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Society & culture: general

Hardback. This book is about cultural fantasies of fetishism, the different forms they take and the various ways in which the transformative processes they depict can reaffirm accepted definitions of identity or reconfigure them in an entirely new fashion. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JMAL; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 254 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1034.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748616169
ISBN
9780748616169
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 102.99

Paperback. This text takes the reader inside children's classrooms and reveals the lessons about race that are communicated there, both implicitly and explicitly. It examines how ideas about race and racial inequality take shape and are passed along in the classroom and schoolyard. Series: Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813532257
ISBN
9780813532257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.61

Paperback. Takes us behind the screen to explore what is changing in television, why its changing, and why these changes matter Num Pages: 321 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; APT; JFCA; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814752203
ISBN
9780814752203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Explores the audience profile, the types of characters that recur, and changes to the industry landscape in the wake of media consolidation and a profusion of channels. Employing a cultural studies framework, this book examines whether the multiplicity of female-centric networks and narratives renders certain gender stereotypes uninhabitable. Series: Feminist Studies and Media Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252073106
ISBN
9780252073106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. Engaging with a variety of shows, including The League, Dexter, and Nip/Tuck, among many others, this title identifies the gradual incorporation of second-wave feminism into prevailing gender norms as the catalyst for the contested masculinities on display in contemporary cable dramas. Num Pages: 251 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFDT; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479800742
ISBN
9781479800742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.74

Paperback. Engaging with a variety of shows, including The League, Dexter, and Nip/Tuck, among many others, this title identifies the gradual incorporation of second-wave feminism into prevailing gender norms as the catalyst for the contested masculinities on display in contemporary cable dramas. Num Pages: 251 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFDT; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
New York University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479800483
ISBN
9781479800483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801444807
ISBN
9780801444807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 63 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816665891
ISBN
9780816665891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813564579
ISBN
9780813564579
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.45

Paperback. A multidisciplinary survey of the individuals, organizations, and institutions that have given shape and power to the contemporary immigrant rights movement in Chicago. Editor(s): Pallares, Amalia; Flores-Gonzalez, Nilda. Series: Latinos in Chicago and Midwest. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 black & white photographs, 18 charts, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 1KLCM; JFFN; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077166
ISBN
9780252077166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Hardback. Afghanistan has become synonymous with violence. In the past 25 years alone, the country has endured Russian invasion and occupation, civil war and a US--led military campaign, resulting in the combined loss of over 2 million lives, most of them civilian. Series: Global Political Hot Spots. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FCA; JFFE; JPH; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745631141
ISBN
9780745631141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Hardback. Examines why sexual violence against men, both soldiers and civilians, remains so pervasive in conflict. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 312 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849042826
ISBN
9781849042826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.62

Paperback. Analyzes the consumption of media by Arab citizens of Israel as a type of communicative behavior and a form of political action. Drawing on public opinion survey data, this book describes perceptions and use of media ranging from Arabic Israeli newspapers to satellite television broadcasts from throughout the Middle East. Series: Indiana Series in Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221414
ISBN
9780253221414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Back Stories looks at the production of U.S. news during the second Intifada, highlighting the unrecognized and unexamined work of Palestinian journalists and its effects on Palestinian society and politics. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804781411
ISBN
9780804781411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Paperback. The first international English-language publication of Hampate Ba's acclaimed novel. Translator(s): Taylor, Aina Pavolini. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 2ADF; FA; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212269
ISBN
9780253212269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.15

Paperback. Series: Multicultural Education Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Teachers College Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807754115
ISBN
9780807754115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.75

Paperback. Anthropologist Alyson O'Daniel analyses the abstract debates about health policy for the sickest and most vulnerable Americans, as well as the services designated to help them, by taking readers into the daily lives of poor African American women living with HIV disease at the advent of the 2006 Treatment Modernization Act. Series: Anthropology of Contemporary North America. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH2; JFSJ1; JFSL3; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803269613
ISBN
9780803269613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Hardback. Demonstrates how the campaign against "victim politics" and the "victim mentality" has profoundly altered Americans' understanding of victimhood, and investigates the consequences of this change in politics, law, culture, and the "war against terror." Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804754606
ISBN
9780804754606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.30

Hardcover. Inspired by memories of her beloved grandmother, photographer and author Alysia Burton Steele - picture editor on a Pulitzer Prize-winning team - combines heart-wrenching narrative with poignant photographs of more than 50 female church elders in the Mississippi Delta. Num Pages: 192 pages, Photographs throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; AJCP; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 264 x 220 x 23. Weight in Grams: 914.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Center Street
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455562848
ISBN
9781455562848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.56

paperback. Every December 12th, thousands of Mexican immigrants gather for the mass at New York City's St Patrick's Cathedral in honour of Our Lady of Guadalupe's feast day. They kiss images of the Virgin, wait for a bishop's blessing - and they also carry signs asking for immigration reform. This book examines this juxtaposition of religion and politics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814732151
ISBN
9780814732151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. Was there a notion of childhood for the labouring classes, and was it distinctive from that of the elite? Examining pauper childhood, family life and societal reform, Levene asks whether new models of childhood in the eighteenth century affected the treatment of the young poor, and reveals how they and their families were helped through hard times. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBTB; JFFA; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230354807
ISBN
9780230354807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.18

Paperback. An interpretive history of the way competing ideas of reproduction as a biological and sexual process became central to the organization of knowledge about the flow of capital, labor power, human bodies, and babies both within nations and across national borders Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFFK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822333159
ISBN
9780822333159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardcover. Drawing on the collections of the V&A, Glam Rock narrates the story of glam & explores its impact on fashion, theatre & film. In the early 1970s, glam rock changed the face of popular culture in Britain and, against a backdrop of a nation racked by economical and social crises, its flamboyancy provided an escapist dream for musicians and fans alike Num Pages: 160 pages, 150 b&w/colour. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; AVGP; JFCA; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 986.
Publisher
V & A Publishing
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851777648
ISBN
9781851777648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.75

Paperback. Examines how Chicana writers engage literary convention through fiction, poetry, drama, and autobiography as a means of addressing these motives. Employing anthropological, feminist, historical, and literary sources, this book explores the continuity found among Chicanas' writing across varied genres. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSA; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566393737
ISBN
9781566393737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.03

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