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Society & culture: general

Paperback. An investigation ofthe influence of gender, social class, age and illness type in the language of people talking about their experiences of illness. It shows evidence of both conformity with and resistance to gender stereotypes." Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349307906
ISBN
9781349307906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. "This book engages with key theoretical and analytical issues in the field of media, communication and cultural studies. Using case studies of radio, internet, text messaging and photojournalism, it deploys Bourdieu's ideas to reveal how language in the media is implicated in broader social patterns of "symbolic violence." -- Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AP; CBX; CFA; JFCX; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349307623
ISBN
9781349307623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Using original empirical data and critiquing existing research, Samia Bano explores the experience of British Muslim woman who use Shari'ah councils to resolve marital disputes. She challenges the language of community rights and claims for legal autonomy in matters of family law showing how law and community can empower as well as restrict women. Num Pages: 339 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPA; LAFD; LNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 433.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
339
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349306985
ISBN
9781349306985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JPA; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349306923
ISBN
9781349306923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.90

Paperback. This book is about South-North, North-South relations between Africa and Europe, presenting the personal narratives of musicians in different locations across Africa and Europe, and those of the people who constitute their networks within the wider artistic, cultural, and civil society milieus of globalizing societies. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; JFC; JHB; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349306800
ISBN
9781349306800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Paperback. A history of French homosexuals since 1942 in the interconnected realms of law, politics and the media, with a focus on the complex relationship between French republican values and the possibilities they have offered for change in each of these three spheres. Num Pages: 175 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349306541
ISBN
9781349306541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.56

Paperback. Analyzes the notion of the French exception and the ways in which it has informed both academic analysis and political commentary on France today. Adopting a comparative and interdisciplinary approach it examines the resilience of the notion of French exceptionalism and evaluates its relevance in a changing domestic and global context. Editor(s): Chafer, Tony; Godin, Emmanuel. Series: French Politics, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349306282
ISBN
9781349306282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.48

Paperback. This book provides the first dedicated introduction to the cultural writings and analyses of the radical West Indian thinker C.L.R. James. It lays out James' account of the way in which games, books, music and film become a part of the politics and history of popular struggles. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; JHBA; JHBS; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
181
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349305773
ISBN
9781349305773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.78

Paperback. Analyzing ninety professional women's autobiographies from 1900-1920, the first part of this book concentrates on the endeavours of groups such as headmistresses, doctors, nurses, artists and writers to record their own lives, while the second part examines frontispiece photos, prefatory marginalia and the role of silences in autobiography." Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBTB; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349305414
ISBN
9781349305414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.12

Paperback. A study of distinct forms of mass violence, the narratives each kind demands, and the collective identities constructed from and upon these, this book focuses around readings of popular and influential novels such as Toni Morrison's Beloved, Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club and Isabel Allende's The House of Spirits. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; JFC; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
193
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349305070
ISBN
9781349305070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. This new study ofBritishpopular music shows how it engages with class in mythical ways that allow audiences to perform class-based identities.Case studies on folk rock, punk and indie rock show how this performance works and explore the implications for listeners and audiences." Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; AV; HBJD1; JFC; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349304950
ISBN
9781349304950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.84

paperback. This book puts spirit back at the heart of spirituality. By exploring the everyday impacts of alternative spiritual beliefs and practices, the book examines contemporary spirituality and how critical social science can map and understand it. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRLK; JFC; JHB; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 379.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349304905
ISBN
9781349304905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. How can the concepts of Deleuze and Guattari be used to unearth the 'metaphysics' of modernist literature? This intersection of philosophy and key literary works uses their radical concepts to draw a dynamic map of modernism that explores the confrontation of each writer with the non-human machine age of the early twentieth-century. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HPCF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349304844
ISBN
9781349304844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Series: Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AS; GTC; JFD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349304561
ISBN
9781349304561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. The popular imagination of marriage migration has been influenced by stories of marriage of convenience, of forced marriage, trafficking and of so-called mail-order brides. This book presents a uniquely global view of an expanding field that challenges these and other stereotypes of cross-border marriage. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL; JHBK; JKSN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349304141
ISBN
9781349304141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

Paperback. This book consists of a fundamental deconstruction and reconstruction of the key concepts of Criminology and The Sociology of Law, providing a coherent expression of the relationships between these newly constructed concepts and thus a radically new statement of the relationship between society, crime and the law. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JHBA; JKV; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349303724
ISBN
9781349303724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.00

Paperback. Providing a detailed account of contemporary outdoor advertising and its relationship with urban space, this book examines what the outdoor advertising industry tells us about the commercial production of urban space, what industry practices reveal about contemporary capitalism, and how ads and billboard structures interface with spaces of the city Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFSR; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349303700
ISBN
9781349303700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

Paperback. Since the early 1990s there has been a trend towards narrative complexity within popular cinema. This book examines a number of contemporary films that play overtly with narrative structure, raising questions of chance and destiny, memory and history, simultaneity and the representation of time. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFD; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349303038
ISBN
9781349303038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.97

Paperback. "Which practices count as resistance? Why, where, and how does resistance emerge? When is resistance effective, and when is it truly progressive? In addressing these questions, this book brings together novel theoretical and empirical perspectives from a diverse range of disciplinary and geographical locales"--Provided by publisher. Editor(s): Cheliotis, Leonidas K. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFF; JHB; JHBA; JKV; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349303014
ISBN
9781349303014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Paperback. This book explores how public cultures shape women's military participation within the European Union. It analyzes the way in which different policy options have been elaborated in the United Kingdom, France and Germany and examinespatterns of women's military participation across societies." Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBL; JPQB; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
181
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349302505
ISBN
9781349302505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

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