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Hardback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 662.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231146708
ISBN
9780231146708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.37

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC9; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813939032
ISBN
9780813939032
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.86

Hardcover. Explores the intersection of beauty and violence by examining university lectures and course materials on aesthetics along with riots, acts of domestic terrorism, and magic lantern exhibitions. This work suggests that the distance separating academic thinking and popular wisdom about social transformation is narrower than we generally suppose. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226096285
ISBN
9780226096285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 79.50

Paperback. Explores the intersection of beauty and violence by examining university lectures and course materials on aesthetics along with riots, acts of domestic terrorism, and magic lantern exhibitions. This work suggests that the distance separating academic thinking and popular wisdom about social transformation is narrower than we generally suppose. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226096292
ISBN
9780226096292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.78

Paperback. Published originally as La flor mas bella de la maquiladora, this book is based on interviews the author conducted with more than fifty Mexican women who work in the assembly plants along the U.S.-Mexico border. A descriptive analytic study conducted in the late 1970s, the book uses compelling testimonials to detail the struggles these women face. Translator(s): Stone, Michael; Winkler, Gabrielle. Series: LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series. Num Pages: 143 pages, 14 b&w photos. BIC Classification: JHMP; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 539.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
143
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292738690
ISBN
9780292738690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.72

Hardback. Argues for a 'risk-based' approach to pedagogy, based on WB Yeats' view that education is not about filling a bucket but lighting a fire. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612050263
ISBN
9781612050263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 223.03

Paperback.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612050270
ISBN
9781612050270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.03

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813574066
ISBN
9780813574066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.91

Paperback. The Sunday Times Travel Book of the Year 2011 Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AS; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168. Inside the Secret World of Bombay's Dance Bars. 240 pages. The Sunday Times Travel Book of the Year 2011. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FKA; AS; JFMX. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight: 168.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857861702
ISBN
9780857861702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFJ; JFSG; JFSL; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 219 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816697571
ISBN
9780816697571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.61

Paperback. A lavishly illustrated collection that explores ideas of beauty in Africa and its diasporas, asking by and for whom concepts of beauty and aesthetics have developed. Editor(s): Nuttall, Sarah. Num Pages: 416 pages, 126 illustrations (incl. 112 in color). BIC Classification: HPN; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 173 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1088.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339182
ISBN
9780822339182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.26

Hardback. Beautifully Said, which brings together 100 quotes from famous and accomplished women, is an inspring gift for any girl or woman. Num Pages: 272 pages, 60 color photos. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 184. .
Publisher
Rock Point
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631063107
ISBN
9781631063107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.32

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848724488
ISBN
9781848724488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.66

Hardback. Begins with a question: Is beauty destined to end in tragedy? Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Colombia, the author scrutinizes the anxious, audacious, and sometimes destructive attempts people make to transform their bodies through cosmetic surgery and liposuction. Num Pages: 192 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226789859
ISBN
9780226789859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 79.56

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
FaithWords
Edition
Revised, Expanded ed.
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780446692595
ISBN
9780446692595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.88

Paperback. The global beauty business permeates our lives, influencing how we perceive ourselves and what it is to be beautiful. This book provides the first authoritative history of the global beauty industry from its emergence in the 19th century to the present day, exploring how today's global giants such as Avon, Coty, Estee Lauder, and L'Oreal, grew. Num Pages: 432 pages, 32 colour plates; 20 black and white images. BIC Classification: JFCK; KNSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199639625
ISBN
9780199639625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 90.12

Paperback. Shows how black beauticians in the Jim Crow era parlayed their economic independence and access to a public community space into platforms for activism. This book argues that the beauty industry played a crucial role in the creation of the modern black female identity. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL3; KNSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252076961
ISBN
9780252076961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781610171007
ISBN
9781610171007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.78

Hardback. How women's writings brought together female readers to fight for reproductive rights Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DDF; GTB; JFSJ1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252036194
ISBN
9780252036194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.27

Paperback. Describing the origins of Beauvoir's existential philosophy, this text aims to show her contribution to 20th-century thought and her influence in laying the foundations of radical feminisim. The guide also addresses feminist issues of racism, motherhood and lesbian identity. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HPCF3; JFFJ; JFFK; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742512467
ISBN
9780742512467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.53

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