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After Jews And Arabs: Remaking Levantine Culture

Ammiel Alcalay

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFC; JFSR1; JFSR2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 568.

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Publication date: 1992
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages: 288
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SKU: V9780816621552
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Reflecting Black: African-American Cultural Criticism

Michael Eric Dyson

Paperback. Series: American Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.

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Publication date: 1993
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages: 352
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Edition: First Edition
SKU: V9780816621439
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Heidegger And Criticism: Retrieving the Cultural Politics of Destructi...

William Spanos

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 506.

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Publication date: 1993
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages: 448
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SKU: V9780816620975
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Chaucer’s England: Literature in Historical Context

Barbara Hanawalt

Paperback. Editor(s): Hanawalt, Barbara A. Series: Mediaeval Studies at Minnesota S. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.

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Publication date: 1992
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages: 256
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SKU: V9780816620203
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Dark End Of The Street: Margins in American Vanguard Poetry

Maria Damon

Paperback. Series: American Culture. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.

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Publication date: 1993
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages: 328
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SKU: V9780816619870
ISBN: 9780816619870

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Anatomy of Racism

David Goldberg

Paperback. Editor(s): Goldberg, David Theo. Num Pages: 384 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 505.

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Publication date: 1990
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages: 384
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SKU: V9780816618040
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Immigrant Rights in the Shadows of Citizenship

Rachel Ida Buff

Paperback. Examines the ways in which questions of immigrant rights engage broader issues of identity, including gender, race, and sexuality Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 608.

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Publication date: 2008
Publisher: New York University Press United States
Number of pages: 448
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SKU: V9780814799925
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Mixed Race Hollywood

Beltran

Paperback. A pioneering compilation of essays on mixed-race romance, individuals, families, and stars in U.S. film and media culture Editor(s): Beltran, Mary C.; Fojas, Camilla. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.

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Publication date: 2008
Publisher: New York University Press United States
Number of pages: 352
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Edition: Illustrated
SKU: V9780814799895
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Intercultural Couples

Jill M. Bystydzienski

Paperback. An analysis of intercultural couples in the US Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.

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Publication date: 2011
Publisher: New York University Press United States
Number of pages: 222
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SKU: V9780814799796
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American Karma

Sunil Bhatia

Paperback. The Indian American community is one of the fastest growing immigrant communities in the US. Its members are marked by a high degree of training as medical doctors, engineers, scientists, and university professors. This title explores how these highly skilled professionals have been inserted into the racial dynamics of American society. Series: Qualitative Studies in Psychology. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFS; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.

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Publication date: 2007
Publisher: New York University Press United States
Number of pages: 270
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SKU: V9780814799598
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Girlfighting

Lyn Mikel Brown

Paperback. In opposition to other books available discussing how girls are mean to each other, this book looks at WHY girls act this way. The author looks at the images family and media inadvertenly send to girls and discusses what should be done to prevent this avoidable pattern. Num Pages: 259 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSP2; JMC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.

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Publication date: 2005
Publisher: New York University Press United States
Number of pages: 259
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SKU: V9780814799512
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Myth of Empowerment

Dana Becker

Paperback. A survey of how women have been represented and influenced by the therapeutic culture from the mid-19th century. Dana Becker examines the myth that the problems women have are medical rather than societal; personal rather than political. Num Pages: 243 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.

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Publication date: 2005
Publisher: New York University Press United States
Number of pages: 243
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SKU: V9780814799369
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Fast Cars, Cool Rides

Amy L. Best

Paperback. Drawing on interviews with over 100 young men and women, and five years of research, the author explores the fast-paced world of kids and their cars. She reveals a world where cars have incredible significance for kids, as a means of transportation and thereby freedom to come and go, as status symbols and as a means to express their identities. Num Pages: 257 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSP2; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.

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Publication date: 2005
Publisher: New York University Press United States
Number of pages: 257
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SKU: V9780814799314
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They Know Us Better Than We Know Ourselves

Bridget Brown

paperback. Looks at how the belief in abduction by extraterrestrials is constituted by and through popular discourse and the images provided by print, film, and television. This work contends that the abduction phenomenon is symptomatic of a period during which people have come to feel divested of the ability to know what is true about themselves. Num Pages: 247 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFCX; VXQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.

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Publication date: 2007
Publisher: New York University Press United States
Number of pages: 247
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SKU: V9780814799222
ISBN: 9780814799222

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Impossible to Hold

Bloch

Paperback. With Jackie in a pill-box hat and Marilyn crooning to the president, the 1960s opened with women hovering at the fringes of the public imagination - and ended with a feminist movement that outpaced anything NASA could concoct. A compelling story, but did it really happen that way? Yes and no, argue Lauri Umansky and Avital Bloch. Editor(s): Bloch, Avital H.; Umansky, Lauri. Series: American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 342 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JFCA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.

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Publication date: 2005
Publisher: New York University Press United States
Number of pages: 342
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SKU: V9780814799109
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Charitable Choices

John P. Bartkowski

Paperback. An ethnographic study of faith-based poverty relief programs in 30 congregations in the rural south. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRC; JFFA; JHMP; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.

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Publication date: 2003
Publisher: New York University Press United States
Number of pages: 214
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SKU: V9780814799024
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Policing Hatred

Jeannine Bell

Paperback. Explores the interaction of race and law enforcement in the controversial area of hate crime. Bell includes in her work the experiences of detectives who are women, Black, Latino, and Asian American, exploring the impact of the racial identity of both the hate crime victim and the officers' handling of bias crimes. Series: Critical America. Num Pages: 227 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JKSW1; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336.

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Publication date: 2004
Publisher: New York University Press United States
Number of pages: 227
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Edition: Revised ed.
SKU: V9780814798980
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Gay Warriors

B. R. Burg

Paperback. In Ancient Greece and Rome, in Crusader campaigns and pirate adventures, same-sex romances were a common and condoned part of military culture. From the Peloponnesian War to the Gulf War, from Achelleus to Lawrence of Arabia gays and lesbians have played a crucial but often hidden role in military campaigns. Num Pages: 299 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFSK; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.

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Publication date: 2001
Publisher: New York University Press United States
Number of pages: 299
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SKU: V9780814798867
ISBN: 9780814798867

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At Work in the Iron Cage

Dana M. Britton

Paperback. In this first comparative analysis of men's and women's prisons, Dana Britton identifies the factors that influence the genderization of the American workplace, a process that often leaves women in lower-paying jobs with less prestige and responsibility. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JKVP1; KJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.

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Publication date: 2003
Publisher: New York University Press United States
Number of pages: 264
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SKU: V9780814798843
ISBN: 9780814798843

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Sports Matters

Bloom

paperback. Sports Matters brings critical attention to the centrality of race within the politics and pleasures of the massive sports culture that developed in the U.S. during the past century and a half. Editor(s): Bloom, John; Willard, Michael Nevin. Num Pages: 368 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 509.

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Publication date: 2002
Publisher: New York University Press United States
Number of pages: 368
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SKU: V9780814798829
ISBN: 9780814798829

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Fighting for Us

Scot Brown

Paperback. Scot Brown presents a history of the US organization, a Black nationalist group that played a leading role in Black Power politics and culture during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Founded in 1965 by Maulana Karenga, US established alliances with activists, artists, and organizations to establish an African American cultural revolution. Num Pages: 228 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.

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Publication date: 2005
Publisher: New York University Press United States
Number of pages: 228
Condition: New
Edition: Revised ed.
SKU: V9780814798782
ISBN: 9780814798782

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