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Paperback. How did the events of September 11, 2001 come to be thought of as 9/11? This title presents an account of post-9/11 political and social processes, offering an analysis of the media coverage of this momentous event. It demonstrates how 9/11 has been transformed into a morality tale centred on patriotism, victimization, and heroes. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814795552
- ISBN
- 9780814795552
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Paperback. Examining semen historically, medically, and culturally, Sperm Counts is a penetrating exploration of its meaning and power Series: Intersections: Transdisciplinary Persprectives on Genders and Sexualities Series. Num Pages: 214 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814795620
- ISBN
- 9780814795620
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€ 30.99€ 27.67
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Paperback. Reveals a vibrant and contentious political culture punctuated by traditional civic pride and an understudied tradition of protest in the black community Series: American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 41 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL1; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814795637
- ISBN
- 9780814795637
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Hardback. Can Islamic societies embrace democracy? This title maintains that it is possible, demonstrating that Islam is not inherently hostile to the idea of democracy. It argues that the key to understanding the integration of Islam and democracy lies in social institutions as well as the every days experiences. Num Pages: 234 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814795644
- ISBN
- 9780814795644
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€ 97.45
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Hardcover. Explores the factors that may lead to greater success in ethnic preservation. This title compares Indian Americans and Korean Americans, two of the most significant ethnic groups in New York, and examines the different ways in which they preserve their ethnicity through their faith. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814795859
- ISBN
- 9780814795859
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Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Paperback. Explores the factors that may lead to greater success in ethnic preservation. This title compares Indian Americans and Korean Americans, two of the most significant ethnic groups in New York, and examines the different ways in which they preserve their ethnicity through their faith. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780814795866
- ISBN
- 9780814795866
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Hardback. Demonstrates the importance of understanding what closure really is before naively asserting it can or has been reached. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFMC; JHBZ; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814796108
- ISBN
- 9780814796108
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Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Paperback. Once dominated by black-white relations, discussions of race in the USA are increasingly informed by an awareness of strife between non-white racial groups. Combining race history, legal theory, theology, social psychology and anecdote, this work offers an examination of race and responsibility. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSL1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- V9780814796962
- ISBN
- 9780814796962
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Paperback. Explores the cultural anxieties over the putatively deteriorating 'American work ethic', and the class, race, sexual and gender biases at the root of the policy and debates. This title argues that activists could make great strides towards achieving social justice, even in the reactionary climate. Num Pages: 244 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814797556
- ISBN
- 9780814797556
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
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Paperback. In the history of American TV only four sitcoms have been true hits - "All in the Family", "The Beverley Hillbillies", "Laverne and Shirley" and "The Cosby Show." This book seeks to account for the appeal of these sitcoms, detailing the factors that go into the construction of mass audiences. Num Pages: 234 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814797570
- ISBN
- 9780814797570
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Paperback. Examines the role of white women in perpetuating racism after the American Revolution. The author examines the lives and writings of three women of the period - Mercy Otis Warren, Abigall Smith Adams, and Judith Sargent Murray.This book sheds light on a previously unknown chapter in race and gender relations in the early American Republic. Num Pages: 243 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- V9780814797624
- ISBN
- 9780814797624
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Paperback. An exploration of Jewish identities, contesting conventional approaches. The contributors argue that Jewish identity should be conceptualized as an ongoing dynamic process of "becoming" in response to changing cultural and social conditions rather than as a stable defining body of traits. Editor(s): Silberstein, Laurence J. Series: New Perspectives on Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 378 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814797693
- ISBN
- 9780814797693
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Paperback. Editor(s): Shapiro, Ian; Kymlicka, Will. Series: NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy. Num Pages: 643 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 209 x 40. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814797723
- ISBN
- 9780814797723
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Paperback. Compelling first-hand stories of Jewish women fighting racism in the American south while coming of age in the shadow of the Holocaust. Num Pages: 248 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBT; JFFJ; JFSJ1; JFSL; JFSR1; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814797754
- ISBN
- 9780814797754
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Paperback. "Sex Without Consent" explores the experience, prosecution and meaning of rape in American history from the time of the early contact between Europeans and Native Americans to the present. Editor(s): Smith, Merril D., Ph.D. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JFFE2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814797891
- ISBN
- 9780814797891
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Condition: New
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Paperback. "Situating Sadness" draws on research in the US and around the world to look at depression through the eyes of women, exploring what being depressed is like in diverse social and cultural circumstances. Editor(s): Stoppard, Janet M.; McMullen, Linda M. Series: Qualitative Studies in Psychology. Num Pages: 228 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814798010
- ISBN
- 9780814798010
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Paperback. Rereads the history of performance as a celebration and critique of dissident sexualities, exploring the politics of pleasure and the pleasure of politics that drive the theatre Editor(s): Solomon, Alisa; Minwalla, Framji. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814798119
- ISBN
- 9780814798119
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Paperback. A sweeping chronicle of women's battles for reproductive freedom throughout American history, Pregnancy and Power explores the many forces-social, racial, economic, and political-that have shaped women's reproductive lives in the United States. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814798287
- ISBN
- 9780814798287
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€ 27.99€ 26.56
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Paperback. This anthology seeks to bridge the gaps between feminist and anti racist theories and practices. The essays deal with racial and gender inequality around the globe, tackling such issues as political and environmental racism, imprisonment, sexual exploitation and economic inequality. Editor(s): Twine, France Winddance; Blee, Kathleen M. Num Pages: 414 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFFK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814798553
- ISBN
- 9780814798553
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Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- V9780814798690
- ISBN
- 9780814798690
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
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