Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardback. Since the mid-1970s, Lebanon has been at the center of the worldwide rise in sectarian extremism. Its cultural output has both mediated and resisted this rise. This book reviews the role of culture in supporting sectarianism, yet argues for the emergence of a distinctive aesthetic of resistance to it. Series: Modern Language Initiative. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 color, 11 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823234820
- ISBN
- 9780823234820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.15
€ 97.15
Paperback. Since the mid-1970s, Lebanon has been at the center of the worldwide rise in sectarian extremism. Its cultural output has both mediated and resisted this rise. This book reviews the role of culture in supporting sectarianism, yet argues for the emergence of a distinctive aesthetic of resistance to it. Series: Modern Language Initiative. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 color, 11 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823234837
- ISBN
- 9780823234837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
paperback. Daniel takes the reader through a variety of topics that relate directly to the Southern experience: rural life, violence, music, literature, civil rights, unionism, urbanization, xenophobia, migration, religion, cockfighting, and stock car racing. Num Pages: 259 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780801854958
- ISBN
- 9780801854958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.71
€ 37.71
Hardcover. There is an increasing need to understand how women will prioritize or integrate the many roles and possibilities now available to them. This book looks at the fundamental pressures that influence the career and personal life decisions that high-achieving women make. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KJM; VSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787955700
- ISBN
- 9780787955700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.88
€ 33.99
€ 26.88
Hardback. Concluding with a look at zoning and urban planning as a means of fostering and protecting the standard of living for whole communities, this book offers important evidence of and fresh insights into the history of the American middle class. Num Pages: 320 pages, 41, 33 black & white halftones, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801879470
- ISBN
- 9780801879470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.85
€ 63.85
Paperback. Presents the study of stand-up comedy as a form of art. This title appreciates and analyses the specific practice of stand-up itself, moving beyond theories of the joke, of the comic, and of comedy in general to read stand-up through the lens of literary and cultural theory. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 160 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822325468
- ISBN
- 9780822325468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX6; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Orbis Books (USA)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626981096
- ISBN
- 9781626981096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.83
€ 27.99
€ 23.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFP. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. .
- Publisher
- Free Spirit Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575424835
- ISBN
- 9781575424835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.10
€ 12.10
paperback. Professionals Working With Immigrant Families. 126 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFFN; JKSN. Dimension: 157 x 230 x 7. Weight: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 126
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552665251
- ISBN
- 9781552665251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.59
€ 20.99
€ 19.59
Paperback. This book describes the extraordinary potential that exists in youth mentoring relationships, and discloses the ways in which nonparent adults are uniquely positioned to encourage adolescent development. Yet the book also exposes a rarely acknowledged risk: unsuccessful relationships can actually harm at-risk youth. Series: The Family & Public Policy. Num Pages: 176 pages, 2 line illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP2; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 209 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016118
- ISBN
- 9780674016118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.05€ 48.52
€ 52.05
€ 48.52
Paperback. Presents the history of black colleges and universities in America. This work tells the story of educational institutions that offer African Americans an opportunity to transcend the legacy of slavery while also bearing its burden. It offers a portrait of the distinctive place black colleges and universities have occupied in American history. Num Pages: 368 pages, 62 tables. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBT; JFSL3; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691116327
- ISBN
- 9780691116327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.00
€ 53.29
€ 42.00
Paperback. Presents an account of the healing trance music created by the descendants of sub-Saharan slaves brought to Tunisia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Part ethnography, part history of the complex relationship between Tunisia's Arab and sub-Saharan populations, this book is also suitable for students of ethnomusicology, and religion. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 halftones, 12 line drawings, 1 map, 7 tables, 1 compact disc. BIC Classification: 1HBT; AVA; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Pap/Com
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226392196
- ISBN
- 9780226392196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
€ 37.99
€ 29.77
Paperback. This book analyzes the representation of women in elected and appointed office in Canada to explain why gender parity remains elusive. Editor(s): Trimble, Linda; Arscott, Jane; Tremblay, Professor Manon. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774825214
- ISBN
- 9780774825214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.23
€ 40.99
€ 36.23
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Adventures Unlimited Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939149060
- ISBN
- 9781939149060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.45
€ 23.45
Paperback. The recent increased focus on high profile stalking cases has led to the raising of public awareness and professional concern, however, only recently has there been substantial scientific research into the area. Stalking and Psychosexual Obsession represents a showcase of contemporary research and theory never before assembled in one book. Editor(s): Boon, Julian; Sheridan, Lorraine. Series: Wiley Series in Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law. Num Pages: 272 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JMA; JMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471494591
- ISBN
- 9780471494591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.97
€ 87.97
Hardback. Editor(s): Wang, L.G. Num Pages: 90 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JFFE3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 151 x 9. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 90
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594540554
- ISBN
- 9781594540554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.10€ 37.81
€ 52.10
€ 37.81
Paperback. Editor(s): Alland, Sandra; Barokka, Khairani; Sluman, Daniel. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 10. .
- Publisher
- Nine Arches Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911027195
- ISBN
- 9781911027195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.91
€ 19.99
€ 15.91
Paperback. Drawing on oral histories and a close study of daily life in rural Guyana, the author chronicles the complex struggles of the citizens of Guyana to form a unified national culture against the pulls of ethnic, racial, religious, and class identities. Num Pages: 343 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSG; JFC; JFSL3; JHM; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 343
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822311195
- ISBN
- 9780822311195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardback. Staging Words, Performing Worlds presents new perspectives on Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, and Venezuela and their theater by theorizing how, through performance, nation can be "re-imagined" and reconstructed. Series: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611482782
- ISBN
- 9781611482782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.63
€ 137.63
Paperback. Provides an account of US tourism in Waikiki from 1900 to 1999. The book juxtaposes cultural tourism with "animal tourism", suggesting that the relationship between the viewer and the viewed is ultimately based on concepts of physical difference harking back to the 19th century. Num Pages: 360 pages, 51 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JFC; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 231 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226143767
- ISBN
- 9780226143767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.74
€ 37.99
€ 29.74
Paperback. Editor(s): Schlehe, Judith; Uike-Bormann, Michiko; Oesterle, Carolyn; Hochbruck, Wolfgang. Num Pages: 274 pages, 29 b/w & 3 colour illus. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 137 x 20. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837614817
- ISBN
- 9783837614817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.36
€ 46.99
€ 33.36
Hardback. A study of the television dramas about government corruption that became hugely popular in the mid-1990s and their reflection of China's post-Socialist anxieties. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFDT; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774826310
- ISBN
- 9780774826310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.94
€ 106.94
Hardback. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; AN; DSBH; DSG; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403986405
- ISBN
- 9781403986405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.39
€ 135.39
Paperback. Offers a part gossipy narrative, part behind-the-scenes glimpse into the New York theatre culture, and part polemic on how mainstream artists co-opt the work of marginal artists. This book uses the suspicions of copyright infringement to initiate a larger conversation on how AIDS and gay experience are represented in American art and commerce. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; JFD; JFSK; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Durham, North Carolina
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822322641
- ISBN
- 9780822322641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20