Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardback. Favazza critically assesses new and significant biological, ethnological, social, and psychological findings regarding self-injury; presents current understandings of self-injurious acts from cultural and clinical perspectives; and places self-mutilation in historical and contemporary context. Num Pages: 352 pages, 17, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; JHMC; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801899652
- ISBN
- 9780801899652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.29
€ 84.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 8 b/w & 14 color illus. BIC Classification: AC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837626094
- ISBN
- 9783837626094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.24
€ 44.99
€ 32.24
Hardback. Editor(s): Gray, Janette; O'Grady, Kathleen; Gilroy, Ann L. Series: Religious Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRCV4; JFFK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 19. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474282031
- ISBN
- 9781474282031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.37€ 114.88
€ 129.37
€ 114.88
Paperback. Blends seminal essays with new and original pieces to take the analysis into new areas, and includes contributions from Judith Butler, Susan Bordo, Rom Harre, Maxine Sheets-Johnstone, Mary Rawlinson, Hubert Dreyfus, and Iris Young. Editor(s): Welton, Donn. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HP; JFC; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 245 x 23. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781577181262
- ISBN
- 9781577181262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.32
€ 56.32
Hardcover. Attempting to cut a third way between the usual alternatives of social constructionist and naturalist approaches to the body, this collection turns to both the biological and the social sciences as a starting point for an adequate critique of the body, before moving to offer a cultural analysis. Editor(s): Welton, Donn. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HP; JFC; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 189 x 27. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781577181255
- ISBN
- 9781577181255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.93
€ 147.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 26 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JPL; MBDC; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816676491
- ISBN
- 9780816676491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.56
€ 20.56
Paperback. From POZ magazine founder Sean Strub, "a captivating.. eyewitness account from the inside of the AIDS epidemic" (Next). Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; JFFH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781451661965
- ISBN
- 9781451661965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.70
€ 19.99
€ 18.70
Paperback. Examines how the Vietnam War has continued to serve as a stage for the shoring up of American imperialist adventure and for the (re)production of American and Vietnamese American identities. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBWS2; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520277717
- ISBN
- 9780520277717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816679164
- ISBN
- 9780816679164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.92
€ 24.99
€ 24.92
Paperback. In this energetic new study, Wendy Mitchinson traces medical perspectives on the treatment of women in Canada in the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 456 pages, 24. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442614314
- ISBN
- 9781442614314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 43.18
€ 46.99
€ 43.18
Paperback. Cartography of high literary order, plotting routes, real and imagined, and putting an alternate landscape on the map Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 0th edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803239852
- ISBN
- 9780803239852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.73
€ 23.73
Hardcover. Editor(s): Greene, Sophia B. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 259 x 183 x 24. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617619922
- ISBN
- 9781617619922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 255.19€ 171.87
€ 255.19
€ 171.87
Paperback. How Black women's engagement in improving health and fitness raises questions about feminism and the construction of black female identity Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL3; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439903094
- ISBN
- 9781439903094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.21
€ 31.99
€ 30.21
Hardcover. This text deals with the configurations in the literature and culture of 16th-century England. It looks at works of courtly writers like Ralegh, Spenser, and Sidney, examining their ideas on the human body, politics, gender, and national identity. Num Pages: 224 pages, notes, index, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300. Keywords: "Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - Literary Studies - 16th to 18th Centuries,Subjects - Society, Politics & Philosophy - Social Sciences - Cultural Studies,Education Resource"
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- SKU
- KHS0051744
- ISBN
- 9780333761021
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 67.50
€ 67.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, 9 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1H; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 232 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114231
- ISBN
- 9780226114231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.24
€ 36.99
€ 29.24
Paperback. A science journalist's provocative exploration of how biology, psychology, media, and culture come together to shape our ongoing obsession with our bodies, while also tackling the myths and realities of the "obesity epidemic." Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH; JFSJ1; JMP; MMZD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 204 x 23. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780738218823
- ISBN
- 9780738218823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.66
€ 20.99
€ 16.66
Paperback. Looks at the creation of contemporary Muslim jihadists. Interweaving historical and ethnographic evidence, this book explains how refuge-seeking has become a socially and politically debased practice in the Kashmir region and why this devaluation has turned refugee men into potential militants. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 342 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFD; JFSR2; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474. Refugee Families and the Making of Kashmiri Jihadists. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. 342 pages. Looks at the creation of contemporary Muslim jihadists. Interweaving historical and ethnographic evidence, this book explains how refuge-seeking has become a socially and politically debased practice in the Kashmir region and why this devaluation has turned refugee men into potential militants. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFD; JFSR2; JPW. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 20. Weight: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274211
- ISBN
- 9780520274211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Hardback. This text weaves together some of the author's influential writings of the 1990s to offer an engagement with poststructuralism that aims to defy the boundaries between theory and embodied practice. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742503212
- ISBN
- 9780742503212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.61
€ 140.61
Paperback. This text weaves together some of the author's influential writings of the 1990s to offer an engagement with poststructuralism that aims to defy the boundaries between theory and embodied practice. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742503229
- ISBN
- 9780742503229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.10
€ 62.10
Paperback. Examines ten years worth of men's and women's health and fitness magazines to determine the ways in which bodies are "made" in today's culture Num Pages: 235 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSJ; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814719688
- ISBN
- 9780814719688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39