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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Focusing on Faulkner, Morrison and Coetzee as authors, critics and Nobel Prize-winning intellectuals, this book explores shifting representations of disability in 20th and 21st century literature and proposes new ways of reading their works in relation to one another, whilst highlighting the ethical, aesthetic and imaginative challenges they pose. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332267
- ISBN
- 9781349332267
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Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Disabled persons' struggles for rights and recognition Num Pages: 318 pages, 11 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JJP; JFFG; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222473
- ISBN
- 9780253222473
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.10
€ 27.99
€ 26.10
Hardback. Editor(s): Loeser, Cassandra; Crowley, Vicki; Pini, Barbara. Num Pages: 234 pages, 9 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137534767
- ISBN
- 9781137534767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.76
€ 130.76
Hardback. Disability can be either an ascribed status or an achieved status and its combination with other statuses will affect the person's social experiences. This issue challenges critical thinking about the interrelationships with disability. It questions if the concepts and methods of intersectionality can be applied to disability at all. Editor(s): Barnartt, Sharon N.; Altman, Barbara Mandell. Series: Research in Social Science and Disability. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783501564
- ISBN
- 9781783501564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.80
€ 143.80
Hardcover. Disability and Inequality explores the lived experiences of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Jamaica. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; JFFG; JFFJ; JFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137449252
- ISBN
- 9781137449252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; GTF; JFF; JHB; JPQB; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 389.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349686360
- ISBN
- 9781349686360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.92
€ 61.92
Paperback. Burke demonstrates the normality of disability - that children are children whatever their label - and the need for a sensitive professional understanding of the impact of both physical and learning disabilities on family members, in order to improve their quality of life. Num Pages: 168 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 121 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843103967
- ISBN
- 9781843103967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.38
€ 44.38
Hardback. Editor(s): Bruyere, Susanne Marie. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 tables, 4 charts, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; JHBL; KJMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501700583
- ISBN
- 9781501700583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.21
€ 44.21
Hardcover. For people with learning disabilities, effective communication presents a special set of challenges. By analyzing a series of real-life conversations and encounters between people with learning disabilities and those who work with them, this book provides illuminating insight into the ways people are treated in routine conversations. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; JFFG; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470682661
- ISBN
- 9780470682661
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.79
€ 110.79
Hardcover. Disability and Disaster adds disaster research to the expanding area of disability studies. The book includes writings by international scholars and first-hand narratives from individuals with disabilities affected by disasters around the globe. Hazards described in these narratives include earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires, and war. Editor(s): Kelman, Ilan; Stough, Laura M. Series: Disaster Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 colour illustrations, 1 black & white halftones, 2 black & white illustrations, 3 table. BIC Classification: JFFC; JFFG; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485991
- ISBN
- 9781137485991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.85
€ 128.85
Paperback. This book explores the possibilities and limitations re-theorizing disability using historical materialism in the interdisciplinary contexts of social theory, cultural studies, social and education policy, feminist ethics, and theories of citizenship. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JFFK; JFSC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137577320
- ISBN
- 9781137577320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardback. This book explores the possibilities and limitations re-theorizing disability using historical materialism in the interdisciplinary contexts of social theory, cultural studies, social and education policy, feminist ethics, and theories of citizenship. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230100183
- ISBN
- 9780230100183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Paperback. Exploring some of the most pressing issues in performance, cultural and disability studies, Petra Kuppers investigates the ways in which disabled performers challenge, change and work with stereotypes through their work. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AS; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 174 x 12. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415302395
- ISBN
- 9780415302395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.78
€ 63.78
Hardcover. Examines an array of issues related to disability and community. This title also examines a range of social institutions and practices such as education, employment, and cultural venues and the extent to which and how they include people with disabilities in the workings of these institutions. Editor(s): Scotch, Richard K.; Carey, Allison C. Series Editor(s): Barnartt, Sharon N.; Altman, Barbara Mandell. Series: Research in Social Science and Disability. Num Pages: 305 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780857247995
- ISBN
- 9780857247995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.87
€ 149.87
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843105633
- ISBN
- 9781843105633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.14
€ 38.14
Paperback. As the average age of our citizens rises, this book argues that success at ameliorating the effects of disability and age-related bias, prejudice, and discrimination requires a psycholegal approach that reconciles legal theory with psychological reality. Editor(s): Wiener, Richard L.; Willborn, Steven L. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JMK; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 433.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489998880
- ISBN
- 9781489998880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.62
€ 119.62
Hardback. As the average age of our citizens rises, this book argues that success at ameliorating the effects of disability and age-related bias, prejudice, and discrimination requires a psycholegal approach that reconciles legal theory with psychological reality. Editor(s): Wiener, Richard L.; Willborn, Steven L. Num Pages: 270 pages, 7 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JMK; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 573.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441962928
- ISBN
- 9781441962928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.16
€ 124.16
Hardcover. Featuring reports from low- and middle-income countries as diverse as Zimbabwe, Bolivia, Kyrgyzstan, and Papua New Guinea, this book situates disability rights within the broader context of global health and the need for greater inter-sector collaboration. Editor(s): MacLachlan, Malcolm; Swartz, Leslie. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG; MBN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1150.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387938431
- ISBN
- 9780387938431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.94
€ 185.94
Hardback. Editor(s): Merrick, Professor Joav, MD, MMedSci, DMSc; Aspler, Shoshana; Morad, Mohammed. Num Pages: 337 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; MJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 189 x 25. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629482880
- ISBN
- 9781629482880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 250.72€ 168.77
€ 250.72
€ 168.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 101 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 101
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606922514
- ISBN
- 9781606922514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.14€ 38.92
€ 54.14
€ 38.92
Hardback. * A concise and accessible introduction to current social science debates on disability. * Chronicles how disabled people and their organizations have challenged the conventional, individualistic medical type explanations for disabled people's individual and collective disadvantage. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 196 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745625089
- ISBN
- 9780745625089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.05
€ 65.05
Paperback. For most of the twentieth century, people with disabilities have been regarded as a victimsa of their condition and a a burdena on society. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745625096
- ISBN
- 9780745625096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.94
€ 22.94
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Hark, Sabine. Series: Lehrbuch Zur Sozialwissenschaftlichen Frauen- Und Geschlecht. Num Pages: 322 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531152172
- ISBN
- 9783531152172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.68
€ 67.68
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415827225
- ISBN
- 9780415827225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.05
€ 57.05