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Society & culture: general
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
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.45
€ 25.99
€ 19.45
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
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
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
€ 150.28
€ 150.28
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
€ 66.24
€ 66.24
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
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.98
€ 32.99
€ 29.98
Paperback. Based on a fifteen year longitudinal cross-cultural analysis on the role of the body in identity construction process around the world, this analysis provides readers with a comparative theoretical exploration of piercing and other forms of body modification that international communities of defiance use to express their identity. Num Pages: 267 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349292752
- ISBN
- 9781349292752
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 55 black & white illustrations, 55 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415699303
- ISBN
- 9780415699303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardcover. Serves as a photography collection on the use of typography in tattoo art. Intended for graphic designers, typographers, and others, this book has the written messages divided up into various categories such as: literature, poetry, lyrics; typography; self-expression; self love; love; and homage. It captures the trend of "message tattoos". Num Pages: 192 pages, 200 colour images. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 186 x 25. Weight in Grams: 746. Intimate Images Etched in Flesh. 192 pages, 200 colour images. Serves as a photography collection on the use of typography in tattoo art. Intended for graphic designers, typographers, and others, this book has the written messages divided up into various categories such as: literature, poetry, lyrics; typography; self-expression; self love; love; and homage. It captures the trend of "message tattoos". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFCA. Dimension: 211 x 186 x 25. Weight: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810970502
- ISBN
- 9780810970502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.35
€ 24.99
€ 23.35
Paperback. The first book to fully explore the multiple ways in which body work features in health and social care and the meanings of this work both for those employed to do it and those on whose bodies they work. Editor(s): Twigg, Julia; Wolkowitz, Carol; Cohen, Rachel Lara; Nettleton, Sarah. Series: Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs. Num Pages: 182 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 11. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444349870
- ISBN
- 9781444349870
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Condition: New
€ 29.69
€ 29.69
Paperback. Presents a feminist study that argues against the idea that the popularity of body work means that women are enslaved to a male-fashioned 'beauty myth'. This title demonstrates that women actually use body work to escape that beauty myth. Num Pages: 181 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 181
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520228566
- ISBN
- 9780520228566
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.00
€ 33.99
€ 25.00
Paperback. Drawing on over 20 years of research on topics ranging from Navajo and Catholic Charismatic ritual healing to the cultural and religious implications of virtual reality in biomedical technology, this text examines questions about human experience and the meaning of being human. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293925
- ISBN
- 9780312293925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Paperback. Thisbook contextualizes21st century representations of disappearance, torture, and detention within a historical framework of inter-American narratives. Examining a range of sources, Pitt finds a persistent focus on the body that links contemporary practices of political terror to concerns about corporality and sovereignty." Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349290635
- ISBN
- 9781349290635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This volume brings to the study of China the theoretical concerns and methods of contemporary critical cultural studies. Contributors investigate problems of bodiliness, engendered subjectivities and discourses of power through written texts, paintings, buildings, interviews and observations. Editor(s): Zito, Angela; Barlow, Tani E. Num Pages: 316 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226987279
- ISBN
- 9780226987279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.42
€ 40.99
€ 31.42
Hardcover. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479833535
- ISBN
- 9781479833535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.45
€ 97.45
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293918
- ISBN
- 9780312293918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.89
€ 128.89
hardcover. Lindow Man, the famous Pete Marsh discovered in Cheshire in the 1980s, has been joined by new finds from Ireland and elsewhere. Who were these unfortunate people, and why were they killed? Num Pages: 224 pages, 78 illustrations, 15 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKENC; HDD; JFC; JKVF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500051825
- ISBN
- 9780500051825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.19
€ 33.99
€ 24.19
Paperback. Offers a history of the Bollingen Foundation that confirms its pervasive influence on American intellectual life. This title includes portraits of the central figures, including the Mellons, Jung himself, Heinrich Zimmer, Joseph Campbell, D T Suzuki, Natacha Rambova, Vladimir Nabokov, Gershom Scholem, Herbert Read, and Kurt and Helen Wolff. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 364 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Updated edition with a New Preface
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691018850
- ISBN
- 9780691018850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.00€ 42.10
€ 53.00
€ 42.10
Paperback. This is a study of popular Indian cinema in the age of globalisation, new media, and metropolitan Hindu fundamentalism, focusing on the period between 1991 and 2004. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748649396
- ISBN
- 9780748649396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.47
€ 40.99
€ 35.47
Paperback. Bollywood has become the global term used to refer to the prolific Hindi language film industry located in Bombay. Ganti provides a guide to the cultural, social & political significance of Hindi cinema, outlining the history & structure of the Bombay film industry & its impact on popular culture. Series: Routledge Film Guidebooks. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APF; JFD; KNTC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415583886
- ISBN
- 9780415583886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.93
€ 33.99
€ 32.93
Hardcover. Explores the institutional history of Russian and Soviet forensic medicine and examines the effects of its authority when confronting sexual disorder. This study is suitable for Soviet historians and those interested in gender studies, sexuality, medicine, and forensics. Num Pages: 260 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; JFSJ; JKVF1; LNAA; MMQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804057
- ISBN
- 9780875804057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.77
€ 140.77