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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. This book explores, from a sociological perspective, the relationship between acting as symbolic work and the commercialization of popular culture. Particular attention is paid to the social conditions that gave rise to stardom in the theatre and cinema, and how shifts in the marketing of stars have impacted upon contemporary celebrity culture. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137344274
- ISBN
- 9781137344274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.51
€ 62.51
Hardcover. 1977 is usually associated with West German terrorism, but it witnessed another cultural watershed: punk music. A new reckoning with the legacy of political and aesthetic spaces, this book argues the centrality of punk music for understanding crises of state and terrorist violence, American racism and German fascism, and aesthetic production. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; AVGU; HBJD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343666
- ISBN
- 9781137343666
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Condition: New
€ 61.98
€ 61.98
Hardcover. This volume discusses the lives and writings of five nonconformist women who comprised the heart of a vibrant literary circle in England between 1760 and 1840. Whelan shows these women's keen awareness and often radical viewpoints on contemporary issues connected to politics, religion, gender, and the Romantic sensibility. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343604
- ISBN
- 9781137343604
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Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Hardcover. Analyzing a wide body of cultural texts, including literature, film, and other visual arts, Gender, Empire, and Postcolony: Luso-Afro-Brazilian Intersections is a diverse collection of essays on gender in Portuguese colonialism and Lusophone postcolonialism. Editor(s): Owen, Hilary. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343413
- ISBN
- 9781137343413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.82
€ 118.82
Hardcover. The first study of its kind, this book traces 150 years of the history of fatherhood in Scandinavia and shows how Scandinavian gender equality policy has important implications for the rest of the world. Among other interesting findings, Lorentzen reveals that the modern-day rise in equality fathering can be traced back to the 19th century. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBTB; JFSJ2; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343376
- ISBN
- 9781137343376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.18
€ 62.18
Hardcover. This book explores how deans of women actively fostered feminism in the mid-twentieth century through a study of the career of Dr. Emily Taylor, the University of Kansas dean of women from 1956-1974. Sartorius links feminist activism by deans of women with labor activism, the New Left movement, and the later rise of women's studies as a discipline. Series: Historical Studies in Education. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JJPG; JFFK; JNB; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343253
- ISBN
- 9781137343253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 44.54
€ 54.99
€ 44.54
Hardcover. Majia Holmer Nadesan analyzes the Fukushima nuclear disaster and its radiological aftermath for the citizens of Japan and elsewhere in the context of historical and contemporary understandings of radiation-caused health and reproductive effects. Num Pages: 157 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFC; JPS; KCP; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343116
- ISBN
- 9781137343116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.98
€ 61.98
Hardback. Drawing on a wealth of oral interviews, Conversations on Black Leadership uses the lives of prominent African Americans to trace the contours of Black leadership in America. Included here are fascinating accounts from a wide variety of figures such as John Lewis, Clarence Thomas, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Angela Davis, Amiri Baraka, and many more. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 379 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 695.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 379
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137342492
- ISBN
- 9781137342492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.17
€ 64.17
Hardcover. This book presents a study of remembrance practices emerging after the 2005 London bombings. Matthew Allen explores a range of cases that not only illustrate the effects of the organisation of remembrance on its participants, but reveal how people engaged in memorial culture to address difficult and unbearable conditions in the wake of 7/7. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JMRM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137341631
- ISBN
- 9781137341631
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.92
€ 61.92
Hardcover. Men, Masculinities, Travel and Tourism draws together established and emerging academics that have a key interest in men, masculinity, travel and tourism. Through the chapters collected in this volume the reader will be exposed to cutting edge research and writing that offer global and local perspectives within these fields. Editor(s): Thurnell-Read, Thomas; Casey, Mark E. Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; KNSG; WT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137341457
- ISBN
- 9781137341457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.74
€ 62.74
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137341303
- ISBN
- 9781137341303
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.68
€ 130.68
Hardback. Through a close examination of India's policies, economic system, social systems and politics, this study explores the numerous perspectives and debates on India's urbanization. The authors link contemporary urban issues with emerging challenges associated with policies and city management. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSG; KCU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137339744
- ISBN
- 9781137339744
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Condition: New
€ 119.65
€ 119.65
Hardcover. Examining the evolving responses to immigration, migrant integration and diversity of substate governments in Quebec, Flanders and Brussels, and Scotland, Fiona Barker explores what happens when the 'new' diversity arising from immigration intersects with the 'old' politics of substate nationalism in decentralized, multinational societies. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137339300
- ISBN
- 9781137339300
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Condition: New
€ 62.51
€ 62.51
Hardback. This book explores two critical strands in American Studies: policy conversations on legal and illegal immigration and social and educational conversations on diversity and multiculturalism. As author Benjamin Railton shows, a fresh look at the Chinese Exclusion Act overturns much of the received wisdom on immigration and American identity. Num Pages: 82 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJF; HBTB; JFC; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 82
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137339089
- ISBN
- 9781137339089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.57
€ 61.57
Hardback. Across Europe the protection of 'social cohesion' has become an important political objective. This book draws attention to the connection between the cohesive society and the active society. It explores France, Germany and the United Kingdom and challenges the claim that the active conduct of problematic populations can save society from collapse. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 1DFG; JFS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137338839
- ISBN
- 9781137338839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.64
€ 62.64
Hardback. Interest in learning how to make the most of the potential developmental benefits of remittance flows has grown worldwide. Financing the Family adds to that body of knowledge with a summary of recent research that emphasizes experimental approaches, focuses on Central America, and analyzes the impact of the recent financial crisis. Num Pages: 211 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLC; JFFN; KCLF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137338389
- ISBN
- 9781137338389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.53
€ 119.53
Hardback. Black Muslims in the U.S. seeks to address deficiencies in current scholarship about black Muslims in American society, from examining the origins of Islam among African-Americans to acknowledging the influential role that black Muslims play in contemporary U.S. society. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 466.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137337498
- ISBN
- 9781137337498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.84
€ 62.84
Hardcover. Featuring essays by top scholars and interviews with acclaimed directors, this book examines Italian women's authorship in film and their visions of reality. The contributors use feminist film criticism in the analysis of their works and give direct voices to the artists who are constantly excluded by the conventional Italian film criticism. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; APF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137336507
- ISBN
- 9781137336507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Hardcover. What kind of men were missionaries? What kind of masculinity did they represent, in ideology as well as in practice? Presupposing masculinity to be a cluster of cultural ideas and social practices that change over time and space, and not a stable entity with a natural, inherent meaning, Kristin Fjelde Tjelle seeks to answer such questions. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HRCX7; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137336354
- ISBN
- 9781137336354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.97
€ 119.97
Hardcover. Performing Feeling in Cultures of Memory brings memory studies into conversation with a focus on feelings as cultural actors. It charts a series of memory sites that range from canonical museums and memorials, to practices enabled by the virtual terrain of Second Life, popular 'trauma TV' programs and radical theatre practice. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137336217
- ISBN
- 9781137336217
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.43
€ 62.43
Education, Work and Social Change: Young People and Marginalization in...
Simmons, Robin, Thompson, Ron, Russell, Lisa
Hardcover. Drawing on a longitudinal study of the lives of NEET young people, this book looks beyond dominant discourses on youth unemployment to provide a rich, detailed account of young people's experiences of participation and non-participation on the margins of education and employment, highlighting the policy implications of this research. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSP; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137335920
- ISBN
- 9781137335920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.59
€ 62.59
Hardcover. Representing a detailed analysis of footballers' wives and their role in contemporary British culture, this books explores how the generic and stereotypical 'Wag' has been created by newspaper and magazine coverage, auto/biographies and influential television programmes. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFCA; JFCD; JFDT; JHBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137335685
- ISBN
- 9781137335685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.59
€ 62.59
Hardcover. Black Women in Management identifies some of the differences and/or similarities that exist between these women's career choices and progression and explores how they address socio-cultural and gendered expectations of domestic, social and caring commitments as career women living and working in two urban cities - one African, the other European. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL1; KJM; KJU; KJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137335425
- ISBN
- 9781137335425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.46
€ 62.46
Hardcover. Drawing on insights from psychology, sociology, anthropology, religion, history, and literature, this book examines early and contemporary writings of male authors from across the Arab world to explore the traditional and evolving nature of father-son relationships in Arab families. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSJ2; JFSL; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137335197
- ISBN
- 9781137335197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.31
€ 62.31