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Screening the Unwatchable: Spaces of Negation in Post-Millennial Art C...
Grnstad, Asbjrn, Grønstad, Asbjørn
Hardcover. EPUB Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230248946
- ISBN
- 9780230248946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.38
€ 64.38
Paperback. Is it ever morally right to procure an abortion, to help procure one, or to perform one? This title surveys the philosophical arguments in favor of the moral permissibility of abortion and refutes them point by point. It presents a case for the pro-life position and a challenge to the philosophical arguments on behalf of the pro-choice position. Num Pages: 177 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813217307
- ISBN
- 9780813217307
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Condition: New
€ 32.02
€ 32.02
Hardback. Delves into the aesthetics and politics of sexuality in the era of do-it-yourself (DIY) Internet pornography. This work offers a critical analysis of Web culture as digital artistry and of the corresponding heightened government surveillance and censorship of the Internet. Series: Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 218 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMP; JHMC; UDB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742554313
- ISBN
- 9780742554313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.17
€ 138.17
Hardback. This volume asks what really happens to social relations in the face of new types of transaction - such as organ donation, forensic identification and other new medical and reproductive technologies - that involve the use of corporeal material. Drawing on comparative insights into how human biological material is treated.. Editor(s): Lambert, Helen; McDonald, Maryon. Num Pages: 188 pages, 2 ills. BIC Classification: JFM; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455538
- ISBN
- 9781845455538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.11
€ 158.11
Paperback. When the author was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in his fifties he was angry - not with death but with the disease that would take him there, and with the suffering disease can cause when we are not allowed to put an end to it. In this book, he argues for our right to choose - our right to a good life, and a good death too. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: JFME. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 112 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 48.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552172776
- ISBN
- 9780552172776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.34
€ 7.34
Paperback. Features many of the major Supreme Court decisions on abortion - as well as many majority, dissenting, and plurality opinions. This book sets these cases in political, historical, and philosophical context, and gives the reader a sense of what the issues in the constitutional law of abortion are likely to be in the future. Editor(s): Shapiro, Ian. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFMA; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co.
- Edition
- Third Edition,3
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209039
- ISBN
- 9780872209039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.55
€ 21.99
€ 17.55
Paperback. How do people become activists for causes they care deeply about? Many people with similar backgrounds, for instance, fervently believe that abortion should be illegal, but only some of them join the pro-life movement. Delving into the lives and beliefs of activists and nonactivists alike, this book examines the differences between them. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 halftones, 3 line drawings, 8 tables. BIC Classification: JFMA; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226551203
- ISBN
- 9780226551203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.07
€ 35.99
€ 28.07
Paperback. This text argues that each branch of government has the right to interpret the Constitution and that no branch has the final authority - a theory known as "departmental review". Through study of the war powers and abortion debates, Burgess puts the case for the practice of departmental review. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFMA; JPA; JPHC; JW; LND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700606290
- ISBN
- 9780700606290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.33
€ 34.33
Hardback. First constructed in Nevada in 1924, the gas chamber, a method of killing sealed off and removed from the sight and hearing of witnesses, was originally touted as a 'humane' method of execution. Delving into science, war, industry, medicine, law, and politics, the author overturns this mythology for good. Num Pages: 344 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520255623
- ISBN
- 9780520255623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.93€ 47.93
€ 60.93
€ 47.93
Hardback. Examining the successful movements to abolish capital punishment in the UK, France, and Germany, this book examines the similarities in the social structure and political strategies of abolition movements in all three countries. An in-depth comparative analysis with other countries assesses chances of success of abolition elsewhere. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JFMC; JKVP; LAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230231986
- ISBN
- 9780230231986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.55
€ 64.55
Paperback. Those who love and live by art, tell us that it is the most exalted expression of civilized life. In this provocative new book Jonathan Dollimore argues that, far from confirming humane values, literature more often than not violates them. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB; JFC; JFMD; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745627649
- ISBN
- 9780745627649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.26
€ 25.26
Paperback. Globalizing Responsibility: The Political Rationalities of Ethical Consumption presents an innovative reinterpretation of the forces that have shaped the remarkable growth of ethical consumption. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFFT; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405145572
- ISBN
- 9781405145572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.87
€ 33.87
Hardback. Deals with the topic of health inequalities and health disparities. This volume includes an introductory look at the issue of health care inequalities and disparities, racial and ethnic inequalities and disparities, issues related to substance abuse, and mental health and related concerns. It also looks at issues of vulnerable women. Editor(s): Rothman, Barbara Katz; Armstrong, Elizabeth M.; Tiger, Rebecca. Series: Advances in Medical Sociology. Num Pages: 364 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFM; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 188 x 31. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780762314386
- ISBN
- 9780762314386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.45
€ 119.45
Hardback. This study analyzes American, Vietnamese and Japanese personal values, attempting to understand how it can be ethnographers find large differences in values between cultures, yet empirical surveys find relatively small, almost trivial differences in personal values between cultures. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFM; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602991
- ISBN
- 9780230602991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.75
€ 63.75
Paperback. Examines the organizational aspects of vegetarianism and tries to explain why the predominant movement strategies have not successfully attracted more people to adopt a vegetarian identity. This book also takes into account the history of North American vegetarianism and the various reasons why people adopt vegetarian diets. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFFZ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566399364
- ISBN
- 9781566399364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.02
€ 32.99
€ 30.02
Paperback. This book presents an atheistic case against the legalization of assisted suicide. Critical of both sides of the argument, it questions the assumptions behind the discussion. Yuill shows that our attitudes towards suicide - not euthanasia - are most important to our attitudes towards assisted suicide. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFME; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137487469
- ISBN
- 9781137487469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.09
€ 121.09
hardcover. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; GTJ; JFM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137572905
- ISBN
- 9781137572905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.22
€ 133.22
Hardcover. Exploring sexwork and trafficking in a globalized culture and economy, this book offers a critique of increasingly stringent policing worldwide following the UN protocol against trafficking in persons. It highlights the grey area between sex work and trafficking and draws on the themes of gender, migration and deviance. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMT; JFFN; JFMX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230524668
- ISBN
- 9780230524668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. This book presents an atheistic case against the legalization of assisted suicide. Critical of both sides of the argument, it questions the assumptions behind the discussion. Yuill shows that our attitudes towards suicide - not euthanasia - are most important to our attitudes towards assisted suicide. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFME; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137286291
- ISBN
- 9781137286291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.24
€ 122.24
Hardback. "This is a major work. Shuger deals with the rules of appropriate language use in early modern Europe, making an argument about censorship in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century England that is original, surprising, and, in her thorough presentation, entirely plausible."-Katharine Eisaman Maus, University of Virginia Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 677.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812239171
- ISBN
- 9780812239171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.85
€ 91.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBJK; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816665242
- ISBN
- 9780816665242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Hardback. How did the culture shift that produced Roe v Wade occur? Arguing that Roe v Wade radicalized the abortion debate by denying to the pro-life side the ordinary tools of politics and persuasion, this book asks that we begin to move the discussions from the courts back to the realm of politics where there might be some prospect of resolution. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594031489
- ISBN
- 9781594031489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.88
€ 26.99
€ 24.88
Paperback. A riveting account of how Christian fundamentalists, Orthodox Jews, and conservative Catholics have joined forces in a battle against their progressive counterparts for control of American secular culture. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFM; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 194 x 28. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780465015344
- ISBN
- 9780465015344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.41
€ 34.41
Hardcover. Editor(s): Saunders, Cara A. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JFMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 238 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634632720
- ISBN
- 9781634632720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 225.11€ 150.02
€ 225.11
€ 150.02