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Society & culture: general

Hardback. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166348
ISBN
9780231166348
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. This indispensable reader maps a comprehensive and global study of food through key sources in folklore, unpacked with expert commentary and student-focused learning features. Editor(s): Long, Lucy M. Num Pages: 480 pages, 3 bw. BIC Classification: JFCV; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857856999
ISBN
9780857856999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.32

Hardback. The collection proposes inventive research strategies for the study of the affective and fluctuating dimensions of cultural life. It presents studies of nightclubs, YouTube memes, political provocations, heritage sites, blogging, education development, and haunting memories. Editor(s): Timm Knudsen, Britta; Stage, Carsten. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137483188
ISBN
9781137483188
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.29

Paperback. In the late 1970s, the adult film industry began the transition from celluloid to home video. This book traces this change and examines the cultural and legal efforts to regulate, contain, limit, or eradicate pornography. Drawing on a wide variety of materials, it de-centers the film text in favor of industry histories and contexts. Num Pages: 352 pages, 22 b/w. BIC Classification: APFA; JFD; JFMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520291713
ISBN
9780520291713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Detailing the relationship of three women filmmakers' lives and films to the institutions of the post-World War II era, this title presents the social history of North American avant-garde cinema. It argues that avant-garde cinema, open to women because of its marginal status in the art world, included women as filmmakers, organizers, and critics. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ANH; APF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252071249
ISBN
9780252071249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.00

Paperback. The history of six centuries of weeping Britons. A comprehensive debunking of the myth of the British 'stiff upper lip', from medieval mystics to Margaret Thatcher Num Pages: 456 pages, 30 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JF. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199676064
ISBN
9780199676064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.62

Hardcover. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HRJT; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 245 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Vallentine Mitchell
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853038993
ISBN
9780853038993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFFS; KC; LNCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816674275
ISBN
9780816674275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. Gender roles, relations, and ideologies are major aspects of migration. This timely book argues that understanding gender relations is vital to a full and more nuanced explanation of both the causes and the consequences of migration, in the past and at present. Series: Immigration and Society. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 292 x 19. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745687896
ISBN
9780745687896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.46

Paperback. This book attempts to reconfigure feminism in a way that responds to cultural diversity. The author contends that a discourse of rights can be formulated and that this task is crucial to negotiating a balance between women's interests and multicultural claims. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748642960
ISBN
9780748642960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Paperback. Investigates how childbirth became medicalized in Africa. Featuring stories about autopsies and bicycles, obstetric surgery and male initiation, this title reveals how concerns about strange objects and procedures fashioned the hybrid social world of colonialism and its aftermath in Mobutu's Zaire. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 496 pages, 47 b&w photographs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 238 x 38. Weight in Grams: 758.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
62041st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822323662
ISBN
9780822323662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.70

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 34 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691167749
ISBN
9780691167749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.11

Paperback. "Moving beyond an 'Indians and Europeans' story, DuVal looks instead at competing and overlapping stories involving multiple Native groups who operate from different positions with different strategies and experiences, and incorporate an array of outsiders."-Colin G. Calloway, Dartmouth College Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812219395
ISBN
9780812219395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Paperback. This engaging book argues that imaginative place-based leadership can enable citizens to shape the urban future while advancing social justice, promoting care for the environment and bolstering community empowerment. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; RPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 179 x 24. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447304968
ISBN
9781447304968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFFN; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804797542
ISBN
9780804797542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Maria Holt uses her research gathered in the Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon and in the West Bank to look at the forms of violence suffered by women in the context of the wider conflict around them. Series: Library of Modern Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFFD; JFSJ1; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780761015
ISBN
9781780761015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.90

Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; DSB; JFFK; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231182089
ISBN
9780231182089
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 29.46

Paperback. Series: Culture Smart!. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFCA; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Kuperard
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857338423
ISBN
9781857338423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.32

Paperback. A true story about the impact of sexual abuse and rise of internet pornography. As a doctor, as well as a wife and mother, Alice Wells tackles her complex feelings of bereavement - mourning the death of a man she loves, while struggling with the unfolding knowledge of his hidden life as a paedophile and his abuse of their daughter. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JFFE1; JFFE2; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Mirror Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
9781907324611
ISBN
9781907324611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 7.28

Paperback. The term "civilization" comes with considerable baggage, setting up a dichotomy wherein people, cultures, and histories are "civilized" - or not. This book examines how the idea of civilization has informed our thinking about international relations over the course of ten centuries. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBW; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226142401
ISBN
9780226142401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.59

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