Society & social sciences
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Society & social sciences
Paperback. Series: Springer Series in Social Psychology. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JM; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 361.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461269588
- ISBN
- 9781461269588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.85
€ 128.85
hardcover. Focuses on the practice of permanent sexual renunciation-continence, celibacy, and life-long virginity - in Christian circles from the first to the fifth centuries AD. This book questions how theological views on sexuality and the human body both mirrored and shaped the uneven relationships between men and women. Series: Columbia Classics in Religion. Num Pages: 568 pages, map. BIC Classification: HRCC1; HRCX6; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 20th -20th Anniversary ed.
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144063
- ISBN
- 9780231144063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.41
€ 145.41
Paperback. Third edition of Bryan Turner's seminal text on the body and social theory. One of the biggest authors in the field today. Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781412929875
- ISBN
- 9781412929875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.68
€ 62.68
Paperback. Focuses on the practice of permanent sexual renunciation-continence, celibacy, and life-long virginity - in Christian circles from the first to the fifth centuries AD. This book questions how theological views on sexuality and the human body both mirrored and shaped the uneven relationships between men and women. Series: Columbia Classics in Religion. Num Pages: 568 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HRCC1; HRCX6; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 756. Men, Women, and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity. Twentieth Anniversary Edition with a New Introduction. Series: Columbia Classics in Religion. 568 pages, illustrations. Focuses on the practice of permanent sexual renunciation-continence, celibacy, and life-long virginity - in Christian circles from the first to the fifth centuries AD. This book questions how theological views on sexuality and the human body both mirrored and shaped the uneven relationships between men and women. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HRCC1; HRCX6; JHBK5. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 29. Weight: 740.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 568
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144070
- ISBN
- 9780231144070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.94
€ 40.99
€ 28.94
Paperback. Between the years 1850 and 1950, Americans became the leading energy consumers on the planet, expending tremendous physical resources on energy exploration, mental resources on energy exploitation, and monetary resources on energy acquisition. This book includes changing ideas about fitness and gender in dialogue with the culture of technology. Series: American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 329 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; MBG; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 168 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814719831
- ISBN
- 9780814719831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.59
€ 33.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. "The Body Impolitic" is a critical study of tradition, not merely as an ornament of local and national heritage, but also as a millstone around the necks of those who are condemned to produce it. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 halftones, 3 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226329147
- ISBN
- 9780226329147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.55
€ 37.99
€ 29.55
Hardback. The past few decades have seen growing interest in the study of the body. However, the increasing number of exciting and influential publications has primarily, if not exclusively, focused on the body in Western cultures. Editor(s): Turner, Bryan S.; Yangwen, Zheng. Series: Asia Pacific Studies: Past and Present. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 ills. BIC Classification: 1F; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455507
- ISBN
- 9781845455507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.38
€ 151.38
Hardcover. Focusing on practice more than theory, this collection offers new perspectives for studying the so-called "humoral medical traditions," as they have flourished around the globe during the last 2,000 years. Editor(s): Hsu, Elisabeth; Horden, Peregrine. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; MBX; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459824
- ISBN
- 9780857459824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.67
€ 152.67
Paperback. Editor(s): Grantley, Darryll (University of Kent, Canterbury). BIC Classification: DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138263352
- ISBN
- 9781138263352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82
The Body in Parts. Discourses and Anatomies in Early Modern Europe.
. Ed(S): Mazzio, Carla; Hillman, David
Paperback. Examines how the body - its organs, limbs, viscera - was represented in literature and culture of early modern Europe. The text asks why 16th and 17th century medical, religious, and literary texts portray the body part by part, rather than as an entity and what this tells of society at the time. Editor(s): Mazzio, Carla; Hillman, David. Num Pages: 376 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; JHM; MFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415916943
- ISBN
- 9780415916943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.72
€ 56.72
The Body in Professional Practice, Learning and Education. Body/Practi...
. Ed(S): Green, Bill; Hopwood, Nick
Hardback. The Body in Professional Practice, Learning and Education Editor(s): Green, Bill; Hopwood, Nick. Series: Professional and Practice-Based Learning. Num Pages: 281 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNRV; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319001395
- ISBN
- 9783319001395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.28
€ 63.28
paperback. This book provides a powerful platform for rethinking what it means to be, learn, and practise as a professional. It charts significant new territory while drawing on a rich and well-developed series of frameworks relating to bodies and embodiment. Editor(s): Hopwood, Nick. Series: Professional and Practice-Based Learning. Num Pages: 281 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNRV; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319375175
- ISBN
- 9783319375175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.20
€ 62.20
Paperback. * New edition of an accessible introduction to the sociology of the body, including cultural, social and theoretical approaches to the body. * Introduces students to the key theoretical perspectives and conceptual frameworks which help us to understand the social significance of the human body. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745654416
- ISBN
- 9780745654416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.13
€ 26.13
Hardcover. * New edition of an accessible introduction to the sociology of the body, including cultural, social and theoretical approaches to the body. * Introduces students to the key theoretical perspectives and conceptual frameworks which help us to understand the social significance of the human body. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745654409
- ISBN
- 9780745654409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.15
€ 71.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781875559374
- ISBN
- 9781875559374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.79
€ 19.99
€ 14.79
Paperback. Drawing on fieldwork in a Dutch university hospital, this title looks at the day-to-day diagnosis and treatment of atherosclerosis. It focuses on medical anthropology, sociology, feminist theory, philosophy, and science and technology studies to reframe such issues as the disease-illness distinction, subject-object relations, and boundaries. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: JHMP; MJC; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329176
- ISBN
- 9780822329176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Paperback. An examination of childhood trauma and its surreptitious, debilitating effects by one of the world's leading psychoanalysts. Translator(s): Jenkins, Andrew. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393328639
- ISBN
- 9780393328639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.21
€ 17.99
€ 17.21
Paperback. This book explores the relationship of human bodies with natural and cultural environments, arguing that these categories are linked and intertwined. It argues for an environmentally sustainable and healthy relationship between the body and the earth." Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JHB; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 210. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349308347
- ISBN
- 9781349308347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.20
€ 63.20
Hardback. This book explores the relationship of human bodies with natural and cultural environments, arguing that these categories are linked and intertwined. It argues for an environmentally sustainable and healthy relationship between the body and the earth. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; RGC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 788.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222731
- ISBN
- 9780230222731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.61
€ 64.61
Paperback. Analyses representations of female and male bodies in the Croatian and Serbian press in the late 1980s, and in early 1990s during the war in which Yugoslavia disintegrated. This book proposes that the Balkan war was not a war between ethnic groups; rather, ethnicity was produced by the war itself. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVW; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339663
- ISBN
- 9780822339663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.12
€ 30.99
€ 29.12