Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. This interdisciplinary anthology takes as its starting point the belief that, as the material grounds of lived experience, material culture provides an avenue of historical access to women's lives, extending beyond the reaches of textual evidence. Editor(s): McClanan, Anne L.; Encarnacion, Karen Rosoff. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312240011
- ISBN
- 9780312240011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.08
€ 128.08
The Material Culture of Sex, Procreation, and Marriage in Premodern Eu...
. Ed(S): McClanan, Anne L.; Encarnacion, Kare...
Paperback. Editor(s): McClanan, Anne L.; Encarnacion, Karen Rosoff. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; HBJD; HBLA; JFSJ; JHBK; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349633210
- ISBN
- 9781349633210
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Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. * An original examination of the effects of consumer culture on children. * Draws on a major study the author was commissioned to lead for the UK Government on this topic. * Written by one of the world's top scholars on childhood and media/culture. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647715
- ISBN
- 9780745647715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.35
€ 27.35
Paperback. Describes the youth culture of Japan, drawing comparisons with the interests and activities pursued by teenagers in the United States and the contrasting attitudes of adults in Japan and the U.S. towards adolescence. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520089402
- ISBN
- 9780520089402
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.81
€ 35.99
€ 26.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 79 halftones. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691171319
- ISBN
- 9780691171319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.24
€ 40.24
paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Amber-Allen Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781878424426
- ISBN
- 9781878424426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.23
€ 15.99
€ 13.23
The Masters and the Slaves: Plantation Relations and Mestizaje in Amer...
Alexandra Isfahani-Hammond
Hardcover. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1K; HBTS; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403965639
- ISBN
- 9781403965639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Paperback. Siegfried Kracauer was one of the 20th century's major cultural critics, a prolific scholar and a theorist of film. In this volume his writings on modern society are translated into English. Written in the 1920s and early 1930s, these essays examine the everyday world of the masses. Num Pages: 416 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674551633
- ISBN
- 9780674551633
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.60
€ 54.99
€ 46.60
Paperback. The Mass Image situates the creation of the first photographically illustrated magazines within the social relations of the emerging popular culture of late Victorian London. It demonstrates how photomechanical reproduction allowed the illustrated press to envisage modern life on a much more intense scale than ever before. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; HBJD1; HBTB; JFD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349363070
- ISBN
- 9781349363070
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Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Provides a demystification of the process of using masks. This book examines how masks have the ability to play the fundamental game of theatre - the suspension of disbelief. It includes: an introduction to the origin of masks; advice on preparing, making and using mask; tips on writing, devising and directing maskwork; and practical exercises. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415414371
- ISBN
- 9780415414371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.12
€ 54.12
Paperback. Showcasing key theorists, including Kimmel, Silverman, Dyer and Boyarin, this reader seeks to re-conceptualize the masculinity studies debate along the axes of empire, borders, representations, the social sciences, and eroticism and across such diverse fields as film, anthropology, and sociology. Editor(s): Savran, David; Adams, Rachel. Series: KeyWorks in Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 432 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 24. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631226604
- ISBN
- 9780631226604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.07
€ 54.07
Hardcover. Showcasing key theorists, including Kimmel, Silverman, Dyer and Boyarin, this reader seeks to re-conceptualize the masculinity studies debate along the axes of empire, borders, representations, the social sciences, and eroticism and across such diverse fields as film, anthropology, and sociology. Editor(s): Savran, David; Adams, Rachel. Series: KeyWorks in Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 432 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 174 x 252 x 36. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631226598
- ISBN
- 9780631226598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.23
€ 158.23
Hardback. * The first ever reader on masculinities * Examines masculinities from various cultural, national and social perspectives * Covers all the key themes: Power, Sexuality, Public Men, Private Men, Masculinity in Crisis. Editor(s): Whitehead, Stephen; Barrett, Frank. Num Pages: 400 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 35. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745626888
- ISBN
- 9780745626888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Hardcover. Throughout the Weimar period the so-called masculinization of womanA" was much more than merely an outsider or subcultural phenomenon; it was central to representations of the changing female ideal. While some commentators celebrated this new,A" masculineA" woman as symbolic of women's entrance into non-traditional fields.. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 220 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857451200
- ISBN
- 9780857451200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.04
€ 162.04
Paperback. Who was the early twentieth-century masculine middlebrow reader? How did his reading choices respond to his environment? This book looks at British middlebrow writing and reading from the late Victorian period to the 1950s and examines the masculine reader and author, and how they challenged feminine middlebrow and literary modernism. Editor(s): MacDonald, K. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349331604
- ISBN
- 9781349331604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.00
€ 66.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBTB; HPS; HRAX; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349529193
- ISBN
- 9781349529193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Hardcover. Editor(s): Rycenga, Jennifer; Barufaldi, Linda. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 835.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479892037
- ISBN
- 9781479892037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.37
€ 107.37
Paperback. Editor(s): Rycenga, Jennifer; Barufaldi, Linda. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479877768
- ISBN
- 9781479877768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.95
€ 39.95
paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 276 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226421353
- ISBN
- 9780226421353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.32
€ 25.99
€ 21.32
Hardcover. During the Columbine massacre, Cassie Bernall and Rachel Scott, reportedly were asked by the gunmen if they believed in God. Both supposedly answered "yes" and were killed. This volume investigates what this tragedy has come and will come to mean in American religion, politics, and culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; 3JJPR; HRCM; JFFE; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 383.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312239572
- ISBN
- 9780312239572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Paperback. A groundbreaking investigation of what this tragedy has come and will come to mean in American religion, politics, and culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRC; JFSP; JFSR; JHBK; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349387014
- ISBN
- 9781349387014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.90
€ 65.90
Paperback. Editor(s): Bryan, Jr. Jimmy L. Series: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781623490218
- ISBN
- 9781623490218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.88
€ 34.88
Paperback. Medieval Douai left an enormous archive of documents. This text reveals how these documents were produced in an effort to regulate property and gender relations. At the centre was a shift to a property regime based on contract. The book explores why the law changed and assesses its effects. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; JFFK; JHBK; LNCJ; LNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226355160
- ISBN
- 9780226355160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.65
€ 42.99
€ 33.65
Hardcover. Demonstrates how social policy reform in China has been driven by economic transformation, as structural change produced knock on effects in people's lives. Marketization in social policy creates needs and raises issues that challenge accepted notions of public and private responsibilities. Editor(s): Wong, Linda; Flynn, Norman. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFF; JHBA; JKS; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 377.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333917794
- ISBN
- 9780333917794
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38