Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. This collection of original essays develops new, intertextual approaches to thinking about rock music. Editor(s): Dettmar, Kevin J. H.; Richey, William. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: AVG; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113991
- ISBN
- 9780231113991
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Paperback. The first scholarly collection devoted to "The Rocky Horror Picture Show, " dissecting the film from diverse perspectives including gender and queer studies, disability studies, cultural studies, genre studies, and film studies. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; AS; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349377138
- ISBN
- 9781349377138
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Condition: New
€ 63.32
€ 63.32
Paperback. The first scholarly collection devoted to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, dissecting the film from diverse perspectives including gender and queer studies, disability studies, cultural studies, genre studies, and film studies. Editor(s): Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137525031
- ISBN
- 9781137525031
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Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Paperback. The hit series "Sex and the City" has an international fanbase and has won major awards. This critical celebration of the life and times of Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha discusses the series' position in an increasingly complex television landscape. Editor(s): Akass, Kim; McCabe, Janet. Series: Reading Contemporary Television. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; APT; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 45. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850434238
- ISBN
- 9781850434238
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.71
€ 25.99
€ 22.71
Paperback. Praised for its unabashed portrait of the Death Care industry, HBO's Six Feet Under is less about the business of death than the art of living well. It was created by Alan Ball and centres on a Pasadena undertakers run by two brothers with their mother and teenage sister making up the dysfunctional family quartet. Editor(s): Akass, Kim; McCabe, Janet. Series: Reading Contemporary Television. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850438090
- ISBN
- 9781850438090
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.71
€ 25.99
€ 22.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226312781
- ISBN
- 9780226312781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.24
€ 46.99
€ 36.24
hardcover. Features twelve essays on southern indigence between the World Wars, which share a conviction that poverty is not just a dilemma of the marketplace but also a cultural and political construction. This volume shows that those who work to eradicate poverty can hesitate to cross the line of race, gender, memory, or tradition in pursuit of their goal. Editor(s): Godden, Richard; Crawford, Martin. Num Pages: 312 pages, 19 b&w photos, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JJG; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780820327082
- ISBN
- 9780820327082
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Condition: New
€ 62.52
€ 62.52
Paperback. Betty Joseph offers an account of how archives - and the practice of archiving - shaped colonial ideologies in Britain and British-controlled India during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226412030
- ISBN
- 9780226412030
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
Paperback. "The L Word" captured international attention when it appeared on American screens in 2004. Aiming to uncover what makes this show so compelling, this collection brings together leading academics, feminist critics, and journalists to discuss "The L Word". It also includes interviews with the actors Erin Daniels and the writer, Guinevere Turner. Series: Reading Contemporary Television. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: APT; JFCA; JFD; JFSK1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845111793
- ISBN
- 9781845111793
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.68
€ 24.99
€ 21.68
Hardback. From the rise of ticker-tape technology to the development of conspiracy theories, Reading the Market argues that commentary on the Stock Exchange between 1870 and 1915 changed how Americans understood finance-and explains what our pervasive interest in Wall Street says about us now. Series: New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JFCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420608
- ISBN
- 9781421420608
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Condition: New
€ 51.10€ 47.03
€ 51.10
€ 47.03
Paperback. Explores how "The Sopranos" has rewritten the rules of television drama and changed attitudes about television itself. This book presents different perspectives on psychotherapy and dreams; racism and the Italian-American community; Carmela and post-feminism; "The Sopranos" as an HBO brand; racism; and more. Editor(s): Lavery, David. Series: Reading Contemporary Television. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845111212
- ISBN
- 9781845111212
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.71
€ 25.99
€ 22.71
Hardback. Editor(s): Harper, Thomas L.; Shirane, Haruo. Num Pages: 632 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBD; DSK; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 632
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231166584
- ISBN
- 9780231166584
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Condition: New
€ 73.68€ 56.86
€ 73.68
€ 56.86
Hardback. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; DSA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252040481
- ISBN
- 9780252040481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.23
€ 118.23
Paperback. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; CJBR; DSA; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081958
- ISBN
- 9780252081958
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Paperback. Editor(s): Kniffel, Leonard. Num Pages: 168 pages, Color photos. BIC Classification: CFC; GBCQ; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626365490
- ISBN
- 9781626365490
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.54
€ 16.99
€ 15.54
Paperback. A book about reading women's poems, rather than forming theories about them. Beginning with Katherine Philips, the first Englishwoman to achieve fame as a poet, it covers three centuries to the work of Marianne Moore and Stevie Smith, but does not include the many living women poets who deserve a volume to themselves. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845193348
- ISBN
- 9781845193348
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.78
€ 32.99
€ 29.78
Paperback. In this work, Sharon L. Jansen explores a recurring theme in writing by women: the dream of finding or creating a private and secluded retreat from the world of men. Insightful and accessible, this book places six centuries of texts in conversation with one another, pairing them in ways that reveal the realities of women's choice and agency. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 220 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137386229
- ISBN
- 9781137386229
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Condition: New
€ 53.46€ 52.77
€ 53.46
€ 52.77
paperback. Reading Women brings into conversation the latest scholarship by early modernists and early Americanists on the role of gender in the production and consumption of texts during the expansion of female readership in the early modern period. Editor(s): Brayman Hackel, Heidi; Kelly, Catherine E. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812220803
- ISBN
- 9780812220803
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardback. Num Pages: 254 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 254
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110663
- ISBN
- 9780230110663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.67
€ 64.67
Paperback. Employing a wide range of sources, the author examines the organizations that staffed and managed black schools in the South, with particular attention paid to the activities of the Freedman's Bureau. He looks as well at those who came to teach, a diverse group - white, black, Northern, Southern - and at the curricula and textbooks they used. Series: African American Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3; JN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226539294
- ISBN
- 9780226539294
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.09
€ 52.99
€ 41.09
Hardback. Throughout her distinguished career, the author has sought to locate and confront shifting forms of social and cultural oppression. In this book, she elaborates a utopian vision for the kind of deep and investigative reading that can develop a will for peaceful social justice in coming generations. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857422088
- ISBN
- 9780857422088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.68
€ 27.99
€ 22.68
Hardcover. Editor(s): Abbington, James. Num Pages: 824 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGD; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 193 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Gia Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781622771004
- ISBN
- 9781622771004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 48.54
€ 52.99
€ 48.54
Paperback. Series: Readings in.. 252 pages, maps, figures. Editor(s): Young, Tom. These readings focus on African politics. The topics covered include: African socialism; the Eritrean war; violence in Nigeria; the social power of religious organization and civil society; and aspects of democracy and democratization in Zambia and Botswana. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1H; JFC; JPA; JPH. Dimension: 233 x 203 x 16. Weight: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780852552575
- ISBN
- 9780852552575
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.57
€ 33.99
€ 32.57
Paperback. Introduces selected topics in federal Indian law. This title covers issues of identity and tribal recognition; reparations for historic harms; the valuation of land in land claims; the return to tribal owners of human remains, sacred items, and cultural property; and, tribal governance and issues of gender and religious freedom. Num Pages: 353 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 22. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566395823
- ISBN
- 9781566395823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.49
€ 47.49