Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardback. Editor(s): Parry, Emma; McCarthy, Jeanette. Num Pages: 767 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; KCF; KJMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 242 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1312.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 767
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137467799
- ISBN
- 9781137467799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 290.61
€ 290.61
Hardcover. Orientalist discourses in Brazilian culture are an expression of anxieties about the re-structuring of time and space in the network age. The book examines engagements with Japanese postmodern culture in Brazil, which emerge in relation to the history of Japanese immigration and through a series of European and North American discursive mediations. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137468314
- ISBN
- 9781137468314
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Condition: New
€ 127.58
€ 127.58
Hardcover. The text analyses identities within virtual on-screen environments. Investigating regions in Second Life, it explores topical issues of the body in virtual space, nature and mythology in virtual environments, and the key arguments surrounding normative and subversive representations of gender, sexuality and subversion in screen-based environments. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137468338
- ISBN
- 9781137468338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.08
€ 67.08
Hardcover. Research shows that, while people around the world consistently nominate television as their most important news source, much of the content of news bulletins is lost to viewers within moments. In response, Barrie Gunter argues that this can be explained by the way in which televised news is written, packaged and presented. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137468819
- ISBN
- 9781137468819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardback. Black Participatory Research offers an assessment of how shared racial self-identity, self-valuation, and experiences of oppression and difference shape the co-production of knowledge in increasingly popular participatory social science research methods. Editor(s): Drame, Elizabeth R.; Irby, Decoteau J. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JHBC; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 405.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137468987
- ISBN
- 9781137468987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.04
€ 162.04
Hardcover. An exploration of how educational institutions have been portrayed in horror film, this book examines the way that scary movies have dealt with the issue of school violence, focusing on movies set in high schools, colleges, and summer camps. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFN; JFD; JNKS; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137469199
- ISBN
- 9781137469199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.51€ 46.80
€ 52.51
€ 46.80
Hardback. The culture of twenty-first century America revolves around narcissistic death, violence, and visions of doom. Foster explores this culture of the apocalypse, from hoarding and gluttony to visions of the post-apocalyptic world. Num Pages: 84 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 84
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137469403
- ISBN
- 9781137469403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16
Hardback. Series: Mobility and Politics. Num Pages: 144 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFN; JPSN; LBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137469830
- ISBN
- 9781137469830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.12
€ 73.12
Hardcover. This book explores the controversial and misunderstood world of sexualised weight gain known as feederism. Conversations with over 20 feeders and feedees are analysed through a psychological and sociological lens. The implications for health professionals working in bariatrics are discussed along with directions for future research. Num Pages: 114 pages, 1 figures. BIC Classification: JFCV; JFSS; JHBK; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137470454
- ISBN
- 9781137470454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.22
€ 83.22
Hardcover. Obsolescence is fundamental to the experience of modernity, not simply one dimension of an economic system. The contributors to this book investigate obsolescence as a historical phenomenon, an aesthetic practice, and an affective mode. Editor(s): Tischleder, Babette Barbel; Wasserman, Sarah. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137470898
- ISBN
- 9781137470898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.12
€ 162.12
Paperback. Was Salman Rushdie right to have written The Satanic Verses? Were the protestors right to have done so? What about the Danish cartoons? This book examines the moral questions raised by cultural controversies, and how intercultural dialogue might be generated within multicultural societies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JFMD; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471673
- ISBN
- 9781137471673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.93
€ 66.93
Paperback. How is The Simpsons a satirical artwork engaged with important social, political, and cultural issues? Henry offers the first comprehensive understanding of the show as a satire and explores the ways in which The Simpsons participates in the so-called "culture war" debates taking place in American society. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: APT; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471789
- ISBN
- 9781137471789
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Condition: New
€ 73.30
€ 73.30
Faith, Secularism, and Humanitarian Engagement: Finding the Place of R...
Ager, Alastair, Ager, Joey
Hardcover. Strengthening local humanitarian engagement demands not only rethinking dominant understandings of religion, but also revisiting the principles and practices of humanitarianism. This book articulates key aspects of the 'transborder discourse' necessary for humanitarian dialogue in the 21st century. Series: Religion and Global Migrations. Num Pages: 131 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472137
- ISBN
- 9781137472137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.80
€ 115.80
Hardcover. The book presents interpretations of culture, health, politics, and religion in Sweden today, Sweden transforms from the well-functioning but existentially bland economic wonder to a more fragmented and gloomy society. Contributors include scholars from film studies, literary studies, political science, religious studies and theology Editor(s): Demker, Marie; Leffler, Yvonne; Sigurdson, Ola; Wolff, Janet. Num Pages: 205 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNS; HRA; JFC; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472229
- ISBN
- 9781137472229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Hardcover. Class-based self-perception is a rising issue worldwide. Through observation in kindergartens in Fiji, Brison examines how schools instil these ideas in Suva children. Teachers have different goals depending on the social background of the families while students create friendships through shared experience of toys, gender roles, and mass media. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 213 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1MKLF; JFSC; JHMC; JNLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472267
- ISBN
- 9781137472267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.93
€ 66.93
Hardback. Editor(s): Harrington, Stephen. Series: Palgrave Entertainment Industries. Num Pages: 252 pages, 14 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472892
- ISBN
- 9781137472892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.50
€ 151.50
Hardcover. Given the reality of China's economic development and urbanization, this book studies the development of the private sector and the process of regional urbanization in the Yangtze River Delta region to provide a path for new urbanization throughout China. Num Pages: 260 pages, 14 black & white tables, 27 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSG; KCG; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137473264
- ISBN
- 9781137473264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.05
€ 129.05
Environmental Justice and Urban Resilience in the Global South
. Ed(S): Allen, Adriana; Griffin, Liza; Johns...
Hardback. Editor(s): Allen, Adriana; Griffin, Liza; Johnson, Cassidy. Num Pages: 264 pages, 29 black & white illustrations, 31 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137473530
- ISBN
- 9781137473530
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 208.16
€ 208.16
Hardcover. Radical Environmentalism: Nature, Identity and More-than-human Agency provides a unique account of environmentalism - one that highlights the voices of activists and the nature they defend. It will be of interest to both students and academics in green criminology, environmental sociology and nature-human studies more broadly. Series: Palgrave Studies in Green Criminology. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JKV; RNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137473776
- ISBN
- 9781137473776
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.00
€ 67.00
Hardback. This book examines the most recent and contentious issues in relation to cybercrime facing the world today, and how best to address them. The contributors show how Eastern and Western nations are responding to the challenges of cybercrime, and the latest trends and issues in cybercrime prevention and control. Editor(s): Smith, Russell G.; Chak-Chung Cheung, Ray; Yiu-Chung Lau, Laurie. Series: Palgrave Macmillan's Studies in Cybercrime and Cybersecurity. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 19 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFMG; JKV; PDR; UR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137474155
- ISBN
- 9781137474155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97