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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Sex, Gender and the Sacred presents a multi-faith, multi-disciplinary collection of essays that explore the interlocking narratives of religion and gender encompassing 4,000 years of history. Editor(s): Groot, Joanna de; Morgan, Sue. Series: Gender and History Special Issues. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HBG; HRA; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118833766
ISBN
9781118833766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.08

Paperback. "Investigating modern art, literature, theory and the law, this book illustrates the different ways in which sex, gender and time intersect. It demonstrates that time offers new critical perspectives on sex and gender and makes problematic reductive understandings of sexual identity as well as straight and queer time"-- Editor(s): Davies, Ben; Funke, Jana. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349324842
ISBN
9781349324842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JKSN2; JMF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138674981
ISBN
9781138674981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.55

Paperback. A repositioning of French women's struggle for suffrage within the distinct cultural landscape of the masculine honour system. Whether activists demanded admission to the popular ritual of the duel or publicly shamed men for their extramarital sexual behaviour, they appropriated extralegal honour codes to enact new civic and familial identities. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349333202
ISBN
9781349333202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.95

Paperback. This study of the regulation of sexuality in the Qing dynasty explores the social context for sexual behavior criminalized by the state, showing how regulation shifted away from status to a new regime of gender that mandated a uniform standard of sexual morality and criminal liability for all people, regardless of their social status. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 440 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804745598
ISBN
9780804745598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.10

Hardcover. The potential of fMRI is extraordinary. It allows us to observe brain activity in real time, build an understanding of thoughts and motivations, and discern unconscious biases. In a limited but real way we can now 'read minds'. Barbara Sahakian and Julia Gottwald explain the science, and consider the ethical implications of using these techniques. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10 figures including a 4 page colour plate section. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDZ; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198752882
ISBN
9780198752882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.40

Hardback. Those who love and live by art, tell us that it is the most exalted expression of civilized life. In this provocative new book Jonathan Dollimore argues that, far from confirming humane values, literature more often than not violates them. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745627632
ISBN
9780745627632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.85

Paperback. This book explores the morality of love and sex, and how distortions of these sometimes develop into abuse. Hayes argues that there are strong similarities between different kinds of abusive relationships, and that these similarities arise out of the common narratives surrounding romantic love and the logic of intimate relationships. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC; JFSJ; JHBK; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349435838
ISBN
9781349435838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.14

Hardcover. This book explores the morality of love and sex, and how distortions of these sometimes develop into abuse. Hayes argues that there are strong similarities between different kinds of abusive relationships, and that these similarities arise out of the common narratives surrounding romantic love and the logic of intimate relationships. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JFFE3; JFSJ; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 222 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137008800
ISBN
9781137008800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.28

paperback. Since pre-colonial days, America has been both torn apart and united by love, sex, and marriage across racial boundaries. This title provides a historical foundation for contemporary discussions of sex across racial lines, which, despite the numbers of interracial marriages and multiracial children, remains a controversial issue. Editor(s): Hodes, Martha. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; JFCX; JFF; JFSJ; JFSL1; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814735572
ISBN
9780814735572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.47

Paperback. This accessibly written collaboration between a sociologist and a nursing teacher is a full account of how young men conceptualize fatherhood. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814756966
ISBN
9780814756966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. .
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783605125
ISBN
9781783605125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.38

Paperback. Through virtuoso interpretations of works of cinema, photography, critical theory, and literature, including Lydia Davis' story "Break It Down" (reprinted in full here), this title explores what it means to live with negativity, with those divisions that may be irreparable. Series: Theory Q. Num Pages: 168 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: JFSK; JHBA; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822355946
ISBN
9780822355946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.68

Hardback. In Sex, or the Unbearable two of our leading theorists of sexuality, politics, and culture engage in intense and animated dialogue about living with-and imagining alternatives to-what's overwhelming in sex, friendship, social inequality, and one's relation to oneself. Series: Theory Q. Num Pages: 168 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: JFSK; JHBA; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822355809
ISBN
9780822355809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.55

Hardback. Thie books investigates controversies surrounding prostitution, homosexuality and the age of consent in the British Empire, and draws conclusions about the importance of sex as a nexus of imperial power relations. It will be of particular interest to academics and students in Geography, History, Postcolonial Criticism and Gender/Sexuality Studies. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSJ; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719070068
ISBN
9780719070068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.50

Paperback. This book explores the social and cultural impact of the Olympic Games, examining gender and sport, the inequalities between nations and people and at what the Games offer and how they are changing, in relation to spectacles, spectatorship and culture, including the links between art and sport. Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JHB; JHBS; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349328789
ISBN
9781349328789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 306 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSC; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 449.
Publisher
PM Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604864540
ISBN
9781604864540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.45

Paperback. This book reveals a female sexual economy in the marketplace of contemporary short fiction which locates a struggle for sexual power between mothers and daughters within a larger struggle to pursue that object of the American dream: whiteness. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2007
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349538508
ISBN
9781349538508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1K; DSBH; DSK; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403979902
ISBN
9781403979902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.76

Paperback. Each chapter in this unique volume explores intersections of sex, religion, and media in our society. Editor(s): Claussen, Dane S. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: HR; JFD; KNTJ; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742515581
ISBN
9780742515581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.82

Paperback. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 250 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSBD; HBJD1; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349538546
ISBN
9781349538546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Paperback. Drawn from the 1994 British Sociological Association annual conference on "Sexualities in Social Context", this work examines the relationship between the sexual and the social, and between gender and sexuality. It explores themes such as gendered identity, embodiment and control. Editor(s): Holland, Janet; Adkins, Lisa. Series: Explorations in Sociology. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
Edition
1996th Edition
SKU
V9780333650028
ISBN
9780333650028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.18

Paperback. Contending that the conventional pose of a genderless, asexual, ethnographic researcher is impossible to sustain, this title brings sex and sexuality into the open as essential components of ethnographic study that must be overtly recognized and proactively addressed. It recounts the real-life experiences of anthropologists. Editor(s): Markowitz, Fran; Ashkenazi, Michael. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252067471
ISBN
9780252067471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.60

Hardback. Sex, Soldiers and the South Pacific 1939-45 explores the lives and loves of men across Australia and forward bases in the south seas and the official responses that sought to regulate and contain expressions of homosex in and out of the forces. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 280 pages, 18 black & white halftones, 2 maps, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJH; HBJM; HBWQ; JFSK2; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 257 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137365132
ISBN
9781137365132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.14

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