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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
Paperback. Five Musical Years in Ghana. 328 pages, 78 illustrations. Looks at the vernacular cosmopolitanism of a group of jazz players in Ghana, who have traveled widely, played with American jazz greats, and blended Coltrane with local instruments and philosophy. This book describes their cosmopolitan outlook as an accoustemology, a way of knowing the world through sound. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; AVGJ. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 13. Weight: 528.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351627
- ISBN
- 9780822351627
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€ 31.99€ 28.58
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Paperback. Folksongs of North India. 320 pages, 30 photographs, 2 maps. Analyzes the folk songs from the Bhojpuri-speaking regions of North India to explore how ideas of gender, caste, and class are socially constructed, transmitted, questioned, and reaffirmed through their performance. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AVGH; JFSJ. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 19. Weight: 448.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351306
- ISBN
- 9780822351306
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€ 31.99€ 28.50
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Paperback. Tracing the history of television as a therapeutic device, Joy V. Fuqua describes how TVs came to make hospitals seem more like home and then "medicalized" the modern home several decades later. Num Pages: 216 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304. Therapeutic Discourse in the Hospital and at Home. 224 pages, 15 illustrations. Traces the history of television as a therapeutic device. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: APT; JFD. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351269
- ISBN
- 9780822351269
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€ 26.99€ 25.29
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Paperback. Amateur Photographers and Historical Imagination, 1885-1918. Series: Objects/Histories. 344 pages, 121 photographs (duotones), 1 table. Looks at the popularity of the amateur photographic survey movement in England between the mid-1880s and the end of World War I, when over a thousand amateur photographers took well over 50,000 photographs documenting nearby churches, cottages, and other local features. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; AJG; HBJD1; JFC. Dimension: 206 x 254 x 21. Weight: 1008.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351047
- ISBN
- 9780822351047
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€ 32.99€ 29.73
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Paperback. Early Photography and the Making of African American Identity. 408 pages, 71 photographs. Editor(s): Wallace, Maurice O.; Smith, Shawn Michelle. Brings to light the wide-ranging practices of early African American photography, as well as the effects of photography on racialized thinking. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJC; GTB; JFC; JHMP. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 29. Weight: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350859
- ISBN
- 9780822350859
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€ 32.99€ 29.73
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350477
- ISBN
- 9780822350477
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€ 31.99€ 28.62
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Paperback. Explores the full range of popular music from show tunes to Latin in a wide variety of television programs, and shows how the standards of presentation and performance developed Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 424 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APT; AVGN; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584. Popular Music on Early Television. Series: Console-ing Passions. 424 pages, 29 illustrations. Explores the full range of popular music from show tunes to Latin in a wide variety of television programs, and shows how the standards of presentation and performance developed. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APT; AVGN; JFD. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 25. Weight: 584.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350118
- ISBN
- 9780822350118
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€ 33.99€ 30.83
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Paperback. The best, most provocative reviews, interviews, columns, and essays written by the entertaining, idiosyncratic, and influential music writer Chuck Eddy over the past twenty-five years. Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350101
- ISBN
- 9780822350101
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Paperback. Shows how politics and aesthetics merge in American film noirs made between the late 1930s and the mid-1950s; their oft-noted uncanniness betrays the fear that un-American foes lurk within the homeland. Num Pages: 280 pages, 24 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350064
- ISBN
- 9780822350064
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€ 30.99€ 27.51
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Paperback. Geoffrey Baker traces the trajectory of the Havana hip hop scene from the late 1980s to the present and analyzes its partial eclipse by reggaeton. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 424 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; AVGR; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349594
- ISBN
- 9780822349594
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Paperback. The life story of the outstanding jazz vocalist Sathima Bea Benjamin sheds light on South African jazz history, women in jazz, and American music as a transnational art form. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 384 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AVGJ; AVH; BGFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532. South African Women Thinking in Jazz. Series: Refiguring American Music. 376 pages, 32 illustrations. The life story of the outstanding jazz vocalist Sathima Bea Benjamin sheds light on South African jazz history, women in jazz, and American music as a transnational art form. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AVGJ; AVH; BGFA. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 24. Weight: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349143
- ISBN
- 9780822349143
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Paperback. Puts digital sampling into historical, cultural, and legal context Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVX; LNRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822348757
- ISBN
- 9780822348757
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€ 31.99€ 28.50
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822348221
- ISBN
- 9780822348221
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Paperback. A study of post-Suharto Indonesia that focuses on the role of architecture and urban space in defining social changes, as well the role that such spaces play in forming social and political identities, particularly social memories. It also looks at the roles of architecture and urban development in Indonesia's efforts to move forward. Num Pages: 352 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; AMK; JFCD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346470
- ISBN
- 9780822346470
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Paperback. Features writings on contemporary art and culture by the author, a painter and feminist art theorist. Mixing theory and practice, the personal and the political, this book tackles questions about the place of feminism in art and political discourse, and the aesthetics and values of contemporary painting. Num Pages: 336 pages, 53 illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582. Essays on Art, Politics, and Daily Life. 336 pages, 53 illustrations. Features writings on contemporary art and culture by the author, a painter and feminist art theorist. Mixing theory and practice, the personal and the political, this book tackles questions about the place of feminism in art and political discourse, and the aesthetics and values of contemporary painting. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AC; JFFK. Dimension: 154 x 234 x 25. Weight: 582.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346029
- ISBN
- 9780822346029
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€ 31.99€ 28.62
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Hardback. A generously illustrated ethnography arguing that popular photographic practices have played a crucial role in the making of modern national subjects in postcolonial Java. Series: Objects/Histories. Num Pages: 400 pages, 127 photographs, incl. 32 in color. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJP; AJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 896.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345930
- ISBN
- 9780822345930
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€ 123.40
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Paperback. Argues that fantastic cinema depicts the coexistence of other modes of being alongside and within the modern present, disclosing multiple 'immiscible' temporalities that strain against homogeneous time. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 360 pages, 51 photographs. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 564. Cinema, the Fantastic, and Temporal Critique. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. 352 pages, 51 photographs. Argues that fantastic cinema depicts the coexistence of other modes of being alongside and within the modern present, disclosing multiple 'immiscible' temporalities that strain against homogeneous time. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight: 564.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345107
- ISBN
- 9780822345107
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€ 32.99€ 29.73
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Paperback. An argument that the fast-paced, multivalent qualities of contemporary Bollywood cinema are emblematic of the changing conditions of media consumption in a globalizing India. Num Pages: 320 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822344124
- ISBN
- 9780822344124
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€ 31.99€ 28.50
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Paperback. In this concise analysis of the television show The Sopranos, a leading film and TV scholar explains the importance of the series in both its cultural and media-industry contexts. Series: Spin Offs. Num Pages: 232 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822344100
- ISBN
- 9780822344100
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€ 27.99€ 26.40
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Paperback. Scholars of Asia, most of whom are anthropologists, examine the transformations precipitated or accelerated by the spread of photography across East and Southeast Asia. Editor(s): Morris, Rosalind C. Series: Objects/Histories. Num Pages: 328 pages, 59 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FP; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 254 x 21. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342052
- ISBN
- 9780822342052
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Paperback. Imposing Harmony offers an analysis of the role of music and musicians in the social and political life of colonial Cuzco. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; AVGC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341604
- ISBN
- 9780822341604
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€ 31.99€ 28.62
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Paperback. Continuing film lovers' ongoing conversation about the low, the bad, and the sleazy face of cinema, this book examines the ineffable quality of "sleaze" in relation to a range of issues, including the production realities of low-budget exploitation pictures and the ever-shifting terrain of reception and taste. Editor(s): Sconce, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 352 pages, 59 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; APFA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339649
- ISBN
- 9780822339649
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€ 32.99€ 29.67
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Paperback. Calendar art appears in all manner of contexts in India: in chic elite living rooms, middle-class kitchens, urban slums, and village huts. This book examines the power that calendar art wields in Indian mass culture, arguing that its meanings derive as much from the production and circulation of the images as from their visual features. Series: Objects/Histories. Num Pages: 448 pages, 156 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; ACBP; AFH; HBJF; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339267
- ISBN
- 9780822339267
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€ 33.99€ 30.83
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Paperback. Examines the work of more than forty Chicana artists across a variety of media including painting, printmaking, sculpture, performance, photography, and other installations forms. This book describes how Chicana artists invoke a culturally hybrid spirituality to question and confront racism, bigotry, patriarchy, and homophobia. Series: Objects/Histories. Num Pages: 408 pages, 90 illustrations ( incl. 73 in color). BIC Classification: ACB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338680
- ISBN
- 9780822338680
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€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82