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Society & culture: general

Hardback. Uses the work of contemporary American artist Kara Walker to investigate a range of storytelling traditions with roots in the nineteenth century and ramifications in the present. This book also explores a significant yet neglected aspect of Walker's production: her commitment to examining narrative depictions of race, gender, power, and desire. Num Pages: 216 pages, 24 color photographs, 28 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AGB; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 188 x 263 x 19. Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288928
ISBN
9780520288928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.41

Paperback. .
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764316203
ISBN
9780764316203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.38

Paperback. An introduction to the main sources of identity and division within Northern Ireland. Examines ethnicity, religion, class, gender and the role of the media. Series: Contemporary Irish Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; JFC; JHMC; JPA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Signed and inscribed by author
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KOC0013384
ISBN
9780745312446
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 46 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691165110
ISBN
9780691165110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 26 bw illus. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857851826
ISBN
9780857851826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.04

Paperback. Looks at the phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age, and reveals why we must reintroduce our capacity to forget. This title traces the important role that forgetting has played throughout human history, from the ability to make sound decisions unencumbered by the past to the possibility of second chances. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFD; UBJ; UBL; URD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
With a New afterword by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691150369
ISBN
9780691150369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.74

Paperback. The first collection of essays on Frantz Fanon's classic anti-colonial text, 'Black Skin, White Masks'. It offers a range of interpretations of the text by leading scholars across various disciplines. Editor(s): Silverman, Maxim. Series: Texts in Culture. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSL3; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719064494
ISBN
9780719064494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.77

Paperback. In this account of Emmeline Pankhurst's life both before and after the campaign for women's suffrage, historian June Purvis documents her early political work, her active role within the suffrage movement and her role as a wife and mother. Num Pages: 480 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 728.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415325936
ISBN
9780415325936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.97

Paperback. This is a collection of funny, sad, revealing, and inspiring stories of sex and gender diversity, as told by a variety of people who are on a journey towards finding the real me. They share their true and varied experiences within the sex and gender diverse community around the world. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMU; VFVC; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787965471
ISBN
9780787965471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 18.21

Paperback. An entrepreneur and educator highlights the surprising influence of humanities scholarship on biomedical research and civil liberties. This spirited defence urges society to support the humanities to obtain continued guidance for public policy decisions, and challenges scholars to consider how best to fulfil their role in serving the common good. Num Pages: 198 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: H; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137497468
ISBN
9781137497468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.46

Paperback. A Companion to Border Studies introduces an exciting and expanding field of interdisciplinary research, through the writing of an international array of scholars, from diverse perspectives that include anthropology, development studies, geography, history, political science and sociology. Editor(s): Wilson, Thomas M.; Donnan, Hastings. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: JFFM; JHBD; JHMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119111672
ISBN
9781119111672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 50.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1HB; DNJ; JFFN; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846276170
ISBN
9781846276170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Hardcover. .
Publisher
The MIT Press United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262026963
ISBN
9780262026963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.06

Hardback. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782387664
ISBN
9781782387664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.35

Paperback. Provides an analysis of Islamist cultural politics through the ethnography of a thriving, grassroots women's piety movement in the mosques of Cairo, Egypt. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HRHP; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
With a New preface by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691149806
ISBN
9780691149806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.39

Paperback. Brian Cockerill has ruled his world with an iron fist. Using nothing but his hands as weapons, he has patrolled the streets, clubs and raves of Britain in order to keep order and to 'tax' those whose ill-gotten gains he sees fit to take a share of. Yet despite his appalling record of aggression, Brian is a man who lives by rules and respect. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp mono illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGA; JFFE; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196. 288 pages, 8pp mono illustrations. Brian Cockerill has ruled his world with an iron fist. Using nothing but his hands as weapons, he has patrolled the streets, clubs and raves of Britain in order to keep order and to 'tax' those whose ill-gotten gains he sees fit to take a share of. Yet despite his appalling record of aggression, Brian is a man who lives by rules and respect. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGA; JFFE; JKV. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight: 196.
Publisher
John Blake
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844544882
ISBN
9781844544882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Provides an introduction to the study of gender through an exploration of key terms that are a part of everyday discourse in this vital subject. This title features twenty-one essays that cast an appropriately broad net, spanning the study of gender and sexuality across the humanities and social sciences. Editor(s): Stimpson, Catharine R.; Herdt, Gilbert. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 766.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226774817
ISBN
9780226774817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Paperback. In this deeply researched and engagingly argued work, Jeffers Lennox reconfigures our general understanding of how Indigenous peoples, imperial forces, and settlers competed for space in northeastern North America before the British conquest in 1763. Series: Studies in Atlantic Canada History. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KBB; 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442614055
ISBN
9781442614055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKWN; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
The History Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752499833
ISBN
9780752499833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Hardback. Editor(s): Moyn, Samuel; Sartori, Andrew. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231160483
ISBN
9780231160483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.48
€ 75.66

Paperback. Women Against Fundamentalism (WAF) was formed in 1989, partly in response to the controversy surrounding Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, but also with the aim of challenging fundamentalism in all religions. It sees fundamentalism as a modern political movement that uses religion to consolidate authoritarian and repressive forms of power. WAF's Editor(s): Dhaliwal, Sukhwant; Yuval-Davis, Nira. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HRAM6; JFFK; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Lawrence & Wishart Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909831025
ISBN
9781909831025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.59

Paperback. A 'retired career anorexic' examines herself and her, and our, culture in a masterpiece of confessional literature. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFH; VFJJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Flamingo
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006550891
ISBN
9780006550891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. Is a black life worth less than a white one? When, in May 1969, the body of David Oluwale was fished out of the River Aire near Leeds, not too many questions were asked about the circumstances of his death. This book revisits one of the most chilling crimes in British history, and raises questions as relevant today as they were in the sixties. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; JFFJ; JFSL3; JKVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099506171
ISBN
9780099506171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Examines the contradictions of fundamentalism as they appear in prophecy, sermon, film and fiction, including work by Gore Vidal, Peter Matthiesen, Thom Jones, Alison Lurie and Pete Dexter. Series: Tendencies: Identities, Texts, Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 391.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748609789
ISBN
9780748609789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

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