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Cultural studies

Paperback. This collection enables the reader to engage with the full range of Georg Simmel's dazzling contributions to the study of culture. It opens with his basic essays on defining culture, its changes and its crisis. These are followed by more specific explorations of culture. Editor(s): Frisby, David; Featherstone, Mike. Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803986527
ISBN
9780803986527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.36

Paperback. This Fourth Edition introduces the sociology of culture and explores cultural phenomena including stories, beliefs, media, ideas, art, religious practices, fashions and rituals from a global-sociological perspective. Series: Sociology for a New Century Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 226 x 7. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United States
Edition
Fourth Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781412990547
ISBN
9781412990547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 map illustration. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238. DUBLIN
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Portico
Condition
New
SKU
9781907554926
ISBN
9781907554926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 6.75

Hardcover. Situating Shakespeare's representations of marriage firmly within the ideologies and practices of Renaissance culture, Lisa Hopkins argues that Shakespeare anatomizes marriage much as he does kingship, and finds it similarly indispensable to the underpinning of society. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSS0000234
ISBN
9780333647325
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. The social sciences are predominantly developments of the Enlightenment, extensions of the methods of Newtonian science. This book details essays of recent social theorists who have brought the presuppositions of Enlightenment thinking under critical scrutiny. Editor(s): Doherty, Joe; Graham, Elspeth; Malek, Mo. Series: Communications & Culture. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JH; JMA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333534533
ISBN
9780333534533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.89

Paperback. Series: The New Southern Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; AVGH; JFCA; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820347370
ISBN
9780820347370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.96

Paperback. Monsters, ghosts, the supernatural, the fantastic, the mysterious. This title asserts that discourse on the fantastic was at the heart of the historical configuration of Japanese modernity - that the representation of the magical and mysterious played an integral part in the production of modernity beginning in Meiji Japan (1868-1912). Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822324188
ISBN
9780822324188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Akashic Books,U.S. United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933354354
ISBN
9781933354354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.71

Paperback. The roots of our modern world lie in this early civilisation, which saw the first urban society and the invention of writing. Postgate uses both historical and archaeological data to reveal this society's social and technological innovations. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBJF1; HBLA; HDD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 188 x 23. Weight in Grams: 754.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415110327
ISBN
9780415110327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.30

Paperback. In Transcultural Communication, Andreas Hepp provides an accessible and engaging introduction to the exciting possibilities and inevitable challenges presented by the proliferation of transcultural communication in our mediatized world. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470673942
ISBN
9780470673942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.33

Paperback. Illustrates how the study and practice of dance can reanimate arrested prospects for progressive politics and social change. This book engages a range of performances and demonstrates how a critical reflection on dance helps promote fluency in the language of mobilisation that political theory alludes to yet rarely speaks. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: ASD; JFC; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822322191
ISBN
9780822322191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.95

Paperback. Departing from earlier studies of kokugaku (which means "the study of our country"), this title considers how three of the more marginalized participants in the movement challenged its principal founder and engaged its fundamental concerns about what defines the Japanese nation and unifies those within it. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822331728
ISBN
9780822331728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.95

Paperback. Sacred Mushrooms and the Law is the only book covering the legal landscape underlying psychedelic mushrooms. All federal and state laws concerning mushrooms are covered, and charts outline potential punishments. Num Pages: 128 pages, B&W illustrations throughout, Charts, Tables. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 213 x 8. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Ronin Publishing United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781579510619
ISBN
9781579510619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.13

Paperback. An exploration of the 21st century. It looks at the history of futurology and intends to predict the world that's yet to come. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Publication date
2001
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
SKU
KKD0001729
ISBN
9780747553359
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Why do people cluster together in neighborhoods? How do internet communities spring up from nowhere? Why is a brain conscious even though no single neuron is? What causes a media frenzy? This title looks at how self-organising systems are changing the world. Num Pages: 288 pages, facsimiles, map, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 111 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001954
ISBN
9780140287752
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. At the end of a century whose catastrophic violence has irreparably damaged the human capacity for hope, our knowledge of the origins of life has so deepened that we can create life artificially. In this book the author seeks to articulate our experience of the present condition. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002136
ISBN
9780571206421
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Colin Graham examines the course by which the history of modernity and colonialism has constructed an idea of 'Ireland', produced more often as a citation than an actuality. He intervenes with authority and originality in controversial area, where cultural theory and analysis run alongside the daily challenge of political events. Series: Tendencies: Identities, Texts, Cultures. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 233 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0003416
ISBN
9780748609765
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. The last 100 years has seen science deal with issues outside itself, communicate with the public and try to answer questions long considered the province of religion. A collection of accessible essays exploring the big questions of contemporary science. Editor(s): Appignanesi, Richard. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 276. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Icon Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0001111
ISBN
9781840463514
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Has Sigmund Freud been seriously misunderstood? Do standard translations serve only to distort his thought and conceal a profound humanism? Bettelheim cuts through the myths to reveal a greater, more passionate and also far more disturbing figure than he is usually portrayed. Num Pages: 128 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; BG; JFC; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 134. Weight in Grams: 148. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pimlico
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0001628
ISBN
9780712667746
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Provides a new and radical assessment of cultural transformation and conflict in early modern Ireland. Series: Critical Conditions. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 412. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0003270
ISBN
9781859183274
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

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