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Paperback. Addresses the conflicted meanings associated with the figure of the action heroine as she has evolved in various media forms since the late 1980s. Jeffrey A. Brown discusses this immensely popular character type, the action heroine, as an example of, and challenge to, existing theories about gender as a performance identity. Num Pages: 278 pages, 13|13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; APT; JFCA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617039409
- ISBN
- 9781617039409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72
Paperback. Series: A.C. Greene. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of North Texas Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 2 Reprint
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574414745
- ISBN
- 9781574414745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.62
€ 29.62
Paperback. Explores the brighter side of eternity: heaven. Dispensing with the images of goodness that can make even heaven seem unbearable, this book stimulates our imagination with a history of how the joy of paradise has been conceived by writers, philosophers, and artists for whom heaven was an imminent reality. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRLB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691006840
- ISBN
- 9780691006840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.11
€ 43.99
€ 31.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 175 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780385485760
- ISBN
- 9780385485760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.71
€ 23.99
€ 23.71
Paperback. In this book Jeffrey Alexander develops the view that cultural sociology and cultural pragmatics are vital for understanding the structural turbulence and political possibilities of contemporary social life. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509518135
- ISBN
- 9781509518135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.51
€ 23.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 191. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138282049
- ISBN
- 9781138282049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 188.90
€ 188.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JPHL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745696621
- ISBN
- 9780745696621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.78
€ 15.78
Paperback. Five distinguished sociologists develop an ambitious theoretical model of cultural trauma - and on this basis build a new understanding of how social groups interact with emotion to create new and binding understandings of social responsibility. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520235953
- ISBN
- 9780520235953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.38
€ 40.99
€ 29.38
Hardback. * This is a new study of the relationship between performance and power from one of the world s leading social theorists * In this volume, Jeffrey Alexander develops a cultural pragmatics that shifts cultural sociology from texts to gestural meanings and examines the elements of social performance. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648170
- ISBN
- 9780745648170
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.18
€ 73.18
Hardback. In this book, one of the world s leading social theorists presents a critical, alarmed, but also nuanced understanding of the post-traditional world we inhabit today. Jeffrey Alexander writes about modernity as historical time and social condition, but also as ideology and utopia. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648217
- ISBN
- 9780745648217
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.18
€ 73.18
Hardcover. What is the source of Obama's power? How is it that, after suffering a humiliating defeat in the 2010 mid-term elections, Obama was able to turn the situation around, deftly outmaneuvering his opponent and achieving a decisive victory in the November 2012 presidential election? This book deals with this topic. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745681993
- ISBN
- 9780745681993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.77
€ 24.77
Hardback. In this book Jeffrey Alexander develops the view that cultural sociology and cultural pragmatics are vital for understanding the structural turbulence and political possibilities of contemporary social life. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509518128
- ISBN
- 9781509518128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.41
€ 72.41
Hardback. * This is a new, original social theory of trauma by one of the world s leading social theorists. * Argues that traumas are not merely psychological but collective experiences and that they play a key role in defining the origins and outcomes of critical social conflicts. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745649115
- ISBN
- 9780745649115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.18
€ 73.18
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195326222
- ISBN
- 9780195326222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.97
€ 73.97
Hardback. The way people think and act politically is not set in stone. This title presents students and scholars of sociology, comparative politics, and cultural studies with an original position on political culture, showing how the political cultures of our times pose not only grave dangers, but also opportunities for creative alternatives. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646367
- ISBN
- 9780745646367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Paperback. The way people think and act politically is not set in stone. This title presents students and scholars of sociology, comparative politics, and cultural studies with an original position on political culture, showing how the political cultures of our times pose not only grave dangers, but also opportunities for creative alternatives. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 211 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646374
- ISBN
- 9780745646374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.51
€ 23.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484544
- ISBN
- 9780801484544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.59
€ 32.99
€ 29.59
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801434426
- ISBN
- 9780801434426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.57
€ 140.57
Hardback. Linking together political theory, American history, journalism and contemporary commentary, this book defends a democratic politics of civil society without illusions. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742523241
- ISBN
- 9780742523241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.73
€ 141.73
Paperback. Linking together political theory, American history, journalism and contemporary commentary, this book defends a democratic politics of civil society without illusions. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742523258
- ISBN
- 9780742523258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.74
€ 58.74