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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. 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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351306
- ISBN
- 9780822351306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.50
€ 31.99
€ 28.50
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351627
- ISBN
- 9780822351627
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.58
€ 31.99
€ 28.58
Paperback. A collection of essays considering how country music became "white," how that fictive racialization has been maintained, and how African American artists and fans have used country music to elaborate their own identities. Editor(s): Pecknold, Diane. Num Pages: 392 pages, 21 illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGL; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351634
- ISBN
- 9780822351634
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.78
€ 32.99
€ 29.78
Hardback. Powerful and arresting colour photographs of Iraq in conflict, taken over a six-year period through Humvee windows and military-issue night vision goggles Series: Center for Documentary Studies/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography. Num Pages: 120 pages, 96 color photographs. BIC Classification: AJCR; HBWS5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 314 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1193.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351665
- ISBN
- 9780822351665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.45
€ 47.45
Paperback. Paying particular attention to hula performances that toured throughout the U.S. beginning in the late nineteenth century, Adria L. Imada investigates the role of hula in the American colonization of Hawai'i. Num Pages: 392 pages, 80 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352075
- ISBN
- 9780822352075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Paperback. Andean Music in Japan. 248 pages, 18 illustrations. This is a book about Andean music, its reception in Japan, and the resultant transcultural connection. Michelle Bigenho toured Japan with Bolivian musicians and dancers and describes how the two nationalites connected with each other through song and dance. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KLSX; AVGE; JFC. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 15. Weight: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352358
- ISBN
- 9780822352358
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.43
€ 27.99
€ 26.43
Paperback. Radical Sensations examines the radical world-movements that emerged between 1886 and 1927 adapted sentiment, sensation, and new forms of visual culture to move people to participate in projects of social, political, and economic transformation. Num Pages: 368 pages, 88 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; HBJK; JFD; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488. World Movements, Violence, and Visual Culture. 368 pages, 88 illustrations. Drawing attention to the vast archive of images and texts created by radicals prior to the 1930s, the author analyzes representations of violence and of abuses of state power in response to the Haymarket police riot, of the trial and execution of the Chicago anarchists, and of the mistreatment and imprisonment of Ricardo and Enrique Flores Magon. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACX; HBJK; JFD; JPF. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 22. Weight: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352914
- ISBN
- 9780822352914
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353089
- ISBN
- 9780822353089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardback. Focusing on the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962) and the historical continuities it presented with the experience of the Second World War, this book highlights decolonization's formative effects on art and related theories of representation, both political and aesthetic. Series: Objects/Histories. Num Pages: 333 pages, 84 illustrations (inclu. 21 in color). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; ACX; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 184 x 21. Weight in Grams: 876.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353560
- ISBN
- 9780822353560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.81
€ 115.81
Paperback. Cinema and the Open Edge of Mass Publicity. 296 pages. At the intersection of anthropology, media studies, and critical theory, Censorium is a pathbreaking analysis of Indian film censorship. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APF; JFD; JFMD. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 20. Weight: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353881
- ISBN
- 9780822353881
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Hardback. In this comprehensive analysis of the TV series Mad Men, scholars explore the groundbreaking drama in relation to fashion, history, architecture, civil rights, feminism, consumerism, art, cinema, and the serial format. Editor(s): Goodlad, Lauren M. E.; Kaganovsky, Lilya; Rushing, Robert A. Num Pages: 432 pages, 97 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPK; APT; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354024
- ISBN
- 9780822354024
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Condition: New
€ 127.89
€ 127.89
Paperback. In the wake of the King assassination and subsequent uprisings, Black Public Affairs Television emerged. Devorah Heitner tells its story, analyzing the production, reception, and content of its early groundbreaking programs. Num Pages: 208 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFDT; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354246
- ISBN
- 9780822354246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354253
- ISBN
- 9780822354253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354338
- ISBN
- 9780822354338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354536
- ISBN
- 9780822354536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.78
€ 32.99
€ 29.78
Hardback. The Work of Art in the World offers a celebration of socially engaged art that develops momentum and meaning as it circulates through society and an impassioned call for citizens to collaborate in the co-creation of a more just and more beautiful world. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 photographs, 2 graphs. BIC Classification: AB; JFC; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 636. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822355724
- ISBN
- 9780822355724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.87
€ 109.87
Hardback. Focusing on spectacular digital visual effects in live-action films made between 1989 and 2011, this book identifies and examines four effects emblems: the illusion of gravity-defying vertical movement, massive digital multitudes or "swarms," photorealistic digital creatures, and morphing "plasmatic" figures. Num Pages: 224 pages, 55 photographs. BIC Classification: APFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822355748
- ISBN
- 9780822355748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.75
€ 110.75
Hardback. Art is expanding into urban development and the design and tourism industries. Art practices based on objects are displaced by practices based on contexts. Aesthetic distinctions dissolve as artworks are inserted into the media, urban spaces, digital networks, and social forums. This book deals with this topic. Translator(s): Frye, David. Num Pages: 240 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356097
- ISBN
- 9780822356097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.75
€ 110.75
Hardback. In the 1920s, as American films came to dominate the country's cinemas, many of Mexico's cultural and political elites feared that this "Yanqui Invasion" would turn Mexico into a cultural vassal of the United States. In this book, the author contends that Hollywood films were not simply tools of cultural imperialism. Num Pages: 336 pages, 46 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJG; APF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356417
- ISBN
- 9780822356417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.81
€ 115.81
Hardback. Shows how musical acts and performances generate their own aesthetic and political force, creating, however fleetingly, a shared sense of the world among otherwise diverse listeners. This book argues that communities grounded in the act and experience of listening can give rise to new political ideas and expression. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; HPN; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356462
- ISBN
- 9780822356462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.81
€ 115.81