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Art & Architecture
Hardback. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528. Freak Shows and Modern British Culture. 288 pages, ill. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight: 528.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257689
- ISBN
- 9780520257689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.81€ 65.18
€ 84.81
€ 65.18
Hardback. Suitable for students and scholars of American music, gender and sexuality, class, and pop culture, this book looks at how class and gender identity play out in one of America's most culturally and politically charged forms of popular music. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGL; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520280656
- ISBN
- 9780520280656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.72€ 46.91
€ 59.72
€ 46.91
Paperback. Suitable for students and scholars of American music, gender and sexuality, class, and pop culture, this book looks at how class and gender identity play out in one of America's most culturally and politically charged forms of popular music. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGL; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280663
- ISBN
- 9780520280663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.36
€ 40.99
€ 29.36
Hardback. Part of the "Contemporary Arab Artists" series, this title tells the story of Iraqi artist Halim Al-Karim who underwent a harrowing experience during the first Gulf War. Opposing Saddam's regime and its compulsory military service he took to hiding in the desert, living for almost 3 years in a hole in the ground covered by a pile of rocks. Editor(s): Descendre, Nadine. Series: Contemporary Arab Artists. Num Pages: 200 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 245 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1522.
- Publisher
- Skira Italy
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857210711
- ISBN
- 9788857210711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.28
€ 45.99
€ 38.28
Hardback. Mohamed El Baz was born in 1967 at El Ksiba, Morocco. In this book, the reader allows himself to be swept away with El Baz beyond representation into an adventure involving both the mind and the eye. Editor(s): Descendre, Nadine. Num Pages: 208 pages, 130 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 246 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1570.
- Publisher
- Skira Italy
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857219455
- ISBN
- 9788857219455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.26
€ 45.99
€ 38.26
Paperback. How does cinema function as a means of ethical resistance and thought? Focusing on Alain Resnais and Chris Marker's cinemas, this book uses the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze to ask how cinema can enable us to see and act in an ethical way. It analyses the cinematic medium itself through concepts of affect, sensation and actual virtual violence. Series: Plateaus - New Directions in Deleuze Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; HPN; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474404747
- ISBN
- 9781474404747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.85
€ 33.99
€ 30.85
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Booth-Clibborn Editions
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861541994
- ISBN
- 9781861541994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 48.04
€ 51.99
€ 48.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789491435294
- ISBN
- 9789491435294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.65
€ 24.65
Hardback. Nadia Sablin's lyrical and evocative photographs in Aunties capture the small details and daily rituals of her septuagenarian aunts in a small Russian village. Series: Center for Documentary Studies/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography. Num Pages: 88 pages, 54 color photographs. BIC Classification: AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 287 x 16. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360476
- ISBN
- 9780822360476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.69
€ 47.69
Paperback. Jennifer Lawrence is the reigning queen of lots of things: Hollywood, the awkward award-ceremony-stumble, and hundreds of priceless Buzzfeed pages - to name a few. This is the first biography of an Academy Award winner, a star of our screens for years to come and a role model for girls and young women everywhere. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784189747
- ISBN
- 9781784189747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.39
€ 10.99
€ 9.39
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Mandrake of Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906958749
- ISBN
- 9781906958749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.52
€ 17.99
€ 13.52
Paperback. Provides a historical and theoretical overview of the subject from the 1940s through today. With particular emphasis on production, reception, and the intersection between art and politcs in Iraq and Palestine, Nada Shabout reveals the fallacy in Western fascination with Arab art as a timeless and exotic "other". Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: ACBP; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813061269
- ISBN
- 9780813061269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Hardcover. International survey of 100 of the world's best contemporary interior design projects, chosen by 10 design world leaders. Num Pages: 444 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 304 x 46. Weight in Grams: 3728.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714867441
- ISBN
- 9780714867441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.66€ 46.42
€ 59.66
€ 46.42
Hardback. Num Pages: 100 pages, 108 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 280. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- Skira
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857232034
- ISBN
- 9788857232034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.98
€ 33.99
€ 28.98
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Mantra Lingua United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844443345
- ISBN
- 9781844443345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.77
€ 13.99
€ 13.77
paperback. Dedicated to Don Siegel and Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood's two cinematic mentors, this title explores the ways in which "Unforgiven", sticking surprisingly close to the original script, moves between the requirements of the traditional Western, with its generic conventions of revenge and male bravado, and more modern sensitivities. Series: BFI Film Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- British Film Institute
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781844570331
- ISBN
- 9781844570331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.87
€ 17.99
€ 13.87
Paperback. After "The Third Man", Carol Reed was hailed as one of the world's great directors. This title sets out to understand what kind of artist Reed was and whether he deserved such accolades. Rob White explores how the film came to be made and seeks to explain its fascination. Series: BFI Film Classics. Num Pages: 88 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 160. Series: BFI Film Classics. 88 pages, illustrations. After "The Third Man", Carol Reed was hailed as one of the world's great directors. This title sets out to understand what kind of artist Reed was and whether he deserved such accolades. Rob White explores how the film came to be made and seeks to explain its fascination. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: APFB. Dimension: 190 x 137 x 8. Weight: 160.
- Publisher
- British Film Institute
- Number of pages
- 88
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851709635
- ISBN
- 9780851709635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.32
€ 17.99
€ 14.32
Paperback. Renoir's famous and controversial comedy of manners has a troubled history. Victor Perkins presents here a sensitive socio-historical study of Renoir's revised edition of the film, released 20 years after its premiere; shaped by the profundity and originality of its form. Series: BFI Film Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages, 62 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 189 x 136 x 8. Weight in Grams: 204. "The Rules of the Game". Series: BFI Film Classics. 112 pages, 62 black & white halftones. Renoir's famous and controversial comedy of manners has a troubled history. Victor Perkins presents here a sensitive socio-historical study of Renoir's revised edition of the film, released 20 years after its premiere; shaped by the profundity and originality of its form. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: APFA. Dimension: 189 x 136 x 8. Weight: 204.
- Publisher
- British Film Institute
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851709659
- ISBN
- 9780851709659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.64
€ 18.64
Paperback. The first full-length study of Wong Kar-wai.Teo has produced a robust, well-researched book, ably exploring Wong's thematic strands Series: World Directors. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 191
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844570294
- ISBN
- 9781844570294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.22
€ 44.99
€ 37.22
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- S Q Publications,US United States
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865620353
- ISBN
- 9780865620353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31
Paperback. BIC Classification: AVRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 210 x 1. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation United States
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780793586219
- ISBN
- 9780793586219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.29
€ 13.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 50+. BIC Classification: AJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203. .
- Publisher
- Rocky Nook
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937538729
- ISBN
- 9781937538729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 44.19
€ 47.99
€ 44.19
Hardback. Editor(s): Menges, Jeff A. Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art. Num Pages: 128 pages, col. ill. BIC Classification: AGB; AKLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 279 x 7. Weight in Grams: 474. 128 pages, col. ill. Editor(s): Menges, Jeff A. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AGB; AKLB. Dimension: 211 x 279 x 7. Weight: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Edition
- No Additional Printings Listed
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486472959
- ISBN
- 9780486472959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.07
€ 33.99
€ 31.07
Paperback. Editor(s): Isenberg, Noah. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130554
- ISBN
- 9780231130554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.61
€ 37.99
€ 27.61