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Hardback. The topic of battered women in the Jewish tradition has just begun to be properly explored. The purpose of this book is to present the attitudes on wifebeating that can be found in Jewish texts. As Naomi Graetz shows, rabbinic responses to wifebeating in the Jewish community are not monolithic. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSJ1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765760135
- ISBN
- 9780765760135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.28
€ 136.28
Paperback. Presents the thirty-year story of students, faculty, and administrators struggling with the politics of race in higher education at U C Berkeley's prestigious law school - one of the first institutions to implement affirmative action policies and one of the first to be forced to remove them. Num Pages: 262 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFFJ; JFSL; JNMN; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520233096
- ISBN
- 9780520233096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 123 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628921427
- ISBN
- 9781628921427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. How does a sign represent something other than itself? How do we come to understand the meaning of a written symbol? What happens when a sign crosses international borders of language and culture? Can clothes constitute a sign? Can colours? This work explores the world of symbols. Series: New Horizons S. Num Pages: 208 pages, 130 illustrations, further reading list, index. BIC Classification: AC; GTE; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 125 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500300879
- ISBN
- 9780500300879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.33
€ 11.33
Paperback. This work explores the performances and transactions that lie at the heart of public events in contemporary Anakalang, Indonesia. The author argues that by looking at representations as concrete practices we may find them to be entangled in the tensions and hazards of social existence. Num Pages: 300 pages, 10 photos. BIC Classification: 1FMN; CFG; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520204751
- ISBN
- 9780520204751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.39
€ 38.99
€ 28.39
Hardback. Series: Gender, Theory, and Religion. Num Pages: 344 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB; HRCM; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231172486
- ISBN
- 9780231172486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.43€ 89.78
€ 118.43
€ 89.78
Paperback. Traces the intertwining of Protestant religion and the development of the deaf community from the nineteenth to twenty-first century. The author highlights the role of missionary movements in the spread of sign language; and shows how film and stage productions drew on religious themes in their portrayal of the deaf community and its struggles. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: CFZ; HBTB; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563686016
- ISBN
- 9781563686016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 35.43
€ 45.99
€ 35.43
Paperback. Since the early 1970s, when Marina Warner reported from Vietnam and America, in startling essays, she has been one of the most challenging and profound commentators on the culture. This collection draws together essays, offering a retrospective of her changing ideas on literature and culture - on fiction, drama, religion, language and fairy tale. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099437727
- ISBN
- 9780099437727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
paperback. Addresses the effects of a range of modern scientific and social developments - such as cochlear implants, genetic engineering, and educational mainstreaming - on deaf culture. This book splits into three sections, the first focusing on culture and identity, the second on language and literacy, and the third on American Sign Language in the arts. Editor(s): Lindgren, Kristin A.; Deluca, Doreen; Napoli, Donna Jo. Num Pages: 268 pages, 19 halftones, 12 figures. BIC Classification: CFZ; JFFG; MJPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781563685750
- ISBN
- 9781563685750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.79€ 63.63
€ 75.79
€ 63.63
Paperback. Series: Contestations: Cornell Studies in Political Theory. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801481772
- ISBN
- 9780801481772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.95
€ 45.99
€ 40.95
Paperback. A paper that studies the economic consequences of immigration for public finances in Denmark. It is suitable for analyzing the economic consequences if more/less people immigrate. Num Pages: 34 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DND; JFFN; KFFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 170 x 3. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rockwool Foundation Research Unit Denmark
- Number of pages
- 34
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788790199593
- ISBN
- 9788790199593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.66
€ 9.99
€ 9.66
Paperback. Editor(s): MacPhee, Josh; Dunn, Alec. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: AKC; JFCA; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- PM Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629631561
- ISBN
- 9781629631561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.02
€ 16.99
€ 15.02
hardcover. Argues that Fremont used both a radical form of the picturesque and an imaginary map to create an aesthetic craving for expansion Num Pages: 1 photograph, 23 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; HBJK; JFC; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bison Books United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803238077
- ISBN
- 9780803238077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.84
€ 32.99
€ 28.84
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231172905
- ISBN
- 9780231172905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.30
€ 64.30
Hardcover. Blind since the age of 11, Georgina Kleege draws on her own experiences to provide this account of visual impairment - both her own view of the world and the world's view of the blind. She addresses topics such as the negative status of the blind and how blindness is portrayed in literature. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JFS; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300076806
- ISBN
- 9780300076806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.46
€ 73.46
Hardback. Notwithstanding the economic hardship Russian people are experiencing, their cultural life is as rich and alive as ever, as Gerald Janecek shows us in this collection of his articles on contemporary Russian poetry, which are especially written for this publication or so far only available in Russian. Series: Studies in Slavic Literature, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSBH; DSC; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571811486
- ISBN
- 9781571811486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.00
€ 154.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JNKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 218 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- African American Images United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934155806
- ISBN
- 9781934155806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.89
€ 18.99
€ 16.89
Hardcover. The Lome Peace Accord, signed in 1999, presented significant implications, challenges, and possibilities for post-conflict Sierra Leone, but the literature on post-conflict Sierra Leone only scantily addresses these issues. This project seeks to address the void in the literature on post-Lome Sierra Leone. Editor(s): Mustapha, Marda; Bangura, Joseph J. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; GTB; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230102859
- ISBN
- 9780230102859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.55
€ 63.55
Hardback. Offers an inquiry into the evolving landscape of Los Angeles. This book offers a pointed look beneath the surface in order to see, and engage with, the city on its own terms. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273726
- ISBN
- 9780520273726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.19
€ 19.99
€ 16.19
Paperback. A detailed history of how sick building syndrome came into being: how indoor exposures to chemicals wafting from synthetic carpet, solvents, and so on became something that office workers felt and protested against Num Pages: 264 pages, 21 Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHBA; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822336716
- ISBN
- 9780822336716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40