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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Editor(s): Luven, Lynne Van. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 191 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894898409
ISBN
9781894898409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.69

Paperback. Looks at how the commercial movie industry has altered conceptions of movie going both within the industry and among audiences. This title shows how studios, in their increasing reliance on revenues from audiences around the world, have cultivated a global understanding of their products over the years. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 illustrations, 34 tables. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822331636
ISBN
9780822331636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. What do the images transmitted by that screen tell us about power, authority, gender stereotypes, and ideology in the United States? This book addresses this question by illuminating how television both reflects and influences American culture and identity. It is suitable for those interested in women's studies and American studies. Editor(s): Haralovich, Mary Beth; Rabinovitz, Lauren. Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 232 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; APT; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822323945
ISBN
9780822323945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Television shows, comic strips, video games, and other forms of media directed at children are the subject of frequent and rancorous debate. This volume examines the rise of mass media in postwar America. It focuses on television in schools and the ways that mass media convey messages about gender and socialisation. Editor(s): Kinder, Marsha. Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 352 pages, 33 b&w photographs, 8 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: APF; APT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822323716
ISBN
9780822323716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. 20 years after "Paris Is Burning," a rare look at Ballroom culture from the inside" Series: Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Theater/Drama/Performance. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ASDR; JFCA; JFSK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472051960
ISBN
9780472051960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 36. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
BenBella Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939529190
ISBN
9781939529190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.84

Hardback. Series Editor(s): Bhambra, Gurminder K. Series: Theory for a Global Age. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784993252
ISBN
9781784993252
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.00

Hardback. An ambitious global study of the state of cities in the early twenty-first century, their role in society, and the implications of crises that affect cities, now and in the future, for national policy and international relations. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784992903
ISBN
9781784992903
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.09
€ 85.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BM; JFSL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Haymarket Books United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608462940
ISBN
9781608462940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.36

Paperback. 496 pages, 3 maps, 3 figures, 3 tables. Argues that science and technology studies, postcolonial studies, and feminist critique must inform one another. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFFK; PDA; TB. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 30. Weight: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349570
ISBN
9780822349570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.70

Paperback. Translator(s): Abbeele, Georges van den. Series: Theory Out of Bounds. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 21. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
First edition
SKU
V9780816622603
ISBN
9780816622603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801489921
ISBN
9780801489921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. The early 19th century was a period of acute transition in operatic tradition and style, when time-honoured practices gave way to the developing aesthetics of Romanticism, and the heroic, the masculine, and the feminine were profoundly reconfigured. This book traces the development of female characters in these first decades of the century. Series: Musical Meaning & Interpretation. Num Pages: 248 pages, 18 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: AVA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217899
ISBN
9780253217899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Is there such a thing as a 'feminist technology'? If so, what makes a technology feminist? Is it in the design process, in the thing itself, in the way it is marketed, or in the way it is used by women? This title considers these questions by examining a range of products, tools, and technologies that were specifically designed for women. Editor(s): Layne, Linda; Vostral, Sharra Louise; Boyer, Kate. Series: Women, Gender and Technology. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black & white photographs, 1 chart. BIC Classification: JFFK; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252077203
ISBN
9780252077203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. Offering an analysis of the Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey, this title charts the extent and nature of material and social deprivation and exclusion in Britain at the end of the 20th century. It measures the extent of social exclusion, and provides an understanding of poverty and social exclusion from a national and international perspective. Editor(s): Gordon, Dave; Levitas, Ruth; Pantazis, Christina. Series: Studies in Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion Series. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861343734
ISBN
9781861343734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.58

Paperback. Challenging the myth of the "post-belief society". Num Pages: 295 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Verso
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781681749
ISBN
9781781681749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.14

Paperback. This is a ground breaking comparative study of the fascinating connections between African Americans and the Welsh, beginning in the era of slavery and concluding with the experiences of African American GIs in wartime Wales. Series: Writing Wales in English. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 29. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780708319871
ISBN
9780708319871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.62

Paperback. Editor(s): Hayes, Alan L. Num Pages: 160 pages, 14 images. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; JFSJ1; JFSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Arlen House Galway
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781851320332
ISBN
9781851320332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.30

Paperback. Addresses four major themes: the evolution of race as an idea in France; representations of "the other" by French writers, artists, and business people; the international dimensions of French racial thinking, particularly in relation to colonialism; and the impact of racial differences on the shaping of the modern French city. Editor(s): Peabody, Sue; Stovall, Tyler. Num Pages: 400 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5741 x 3734 x 24. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822331179
ISBN
9780822331179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. Suitable for sinologists, literary critics, anthropologists, cultural studies scholars, and others curious about the semiotics of food, this book examines the twentieth-century Chinese political experience as it is represented literature through hunger, cooking, eating, and cannibalising. It includes chapters on Xiao Hong, Wang Anyi, and Li Ang. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CFG; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822323419
ISBN
9780822323419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801475122
ISBN
9780801475122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JFFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Ig Publishing United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935439370
ISBN
9781935439370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.60

Paperback. Series: Historical Materialism. Num Pages: 346 pages. BIC Classification: JFSC; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608464098
ISBN
9781608464098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.28

Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFJ; JFSG; JFSL; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 219 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816697571
ISBN
9780816697571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.48

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