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Feminism, Femininity and Popular Culture by Joanne Hollows 9780719043956
RRP: £25.00£17.92Accessible, introductory student guide which identifies key feminist approaches to popular culture from the 1960s to the present.. The only introduction to both feminist cultural studies and feminism and popular culture published in the UK.. Presents its... -
Critiquing Personality Disorder: A Social Perspective by Julia Warrener 9781909330818
RRP: £24.99£22.71In order to work effectively with people with personality disorders it is important that Mental Health Social Workers (MHSWs) have a clear understanding of trauma and its impact on the person. It is also important that they have good relational skills... -
Hate Crime: A Global Perspective Paul Iganski (Lancaster University, United Kingdom) 9781138789548
RRP: £35.99£31.69This short, accessible text takes on the global and pervasive phenomenon of hate crimes and hypothesizes potential fixes. Iganski and Levin detail evidence of hate violence in the 21st century, particularly religious hatred, ethnic, racial and xenophobic... -
Living with Bad Surroundings: War, History, and Everyday Moments in Northern Uganda by Sverker Finnstrom
RRP: £22.99£20.01Since 1986, the Acholi people of northern Uganda have lived in the crossfire of a violent civil war, with the Lord's Resistance Army and other groups fighting the Ugandan government. Acholi have been murdered, maimed, and driven into displacement... -
The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida
RRP: £17.99£12.71In his modern classic The Rise of the Creative Class, urbanist Richard Florida identifies the emergence of a new social class that is reshaping the twenty-first century's economy, geography, and workplace. This Creative Class is made up of... -
Feminism: A Beginner's Guide Sally J. Scholz 9781851687121
RRP: £10.99£7.77Feminism is arguably the most significant social movement of the last century and it is far from over. But what appears as a single, unified movement on behalf of women's liberation is really a fascinating coalition of social and political causes, goals,... -
The Creative Underclass: Youth, Race, and the Gentrifying City by Tyler Denmead
RRP: £19.99£17.54As an undergraduate at Brown University, Tyler Denmead founded New Urban Arts, a nationally recognized arts and humanities program primarily for young people of color in Providence, Rhode Island. Along with its positive impact, New Urban Arts, under his... -
Pieces of Sound: German Experimental Radio by Daniel Gilfillan 9780816647729
RRP: £21.99£19.19Since the rise of film and television, radio has continued to evolve, with satellite radio and podcasts as its latest incarnations. Any understanding of the development of radio, like its visual counterparts, depends on closely examining the artistic... -
Enjoy Me Among My Ruins by Juniper Fitzgerald
RRP: £11.99£8.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781558613829Author Juniper FitzgeraldFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Feminist Press at The City University of New YorkPublisher Feminist Press at The... -
Attitudes And Persuasion: Classic And Contemporary Approaches Richard E Petty 9780813330051
RRP: £54.99£47.72This book provides a needed survey of a truly remarkable number of different theoretical approaches to the related phenomena of attitude and belief change. It focuses on variable perspective theory which is far more deserving of attention than the... -
Inclusive Leadership in Social Work and Social Care Trish Hafford-Letchfield (University of Strathclyde) 9781447300250
RRP: £24.99£19.39Social work and social care continue to face an unprecedented period of challenge and uncertainty, requiring the development of leadership capabilities at every level of the workforce as well as in the community. This critical and reflexive book looks... -
Family Support as Reflective Practice by Neil Thompson
RRP: £30.99£30.02Family support is an increasingly important strategic approach to welfare services for children and families. This invaluable resource for all professionals engaged in the development and delivery of these services is underpinned by reflective practice... -
The Future of Policing by Jennifer M. Brown 9780415711845
RRP: £53.99£47.27The police service in England and Wales is facing major challenges in its financing, political oversight and reorganisation of its structures. Current economic conditions have created a wholly new environment whereby cost saving is permitting hitherto... -
The Hipster Economy: Taste and Authenticity in Late Modern Capitalism by Alessandro Gerosa 9781800086074
RRP: £20.00£16.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800086074Author Alessandro GerosaFormat PaperbackImprint UCL PressPublisher UCL PressWeight(grams) 210gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 8mm -
Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis by Julia H. Littell 9780195326543
RRP: £52.00£47.90When used in tandem, systematic reviews and meta-analysis, two distinct but highly compatible approaches to research synthesis, form a powerful, scientific approach to analyzing previous studies. But to see their full potential, a social work researcher... -
Key Concepts in Race and Ethnicity by Nasar Meer
RRP: £31.99£26.43"A conceptually power-packed volume that is at once erudite and accessible, expansive and focused, true to sociological traditions yet stimulatingly exploratory. Scholars and students will be served very well by this absorbing, far-reaching enquiry... -
The Anthropology of Sport: Bodies, Borders, Biopolitics by Susan Brownell 9780520289017
RRP: £25.00£19.59Few activities bring together physicality, emotions, politics, money, and morality as dramatically as sport. In Brazil's stadiums or parks in China, on Cuba's baseball diamonds or rugby fields in Fiji, human beings test their physical limits, invest... -
The Eyes of the World: Mining the Digital Age in the Eastern DR Congo by James H. Smith
RRP: £27.00£26.47The Eyes of the World focuses on the lives and experiences of Eastern Congolese people involved in extracting and transporting the minerals needed for digital devices. The digital devices that, many would argue, define this era exist not only because of... -
Compliance-Industrial Complex: The Operating System of a Pre-Crime Society by Tereza Ostbo Kuldova
RRP: £39.99£35.21This is the first book to examine the growth and phenomenon of a securitized and criminalized compliance society which relies increasingly on intelligence-led and predictive technologies to control future risks, crimes, and security threats. It... -
Foundations of Modern Freemasonry: The Grand Architects: Political Change & the Scientific Enlightenment,1714-1740 by Ric Berman 9781845196981
RRP: £32.50£29.97Following the appointment of its first aristocratic Grand Masters in the 1720s and in the wake of its connections to the scientific Enlightenment, 'Free and Accepted' Masonry became part of Britain's national profile and the largest and most influential... -
Conversations on Violence: An Anthology Brad Evans 9780745341682
RRP: £18.99£12.75'Brad Evans in one of the brightest critical minds of his generation' - Henry A. Giroux Whether physical or metaphorical, institutional or interpersonal, violence is everywhere. A seemingly immutable fact of life, it is nonetheless rarely engaged with... -
Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology by Paul Radin 9780805203516
£12.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805203516Author Paul RadinFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Schocken BooksPublisher Schocken BooksWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 131mm *... -
Neither Man nor Beast: Feminism and the Defense of Animals by Carol J. Adams
£25.15In this landmark work of animal rights activism, Carol J. Adams - the bestselling author of The Sexual Politics of Meat - explores the intersections and common causes of feminism and the defense of animals. Neither Man Nor Beast explores the common link... -
From Hunter-Gatherers to Early Christians: The Archaeology of Ancient Societies in the Llŷn Peninsula by Julian Maxwell Heath
£44.84Jutting out some thirty miles into the Irish Sea, from the western edge of Snowdonia, the Llyn Peninsula, in north-west Wales, is renowned for its stunning beaches and countryside, with much of its landscape designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural... -
Gothic Queer Culture: Marginalized Communities and the Ghosts of Insidious Trauma by Laura Westengard 9781496217028
RRP: £23.99£20.84In Gothic Queer Culture, Laura Westengard proposes that contemporary U.S. queer culture is gothic at its core. Using interdisciplinary cultural studies to examine the gothicism in queer art, literature, and thought-including ghosts embedded in queer... -
The Office and Philosophy: Scenes from the Unexamined Life J. Jeremy Wisnewski 9781405175555
RRP: £17.95£16.02Just when you thought paper couldn't be more exciting, this book comes your way! This book-jammed full of paper-unites philosophy with one of the best shows ever: The Office. Addressing both the current American incarnation and the original British... -
Biosocial Worlds: Anthropology of Health Environments Beyond Determinism by Jens Seeberg 9781787358249
RRP: £25.00£21.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787358249Author Jens SeebergFormat PaperbackImprint UCL PressPublisher UCL PressWeight(grams) 440g -
Authentic (TM): The Politics of Ambivalence in a Brand Culture by Sarah Banet-Weiser
RRP: £23.99£20.84A stimulating, smart book on what it means to live in a brand culture Brands are everywhere. Branding is central to political campaigns and political protest movements; the alchemy of social media and self-branding creates overnight celebrities; the... -
Irony and Outrage: The Polarized Landscape of Rage, Fear, and Laughter in the United States by Dannagal Goldthwaite Young
RRP: £18.49£15.92For almost a decade, journalists and pundits have been asking why we don't see successful examples of political satire from conservatives or of opinion talk radio from liberals. This book turns that question on its head to argue that opinion talk is the... -
Dogs in the Athenian Agora by Colin M. Whiting
RRP: £5.00£4.94In this book, readers are shown how dogs fit into ancient Greek society with material from the last 90 years of excavations at the Athenian Agora by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Topics range from how ancient Greeks hunted with dogs... -
Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice That Restores by Dominique DuBois Gilliard 9780830845293
RRP: £14.99£11.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830845293Author Dominique Duboi GilliardFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams)... -
Gaming: Essays On Algorithmic Culture by Alexander R. Galloway
RRP: £13.99£13.30Video games have been a central feature of the cultural landscape for over twenty years and now rival older media like movies, television, and music in popularity and cultural influence. Yet there have been relatively few attempts to understand the video... -
Spirituality and Abolition by Ashon Crawley
RRP: £14.99£9.88Abolition can be a spiritual practice, a spiritual journey, and a spiritual commitment. What does abolition mean and how can we get there as a collective and improvisational project?To posit the spirituality of abolition, is to consider the ways... -
The New Suburban History by Kevin M. Kruse
RRP: £28.00£27.39America has become a nation of suburbs. Confronting the popular image of suburbia as simply a refuge for affluent whites, "The New Suburban History" rejects the stereotypes of a conformist and conflict-free suburbia. The seemingly calm streets of... -
The Nation in History: Historiographical Debates about Ethnicity and Nationalism Anthony D. Smith (London School of Economics) 9780745625805
RRP: £17.99£16.04In this thought-provoking new book, Anthony Smith analyses key debates between historians and social scientists on the role of nations and nationalism in history. In a wide-ranging analysis of the work of historians, sociologists, political scientists... -
Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India by Nicholas B. Dirks
RRP: £42.00£33.04When thinking of India, it is hard not to think of caste. In academic and common parlance alike, caste has become a central symbol for India, marking it as fundamentally different from other places while expressing its essence. Nicholas Dirks argues that... -
Against Racial Capitalism: Selected Writings Neville Alexander 9780745348377
RRP: £22.99£17.94Neville Alexander is not a household name, but he should be. As a revolutionary public intellectual, activist and former political prisoner, he is among the most important theorists of racial capitalism to emerge during the struggle against Apartheid. ... -
Africanizing Anthropology: Fieldwork, Networks, and the Making of Cultural Knowledge in Central Africa by Lyn Schumaker
RRP: £23.99£21.24Africanizing Anthropology tells the story of the anthropological fieldwork centered at the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) during the mid-twentieth century. Focusing on collaborative processes rather than on the activity of... -
Spine Poems: An Eclectic Collection of Found Verse for Book Lovers by Annette Dauphin Simon
RRP: £20.00£18.75A charming, clever, and original collection of more than 100 spine poems-a popular form of found poetry composed by arranging book spines-illustrated with 110 full-color photographs.Easy to create and share online, spine poems-also known as collage poems... -
Looking to London: Stories of War, Escape and Asylum by Cynthia Cockburn
RRP: £16.99£11.54The city of London is celebrated as one of the most ethnically diverse capitals in the world, and has been a magnet of migration since its origin. Looking to London steps into the maelstrom of current and recent wars and the resulting migration crisis,...