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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Focusing especially on literature by or about women-preferring women, Sang traces the history of female same-sex relations in China from the late Imperial period (1600-1911) through the republican era (1912-1949). She ends by examining the re-emergence of public debate on lesbians in modern China. Series: Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender & Culture. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226734804
- ISBN
- 9780226734804
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.92
€ 34.99
€ 27.92
Paperback. Explains the most unusual, obscure, and curious words and expressions from vintage blues music. This book unravels the nuances of more than twelve hundred idioms and proper or place names found on oft-overlooked 'race records' recorded between 1923 and 1949. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KB; 3JJG; AVGK; GBC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252076602
- ISBN
- 9780252076602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Paperback. A guide for counselors and therapists working with people who are lesbian, gay or bisexual. It provides an overview of lesbian, gay and bisexual psychology, and examines some of the differences between lesbians, gays and bisexuals, and heterosexuals. It proposes a model of gay affirmative therapy. Editor(s): Charles, Neal. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFSK; JKSN2; JMU; MJN; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Open University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780335191451
- ISBN
- 9780335191451
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Condition: New
€ 46.00
€ 46.00
Hardcover. Without our domesticated plants and animals, human civilization as we know it would not exist. How domestication happens is as fascinating as it is important. Num Pages: 496 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 245 x 45. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393064605
- ISBN
- 9780393064605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.72
€ 30.99
€ 25.72
Paperback. The Broken Middle offers a startlingly original rethinking of the modern philosophical tradition and fundamentally rejects the anti--philosophy and anti--theory of post--modernity. Num Pages: 372 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HPCF; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631182214
- ISBN
- 9780631182214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 47.19
€ 48.99
€ 47.19
Paperback. 1. This is an important new book by Pierre Bourdieu -- one of the leading social thinkers in the world today 2. It is the first book in which he has addressed questions of gender explicitly -- hence it will be of great interest 3. Num Pages: 144 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 164 x 9. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745622651
- ISBN
- 9780745622651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.55
€ 22.55
Hardcover. Series: King Legacy (Hardcover). Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807000717
- ISBN
- 9780807000717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.53
€ 23.99
€ 19.53
Paperback. This sombre biography of an urban slave who taught himself to read and write, and who ultimately achieved fame as a poet in Cuba's slave society, is presented in both Spanish and English. There is an introduction which sets the text in its historical and cultural context. Translator(s): Garfield, Evelyn Picon. Series: Latin American Literature & Culture S. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, 1 facsim. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; BGA; DSBD; HBTS; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual Ed
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814325384
- ISBN
- 9780814325384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.46
€ 37.46
Paperback. Covers a range of topics around sexual and gender identities. This book features contributors who assess the conflict between postmodernism and identity, the concept which typically serves as a linchpin for social and political organizing. It focuses upon disciplines or topics, or practical guides aimed primarily at a heterosexual audience. Editor(s): Beemyn, Brett Genny; Eliason, Michele J. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 180 x 16. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814712580
- ISBN
- 9780814712580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. Editor(s): Reed, Peter; Rothenberg, David. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNN; HPCF; JFCX; RNA; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816621828
- ISBN
- 9780816621828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.43
€ 27.99
€ 26.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816649655
- ISBN
- 9780816649655
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. Editor(s): Aronowitz, Nona Willis. Num Pages: 536 pages, 15 black & white plates. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 34. Weight in Grams: 782.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816681211
- ISBN
- 9780816681211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.17
€ 26.99
€ 25.17
Paperback. "Williams applies an economic analysis to the problems black Americans have faced in the past and present to show that free-market resource allocation, as opposed to political allocation, is in the best interests of minorities"--Jacket. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; KJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- First Edition, 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817912451
- ISBN
- 9780817912451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.67
€ 20.67
Paperback. Presents an anthology of Chicano literary criticism, with essays on a range of texts - both old and new - that draws on diverse perspectives in contemporary literary and cultural studies: from ethnographic to postmodernist, from Marxist to feminist, from cultural materialist to new historicist. Editor(s): Calderon, Hector; Saldivar, Jose David. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780822311430
- ISBN
- 9780822311430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.51
€ 31.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. An ethnographic study of cultural policy in Jamaica as seen from above and below in relation to race, class, and nation Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334194
- ISBN
- 9780822334194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HRAB1; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892817153
- ISBN
- 9780892817153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- African American Images United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913543962
- ISBN
- 9780913543962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.56
€ 23.99
€ 20.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFP; JHBK; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479866298
- ISBN
- 9781479866298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. A book about how we define knowledge and how we think about moral and political questions. It argues that the systems of knowledge, morality, and politics are rooted in views that are exclusionary. It includes an analysis of the conceptual errors that legitimate domination and the construction of kinds ('genders') of human beings. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592131327
- ISBN
- 9781592131327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.25
€ 34.99
€ 34.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV4; JFFE; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 337.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- WaterBrook
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781601428615
- ISBN
- 9781601428615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.86
€ 18.99
€ 16.86
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Seefelt, Ellen L. Num Pages: 262 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; MMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 177 x 18. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781888363340
- ISBN
- 9781888363340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.87
€ 25.99
€ 22.87
Hardback. The emotional and sensual, religious and erotic excitement of the whip, a crucial instrument of stimulation in devotional and sexual practices, as seen in religious, literary, and medical texts and images. Translator(s): Harman, Graham. Num Pages: 528 pages, 52 illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 44. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 526
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890951658
- ISBN
- 9781890951658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. Comparing the various practices that measure and study crime in Europe, this study on victimization and insecurity surveys the successes and shortcomings of different practice zones in Europe. Combining data from the Netherlands, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal, it provides information for public policy and crime prevention. Num Pages: 170 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JFF; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- ASP - Academic & Scientific Publishers
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789054874959
- ISBN
- 9789054874959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.57
€ 43.57
Paperback. In this study, Owen Barfield draws on sources from mythology, philosophy, history, literature, theology and science to chronicle the evolution of human thought from Moses and Aristotle to Galileo and Keats. Num Pages: 191 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Wesleyan University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition. ed.
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819562050
- ISBN
- 9780819562050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.76
€ 25.76