Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hines, Abel L.; Mullins, Darrin O. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; 3JM; JFF; JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619423770
- ISBN
- 9781619423770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.73€ 115.01
€ 168.73
€ 115.01
Paperback. Kellie Jones traces how the artists in L.A.'s black communities during the 1960s and 70s created a vibrant, productive, and engaged activist arts scene in the face of structural racism through the production of art works that spoke to African American migration and L.A.'s racial politics. Num Pages: 416 pages, 93 illustrations (incl. 32 in color). BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ACX; JFSL3; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361640
- ISBN
- 9780822361640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. Presents general observations on the immensely rich and diversified artistic heritage of sub-Saharan Africa. This book examines the relationship between contemporary and so-called traditional African arts. It shows that many African works were originally part of an ensemble or one element of a performance. Num Pages: 128 pages, 82 illus., 68 in color. BIC Classification: 1HF; ACBK; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 8096 x 5499 x 13. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cleveland Museum of Art,The,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780940717763
- ISBN
- 9780940717763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
paperback. Demonstrating that oral media and native cultural forms are vital throughout the South Pacific, this book raises issues in comparative scholarship on oral tradition: what it means, extra-textual elements, and the relation between composition and performance. The contributors include Achsah Carrier, James Carrier, Christian Clerk, and many others. Editor(s): Finnegan, Ruth; Orbell, Margaret. Series: Voices in Performance & Text S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 b&w photos. BIC Classification: JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253209580
- ISBN
- 9780253209580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.25
€ 14.25
paperback. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252071911
- ISBN
- 9780252071911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.53
€ 30.99
€ 27.53
Hardcover. Offers coverage across Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece and includes a discussion across a range of migrant groups, processes and issues. This book is suitable for those who have an interest in contemporary European society. Editor(s): King, Russell; Black, Richard. Num Pages: 210 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1DS; JFFN; JPVH1; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781898723615
- ISBN
- 9781898723615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.15
€ 129.15
Paperback. Between 1880 and 1930, close to 200 women were murdered by lynch mobs in the American South. This title provides a startling view into the Jim Crow South where the precarious and subordinate position of women linked black and white anti-rape activists together in fragile political alliances. Num Pages: 336 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFFE; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674061859
- ISBN
- 9780674061859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.64
€ 31.99
€ 26.64
Hardback. Series: Wildcat. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFSC; JHBL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745336008
- ISBN
- 9780745336008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.01€ 83.51
€ 101.01
€ 83.51
Paperback. Series: Wildcat. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFSC; JHBL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 215 x 20. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745335995
- ISBN
- 9780745335995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.78
€ 33.99
€ 22.78
paperback. In Southern Mercy, Annette Bickford examines the limits of emancipation, and the exclusions inherent in liberal humanism that distinguish racism in the contemporary "post-race" era. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; JFSL3; JHB; JKVQ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442613980
- ISBN
- 9781442613980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.38
€ 38.99
€ 35.38
paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226422022
- ISBN
- 9780226422022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.05
€ 25.99
€ 21.05
Paperback. The engaging lives that single women led in spite of (or perhaps because of) their "spinsterhood" Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252076312
- ISBN
- 9780252076312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Revealing the complex interplay of nationalism and regionalism in the lives of southern men, Glover brings new insight to the question of what led the South toward sectionalism and civil war. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801884986
- ISBN
- 9780801884986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.43
€ 63.43
Paperback. Revealing the complex interplay of nationalism and regionalism in the lives of southern men, Glover brings new insight to the question of what led the South toward sectionalism and civil war. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ; JFSP3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801898211
- ISBN
- 9780801898211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.75
€ 33.99
€ 28.75
Hardcover. Examines the garments produced by northwestern Georgia's tufted textile industry. The well-researched and heavily illustrated text presents a broad history of tufted textiles, as well as sections highlighting individual craftspeople and manufacturers involved with the production of chenille fashion. Num Pages: 256 pages, 171 colour and black & white images, 1 diagram, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820345161
- ISBN
- 9780820345161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.78
€ 44.99
€ 39.78
Paperback. Shows how Ute women accommodated Anglo ways that benefited them but refused to give up indigenous culture and ways that gave their lives meaning and bolstered personal autonomy. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 maps, 2 tables, 13 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; ACBK; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803220386
- ISBN
- 9780803220386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.79
€ 20.79
Hardcover. Examination of some prominent recent figures in Southern fiction. Hobson focuses on the differing ways in which such writers as Bobbie Ann Mason, Lee Smith and Barry Hannah have responded to the influences of commercial culture, such as television, rock music and theme parks. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820312750
- ISBN
- 9780820312750
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.41
€ 153.41
Hardback. Southerners, Too? challenges the view that 'southern heritage' refers to white southerners only by revealing that, historically and culturally, African-Americans have been integral to southern life and history. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 176 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761828716
- ISBN
- 9780761828716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.28
€ 136.28
Paperback. Investigates why key Chicana/o writers, including Americo Paredes, Rolando Hinojosa, Oscar Acosta, Miguel Mendez, and Virginia Grise, from the 1950s to the present day, have persistently referenced Asian people and places in the course of articulating their political ideas. Series: Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States. Num Pages: 168 pages, 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813577166
- ISBN
- 9780813577166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.10
€ 40.99
€ 36.10
Hardback. In the German states in the late eighteenth century, women flourished as musical performers and composers, their achievements measuring the progress of culture and society from barbarism to civilization. This title restores this earlier musical history and explores the role that women played in the development of classical music. Num Pages: 350 pages, 14 b/w photographs, 8 tables, 49 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; AVGC4; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 32. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273849
- ISBN
- 9780520273849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.37€ 65.15
€ 84.37
€ 65.15
Paperback. The first ethnography of the vibrant Aboriginal media community in Vancouver, Sovereign Screens uncovers the social forces shaping that community, including community media organisations and avant-garde art centres, as well as the national spaces of cultural policy and media institutions. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 photographs, 1 map, 1 appendix, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBC; APFA; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803296961
- ISBN
- 9780803296961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Explores how American Indian autobiographers' approaches to writing about their own lives have been impacted by American legal systems from the Revolutionary War until the 1920s. This book traces the way that their sustained engagement with colonial legal institutions gradually enabled them to produce a new rhetoric of "Indianness". Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072666
- ISBN
- 9780252072666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.04
€ 34.99
€ 32.04
Paperback. How does empire affect the route to successor sovereign states and their features? This systematic comparison of empires and their consequences for sovereignty applies theory to the political structures of states, and the differences between them, in the Middle East and Central Asia. Editor(s): Cummings, Sally N.; Hinnesbusch, Raymond. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FC; JFSR2; JPB; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 622. Comparing the Middle East and Central Asia. 408 pages. Editor(s): Cummings, Sally N.; Hinnesbusch, Raymond. How does empire affect the route to successor sovereign states and their features? This systematic comparison of empires and their consequences for sovereignty applies theory to the political structures of states, and the differences between them, in the Middle East and Central Asia. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FC; JFSR2; JPB; JPS. Dimension: 234 x 168 x 22. Weight: 622.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748668557
- ISBN
- 9780748668557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.12
€ 38.99
€ 35.12
Marks a major new contribution to the emerging field of comic studies and the growing literature on superheroes. Using a range of critical theorists the book examines superheroes as sovereigns, addressing amongst other things the complex treatment of law and violence, legitimacy and authority. Num Pages: 208 pages. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085048
- ISBN
- 9780719085048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 151.51
€ 151.51