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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. This timely study breaks new ground in exploring how recent film and television horror texts articulate a female rite of passage, updating the cautionary concerns found in fairy tales of the past, particularly in warning against predatory men, treacherous females and unhappy family situations. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230000209
- ISBN
- 9780230000209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.48
€ 116.48
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813547633
- ISBN
- 9780813547633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.95
€ 43.99
€ 39.95
Paperback. "The Mishna", a six-part codification of oral rabbinic law, is the basis of the Talmud. It is one of the two holy books upon which Judaism has been constructed. This edition aims to provide as close to a literal translation as possible, following the syntax of Mishnaic Hebrew. Num Pages: 1208 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 249 x 53. Weight in Grams: 2144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 1208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300050226
- ISBN
- 9780300050226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.44€ 68.45
€ 82.44
€ 68.45
paperback. Points our and corrects misinformation that everyone who workd with victims, offenders, or families in which sexual abuse has occured needs to understand clearly. Especially vital in today's political climate, this volume gives you state-of-the-science information on such myths as false memory syndrome and much more. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780789019011
- ISBN
- 9780789019011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.12
€ 54.12
Offering a previously unexplored view of derogatory representations of women, this text demonstrates the ways in which a range of authors used misogyny to promote, resist and critique new capitalist forms. The book also reveals how feminist critics could have misunderstood misogyny's function. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813121161
- ISBN
- 9780813121161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.55
€ 49.55
Paperback. Explores and exposes the roots of philosophical misogyny, with lesser known authors such as Otto Weininger placed alongside pieces from Plato and Nietzsche. This anthology should be interesting to those exploring the relationship between women and society, women and the academy. Num Pages: 262 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333634240
- ISBN
- 9780333634240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.97
€ 60.97
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473916005
- ISBN
- 9781473916005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.67
€ 69.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 134 x 213 x 8. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781876756901
- ISBN
- 9781876756901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.05
€ 26.99
€ 19.05
Hardback. Written from a feminist perspective, this is a cultural and ideological study of modern China as seen in the writing of experimental fiction, one of the main attempts to subvert the conventions of socialist realism in contemporary Chinese literature. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804724630
- ISBN
- 9780804724630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.99
€ 144.99
Paperback. Written from a feminist perspective, this is a cultural and ideological study of modern China as seen in the writing of experimental fiction, one of the main attempts to subvert the conventions of socialist realism in contemporary Chinese literature. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 311.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804724647
- ISBN
- 9780804724647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.83
€ 32.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. A book with provocative implications for students and scholars of social movements and identity politics, Misrecognized Materialists offers a fresh and important perspective on Canada's constitutional struggles over civic symbolism and identity. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFF; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774811699
- ISBN
- 9780774811699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 162 pages, 1. BIC Classification: JFSJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Greenery Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780937609781
- ISBN
- 9780937609781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.95
€ 16.99
€ 16.95
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814716786
- ISBN
- 9780814716786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9, 7 tables, 2 charts. BIC Classification: JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 237 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479205
- ISBN
- 9780801479205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9, 7 tables, 2 charts. BIC Classification: JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801452567
- ISBN
- 9780801452567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.77
€ 140.77
Paperback. Editor(s): Kenyon, J. Douglas. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Atlantis Rising LLC United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780990690429
- ISBN
- 9780990690429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.20
€ 18.99
€ 18.20
Hardback. Using the tools of medicine, literary theory, psychology, psychoanalysis, and etymology, this book probes the breast-related fantasies underlying German culture and literature in the second half of the eighteenth century. It is intended for those interested in German textual studies, the history of sexuality, and theories of psychoanalysis. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 29. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295986111
- ISBN
- 9780295986111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1MK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Demeter Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772580044
- ISBN
- 9781772580044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.44
€ 31.99
€ 27.44
Paperback. An ethnographic exploration of how young South Asian Muslim immigrants living in the United States experienced and understood national belonging (or exclusion) in the years immediately following September 11, 2001. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JMC; JFFN; JFSR2; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344094
- ISBN
- 9780822344094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.90
€ 41.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. This text examines actual attempts to "prepare" for catastrophes and finds that the policies adopted by corporations and government agencies are fundamentally rhetorical: the plans have no chance to succeed, yet they serve both the organizations and the public as symbols of control and stability. Num Pages: 230 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: JFFC; JKSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 230
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226109428
- ISBN
- 9780226109428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.91
€ 36.99
€ 29.91
Hardback. By unravelling the discourse and rhetoric of news coverage in Canada at the dawn of the 9/11 era, this book not only uncovers racist representations of Muslim communities but also reveals the discursive processes that rendered this racism invisible. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFD; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774826471
- ISBN
- 9780774826471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.64
€ 107.64
Hardcover. Presents fresh insights into the relationships between missions and indigenous peoples, and the outcomes of mission activities in the processes of imperial conquest and colonisation. This book focuses on missions across the British Empire (including India, Africa, Asia, the Pacific), within transnational and comparative perspectives. Editor(s): Grimshaw, Patricia; May, Andrew. Num Pages: 207 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBTQ; HRCX7; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 176 x 17. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845193089
- ISBN
- 9781845193089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.24
€ 130.24
Hardcover. What kind of men were missionaries? What kind of masculinity did they represent, in ideology as well as in practice? Presupposing masculinity to be a cluster of cultural ideas and social practices that change over time and space, and not a stable entity with a natural, inherent meaning, Kristin Fjelde Tjelle seeks to answer such questions. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HRCX7; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137336354
- ISBN
- 9781137336354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.65
€ 128.65
Hardcover. This insightful ethnography explores cross-cultural contact in the highlands of Vietnam, Christian conversion, refugee exile, and the formation of the Dega refugee community in the United States. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRC; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230615366
- ISBN
- 9780230615366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92