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Society & culture: general

Paperback. A guide to the celebriscape, a world expanding twice as fast as the universe it inhabits. It tackles topics such as: 'Celebrity Activism - when celebrities care', 'Celebrities and the Middle East: a troubled region's brightest hope?', and 'Celebrity Religions: who do the worshipped worship?'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099532057
ISBN
9780099532057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.77

Paperback. From bottle gardens, batman and the bachelor pad to garden gnomes and monogamy spray, this book uses a range of objects to explore the meanings and uses of kitsch. An accessible, comprehensive introduction for students and informed readers, it adds to debates on taste in cultural theory and sociology and provides a review of the literature. Num Pages: 256 pages, 36 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; JFCA; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719066160
ISBN
9780719066160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.79

Hardback. Based on a lecture given at Girton College, Cambridge, this title is one of the feminist polemics, ranging in its themes from Jane Austen and Carlotte Bronte, and the effects of poverty and sexual constraint on female creativity. It justifies the need for women to possess intellectual freedom and financial independence. Series: Penguin Pocket Hardbacks. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 105 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141395920
ISBN
9780141395920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardback. Indigenist Mobilization explores the history of the dynamics between the Communist party in Kerala and indigenist activists, and the subtle ways in which global capitalist restructuring leads to a resonance of indigenist visions in the changed the everyday working lives and future aspirations of subaltern groups in Kerala. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 316 pages, 9 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSL9; JHMC; JPFC; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785333828
ISBN
9781785333828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV4; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Kregel Publications,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780825443602
ISBN
9780825443602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.38

Paperback. Unlike most introductory texts that take a topical approach to studying sociology, this smart, challenging, and accessibly written text looks at the core principles of the discipline, making links to a contemporary context. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: AV; JFCA; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 186 x 285 x 22. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442634046
ISBN
9781442634046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 47.39

Paperback. With a companion website that includes short online film episodes, this book proposes expansive ways of deconstructing and re-constituting sexuality and gender and thus more embodied and ethical ways of 'doing' life, and offers an understanding and critique of embodiment through an integration of performance, psychotherapy and feminist philosophy. Num Pages: 244 pages, 59 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; AS; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 32. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2011th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137484574
ISBN
9781137484574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.32

Paperback. .
Publisher
Haymarket Books United States
Number of pages
410
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608463435
ISBN
9781608463435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 17.34

Paperback. An influential policy thinker and "muse of the Asian Century"* illuminates the contours of our new global civilization, and shows why power must shift to reflect the new reality (*Foreign Policy) Num Pages: 328 pages, charts throughout. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
PublicAffairs,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Trade Paper Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781610393690
ISBN
9781610393690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.82

Paperback. .
Publisher
Lexington Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739198049
ISBN
9780739198049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 9.15

Paperback.
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847421166
ISBN
9781847421166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.57

Paperback. This volume includes previously unpublished essays by Robert Smithson and gathers articles, interviews and photographs as well as a catalogue of the books in Smithson's library. Together they provide a picture of his wide-ranging views on art and culture. Series: Documents of Twentieth-Century Art. Num Pages: 385 pages, 220 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 179 x 18. Weight in Grams: 872.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
385
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520203853
ISBN
9780520203853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.49

Paperback. .
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803985544
ISBN
9780803985544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.11

Paperback. Feminism is arguably the most significant social movement of the last century and it is far from over. This book presents examples from feminist campaigns and discusses issues such as genocide and war rape. It invites us to join in with the lively debates and always germane challenges of feminism. Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 224 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851687121
ISBN
9781851687121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.33

Paperback. Tracing a diffuse network of cultural agents who shared the belief that a truly modern music could be attained only through a radical challenge to the technological foundations of the art, this book combines an artifact-oriented history of music with an astute revisiting of still-relevant debates about the relationship between technology and arts. Num Pages: 252 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVC; AVR; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
252
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288027
ISBN
9780520288027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.72

Hardback. Dancing at the crossroads used to be young people's opportunity to meet and enjoy themselves on mild summer evenings in the countryside in Ireland - until this practice was banned by law, the Public Dance Halls Act in 1935. This book conveys that Ireland is to be found in a crossroads situation with a firm base in a distinctly Irish tradition. Series: Dance & Performance Studies. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; ASD; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 182 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453282
ISBN
9781845453282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.80

Paperback. Is there still a distinct Irish identity in America? This highly original survey says yes, though it's often an indirect one. Opening a new window on the meanings of Irishness over the twentieth century, this work also reveals how Catholicism, so key to the identity of earlier generations of Irish Americans, has also evolved. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813229188
ISBN
9780813229188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.58

Hardback. Examines Pentecostal conversion as a force of change, revealing new insights into its dominant role in global Christianity today. Series: Religion in Transforming Africa. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; HRCC96; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
James Currey
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011527
ISBN
9781847011527
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.99

Paperback. The work of Henri Lefebvre -- the only major French intellectual of the post--war period to give extensive consideration to the city and urban life -- received considerable attention among both academics and practitioners of the built environment following the publication in English of The Production of Space. Editor(s): Kofman, Eleonore; Lebas, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 264 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631191889
ISBN
9780631191889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 43.12

Hardcover. Explores the changing dynamics of gender and class and the interaction between them as they impact on relations between men and women in the workplace. The author illustrates tensions and power conflicts as workers struggle to make sense of their experience in a period of economic change. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan London
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1999th Edition
SKU
KEX0201910
ISBN
9780333681770
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 26.99
€ 17.95

Paperback.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Number of pages
556
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
30th anniversary
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195305685
ISBN
9780195305685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.86

Paperback. This volume examines the "Amazons", whose existence has been verified via documents and eye-witness accounts from battles for the West African kingdom of Dahomey in the 18th and 19th centuries. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1HFDB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849041089
ISBN
9781849041089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.55

Paperback. Offers a unique perspective on far right neo-Nazism viewing it as a new form of Western religious heresy Num Pages: 371 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRQX; JFSV; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
378
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814731550
ISBN
9780814731550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. It would be easy to assume that, in the eighteenth century, slavery and the culture of taste - the world of politeness, manners, and aesthetics - existed as separate and unequal domains, unrelated in the spheres of social life. This book demonstrates that these two areas of modernity were surprisingly entwined. Num Pages: 392 pages, 73 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1KJ; DSB; HBTS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New in Paper ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160979
ISBN
9780691160979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

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