Art & Architecture
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Art & Architecture
Paperback. Series: Roger Fullington Series in Architecture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 112 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 209 x 14. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780292716360
- ISBN
- 9780292716360
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.75
€ 36.99
€ 35.75
Paperback. Soap opera speaks a universal language, presenting characters and plots that resonate far beyond the culture that creates them. This book presents an analysis of telenovelas and narco-dramas. It assesses the dynamic role of melodrama in creating meaningful cultural images to explain why these genres have become so successful. Num Pages: 245 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; APT; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st PB Edition
- SKU
- V9780292717121
- ISBN
- 9780292717121
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.91
€ 26.99
€ 26.91
Paperback. In San Diego, a group of Chicana women participated in a political theatre group whose plays addressed social, gender, and political issues of the working class and the Chicano Movement. This memoir tells the story of this troupe through chapters featuring the history and story of each of the main actors and writers. Editor(s): Garcia, Laura E.; Gutierrez, Sandra M.; Nunez, Felicitas. Series: Chicana Matters Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 34 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ADSL; AN; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292717442
- ISBN
- 9780292717442
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.64
€ 36.99
€ 35.64
Paperback. Powered by a driving beat, clever lyrics, and assertive attitudes, rap music and hip hop culture have engrossed American youth since the mid-1980s. This title looks at how Chicano/a youth have adopted and adapted rap music and hip hop culture to express their views on gender and violence, and on how Chicano/a youth fit into a globalizing world. Num Pages: 216 pages, 13 color photos in section. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AVGR; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292718036
- ISBN
- 9780292718036
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.02
€ 26.99
€ 25.02
Paperback. Since the beginning of television, Westerns have been playing on the small screen. This encyclopedia features more than 450 actors who received star billing or played a recurring character role in a TV Western series or a made-for-TV Western movie or miniseries from the late 1940s up-to 2008. Series: Ellen & Edward Randall Series. Num Pages: 75 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APB; APT; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292718494
- ISBN
- 9780292718494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.30
€ 42.30
Hardback. In some countries, they call them the 'abandonados', the abandoned ones. They're the mentally ill and mentally disabled patients being warehoused in psychiatric asylums that are more run-down, more uncaring than the most brutal American prisons. This work contains images that reveal the inhumane treatment suffered by the mentally disabled. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 152 pages, 71 duotones, 1 DVD. BIC Classification: AJCR; JKSM; MBPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 174 x 18. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292719101
- ISBN
- 9780292719101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.85
€ 52.85
Hardback. Extensively illustrated with detailed site plans and photographs, this architectural history of the Mexican plaza reveals why this central public space has been the heart of the community from ancient Mesoamerican times until the present Series: Roger Fullington Series in Architecture. Num Pages: 254 pages, 332 color and B&W illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AMVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 226 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292719163
- ISBN
- 9780292719163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.57
€ 70.57
Paperback. Using interdisciplinary performance studies and cultural studies frameworks, this title examines the cultural representation of queer sexuality in the contemporary cultural production of Mexican female and Chicana performance and visual artists. Series: Chicana Matters. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 b&w photos, 8 color photos in section. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AB; JFFK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780292722880
- ISBN
- 9780292722880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Hardback. Spotlighting innovative design projects in places ranging from Texas to Italy and China, this book sounds a call for architects, designers, and regional planners to create a built environment that works on a regional scale in harmony with the planet's ecology. Series: Roger Fullington Series in Architecture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 217 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 611. Weight in Grams: 1248.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292723856
- ISBN
- 9780292723856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.65
€ 52.65
Hardback. This magnificent ethnographic photo-essay presents the modern Maya of Yucatan who - resilient, resourceful, creative, and armed with intimate knowledge of the place where they live - have survived centuries of upheaval Series: The William and Bette Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 368 pages, 385 duotones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AJC; HBJK; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7747 x 5817 x 915. Weight in Grams: 2212.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292726932
- ISBN
- 9780292726932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.64
€ 63.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 261 pages, 46 b&w photos, 6 figures, 3 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: ACBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 709.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292731004
- ISBN
- 9780292731004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Paperback. This colourful examination of "translated" television characters in Italy looks at the implications for transnational intersections of commerce and culture. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; HRJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292737556
- ISBN
- 9780292737556
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.61
€ 20.99
€ 20.61
Paperback. *A timely window on the world of Middle Eastern cinema, this remarkable overview includes many essays that provide the first scholarly analysis of significant works by key filmmakers in the region. Editor(s): Gugler, Josef. Num Pages: 383 pages, 54 b&w photos, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; APFA; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292737563
- ISBN
- 9780292737563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.77
€ 36.99
€ 33.77
Hardback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 133 b&w illus. BIC Classification: APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292739192
- ISBN
- 9780292739192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.31
€ 35.31
Hardback. Newly revised and expanded, this is the standard reference and classroom text for the study of genre in film, with more than 25,000 copies sold Editor(s): Grant, Barry Keith. Series: Film Genre Reader. Num Pages: 107 b&w photos. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1179.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292742055
- ISBN
- 9780292742055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.21
€ 75.21
paperback. From monumental cathedrals to simple parish churches, perhaps as many as 100,000 churches and civic buildings were constructed in Mexico during the viceregal or colonial period (1535-1821). This book provides an overview of Mexican colonial architecture and its attendant sculpture. Num Pages: 279 pages, 172 halftones, 20 line drawings, 5 maps. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292752108
- ISBN
- 9780292752108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.11
€ 29.99
€ 29.11
Hardcover. Series: Brad & Michele Moore Roots Music Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 23 b&w photos. BIC Classification: AVGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292756588
- ISBN
- 9780292756588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.28
€ 28.28
Hardback. Examines the contributions of many modernist painters and sculptors in Texas, with an emphasis on the era's most abstract and compelling artists. This book looks at the Dallas Nine and the 1936 Texas Centennial, which offered local artists a chance to take stock of who they were and where they stood within the national artistic setting. Num Pages: 391 pages, 207 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; ACXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6314 x 5193 x 31. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 391
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292756595
- ISBN
- 9780292756595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.24
€ 70.24
Paperback. Explores how the women's movement, film studies programs, governmental film policy, and the transformation of the intellectual sector since the 1960s have affected women's filmmaking in Mexico. This title focuses on the work of five contemporary directors - Marisa Sistach, Busi Cortes, Guita Schyfter, Maria Novaro, and Dana Rotberg. Num Pages: 310 pages, 18 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; APF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292771093
- ISBN
- 9780292771093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Looks at cinematic production design from a broadly interdisciplinary perspective, encompassing art and architecture theory, audience reception, narrative theory, and phenomenology Num Pages: 252 pages, 79 b&w illus. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292781504
- ISBN
- 9780292781504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.95
€ 26.99
€ 26.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Kina, Laura. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 36 colour illustrations, 47 illus., 36 in color. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBS; HBTB; JFSJ5; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295741376
- ISBN
- 9780295741376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.10
€ 42.99
€ 42.10
paperback. Essays on the development of Boas' theories on primitive art and his legacy i Northwest Coast art studies offer a theoretical framework for this collectio of 14 articles written between 1889 and 1916 by the art historian and anthropologist. The articles, in which he disputes Eurocentric art theorie Editor(s): Jonaitis, Aldona. Num Pages: 380 pages, 242 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBK; AFTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 563.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295973845
- ISBN
- 9780295973845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.10
€ 42.99
€ 42.10
Paperback. Taking into account technological developments, this edition of a classic guide (last, 1989; first, 1967) to theatrical scenery and lighting practices in the US adds some 200 terms and new equipment illustrations. Lists manufacturers and distributors. Expanded by Boulanger (emeritus, theatre, Easte Num Pages: 262 pages, 325 illus. BIC Classification: ANH; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 281 x 21. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Fourth
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295977171
- ISBN
- 9780295977171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.75
€ 36.99
€ 35.75
Paperback. An indispensable book for architects, urban designers and planners, landscape architects, architectural and urban scholars, government officials, developers, environmentalists, and citizens interested in understanding and shaping the American metropolis. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 272 pages, 80 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMVD; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6466 x 4531 x 14. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295982045
- ISBN
- 9780295982045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.75
€ 36.99
€ 35.75