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Paperback. Idleness, Indolence and Leisure in English Literature is the first study to provide transhistorical perspectives and cutting-edge critical analyses of debates concerning idleness in English literature. The topicality of the subject is emphasized by two pieces of sociological analysis. Editor(s): Fludernik, Monika; Nandi, M. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC; HBTB; JFC; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349487141
- ISBN
- 9781349487141
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Condition: New
€ 62.28
€ 62.28
paperback. Editor(s): Karim, Karim H.; Eid, Mahmoud. Num Pages: 258 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRH; JFC; JFSL; JFSR; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349487080
- ISBN
- 9781349487080
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€ 61.61
€ 61.61
Re-Imagining the Other: Culture, Media, and Western-Muslim Intersectio...
. Ed(S): Eid, Mahmoud; Karim, Karim H.
paperback. Editor(s): Eid, Mahmoud; Karim, Karim H. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; HRH; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- SKU
- V9781349487066
- ISBN
- 9781349487066
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€ 61.64
€ 61.64
Paperback. Series: Screening Spaces. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; APFN; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349487042
- ISBN
- 9781349487042
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Condition: New
€ 118.49
€ 118.49
Paperback. Editor(s): Kim, N. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JFSL; JPA; JPHV; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349486984
- ISBN
- 9781349486984
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Condition: New
€ 62.23
€ 62.23
Paperback. The middlebrow is a dominant cultural force in the twenty-first century. This book defines the new literary middlebrow through eight key features: middle class, feminized, reverential, commercial, emotional, recreational, earnest and mediated. Case studies include Oprah's Book Club, the Man Booker Prize and the Harry Potter phenomenon. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349486847
- ISBN
- 9781349486847
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€ 61.44
€ 61.44
Paperback. Analyzing women labeled as terrorists in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Gender and the Political examines Western cultural constructions of the female terrorist. The chapters argue that the development of the discourse on terrorism evolves in parallel with, and in response to, radical feminism in the US during this time. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JFFK; JFSJ; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 309.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349486809
- ISBN
- 9781349486809
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€ 61.47
€ 61.47
Paperback. Cosmopolitanism and Place considers the way contemporary Anglophone fiction connects global identities with the experience in local places. Looking at fiction set in metropolises, regional cities, and rural communities, this book argues that the everyday experience of these places produces forms of wide connections that emphasize social justice. Series: Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349486762
- ISBN
- 9781349486762
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Condition: New
€ 61.25
€ 61.25
Paperback. Editor(s): Davis, C.; Johnson, D. Series: New Directions in Book History. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2H; DSA; JFC; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 379.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349486441
- ISBN
- 9781349486441
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Condition: New
€ 118.46
€ 118.46
Paperback. Editor(s): Demetriou, Tania. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HBL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349486403
- ISBN
- 9781349486403
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Condition: New
€ 61.51
€ 61.51
Paperback. Social Invisibility and Diasporas in Anglophone Literature and Culture is a transdisciplinary study of social invisibility and diasporas which theorizes the differential in/visibility of diasporas through the prism of cultural productions (literature and the visual arts, including media studies) by both established artists and emerging ones. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349486380
- ISBN
- 9781349486380
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Condition: New
€ 61.51
€ 61.51
paperback. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBL; JFFS; KCF; KCL; KCP; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- SKU
- V9781349486304
- ISBN
- 9781349486304
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Condition: New
€ 117.90
€ 117.90
Paperback. The Narrative Turn in Fiction and Theory explores the philosophical and historical underpinnings of the postwar crisis and return of storytelling and shows their relevance for the ongoing debate on the significance of narrative for human existence. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349486281
- ISBN
- 9781349486281
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Condition: New
€ 62.15
€ 62.15
Paperback. Social interaction is the engine which drives an individual's psychological development and it can create changes on all levels of society. Social Relations in Human and Societal Development includes essays by internationally renowned academics from a range of disciplines including social psychology, international relations and child development. Editor(s): Gillespie, A.; Perret-Clermont, Anne-Nelly. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JMC; JMH; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349486267
- ISBN
- 9781349486267
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Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JFSL; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 351
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349486106
- ISBN
- 9781349486106
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Condition: New
€ 119.23
€ 119.23
Paperback. This book examines how the Security Council has approached issues of gender equality since 2000. Written by academics, activists and practitioners the book challenges the reader to consider how women's participation, gender equality, sexual violence and the prevalence of economic disadvantages might be addressed in post-conflict communities. Editor(s): Heathcote, Gina; Otto, D. Series: Thinking Gender in Transnational Times. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFF; JHB; JPA; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349486083
- ISBN
- 9781349486083
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Condition: New
€ 129.08
€ 129.08
Paperback. In film, the femme fatale has long been constructed as a beautiful heterosexual Caucasian woman. Da Silva shows the need to incorporate diverse ethnic groups and male homosexuals into the range of "femmes" fatales and examines how the Brazilian representations cross gender, race, and class and offer alternatives to the dominant Hollywood model. Num Pages: 222 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349485703
- ISBN
- 9781349485703
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Condition: New
€ 61.36
€ 61.36
Paperback. Analyzing the renowned Saint Birgitta of Sweden from the perspectives of power, authority, and gender, this probing study investigates how Birgitta went about establishing her influence during the first ten years of her career as a living saint, in 1340 1349." Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBTB; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349485642
- ISBN
- 9781349485642
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Condition: New
€ 61.92
€ 61.92
Paperback. This ground-breaking book applies trauma studies to the drama and literature of the ancient Greeks. Diverse essays explore how the Greeks responded to war and if what we now term "combat trauma," "post-traumatic stress," or "combat stress injury" can be discerned in ancient Greek culture. Editor(s): Meineck, Peter; Konstan, David. Series: New Antiquity. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBB; HBJD; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 504.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349485604
- ISBN
- 9781349485604
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Condition: New
€ 150.03
€ 150.03
Paperback. Race and Identity in D. H. Lawrence is a wide-ranging examination of Lawrence's adoption and adaptation of stereotypes about minorities, with a focus on three particular 'racial' groups. This book explores societal attitudes in England, Europe, and the United States and Lawrence's utilization of cultural norms to explore his own identity. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349485581
- ISBN
- 9781349485581
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Condition: New
€ 61.95
€ 61.95
Paperback. This volume brings together a range of different specialists in the arts and cultural industries, as well as international academics and public intellectuals, to explore how media and communication practices for social change are currently being reconfigured in both conceptual and rhetorical terms. Editor(s): Askanius, Tina; Ostergaard, Liv Stubbe. Series: Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; JHBA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349485567
- ISBN
- 9781349485567
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Condition: New
€ 61.67
€ 61.67
Paperback. The book provides a fresh perspective on the shifting media landscape within Washington DC, re-evaluating journalist-source relationships, the power dynamic within the media corps, and the ways in which technology have changed the description of DC political news - detailing the ways in which media relationships are changing within Washington DC. Num Pages: 204 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JPA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349485482
- ISBN
- 9781349485482
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Condition: New
€ 61.25
€ 61.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HBL; JFD; PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349485307
- ISBN
- 9781349485307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFB; CFGR; JFD; KNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349485161
- ISBN
- 9781349485161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.69
€ 61.69