Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816672868
- ISBN
- 9780816672868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.27
€ 29.27
Paperback. "Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory" uses blurbs. Editor(s): Sa'di, Ahmad H.; Abu-Lughod, Lila. Series: Cultures of History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSR2; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502. Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory. Series: Cultures of History S. 416 pages, 14 illustrations. Editor(s): Sa'Di, Ahmad H.; Abu-Lughod, Lila. "Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory" uses blurbs. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSR2; JHM; JP. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight: 502.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231135795
- ISBN
- 9780231135795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.39
€ 42.99
€ 30.39
Paperback. A folkloric examination of mass-produced material culture in the United States. This book examines the gendered sculptural forms that are among the most visible, including Barbie and GI Joe dolls. It locates these various objects of folk art within a discussion of the post-women's movement discourse on gender. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252071355
- ISBN
- 9780252071355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.14
€ 29.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 19 b&w. BIC Classification: AMVD; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199794461
- ISBN
- 9780199794461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.61
€ 43.61
Hardback. On the surface, naming is simply a way to classify people and their environments. This study is based on the premise that it is much more - a form of social control, a political activity, and a key to identity maintenance and transformation. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 illustrations, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451653
- ISBN
- 9781845451653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.50
€ 151.50
Hardback. This book presents new empirical research about in-home child care in Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada, three countries where governments are pursuing new ways to support the recruitment of in-home childcare workers through funding, regulation and migration. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447330141
- ISBN
- 9781447330141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.99
€ 95.99
Paperback. Harry Hendrick shows how broader social changes, including neoliberalism, feminism, the collapse of the social-democratic ideal, and the 'new behaviourism', have led to the rise of the anxious and narcissistic parent, In this provocative history of parenting. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447322566
- ISBN
- 9781447322566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.59
€ 37.99
€ 35.59
Paperback. Explains how as a result of British efforts to eradicate opium, the Chinese turned from the relatively benign use of that drug to heroin, morphine, cocaine, and countless other psychoactive substances Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBT; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044721
- ISBN
- 9781849044721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.73
€ 26.99
€ 24.73
Paperback. Editor(s): Torres, Denise. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781536103182
- ISBN
- 9781536103182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.36€ 70.71
€ 93.36
€ 70.71
Hardback. Mapping the diverse images of Islam and Muslims in educational texts as reproduced in national contexts across Europe and neighbouring regions, this title explores both historical perceptions and contemporary representations of Islam and Muslims as projected through instructional media. Editor(s): Jonker, Gerdien; Thobani, Shiraz. Series: Library of Modern Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 integrated black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845119782
- ISBN
- 9781845119782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.65€ 135.20
€ 153.65
€ 135.20
Hardback. Modern medicine has penetrated Bedouin tribes, but when serious illnesses strike, even educated people turn to traditional medicine for a remedy. Based on interviews with healers, clients, and other active participants in treatments, this book will contribute to renewed thinking about a synthesis between traditional and modern medicine.. Editor(s): Fischer-Nebmaier, Wladimir; Berg, Matthew P.; Christou, Anastasia. Series: Space and Place. Num Pages: 256 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782387756
- ISBN
- 9781782387756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.43
€ 152.43
Paperback. Motivated by the death of his partner, the author seeks to redefine the closet as a relational construct between all people and all sexualities. The closet is explored at each stage--entering it, inhabiting it, and coming out of it--and strategies are offered for reframing difficult closet experiences. Series: Writing Lives: Ethnographic Narratives. Num Pages: 215 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Left Coast Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781598746204
- ISBN
- 9781598746204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.45
€ 58.45
Hardback. The wider cultural universe of contemporary Eveny is a specific and revealing subset of post-Soviet society. From an anthropological perspective, the author seeks to reveal not only the Eveny cultural universe but also the universe of the children and adolescents within this universe. Num Pages: 210 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCS; JFSL; JFSP1; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422. Childhood, Adolescence, and Autobiography Among the Eveny. 228 pages, 9 ills & tables, 1 map. The wider cultural universe of contemporary Eveny is a specific and revealing subset of post-Soviet society. From an anthropological perspective, the author seeks to reveal not only the Eveny cultural universe but also the universe of the children and adolescents within this universe. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FCS; JFSL; JFSP1; JHMC. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 16. Weight: 422.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 210
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457660
- ISBN
- 9780857457660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.95
€ 151.95
Hardback. Narrating the Law: A Poetics of Talmudic Legal Stories creates a new theoretical framework for considering the relationship between law and narrative, models a new method of studying Talmudic law, and fills out the picture of the cultural life of the rabbis who contributed to the Talmud. Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 523.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812242997
- ISBN
- 9780812242997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.43
€ 81.43
Paperback. Narratology has been conceived as a project that transcends disciplines and media. This book investigates how the intrinsic properties of the supporting medium shape the form of narrative and affect the narrative experience. It addresses the question of how narrative migrates, mutates, and creates meaning as it is expressed across various media. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803289932
- ISBN
- 9780803289932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.04
€ 37.99
€ 36.04
Paperback. This text introduces students to key concepts in media studies. It covers the major narrative theorists including Todorov, Propp, Levi Strauss, and Barthes and applies their ideas via case examples ranging from "The X Files" to newspaper reporting. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 4KL; JFD. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 218 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Publisher
- Palgrave
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333658727
- ISBN
- 9780333658727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.31
€ 48.99
€ 40.31
Paperback. Following the cognitive approaches that have rehabilitated immersion as the product of fundamental processes of world-construction and mental simulation, she details the many forms that interactivity has taken-or hopes to take-in digital texts, from determining the presentation of signs to affecting the level of story. Num Pages: 304 pages, 22, 10 black & white halftones, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421417974
- ISBN
- 9781421417974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 33.83
€ 41.99
€ 33.83
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813552507
- ISBN
- 9780813552507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.87
€ 169.87
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813552514
- ISBN
- 9780813552514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.25
€ 41.99
€ 41.25
Paperback. Details the life of the author from his birth into slavery in 1818 to his escape to the North in 1838: how he endured the daily physical and spiritual brutalities of his owners and drivers, how he learned to read and write, and how he grew into a man who could only live free or die. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 201 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143107309
- ISBN
- 9780143107309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.10
€ 11.99
€ 10.10