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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813550053
- ISBN
- 9780813550053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.93
€ 38.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press Charlottesville
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813913018
- ISBN
- 9780813913018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.04
€ 36.04
Paperback. Editor(s): Barden, Thomas E. Num Pages: 330 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813913353
- ISBN
- 9780813913353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.49
€ 25.99
€ 24.49
Hardcover. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DQ; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813913551
- ISBN
- 9780813913551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.11
€ 77.11
Hardcover. These essays examine how all sorts of knowledges have been constituted. They concentrate on how particular disciplines came into being; how disciplines are demarcated from each other; how they are ordered internally; and how people learn to become disciplinary practitioners. Editor(s): Messer-Davidow, Ellen; Shumway, David R.; Sylvan, David J. Series: Knowledge: Disciplinarity & Beyond S. Num Pages: 465 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 36. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813914282
- ISBN
- 9780813914282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.22
€ 97.22
Hardcover. By adding consideration of age to that of race, gender, and class, this volume seeks to show how growing older affects literary creativity and psychological development, and to examine how individual writing careers begin to change in middle age. Editor(s): Wyatt-Brown, Anne M.; Rossen, Janice. Series: Feminist Issues: Practice, Politics, Theory S. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JFSJ; JFSP31. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813914312
- ISBN
- 9780813914312
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.78
€ 89.78
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813914725
- ISBN
- 9780813914725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.66
€ 55.66
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press Charlottesville
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813914930
- ISBN
- 9780813914930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.76
€ 35.76
Paperback. Studies the place of the feminine in Nietzsche's work, bringing together scholars in philosophy, feminism, comparative literature and German studies. Without dismissing his misogyny, the work argues that Nietzsche's many statements about women are ambivalent and cannot be labelled simply. Editor(s): Burgard, Peter J. Series: Feminist Issues: Practice, Politics, Theory S. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; DSBF; HPC; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813914954
- ISBN
- 9780813914954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.05
€ 38.05
Paperback. During the 16th century close to 30 German dukes, landgraves, margraves and counts, plus one Holy Roman emperor, were known as mad - so mentally disordered that steps had to be taken to remove them from office or to obtain medical care for them. This book studies them as a group and in context. Series: Studies in Early Modern German History. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; HBTB; JFC; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813915012
- ISBN
- 9780813915012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.43
€ 30.43
Paperback. This text aims to supply basic information on the way the Africanist field has evolved in anthropology. It also reviews the field as a controversial history of ideas, suggesting that anthropology throws light on the way Anglo-Europeans and Americans have conceived the rest of the world. Num Pages: 205 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1H; JFCX; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813915050
- ISBN
- 9780813915050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.18
€ 32.18
Hardcover. This text examines the symbiotic relationship between silence and language and considers the implications of this relationship for multicultural societies. It looks at the issues of speech and silence being used as cultural weapons by the the oppressed, who have no means of defence or witness. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; GTC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press Charlottesville
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813915098
- ISBN
- 9780813915098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.32
€ 59.32
Paperback. Gabbin sketches Brown's life, drawing on personal interviews, and examines his achievements as a poet, critic and cultural commentator. She analyzes the formal and thematic qualities of his poetry, revealing his adaptation of song forms, especially the blues. Num Pages: 264 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press Charlottesville
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813915319
- ISBN
- 9780813915319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.40
€ 46.40
Hardcover. Jessie Fauset's and Nella Larsen's novels raise important questions about gender and race. This book looks at Fauset's "Plum Bun" and "Comedy: American Style" and Larsen's "Quicksand" and "Passing", finding them revisionary and subversive. It looks at their work rather than at their lives. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFF; JFSJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813915531
- ISBN
- 9780813915531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.02
€ 57.02
Hardcover. Alexander Crummell played a pivotal role in later 19th-century debates over race and black intellect. This is a collection of Crummell's most significant writings on the South. It includes a biography in the introduction, and detailed annotations in the text. Series: Southern Texts Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 1st edition,
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813916026
- ISBN
- 9780813916026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.48
€ 65.48
Paperback. The 1992 quincentennial of the encounter between the Old and New World resulted in a polarisation of hardened ideological positions on different ideas of America. This text demonstrates that both sides are interested in defending an idea of "Americanness". Editor(s): Arnold, A. James. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, 1 facsim., 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; HBJK; JFC; JFHF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813916460
- ISBN
- 9780813916460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.43
€ 35.43
Hardcover. This work combines folklore, religion, anthropology, psyschology and history of art. It reconstructs the world and worldview of Johannes Hooss, a farmer in a remote Hessian village, and explores the various systems that made sense of his circumscribed existence. Translator(s): Robisheaux, Thomas. Series: Studies in Early Modern German History. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813916590
- ISBN
- 9780813916590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.76
€ 51.76
Hardcover. This collection of 216 letters offers an accessible, single-volume distillation of the exchange spanning 50 years between celebrated brothers William and Henry James. Their correspondence demonstrates the persons, places, and events that effected the Euro-American world from 1861-1910. Editor(s): Berkeley, Elizabeth M. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BGA; HPC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813916941
- ISBN
- 9780813916941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.15
€ 68.15
Paperback. This work analyzes and discusses current cultural issues and aims to offer clues as to where the next American culture wars may be waged. The contributors examine new developments in the culture wars, such as common-ground efforts and whether the wars represent a global phenomenon. Editor(s): Nolan, James L. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813916972
- ISBN
- 9780813916972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.15
€ 35.15
Paperback. From racial disturbances in Miami has emerged the image that Blacks, Hispanics and Anglos are pitted against one another for resources. This text explores the construction of ethnic identities and ethnic group conflict, including interviews with politicians, journalists and business people. Series: Race, Ethnicity and Politics. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; HBTB; JFF; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917054
- ISBN
- 9780813917054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.88
€ 34.88
Hardcover. Restoring to Auden's canon the commentaries he wrote for documentary films and the photographs he published in travelogues, the author considers the interplay of visual and literary texts during the 1930s, and how Auden's work may suggest new models of representation. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJG; DSBH; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press Virginia
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917566
- ISBN
- 9780813917566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.14
€ 59.14
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press Charlottesville
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917795
- ISBN
- 9780813917795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.95
€ 46.95
Paperback. In this volume, the author reflects on anthropological uses of the concept of popular culture. He retraces how his explorations of popular culture in the Shaba region of Zaire, now the Congo, showed that classical culture theory did not account for large aspects of contemporary African life. Series: Page-Barbour and Richard Lecture Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917863
- ISBN
- 9780813917863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.33
€ 39.33
Paperback. This study addresses the question of why the troubling figure of Aunt Jemima has endured in American culture. The author traces the evolution of the mammy from her roots in Old South slave reality and mythology to Aunt Jemima's symbolic role in the Civil Rights movement. Series: American South Series. Num Pages: 221 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFC; JFSL3; KJSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918112
- ISBN
- 9780813918112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.07
€ 34.07