Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. Today, there is new appeal in the analysis of ethnicity, not merely as innate and fixed identities or fragmented and lost identities, but rather as wounded and then creatively reclaimed. Kearney discusses international examples of cultural wounding and healing and presents two close readings of emerging ethnicities in Australia and Brazil. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 1MBF; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137480569
- ISBN
- 9781137480569
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Condition: New
€ 62.99
€ 62.99
Paperback. These essays offer a glimpse into the cultural and social dimensions of Franz Rosenzweig's thought - an aspect of his philosophy that has too often been ignored by an over-emphasis on his status as a religious thinker. Translator(s): Galli, Barbara E. Series: Library of Jewish Philosophy. Num Pages: 176 pages, index, notes. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPCF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815628347
- ISBN
- 9780815628347
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Condition: New
€ 29.43
€ 29.43
Cultural, Ethnic, and Political Nationalism in Contemporary Taiwan
. Ed(S): Makeham, John; Hsiau, A-Chin
Paperback. Editor(s): Makeham, John; Hsiau, A-Chin. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPS. 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
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349531820
- ISBN
- 9781349531820
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Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Editor(s): Mansouri, Fethi. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JFFN; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319364063
- ISBN
- 9783319364063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
hardcover. Editor(s): Mansouri, Fethi. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319160023
- ISBN
- 9783319160023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.90
€ 62.90
Hardback. In an increasingly diverse social environment, misunderstandings often arise between practitioners in helping professions and clients from different backgrounds. This work investigates the culturally specific beliefs and child-rearing practices of five racial/ethnic groups in America. Editor(s): Webb, Nancy Boyd. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFSL; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118187
- ISBN
- 9780231118187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.22
€ 104.22
Paperback. Culture, Raymond Williams once wrote, is one of the most difficult words in language. Since then the concept has become part of our everyday vocabulary; it is used in a variety of different contexts: to describe the behaviour of corporations or criminals; to provide personal and national identity; it even gives its name to a Department of State. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBCY; JFC; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745623818
- ISBN
- 9780745623818
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Condition: New
€ 24.15
€ 24.15
Paperback. Editor(s): Holmgreen, Lise-Lotte. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 236 x 13. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788771120431
- ISBN
- 9788771120431
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.24
€ 45.99
€ 32.24
Paperback. This title takes a linguistic and poststructuralist approach to discourse analysis, and argues for a textual meta-language for cultural studies and a re-evaluation of methodolody. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742500594
- ISBN
- 9780742500594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.90
€ 63.90
Hardback. Barbara Leckie mines novels, newspapers, and court and parliamentary records to explore how adultery became visible in the pubic sphere in the second half of the nineteenth century and how the history of the Victorian novel is revised when the culture's concern with adultery and censorship is brought into focus. Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 27. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812234985
- ISBN
- 9780812234985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.18
€ 77.18
Paperback. Poet, education reformer, social theorist and passionate critic of Victorian England condemned an industrial society in 'bondage to machinery' and argued instead that the wonder and joy of culture - in particular the 'sweetness and light' of classical civilization - were essential to human life. This book deals with his works. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFC; JPFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141396248
- ISBN
- 9780141396248
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.19
€ 17.99
€ 13.19
Paperback. This Open University reader is a wide-ranging inter-disciplinary collection of material illustrating the relationship between cultural change and religious belief in 16th century Europe. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBG; HBLH; JFC; JNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631169918
- ISBN
- 9780631169918
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Condition: New
€ 65.21
€ 65.21
Hardback. This is the fourth in the series of proceedings of the interdisciplinary conferences sponsored by the Center for Renaissance & Baroque Studies at the University of Maryland. This volume reflects the commitment of scholars to the exploration of early modern women's culture as recovered through images, literature, music, and archives of the period. Editor(s): Mikesell, Margaret; Seeff, Adele. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 168 x 26. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611492316
- ISBN
- 9781611492316
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Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Paperback. Culture and Child Protection is a concise exploration of the close links between social service practices and cultural values which offers a culturally sensitive model of child protection practice. The authors demonstrate the ways in which a combination of personal, professional and societal attitudes often influence practice decisions. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843102700
- ISBN
- 9781843102700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 37.75
€ 37.99
€ 37.75
Hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBT; JMH; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745671765
- ISBN
- 9780745671765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.37
€ 65.37
Hardback. Series: Communication, Culture and Change in Asia. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789811041235
- ISBN
- 9789811041235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.61
€ 108.61
Paperback. Takes a fresh view of the culture of consumption. This book examines the interplay of culture and consumer behavior from the anthropologist's point of view and provides new insights into the way we view ourselves and our society. Series: A Midland Book. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 11. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253206282
- ISBN
- 9780253206282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.46
€ 18.99
€ 18.46
Paperback. This wide-ranging, historically informed study examines the career of the culture concept and related notions of context in comparative and international politics, tracing connections through the disciplines of anthropology and history as well as through issues in nationalism and democracy. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349283316
- ISBN
- 9781349283316
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Condition: New
€ 118.51
€ 118.51
Paperback. Culture and politics in Morocco are an interactive blend of conflict and congruence. This book argues that no single form defines Morocco's national identity and cites four cultural patterns that compete with each other yet share strong ties to an overriding cultural core of "Muslim consensus". Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBM; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761803928
- ISBN
- 9780761803928
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Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Hardback. Surveying the cultural and political heritage of the Irish people, North and South, this book highlights the remarkable accomplishments of Ireland's artists, musicians and performers. It also investigates the role of religion in Irish life, and the ways in which prosperity, feminism, and scandals within the churches have weakened that role. Series: Cultures and Customs of the World. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTB; JFC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313331626
- ISBN
- 9780313331626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.55€ 50.90
€ 55.55
€ 50.90
Hardback. This comprehensive volume provides an in-depth survey of Jamaican people and their history, land, religion, education, language, social customs, media and cinema, literature, music, and performing and visual arts. Series: Cultures and Customs of the World. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; GTB; HBJK; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780313305344
- ISBN
- 9780313305344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.82€ 58.01
€ 63.82
€ 58.01
Hardback. An overview of the traditional elements in the culture and customs of modern Japan. It examines religious rituals, classic and modern literature, performing arts, fine arts and handicrafts, housing, clothing, women's roles and family life, holidays and festivals, and social customs. Series: Cultures and Customs of the World. Num Pages: 224 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JFC; JHBT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 473.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780313301971
- ISBN
- 9780313301971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.82€ 58.01
€ 63.82
€ 58.01
Hardback. A discussion of Nigerian culture, introducing to a Western audience the complexity of its society and the emerging lifestyles among its various peoples. It covers the land, peoples, history, religion and worldview, literature, media, art, architecture, cuisine, dress, customs and music. Series: Cultures and Customs of the World. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JFC; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780313313387
- ISBN
- 9780313313387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.82€ 58.01
€ 63.82
€ 58.01
Paperback. A stand-out, one-stop resource on Philippine culture and customs. Series: Cultures and Customs of the World. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313361173
- ISBN
- 9780313361173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.86
€ 36.86