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Art & Architecture
Introducing… our broad range of books on Architecture, Photography, Art Forms, Film TV & Radio, Dance and Performing Arts, Music and History of Art. In our Film TV & Radio section, we have many other sub-genres such as Books That Inspired Movies including Gone Girl, The Enigma, Fifty Shades of Grey and Foxcatcher. Our Music section includes biographies and sheet music of famous musicians past and present, international and Irish – Elvis, Taylor Swift, David Bowie, Bob Geldof, Ed Sheeran, One Direction, Bono and many more.
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Art & Architecture
Hardcover. Locating a shared interest in the philosophy of "art for art's sake" in aestheticism and modernismo, this study examines the changing role of art and artist during the turn-of-the-century period, offering a consideration of the multiple dichotomies of art and life, aesthetics and economics, production and consumption, and center and periphery. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230278097
- ISBN
- 9780230278097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Hardcover. An exposition and analysis of the development of propaganda, focusing on how the development of radio transformed the delivery and impact of propaganda and led to the use of radio to incite hatred and violence. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APW; HBTZ; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230278295
- ISBN
- 9780230278295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
The Theatres of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia: Performance Traditions o...
Amine, Khalid, Carlson, Marvin
Hardcover. Modern international studies of world theatre and drama have begun to acknowledge the Arab world only after the contributions of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Within the Arab world, the contributions of Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco to modern drama and to post-colonial expression remain especially neglected, a problem that this book addresses. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 1HBM; 1HBT; AN; ASZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230278745
- ISBN
- 9780230278745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Paperback. Phantoms of War in Contemporary German Literature, Films and Discourse offers an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of fundamental shifts in German cultural memory. This paperback edition includes a new preface. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; APFA; DSBH; JFC; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279650
- ISBN
- 9780230279650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.00
€ 67.00
A Good Night Out for the Girls: Popular Feminisms in Contemporary Thea...
Aston, Elaine, Harris, Geraldine
Hardcover. Moving across the boundaries of mainstream and experimental circuits, from the affective pleasures of commercially successful shows such as Calendar Girls and Mamma Mia! to the feminist possibilities of new burlesque and stand-up, this book offers a lucid and accessible account of popular feminisms in contemporary theatre and performance. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230281035
- ISBN
- 9780230281035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.18
€ 66.18
Hardcover. Patricia Holland offers a fascinating study of the ways in which changes to public services, and shifts in the concept of 'the public' under Margaret Thatcher's three Conservative governments, were mediated by radio and television in the 1980s. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; APT; APW; JFDT; JPHL; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282377
- ISBN
- 9780230282377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. A lively and engaging study of on-screen and off-screen performances of masculinity, focusing on well-known male actors in American film and popular culture in the 1990s and 2000s. Peberdy examines specific social, cultural, historical and political contexts that have affected age, race, sexuality and fatherhood on screen. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; 3JMC; APFA; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230283787
- ISBN
- 9780230283787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Paperback. This is the first book to explore all central issues surrounding the relationship between the film-image and philosophy. It tackles the work of particular philosophers of film (A iA ek, Deleuze and Cavell) as well as general philosophical positions (Cognitivist and Culturalist), and analyses the ability of film to teach and create philosophy. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; HPCF; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285019
- ISBN
- 9780230285019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.50
€ 72.50
Hardcover. This book explores an under-researched body of work from the early decades of the twentieth century, connecting plays, performances and practitioners together in dynamic dialogues. Moving across national, generational and social borders, the book reads experiments in Britain during this period alongside theatrical innovations overseas. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285781
- ISBN
- 9780230285781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Hardcover. The music industry is undergoing immense change. This book argues that the transformations occurring across the various music industries - recording, live performance, publishing - can be characterised as much by continuity as by change, raising complex questions about the value of music commodities. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; KNTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230291485
- ISBN
- 9780230291485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Hardcover. Why is folly essential to the functioning of a healthy society? Why is theatre a natural home for madness? The answers take the reader on a journey embracing Shakespeare and Jonson, Brecht and Beckett, Buchner and Boal. From Falstaff to Fo via Figaro, this study examines the art of telling truth to power and surviving long enough to have a laugh. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230291591
- ISBN
- 9780230291591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.21
€ 67.21
Hardcover. This volume brings together a series of essays that interrogate the notion of figuration in Indian cinemas. The essays collectively argue that the figures which exhibit maximum tenacity in Indian cinema often emerge in the interface of recognizable binaries: self/other, Indian/foreign, good/bad, virtue/vice, myth/reality and urban/rural. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230291799
- ISBN
- 9780230291799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. Over 20 years after the war in Yugoslavia, this book looks back at its two most iconic cities and the phenomenon of exile emerging as a consequence of living in them in the 1990s. It uses examples ranging from street interventions to theatre performances to explore the making of urban counter-sites through theatricality and utopian performatives. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; ASZD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292666
- ISBN
- 9780230292666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Performing Contagious Bodies explores live/body art and installation practices through theories of ritual and magic. Featuring discussion of a wide range of contemporary international practice, this book explores the intersections of performance studies, art history, anthropology and contemporary visual art practices. Num Pages: 248 pages, 24 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AFKN; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292703
- ISBN
- 9780230292703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.61
€ 127.61
Paperback. This book, now in paperback with a new preface, examines art and performance practices emerging from a more technological world. They are integral to alternative and mainstream performance culture and the author explores their aesthetic theorisation and analyses other approaches, including those offered by research into neuroesthetics. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; ANS; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293649
- ISBN
- 9780230293649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.94
€ 65.94
Hardcover. Film and television adaptations of classic literature have held a longstanding appeal for audiences, an appeal that this book sets out to examine. With a particular focus on Wuthering Heights, the book examines adaptations made from the 1930s to the twenty-first century, providing an understanding of how they help shape our cultural landscape. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFN; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230294042
- ISBN
- 9780230294042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. This history of British and American television drama since 1970 charts the increased transnationalisation of the two production systems. From The Forsyte Saga to Roots to Episodes, it highlights the close relationship that drives innovation and quality on both sides of the Atlantic. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 2. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230297753
- ISBN
- 9780230297753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Hardcover. Performances in hospices and on beaches; cross-cultural myth making in Wales, New Zealand and the US; communal poetry among mental health system survivors: this book, now in paperback, presents a senior practitioner/critic's exploration of arts-based research processes sustained over more than a decade - a subtle engagement with disability culture. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASZ; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468. Find a Strange and Twisted Shape. 296 pages, 25 black & white halftones. Performances in hospices and on beaches; cross-cultural myth making in Wales, New Zealand and the US; communal poetry among mental health system survivors: this book, now in paperback, presents a senior practitioner/critic's exploration of arts-based research processes sustained over more than a decade - a subtle engagement with disability culture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ASZ; JFFG. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 21. Weight: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298279
- ISBN
- 9780230298279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.75
€ 67.75
Hardcover. The rise of independent documentary film production is the most radical development in the contemporary Chinese mediascape. This book is a sustained examination of Chinese independent documentary in relation to one of its central principles: xianchang, or being 'on the scene'. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298293
- ISBN
- 9780230298293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardcover. Coates presents the face in film as a place where transformations begin, reflecting both the experience of modernity and such influential myths as that of Medusa. This is exemplified by a wide range of European and American films, including Ingmar Bergman's Persona. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298477
- ISBN
- 9780230298477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49