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Hardcover. This book offers an evocative cross-cultural exploration into the everyday lives and music practices of young people from their own broad social, cultural and ethnic perspectives. Youth from seven urban locales in Australia, the UK, the US and Europe document and reflect on their own learning processes and music activities. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVG; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230200586
ISBN
9780230200586
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.91

Hardcover. Martin Flanagan uses Bakhtin's notions of dialogism, chronotope and polyphony to address fundamental questions about film form and reception, focussing particularly on the way cinematic narrative utilises time and space in its very construction. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; HPCF3; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230202962
ISBN
9780230202962
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Paperback. Music has extraordinary power to move us, but how and why does it affect us? What is going on, emotionally, physically and cognitively when listeners have strong emotional responses to music? This is a highly readable, original and philosophically important book for anyone who has ever been moved by music. Num Pages: 183 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AV; HPM; HPN; JMR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230209909
ISBN
9780230209909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.48

Hardcover. Women on the Edge re-envisions women's cinema as contemporary political practices by exploring the works of twelve filmmakers. Moving on from the 1970s feminist adage that the personal is political, Sharon Lin Tay argues that contemporary women's cinema must exceed the personal to be politically relevant and ethically cogent. Num Pages: 222 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APFB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388. 224 pages, 10 b/w photos. Women on the Edge re-envisions women's cinema as contemporary political practices by exploring the works of twelve filmmakers. Moving on from the 1970s feminist adage that the personal is political, Sharon Lin Tay argues that contemporary women's cinema must exceed the personal to be politically relevant and ethically cogent. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: APFB; JFSJ1. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 19. Weight: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230217768
ISBN
9780230217768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Hardcover. This new study of British popular music shows how it engages with class in mythical ways that allow audiences to perform class-based identities. Case studies on folk rock, punk and indie rock show how this performance works and explore the implications for listeners and audiences. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AVGP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230219496
ISBN
9780230219496
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.04

Hardcover. This book discusses the political and social presumptions ingrained in the texts of the Harry Potter series and examines the manner in which they have been received in different contexts and media. The 2nd edition also contains extensive new material which comments on the later books and examines the impact of the phenomenon across the world. Num Pages: 285 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; DNF; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230219571
ISBN
9780230219571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.25

Hardcover. The highly performative categories of 'Irish culture' and 'Irishness' are in need of critical address, prompted by recent changes in Irish society, the arts industry and modes of critical inquiry. This book broaches this task by considering Irish expressive culture through some of the paradigms and vocabularies offered by performance studies. Num Pages: 269 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; ASZP; AVGH; DSBH; DSG; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke, UK
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230219984
ISBN
9780230219984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Hardcover. This book engages with key theoretical and analytical issues in the field of media, communication and cultural studies. Using case studies of radio, internet, text messaging and photojournalism, it deploys Bourdieu's ideas to reveal how language in the media is implicated in broader social patterns of 'symbolic violence'. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APT; APW; CFA; JFCX; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320. 182 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. This book engages with key theoretical and analytical issues in the field of media, communication and cultural studies. Using case studies of radio, internet, text messaging and photojournalism, it deploys Bourdieu's ideas to reveal how language in the media is implicated in broader social patterns of 'symbolic violence'. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: APT; APW; CFA; JFCX; JFD. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 15. Weight: 320.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230222090
ISBN
9780230222090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.32

Hardcover. One of the most popular, respected and controversial writers of the twentieth century, Greene's work has still attracted relatively little scholarly comment. Thomson charts the intricate dance between his novels and screenplays, his many audiences, and an intellectual establishment reluctant to identify the work of a popular writer as 'literature'. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230228542
ISBN
9780230228542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. This book is about the emigration, film careers and socio-cultural influence of British filmmakers moving to Hollywood in the studio era. It deals with some of the unknown and neglected emigres, as well as the leading lights who founded, initiated and ensured that American film became the leading national cinema of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; APFA; APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376. British Filmmakers in American Cinema 1910-1969. 216 pages, 11. This book is about the emigration, film careers and socio-cultural influence of British filmmakers moving to Hollywood in the studio era. It deals with some of the unknown and neglected emigres, as well as the leading lights who founded, initiated and ensured that American film became the leading national cinema of the twentieth century. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; APFA; APFB. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 18. Weight: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230229235
ISBN
9780230229235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Hardcover. A critical survey of Hollywood film musicals from the 1960s to the present. This book examines how, in the post-studio system era, cultural, industrial and stylistic circumstances transformed this once happy-go-lucky genre into one both fluid and cynical enough to embrace the likes of Rocky Horror and pave the way for Cannibal! and Moulin Rouge!. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFN; AVGM; JFCA; JFD; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444. Music, Masculinity and Mayhem. 272 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. A critical survey of Hollywood film musicals from the 1960s to the present. This book examines how, in the post-studio system era, cultural, industrial and stylistic circumstances transformed this once happy-go-lucky genre into one both fluid and cynical enough to embrace the likes of Rocky Horror and pave the way for Cannibal! and Moulin Rouge!. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFN; AVGM; JFCA; JFD; JFSJ. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 20. Weight: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230230491
ISBN
9780230230491
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.52

Hardcover. Spanning a broad trajectory, from the New Gaelic Man of post-independence Ireland to the slick urban gangsters of contemporary productions, this study traces a significant shift from idealistic images of Irish manhood to a much more diverse and gender-politically ambiguous range of male identities on the Irish screen. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; APFA; JFD; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230232006
ISBN
9780230232006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.40

Hardcover. Martin Dines explores the relationship between the physical and metaphorical spaces of suburbia and the evolution of modern gay identities across a range of British and American film and fiction, looking at the work of Dennis Cooper, Quentin Crisp, Todd Haynes, Christopher Isherwood, Kevin Killian, David Leavitt, Oscar Moore and Edmund White. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230233249
ISBN
9780230233249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.25

Hardcover. In the context of nineteenth-century Victorinoir and close readings of original-cycle film noir, Julie Grossman argues that the presence of the "femme fatale" figure, as she is understood in film criticism and popular culture, is drastically over-emphasized and has helped to sustain cultural obsessions with "bad" women. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230233287
ISBN
9780230233287
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.27

Hardcover. Boaz Hagin carries out a philosophical examination of the issue of death as it is represented and problematized in Hollywood cinema of the classical era (1920s-1950s) and in later mainstream films, looking at four major genres: the Western, the gangster film, melodrama and the war film. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356. 216 pages. Boaz Hagin carries out a philosophical examination of the issue of death as it is represented and problematized in Hollywood cinema of the classical era (1920s-1950s) and in later mainstream films, looking at four major genres: the Western, the gangster film, melodrama and the war film. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 17. Weight: 356.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230236226
ISBN
9780230236226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.01

Hardcover. An investigation of the history of Spanish guerrilla fighters (the maquis), concentrating on their cinematic representations in film and documentary from the 1950s onwards. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; APFA; HBWP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230240551
ISBN
9780230240551
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.11

Hardcover. Bringing the study of Chinese theatre into the 21st-century, Lei discusses ways in which traditional art can survive and thrive in the age of modernization and globalization. Building on her previous work, this new book focuses on various forms of Chinese 'opera' in locations around the Pacific Rim, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and California. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AN; ASD; AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230245655
ISBN
9780230245655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Hardcover. This book presents the current and future issues facing opera houses and opera companies. Problems in different environments need different solutions. In particular, it opposes the American method of managing cultural institutions, preferring a European one where public support and funds plays a major role. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ANS; AVGC9; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230247260
ISBN
9780230247260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.62

Hardcover. EPUB Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230248946
ISBN
9780230248946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.13

Paperback. Teresa De Lauretis makes a bold and original argument for the renewed relevance of the Freudian theory of drives, through close readings of texts ranging from cinema and literature to psychoanalysis and cultural theory. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBH; JMAF; JMS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260. Psychoanalysis, Literature and Film. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. 200 pages. Teresa De Lauretis makes a bold and original argument for the renewed relevance of the Freudian theory of drives, through close readings of texts ranging from cinema and literature to psychoanalysis and cultural theory. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBH; JMAF; JMS. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 12. Weight: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230275492
ISBN
9780230275492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.48

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