Art & Architecture
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Art & Architecture
Hardcover. Ten leading commentators explore the interfaces between art and aesthetics in dialogue with a philosophical text (Theodor Adorno's draft introduction to Aesthetic Theory), a piece of literary writing (Franz Kafka's A Report to an Academy), and a major contemporary painting (Gerhard Richter's Betty, 1988). Editor(s): Regier, Alexander; De Bolla, Peter; Uhlig, Stefan H. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; HPN; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230549197
- ISBN
- 9780230549197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This topical collection explores the relationship between violence and performance. The authors offer fresh theoretical perspectives and examine media as diverse as street theatre, performance art, photography and cinema in locations as diverse as Korea and South Africa to India and Israel. Editor(s): Anderson, Patrick; Menon, Jisha. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 405 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; JFFE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230537262
- ISBN
- 9780230537262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.36
€ 68.36
Hardcover. Through the analysis of examples that range from cutting-edge Hollywood blockbusters to viral films on the internet, and from Victorian cinema to the present, the contributors to this volume discuss the ways in which thinking about technology is crucial to understanding cinema's forms, significance and impact upon audiences. Editor(s): Bennett, Bruce; Furstenau, Marc; Mackenzie, Adrian. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230524774
- ISBN
- 9780230524774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.93
€ 127.93
Hardcover. Examining the ways in which national theatres have formed and evolved over time, this new collection highlights the difficulties these institutions encounter today, in an environment where nationalism and national identity are increasingly contested by global, transnational and local agendas, and where economic forces create conflicting demands. Editor(s): Wilmer, S. E. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; AN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230521094
- ISBN
- 9780230521094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
Hardcover. This volume applies two fashionable theoretical paradigms - "The Other" and "intercultural dialogue" - to Russian film and television. Editor(s): Hutchings, Stephen C. Series: Studies in Central and Eastern Europe. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; APFA; JFC; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517363
- ISBN
- 9780230517363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.68
€ 67.68
Hardcover. Leaders in business and art can gain a lot by listening to each other. In this book thirteen research-based cases demonstrate how software programmers, art curators, financial analysts, orchestra conductors, construction engineers and chefs, share aesthetic leadership talents that hold the key to transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. Editor(s): Guillet de Monthoux, Pierre; Gustafsson, Claes; Sjostrand, Sven-Erik. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: A; KJM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230515581
- ISBN
- 9780230515581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardcover. The fourteen essays featured here focus on series such as Space Patrol, Tom Corbett, and Captain Z-Ro, exploring their roles in the day-to-day lives of their fans through topics such as mentoring, promotion of the real-world space program, merchandising, gender issues, and ranger clubs - all the while promoting the fledgling medium of television. Editor(s): Miller, Cynthia J.; Van Riper, A. Bowdoin. Num Pages: 294 pages, 62 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APT; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230377318
- ISBN
- 9780230377318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.91
€ 67.91
Hardcover. What happens when art and pornography meet? By providing a plurality of disciplinary approaches and theoretical perspectives this essay collection will give the reader a fuller and deeper understanding of the commonalities and frictions between artistic and pornographic representations. Editor(s): Maes, Hans. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: AGH; HPN; HPQ; JFMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230368200
- ISBN
- 9780230368200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.36
€ 128.36
Hardcover. This book investigates the expanding parameters for site-specific performance to account for the form's increasing popularity in the twenty-first century. Leading practitioners and theorists interrogate issues of performance and site to broaden our understanding of the role that place plays in performance and the ways that performance influences it Editor(s): Birch, Anna; Tompkins, Joanne. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230364059
- ISBN
- 9780230364059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Hardcover. Following the ground-breaking Performance and the City, this new volume explores what it means to create and experience urban performance - as both an aesthetic and a political practice - in the burgeoning world where cities are built by globalization and neoliberal capital. Editor(s): Hopkins, D. J.; Solga, Kim. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 black & white tables, 44 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; AS; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230361676
- ISBN
- 9780230361676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. A collection of ten original essays forging new interdisciplinary connections between crime fiction and film, encompassing British, Swedish, American and Canadian contexts. The authors explore representations of race, gender, sexuality and memory, and challenge traditional categorisations of academic and professional crime writing. Editor(s): Miller, Vivien; Oakley, Helen. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFN; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230353985
- ISBN
- 9780230353985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Hardcover. A study of controversy in the arts, and the extent to which such controversies are socially rather than just aesthetically conditioned. The collection pays special attention to the vested interests and the social dynamics involved, including class, religion, culture, and - above all - power. Editor(s): Howells, Richard; Ritivoi, Andreea Deciu; Schachter, Judith. Num Pages: 347 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230353978
- ISBN
- 9780230353978
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardcover. Consisting of critical analyses, theoretical provocations and practical reflections by leading scholars/practitioners from the fields of performance studies, live art and creative technology, these essays examine the rise of intimate performance works and question the socio-historical contexts provoking those aesthetic and affective developments. Editor(s): Chatzichristodoulou, Ms Maria; Zerihan, Ms Rachel. Series: Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230348868
- ISBN
- 9780230348868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. Practice-based film education is a crucial element in the institutional landscape of film. This book fills the gap in understanding practice-based film scholarship, focusing on Europe, Asia, and Australia. Editor(s): Hjort, Mette. Series: Global Cinema. Num Pages: 281 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 1MBF; APFX; JNRV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341432
- ISBN
- 9780230341432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Paperback. Oppression by censorship affects the film industry far more frequently than any other mass media. Including essays by leading film historians, the book offers groundbreaking historical research on film censorship in major film production countries and explore such innovative themes as film censorship and authorship, religion, and colonialism. Editor(s): Biltereyst, Daniel; Winkel, Roel Vande. Series: Global Cinema. Num Pages: 332 pages, 11 black & white halftones, 1 maps, 3 black & white tables, 2 graphs. BIC Classification: APFA; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340817
- ISBN
- 9780230340817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. Oppression by censorship affects the film industry far more frequently than any other mass media. Including essays by leading film historians, the book offers groundbreaking historical research on film censorship in major film production countries and explore such innovative themes as film censorship and authorship, religion, and colonialism. Editor(s): Biltereyst, Daniel; Winkel, Roel Vande. Series: Global Cinema. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340800
- ISBN
- 9780230340800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. This collection examines the intersection between the products of the Disney Corporation and popular culture's fascination with the Middle Ages. Editor(s): Pugh, Tison; Aronstein, Susan. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFV; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340077
- ISBN
- 9780230340077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.14
€ 139.14
Hardcover. The essays within this collection explore the possibilities and potentialities of all three positions, presenting encounters that are, at times contradictory, at other times supportive, as well as complementary. The collection thereby enriches the questions that are being raised within contemporary cinematic studies. Editor(s): Jagodzinski, Jan. Num Pages: 299 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338555
- ISBN
- 9780230338555
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
Paperback. This collection of interdisciplinary essays examines current cinematic and media landscapes from the perspective of transnational feminist practices and methodologies. Focusing on film, media art, and video essays, the contributors chart innovative strategies for exploring contemporary visual cultures. Editor(s): Marciniak, Katarzyna; Imre, Aniko; O'Healy, Aine. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFCD; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338142
- ISBN
- 9780230338142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.75
€ 71.75
Hardcover. Looking at representations of the Irish landscape in contemporary literature and the arts, this volume discusses the economic, political and environmental issues associated with it, questioning the myths behind Ireland's landscape, from the first Greek descriptions to present day post Celtic-Tiger architecture. Editor(s): Mianowski, Marie. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 2 charts, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230319394
- ISBN
- 9780230319394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.00
€ 68.00