Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Goddess worship has long been a significant aspect of Hinduism. In this book, the author sorts out the rich yet often chaotic history of Hindu goddess worship. Series: Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions. Num Pages: 281 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: HRG; HRLF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520063396
- ISBN
- 9780520063396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.68
€ 40.99
€ 28.68
Paperback. Presents the thought of the founding fathers and key intellectual leaders of Hindu nationalism from the time of the British Raj. This book reveals how the "Hindutuva" movement approaches key issues of Indian politics. It covers such important topics as secularism, religious conversion, relations with Muslims, education, and Hindu identity. Editor(s): Jaffrelot, Christophe. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JFSR; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130989
- ISBN
- 9780691130989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.23
€ 46.99
€ 33.23
Hardcover. By analyzing concrete examples of the creation of a heritage in the context of migration, this multi-sited ethnography considers the implications of representations of religions and diaspora for Sindhi Hindus and other similar communities. Num Pages: 237 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSR; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230608320
- ISBN
- 9780230608320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.10
€ 119.10
Hardback. After introducing modern India and reviewing definitions of Hinduism and modernity, the author presents key aspects of Hinduism, ancient and modern, in such a way as to form a critique of modernist theory. Hinduism is shown to be a dynamic world view which challenges Western notions of modernity. Series: Religion and Spirituality in the Modern World. Num Pages: 264 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HRG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631208617
- ISBN
- 9780631208617
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.37
€ 142.37
Hardcover. The demolition of the Babri Mosque at Ayodhya on 6th December 1992 was as an event as important as it was unexpected. In this book nine scholars explore the significance of this action for the Hindu and Muslim communities in India, especially the relations between them. Editor(s): Sharma, Arvind. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; HRH; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333794067
- ISBN
- 9780333794067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.99
€ 118.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 10 b&w. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; HRG; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 12. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472531551
- ISBN
- 9781472531551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.39
€ 35.99
€ 30.39
Paperback / so. Series: Focus Soziale Arbeit. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810025593
- ISBN
- 9783810025593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.18
€ 72.18
Paperback / so. Series: Otto-Von Freising-Tagungen der Katholischen Universitat Eich. Num Pages: 60 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 4. Weight in Grams: 109.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810031426
- ISBN
- 9783810031426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.56
€ 65.56
hardcover. Editor(s): Helbig, Adriana N. Num Pages: 324 pages, 1 b&w illus, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1D; AVGR; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253022738
- ISBN
- 9780253022738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.29
€ 92.29
Paperback. Editor(s): Helbig, Adriana N. Num Pages: 324 pages, 1 b&w illus, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1D; AVGR; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 479.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253023049
- ISBN
- 9780253023049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.80
€ 37.99
€ 35.80
Paperback. An ethnography exploring the aesthetics and politics of South Asian American (desi) hip hop artists. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 368 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; 1KBB; AVGR; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822347606
- ISBN
- 9780822347606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. Combines ethnographic research with music, media, and policy analysis to examine how localized forms of hip hop create social and political spaces where an interracial youth culture can speak to issues of human rights and racial equality. Series: Ethnomusicology Multimedia. Num Pages: 258 pages, 16 b&w illus., 18 video, 4 audio. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; AVGR; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012005
- ISBN
- 9780253012005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.06
€ 76.06
paperback. An extended study of the writings of Lil' Kim, the multi-platinum selling Hip Hop artist. Examines Lil' Kim's anti-sexist, gender-defiant and ultra-erotic verse alongside issues of race and the politics of imprisonment. This is the first study to apply the tools of literary criticism to Hip Hop's lyrical writings. Num Pages: 243 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AP; AV; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349376827
- ISBN
- 9781349376827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.73€ 54.73
€ 62.73
€ 54.73
Hardback. Takes on the history of philosophy, viewing it as a history of masculine texts and male problems and questioning its social and legislative conclusions. This work argues that the position of women in philosophy is a question of exclusion by men rather than, as some suggest, of a hypothetically imminent "femininity." Translator(s): Selous, Trista. Num Pages: 392 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. BIC Classification: HP; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138949
- ISBN
- 9780231138949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.73€ 81.45
€ 108.73
€ 81.45
Paperback. Takes on the history of philosophy, viewing it as a history of masculine texts and male problems and questioning its social and legislative conclusions. This work argues that the position of women in philosophy is a question of exclusion by men rather than, as some suggest, of a hypothetically imminent "femininity." Translator(s): Selous, Trista. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; HP; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138956
- ISBN
- 9780231138956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.78
€ 40.99
€ 28.78
Paperback. This is a natural and cultural history of the hippopotamus, the well-loved, cumbersome, rotund mammal famous for lounging around semi-submerged in muddy pools. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 224 pages, 100 illustrations, 60 in colour. BIC Classification: JFFZ; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780237329
- ISBN
- 9781780237329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.82
€ 18.99
€ 14.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 80 Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; WHP; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Ten Speed Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607747918
- ISBN
- 9781607747918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.79
€ 15.99
€ 14.79
Paperback. Tracing the evolution of state military institutions from the seventh to the twelfth centuries, this book challenges much of the received wisdom of Western scholarship on the origins and early development of warriors in Japan. Num Pages: 284 pages, 4 half-tones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3F; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804726962
- ISBN
- 9780804726962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.47
€ 33.99
€ 30.47
Hardback. Series: The Wellek Library Lectures. Num Pages: 104 pages, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; AC; HPN; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231152785
- ISBN
- 9780231152785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.73€ 62.66
€ 82.73
€ 62.66
Paperback. Series: The Wellek Library Lectures. Num Pages: 104 pages, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 204 x 9. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231152792
- ISBN
- 9780231152792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.00€ 22.00
€ 26.00
€ 22.00