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. Explores one of the oldest traditions of American religious folksong: unaccompanied congregational singing in Appalachian Primitive Baptist churches. Using interviews, field observations, historical research, song transcriptions, and musical analysis, the author explores the dynamic relationship between singing and theology in these churches. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGD; HRCC92. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252070037
- ISBN
- 9780252070037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.98
€ 26.99
€ 24.98
paperback. Provides a full critical discussion of the films of Latin America's most important living director. This is one of our first two titles in new Contemporary Film Directors series. Series: Contemporary Film Directors. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 407. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252071126
- ISBN
- 9780252071126
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Condition: New
€ 23.70
€ 23.70
Paperback. Music has flourished in the Mormon church since its beginning. This book examines the direction that music's growth has taken since 1830. It looks closely at topics including the denomination's first official hymnals; the views of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young on singing; and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; HRCC99. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780252071478
- ISBN
- 9780252071478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.98
€ 26.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. Traces the lives of the Snowdens, an African American family of musicians and farmers living in rural Knox County, Ohio. This book examines the Snowdens' musical and social exchanges with rural whites from the 1850s through the early 1920s and provides an exploration of the claim that the Snowden family taught the song "Dixie" to Dan Emmett. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252071607
- ISBN
- 9780252071607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.08
€ 27.99
€ 26.08
Paperback. Traces the life, influences on fellow musicians, and struggles of a pioneer among American composers who turned to the island of Bali for inspiration. Presenting an unconventional life, this title is designed for scholars, musicians or those interested in 20th century American or Balinese music. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 376 pages, 21 photographs, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252071805
- ISBN
- 9780252071805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.17
€ 29.99
€ 27.17
Paperback. Analyzes Warhol's persona as performance art. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252071812
- ISBN
- 9780252071812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.84
€ 21.84
Hardback. Features a range of canvases by Charles Francis Browne, Alice Kellogg Tyler, Frank Peyraud, Alfred Juergens, and other notable painters. This title presents 78 paintings of their collection to art lovers the world over. It also includes biographies of 49 painters and commentary on each painting. Num Pages: 256 pages, 83 illustrations. BIC Classification: AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7747 x 5817 x 534. Weight in Grams: 1406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252072222
- ISBN
- 9780252072222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.17
€ 39.17
Paperback. Features how the "dark continent" of blues and jazz provided Hollywood with a resonant resource to construct and negotiate the boundaries of American cultural identity. This book contains new work on blackface minstrelsy in early sound movies, racial representation and censorship, torch singers and torch songs, burlesque and strippers, and more. Num Pages: 232 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; APFA; AVGJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252072352
- ISBN
- 9780252072352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.80
€ 24.99
€ 22.80
Paperback. The inside story on the Father of Bluegrass from one of his Blue Grass Boys Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 photographs. BIC Classification: AVGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252072437
- ISBN
- 9780252072437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.77
€ 24.99
€ 24.77
Paperback. Gathers essays, by scholars in cinema studies, dealing with women experimental filmmakers. These selections reflect the deep diversity of methodologies and research. This book provides a historical overview of how these filmmakers have helped shape moviemaking traditions, and explores the controversies that have arisen around their work. Editor(s): Petrolle, Jean; Wexman, Virginia Wright. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072512
- ISBN
- 9780252072512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.78
€ 24.99
€ 24.78
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
€ 28.34
€ 28.34
Paperback. Challenges and rethinks feminist film theory's brilliant but often pessimistic reflections on the workings of sound and voice in film. This title offers an alternative to image-cantered scenarios that dominate feminist film theory's critique of the representation of sexual difference. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: APFA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 458. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252072673
- ISBN
- 9780252072673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.80
€ 24.99
€ 22.80
Paperback. A rich portrait of the National Ballet of Senegal's work and of the urban dance world of Dakar Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1HFD; ASD; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252072680
- ISBN
- 9780252072680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.33
€ 29.99
€ 27.33
Paperback. Features the history of the involvement of African Americans in the early recording industry and examines the first three decades of sound recording in the United States, charting the surprising roles black artists played in the period leading up to the Jazz Age and the remarkably wide range of black music and culture they preserved. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 656 pages, 57 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 255 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252073076
- ISBN
- 9780252073076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.82
€ 38.99
€ 34.82
Paperback. Explores the audience profile, the types of characters that recur, and changes to the industry landscape in the wake of media consolidation and a profusion of channels. Employing a cultural studies framework, this book examines whether the multiplicity of female-centric networks and narratives renders certain gender stereotypes uninhabitable. Series: Feminist Studies and Media Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252073106
- ISBN
- 9780252073106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.10
€ 29.99
€ 29.10
Paperback. Offering analysis of the sociology of photography's art world and its galleries and exhibitions, this book demonstrates the importance of the venues created by impresarios and others that proved essential to photography's extraordinary dissemination. Num Pages: 424 pages, 24 photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJG; AJ; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 254 x 32. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252073229
- ISBN
- 9780252073229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.20
€ 41.99
€ 41.20
Paperback. Documents the search for the origins of the iconic "femme fatale" who was depicted as a dangerous, depraved, and deadly woman. This book argues that the evolution of the femme fatale, with both literary and visual links to the biblical Eve figure, came as a response to increasing feminism and the desire by men to halt its spread. Num Pages: 360 pages, 126 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AC; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 181 x 20. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252073236
- ISBN
- 9780252073236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.54
€ 34.99
€ 31.54
Paperback. Collects twelve of Georgia Douglas Johnson's one-act plays. This work provides a brief overview of Johnson's career and significance as a playwright; sections on the creative environment in which she worked; and a discussion of her genres, themes, and artistic techniques. Editor(s): Stephens, Judith L. Num Pages: 216 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; AN; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 251 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252073335
- ISBN
- 9780252073335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.77
€ 24.99
€ 24.77
Paperback. Shows that sports films tackle socially constructed identities such as class, race, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender. In addition to discussing the genre's recurring dramatic tropes, this book looks at the social and cinematic impacts of real-life sports figures from Jackie Robinson and Babe Didrikson Zaharias to Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780252073540
- ISBN
- 9780252073540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Paperback. Combining the history of country music's roots with portraits of its primary performers, this work examines the close relationship between "America's truest music" and the working-class culture that has constituted its principal source, nurtured its development, and provided its most dedicated supporters. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: AVGH; AVGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 26. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780252073663
- ISBN
- 9780252073663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.14
€ 26.99
€ 25.14
Paperback. Argues for Abel Ferrara's place in a line of grand inventors who have blurred distinctions between industry and avant-garde film, including Orson Welles, Monte Hellman, and Nicholas Ray. This work also argues that films such as "Bad Lieutenant" express this evil through visionary characters struggling against the inadmissible. Translator(s): Martin, Adrian. Series: Contemporary Film Directors. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 142 x 209 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074110
- ISBN
- 9780252074110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.71
€ 21.71
Paperback. This volume of the Music in American Life series recounts the story of Roni Stoneman, the youngest daughter of a pioneering country music family who, in spite of poverty and abusive husbands, eventually became "The First Lady of Banjo," a fixture on the Nashville scene, and "Hee Haws" Ironing Board Lady. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: AVGH; AVRL; BGFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074349
- ISBN
- 9780252074349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.71
€ 22.71
Paperback. Understanding the iconoclastic work of a lifelong cinematic pioneer Series: Contemporary Film Directors. Num Pages: 216 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252074424
- ISBN
- 9780252074424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.71
€ 21.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 123 photographs; 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7265 x 5665 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252074646
- ISBN
- 9780252074646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.95
€ 36.99
€ 36.95