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Paperback. Real Folks examines the construction of the folk in Depression-era U.S. politics and culture, as well as the hybrid forms of documentary and satire that critiqued the populist fixation on folk authenticity. Num Pages: 336 pages, 22 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; DSBH; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349440
ISBN
9780822349440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.18

Paperback. An argument for a cultural bioethics that recognizes and attempts to address the greater vulnerability to exploitation experienced by groups including African Americans and women in medical and legal contexts. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL; MBDC; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349174
ISBN
9780822349174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.24

Hardback. Develops a comparative de-colonial framework for visual culture studies Num Pages: 408 pages, 75 illustrations (including 11 in colour), 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822348955
ISBN
9780822348955
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.91

Paperback. 320 pages, 4 photographs. Editor(s): Lionnet, Francoise; Shih, She-Mei. A bold intervention in debates about the role of theory in the humanities. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFCX. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 20. Weight: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822348467
ISBN
9780822348467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.27

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822348221
ISBN
9780822348221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.30

Paperback. An analysis of how cultural rights emerged over self-determination as the dominant legal framework for indigenous advocacy in the late twentieth century, bringing unfortunate, if unintended, consequences. Editor(s): Engle, Karen. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JPVH; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822347699
ISBN
9780822347699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.47

Paperback. A memoir recounting a family s efforts to locate and free a young Brazilian activist arrested, imprisoned, and tortured by the military dictatorship. Editor(s): Green, James N. Translator(s): Nielsen, Rex P. Num Pages: 208 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLS; BG; HB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822347361
ISBN
9780822347361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.97

Paperback. Queer Liberalism and the Racialization of Intimacy. 288 pages, 34 illustrations. Investigates the emergence of 'queer liberalism', the empowerment of certain gays and lesbians in the United States economically through an increasingly visible and mass-mediated queer consumer lifestyle, and politically through legal protection of rights to privacy and intimacy. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 20. Weight: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822347323
ISBN
9780822347323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.14

Paperback. An ethnographic analysis of the purported transnational gang crisis between the United States and El Salvador, based on extensive research in Los Angeles and San Salvador. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 1KLCS; JFFN; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822347309
ISBN
9780822347309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.30

Paperback. A groundbreaking comparative analysis of the historical development and contemporary dynamics of LGBT activism in Mexico and Brazil. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSB; JFSK; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822347248
ISBN
9780822347248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.18

Paperback. Feminist and human rights activists, attorneys, and scholars from Latin America and the U.S. respond to the escalation in violence against women in Latin America during the past two decades. Editor(s): Fregoso, Rosa Linda; Bejarano, Cynthia L. Num Pages: 416 pages, 13 photos, 2 line drawings, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JFSJ1; JKV; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346814
ISBN
9780822346814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.36

Paperback. A study of post-Suharto Indonesia that focuses on the role of architecture and urban space in defining social changes, as well the role that such spaces play in forming social and political identities, particularly social memories. It also looks at the roles of architecture and urban development in Indonesia's efforts to move forward. Num Pages: 352 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; AMK; JFCD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346470
ISBN
9780822346470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.30

Paperback. An influential work originally published in Mexico in 1970; the Argentine philosopher Rodolfo Kusch seeks to identify and recover indigenous and popular ways of thinking devalued since colonization. Translator(s): Lugones, Maria; Price, Joshua. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 halftones, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HP; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346418
ISBN
9780822346418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.10

Paperback. How Literary Culture Became Popular Culture. 312 pages, 28 illustrations. Assesses the popular literary culture that has developed in the United States. This book describes how a once solitary and print-based experience has become an exuberantly social activity, enjoyed as much on the screen as on the page. It highlights the infrastructural and cultural changes that have given rise to a flourishing reading public. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFCA. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346067
ISBN
9780822346067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.27

Paperback. Features writings on contemporary art and culture by the author, a painter and feminist art theorist. Mixing theory and practice, the personal and the political, this book tackles questions about the place of feminism in art and political discourse, and the aesthetics and values of contemporary painting. Num Pages: 336 pages, 53 illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582. Essays on Art, Politics, and Daily Life. 336 pages, 53 illustrations. Features writings on contemporary art and culture by the author, a painter and feminist art theorist. Mixing theory and practice, the personal and the political, this book tackles questions about the place of feminism in art and political discourse, and the aesthetics and values of contemporary painting. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AC; JFFK. Dimension: 154 x 234 x 25. Weight: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346029
ISBN
9780822346029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.35

Paperback. A critique of claims regarding the free movement of goods, people, services, and capital throughout Europe. It interrogates European discourses on free movement and a utopian unity-in-diversity in light of contemporary debates and practices in Europe, social and cultural theories, historical texts, media representations, and critical art projects. Num Pages: 220 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822345794
ISBN
9780822345794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.06

Paperback. Examines the development of urban environments, and urban environmentalism, in the United States over four centuries. This book focuses on the evolution of the city, the emergence of elite reformers, the framing of environmental problems, and responses to perceived breakdowns in social order. Num Pages: 640 pages, 24 tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; JFSG; RNK; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 39. Weight in Grams: 928.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344513
ISBN
9780822344513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 37.99

Paperback. A timely collection examining how women s movements in Latin America have responded to the dramatic political, economic, and social changes of the last twenty years. Editor(s): Jaquette, Jane S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFK; JPHV; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344490
ISBN
9780822344490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.21

Paperback. An argument that the sensation of speed (made available to many through the mass-produced automobile) was the quintessential way that people experienced modernity. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344421
ISBN
9780822344421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.22

Paperback. An argument that tourist literature and U.S. military guides have shaped Americans understanding of Vietnam and projections of U.S. power since the mid-twentieth century. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 312 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJF; HBJK; JFC; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344148
ISBN
9780822344148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.07

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