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Paperback. Argues that zombies and murderers in American film and literature embody the violent contradictions of capitalism. This book reveals that each creature has its tale to tell about how a free-wheeling market economy turns human beings into monstrosities. It tracks the monsters spawned by capitalism through pulp fiction and Hollywood blockbusters. Num Pages: 232 pages, 18 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3895 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822337454
ISBN
9780822337454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
n
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338192
ISBN
9780822338192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.83

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344100
ISBN
9780822344100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822345107
ISBN
9780822345107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349594
ISBN
9780822349594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350064
ISBN
9780822350064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350118
ISBN
9780822350118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350477
ISBN
9780822350477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

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
€ 28.79

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.72

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

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
€ 29.98

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.63

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