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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 656.
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Trine Day United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780975290613
ISBN
9780975290613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 17 color illus. 5 halftones. 12 line illus. 7 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ; PDZ; PSAJ; PSAK; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691169781
ISBN
9780691169781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.43

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351924
ISBN
9780822351924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 373 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 5SL; DSBH; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 554. A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America. 373 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 5SL; DSBH; JFSK1. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight: 544.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
373
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231074896
ISBN
9780231074896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.55

Paperback. Generates new insights into the ways that race, class, and gender are fundamentally interconnected Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 photos, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822335979
ISBN
9780822335979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394. The History of Extraterrestrial Contact in Ancient Greece. 224 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFH. Dimension: 224 x 152 x 14. Weight: 394.
Publisher
Career Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781601631923
ISBN
9781601631923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.71

Paperback. Governor General's Award-winning author George Elliott Clarke identifies African-Canadian literature's distinguishing characteristics, argues its relevance to both African Diasporic and Canadian Studies and critiques several of its key creators and texts. Num Pages: 504 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 172 x 34. Weight in Grams: 946.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802081919
ISBN
9780802081919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 49.59

Hardback. Is the "Oedipus complex" universal? This book examines the controversial question in light of its collection of 139 family complex folktales from every world cultural area and every level of social complexity, the largest such collection ever made. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 705.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804725767
ISBN
9780804725767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.05

Hardback. These hard-to-find writings afford an inside look at the emergence of Girard's scapegoat theory from his pioneering analysis of rivalry and desire. Girard unbinds the Oedipal triangle from its Freudian moorings, replacing desire for the mother with desire for anyone--or anything--a rival desires. Editor(s): Anspach, Mark R. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804747790
ISBN
9780804747790
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.80

Paperback. Did Oedipus really kill his father and marry his mother? For Rene Girard, the mythic accusations of patricide and incest are symptomatic of a plague-stricken community's hunt for a culprit to punish, and in this work he aims to present the age-old myth in a new light. Editor(s): Anspach, Mark R. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804747806
ISBN
9780804747806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. .
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300198331
ISBN
9780300198331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.66

Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226284002
ISBN
9780226284002
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. Contributes to the debate surrounding critical theory by providing interpretations of its most important representatives - including Adorno, Benjamin, Bloch, Fromm, Horkheimer and Marcuse. Bronner traces its impact upon such diverse fields as cultural analysis, philosophy and politics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631187387
ISBN
9780631187387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.96

Hardcover. What happens when prophecies fail? Timothy Jenkins' re-reading of Leon Festinger's classic work on "cognitive dissonance" seeks to answer this question by studying a 50s doomsday group. This volume explores the relations between anthropology and psychology, and between social scientific and natural scientific accounts of human behavior. Num Pages: 110 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRQX; JFHC; JFSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 352 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137364456
ISBN
9781137364456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.06

hardcover. This book examines the history of male opinion about women's participation in procreation and explores the status of women in classical Europe, the Middle Ages, the Enlightenment, and today's American procreative policies. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFMA; JFSJ1; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761857587
ISBN
9780761857587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.88

Paperback. These two lectures by Jacques Derrida, "Foreigner Question" and "Step of Hospitality/No Hospitality", derive from a series of seminars on hospitality conducted by Derrida in Paris, January 1996. They examine "hospitality" and its implications on political and ethical debate. Translator(s): Bowlby, Rachel. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 112 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804734066
ISBN
9780804734066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. In developing his own conception of the 'figure', Andrew Benjamin has written an innovative and provocative study of the complex relationship between philosophy, the history of painting and their presentation of both Jews and animals. Newly available in paperback. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; HPN; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. 208 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. In developing his own conception of the 'figure', Andrew Benjamin has written an innovative and provocative study of the complex relationship between philosophy, the history of painting and their presentation of both Jews and animals. Newly available in paperback. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; HPN; JFSR1. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 13. Weight: 334.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748643172
ISBN
9780748643172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.87

Paperback. Offers a collection of stories, essays, and poems by a range of Indian writers. This title challenges cozy assumptions about motherhood to reveal messy but affirming truths about this vital role and the way we experience it. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Zubaan India
Number of pages
284
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Condition
New
SKU
V9789381017869
ISBN
9789381017869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.29

Paperback. A sensitive and original reading of Plato's Republic that foregrounds the power of myth in the shaping of history. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HPCA; JFHF; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 14. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253214850
ISBN
9780253214850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Presents a fresh sociological understanding of the relationship between social exclusion and mental disability. This book examines the way insanity became synonymous with other afflictions: homelessness, drug addiction, and alcoholism. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; JM; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592134045
ISBN
9781592134045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

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