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Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSJ1; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 136 x 37. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Plume
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780142181393
ISBN
9780142181393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.10

Hardback. Editor(s): Smith, Evans Lansing. Num Pages: 320 pages, black and white illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
New World Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608683246
ISBN
9781608683246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 20.89

Paperback. By the year 2000 more than 350 Internet agencies were plying the email-order marriage trade. Attentive to the structural, cultural, and personal factors that prompt women and men to seek marriage partners abroad, this book questions the dichotomies so frequently drawn between structure and agency, and between global and local levels of analysis. Num Pages: 293 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSL; JHBK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422. Pen Pals, Virtual Ethnography, and "Mail Order" Marriages. 293 pages. By the year 2000 more than 350 Internet agencies were plying the email-order marriage trade. Attentive to the structural, cultural, and personal factors that prompt women and men to seek marriage partners abroad, this book questions the dichotomies so frequently drawn between structure and agency, and between global and local levels of analysis. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSL; JHBK; JHMP. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight: 422.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
293
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520238701
ISBN
9780520238701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardback. Using personal accounts, Romance with Voluptuousness examines the ways in which black women with heritage in the English-speaking Caribbean participate in, perpetuate, and struggle with the voluptuous beauty standard of the black Caribbean while living in the hegemony of thinness cultivated in the United States. Series: Expanding Frontiers: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality. Num Pages: 210 pages, 0 ilustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803290808
ISBN
9780803290808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.11

Paperback. In a post-structuralist study of 13th-century French historical texts, the author investigates the reasons for the rise of French vernacular prose historiography at this particular time. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; HBAH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520089358
ISBN
9780520089358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 36.36

Paperback. Explains why we need to reconsider how we view their culture. This book gives us the comprehensive account of their culture, language and history. It is a story of the echoes of a rich past left in language and customs, and of how the changing fortunes of Europe throughout the centuries have been imprinted on Romani culture. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241954706
ISBN
9780241954706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

paperback. Culture Smart! Romania provides an indispensable tool for the foreign visitor, digging deep behind the cliches, explaining many of the behavioral quirks of the people, smoothing your path toward better understanding, and outlining the many attractions cul Series: Culture Smart!. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; JFCA; WTH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 115 x 189 x 16. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Kuperard
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Second Edition, Second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857338621
ISBN
9781857338621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Examines the history of the genre of romantic comedy, considering the social and cultural context for key developments in the genre cycles. Series: Routledge Film Guidebooks. Num Pages: 176 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: APFN; ASZB; JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415548632
ISBN
9780415548632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.88

Paperback. Elfenbein takes on the absorbing subject of homosexuality in British Romantic writing, showing the centrality of disreputable desires to the works of Romantic male authors--from William Beckford to Samuel Taylor Coleridge to William Blake-as well as to the writings of lesser-known but equally significant female authors of the period. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; DSBF; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231107532
ISBN
9780231107532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.39

Paperback. Romantic Paris is a survey of Parisian art and culture during the first half of the nineteenth century, when the experiments of Romantic artists and writers directly challenged the norms of tradition and when dramatic changes in the habits and spaces of everyday life shaped the social foundations of an urban modernity. Num Pages: 488 pages, 165 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACV; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 5817 x 712. Weight in Grams: 1293.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804761512
ISBN
9780804761512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.32

Hardback. Romantic Terrorism offers an innovative methodology in exploring the ways in which domestic violence offenders terrorise their victims. Its focus on the insidious use of tactics of coercive control by abusers opens up much-needed discussion on the damage caused to victims by emotional and psychological abuse. Num Pages: 118 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE3; JHBK; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137468482
ISBN
9781137468482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.19

Paperback. Romanticism is a worldview that finds expression over a whole range of cultural fields - not only in literature and art but in philosophy, theology, political theory, and social movements. This book formulates a theory that defines romanticism as a cultural protest against modern bourgeois industrial civilization. Translator(s): Porter, Catherine. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 3J; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822327943
ISBN
9780822327943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226759463
ISBN
9780226759463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Editor(s): Rix, Robert W.; Moller, Lis; Lykke Grand, Karina; Sandberg, Anna Lena. Num Pages: 184 pages, illus. BIC Classification: DS; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9788771240863
ISBN
9788771240863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.52

Paperback. A guide to the art, architecture and timeless human passion of Rome. It focuses on famous and forgotten monuments, and the artists and patrons who brought them into being. For Judith Testa, the ancient wordplay on "Roma" and "amor" holds the key to unravelling some fascinating cultural puzzles. Num Pages: 304 pages, 52 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1QDAR; AC; AM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875805764
ISBN
9780875805764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Paperback. With an introduction, notes and references, this title combines two books which were among the greatest contributions to feminist literature this century, which together form a brilliant attack on sexual inequality. It argues against the intellectual subjection of women, particularly women writers. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099734314
ISBN
9780099734314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.87

Paperback. Can national loyalties be reconciled with larger commitments to global well-being? Editor(s): Kymlicka, Will; Walker, Kathryn. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFS; JHB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780774822619
ISBN
9780774822619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 30 b/w photos & 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
A Cappella Books United States
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556527661
ISBN
9781556527661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.60

Hardback. Examines how various American communities create and maintain a sense of collective identity through sports. Editor(s): Nathan, Daniel A. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; WSBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252037610
ISBN
9780252037610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSL3; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784536169
ISBN
9781784536169
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.89
€ 101.01

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