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Paperback. The Broadway tomboys, rebel nuns, and funny girls, who upset the 1950s gender norms: Mary Martin, Ethel Merman, Julie Andrews, and Barbra Streisand Series: Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Theater/Drama/Performance. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGM; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472067725
ISBN
9780472067725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.48

Paperback. The Friday Masowe apostolics of Zimbabwe claim they do not need the Bible because they receive the Word of God 'live and direct' from the Holy Spirit. This book documents how this rejection of scripture speaks to longstanding concerns within Christianity over mediation and authority. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 321 pages, 3 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; HRC; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
321
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520249042
ISBN
9780520249042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299248048
ISBN
9780299248048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.03

Paperback. Editor(s): Blanton, Carlos Kevin. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 b&w map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477309032
ISBN
9781477309032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Beacon Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807044650
ISBN
9780807044650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.41

Paperback. Over the last century, many artists have made works that challenge dominant models of gender and sexuality. The results can be sexy or serious, satirical or tender, discreetly coded or defiantly outspoken. Num Pages: 160 pages, 75 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 140. .
Publisher
Tate Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849765039
ISBN
9781849765039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 298 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816639649
ISBN
9780816639649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Popular Press 1
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780879727222
ISBN
9780879727222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.80

Paperback. Tells the story of the veils' and headscarves' resurgence, from Egypt through Saudi Arabia and into the West, suggesting a portrait of contemporary Islam. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
5.6.2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300181432
ISBN
9780300181432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.75

Hardcover. This timely collection featuring both empirical and theoretical essays brings together the latest reflections on piracy and its economic, political, cultural and theoretical consequences Editor(s): Baumg Rtel, Tilman. Series: Mediamatters. Num Pages: 254 pages, 0 black and white; 7 full color. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789089648686
ISBN
9789089648686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.82

Paperback. Argues that the activity of reading, in its broadest sense, defines our species. This title explores the crafts of reading and writing, the identity granted to us by literature, the far-reaching shadow of Jorge Luis Borges, to whom the author read as a young man, and the links between politics and books and between books and our bodies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300172089
ISBN
9780300172089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.45

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bookmarks
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910885123
ISBN
9781910885123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.53

Paperback. The Afro-Brazilian religion Candomble has long been recognised as a resource of African tradition, values, and identity among its adherents in Bahia, Brazil. This book describes development of religion as an "alternative" space in which subjugated and enslaved blacks were able to cultivate a sense of individual. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 bibliog. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HRAX; HRKT; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253216106
ISBN
9780253216106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.91

Paperback. An analysis of the writings and speeches of the American founders. Kann (political science, U. of Southern Calif.) looks at how the founders deployed a "grammar of manhood" that provided informal rules for stigmatizing disorderly men, justifying citizenship for deserving men, and elevating exceptio Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814747148
ISBN
9780814747148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.53

Paperback. Providing a re-assessement of the cause of Bolivia's 1952 revolution, this book argues that the revolution had deeper roots in the indigenous struggles for land and justice that swept through Bolivia during the first half of the twentieth century. It demonstrates that rural indigenous activists helped shape populist projects of 1930s and 1940s. Num Pages: 416 pages, 26 b&w photos, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; HBTV; JFC; JFSL9; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822340676
ISBN
9780822340676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.05

Paperback. Democracy, free thought and expression, religious tolerance, individual liberty, political self-determination of people, sexual and racial equality - these values have firmly entered the mainstream in the decades since they were enshrined in the 1948 UN Declaration of Human Rights. This book deals with this topic. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
8.7.2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152608
ISBN
9780691152608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.80

Paperback. Illustrates how style is increasingly a global system of communication as people around the world understand what it means to dress a certain way, to dance a certain way, to decorate a certain way, to speak a certain way. This book sees style as a system of signification grounded largely in image, aesthetics, and extrarational modes of thinking. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFCK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809328581
ISBN
9780809328581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.52

Paperback. Surveying the past, present and future of historic preservation in America, this text features 15 essays by some of the most eminent voices in the field, essays which highlight the principle ideas and events that have shaped and continue to shape the movement. Editor(s): Stipe, Robert E. Series: Richard Hampton Jenrette Series in Architecture & the Decorative Arts. Num Pages: 608 pages, 108 illustrations, 3 tables, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AM; JFF; TNKX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807854518
ISBN
9780807854518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.96

Hardcover. Chronicles the efforts of three white southern federal judges to protect the civil rights of African Americans at the beginning of the twentieth century, when few in the American legal community were willing to do so. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3 images, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JJC; JFFJ; JFSL; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557288493
ISBN
9781557288493
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.50

paperback. Compelling analysis of the persistent inability of the United States to meet the housing needs of a large portion of its people. Editor(s): Hartman, Chester; Bratt, Rachel G.; Stone, Michael. Num Pages: 448 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JKSB; JPQB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6466 x 4531 x 712. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592134328
ISBN
9781592134328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 46.53

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