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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226759463
- ISBN
- 9780226759463
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01
Paperback. Romanticism is a worldview that finds expression over a whole range of cultural fields - not only in literature and art but in philosophy, theology, political theory, and social movements. This book formulates a theory that defines romanticism as a cultural protest against modern bourgeois industrial civilization. Translator(s): Porter, Catherine. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 3J; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822327943
- ISBN
- 9780822327943
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.44
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Paperback. Romantic Paris is a survey of Parisian art and culture during the first half of the nineteenth century, when the experiments of Romantic artists and writers directly challenged the norms of tradition and when dramatic changes in the habits and spaces of everyday life shaped the social foundations of an urban modernity. Num Pages: 488 pages, 165 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACV; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 5817 x 712. Weight in Grams: 1293.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804761512
- ISBN
- 9780804761512
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.15
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€ 42.15
Paperback. Elfenbein takes on the absorbing subject of homosexuality in British Romantic writing, showing the centrality of disreputable desires to the works of Romantic male authors--from William Beckford to Samuel Taylor Coleridge to William Blake-as well as to the writings of lesser-known but equally significant female authors of the period. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; DSBF; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231107532
- ISBN
- 9780231107532
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 26.96
€ 37.99
€ 26.96
Paperback. Examines the history of the genre of romantic comedy, considering the social and cultural context for key developments in the genre cycles. Series: Routledge Film Guidebooks. Num Pages: 176 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: APFN; ASZB; JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415548632
- ISBN
- 9780415548632
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.72
€ 33.99
€ 32.72
paperback. Culture Smart! Romania provides an indispensable tool for the foreign visitor, digging deep behind the cliches, explaining many of the behavioral quirks of the people, smoothing your path toward better understanding, and outlining the many attractions cul Series: Culture Smart!. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; JFCA; WTH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 115 x 189 x 16. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Kuperard
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Second Edition, Second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857338621
- ISBN
- 9781857338621
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.19
€ 13.99
€ 13.19
Paperback. Explains why we need to reconsider how we view their culture. This book gives us the comprehensive account of their culture, language and history. It is a story of the echoes of a rich past left in language and customs, and of how the changing fortunes of Europe throughout the centuries have been imprinted on Romani culture. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241954706
- ISBN
- 9780241954706
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Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.64
€ 13.00
€ 11.64
Paperback. In a post-structuralist study of 13th-century French historical texts, the author investigates the reasons for the rise of French vernacular prose historiography at this particular time. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; HBAH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520089358
- ISBN
- 9780520089358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 36.19
€ 41.99
€ 36.19
Hardback. Using personal accounts, Romance with Voluptuousness examines the ways in which black women with heritage in the English-speaking Caribbean participate in, perpetuate, and struggle with the voluptuous beauty standard of the black Caribbean while living in the hegemony of thinness cultivated in the United States. Series: Expanding Frontiers: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality. Num Pages: 210 pages, 0 ilustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803290808
- ISBN
- 9780803290808
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Condition: New
€ 52.85
€ 52.85
Paperback. By the year 2000 more than 350 Internet agencies were plying the email-order marriage trade. Attentive to the structural, cultural, and personal factors that prompt women and men to seek marriage partners abroad, this book questions the dichotomies so frequently drawn between structure and agency, and between global and local levels of analysis. Num Pages: 293 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSL; JHBK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422. Pen Pals, Virtual Ethnography, and "Mail Order" Marriages. 293 pages. By the year 2000 more than 350 Internet agencies were plying the email-order marriage trade. Attentive to the structural, cultural, and personal factors that prompt women and men to seek marriage partners abroad, this book questions the dichotomies so frequently drawn between structure and agency, and between global and local levels of analysis. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSL; JHBK; JHMP. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight: 422.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 293
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520238701
- ISBN
- 9780520238701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.86
€ 40.99
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Hardback. Editor(s): Smith, Evans Lansing. Num Pages: 320 pages, black and white illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- New World Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608683246
- ISBN
- 9781608683246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 20.55
€ 31.99
€ 20.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSJ1; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 136 x 37. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Plume
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780142181393
- ISBN
- 9780142181393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.00
€ 16.99
€ 15.00
Paperback. Focusing upon Hollywood's portrayal of Asian races, this study describes how social taboos concerning Orientals helped to perpetuate social and racial inequality in the USA. The author's discussion covers early silent films, later classics such as "Shanghai Express" and the recurring geisha movies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; APFA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520084957
- ISBN
- 9780520084957
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.13
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Paperback. This collection of essays features important Roman women who were active in politics, theatre, cultural life and religion from the 1st through the 4th centuries. The contributors draw on rare documents in an attempt to reconstruct the lives and accomplishments of these exceptional women. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226260945
- ISBN
- 9780226260945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.25
€ 40.99
€ 31.25
Paperback. Series: Focus Classical Sources. Num Pages: 119 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; GBC; JFC; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585100095
- ISBN
- 9781585100095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.23
€ 27.99
€ 21.23
Paperback. A collection of essays that seeks to establish Roman constructions of sexuality and gender difference as a distinct area of research, complementing work already done on Greece to give a picture of ancient sexuality. This title applies feminist critical tools to forms of public discourse, including literature, history, law, and political oratory. Editor(s): Hallett, Judith P.; Skinner, Marilyn B. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFC; JFFK; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691011783
- ISBN
- 9780691011783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.96€ 53.85
€ 70.96
€ 53.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; HBTB; JFSK2; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 492
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195388749
- ISBN
- 9780195388749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.07
€ 62.07
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747805670
- ISBN
- 9780747805670
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Condition: New
€ 6.24
€ 6.24
Paperback. This volume begins with Roman myths and traces their influence in early Christian and later European literature. Ninety-five entries cover subjects such as sacrificial cults and rites in pre-Roman Italy, Roman religion and its origins, the mythologies of paganism, and myth in twentieth-century English literature. Translator(s): Doniger, Wendy. Num Pages: 344 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QDAR; HRA; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226064550
- ISBN
- 9780226064550
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Condition: New
€ 50.86€ 43.02
€ 50.86
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Paperback. Portsmouth's 6.57 crew were the most talked-about casual football firm of the 80's and 90's. Here, the crew reveals its story: the intense rivalry between Portsmouth and neighbours Southampton, the violence on and off the terraces and the comradeship between crew members. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp mono illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESH; JFCA; JFFE; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 332. The True Story of Pompey's Legendary Football Fans. 288 pages, 8pp mono illustrations. Portsmouth's 6.57 crew were the most talked-about casual football firm of the 80's and 90's. Here, the crew reveals its story: the intense rivalry between Portsmouth and neighbours Southampton, the violence on and off the terraces and the comradeship between crew members. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESH; JFCA; JFFE; WSJA. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight: 332.
- Edition
- New edition
- Publisher
- John Blake
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844540723
- ISBN
- 9781844540723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73