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Paperback. An argument that the people, the legitimate ground of public authority in the United States, are not a coherent or sanctioned collective; rather, they exist as an effect of successful claims to speak on their behalf. Num Pages: 360 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346753
ISBN
9780822346753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Describes how attempts to create a modern Egyptian self free from the colonial gaze were enacted through discourses of gender and sexuality during the British colonial period. Num Pages: 440 pages, 47 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 692.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822346746
ISBN
9780822346746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardback. Feminist and human rights activists, attorneys, and scholars from Latin America and the U.S. respond to the escalation in violence against women in Latin America during the past two decades. Editor(s): Fregoso, Rosa Linda; Bejarano, Cynthia L. Num Pages: 416 pages, 13 photos, 2 line drawings, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JFSJ1; JKV; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 30. Weight in Grams: 731.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346692
ISBN
9780822346692
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.20

Hardback. Describes how attempts to create a modern Egyptian self free from the colonial gaze were enacted through discourses of gender and sexuality during the British colonial period. Num Pages: 440 pages, 47 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346623
ISBN
9780822346623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.31

Paperback. A collection exploring how American women missionaries spread U.S. cultural imperialism along with Protestant Christianity from the early nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth, and how their work was received. Editor(s): Reeves-Ellington, Barbara; Sklar, Kathryn Kish; Shemo, Connie Anne. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 432 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; HRCX7; JFSJ1; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346500
ISBN
9780822346500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Trespasses presents key writings of the cultural critic Misao Miyoshi, including eleven previously published selections and a major new essay in which he calls for a global environmental protection studies. Editor(s): Cazdyn, Eric. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346371
ISBN
9780822346371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. In the Old Testament book of Job, the pious Job is made to suffer for no apparent reason. The heart of the story is Job's quest to understand why he must bear, and why God would allow, such misery. This book presents a Marxist interpretation of Job's story. Translator(s): Mandarini, Matteo. Series: New Slant: Religion, Politics, Ontology. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HRCF1; JPA; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346340
ISBN
9780822346340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.38

Hardback. Analyzes the nature of our global economic system, particularly with regard to the plight of less-developed countries, and shows the possibilities of creating political subjects necessary to establish and sustain a liberated world. Series: New Slant: Religion, Politics, Ontology. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 tables, 11 figures. BIC Classification: JPFC; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346173
ISBN
9780822346173
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.31

Paperback. After decades of marginalization in the secularized twentieth-century academy, moral education has enjoyed a resurgence in American higher education, with the establishment of over one hundred ethics centres and programs on campuses across the country. This book debates the role of ethics in the university. Editor(s): Kiss, Elizabeth; Euben, J. Peter. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JNAM; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346166
ISBN
9780822346166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.98

Paperback. The majority of undergraduates at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - including a large population of Korean American students - come from nearby metropolitan Chicago. This book explores the tensions between liberal ideals and the particularities of race, family, and community in the contemporary university. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; JHM; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346159
ISBN
9780822346159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.38

Paperback. Christina Sharpe interprets Black Atlantic visual and literary texts that grapple with the sexual violence of slavery and racialized subjugation, and their present-day legacies. Series: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe. Num Pages: 272 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346098
ISBN
9780822346098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Shows the capacities of film and video to bear witness to the cultural, political, and psychological imperatives of the AIDS crisis. This book explains how queer films and videos made in response to the AIDS epidemics in North America, Europe, Australia, and South Africa challenge assumptions about historical trauma and politics of gay visibility. Num Pages: 336 pages, 63 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APFA; JFFH2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822346012
ISBN
9780822346012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. What is it about "the homosexual" that incites vitriolic rhetoric and/or violence around the world? How and why do some people hate queers? Does homophobia operate differently across social, political, and economic terrains? This volume addresses these questions through critical interrogations of sites where homophobic discourses are produced. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822345985
ISBN
9780822345985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Hardback. Christina Sharpe interprets Black Atlantic visual and literary texts that grapple with the sexual violence of slavery and racialized subjugation, and their present-day legacies. Series: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe. Num Pages: 272 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822345916
ISBN
9780822345916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

Hardback. What is it about "the homosexual" that incites vitriolic rhetoric and/or violence around the world? How and why do some people hate queers? Does homophobia operate differently across social, political, and economic terrains? This volume addresses these questions through critical interrogations of sites where homophobic discourses are produced. Editor(s): Murray, David A. B. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822345824
ISBN
9780822345824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.46

Paperback. This vivid ethnographic account of the first peaceful encounters between the Wari Indians of western Brazil and missionaries and government workers emphasizes how the Wari perceived the interactions. Translator(s): Rodgers, David. Series: The Cultures and Practice of Violence. Num Pages: 392 pages, 38 photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL9; JHMC; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822345732
ISBN
9780822345732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. A kaleidoscopic view of Black Latin@s in the United States, addressing history, music, gender, class, and media representations in more than sixty selections, including essays, memoirs, journalism, poetry, and interviews. Editor(s): Jimenez Roman, Miriam; Flores, Juan. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 584 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822345725
ISBN
9780822345725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardback. A kaleidoscopic view of Black Latin@s in the United States, addressing history, music, gender, class, and media representations in more than sixty selections, including essays, memoirs, journalism, poetry, and interviews. Editor(s): Jimenez Roman, Miriam; Flores, Juan. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 584 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822345589
ISBN
9780822345589
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.86

Hardback. Argues that immigration was a defining feature of early-twentieth-century France. This book examines the political, cultural, and social issues implicated in public debates about immigration and national identity at the time. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: HB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822345480
ISBN
9780822345480
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.46

Paperback. Analyzes bilingual intercultural education in Bolivia. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 photographs, 1 table, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822345466
ISBN
9780822345466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

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