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Paperback. Helps understand the intricate interplay of gender, race, and class. This book examines an immigration pattern to analyze what happens when women who migrate before men become the breadwinners in the family. It focuses on a group of female nurses who moved from India to the United States before their husbands. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 line illustrations, 2 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520243194
- ISBN
- 9780520243194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. In an analysis that deftly unites feminist criticism, psychoanalysis, and Catholic theology, Kelley Raab explores the symbolic implications of women at the altar, providing rich insight into issues of gender, symbolism, and power. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCX1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113342
- ISBN
- 9780231113342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.30€ 90.18
€ 118.30
€ 90.18
Paperback. A personal memoir from a leading figure in the gay rights movement, and partial inspiration for the forthcoming television mini-series When We Rise from Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, executive producer Gus Van Sant, and starring Guy Pearce, Mary-Louise Parker, Carrie Preston, and Rachel Griffiths. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 273 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472126658
- ISBN
- 9781472126658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226363974
- ISBN
- 9780226363974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.69
€ 41.99
€ 32.69
Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226363837
- ISBN
- 9780226363837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.65€ 89.84
€ 107.65
€ 89.84
Paperback. The Dutch government had funded separate schools, housing projects and community organizations for Muslim immigrants, all under the umbrella of multiculturalism. But the reality of terrorism and radicalization of Muslim immigrants has shattered that dream. This work demonstrates that there are deep conflicts of values in the Netherlands. Num Pages: 176 pages, 15 line illus. 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDN; JFFJ; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141015
- ISBN
- 9780691141015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.52
€ 37.99
€ 27.52
Paperback. A guide to the world of the Freak. It features blogs, conversations, wisecracks and advice from the last decade to reveal the outlandish truth about everything from lying to bank robbing, fast food to sex taxes. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; KCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141980980
- ISBN
- 9780141980980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. Why were Prometheus and Loki envisioned as chained to rocks? What was the Golden Calf? Why are mirrors believed to carry bad luck? This book shows that myths originally transmitted real information about real events and observations, preserving the information sometimes for millennia within nonliterate societies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 18 line illus. 27 halftones. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127743
- ISBN
- 9780691127743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.87
€ 42.99
€ 30.87
Paperback. Argues that within the festival of the goddess Gangamma ultimate reality is imagined as female Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRGC; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253009562
- ISBN
- 9780253009562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.40
€ 27.99
€ 26.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JPA; JPHV; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691171296
- ISBN
- 9780691171296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.86
€ 33.99
€ 24.86
Paperback. Looking at the intimate relationship between political power and the news media, this title argues that the dependence of reporters on official sources disastrously thwarts coverage of dissenting voices from outside the Beltway. Series: Studies in Communication, Media & Public Opinion. Num Pages: 278 pages, 3 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226042855
- ISBN
- 9780226042855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.39
€ 19.99
€ 17.39
Paperback. In this collection of provocative essays on Third World art and culture, filmmaker and theorist Trinh Minh-ha offers new challenges to Western regimes of knowledge. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415904315
- ISBN
- 9780415904315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.72
€ 55.72
Paperback. Depicts life in Baghdad as only an insider can - very accurately and very beautifully Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; FA; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 37. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Peter Halban Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- V9781870015851
- ISBN
- 9781870015851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.46
€ 10.99
€ 9.46
Paperback. Creating a better and happier future for yourself by using the tools of futurology. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFR; VS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- LID Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907794247
- ISBN
- 9781907794247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.42
€ 17.99
€ 14.42
Hardback. For decades before World War II, New York's tenants had organized to secure renters' rights. This title shows that New York City's tenant movement made a significant claim to citizenship rights that came to accrue, both ideologically and legally, to homeownership in postwar America. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 328 pages, 22 black & white photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252038181
- ISBN
- 9780252038181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.64
€ 62.64
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471156090
- ISBN
- 9781471156090
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.02
€ 11.99
€ 10.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838205885
- ISBN
- 9783838205885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816650460
- ISBN
- 9780816650460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; JFSL9; WFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 230 x 10. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890134054
- ISBN
- 9780890134054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.06
€ 41.99
€ 30.06
paperback. When Norms Collide examines the conditions under which transnational activism leads individuals and communities to abandon local norms and embrace international ones. It investigates the local dynamics of norm conflicts around female genital mutilation and early marriage. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPB; JPVH; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190274924
- ISBN
- 9780190274924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.42
€ 58.42