ilość książek w kategorii: 411
Family, Gender, and Law in a Globalizing Middle East and South Asia
ISBN: 9780815632351 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The essays in this collection examine issues of family, gender, and law in the Middle East and South Asia. In particular, authors address the impact of colonialism on law and family and gender relations; the role of religious politics in writing family law and the implications for gender relations; and the tension between international standards emerging from UN conferences and conventions and various nationalist projects. Employing the frame of globalization, the authors highlight how local and global forces interact and influence the experience and actions of people who the law. The essays in this collection examine issues of family, gender, and law in the Middle East and South Asia. In particular, authors address the impac... |
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276,85 zł |
Bedouin Life in the Egyptian Wilderness
ISBN: 9780292707894 / Angielski / Miękka / 207 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Between the Nile River and the Red Sea, in the northern half of Egypt's Eastern Desert, live the Bedouins of the Ma'aza tribe. Joseph Hobbs lived with the Khushmaan Ma'aza clan for almost two years, gathering information for a study of traditional Bedouin life and culture. The resulting work, Bedouin Life in the Egyptian Wilderness, is the first modern ethnographic portrait of the Ma'aza Bedouins. Between the Nile River and the Red Sea, in the northern half of Egypt's Eastern Desert, live the Bedouins of the Ma'aza tribe. Joseph Hobbs lived w... |
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83,25 zł |
The Persian Gulf in History
ISBN: 9780230612822 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Exploring the history of the Persian Gulf from ancient times until the present day, leading authorities treat the internal history of the region and describe the role outsiders have played there. The book focuses on the unity and identity of Gulf society and how the Gulf historically has been part of a cosmopolitan Indian Ocean world.
Exploring the history of the Persian Gulf from ancient times until the present day, leading authorities treat the internal history of the region and d...
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326,93 zł |
Contesting Realities: The Public Sphere and Morality in Southern Yemen
ISBN: 9780815632467 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Situated in the southernmost tip of the Arabian Peninsula, Aden is considered the economic capital of the Republic of Yemen. Once a British colony, the port city later served as the capital of the People s Democratic Republic of Yemen, the only Marxist regime in the Middle East. Tracing the social and political history of Aden, Dahlgren explores the evolving ways in which gender and family relations are established. The author offers a complex picture of Adeni society in which norms for morality and propriety vary according to the context of the social space. Documenting a nuanced social...
Situated in the southernmost tip of the Arabian Peninsula, Aden is considered the economic capital of the Republic of Yemen. Once a British colony, th...
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276,85 zł |
Citizen Strangers: Palestinians and the Birth of Israel's Liberal Settler State
ISBN: 9780804786546 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Following the 1948 war and the creation of the state of Israel, Palestinian Arabs comprised just fifteen percent of the population but held a much larger portion of its territory. Offered immediate suffrage rights and, in time, citizenship status, they nonetheless found their movement, employment, and civil rights restricted by a draconian military government put in place to facilitate the colonization of their lands. Citizen Strangers traces how Jewish leaders struggled to advance their historic settler project while forced by new international human rights norms to share political...
Following the 1948 war and the creation of the state of Israel, Palestinian Arabs comprised just fifteen percent of the population but held a much lar...
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473,83 zł |
Citizen Strangers: Palestinians and the Birth of Israel's Liberal Settler State
ISBN: 9780804788007 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Following the 1948 war and the creation of the state of Israel, Palestinian Arabs comprised just fifteen percent of the population but held a much larger portion of its territory. Offered immediate suffrage rights and, in time, citizenship status, they nonetheless found their movement, employment, and civil rights restricted by a draconian military government put in place to facilitate the colonization of their lands. Citizen Strangers traces how Jewish leaders struggled to advance their historic settler project while forced by new international human rights norms to share political...
Following the 1948 war and the creation of the state of Israel, Palestinian Arabs comprised just fifteen percent of the population but held a much lar...
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114,50 zł |
Media Framing of the Muslim World: Conflicts, Crises and Contexts
ISBN: 9781137334824 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Media Framing of the Muslim World is a fascinating account of how news about Islam and the Muslim world is produced and consumed, and how it impacts on relations between Islam and the West. The topics addressed in this book include how news values and media frames contribute to Western audiences' perceptions and understandings of Islam and Muslims; the extent to which historic conceptions of orientalism remain salient and are manifested in Islamophobia; how reporting on terrorism and asylum seekers impacts on public opinion and policy making; how the relationship between mass and social media...
Media Framing of the Muslim World is a fascinating account of how news about Islam and the Muslim world is produced and consumed, and how it impacts o...
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423,10 zł |
Social Media and the Politics of Reportage: The 'arab Spring'
ISBN: 9781137361394 / Angielski / Twarda / 141 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Social Media and the Politics of Reportage explores the role of social media, such as Facebook, Twitter and blogs, within the field of global journalism with a focus on the recent protests during the 'Arab Spring'. The book is timely as it deals with the transforming media landscape during crisis reporting as a result of the rise of social media news coverage and usage. Specifically, this book focuses on the journalistic challenges, issues and opportunities that have arisen as a result of social media
increasingly being used as a form of crisis reporting. The 'Arab Spring' has been... Social Media and the Politics of Reportage explores the role of social media, such as Facebook, Twitter and blogs, within the field of global journali...
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346,16 zł |
Political Performance in Syria: From the Six-Day War to the Syrian Uprising
ISBN: 9781137358974 / Angielski / Twarda / 259 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Political Performance in Syria, charts the history of a theatre that has sought the expansion of civil society and imagined alternate political realities. In doing so, the manuscript situates the current use of performance and theatre by artists of the Syrian Revolution within a long history of political contestation.
Political Performance in Syria, charts the history of a theatre that has sought the expansion of civil society and imagined alternate political realit...
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192,30 zł |
Muslim Moroccan Migrants in Europe: Transnational Migration in Its Multiplicity
ISBN: 9781137476487 / Angielski / Twarda / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Based on the author's fieldwork and readings of media, government reports, and historical and contemporary records, this book explores how Muslim migrants in Europe contribute to a changing European landscape, focusing on Muslim Moroccan migrants.
Based on the author's fieldwork and readings of media, government reports, and historical and contemporary records, this book explores how Muslim migr...
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192,30 zł |
Constructing Identity in Iranian-American Self-Narrative
ISBN: 9781137479617 / Angielski / Twarda / 221 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Shaped by the experiences of the Iranian Revolution, Iranian-American autobiographers use this chaotic past to tell their current stories in the United States. Wagenknecht analyzes a wide range of such writing and draws new conclusions about migration, exile, and life between different and often clashing cultures.
Shaped by the experiences of the Iranian Revolution, Iranian-American autobiographers use this chaotic past to tell their current stories in the Unite...
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192,30 zł |
Shahaama: Five Egyptian Men Tell Their Stories
ISBN: 9780815610618 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Between the late 1970s and the early 1980s, Nayra Atiya gathered the oral histories of five Egyptian men: a fisherman, an attorney, a scholar, a business- man, and a production manager. Through personal interviews over the course of several years, Atiya intimately captured the everyday triumphs and struggles of these young men in a rapidly changing Egyptian society. These tender stories of childhood experiences in the rural countryside, of the rigors of schooling, and of the many challenges in navigating adulthood shed light on both the rich diversity of Egyptian society and the values and...
Between the late 1970s and the early 1980s, Nayra Atiya gathered the oral histories of five Egyptian men: a fisherman, an attorney, a scholar, a busin...
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53,84 zł |
Shahaama: Five Egyptian Men Tell Their Stories
ISBN: 9780815634348 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Between the late 1970s and the early 1980s, Nayra Atiya gathered the oral histories of five Egyptian men: a fisherman, an attorney, a scholar, a business- man, and a production manager. Through personal interviews over the course of several years, Atiya intimately captured the everyday triumphs and struggles of these young men in a rapidly changing Egyptian society. These tender stories of childhood experiences in the rural countryside, of the rigors of schooling, and of the many challenges in navigating adulthood shed light on both the rich diversity of Egyptian society and the values and...
Between the late 1970s and the early 1980s, Nayra Atiya gathered the oral histories of five Egyptian men: a fisherman, an attorney, a scholar, a busin...
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270,28 zł |
Mediated Identities and New Journalism in the Arab World: Mapping the Arab Spring
ISBN: 9781137581402 / Angielski / Twarda / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This book looks into the role played by mediated communication, particularly new and social media, in shaping various forms of struggles around power, identity and religion at a time when the Arab world is going through an unprecedented period of turmoil and upheaval.
This book looks into the role played by mediated communication, particularly new and social media, in shaping various forms of struggles around power,...
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384,63 zł |
Marketing in the Emerging Markets of Islamic Countries
ISBN: 9781349543182 / Angielski / Miękka / 207 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The book offers an exciting overview of the marketing opportunities, challenges and traditions in Islamic countries. Providing an insight into the specifics of marketing in Islamic countries, the book is an interesting and helpful read for marketers, students and all who enjoy marketing challenges presented by less well-known emerging markets.
The book offers an exciting overview of the marketing opportunities, challenges and traditions in Islamic countries. Providing an insight into the spe...
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192,30 zł |
Banking and Financial Systems in the Arab World
ISBN: 9781349520688 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This book provides state-of-the art analysis of banking and financial systems in the Arab world. The early chapters of the text present an overview of Arab economies linking banking and financial sector trends in the Arab world over the last twenty years. The rest of the text examines in detail the financial systems of the major Arab countries, focusing on banking sector and capital market developments. This text will be the first to provide a rigorous analytical evaluation of banking sector developments in the Arab world.
This book provides state-of-the art analysis of banking and financial systems in the Arab world. The early chapters of the text present an overview of...
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384,63 zł |
Nasser at War: Arab Images of the Enemy
ISBN: 9781349282241 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) From his 1956 Suez triumph to the 1967 defeat, President Nasser of Egypt dominated the Arab revolution. Drawing on new Arabic material, this history casts a fresh light on Nasser's era and legacy of conflict and provides an essential background to developments in the contemporary Arab world.
From his 1956 Suez triumph to the 1967 defeat, President Nasser of Egypt dominated the Arab revolution. Drawing on new Arabic material, this history c...
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384,63 zł |
Political Performance in Syria: From the Six-Day War to the Syrian Uprising
ISBN: 9781349471416 / Angielski / Miękka / 259 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Political Performance in Syria, charts the history of a theatre that has sought the expansion of civil society and imagined alternate political realities. In doing so, the manuscript situates the current use of performance and theatre by artists of the Syrian Revolution within a long history of political contestation.
Political Performance in Syria, charts the history of a theatre that has sought the expansion of civil society and imagined alternate political realit...
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211,53 zł |
Arab American Literary Fictions, Cultures, and Politics
ISBN: 9781349536870 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) N.B. this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title. Stock of this book requires shipment from overseas. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. Using literary and social analysis, this book examines a range of modern Arab American literary fiction and illustrates how socio-political phenomena have affected the development of the Arab American novel.
N.B. this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title. Stock of this book requires shipment from overseas. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. Using liter...
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192,30 zł |
Constructing Identity in Iranian-American Self-Narrative
ISBN: 9781349502455 / Angielski / Miękka / 221 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Shaped by the experiences of the Iranian Revolution, Iranian-American autobiographers use this chaotic past to tell their current stories in the United States. Wagenknecht analyzes a wide range of such writing and draws new conclusions about migration, exile, and life between different and often clashing cultures.
Shaped by the experiences of the Iranian Revolution, Iranian-American autobiographers use this chaotic past to tell their current stories in the Unite...
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192,30 zł |