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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. In recent times, there has been a substantial push by people to escape the metropolis for lifestyles in small coastal, country, or mountainside locales. This book explores the narratives emerging from amenity-left migration using methods developed within the 'strong' cultural sociology. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 186 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBA; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137007612
- ISBN
- 9781137007612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Paperback. Fear is ingrained in the history of cities but our short-sightedness prevents us from grasping its evolution over time. Increasingly, risk and fear are experienced, portrayed and discussed as globalized phenomena, particularly since 9/11. This research puts urban insecurity in perspective, with a comparison of world cities in the North and South. Series: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSG; JKVC; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137007926
- ISBN
- 9781137007926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 125.67
€ 125.67
Paperback. This critical introduction to gay and lesbian identity within the media explores the concept of 'new storytelling'. The case studies look at film, television and online media, focusing on the narrative potential of individual storytellers who, as producers, writers and performers, challenge identity concerns and offer new expressions of liberty. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APT; JFD; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009241
- ISBN
- 9781137009241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.43
€ 61.43
Hardcover. Do the news media have any role in the transformation of war and warfare? Focusing on television, this book argues that the news media alters the cognitive and strategic environment of the actors of war and politics and therefore changes the way these interact with one another. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 black & white tables, 2 diagrames. BIC Classification: JFDT; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan 2012-11-13
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009746
- ISBN
- 9781137009746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Paperback. A fascinating exploration of the way in which animals are 'framed' - contextualized, decontextualized - in contemporary visual culture. Written in a highly engaging style, this book challenges the field, dealing with some highly controversial aspects of animal exploitation and boldly examines material that is seldom discussed within animal studies. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; HPQ; JFC; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009838
- ISBN
- 9781137009838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.31
€ 71.31
Vulnerabilities, Impacts, and Responses to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Afr...
Tadele, Getnet, Kloos, Helmut
Hardcover. This book examines HIV/AIDS vulnerabilities, impacts and responses in the socioeconomic and cultural context of Sub-Saharan Africa. With contributions from social scientists and public health experts, the volume identifies gender inequality and poverty as the main causes of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. Editor(s): Tadele, Getnet; Kloos, Helmut. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 black & white tables, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFFH2; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 469.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009944
- ISBN
- 9781137009944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. This text explores how Afro-Brazilians define their Africanness through Candomble and Quilombo models, and construct paradigms of blackness with influences from US-based perspectives, through the vectors of public rituals, carnival, drama, poetry, and hip hop. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009999
- ISBN
- 9781137009999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. This is the first book to examine "migrant-soldiers' in the British army and places the phenomenon of Britain's multicultural army in relation to British culture, history and nationalism. It also explores the impact of war on UK society during the 21st Century Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFN; JFSL; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137010025
- ISBN
- 9781137010025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.73
€ 67.73
Paperback. This collection of essays by international scholars addresses the global development of performance research in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The collection, now in paperback, functions as a critical reader on diverse approaches to studying performance that contest dominant paradigms of performance studies. Editor(s): McKenzie, Jon; Roms, Heike; Wee, C. J. W.-L. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; ASZ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137011183
- ISBN
- 9781137011183
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Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Paperback. This study looks at the ongoing efforts of the Alternative Global Movement and World Social Forum to reconcile contests over political organization among three of the most prominent groups on the contemporary left - social and liberal democratic NGOs, anti-authoritarian (anarchist) social movements, and political parties. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JPA; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137013323
- ISBN
- 9781137013323
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book analyzes the cosmopolitan lives of British Asian Muslim women. Drawing on interview and online data, the book debunks stereotypical assumptions and explores the multiple and meaningful links that British Asian Muslim women establish within and outside their communities. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSJ1; JFSL3; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137013866
- ISBN
- 9781137013866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. The term 'housing crisis' has recently been associated with rising foreclosure rates and tottering financial institutions, particularly in the US and Europe. However, in many emerging countries, the housing crisis is about urban poverty, unplanned settlements, overcrowded slums and homelessness. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFB; KCL; KCX; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan 2013-02-07
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137014023
- ISBN
- 9781137014023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. Maternal Horror Film: Melodrama and Motherhood examines the function of the mother figure in horror film. Using psychoanalytic film theory as well as comparisons with the melodrama film, Arnold investigates the polarized images of monstrous and sacrificing mother. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137014115
- ISBN
- 9781137014115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.77
€ 160.77
Hardcover. Contributing to current debates about the globality and mediatisation of memories, Media and Memory in New Shanghai interrogates the city's spectacular regeneration into an emergent world centre, describing how Western elites partake in the production of New Shanghai by feeling its futures and performing its futures past. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137014641
- ISBN
- 9781137014641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Colbert's America argues that, in contrast to the anti-intellectualism, the sensationalism, and the punditry that tend to govern most mass media today, Stephen Colbert's program offers his audience the opportunity to understand the context through which most news is reported and to be critical of it. Series: Education, Politics and Public Life. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137014726
- ISBN
- 9781137014726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 47.16
€ 53.36
€ 47.16
Hardcover. A new and original approach to studies on gender-based violence and violence against women, focusing on men and their role in prevention. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSJ1; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137014733
- ISBN
- 9781137014733
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. An authoritative, state-of-the-art collection that brings together key experts to provide an overview of the field. This new paperback edition includes 3 new chapters on human resources and health, end-of-life care and complementary and alternative medicine as well as thorough updates to the introduction and conclusion. Editor(s): Kuhlmann, Ellen; Annandale, Ellen. Num Pages: 560 pages, 24 black & white tables, 9 figures, 11 black & white illustrations, 2 graphs. BIC Classification: JFSJ; MBP; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 558
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137015143
- ISBN
- 9781137015143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 108.25
€ 108.25
Hardcover. Communicating Popular Science addresses the role of science popularization and explains how science writing works can do better at promoting public discussions about science-related issues. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137017574
- ISBN
- 9781137017574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.51
€ 138.51
Hardcover. This is a book about time, but it is also about much more than time-it is about how the objects we use to think about time shape our thoughts. Because time ties together so many aspects of our lives, this book is able to explore the nexus of objects, cognition, culture, and even biology, and to do so in relationship to globalization. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 221 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFCD; JHMC; JMRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 471.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137017871
- ISBN
- 9781137017871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.82
€ 116.82
Paperback. This study, now in paperback, argues that female networks of conversation, correspondence and patronage formed the foundation for women's work in the realms of Shakespeare criticism and poetry. Eger traces the transition between Enlightenment and Romantic culture, arguing for the relevance of rational argument in the history of women's writing. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137018472
- ISBN
- 9781137018472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.21
€ 127.21
Hardcover. This book introduces a new research agenda for visual peace research, providing a political analysis of the relationship between visual representations and the politics of violence nationally and internationally. Using a range of genres, from photography to painting, it elaborates on how people can become agents of their own image. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AJ; JFD; JFFE; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137020390
- ISBN
- 9781137020390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. The book explains the interaction of dream and landscape on America's urban borderlands. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSF; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137020796
- ISBN
- 9781137020796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardcover. An ethnographic exploration of hip-hop in Ghana and West Africa more broadly. Num Pages: 219 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; AVGR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137021649
- ISBN
- 9781137021649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Hardcover. Integrating theories from a wide range of disciplines, Nir Kshetri compares the patterns, characteristics and processes of cybercrime activities in major regions and economies in the Global South such as China, India, the former Second World economies, Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa and Middle East and North Africa. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFMG; JKVM; JPZ; UD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137021939
- ISBN
- 9781137021939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90