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Paperback. This follow-up volume to our book The Age of the World Target collects interconnected entangled essays of literary and cultural theorist Rey Chow. The essays take up ideas of violence, capture, identification, temporality, sacrifice, and victimhood, engaging with theorists from Derrida and Deleuze to Agamben and Ranciere. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 photographs. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352303
- ISBN
- 9780822352303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Intends to capture the contradictory mixture of innovation and inertia, of loss, violence and xenophobia as well as experimentation and desegregation, which characterises the present. This title explores the concept of entanglement in relation to readings of literature, new media forms and painting. Num Pages: 240 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 223 x 13. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wits University Press South Africa
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144761
- ISBN
- 9781868144761
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Entangled Territorialities offers vivid ethnographic examples of how Indigenous lands in Australia and Canada are tangled with governments, industries, and mainstream society. Editor(s): Dussart, Francoise; Poirier, Sylvie. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; JHMC; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487521592
- ISBN
- 9781487521592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.25
€ 36.99
€ 33.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837628869
- ISBN
- 9783837628869
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Condition: New
€ 66.45€ 52.21
€ 66.45
€ 52.21
Hardcover. Entangled Histories: Knowledge, Authority, and Jewish Culture in the Thirteenth Century provides a multifaceted account of Jewish life in Europe and the Mediterranean basin at a time when economic, cultural, and intellectual encounters coincided with heightened interfaith animosity. Editor(s): Baumgarten, Elisheva; Karras, Ruth Mazo; Mesler, Katelyn. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 3H; HBLC; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248685
- ISBN
- 9780812248685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.01
€ 106.01
Paperback. Entangled Histories Editor(s): Ben-Canaan, Dan; Gruner, Frank; Prodohl, Ines. Series: Transcultural Research - Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context. Num Pages: 246 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319020471
- ISBN
- 9783319020471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.28
€ 127.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Lantern Books,US United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590564875
- ISBN
- 9781590564875
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Condition: New
€ 24.33
€ 24.33
Hardback. Draws on mid-seventeenth to nineteenth-century slave narratives to describe oppression in the lives of enslaved African women. Investigates pre-colonial West and West Central African women's lives prior to European arrival to recover the cultural traditions and religious practices that helped enslaved women combat violence and oppression. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTS; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618466
- ISBN
- 9780230618466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.21
€ 128.21
paperback. This is the second edition of the original book published in 1998, and as an OIP in 1999, about Rukhmabai's defiant stand against Hindu orthodoxy as well as the colonial legal establishment in late 19th c. India. It includes a new Afterword in which the author examines the libel suit into which the protagonist was dragged, even as she was fighting a suit for 'restitution of conjugal rights'. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSJ1; LBBR; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press India
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195695731
- ISBN
- 9780195695731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.94
€ 43.94
Paperback. Reflects on the relations of faith and culture. This book explores the contact between the spiritual life of the individual and the social and economic organization of modern culture. It focuses on the passing of industrialism, Catholic understanding of the human person, Islamic mysticism, and a Christian account of sexuality. Series: Works of Christopher Dawson. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813215433
- ISBN
- 9780813215433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.65
€ 40.65
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586488185
- ISBN
- 9781586488185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.96
€ 18.99
€ 17.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781876756406
- ISBN
- 9781876756406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.07
€ 19.99
€ 15.07
Hardback. The essays in this volume, by an internationally distinguished group of scholars, represent a generous sampling of contemporary studies in areas such as social history, the history of linguistics, anthropology, literary theory, art history, and intellectual and cultural history. Editor(s): Micale, Mark S.; Dietle, Robert L. Series: Cultural Sitings. Num Pages: 528 pages, 27 half-tones. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731164
- ISBN
- 9780804731164
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.98
€ 124.98
Paperback. Offers a study of those at the centre of Western civilization's vision of the world - the Enlightenment: nobles, priests, functionaries, men of letters, artists, explorers, soldiers and women. This book examines the fundamental structures of society, and attitudes to birth, death and sexuality. Editor(s): Vovelle, Michel. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 460 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226865706
- ISBN
- 9780226865706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.34€ 50.94
€ 59.34
€ 50.94
Paperback. Presents the history of the "Jewish question" to a discussion - one of the social exclusion of religious and cultural minorities in modern times. This title identifies the Hindu-Muslim conflict in India as a colonial variation of what the author calls "the exemplary crisis of minority" - Jewishness in Europe. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691057323
- ISBN
- 9780691057323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardcover. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403974945
- ISBN
- 9781403974945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
paperback. Enlightened Virginity in Eighteenth-Century Literature analyzes the history of the English virgin at the height of her celebrity. In so doing, it presents new arguments about the early English novel and its relationship to science, religion, and feminist theory. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HRC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- SKU
- V9781349535637
- ISBN
- 9781349535637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Editor(s): Tricoire, Damien. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319542799
- ISBN
- 9783319542799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.49
€ 161.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Multnomah
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781601428523
- ISBN
- 9781601428523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.29
€ 18.99
€ 16.29
Hardback. Series: The African American History Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442200289
- ISBN
- 9781442200289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.51
€ 82.51
Paperback. Argues that a first step towards an increasingly sympathetic awareness and understanding of others, their cultures and religions, can be aided by examining and challenging entrenched social claims and values. Author from University of South Australia. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- ATF Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781920691882
- ISBN
- 9781920691882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Paperback. Editor(s): Kober, Ralph. Series: Social Indicators Research Series. Num Pages: 432 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JKSN; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400733671
- ISBN
- 9789400733671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 195.68
€ 195.68
Hardback. Contains a series of articles that explore a range of issues which impact on the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities and their families. This book commences with a general discussion on defining quality of life and family quality of life and the appropriateness of using these constructs in the field of intellectual disability. Editor(s): Kober, Ralph. Series: Social Indicators Research Series. Num Pages: 432 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKS; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1790.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048196494
- ISBN
- 9789048196494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.00
€ 203.00
Paperback. This book meets the needs of adults with disabilities. It is a comprehensive resource providing relevant, cognitively-suitable and age-appropriate information and exercises to aid trainers working with adults with physical and multiple disabilities, and is suitable for people with mild intellectual disability and severe communication impairment. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSN2; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 9. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843103530
- ISBN
- 9781843103530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.12
€ 54.12