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Class and Stratification by Rosemary Crompton 9780745638690
RRP: £55.00£47.73Inequality in its many forms is becoming an ever greater problem in modern society. The revised edition of this popular book explains why it is so important to understand class and stratification, and how the tools used to analyse these divisions can... -
Sex, Money and Power: The Transformation of Collective Life by Bill Jordan 9780745633503
RRP: £55.00£47.73Intimacy, choice, movement -- these are the elements which make up the desirable lifestyle in the mainstream of affluent societies. They also undermine traditional forms of power and control. And they create a web of connections between individuals all... -
Medieval Women's Writing Diane Watt (University of Wales, Aberystwyth) 9780745632551
RRP: £55.00£47.73Medieval Women's Writing is a major new contribution to our understanding of women's writing in England, 1100-1500. The most comprehensive account to date, it includes writings in Latin and French as well as English, and works for as well as by women... -
The Bachelors' Ball: The Crisis of Peasant Society in Bearn by Pierre Bourdieu 9780745630946
RRP: £50.00£43.51Continuing the theme of self-reflection, Bourdieu's final book, "The Bachelors' Ball", sees him return to Bearn, the region in which he grew up, to examine the gender dynamics of rural France. This personal connection adds poignancy to... -
Gender on Planet Earth by Ann Oakley 9780745629636
RRP: £60.00£51.95A provocative analysis of gender inequalitya s destructive effects on our society and our planet. In this wide--ranging and powerful new book, the influential author and social scientist Ann Oakley mounts a devastating argument about the state of our... -
The Body in Society: An Introduction by Alexandra Howson 9780745654409
RRP: £55.00£47.73In everyday life we are not, for the most part, actively conscious of our bodies or the bodies of others we simply take them for granted. This new edition of a lively introduction to the sociology of the body examines what certain aspects of our bodies,... -
Race and Immigration Nazli Kibria 9780745647920
RRP: £15.99£14.41Immigration has long shaped US society in fundamental ways. With Latinos recently surpassing African Americans as the largest minority group in the US, attention has been focused on the important implications of immigration for the character and role of... -
Asian Americans and the Media: Media and Minorities by Kent A. Ono 9780745642741
RRP: £18.99£16.87Asian Americans and the Media provides a concise, thoughtful, critical and cultural studies analysis of U.S. media representations of Asian Americans. The book also explores ways Asian Americans have resisted, responded to, and conceptualized the... -
Feminism and Ecology by Mary Mellor 9780745614175
RRP: £55.00£47.73The relationship between feminism and ecology has grown in importance in recent years. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the ecofeminist movement and its history, as well as an extended analysis of the main perspectives within it. Mellor... -
Gender and Agency: Reconfiguring the Subject in Feminist and Social Theory by Lois McNay 9780745613482
RRP: £55.00£47.73This book reassesses theories of agency and gender identity against the backdrop of changing relations between men and women in contemporary societies. McNay argues that recent thought on the formation of the modern subject offers a one-sided account of... -
Prostitution and Feminism: Towards a Politics of Feeling by Maggie O'Neill 9780745612041
RRP: £55.00£47.73Feminists have long differed in their view of prostitution. While some regard it as a classic form of exploitation and degradation, others offer a more sympathetic interpretation of womena s involvement in the sex industry. In this important new book,... -
The Masculinities Reader by Stephen Whitehead 9780745626888
RRP: £60.00£52.35The Masculinities Reader provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the key debates informing the study of masculinity. Structured in an accessible format, the book makes available in a single text some of the most important work on a range of... -
The Suffering of the Immigrant by Abdelmalek Sayad 9780745626420
RRP: £62.50£54.45This book is a major contribution to our understanding of the condition of the immigrant and it will transform the reader's understanding of the issues surrounding immigration. Sayad's book will be widely used in courses on race, ethnicity, immigration... -
Women in Contemporary Politics by Wendy Stokes 9780745624983
RRP: £55.00£48.13This innovative textbook provides students with a lively and wide-ranging introduction to the roles and achievements of women in contemporary politics. Accessibly written for an undergraduate readership, the book addresses both theoretical and empirical... -
Incest: A New Perspective by Mary Hamer 9780745624150
RRP: £55.00£47.73In this major new book, Mary Hamer offers a new perspective on incest, making a link with the scandal of sexual abuse on the part of priests. She places sexual abuse in the context of the whole social order. Hamera s novel and innovative approach... -
Choosing Ethnic Identity by Miri Song 9780745622774
£18.09Choosing Ethnic Identity explores the ways in which people are able to choose their ethnic identities in contemporary multiethnic societies such as the USA and Britain. Notions such as adopting an identity, or self-designated terms, such as Black British... -
Choosing Ethnic Identity by Miri Song 9780745622767
RRP: £60.00£51.95Choosing Ethnic Identity explores the ways in which people are able to choose their ethnic identities in contemporary multiethnic societies such as the USA and Britain.Book InformationISBN 9780745622767Author Miri SongFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint... -
Masculine Domination by Pierre Bourdieu 9780745622644
RRP: £50.00£43.51Masculine domination is so deeply ingrained in our unconscious that we hardly perceive all of its dimensions. It is so much in line with our expectations that we struggle to call it fully into question. Pierre Bourdieua s ethnographic analysis of gender... -
Gender and the Political Economy of Development: From Nationalism to Globalization by Shirin M. Rai 9780745614908
RRP: £60.00£52.35"Rai subjects the projects of both national development and globalization to searching scrutiny through a gender lens. Her emphasis on the intersection of gender and other forms of inequality is very timely. An excellent text for a wide range of... -
The Workings of the Household: A US-UK Comparison by Lydia Morris 9780745604428
RRP: £17.99£16.04This book examines the organization of domestic life in the context of recent economic change. Lydia Morris argues that relationships within the household can only be understood with reference to the social and economic environment in which it is located... -
The Body by Nicholas J. Fox 9780745651231
RRP: £50.00£43.51The medical and social sciences offer us many ways of understanding the human body and what it can do. From biology and psychology to sociology and philosophy, a range of disciplines supply us with a rich yet challenging picture. On the one hand, our... -
Encountering Nationalism by Jyoti Puri 9780631231066
RRP: £40.95£35.89Encountering Nationalism introduces students to concepts of nationalism in an accessible, critical, and timely way. It provides an overview of the central theories, aspects, and inconsistencies of nationalism. The book explores the promises and pitfalls... -
Encountering Nationalism by Jyoti Puri 9780631231059
RRP: £117.95£101.87"Encountering Nationalism" introduces students to concepts of nationalism in an accessible, critical, and timely way. Abstract arguments are bolstered by clear and specific examples drawn from momentous events and from the well of everyday... -
Social Inequalities in Comparative Perspective Fiona Devine (University of Manchester, USA) 9780631226857
RRP: £45.95£40.11This unique collection of original essays brings a comparative perspective to issues of social inequality. First-rate sociologists from around the world have contributed to this exciting and rigorous volume, drawing upon their own research in the fields... -
The Invention of Race: Black Culture and the Politics of Representation Tommy L. Lott (San Jose State University) 9780631210191
RRP: £34.95£30.83One of the most startlingly original and provocatively radical scholars currently engaged in the study of culture and the concept of race.About the AuthorTommy Lott is Professor of Philosophy at San Jose State University. He is editor of Subjugation and... -
Self and Society by Ann Branaman 9780631215400
RRP: £50.95£45.56Self and Society explores the ways in which society, culture, and history affect how we define our experiences and ourselves. This reader contains 24 essays divided into four topical sections: the social construction of reality, sociology of thought and... -
Multiculturalism in a Global Society Peter Kivisto (Augustana College) 9780631221944
RRP: £40.95£35.89Multiculturalism in Global Society explores the concepts and debates surrounding the complex modern phenomenon of multiculturalism, and its varied effects on the advanced industrial nations of the world. With remarkable clarity and concision, it focuses... -
Multiculturalism in a Global Society by Peter Kivisto 9780631221937
RRP: £111.95£96.77"Multiculturalism in a Global Society" explores the concepts and debates surrounding the complex modern phenomenon of multiculturalism, and its varied effects on the advanced industrial nations of the world. With remarkable clarity and... -
Race and Immigration by Nazli Kibria 9780745647913
RRP: £50.00£43.51Immigration has long shaped US society in fundamental ways. With Latinos recently surpassing African Americans as the largest minority group in the US, attention has been focused on the important implications of immigration for the character and role of... -
Race Critical Theories: Text and Context Philomena Essed (University of Amsterdam) 9780631214373
RRP: £115.95£100.58Race Critical Theories brings together many of the key contributors to critical theorizing about race and racism over the past twenty years. Each previously published text is accompanied by a fresh statement - in most cases written by the authors... -
Race and Ethnicity: Comparative and Theoretical Approaches by John Stone 9780631186342
RRP: £43.95£38.82This authoritative and innovative reader collects twenty--seven articles that are essential for a thorough, comparative and theoretically--informed approach to the study of race and ethnicity. Collects together 27 of the most important classic and... -
Kuei, My Friend: A Conversation on Racism and Reconciliation by Deni Ellis Bechard 9781772011951
RRP: £14.99£9.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781772011951Author Deni Ellis BechardFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint TalonbooksPublisher Talonbooks -
Racialization and Religion: Race, Culture and Difference in the Study of Antisemitism and Islamophobia Nasar Meer (Northumbria University, UK) 9781138676565
RRP: £45.99£40.13This volume locates the contemporary study of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia squarely within the fields of race and racism. As such, it challenges the extent to which discussion of the racialization of these minorities remains unrelated to each other, or... -
Strangers in the House: A Prairie Story of Bigotry and Belonging by Candace Savage 9781778401107
RRP: £14.99£9.88A renowned author investigates the dark and shocking history of her prairie house.When researching the first occupant of her Saskatoon home, Candace Savage discovers a family more fascinating and heartbreaking than she expectedNapoléon Sureau dit Blondin... -
The Radical Right: Politics of Hate on the Margins of Global Capital by Fabio Luis Barbosa dos Santos 9798888900222
RRP: £30.00£19.88The Radical Right examines five cases of political hatred from the margins of global capital: Turkey under Erdogan, Hungary under Orbán, India under Modi, the Philippines under Duterte, and Brazil under Bolsonaro. With probing insights it asks, how did... -
Europe's New Racism: Causes, Manifestations, and Solutions by The Evens Foundation 9781571813329
RRP: £99.00£79.83Europe has seen a tremendous rise in popularity of new rightist political parties in the last two decades or so, claiming cultural supremacy of the so-called native Europeans over foreign immigrants. In this volume, European scholars from Russian to... -
Abolition Feminisms: Organizing, Survival, and Transformative Practice Alisa Bierria 9781642596946
RRP: £19.99£13.56This groundbreaking anthology engages the theme of abolition feminisms, a political tradition grounded in radical anti-violence organizing, Black feminist and feminist of color rebellion, survivor knowledge production, strategies devised inside and... -
Global Mixed Race by Rebecca Chiyoko King-O'Riain 9780814770733
RRP: £65.00£56.49Patterns of migration and the forces of globalization have brought the issues of mixed race to the public in far more visible, far more dramatic ways than ever before. Global Mixed Race examines the contemporary experiences of people of mixed descent in... -
Race Robert Bernasconi (University of Memphis) 9780631207825
RRP: £110.95£96.32This volume provides an introduction to the concept of race within philosophy. It gives an overview of the most important contributions by continental philosophers to the understanding or race (focusing on Kant, Du Bois, Senghor, Sartre and Schutz) as... -
Mapping Deathscapes: Digital Geographies of Racial and Border Violence by Suvendrini Perera 9781032060750
RRP: £38.99£34.22This interdisciplinary volume will be an important resource for scholars, students and activists working in the areas of Cultural Studies, Media and Visual Studies, Indigenous Studies, Refugee Studies and LawAn international team of authors take a...