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Hardcover. A timely intervention into debates on the representation of feminist and feminine identities in contemporary visual culture. The essays in this collection interrogate how and why certain formulations of feminism and femininity are currently prevalent in mainstream cinema and television, offering new insights into postfeminist media phenomena. Editor(s): Waters, Melanie. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFCA; JFDT; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230229655
- ISBN
- 9780230229655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.70
€ 127.70
Paperback. his book investigates the feminine traditions of the Hebrew Bible in a readable manner, pertinent to contemporary times. It is unique in its focus on the experiences of biblical women and not how they were perceived within a patriarchal context. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRJ; HRLC1; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 267.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761802808
- ISBN
- 9780761802808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.82
€ 77.82
Hardcover. Women on the Edge re-envisions women's cinema as contemporary political practices by exploring the works of twelve filmmakers. Moving on from the 1970s feminist adage that the personal is political, Sharon Lin Tay argues that contemporary women's cinema must exceed the personal to be politically relevant and ethically cogent. Num Pages: 222 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APFB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388. 224 pages, 10 b/w photos. Women on the Edge re-envisions women's cinema as contemporary political practices by exploring the works of twelve filmmakers. Moving on from the 1970s feminist adage that the personal is political, Sharon Lin Tay argues that contemporary women's cinema must exceed the personal to be politically relevant and ethically cogent. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: APFB; JFSJ1. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 19. Weight: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230217768
- ISBN
- 9780230217768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Paperback. Women's lives in southern Africa have undergone immense changes. War and economic hardship have separated families, education and outside influences have changed ideas about family life. This book records some of the stories of the women of the area and the changing world in which they live. Editor(s): Campling, Jo. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 291.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349120246
- ISBN
- 9781349120246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.89
€ 65.89
Paperback. The subject of this book is the lives of three very different 17th-century women. They were not queens or noblewomen, one was a Jewish merchant, one a Catholic mystic visionary, and one a Protestant painter. From their writings and memoirs the author has retrieved their lives from obscurity. Num Pages: 372 pages, 41 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; BG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674955219
- ISBN
- 9780674955219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.98
€ 37.99
€ 32.98
Paperback. This edited collection presents a compilation of personal essays on the role of public higher education in the lives of fourteen social scientists who are graduates of the Graduate Center, the doctoral granting institution at the City University of New York, the nation's largest public urban university. Editor(s): Kim, R.; Gambs, Deborah S. Series: Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JHB; JHBC; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349471980
- ISBN
- 9781349471980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This edited collection presents a compilation of personal essays on the role of public higher education in the lives of fourteen social scientists who are graduates of the Graduate Center, the doctoral granting institution at the City University of New York, the nation's largest public urban university. Editor(s): Gambs, Deborah S.; Kim, Rose M. Series: Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137360687
- ISBN
- 9781137360687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.00
€ 67.00
paperback. Shows how female cosmopolitanism re-contextualises the well-known Western male romance with the Orient: Japanese women are now the agents, narrating their own desires for the "modern" West in ways that seem to defy Japanese nationalism as well as long-standing relations of power not only between men and women but between Japan and the West. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 312 pages, 23 b&w photos, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JFSJ1; JHBK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5588 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822328162
- ISBN
- 9780822328162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.72
€ 31.99
€ 28.72
Hardback. A woman's middle age had traditionally been regarded as a time of loss and decline. But in the wake of the women's movement and other societal and cultural events, a profound shift has taken place. This book analyzes the challenges, benefits, coping strategies, problems, and accomplishments associated with the midlife experience. Editor(s): Chrisler, Joan C.; Muhlbauer, Varda. Num Pages: 220 pages, 7 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JMH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 493.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387463407
- ISBN
- 9780387463407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.14
€ 71.14
Paperback. Editor(s): Muhlbauer, Varda; Chrisler, Joan C. Num Pages: 220 pages, 7 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441942807
- ISBN
- 9781441942807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Paperback. Editor(s): Atherton, Margaret. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872202597
- ISBN
- 9780872202597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.29
€ 19.99
€ 16.29
Paperback. Illuminating the ethnic, political, and personal diversity of women physicians, the book reveals them as dedicated professionals who grapple with obstacles and embrace challenges, even as they negotiate their own health, sexuality, and body images, the needs of their patients, and the rise of the women's health movement. Editor(s): More, Ellen S.; Fee, Elizabeth; Parry, Manon. Num Pages: 376 pages, 28, 9 black & white line drawings, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; MBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890383
- ISBN
- 9780801890383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.86
€ 41.86
Illuminating the ethnic, political, and personal diversity of women physicians, the book reveals them as dedicated professionals who grapple with obstacles and embrace challenges, even as they negotiate their own health, sexuality, and body images, the needs of their patients, and the rise of the women's health movement. Editor(s): More, Ellen S.; Fee, Elizabeth; Parry, Manon. Num Pages: 376 pages, 28, 9 black & white line drawings, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; MBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890376
- ISBN
- 9780801890376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.45
€ 81.45
Paperback. The book narrates the story of how the school, founded by women pioneers of public education in a Rocky Mountain mining settlement, became the centre and sustaining force of the town's community life from its beginning in the 1870s to the present day. Num Pages: 228 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; JFSJ; JNB; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349375226
- ISBN
- 9781349375226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 47.15
€ 52.90
€ 47.15
Hardcover. The book narrates the story of how the school, founded by women pioneers of public education in a Rocky Mountain mining settlement, became the centre and sustaining force of the town's community life from its beginning in the 1870s to the present day. Num Pages: 228 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBTB; JFSJ1; JNL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230608351
- ISBN
- 9780230608351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 46.93
€ 52.90
€ 46.93
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988443
- ISBN
- 9780295988443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Features principal women poets of modern Spain. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252065590
- ISBN
- 9780252065590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.84
€ 43.99
€ 38.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349385720
- ISBN
- 9781349385720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. This book analyzes how the media covers women leaders and reinforces gendered evaluations of their candidacies and performance. It deals with current transformations in political communication that may change the nature and scope of leadership in contemporary democracies with implications for relations between female leaders, media and citizens. Series: Palgrave Studies in Political Leadership. Num Pages: 154 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSJ1; JP; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 226 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285286
- ISBN
- 9780230285286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.22
€ 66.22
Paperback. This book analyzes how the media covers women leaders and reinforces gendered evaluations of their candidacies and performance. It deals with current transformations in political communication that may change the nature and scope of leadership in contemporary democracies with implications for relations between female leaders, media and citizens. Series: Palgrave Studies in Political Leadership. Num Pages: 147 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPA; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 207.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 147
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349330461
- ISBN
- 9781349330461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.54
€ 77.54