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Society & culture: general

Mixed media pr. Editor(s): Goldberg, Esther Ann. Num Pages: 156 pages, maps (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 245 x 13. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853037248
ISBN
9780853037248
Condition: New

€ 29.12

Paperback. An astonishing analysis of Jewish mother-daughter relations before, during, and after the Shoah as described in daughters' memoirs Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 617.
Publisher
University Press of New England
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611684766
ISBN
9781611684766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.00
€ 39.36

Paperback. The recording, explanation and the inescapable task of judging great wrongs in the past presents historians with their most difficult assignment. For those who have either lived through such injustice or have been in some way responsible for it the impositions of memory are both painful and unavoidable. Editor(s): Hartman, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 370 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557863676
ISBN
9781557863676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.46

Hardback. Representing scholars from different countries and different disciplines, this collection explores Holocaust survivors' return to everyday life and how their experience of Nazi persecution and the Holocaust impacted their process of integration into various countries. Thus, it offers a rich mix of perspectives, disciplines, and communities. Editor(s): Ofer, Dalia; Ouzan, Francoise S.; Baumel-Schwartz, Judith Tydor. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 tables and figs. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 173 x 233 x 24. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857452474
ISBN
9780857452474
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 307 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
HOLT MCDOUGAL
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268029791
ISBN
9780268029791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. Explores the ways in which food practices enabled women to exert control within the family and to define their religious vocations. This title describes what women meant by seeing their own bodies and God's body as food and what men meant when they too associated women with food and flesh. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. Num Pages: 300 pages, 24ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC1; HRCR; HRCV; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 686. The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. 300 pages, 24ill. Explores the ways in which food practices enabled women to exert control within the family and to define their religious vocations. This title describes what women meant by seeing their own bodies and God's body as food and what men meant when they too associated women with food and flesh. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC1; HRCR; HRCV; JFSJ1. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520063297
ISBN
9780520063297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.42

Hardback. Editor(s): Moseley, Lyndsay. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRLM; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Counterpoint United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781578051601
ISBN
9781578051601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.55

Paperback. Examines the intersections of social marginality, morality, and magic in contemporary Brazil by analyzing the beliefs and religious practices related to the Afro-Brazilian spirit entity Pomba Gira. This title provides an intimate account of the intricate relationship between Pomba Gira and one of her devotees, Nazare da Silva. Num Pages: 312 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HRQ; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Pap/DVD
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520262652
ISBN
9780520262652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 35.35

Hardback. Examines how Russian religious thinkers, both Jewish and Christian, conceived of Judaism, Jewry and the 'Old Testament' philosophically, theologically and personally at a time when the Messianic element in Russian consciousness was being stimulated by events ranging from the pogroms of the 1880s. Series: Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History. Num Pages: 570 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAF; HRCC8; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 168 x 35. Weight in Grams: 976.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
570
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934843796
ISBN
9781934843796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.79

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HRCC7; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801442070
ISBN
9780801442070
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.23

paperback. Presents translations of texts by Latin American women playwrights, and performance artists, together with essays about their work. Editor(s): Taylor, Diana; Constantino, Roselyn. Num Pages: 464 pages, 58 b&w photos, 19 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ABM; DD; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822332404
ISBN
9780822332404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.04

Paperback. The 15 hagiographies of holy women of the Syrian Orient collected here include stories of martyrs' passions and saints' lives, pious romances and personal reminiscences. Dating from the 4th to 7th centuries AD, they are translated from Syriac into accessible prose. Translator(s): Harvey, Susan Ashbrook; Brock, Sebastian P. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 215 pages, 1 illustration, 1 map, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1FB; HRCC1; HRCM; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Updated
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520213661
ISBN
9780520213661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.86

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, 300 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KB; ACBK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 294 x 246 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1208.
Publisher
The Heard Museum United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934351768
ISBN
9780934351768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.57
€ 48.40

Paperback. This text explores the intricacies and implications of how people draw the line between home and work. Arguing that relationships between the two realms range from those that are highly "integrating" to those that are highly "segmenting," it examines the symbolic value of objects and actions. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBL; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226581460
ISBN
9780226581460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Paperback. An ethnography about 'Japan outside of Japan' - specifically, how Japanese families on corporate re-assignment in the United States recreate their homeland within domestic spaces Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822336228
ISBN
9780822336228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. Filipino Americans, who experience life in the United States as immigrants, colonized nationals, and racial minorities, are one of our largest immigrant groups. This title investigates how Filipino women and men are transformed through the experience of migration, and how they in turn remake the social world around them. Num Pages: 282 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; GTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400. Filipino American Lives across Cultures, Communities, and Countries. 282 pages, 3 tables. Filipino Americans, who experience life in the United States as immigrants, colonized nationals, and racial minorities, are one of our largest immigrant groups. This title investigates how Filipino women and men are transformed through the experience of migration, and how they in turn remake the social world around them. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; GTB; JFSL. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520235274
ISBN
9780520235274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Unlike studies of 19th-century culture that perpetuate a dichotomy of a public, male world set against a private, female world, this book shows the sometimes contradictory cultural planes on which struggles for authority unfolded in antebellum America. It also revises the terms of debate on 19th-century literature, history, and gender studies. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822320425
ISBN
9780822320425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.18

Paperback. Examines how Chicana writers engage literary convention through fiction, poetry, drama, and autobiography as a means of addressing these motives. Employing anthropological, feminist, historical, and literary sources, this book explores the continuity found among Chicanas' writing across varied genres. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSA; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566393737
ISBN
9781566393737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.03

Paperback. The first multi-disciplinary collection of essays to focus exclusively on early Canadian literature with the aim of reassessing the field and proposing new approaches. Editor(s): Fiamengo, Janice. Series: Reappraisals: Canadian Writers. Num Pages: 308 pages, 2 black & white tables, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSBF; DSC; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Ottawa Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780776621395
ISBN
9780776621395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 40.51

Hardback. Alan B. Anderson and the volume's contributors provide an important resource for understanding contemporary Aboriginal life in Canada. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSG; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 34. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802098870
ISBN
9780802098870
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.33

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