Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardback. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, did symbolic as well as literal damage. This book includes two interlinked essays that proposes the notion of virtual traumato that describe the cultural wound that this name-date both deflects and relays. It examines the historical and philosophical infrastructure of the notion of war on terror. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFC; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823231232
- ISBN
- 9780823231232
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Condition: New
€ 91.49
€ 91.49
Hardback. A collection seeks to examine exactly what Levinas' writings mean for both Jews and Christians. It takes a snapshot of the state of Jewish-Christian dialogue, using Levinas as the rationale for the discussion. It represents three generations of Levinas scholars. Editor(s): Hart, Kevin. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 621.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823230150
- ISBN
- 9780823230150
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Condition: New
€ 114.43
€ 114.43
Hardback. Identifies an overlooked tradition of supernatural writing by American women. This title analyzes this tradition as an essentially feminist attempt to imagine alternatives to a world of limited possibilities. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823229857
- ISBN
- 9780823229857
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Condition: New
€ 92.73
€ 92.73
Hardback. "One of America's foremost scholars of work, class, and education at the top of his game."-Catherine Prendergast, University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; JNM; JNRV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 231 x 15. Weight in Grams: 335.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823229826
- ISBN
- 9780823229826
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Condition: New
€ 103.92
€ 103.92
Paperback. Examines the representations of masses - the crowd scenes - in Hollywood films from "The Birth of a Nation" through such popular love stories as "Gone with the Wind", "The Sound of Music", and "Dr Zhivago". This work then contrasts these with similar scenes in early Soviet and Nazi films. Num Pages: 162 pages, 27 b&w illus. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823229024
- ISBN
- 9780823229024
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.17
€ 40.99
€ 40.17
Paperback. Traces the trajectory of the author's philosophical career through a selection of his essays. This work addresses specific issues in American thought and culture. It constitutes a mosaic of his philosophy, showing its roots in an American conception of experience. Editor(s): Anderson, Douglas R. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 227 x 37. Weight in Grams: 784.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823226634
- ISBN
- 9780823226634
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Condition: New
€ 52.14
€ 52.14
Paperback. This book offers an alternative way of taking up the American Philosophical tradition as a way of doing philosophy and a way of life. Douglas Anderson explores the relationship between American philosophy and other features of American culture, including where in that culture thinking that could be called "philosophical" is to be found. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 20. Weight in Grams: 461.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780823225514
- ISBN
- 9780823225514
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.25
€ 41.99
€ 41.25
Paperback. Medievalists have long considered topics of cultural contact such as antagonism or exchange between western Europe and the Islamic world and the west's debts to Byzantium. This text aims to pose new questions, exploring how the meeting of cultures promotes historical change. Editor(s): Gyug, Richard Francis. Series: Fordham Series in Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222131
- ISBN
- 9780823222131
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.20
€ 41.99
€ 41.20
Hardback. Medievalists have long considered topics of cultural contact such as antagonism or exchange between western Europe and the Islamic world and the west's debts to Byzantium. This text aims to pose new questions, exploring how the meeting of cultures promotes historical change. Editor(s): Gyug, Richard Francis. Series: Fordham Series in Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222124
- ISBN
- 9780823222124
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Condition: New
€ 103.31
€ 103.31
Paperback. "This book is a thoughtful and thorough exploration."-Jewish Book Council Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HPDF; HRAB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 21. Weight in Grams: 539.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823220038
- ISBN
- 9780823220038
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.80
€ 37.99
€ 35.80
Paperback. A biography of Carl Schurz, a German who took part in the 1848 revolution. He then went to America, where his ethnic connections enabled him to enter politics. He eventually became Secretary of the Interior. This book sheds light on the problems of immigration and the retention of ethnic identity. Series: North's Civil War. Num Pages: 386 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGH; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 592.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- SKU
- V9780823218554
- ISBN
- 9780823218554
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 45.61
€ 46.99
€ 45.61
Hardback. A biography of Carl Schurz, a German who took part in the 1848 revolution. He then went to America, where his ethnic connections enabled him to enter politics. He eventually became Secretary of the Interior. This book sheds light on the problems of immigration and the retention of ethnic identity. Series: North's Civil War. Num Pages: 386 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGH; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 828.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- SKU
- V9780823218547
- ISBN
- 9780823218547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.91
€ 108.91
Paperback. Editor(s): Parrenas, Rhacel Salazar; Thai, Hung Cam; Silvey, Rachel. Num Pages: 338 pages, 3. BIC Classification: GTB; JFMX; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 175 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822368465
- ISBN
- 9780822368465
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Condition: New
€ 16.21
€ 16.21
Paperback. Moving among Africa, the United States, and the Caribbean, this title demonstrates the vibrancy and historical roots of Africana thought and philosophy. It includes an essay that reveals the intricate richness of Africana thought, moving through psychoanalysis, folktales, Western metaphysics, and a critique of the political. Editor(s): Farred, Grant. Series: A Special Issue of South Atlantic Quarterly. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1293.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822367079
- ISBN
- 9780822367079
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Condition: New
€ 16.21
€ 16.21
Paperback. September 11, the subway bombings in Europe, and Hurricane Katrina occurred in rapid succession. The outsized relationship between their historical significance and chronological span marked these episodes as 'events'. This book focuses on the rise of 'the event' as a form of experience and its re-emergence as a central term in critical theory. Series: Special Issue of Differences. Num Pages: 148 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 198 x 10. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822366904
- ISBN
- 9780822366904
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Condition: New
€ 16.21
€ 16.21
Paperback. Noenoe K. Silva creates a model indigenous intellectual history of a culture where-using Western standards-none is presumed to exist by examining the work of two lesser-known Hawaiian language writers from the nineteenth-century whose prolific output across many genres created a record of Native Hawaiian cultural history and thought. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363682
- ISBN
- 9780822363682
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.27
€ 30.99
€ 29.27
Hardback. Editor(s): Trnka, Susanna; Trundle, Ms Catherine. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: JF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363606
- ISBN
- 9780822363606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.62
€ 117.62
Hardback. Noenoe K. Silva creates a model indigenous intellectual history of a culture where-using Western standards-none is presumed to exist by examining the work of two lesser-known Hawaiian language writers from the nineteenth-century whose prolific output across many genres created a record of Native Hawaiian cultural history and thought. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363521
- ISBN
- 9780822363521
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Condition: New
€ 117.62
€ 117.62
Paperback. Julie A. Wilson and Emily Chivers Yochim explore how working- and middle-class mothers of young children negotiate difficulties of holding a family together during difficulties such as job loss, health scares, and weakening social services through their everyday engagement with digital media. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363477
- ISBN
- 9780822363477
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Condition: New
€ 28.04
€ 28.04
Hardback. Editor(s): Barker, Joanne. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SG; JFSJ5; JFSK2; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363392
- ISBN
- 9780822363392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.99
€ 116.99
Hardback. Julie A. Wilson and Emily Chivers Yochim explore how working- and middle-class mothers of young children negotiate difficulties of holding a family together during difficulties such as job loss, health scares, and weakening social services through their everyday engagement with digital media. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363361
- ISBN
- 9780822363361
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Condition: New
€ 117.62
€ 117.62
Hardback. Attiya Ahmad examines the practice of conversion to Islam by South Asian migrant domestic workers in the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf region and how these women's conversions stem from an ongoing process rooted in their everyday experiences as migrant workers rather than a clean break from their preexisting lives. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSJ5; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363330
- ISBN
- 9780822363330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.62
€ 117.62
Hardback. Eminent critic Achille Mbembe reevaluates history and racism, offering a capacious genealogy of the category of Blackness-from the Atlantic slave trade to the present-to show how the conjoining of the biological fiction of race with definitions of Blackness have been and continue to be used to uphold oppression. Translator(s): Dubois, Laurent. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363323
- ISBN
- 9780822363323
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Condition: New
€ 117.04
€ 117.04
Paperback. Michelle D. Commander traces how black American artists, intellectuals, and travelers envision literal and figurative flight back to Africa through speculative literature and film and travel to cultural heritage sites as means to create a sense of homecoming, belonging, and connection with their ancestors, spiritual realm, and Africa. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363231
- ISBN
- 9780822363231
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.27
€ 30.99
€ 29.27