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Paperback. Becoming Women offers a thoughtful examination of the search for identity in an image-oriented world. That search is told through the experiences of a group of women who came of age in the wake of second and third wave feminism, featuring voices from marginalized and misrepresented groups. Num Pages: 408 pages, 25. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHM; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442610057
ISBN
9781442610057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.31

Paperback. Series: Guilford Series on Social and Emotional Development. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Guilford Publications United States
Number of pages
324
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781462508310
ISBN
9781462508310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.96

Hardback. Proud, happy, grateful gay youth describe their lives in terms that would have seemed surprising a generation ago. Yet many adults, including parents, are skeptical of this sea change coming out is supposed to involve struggle. This is the kind of thinking, say the honest, humorous young men in Ritch Savin-Williams's new book, that needs to change. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK; JMC; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 279 x 30. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674971592
ISBN
9780674971592
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.13

Hardback. Disputes the widespread stereotypes about Muslim women prevalent in the West, providing an account of young women in contemporary Iran. This book presents the experiences of these young women who wield a key if indirect political influence on the seemingly male dominated politics of this society, as they achieve a fresh visibility. Series: International Library of Iranian Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, fifteen b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845118785
ISBN
9781845118785
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.60
€ 126.76

Offers psychological perspectives on bisexual and queer identities and the cultural and mental health issues facing bisexual, lesbian, gay, queer, and questioning individuals and their partners. This book addresses the therapeutic needs of bisexuals at various stages of the life cycle. Num Pages: 472 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 1 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFSK; JKSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137249
ISBN
9780231137249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.23

Paperback. Proposes that Darwin's writings are a rich resource for developing a more politicized, radical, and far-reaching feminist understanding of matter, nature, biology, time, and becoming Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PSAD; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386. Darwinian Reflections on Life, Politics, and Art. 280 pages, 1 illustration. Proposes that Darwin's writings are a rich resource for developing a more politicized, radical, and far-reaching feminist understanding of matter, nature, biology, time, and becoming. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PSAD; PSAJ. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 17. Weight: 386.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350712
ISBN
9780822350712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardcover. Provides a better understanding of the modernist nation-building processes in post-Ottoman Turkey through a rare perspective in the field that stresses the social and cultural dimensions and everyday negotiations that occurred during the leadership of Mustafa Kemal. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633174
ISBN
9780815633174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.21

Paperback. The Tsimshian people of coastal British Columbia use a system of hereditary name-titles in which names are treated as objects of inheritable wealth. This book examines the way in which names link members of a lineage to a past and to the places where that past unfolded. Series: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 maps,. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KBC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988078
ISBN
9780295988078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.46

Paperback. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRCV4; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Fleming H. Revell Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Repackaged ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780800728359
ISBN
9780800728359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.68

Paperback. Talya Fishman explores the impact of the textualization process in medieval Europe on the Babylonian Talmud's roles within Jewish culture. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 424 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222876
ISBN
9780812222876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Becoming the Gentleman explains why British citizens in the long eighteenth century were haunted by the question of what it meant to be a gentleman. Supplementing recent work on femininity, Solinger identifies a corpus of texts that address masculinity and challenges the notion of a masculine figure that has been regarded as unchanging. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349351763
ISBN
9781349351763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Paperback. .
Publisher
Anthroposophic Press Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880106092
ISBN
9780880106092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.20

Paperback. When does a country become a state? On 18 May 1991, the leaders of the Somali. National Movement and the elders of northern Somali clans proclaimed that they were setting up the new Republic of Somaliland. Why has Somaliland not followed Somalia into 'state collapse'? Series: African Issues. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps, photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; GTF; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394. Series: African Issues. 288 pages, maps, photographs. When does a country become a state? On 18 May 1991, the leaders of the Somali. National Movement and the elders of northern Somali clans proclaimed that they were setting up the new Republic of Somaliland. Why has Somaliland not followed Somalia into 'state collapse'?. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; GTF; JPH. Dimension: 221 x 149 x 17. Weight: 410.
Publisher
James Currey
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847013101
ISBN
9781847013101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.57

Paperback. Exploring the Christian culture of the Urapmin, Joel Robbins shows how its preoccupations provide keys to understanding the nature of cultural change more generally. Offers one of the richest available anthropological accounts of Christianity as a lived religion. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. Num Pages: 410 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HRAM9; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
410
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520238008
ISBN
9780520238008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.99

Paperback. The sexualization of girls has captured the attention of the media, advocacy groups and politicians in recent years. This prolific discourse sets alarm bells ringing: sexualization is said to lead to depression, promiscuity and compassion deficit disorder, and rob young girls of their childhood. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSP1; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745650739
ISBN
9780745650739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.49

Paperback. Explores how the growth of marine domestication has blurred traditional distinctions between fish and animals, recasting farmed fish as sentient beings, capable of feeling pain and subject to animal-welfare legislation. This book focuses on the fragile and contingent relational practices that constitute salmon aquaculture. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 black and white, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHMC; TVT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280571
ISBN
9780520280571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardback. Explores how the growth of marine domestication has blurred traditional distinctions between fish and animals, recasting farmed fish as sentient beings, capable of feeling pain and subject to animal-welfare legislation. This book focuses on the fragile and contingent relational practices that constitute salmon aquaculture. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 black and white, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHMC; TVT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280564
ISBN
9780520280564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 72.21

Paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 424 pages, 1 line illus. 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JNM; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 148 x 226 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691163666
ISBN
9780691163666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.55

Paperback. Religion is commonly imagined as a timeless component of human inheritance, but in the Western Himalayas the community of Himachal Pradesh discovered their religion only after India became an independent secular state. This title shows that modern secularity is not so much the eradication of religion as the very condition for its emergence. Num Pages: 305 pages, 25 images. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HRAM2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520290549
ISBN
9780520290549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. After the Berlin Wall fell, scholars flocked to eastern Europe to conduct research on citizens' political attitudes. This work finds little evidence to suggest that the political attitudes of eastern parliamentarians have hindered their adaptation to united Germany's political system. It describes German politics. Series: Contemporary European Politics and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JPHV; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 169 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268025854
ISBN
9780268025854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

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