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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. Media, Myth and Terrorism is a rigorous case study of Blitz mythology in British newspaper responses to the July 7th bombings. Considering how the press, politicians and the public were caught up in popular accounts of Britain's past, Kelsey explores the ideological battleground that took place in the weeks following the bombings. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFGR; JFD; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137410689
- ISBN
- 9781137410689
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Condition: New
€ 62.28
€ 62.28
Hardback. Migrant Citizenship from Below explores the dynamic local and transnational lives of Filipina and Filipino migrant domestic workers living in Schonberg, Germany. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FMP; JFFN; JFSJ; JHBL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137410436
- ISBN
- 9781137410436
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€ 62.62
€ 62.62
Hardcover. This book examines the mass media systems of Egypt and Tunisia under the pre-uprising regimes, with a focus on the last decade of the Mubarak and Ben Ali periods, as well as on how media are adapting to the political transitions underway. Findings are based on extensive interviews with journalists. Num Pages: 124 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1HBT; JFD; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137409959
- ISBN
- 9781137409959
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Condition: New
€ 61.64
€ 61.64
Hardcover. The events of 9/11 prompted questions as to the origins, nature and purpose of international jihadist organisations. In particular, why had they chosen to target the US and the West in general? Turner's book provides a unique, holistic insight into these debates, taking into account historical perceptions and ideology as key factors. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JFSR2; JPFR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137409560
- ISBN
- 9781137409560
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Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Hardcover. Exploring the transition of celebrities into institutional-electoral politics, the book argues that many insights developed by genre theorists could be highly instrumental to understand the celebrity politics phenomenon. It analyzes the historical and cultural specificity of celebrity politics as it evolved through different countries and cultures. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137409386
- ISBN
- 9781137409386
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Condition: New
€ 62.46
€ 62.46
Hardcover. How can transitional justice institutions provide due diligence to the lived experiences of women during war and violent political upheaval? This study provides a unique contribution to feminist scholarship on transitional justice, exploring women, peace and security with case studies from Africa and India. Num Pages: 138 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSJ1; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137409355
- ISBN
- 9781137409355
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Condition: New
€ 61.75
€ 61.75
The Administrating Victimization: The Politics of Anti-Social Behaviou...
Duggan, Marian, Heap, Vicky
Hardcover. This study addresses the management of victims and victim policy under the Coalition government, in light of an increasing move towards neoliberal and punitive law and order agendas. With a focus on victims of anti-social behaviour and hate crime, Duggan and Heap explore the changing role of the victim in contemporary criminal justice discourses. Series: Palgrave Hate Studies. Num Pages: 145 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFS; JKV; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137409263
- ISBN
- 9781137409263
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Condition: New
€ 61.81
€ 61.81
Hardcover. As American security became increasingly dependent on technology to shape the consciousness of its populace and to defend them, science fiction shows like The Twilight Zone, Star Trek, and The X-Files both promoted the regime's gendered logic and raised significant questions about that logic and its gendered roles. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137408884
- ISBN
- 9781137408884
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Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Hardcover. Why do girls study art and why do girls become primary teachers? This book examines and reveals the powerful influence of the family, the school and the state in shaping female identity and constructing notions of gender appropriateness. It also discusses the status of art at school and the position of women artists in society. Series: Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education. Num Pages: 197 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137408563
- ISBN
- 9781137408563
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Condition: New
€ 118.69
€ 118.69
Hardcover. This book explores the controversial social media practices engaged in by girls and young women, including sexual self-representations on social network sites, sexting, and self-harm vlogs. Informed by feminist media and cultural studies, Dobson delves beyond alarmist accounts to ask what it is we really fear about these practices. Series: Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Culture. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFK; JFFP; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137408396
- ISBN
- 9781137408396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.24
€ 170.24
Hardcover. Just as China is called the world factory for manufactured goods, it is also a world factory for manufactured animal cruelty in a new phenomenon of globalized animal cruelty. Animals in China examines animal protection in China in its legal, social and cultural contexts. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPQ; JFFZ; LAQ; LNKG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137408013
- ISBN
- 9781137408013
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Condition: New
€ 118.90
€ 118.90
Hardcover. In The Hyper(in)visible Fat Woman Gailey investigates the interface between fat women's perceptions of their bodies and of the social expectations and judgments placed on them. The book explores the phenomenon of 'hyper(in)visibility', the seemingly paradoxical social position of being paid exceptional attention while simultaneously being erased. Num Pages: 228 pages, 1 figures. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137407160
- ISBN
- 9781137407160
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Condition: New
€ 92.93
€ 92.93
Hardcover. An ethnographic study of gender, place and belonging, Affective Intensities introduces readers to the embodied sensations, flows and experiences of being in extreme music scenes in Australia and Japan. Series: Pop Music, Culture and Identity. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1MBF; AVG; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137406767
- ISBN
- 9781137406767
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Condition: New
€ 62.46
€ 62.46
Hardcover. This book examines how the news media in general, and investigative journalism in particular, interprets environmental problems and how those interpretations contribute to the shaping of a discourse of risk that can compete against the omnipresent and hegemonic discourse of modernisation in Chinese society. Series: Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFF; KNTJ; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137406668
- ISBN
- 9781137406668
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Condition: New
€ 62.23
€ 62.23
Hardcover. Film Distribution in the Digital Age critically examines the evolution of the landscape of film distribution in recent years. In doing so, it argues that the interlocking ecosystem(s) of media dissemination must be considered holistically and culturally if we are to truly understand the transnational flows of cultural texts. Num Pages: 206 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFD; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137406606
- ISBN
- 9781137406606
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Condition: New
€ 108.51
€ 108.51
Hardback. Spracklen explores the impact of the internet on leisure and leisure studies, examining the ways in which digital leisure spaces and activities have become part of everyday leisure. Covering a range of issues from social media and file-sharing to romance on the Internet, this book presents new theoretical directions for digital leisure. Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JHBS; PDR; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137405869
- ISBN
- 9781137405869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.59
€ 62.59
The Literature of Waste: Material Ecopoetics and Ethical Matter
Morrison, Susan, Morrison, Susan Signe
Hardcover. Tracing the material and metaphoric waste through the western canon, Morrison disrupts traditional perceptions to understand how we theorize, manage, and are implicated in waste. A major contribution to the growing field of Waste Studies, this book urges the reader to see disposal as the creation of waste literature itself. Num Pages: 314 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137405661
- ISBN
- 9781137405661
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Condition: New
€ 140.29
€ 140.29
Paperback. The history of secondary education for girls in the western world is explored through the lens of the gendered cultural expectations of the middle classes and upper classes of the past centuries, juxtaposed against the relatively recent democratization of European educational systems. Editor(s): Goodman, Joyce; Rogers, Rebecca; Albisetti, James C. Series: Secondary Education in a Changing World. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFH; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSJ1; JNB; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137405555
- ISBN
- 9781137405555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 40.05
€ 49.99
€ 40.05
Hardcover. This book examines recent changes to Indigenous policy in English-speaking settler states, and locates them within the broader shift from social to neo-liberal framings of citizen-state relations via a case study of Australian federal policy between 2000 and 2007. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JFFJ; JFSL9; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 322 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137405401
- ISBN
- 9781137405401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.27
€ 170.27
Hardcover. Friends play a crucial role in international students' lives. This book explores the characteristics of the friendship networks of international doctoral students by analysing the relationships between these students and their friends, both in the country of education and across several national borders. Num Pages: 175 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JNKS; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137405241
- ISBN
- 9781137405241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12