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Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAC; JFSJ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293697
ISBN
9780312293697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 39.33

Hardback. An anthropological study of the intersecting roles of gender and schooling in the lives of rural Venezuelan youth as they make the transition to adulthood during times of national political and economic crisis. It helps us to see how gender roles and social class are reproduced in a culture experiencing profound upheaval. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; JFSF; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293574
ISBN
9780312293574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.10

Paperback. This work explores the similarities and differences in gender-related policy making and outcomes in Japan and the United States, focusing on the role of women's movements and other factors in determining policy. Policies examined are equal employment, domestic violence, and reproductive rights. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293567
ISBN
9780312293567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.41

Hardback. Examines the uses of ethnic identity in Sri Lankan society from the early medieval period through to the present day in South India and Sri Lanka. The book also traces the cultural geography of ethnic regions that existed under Portuguese and Dutch rule (1506-1796). Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKS; HBTB; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293482
ISBN
9780312293482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.74
€ 45.76

Hardback. This is an analytical study of "The Phantom of the Opera" in its many different versions from the original Gaston Leroux novel to the 21st century. It reveals the history of deep cultural tensions that underlie the novel and each major adaptation. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; AN; APF; DSBF; DSK; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293468
ISBN
9780312293468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.86

Paperback. This title presents an array of writings on same-sex love from over 2000 years of Indian literature. Drawn from Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, and modern fictional traditions, these writings testify to the presence of same-sex love in various forms since ancient times, without overt persecution. Editor(s): Vanita, Ruth; Kidwai, Saleem. Num Pages: 394 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2B; DQ; DSB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293246
ISBN
9780312293246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 112.49

Paperback. The publication of this collection of Muller's best known essays, though long overdue, brings Muller back to life, and brings needed historical depth to the continuing theoretical and methodological debates in the academic study of religion. Editor(s): Stone, Jon R. Num Pages: 387 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; HRAB; JFHF; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 539.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
387
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293093
ISBN
9780312293093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 102.88

Paperback. Through an examination of international human rights, national law, grass-roots activism and theology, this volume explores the acute problems that contemporary fundamentalist movements pose for women's equality and liberty rights. Editor(s): Howland, Courtney W. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAC; JFSJ1; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
351
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293062
ISBN
9780312293062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.15

Paperback. This title posits strength as a frequently contradictory and damaging trait for black women characters in several literary works of the 20th century. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293031
ISBN
9780312293031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.70

Paperback. This volume proposes to answer the question: what is new in French feminism at the beginning of the 21st century? The essays reflect the shift from the theoretical and philosophical approaches that characterized feminism in the 1980s to the more social and political questions of 2001. Editor(s): Celestin, Roger; DalMolin, Eliane; Courtivron, Isabelle de. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312240400
ISBN
9780312240400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.89

Paperback. This collection of essays on gender and religion highlights the contributions that different disciplinary approaches make to feminist/gender studies and religion. Designed for the classroom, it also assesses the state of the field and raises questions for further inquiry and investigation. Editor(s): Castelli, Elizabeth A.; Rodman, Rosamond C. Num Pages: 565 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 850.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
565
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312240301
ISBN
9780312240301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 114.06

Paperback. This text is a cross-cultural exploration of the study of visuality and the arts from a religious perspective. The collection gathers together the contemporary scholarship for those interested in art, religion, visual culture, and cultural studies. Editor(s): Plate, S. Brent. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AGR; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312240295
ISBN
9780312240295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 124.23

paperback. This volume gathers essays on Italian literature and film, medieval to modern. The volume's chronological organization reflects its intention to define a queer tradition in Italian culture. The essays open an area in the Italian tradition wherein fixed definitions of sexual identity collapse. Editor(s): Cestaro, Gary P. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 250 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADT; APF; DSB; JFD; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Edition
2004th Edition
SKU
V9780312240264
ISBN
9780312240264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.93

Paperback. Based on long-term ethnographic research, this book explores the intersection of "gender" and "modernity" as they are mediated in the lives and subjectivities of diverse individuals and groups. Editor(s): Hodgson, Dorothy L. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312240134
ISBN
9780312240134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.11

Hardback. This text provides novel readings ofthe Puritan antitheatrical controversy, taking the Puritan position seriously. It includes a comparative history of Byzantine debates over idolatry, and makes the suggestion that the ethical criticism of the developing market economy has relevance for the 2000s. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312240073
ISBN
9780312240073
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.03

Hardback. This text is a cross-cultural exploration of the study of visuality and the arts from a religious perspective. The collection gathers together the contemporary scholarship for those interested in art, religion, visual culture, and cultural studies. Editor(s): Plate, S. Brent. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AGR; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312240035
ISBN
9780312240035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.19

Hardback. This work examines, compares, and contrasts the African American and Oromo movements by locating them in the global context, and by showing how life chances changed for the two peoples and their descendants as the modern world system became more complex and developed. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 1KBB; HBJH; HBLW3; JFSL; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312239725
ISBN
9780312239725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.93

Hardback. Ranging from the local essays to the national level and within the larger Chinese cultural/religious universe, the essays in this volume explore the complex nature of identity/role and the processes of identity formation which have shaped Taiwan's multileveled past and its many faceted present. Editor(s): Katz, Paul R.; Rubenstein, Murray. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; HRK; JFSR; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312239695
ISBN
9780312239695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.71

Hardback. There is no European society whose modern history has been more deeply marked by disasters, both natural and social, than has Italy's. This volume brings new research on all aspects of the Italian experience of disaster from unification to the present day. Editor(s): Dickie, John; Foot, John; Snowden, Frank M. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLW; JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
351
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312239602
ISBN
9780312239602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.79

Hardback. In this study, Amila Buturovic suggests that Mak Dizdar's poetry evokes new possibilities for Bosnians to cast aside national differences based primarily on religion and embrace a pluralistic identity rooted in the sacred landscape of medieval Bosnia. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 2AG; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312239466
ISBN
9780312239466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.12

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