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Paperback. Constructed on the premise that it is time to foreground those sexual choices and identities that are counter-hetero-normative as the sites at which the most significant politics are being played out, this work captures the complex issues, theories, contexts and debates crowding the sexualities arena in contemporary Indian society. Editor(s): Bose, Brinda; Bhattacharyya, Subhabrata. Num Pages: 518 pages, 20 bw illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ; JHBA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 518
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905422142
- ISBN
- 9781905422142
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.92
€ 31.99
€ 24.92
paperback. What is phenomenological sociology? Why is it significant? This book argues that phenomenology was the most significant, wide-ranging and influential philosophy to emerge in the twentieth century. Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Sage Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780761959878
- ISBN
- 9780761959878
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Condition: New
€ 60.99
€ 60.99
Paperback. Designed for therapists operating in managed care, this is a guide to treating couples with specific problems including health and life cycle issues, sexuality, parenting, domestic violence, and acute and chronic marital crises. It also targets crucial issues in specific populations. Editor(s): Kessler, Hilda. Series: Jossey-Bass Library of Current Clinical Technique. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; MMH; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 379.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787902056
- ISBN
- 9780787902056
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Condition: New
€ 59.90
€ 59.90
Hardcover. Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century cross-cuts the ranks of important books on social history, consumerism, contemporary culture, the meaning of material culture, domestic architecture, and household ethnoarchaeology. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCD; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 249 x 13. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931745611
- ISBN
- 9781931745611
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Condition: New
€ 29.06
€ 29.06
Hardcover. In Food in the Ancient World, a respected classicist and a practising world-class chef explore a millennium of eating and drinking. * Explores a millennium of food consumption, from c. 750 BC to 200 AD. * Shows the pivotal role food had in a world where it was linked with morality and the social order. Series: Ancient Cultures. Num Pages: 320 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBG; HBLA; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631235507
- ISBN
- 9780631235507
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Condition: New
€ 119.14
€ 119.14
Hardback. Rituals have always been a focus of ethnographies of Melanesia, providing a ground for important theorizing in anthropology. This book examines the role of females in Papua New Guinea male rituals. It builds on ethnographies that show how female kin had roles in male rituals that had previously gone unseen. Editor(s): Bonnemere, Pascale. Series: Social Anthropology in Oceania. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237894
- ISBN
- 9780812237894
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Condition: New
€ 95.68
€ 95.68
Paperback. In the past anthropology often used demographic research, but the two disciplines have recently grown to distrust each other's assumptions and methods. In order to show that they have much to offer each other, this book seeks to bridge the demography/anthropology divide, and examines major issues. Series: Population and Development Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 line drawings, 15 tables. BIC Classification: JHBD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226431963
- ISBN
- 9780226431963
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.35
€ 38.99
€ 30.35
By asking questions about authenticity, cultural appropriation, and commodification, Thrill of the Chaste considers Amish fiction's effects on Amish and non-Amish audiences alike. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 18, 17 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSK; HBTB; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421408903
- ISBN
- 9781421408903
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Condition: New
€ 65.13
€ 65.13
Paperback. Kay Hymowitz explores the predicament of a generation growing up in a world where adults lavish them with expensive clothes, toys and vacations, but don't know how to provide them the ordinary truths that give life meaning. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 299. Very good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc Chicago, IL
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0250016
- ISBN
- 9781566635981
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 424 pages, 1 line illus. 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JNM; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 148 x 226 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163666
- ISBN
- 9780691163666
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.10
€ 23.99
€ 18.10
Hardback. A practical professional guide for how to approach and aid troubled teens by understanding the influence of peer interactions on development and on behaviour Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; JMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740422
- ISBN
- 9780814740422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.63
€ 57.63
Hardcover. In contrast to a typical general text in demography, which is concerned with demographic principles, trends, problems, and theories, Applied Demography explores the practical issues with which demographers working for government agencies, private nonprofit organizations, and businesses deal. It emp Num Pages: 686 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1203.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 686
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780126418408
- ISBN
- 9780126418408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.44
€ 122.44
Paperback. Considers the 'dark side' of motivation, including the roles of addiction, obsession, sex and death. This book revisits the suppressed roots of motivation in offering an alternative understanding of desire. It brings arguments to bear on topics as diverse as pizzas, football management and blowjobs. Editor(s): Brewis, Joanna; Linstead, Stephen; Boje, David M.; O'Shea, Tony. Num Pages: 281 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Copenhagen Business School Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763001618
- ISBN
- 9788763001618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.05
€ 31.99
€ 23.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JFFM; JHBL; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486241
- ISBN
- 9780801486241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 43.35
€ 48.99
€ 43.35
Hardcover. Nighttime breastfeeding and sleep for many new parents in the United States is fraught with intense challenges. Through a close ethnographic examination, this volume explores the impact of conflicting medical guidelines about breastfeeding and infant sleep, and uncovers cultural tensions about expectations for children and parents. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384359
- ISBN
- 9781782384359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.60
€ 156.60
Paperback. Offers an interpretation of mass-mediated violence through a study of funeral gambling and Buddhist meditation on death. This book focuses on a particular array of tactics in Thai Buddhism and protest politics for connecting death and life, past and present and unveils a picture of community, responsibility, and accountability in the world order. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FMT; HRE; JFFE; JHBZ; JHMP; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691074603
- ISBN
- 9780691074603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.78€ 40.56
€ 51.78
€ 40.56
Paperback. An analysis of serious but subtle forms of oppression involving neither physical violence nor the use of law. It uncovers a set of underlying moral principles that account for the immorality of civilized oppression, and points to some of the implications for social and institutional life. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847692750
- ISBN
- 9780847692750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.39
€ 60.39
Hardback. Situating their argument in the context of the Western world's five-hundred-year history of marriage, this work reveals what factors encourage marriage and cohabitation in a society where marriage and the relationships between women and men have changed dramatically. Series: Population and Development Series. Num Pages: 412 pages, 16 line drawings, 29 tables. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 30. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226798660
- ISBN
- 9780226798660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.06€ 75.68
€ 92.06
€ 75.68
Paperback. A sociological lens on the freemasons, one of the oldest, most mysterious, and least understood groups in society. Rather than present historical meanings, the author asked contemporary freemasons directly, "What does it mean to you today?" Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 tables. BIC Classification: JFSV1; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771121941
- ISBN
- 9781771121941
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.56
€ 41.99
€ 34.56
Paperback. 0-8133-1027-X the Soviet Nationality Reader: the Disintegration in Context Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780201632712
- ISBN
- 9780201632712
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.20
€ 20.99
€ 15.20
hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447305880
- ISBN
- 9781447305880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 28.07
€ 29.99
€ 28.07
Paperback. Presents an examination of how the migration of nurses from the Philippines to the US is inextricably linked to American imperialism and the US colonization of the Philippine Islands in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; JHBL; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330899
- ISBN
- 9780822330899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.52
€ 31.99
€ 28.52
Hardback. Num Pages: 417 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 417
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231047005
- ISBN
- 9780231047005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.27€ 76.07
€ 101.27
€ 76.07
paperback. Critics claim that science, including social science, is 'merely a social construction' that fallible humans have created with words and other symbols. This title explains why the edifice of science has robust properties that make it one of the most useful forms of knowledge that humans have ever created, although it is not perfect. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Paradigm Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781594515606
- ISBN
- 9781594515606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.52
€ 45.99
€ 45.52