Sociology & Culture
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The Henson Case
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First Edition. Inscribed by Author
23cm x 15cm. [viii], 149 pages, [8] pages of colour illustrations. Pictorial wrappres.
An investigate essay of the 2008 Bill Henson exhibition and the resulting controversy, police raid, and national debate of whether Henson’s pictures were art, pornography, or paedophilia. This copy inscribed by Marr.
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The Dimensions of Values: A Unified Theory
$100.00 Add to cartRadhakamal Mukerjee
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1964.
Later economic sociology work of Indian social scientist Radhakamal Mukerjee (1889-1968). -
The Man Who Turned On The World
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First Edition.
18cm x 11cm. 255 pages. Black cloth, white lettering, illustrated jacket
The story of Michael Hollingshead, one of the 1960s Harvard psychedelic researchers together with Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, Richard Alpert, and others. Hollingshead went on to travel the world evangelising LSD and is reputed to have turned on famous creatives such as William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Keith Richards, Charles Mingus, and countless others.
Very slightly cocked. Spine tail lightly pushed. Foxing to top edge, minor to other edges and jacket verso. Very Good Condition. -
Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the English
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London: John Murray, 1814.
50 persons from across early 19th century English society are depicted in fine hand-coloured costume plates dated 1813, each accompanied by a detailed descriptive text. This copy in a signed Zaehnsdorf binding and with the bookplate of Ada Thatcher Huntzinger -
French Masculinities: History, Culture and Politics
$100.00 Add to cartChristopher E. Forth; Bertrand Taithe
Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
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Mondo 2000: A User’s Guide to the New Edge
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First Edition.
28cm x 21cm. 317 pages, colour illustrations. Illustrated wrappers.
Cyberpunk, Virtual Reality, Wetware, Designer Aphrodisiacs, Artificial Life, Techno-Erotic Paganism, and More
Some creasing to wrappers. Very minor tanning. Good Condition. -
Heralds of Dawn: Early Converts in the New Hebrides
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First Edition.
20cm x 14cm. xv, 175 pages, black and white photographs. Grey cloth, black lettering, no jacket.
Dr William Gunn and his wife lived on the Isle of Futuna from 1883-1917 as Presbetaryian missionaries. Futuna has been described as the ‘Gateway’ to the gospel in Vanuatu, the first in this group of islands where inhabitants accepted the gospel of Jesus Christ. The book is structured as a series of character portraits, men and women of different ages, and their gradual conversion to Christian faith and lifestyle. “Their failures have not been concealed, in order that their portraits may be true to life”. The stories are richly embedded with ethnological information on manners, customs, and beliefs of the native people prior to colonisation.
Some mottling to cloth. Minor foxing. Bookseller’s label of Robertson & Mullens, Melbourne. Good Condition. -
Futur*Fall: Excursions into Post-Modernity
$40.00 Add to cartE. A. Grosz; Terry Threadgold; David Kelly; Alan Cholodenko; Edward Colless
Sydney: Power Institute of Fine Arts, 1986.
A selection of papers presented to the Futur*Fall: Excursions into Postmodernity Conference, 26-29 July 1984, University of Sydney. -
Industrial Ruins: Space, Aesthetics and Materiality
$40.00 Add to cartTim Edensor
Oxford and New York: Berg, 2005. -
From Impressionism to Anime: Japan as Fantasy and Fan Cult in the Mind of the West
$40.00 Add to cartSusan J. Napier
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. -
Anime and Memory: Aesthetic, Cultural and Thematic Perspectives
$50.00 Add to cartDani Cavallaro
Jefferson: McFarland & Company, 2009. -
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture
$35.00 Add to cartYoshio Sugimoto
Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2009. -
Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals
$40.00 Add to cartHiroki Azuma
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009.
Translated by Jonathan E. Abel and Shion Kono. -
Globalization and Social Change in Contemporary Japan
$30.00 Add to cartJ. S. Eades; Tom Gill; Harumi Befu
Melbourne: Trans Pacific Press, 2000. -
Precarious Japan
$30.00 Add to cartAnne Allison
Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2013. -
Do Catalog: Source Book of the Good Life (U.S.A. ’76)
$150.00 Add to cartMitsuo Kamiya
[Tokyo]: Sankei Shimbun Publishing Bureau, 1975.
Japanese American lifestyle fetish catalogue copiously illustrated throughout with interior design, self sustainable living, crafts, and more. An addition to the library of Japanese American lifestyle fetish catalogs, a contribution to the mid 20th century development of the Japanese fascination with the American way of fashion, design, culture, and capitalism. -
Midwives, Society and Childbirth: Debates and Controversies in the Modern Period
$30.00 Add to cartHilary Marland; Anne Marie Rafferty
London: Routledge, 1997. -
Through a Glass Darkly: Beer and Modernization in Papua New Guinea
$60.00 Add to cartMac Marshall
Port Moresby: The Institute of Applied Social and Economic Research, 1982.
Monograph 18. Prior to this publication there was very limited academic research dedicated to the consumption of alcohol in Oceania. This book covers the cultural and ceremonial use of alcohol and kava in PNG, as well as the sociological impact of cultural associations and attitudes toward alcoholism. -
Working Men and Ganja: Marihuana Use in Rural Jamaica
$150.00 Add to cartMelanie Creagan Dreher
Philadelphia: Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1982.
A study on the commerce and use of ganja (marijuana) in three rural labour farmer villages in Jamaica. The study highlights a debate on ganja between socioeconomic divisions; the upper and middle class condemn it, while the labouring class claim it is beneficial for well being and even enhancing productivity. -
The Life of Such is Life: A Cultural History of an Australian Classic
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First Edition.
25.5cm x 18cm. xvii, 187 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
Sydney Studies in Australian Literature.
Minor bumps to fore-edge corners and very minor bumps to spine crown and tail. Street library stamp. Very Good Condition. -
Inventing Adulthoods: A Biographical Approach to Youth Transitions
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Reprint.
24cm x 17 cm. [viii], 189 pages. Pictorial wrappers.
Very minor shelf wear. Minor highlighting. Good Condition. -
Australian Women and Careers: Psychological and Contextual Influences Over the Life Course
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First Edition.
22.5cm x 15cm. xvii, 294 pages, maps. Lettered wrappers.
“[This book] makes an important contribution to our understanding of the changing role of women in society. It draws on a unique Australia-wide longitudinal study of men and women, both in the paid workforce and in the home. From an initial set of 5000 17 year-olds surveyed in 1973, the educational and career paths of 3000 were followed through to 1982 and, of these, 30 were the subject of a qualitative in-depth study from childhood through to 1990. The authors use this rich data to explore the range of factors that influence women’s careers and their career choices.” (publisher’s blurb)
Minor foxing to edges, wrappers verso and first and last pages. Ink and pencil annotations. Cambridge University Press Review Copy Sticker to half-title page. Good Condition. -
Stand up Straight!: A History of Posture
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First Edition.
24cm x 16cm. 429 pages, black and white illustrations. Maroon papered boards, grey lettering, illustrated jacket.
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Feminist Perspectives on Sociology
$10.00 Add to cartBarbara Littlewood
Harlow: Pearson, 2004. -
Bilingual Situations and Translation
$50.00 Add to cartMaximilian Brandle
Wollongong: Department of Modern Languages, Wollongong University, 1995. -
London: Portrait of a City
$20.00 Add to cartRoger Hudson
London: The Folio Society, 1998.
Complied by Roger Hudson. -
Program for Change
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First Edition.
21.5cm x 14cm. xxvi, 177 pages. Illustrated wrappers.
Tanning. Text block gently warped at tail. Previous owner’s name. Good Condition. -
Theorising Heterosexuality: Telling it straight
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First Edition.
22.5cm x 15.5cm. xii, 207 pages. Illustrated wrappers.
Moderate shelf wear. Minor creasing to spine. Very minor foxing and soiling. Good Condition. -
Re-Forming the Body: Religion, Community and Modernity
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First Edition.
23.5cm x 16cm. [vi], 234 pages. Illustrated wrappers.
Minor soiling to edges. Highlighting to two chapters. Previous owner’s name. Bookseller’s price sticker. Good Condition. -
Distant Love: Personal Life in the Golden Age
$20.00 Add to cartUlrich Beck; Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim
Cambridge and Malden: Polity Press, 2014.