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Society & culture: general
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
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
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
€ 46.18
€ 46.18
Hardcover. This is an ethnographic study of kinship and the nature and behaviour of ownership amongst the much-studied Sepik River Iatmul people. Written from the viewpoint of a Melanesian scholar, this book seeks to re-think anthropology's central assumptions about social relations. Series: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs. Num Pages: 220 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1MB; 1MKLP; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197264454
- ISBN
- 9780197264454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.99
€ 91.99
Paperback. Names We Call Home includes autobiographical essays, poetry and interviews to highlight the historical, social and cultural influences that inform racial identity. Editor(s): Thompson, Becky; Tyagi, Sangeeta. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415911627
- ISBN
- 9780415911627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.34
€ 85.34
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Series in African Borderlands Studies. Num Pages: 339 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBTD; HBTQ; JFC; JHM; RGL. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349340989
- ISBN
- 9781349340989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. "This book is adapted from the German manuscript 'Die Rote Linie. Eine Geschichte der Veterinèar- und Siedlungsgrenze in Namibia (1890er-1960er Jahre),' completed in 2009 and published in 2012 by the Basler Afrika Bibliographien in Switzerland Series: Palgrave Series in African Borderlands Studies. Num Pages: 339 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBTD; HBTQ; JFC; JHM; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337480
- ISBN
- 9780230337480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.19
€ 68.19
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
€ 98.51
€ 98.51
hardcover. Drawing together insights from media studies, sociology and science and technology studies, this book is one of the first major studies of media coverage, policy debates and public perceptions of nanotechnologies, and makes a fascinating and timely contribution to debates about the public communication of science. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFT; PDR; TBN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230506930
- ISBN
- 9780230506930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Based upon historical and archival research, as well as the author's fieldwork in indigenous communities, this work analyzes value from the perspective of the Napo Runa people of the Amazonian Ecuador. It views that Napo Runa personifies value by transforming things into people through a process of subordinating them to human relationships. Series: Interpretations of Culture in the New Millennium. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 photographs; 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072550
- ISBN
- 9780252072550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.56
€ 29.99
€ 27.56
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
€ 36.99€ 36.59
€ 36.99
€ 36.59
Paperback. Series: Latino Pop Culture. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFN; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349505517
- ISBN
- 9781349505517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.64
€ 65.64
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€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
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
€ 92.84€ 72.36
€ 92.84
€ 72.36
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
€ 61.96
€ 61.96
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
€ 162.35
€ 162.35
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
€ 87.69
€ 87.69
Paperback. In recentyears controversy has surrounded the narrative turn in history and the historical turn in fiction. This book clarifies what is at stake, tracing connections between historiography and life-writing, arguing that the challenges posed in representing the past illuminate issues which are central to all literary narrative." Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HBAH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349314133
- ISBN
- 9781349314133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Paperback. A study of distinct forms of mass violence, the narratives each kind demands, and the collective identities constructed from and upon these, this book focuses around readings of popular and influential novels such as Toni Morrison's Beloved, Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club and Isabel Allende's The House of Spirits. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; JFC; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349305070
- ISBN
- 9781349305070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
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
€ 36.99€ 34.28
€ 36.99
€ 34.28
Paperback. In this book, Emslie establishes that narrative explanations are to be preferred over non-narrative in the humanities. They are more truthful in two senses. They both correspond more closely to reality and allow inference as to normative values. This is particularly the case when aesthetics are added to the mix. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349446186
- ISBN
- 9781349446186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14