISBN
- 9781403903914
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349509133
- ISBN
- 9781349509133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.39
€ 61.39
Paperback. Series: Feminist Technosciences. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 12 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JFFK; JFSJ; JHBD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 247 x 23. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295999104
- ISBN
- 9780295999104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Hardback. Series: Feminist Technosciences. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 12 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JFFK; JFSJ; JHBD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295999098
- ISBN
- 9780295999098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.21
€ 119.21
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253212368
- ISBN
- 9780253212368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.17
€ 30.99
€ 27.17
Paperback. Editor(s): White, Patricia. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 photographs. BIC Classification: APF; JFFK; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074394
- ISBN
- 9780252074394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.89
€ 24.99
€ 22.89
Hardcover. * Jacques Ranciere is a leading French philosopher, particularly well known for his work in aesthetics and political philosophy * In this concise and brilliant text, Ranciere presents a thoughtful analysis of the way in which artworks and films represent historical events and those who were involved. Translator(s): Rose, Julie. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 125 x 14. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745679563
- ISBN
- 9780745679563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.64
€ 46.64
Paperback. * Jacques Ranciere is a leading French philosopher, particularly well known for his work in aesthetics and political philosophy * In this concise and brilliant text, Ranciere presents a thoughtful analysis of the way in which artworks and films represent historical events and those who were involved. Translator(s): Rose, Julie. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 126 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745679570
- ISBN
- 9780745679570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.52
€ 15.52
Hardback. Figures of a Changing World develops an account of culture change that is based on the distinction between the two rhetorical figures of metaphor and metonymy. These figures are applied both to the large-scale interpretation of tensions in culture change and to the micro-interpretation of tensions within particular texts. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 147 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823257478
- ISBN
- 9780823257478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.44
€ 86.44
Paperback. Figures of a Changing World develops an account of culture change that is based on the distinction between the two rhetorical figures of metaphor and metonymy. These figures are applied both to the large-scale interpretation of tensions in culture change and to the micro-interpretation of tensions within particular texts. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823257485
- ISBN
- 9780823257485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.80
€ 28.80
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Soeffner, Hans-Georg; Tanzler, Dirk. Series: Soziologie Der Politiken. Num Pages: 338 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810026316
- ISBN
- 9783810026316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.00
€ 73.00
Paperback. This volume brings together a series of essays that interrogate the notion of figuration in Indian cinemas. The essays collectively argue that the figures which exhibit maximum tenacity in Indian cinema often emerge in the interface of recognizable binaries: self/other, Indian/foreign, good/bad, virtue/vice, myth/reality and urban/rural. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFN; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332090
- ISBN
- 9781349332090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.15
€ 62.15
Hardback. Proposing that the 'forbidden fruit' eaten by Adam and Eve was in fact a fig rather than an apple, this book explores the history of the fruit in fascinating detail, from the Crusaders to the wonderful fig festivals of the modern world. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 128 pages, 40 colour, 20 black & white. BIC Classification: JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 203 x 16. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780233499
- ISBN
- 9781780233499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.19
€ 17.99
€ 16.19
Paperback. Series: Contradictions of modernity series. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816623778
- ISBN
- 9780816623778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.04
€ 28.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479441
- ISBN
- 9780801479441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.59
€ 34.99
€ 33.59
Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613743720
- ISBN
- 9781613743720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.81
€ 27.99
€ 25.81
Hardback. "Fighting the Forces" explores the struggle to create meaning in an impressive example of popular culture, the television series phenomenon "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". These essays analyze the social and culture issues implicit in the series and place it in its literary context. Editor(s): Lavery, David; Wilcox, Rhonda V. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; APT; JFD; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742516809
- ISBN
- 9780742516809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.89
€ 172.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; HBJK; JFSL3; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 219 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613734162
- ISBN
- 9781613734162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.41
€ 18.99
€ 18.41