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Paperback. This book focuses on issues relevant to women, motherhood and living with HIV/AIDS. Each chapter offers information on real life situations - poor access to health services, internalized stigma, social ostracism and more - collected from around the world. Editor(s): Liamputtong, Pranee. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHM; JMH; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401783453
- ISBN
- 9789401783453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 161.04
€ 161.04
Paperback. "Women who kill rupture the assumptions about what a woman is. This book explores different socio-cultural understandings of women who commit, or are accused, of murder. It discusses a wide range of cases in order to highlight the ways in which such women have been perceived"-- Series: Cultural Criminology. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFSJ; JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 323.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349308385
- ISBN
- 9781349308385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.22
€ 73.22
Hardback. Women who kill rupture our assumptions about what a woman is. This book explores different socio-cultural understandings of women who commit, or are accused, of murder. A wide range of cases are discussed in order to highlight the ways in which such women have been perceived, and how such cases reflect important social and cultural shifts. Series: Cultural Criminology. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFE; JFSJ1; JKV; JMK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222755
- ISBN
- 9780230222755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.79
€ 116.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPA; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2005
- Number of pages
- 173
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349529681
- ISBN
- 9781349529681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.46
€ 65.46
Hardcover. The Lola film is a distinct subgenre of the woman's film in which woman's claim to pleasure is entertained without recourse to the figure of the femme fatale. This book examines Lola as a specific and enduring aspect of the "new woman": woman's forthright claim to pleasure on her own terms, liberated from the usual constraints of sex and gender. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137309723
- ISBN
- 9781137309723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.33
€ 138.33
Paperback. This new book explores the interface between political philosophy and politics, looking at the effects of philosophical traditions on the contemporary relationship between women and politics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748611089
- ISBN
- 9780748611089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.73
€ 41.99
€ 37.73
Hardcover. A brutal gang-rape of a young woman in India in 2012 caused a global outcry against rising brutal violence against women. In response to the young woman's death and the protests that followed, the contributors analyze the position of women in South Asia, the issue of violence, women's political activism and gender inequalities. Editor(s): Alston, Margaret. Series: Gender, Development and Social Change. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FK; JFFJ; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 209 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137390561
- ISBN
- 9781137390561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Editor(s): Freidenberg, Flavia; Dosek, Tomas; Caminotti, Mariana; Munoz-Pogossian, Betilde. Series: Crossing Boundaries of Gender and Politics in the Global South. Num Pages: 243 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSJ1; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 561.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349950089
- ISBN
- 9781349950089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.43
€ 150.43
Top scholars in eighteenth-century studies examine the significance of the parallel devaluations of women's culture and popular culture by looking at theatres and actresses; novels, magazines, and cookbooks; and populist politics, dress, and portraiture. Editor(s): Potter, Tiffany. Num Pages: 344 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBLL; HBTB; JFCA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 240 x 31. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442641815
- ISBN
- 9781442641815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.51
€ 74.51
Paperback. This book addresses itself to the relationship between the ideological and material which has long occupied a primary place in Marxist scholarship and is seen to be of central importance to feminist analysis. This book looks at some aspects of the debate in the context of Asia. Editor(s): Afshar, Haleh; Agarwal, Bina (Professor of Economics, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University, India). Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFA; JFFK; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 319.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333444092
- ISBN
- 9780333444092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardback. This book addresses itself to the relationship between the ideological and material which has long occupied a primary place in Marxist scholarship and is seen to be of central importance to feminist analysis. This book looks at some aspects of the debate in the context of Asia. Editor(s): Afshar, Haleh; Agarwal, Bina (Professor of Economics, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University, India). Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFA; JFFK; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333444085
- ISBN
- 9780333444085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Paperback. This book is an accessible introductory to Women's Studies. It is divided into interdisciplinary sections covering key aspects and major debates, centering on four main areas: The Social Organization of Gender Relations; The Cultural Representation of Women; Gender and Social Identity; Women and Political Change. Num Pages: 320 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 548. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Open University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- SKU
- KOC0005652
- ISBN
- 9780335193905
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Many nations affirm the principle of gender equality. As women continue to advance in most walks of life, the impression that equality has been reached and that gender issues no longer pose real problems has naturally gained ground. Yet, many cultural, economic, and social barriers remain. Editor(s): Kearney, Mary-Louise. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812476
- ISBN
- 9781571812476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.38
€ 161.38
Hardback. Here, the author examines the impact of colonialism and the cash economy on the Nandi, a semi-pastoral and patrilineal people of western Kenya, emphasizing changes in women's and men's economic roles and their respective relations to property and to each other. Num Pages: 364 pages, 21 half-tones 21 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 593.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804712248
- ISBN
- 9780804712248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.82
€ 103.82
Hardback. Privacy is not often thought of as a marker of modernity but a look at British women's writing of the early twentieth century suggests that it should be so. This book examines the female pursuit of privacy, particularly of the spatial kind, as women began to claim privacy as an entitlement of the modern, middle-class woman. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 194
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230535855
- ISBN
- 9780230535855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.00
€ 67.00
Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226355047
- ISBN
- 9780226355047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.57
€ 47.99
€ 37.57
Paperback. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 271
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Vintage Books ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780394713519
- ISBN
- 9780394713519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.15
€ 18.99
€ 16.15
Paperback. Through an analysis of the marriage patterns of thousands of aristocratic women as well as an examination of diaries, letters, and memoirs, this book demonstrates that the sense of rank identity as manifested in these women's marriages remained remarkably stable for centuries, until it was finally shattered by the First World War. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460212
- ISBN
- 9781349460212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
Hardcover. Through an analysis of the marriage patterns of thousands of aristocratic women as well as an examination of diaries, letters, and memoirs, this book demonstrates that the sense of rank identity as manifested in these women's marriages remained remarkably stable for centuries, until it was finally shattered by the First World War. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 169 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137327796
- ISBN
- 9781137327796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; HRA; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349666720
- ISBN
- 9781349666720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Drawing upon the experiences of a group of women in social science, this study identifies issues facing women in research. As well as contributing to debates about women's role in the academic world, this collection combines the reflections of established researchers with self-assessment exercises. Editor(s): Hatt, Sue; Kent, Julie; Britton, Carolyn (Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of the West of England, Bristol). Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ; KCF; VSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333773239
- ISBN
- 9780333773239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.33
€ 71.33
Hardcover. This study traces the history of women's science fiction writing from the turn of the century to the early 1990s, analysing how women writers have utilized the genre to critique the ideology that informs what counts as scientific knowledge. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBH; DSK; FL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Publishers, Limited
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333741580
- ISBN
- 9780333741580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.18
€ 127.18
Hardcover. This work examines women's experiences in Britain during the World War II, drawing on women's own memories and archival sources. It explores the myths and silences surrounding women's contribution to the war effort. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333760864
- ISBN
- 9780333760864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.37
€ 127.37
hardcover. A study of women's utopian spatial imagination in the 17th and 18th centuries, this book explores the correlation between identity and social space. The investigation is driven by conceptual questions, and seeks to link theoretical debates about space, gender and utopianism to historiographic debates about the social production of space. Series Editor(s): Poska, Professor Allyson M.; Zanger, Professor Abby. Series: Women and Gender in the Early Modern World. Num Pages: 208 pages, Includes 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754652571
- ISBN
- 9780754652571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.92
€ 187.92