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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Published with a new preface, this bestseller offers an intimate glimpse into a unique female community. Liz Dalby, the only non-Japanese woman ever to have trained as a geisha, reveals the realities of geisha life. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ1; JFSL; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st UK Paperback Edition
- SKU
- V9780099286387
- ISBN
- 9780099286387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
hardcover. In 1936, Abe Sada committed the most notorious crime in twentieth-century Japan-the murder and emasculation of her lover. This detailed account of Sada's personal history, the events leading up to the crime, and its aftermath steps beyond the simplistic view of Abe Sada as a sexual deviate or hysterical woman to reveal a survivor. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; JFSJ1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130523
- ISBN
- 9780231130523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.73
€ 46.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; KJMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Select Books Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590799567
- ISBN
- 9781590799567
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226432069
- ISBN
- 9780226432069
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Hardcover. * New edition of a popular and highly lauded introduction to gender - the first edition won Choice s outstanding academic title award. * Provides an excellent survey of the key theoretical approaches that have been developed in gender studies, and how they relate to social and political life. Series: Polity Key Concepts in the Social Sciences Series. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661155
- ISBN
- 9780745661155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Paperback. This collection of essays from 29 feminist scholars in a range of humanities and social science disciplines argues that pedagogical methods, as well as curricula and textbooks, should reflect feminist theories and emphases. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847679706
- ISBN
- 9780847679706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
Paperback. aeo An important re--assessment of the idea of agency in the context of changing relations between men and women. aeo Brings together the owrk of leading feminist theorists with the work of key continental social theorists. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745613499
- ISBN
- 9780745613499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.94
€ 23.99
€ 23.94
Hardback. This volume reassesses theories of agency and gender identity against the backdrop of changing relations between men and women in contemporary societies. Num Pages: 198 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745613482
- ISBN
- 9780745613482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Paperback. A much-anticipated sociological analysis of gender components in contemporary American Jewish life based on the most recent population data Num Pages: 312 pages, 44 charts, 110 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781584657569
- ISBN
- 9781584657569
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. Provides a multidisciplinary analysis of the role of gender in the formation and dissemination of the American social sciences in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This volume draws attention to the ways in which changing gender relations shaped the development and organization of the social knowledge. Editor(s): Silverberg, Helene. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691048208
- ISBN
- 9780691048208
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Condition: New
€ 65.40€ 51.34
€ 65.40
€ 51.34
paperback. Gender and Archaeology is the first volume to critically review the development of this now key topic internationally, across a range of periods and material culture. Num Pages: 208 pages, 17 line figures, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HD; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415216005
- ISBN
- 9780415216005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.18
€ 56.18
Paperback. Series: Samuel & Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295974262
- ISBN
- 9780295974262
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Re-examines the assumptions and experimental evidence behind Boyle's Law. The author argues that even good science is sometimes influenced by gender and class politics, and she shows that this work leading to the Gas Law, while certainly based on the experimental evidence, was also based on class and gendered considerations. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 figures, 1 index. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PD; PHFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780253214553
- ISBN
- 9780253214553
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.10
€ 23.99
€ 22.10
Paperback. Celebrates 20 years of the publication of the journal Gender & History Features essays by leading scholars in the fields of women's history and gender history Reflects the extent to which gender analysis suggests alternatives to conventional periodisation. Editor(s): Shepard, Alexandra; Walker, Garthine. Series: Gender and History Special Issues. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192279
- ISBN
- 9781405192279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.60
€ 29.60
Hardcover. Gender and Child Welfare in Society considers the ways in which raising questions about gender can help researchers and practitioners better understand family relationships and issues in children's development. Editor(s): Featherstone, Brid; Hooper, Carol-Ann; Scourfield, Jonathan; Taylor, Julie. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470681862
- ISBN
- 9780470681862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Paperback. This text proposes a different understanding of how gender relations were reformulated by both male and female writers in 19th-century France. It analyzes the different versions of gendered citizenship revealing a shift from single definition of citizenship to a double dialectical one. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; DSB; JFSJ; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847696956
- ISBN
- 9780847696956
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Condition: New
€ 53.39
€ 53.39
Paperback. The essays in this work illustrate the various ways in which women in the Middle East fall short of being vested with the rights and privileges that would define them as fully enfranchised citizens. They offer an examination of national legislation on personal status, penal law and labour. Editor(s): Joseph, Suad. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 400 pages, 6 tables, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSJ1; JPHC; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815628651
- ISBN
- 9780815628651
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Condition: New
€ 34.88
€ 34.88
Paperback. Although climate change affects everybody it is not gender neutral. It has significant social impacts and magnifies existing inequalities such as the disparity between women and men in their vulnerability and ability to cope with this global phenomenon. This title provides an introduction to gender aspects of climate change. Num Pages: 312 pages, Diagrams, tables, graphs, index. BIC Classification: JFSJ; RNPG; RNT. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844078653
- ISBN
- 9781844078653
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Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
Paperback. This text draws on feminist literature and research into community care policy and practice to provide an overview of the influence of, and attention to, gender. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333619896
- ISBN
- 9780333619896
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 18.69
€ 51.99
€ 18.69
Paperback. With brand new chapters on theory, history and globalization, this book, written within a strong human rights framework, provides students with a current and critical guide to the area Series: Key Approaches to Criminology. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JKV; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 172 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473902190
- ISBN
- 9781473902190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 50.83
€ 50.99
€ 50.83
Paperback. There are now more women committing crimes and serving sentences in prison than ever before. At the same time, women are often the victims of abuse, violence, and murder. Composed of contributions by many of the top scholars in criminology, these essays will help to transform our understanding of women's relation to crime. Editor(s): Heimer, Karen; Kruttschnitt, Candace. Series: New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JKVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814736753
- ISBN
- 9780814736753
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardback. The idea that respect for cultural diversity conflicts with gender equality is now a staple of both public and academic debate. Yet discussion of these tensions is marred by exaggerated talk of cultural difference, leading to ethnic reductionism, cultural stereotyping, and a hierarchy of traditional and modern. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647999
- ISBN
- 9780745647999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Paperback. Editor(s): Farmer, Sharon A.; Pasternack, Carol Braun (both of University of California, USA). Series: Medieval Cultures S. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816638949
- ISBN
- 9780816638949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Editor(s): Cree, Viviene. Series: Moral Panics in Theory and Practice. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 129 x 199 x 11. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447321910
- ISBN
- 9781447321910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.29
€ 16.29