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Society & culture: general

Hardback. This collection interrogates the notion of authenticity from an anthropological point of view and considers authenticity in terms of how meaning is produced in and through discourses about authenticity. Incorporating case studies from four continents, the topics reach from art and colonialism to exoticism-primitivism, film, ritual, and wilderness. Editor(s): Fillitz, Thomas; Saris, A. Jamie. Num Pages: 276 pages, 36 ills. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 186 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857454966
ISBN
9780857454966
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.02

Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 19 halftones. 11 line illus. 2 tables. 2 maps. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 35. Weight in Grams: 786.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691165127
ISBN
9780691165127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.83
€ 44.27

Paperback. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 224. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Thirtieth anniversary edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231176293
ISBN
9780231176293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.06

Paperback. 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. .
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363446
ISBN
9780822363446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. In a world where change has become the only constant, how does the perpetually new relate to the old? How does cinema, itself once a new medium, relate both to previous or outmoded media and to what we now refer to as New Media? This collection examines these questions by focusing on the relations of cinema to other media. Editor(s): Geiger, Jeffrey; Littau, Karin. Num Pages: 256 pages, 38 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474402774
ISBN
9781474402774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 120. Weight in Grams: 196. "Includes index. Bibliography: p. 240-242. Commissioning organisation: Sue Krzowski and Pat Land (editors). viii, 254 p. 20 cm. Associated Names: Krzowski, Sue,. Associated Names: Land, Pat,. Associated Dates: 1949-. Associated Dates: 1940-. Paperback. Near fine copy." Keywords: "Health, Family & Lifestyle - Self Help - General,Health, Family & Lifestyle - Self Help - Practical & Motivational,"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Women's Press Ltd,The Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
First printing of this edition
SKU
KEX0073183
ISBN
9780704340657
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Considered look at Al-Andalus through an Islamic cultural perspective. Editor(s): Sardar, Ziauddin; Yassin-Kassab, Robin. Series: Critical Muslim. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849043168
ISBN
9781849043168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.02

Paperback. Examines the representation of death and dying in mainstream cinema. This title provides the study of the representation of death and dying in mainstream Western cinema from its earliest to its latest renditions. It explores the impact of gender, race, nation and narration upon death's dramatics on screen and more. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474402750
ISBN
9781474402750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.39

Hardback. Editor(s): Murphy, Mary P.; Dukelow, Fiona. Num Pages: 362 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations, 9 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBL; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 218 x 32. Weight in Grams: 644.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137571373
ISBN
9781137571373
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBTB; HRAM9; JFSR1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173504
ISBN
9780691173504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.64

Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCD; JFD; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501323300
ISBN
9781501323300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.64

Paperback. A guide to the next great wave of technology--an era of objects so programmable that they can be regarded as material instantiations of an immaterial system. Series: Mediawork Pamphlet S. Num Pages: 152 pages, 62 illus. BIC Classification: AKP; JFC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262693264
ISBN
9780262693264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 27.43

Hardcover.
Publisher
Veloce Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845844202
ISBN
9781845844202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Laitman Kabbalah Publishers Canada
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897448724
ISBN
9781897448724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.93

Hardback. This is the first volume ever to explore old-time barbershop items: poles, chairs, mugs, bottles, razors, signs, and much more. It documents the occupational history of traditional barbershops, which are fading today. More than 900 items appear in over 650 color photographs with current market prices. Series: Schiffer Book for Collectors. Num Pages: 244 pages, 655 color photos and 16 b/w drawings. BIC Classification: JFCA; VFV; WC; WJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 286 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1384.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764306952
ISBN
9780764306952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 31.88

Paperback. Argues that in understanding the ways Jews construct scripture, we begin to understand the ways Jews construct themselves Num Pages: 347 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
New York University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814760024
ISBN
9780814760024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 195 color photos. BIC Classification: JFCK; WCP; WCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 806.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887408342
ISBN
9780887408342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.20

Hardcover. This title traces the roots of the resistance of underground groups through a subversive past that stretches from the Paris commune of 1871 to the punks of the 1970s. It asks "whose city is it?" and argues that a disorderly urban culture is a better alternative than the Disneyfied city. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSG; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 449.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2002nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312233358
ISBN
9780312233358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 44.53

Paperback. Mandy Thomas was just 18 when she met the man who would change her life forever. She was soon under his spell - and then her real nightmare began. Mandy found herself part of a cruel and violent relationship that she couldn't escape. Until one day he went too far.. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BT; JFFE3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Ebury Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785030185
ISBN
9781785030185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.00

Paperback. .
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Number of pages
239
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Berkley Trade Ppbk Ed July 2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780425168721
ISBN
9780425168721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.91

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