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paperback. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 35 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AVA; AVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253018038
ISBN
9780253018038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.91

Hardcover. Offers fresh perspectives on the African archive, reimagining its diverse histories and changing meanings. This title investigates typical representations of African subjects, from scenes in nature and romanticized images of semi-nude models, to modern sitters posing in stylized studios. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: AJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 323 x 249 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1970.
Publisher
Steidl Publishers Germany
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9783869306513
ISBN
9783869306513
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.37
€ 66.47

Paperback. The printed designs include abstract, floral, pictorial, animal and figural themes. The fabric is contemporary, most made of cotton in Africa commercially, and many designs are adaptations of traditional African woven textiles. Num Pages: 112 pages, 231 color photos. BIC Classification: 1H; AKTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 280 x 10. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764306945
ISBN
9780764306945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 30 plates. BIC Classification: 1H; AVGH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226103457
ISBN
9780226103457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.19

Introduces the vast range of tribal sculpture from Senegal to the Congo regions and Mali to Sierra Leone. Explores the expressive quality and sheer evocative power of African art, and helps one gain a better understanding of one of the great heritages of mankind. Translator(s): Walters, Richard. Num Pages: 237 pages, 347 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 225 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1530.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764323324
ISBN
9780764323324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.21
€ 39.25

Paperback. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 238 pages, 20 halftones, 4 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AVGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226217246
ISBN
9780226217246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.82

Hardcover. African textiles are patterned with stories that range far beyond the time of the creation or the lifetime of their creator. In Africa, cloth is used to commemorate important events, people or political struggles that in other parts of the world might be recorded in writing. This book offers an insight into the living history of Africa. Num Pages: 256 pages, col. ill. BIC Classification: 1H; AFW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 244 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1682. 256 pages, col. ill. African textiles are patterned with stories that range far beyond the time of the creation or the lifetime of their creator. In Africa, cloth is used to commemorate important events, people or political struggles that in other parts of the world might be recorded in writing. This book offers an insight into the living history of Africa. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1H; AFW. Dimension: 277 x 244 x 27. Weight: 1660.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714115597
ISBN
9780714115597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.05

Paperback. With a survey of African textiles on the market, this book illustrates over 570 spectacular colour photographs the traditional, hand crafted, indigenous textiles of the whole continent. It provides a wealth of information on the rich art of African textiles. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; AFW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500292211
ISBN
9780500292211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.54

Paperback. Contributors examine how international theatre festivals have been organised and how they have affected the evolution of sustainable theatre. Editor(s): Banham, Martin. Series: African Theatre. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254. Festivals. Series: African Theatre. 172 pages. Editor(s): Banham, Martin. Contributors examine how international theatre festivals have been organised and how they have affected the evolution of sustainable theatre. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1H; AN. Dimension: 140 x 215 x 11. Weight: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
James Currey
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010575
ISBN
9781847010575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.68

Paperback. A key volume for Shakespeare, African theatre and postcolonial cultural scholars, promoting debate on the role of Western cultural icons in contemporary postcolonial cultures. Editor(s): Banham, Martin. Series: African Theatre. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8, 7 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings, 7 black and white, 1 lin. BIC Classification: 1HF; 2AB; AN; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010803
ISBN
9781847010803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.68

Paperback. Looks at the lives, challenges and contributions of African women from across the continent to making and participating in theatre in the 21st century. Editor(s): Banham, Martin; Gibbs, James; Osofisan, Femi. Series: African Theatre. Num Pages: 156 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; AN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
James Currey
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011312
ISBN
9781847011312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.68

Hardback. Extends the study of China's "soft power" into theatre studies and looks more widely at syncretic traditions evolving in other long-term historic exchanges between Asia and Africa. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1H; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
James Currey
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011466
ISBN
9781847011466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.17

Paperback. In the OXFORD HISTORY OF ART series, this book discusses folk and decorative arts alongside fine art produced by African-Americans throughout the nineteenth century. It also explores more recent issues in art and politics - the Civil Rights era and Black Nationalism in the 1960s and 70s and the emergence of new black artists in the 1980s and 90s. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 320 pages, colour plates, halftones, line drawings and maps throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; ACBK; ACV; ACX; AFTB; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 169 x 21. Weight in Grams: 742.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192842138
ISBN
9780192842138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.77

Paperback. Advances the study of pioneering black dancers by providing biographical and historical information on a group of artists who worked during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s to legitimize dance of the African diaspora. This title sets these seminal artists and their innovations in the contexts of African-American culture and American modern dance. Num Pages: 336 pages, 26 photographs. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; ASD; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252072611
ISBN
9780252072611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 277 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: APF; CFG; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Silman-James Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9781879505285
ISBN
9781879505285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.38

paperback. How ethnological show business shaped European and American perceptions of Africa and Africans. Editor(s): Lindfors, Bernth. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 1H; 1KBB; ASZH; JFC; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 174 x 18. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212450
ISBN
9780253212450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.94

Afro-Cuban identity in Post-Revolutionary Novel and Film examines the changing discourse on race as portrayed in Cuban novels and films produced after 1959. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; APFA; DSB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611484229
ISBN
9781611484229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.67

Paperback. Metropolises often evoke images of flashy high-rise buildings, permanent background noise, backed-up cars and people moving quickly in all directions in their masses. New York, Tokyo, London, Sao Paulo. But what about Cairo? Editor(s): Pinther, Kerstin; Forster, Larissa; Hanussek, Christian. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 277 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1248.
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781431403257
ISBN
9781431403257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.64

Hardback. Art as we know it is dramatically changing, but popular and critical responses lag behind. This title describes how art and architecture are being transformed in the age of Google. It provides an original theory of art and architecture in the age of global networks. Series: Point: Essays on Architecture. Num Pages: 136 pages, 39 color illus. 1 halftone. BIC Classification: ABA; AMA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 191 x 11. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691150444
ISBN
9780691150444
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.36

Hardback. When Constructivism emerged shortly after the Russian Revolution, its central principles concerned structure and efficiency in the work of art and the nature and properties of materials. In this book, the author examines the origins of these principles and their extraordinary consequences for the rest of modern art. Num Pages: 240 pages, 45 colour images + 97 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 203 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1230.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300195774
ISBN
9780300195774
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.84
€ 50.63

Hardback. Num Pages: 324 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Tulika Print Communication Services India
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9788189487584
ISBN
9788189487584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.67

Paperback. "Though it seems contradictory to write words of praise for a book that deeply interrogates the marketability of praiseful language (in the guise of art criticism), Gavin Butta s collection deserves them. Framed by Butta s astute introduction, these performative essays pulse with vitality. Editor(s): Butt, Gavin. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631232841
ISBN
9780631232841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.57

Hardcover. It has become apparent that criticism has fallen on hard times. This book explores contemporary approaches which have sought to renew criticism's energies in the wake of a 'theatrical turn' in visual arts practice, and the emergence of a 'performative' arts writing over the decade or so. Editor(s): Butt, Gavin. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631232834
ISBN
9780631232834
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.69

Hardcover. Focuses on the little known Magical Realist painter Marta Hegemann (1894-1970), re-inserting her into the histories of avant-garde modernism Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 colour illustrations, 58 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 239 x 21. Weight in Grams: 842.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719090073
ISBN
9780719090073
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.20

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