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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. This topical collection explores the relationship between violence and performance. The authors offer fresh theoretical perspectives and examine media as diverse as street theatre, performance art, photography and cinema in locations as diverse as Korea and South Africa to India and Israel. Editor(s): Anderson, Patrick; Menon, Jisha. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 405 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; JFFE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230537262
- ISBN
- 9780230537262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.85
€ 63.85
Paperback. This topical collection, now in paperback, explores the relationship between violence and performance. The authors offer fresh theoretical perspectives and examine media as diverse as street theatre, performance art, photography and cinema in locations as diverse as Korea and South Africa to India and Israel. Editor(s): Anderson, Patrick; Menon, Jisha. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 405 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298392
- ISBN
- 9780230298392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.07
€ 68.07
Hardback. The first history ever of violence against architecture as political violence, this book examines the case of the former Yugoslavia and the ways in which architecture is a site where power, agency, and ethnicity are constituted. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 224 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; JFFE; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804769358
- ISBN
- 9780804769358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.77
€ 106.77
Paperback. The first history ever of violence against architecture as political violence, this book examines the case of the former Yugoslavia and the ways in which architecture is a site where power, agency, and ethnicity are constituted. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 224 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; JFFE; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804769365
- ISBN
- 9780804769365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.98
€ 26.99
€ 24.98
Hardback. Violence, Inequality, and Human Freedom is a sociological introduction to the study of violence that looks at violence on three different levels-structural, institutional, and interpersonal. The third edition is updated throughout, including a new chapter on educational violence and revised sections on economic and international violence. Num Pages: 540 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 10 tables. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1003.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 540
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442209480
- ISBN
- 9781442209480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 223.43
€ 223.43
Violence, Politics, and Gender in Early Modern England
. Ed(S): Ward, J (University College, Galway ...
paperback. Editor(s): Ward, J (University College, Galway Rothamsted Research, UK University College, Galway Rothamsted Research, UK Rothamsted Research, UK University College, Galway University College, Galway University College, Galway University College, Galway). Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; DSBB; HBJD; HBL; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- SKU
- V9781349376230
- ISBN
- 9781349376230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Paperback. Argues that violent confrontation goes against human physiological hardwiring. This book challenges standard views about the root causes of violence and offers solutions for confronting it in the future. It guides readers into the disturbing world of human discord - from domestic abuse and schoolyard bullying to muggings, and armed conflicts. Num Pages: 584 pages, 53 halftones. 1 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 584
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143224
- ISBN
- 9780691143224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.40
€ 46.99
€ 33.40
Hardcover. In this first anthology of major philosophical contributions on the nature and justifiability of violence over the last 100 years , three basic questions are scrutinized: 'What is violence?', 'Is violence always wrong?', and 'Can violence be justified?'. Num Pages: 390 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230537705
- ISBN
- 9780230537705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.16
€ 120.16
Paperback. In this first anthology of major philosophical contributions on the nature and justifiability of violence over the last 100 years , three basic questions are scrutinized: 'What is violence?', 'Is violence always wrong?', and 'Can violence be justified?'. Num Pages: 486 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562. A Philosophical Anthology. 392 pages, 0. In this first anthology of major philosophical contributions on the nature and justifiability of violence over the last 100 years , three basic questions are scrutinized: 'What is violence?', 'Is violence always wrong?', and 'Can violence be justified?'. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFE. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 23. Weight: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230537712
- ISBN
- 9780230537712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.35
€ 119.35
paperback. An examination of the effects of violence on an urban center and how it shapes both the physical and cultural landscape of a city Series: Jewish Life, History, and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 85 b&w photos, 10 maps, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBH; GTB; JFFE; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780292728820
- ISBN
- 9780292728820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.93
€ 26.99
€ 26.93
Hardback. Violent Becomings sheds light on violence in the periods of colonial and postcolonial state formation by conceptualizing the state not as the bureaucratically ordered polity of the nation-state, but as a continuously evolving and violently challenged mode of social ordering. Series: Ethnography, Theory, Experiment. Num Pages: 360 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; JFFE; JHMC; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332364
- ISBN
- 9781785332364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.00
€ 164.00
Paperback. A small minority of children and adolescents can be dangerous, violent and murderous. Gwyneth Boswell researched this field throughout the 1990s. Editor(s): Boswell, Gwyneth. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKV; JMC; JMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861561251
- ISBN
- 9781861561251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.71
€ 68.71
Hardback. Examines Pentecostal conversion as a force of change, revealing new insights into its dominant role in global Christianity today. Series: Religion in Transforming Africa. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; HRCC96; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011527
- ISBN
- 9781847011527
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.96
€ 95.96
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847422118
- ISBN
- 9781847422118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.48
€ 35.99
€ 34.48
Paperback. Almost as soon as it was built, London suffered the first of many acts of violent protest, when Boudica and her followers set fire to the city in AD 60. Ever since, the capital's streets have been a forum for popular insurrection. Covering nearly 2,000 years of political protest, this is a riveting alternative history of past and present conflict. Num Pages: 616 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 44 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; JFFE; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 135 x 45. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 616
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230275591
- ISBN
- 9780230275591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.04
€ 36.04
Paperback. During the early modern period in England, social expectations for men came under extreme pressure - the armed knight went into decline and humanism appeared. Here, original essays analyze a wide-range of violent acts in literature and culture, from civic violence to chivalric combat to brawls and battles. Editor(s): Feather, Jennifer; Thomas, Catherine E. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349466177
- ISBN
- 9781349466177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.59
€ 118.59
Paperback. Violent Neoliberalism explores the complex unfolding relationship between neoliberalism and violence. Employing a series of theoretical dialogues on development, discourse and dispossession Cambodia, this study sheds significant empirical light on the vicious implications of free market ideology and practice. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JHB; JPS; JPWL; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349503636
- ISBN
- 9781349503636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. Violent Neoliberalism explores the complex unfolding relationship between neoliberalism and violence. Employing a series of theoretical dialogues on development, discourse and dispossession Cambodia, this study sheds significant empirical light on the vicious implications of free market ideology and practice. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMC; JFFE; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485328
- ISBN
- 9781137485328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.06
€ 62.06
Hardback. Editor(s): Varin, Caroline; Abubakar, Dauda. Num Pages: 360 pages, 3 colour illustrations, 4 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFFS; JP; JPB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319513515
- ISBN
- 9783319513515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.75
€ 151.75
Paperback. Includes papers and conversations that derive from a conference that pursued the possibility and utility of a general theory of religion and culture, especially one based on violence. Editor(s): Hamerton-Kelly, Robert. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804715188
- ISBN
- 9780804715188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.76
€ 37.99
€ 33.76
Hardback. This book investigates the relationships between political violence, social violence and economic violence using examples from South Africa, Northern Ireland, Lebanon and Syria. It examines the cultural impact of war and argues that a culture of violence can explain the high levels of violence which are frequently found in post-war societies. Series: Rethinking Political Violence. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JP; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272033
- ISBN
- 9780230272033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
Hardback. Violent women in cinema pose an exciting challenge to spectators, overturning ideas of 'typical' feminine subjectivity. This book explores the representation of homicidal women in contemporary art and independent cinema. Examining narrative, style and spectatorship, Loreck investigates the power of art cinema to depict transgressive femininity. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137525079
- ISBN
- 9781137525079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.31
€ 108.31
paperback. .
- Publisher
- Red Wheel/Weiser United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781601632951
- ISBN
- 9781601632951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.82
€ 16.99
€ 16.82
Paperback. This is the first book to comprehensively examine Latin America's literary response to the deadly HIV virus. Proposing a bio-political reading of AIDs in the neoliberal era, Lina Meruane examines how literary representations of AIDS enter into larger discussions of community, sexuality, nation, displacement and globalization. Translator(s): Rosenberg, Andrea. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSBH5; JFC; JFSJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349484096
- ISBN
- 9781349484096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.59
€ 61.59