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Hardcover. Offering a cross-media exploration of Israeli media on Holocaust Remembrance Day, one of Israel's most sacred national rituals, over the past six decades, this fascinating book investigates the way in which variables such as medium, structure of ownership, genre and targeted audiences shape the collective recollection of traumatic memories. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBTZ1; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137325235
ISBN
9781137325235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.03

Hardcover. How does the performance of blackness reframe issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality? Here, the contributors look into representational practices in film, literature, fashion, and theatre and explore how they have fleshed out political struggles, while recognizing that they have sometimes maintained the mechanisms of violence against blacks. Editor(s): Lemoine, Xavier; Rocchi, Jean-Paul. Num Pages: 289 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137325075
ISBN
9781137325075
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.61
€ 75.42

Hardcover. How can the diffusion and development of women's cricket as a global sport be explained? Women's Cricket and Global Processes considers the emergence and growth of women's cricket around the world and seeks to provide a sociological explanation for how and why the women's game has developed the way it has. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBS; WSJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137323514
ISBN
9781137323514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.07

Hardback. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 297 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 10 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JHB; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137323484
ISBN
9781137323484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.88

Hardcover. This book argues that Americans' belief in post-racialism, rooted in both ideology and material progress among racial minorities, is wrong because both old and new patterns of racism continue to hinder the acceptance of African Americans as true equals in American society, despite the recent mobility of the black middle class. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFFN; JFSC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137322678
ISBN
9781137322678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.18

Hardcover. Informal folk narrative genres such as gossip, advice, rumor, and urban legends provide a unique window into popular formations of AIDS and gender conflict in Africa. The first book on the subject to draw primarily on such narratives, this book shows how they provide rich insights into the struggles of people living in an era of social upheaval. Series: Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMM; JFFH2; JFSJ1; JHBK5; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137322449
ISBN
9781137322449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.18

Hardcover. This book reviews the period from the unification of Italy to the fascist era through significant Neapolitan performers such as Gilda Mignonette and Enrico Caruso. It traces the transformation of a popular tradition written in dialect into a popular tradition, written in Italian, that contributed to the production of "American" identity. Series: Italian & Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBBEY; AVGN; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137322418
ISBN
9781137322418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.59

Paperback. This cutting-edge volume is the first to address the burgeoning interest in drugs and Africa among scholars, policymakers, and the general public. It brings together an interdisciplinary group of leading academics and practitioners to explore the use, trade, production, and control of mind-altering substances on the continent Editor(s): Klantschnig, Gernot; Carrier, Neil C. M.; Ambler, Charles. Num Pages: 217 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFH1; JHB; JHMC; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137321909
ISBN
9781137321909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.75

Hardback. This cutting-edge volume is the first to address the burgeoning interest in drugs and Africa among scholars, policymakers, and the general public. It brings together an interdisciplinary group of leading academics and practitioners to explore the use, trade, production, and control of mind-altering substances on the continent Editor(s): Klantschnig, Gernot; Carrier, Neil C. M.; Ambler, Charles. Num Pages: 217 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFH1; JHB; JHMC; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137321893
ISBN
9781137321893
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.84

Hardcover. Focusing on the experiences of Russian migrants to the United Kingdom, this book explores the connection between migrations, homes and identities. It evaluates several approaches to studying them, and is structured around a series of case studies on attitudes to homemaking, food and cooking, and clothing. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUA; JFCD; JFFN; JFSL; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137321770
ISBN
9781137321770
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.00

Hardcover. Can society operate without gender and even biological sex classifications? Queer Post-Gender Ethics argues that we could exist, formulate our relationships and be sexual in more androgynous ways. Outlining a political vision for how a post-gender sociality might be achieved, it presents queer social practices for a truly gender neutral world. Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137321619
ISBN
9781137321619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.67

Hardcover. Happiness, rather than being a private and subjective experience, is shaped, interpreted and articulated via culturally specific ways of thinking, being and acting. This highly original and timely book offers an empirical exploration of the ways in which being 'happy' is understood and articulated in contemporary society. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137321527
ISBN
9781137321527
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.66

hardcover. The Wolfenden Report of 1957 has long been recognized as a landmark in moves towards gay law reform. Less well known are the testimonials and statements of witnesses before the Wolfenden Committee, which provide the most complete and extensive array of perspectives we have on how homosexuality was understood in mid-twentieth century Britain. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFSJ; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137321497
ISBN
9781137321497
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Hardcover. Domestic violence in adolescent romantic relationships is an increasingly important and only recently acknowledged social issue. This book provides conceptual frameworks for the design and evaluation of interventions with a focus on developing evidence based practice, as well as a research, practice and policy agenda for consideration. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSP2; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137321398
ISBN
9781137321398
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.15

Hardcover. This book explores the everyday lives of 'lesbian' women in urban Russia. It explores changes and continuities by examining generational differences, and attends to regional variation by considering what 'lesbian' life looks like in different locations, problematising essentialist accounts of Russian sexualities and western-centric theorizations. Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFSJ1; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137321237
ISBN
9781137321237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.42

Hardback. Politicians, business leaders and citizens look with hope to the Latin American middle class for political stability and purchasing power, but the economic position of the middle class remains vulnerable. The contributors document the remarkable emergence of this middle group in Latin America, whose measurement turns out not to be an easy task. Editor(s): Dayton-Johnson, Jeff. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTF; JFSC; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137320780
ISBN
9781137320780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.59

Hardcover. Multiculturalism has come under considerable attack in political practice, yet the fact of diversity remains, and with it the need to establish fair terms of integration. This book defends multiculturalism as the most coherent and practicable approach to liberal integration, but one that is not without the need for crucial reformulation. Editor(s): Balint, Peter J.; Guerard de Latour, Sophie. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JPA; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137320391
ISBN
9781137320391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.23

Hardcover. The provision of care has been widely referred to as facing a 'crisis'. International migrants are increasingly relied upon to provide care - as domestic workers, nannies, care assistants and nurses. This international volume examines the global construction of migrant care labour and how it manifests itself in different contexts. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSC; JHBL; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137319692
ISBN
9781137319692
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.41

Hardcover. Shaw addresses the 'ethical turn' in contemporary sociological thinking, by exploring the contribution of sociology and the social sciences to bioethical debates about morality and tissue exchange practices. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137312587
ISBN
9781137312587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.51

Hardcover. Based on extensive fieldwork, Jungnickel's research into community WiFi networking explores the innovative digital cultures of ordinary people making extra-ordinary things. Committed to making 'ournet, not the internet', these digital tinkerers re-inscribe wireless broadband technology with new meanings and re-imagined possibilities of use. Num Pages: 162 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; UD; UT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137312525
ISBN
9781137312525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.92

Hardcover. This book takes Jamie Oliver's campaign for better school meals as a starting point for thinking about morally charged concerns relating to young people's nutrition, health and well-being, parenting, and public health 'crises' such as obesity. The authors show how these debates are always about the moral project of the self. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFCV; JFSP1; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 169 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137312297
ISBN
9781137312297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.51

Hardcover. Grounded in the Foucauldian literature on governmentality and drawing on a broad range of disciplines, this book examines the government of childhood in the West from the early modern period to the present. The book deals with three key time-periods and examines shifts in the conceptualization and regulation of childhood and child-rearing. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSP1; JHBK; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137312266
ISBN
9781137312266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.87

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137312235
ISBN
9781137312235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.00

hardcover. How Can You Represent Those People? is the first-ever collection of essays offering a response to the 'Cocktail Party Question' asked of every criminal lawyer. A must-read for anyone interested in race, poverty, crime, punishment, and what makes lawyers tick. Editor(s): Smith, Abbe; Freedman, Monroe H. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JKV; LAT; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137311931
ISBN
9781137311931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.34

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