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Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226282664
ISBN
9780226282664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.73

Paperback. In 1996, an older woman in Lima, Peru - part of a group of women street sweepers protesting the privatization of the city's cleaning services - stripped to the waist in full view of the crowd that surrounded her. This title analyzes the ramifications of this act within the city's conflicted history and across its class divisions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226280981
ISBN
9780226280981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. Are talk shows turning everything they touch into freak shows? This book claims that the socially deviant may be featured on-air for ridicule in the public eye, but the result is empowerment through exploitation. The book illuminates the dilemmas and practicalities of media visibility. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: APT; JFD; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226280653
ISBN
9780226280653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.66

Paperback. This volume provides portraits of "rock and roll kids" and analyses of their interests in heavy metal music and Satanism. It aims to draw new conclusions and to present solid reasons to admire the resilience of suburbia's dead-end kids. Num Pages: 280 pages, map. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSG; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Copyright 1998
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226278728
ISBN
9780226278728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.88

Paperback. Arguing that jazz films create images of racial and sexual identity, many of which have become inseparable from popular notions of the music itself, this study explores the fundamental obsessions that American culture has brought to jazz in the cinema. Num Pages: 362 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; AVGJ; AVGK; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
y First edition
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226277899
ISBN
9780226277899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.66

Paperback. From Superman and Batman to the Fantastic Four and the X-Men, these pop-culture juggernauts, with their "powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men," thrilled readers and audiences. The author shows how creators turned to science fiction to convey the reality of the paranormal they experienced in their lives. Num Pages: 392 pages, 67 colour plates, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKLC; HRQX; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 218 x 33. Weight in Grams: 852.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226271484
ISBN
9780226271484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 17 halftones, 6 genealogies, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226264813
ISBN
9780226264813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.01

Paperback. This is the story of Joseph, a tall, scattered looking boy of 17, and his wonderfully indomitable mother, Meg, who is resolved, in the summer after her son's high-school graduation, to start arranging his life for him, even going so far as to accompany him to college. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226264165
ISBN
9780226264165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.88

Hardcover. Drawing on over years of fieldwork and hundreds of interviews, the authors spotlight a largely hidden world of nighttime pleasures - the dancing, drinking, and socializing going on in dance clubs and bars that have flourished in Shanghai over the last century. Num Pages: 280 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFCA; JFSG; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226262741
ISBN
9780226262741
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.09
€ 78.75

Hardcover. Once heralded as a model welfare state, Sweden is now in transition since its economic plunge in the early 1990s. This volume examines Sweden's economic problems from a US perspective, exploring such diverse topics as income equalization, welfare and tax policy, wage determination and unemployment. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 488 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DNS; HBJD; HBLW3; JFF; JKS; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226261782
ISBN
9780226261782
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.62
€ 101.79

Paperback. This cultural-geographic study of the American Indian reservations in the 48 contiguous states explores the reservations as living environments rather than historical footnotes. The text seeks to discover and highlight the many possibilities for positive change. Series: University of Chicago Geography Research Papers S. Num Pages: 396 pages, 57 halftones, 36 maps, 19 line drawings, 30 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL9; JHMP; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226260891
ISBN
9780226260891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.23

Hardcover. Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. Stories connect people, but they can also disconnect, creating boundaries between people and justifying violence. This book grapples with this fundamental aspect of our lives, offering both a theory of how stories shape us and a useful method for analyzing them. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226260136
ISBN
9780226260136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.09
€ 78.49

Paperback. An evocative symbol of the 1960s was its youth counterculture. This study reveals that the youthful revolutionaries were augmented by such unlikely allies as the advertising industry and the men's clothing business. The ad industry celebrated irrepressible youth and promoted defiance and revolt. Num Pages: 298 pages, 19 halftones, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; HBTB; JFC; JFFT; JHM; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226260129
ISBN
9780226260129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.16

Paperback. Critically engaging the thought of Heidegger, Gadamer and others, this work contributes both to the criticism of Dante's "Divine Comedy", and to the theory of interpretation. It uses hermeneutical theory to provide a reading of the poem, focusing on Dante's address to the reader. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC; HPCB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226259987
ISBN
9780226259987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.59

Paperback. In this comprehensive study, Marvin Fox offers an approach to Moses Maimonides that illuminates the intersections of his philosophical, religious, and Jewish visions--ideas that have embattled readers of Maimonides since the twelfth century. Series: Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPDF; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226259420
ISBN
9780226259420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. This anthology encompasses a broad range of essays on sexuality spanning European history from the fifteenth century to the present. Editor(s): Fout, John C. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226257839
ISBN
9780226257839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. In this work, originally published in 1600, the author creates a conversation among seven Venetain noblewomen. The dialogue explores women's experience in both theoretical and practical terms. The women take as their broad theme men's curious hostility towards women and the possible cures for it. Editor(s): Cox, Virginia (Lecturer in Italian, Christ's College, Cambridge University). Translator(s): Cox, Virginia (Lecturer in Italian, Christ's College, Cambridge University). Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 240 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DST; DNF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226256825
ISBN
9780226256825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.67

Paperback. Proceeding from the bold and provocative claim that there never has been a comprehensive and systematic theory of race, the authors set out to reformulate how we think about one of the most vexing and central aspects of American life. Num Pages: 520 pages, 1 halftone, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226253527
ISBN
9780226253527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 35.46

Paperback. Life in America at the turn of the 19th century has been characterised as distinctly male orientated. Fleissner disputes this popular view and uncovers a new understanding of the era through naturalism, the prominent literary style of the time. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226253107
ISBN
9780226253107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.29

Paperback. Explores how blackness is always a troubling presence in the field of vision and the black body is persistently seen as a problem. This book examines a range of materials from visual and media art, documentary photography, theater and performance, fashion advertising, and celebrity culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 42 halftones. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226253039
ISBN
9780226253039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Hardcover. Explores how blackness is always a troubling presence in the field of vision and the black body is persistently seen as a problem. This book examines a range of materials from visual and media art, documentary photography, theater and performance, fashion advertising, and celebrity culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 42 halftones. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226253022
ISBN
9780226253022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.28
€ 79.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226249377
ISBN
9780226249377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Hardcover. As African American populations grew and white communities declined throughout the 1960s and '70s, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans migrated to the city, adding a complex layer to local racial dynamics, this book provides history to examine the migration and settlement of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in the postwar era. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 halftones, 9 maps, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226244259
ISBN
9780226244259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.09
€ 78.49

Paperback. Ferguson argues that the emergence of pornography as a literary phenomenon in Western culture can be tied to the development of utilitarian philosophy. He contends that considering the usefulness of something rather than its individual essence diverts our attention from individual identities. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: DSA; JFMP; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226243214
ISBN
9780226243214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.73

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