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Cultural studies

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Cultural studies

Paperback. Arguing that attention to Shakespearean wordplay reveals unexpected linkages, not only within and between plays but also between the plays and their contemporary culture, this book combines feminist and historical approaches with attention to the "matter" of language as well as of race and gender. Num Pages: 402 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
402
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226645858
ISBN
9780226645858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 30.01

Paperback. "No currently available anthology addresses the topic of the metaphysical detective story so directly, so fully, or so relevantly."-Brian McHale, West Virginia University Editor(s): Merivale, Patricia; Sweeney, Susan Elizabeth. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216769
ISBN
9780812216769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. In "Shrinking Violets and Caspar Milquetoasts", Patricia McDaniel tells the story of shyness. Using popular self-help books and magazine articles she shows how prevailing attitudes toward shyness frequently work to disempower women. Series: Shrinking Violets and Caspar Milquetoasts. Num Pages: 215 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 331.
Publisher
New York University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814756782
ISBN
9780814756782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. An interdisciplinary argument that the concept of cultural creolization must be expanded to encompass cultural productions by vulnerable populations living in situations of modern power inequalities anywhere in the world. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822344414
ISBN
9780822344414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. For the librarian, teacher, or parent who wishes to foster compassionate multicultural relationships between and among children, this manual offers help. It includes an annotated bibliography of children's books that contain characters of different cultural heritages who display friendship with others. Series: School Library Media Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 diagram, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSY; GBCR; JFC; JNA; JNLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810833593
ISBN
9780810833593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.68

paperback. An examination of the political and aesthetic consequences of culture meeting at the crossroads of theatre, which looks in depth at such works as Brook's "Mahabharata", Cixous/Mnouchkine's "Indiande" and Barba's "Faust". Num Pages: 228 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415060387
ISBN
9780415060387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSJ1; WSBX; WSTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
ECW Press,Canada
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770413078
ISBN
9781770413078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.64

Paperback. In What Makes us Human? some of the world's most brilliant thinkers offer their answers to this perennial puzzle, shedding new light on how and why our ancestors produced such clever, talented, and unlikely progeny. Editor(s): Pasternak, Charles. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JMR; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 265.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851685196
ISBN
9781851685196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. 'I consider this book a remarkable achievement. Sophisticated in its use of sociological, anthropological and critical theory, [it] also successfully conveys the direct tangible experience of corporality and the senses. Falk's original, insightful book sets the study of the body onto a new plane' - Roy Porter, The Wellcome Institute Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803989740
ISBN
9780803989740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.43

Hardcover. For most of history, people trusted mythology or religion to provide an answer to the pressing question of the earth's age. This title tells the fascinating story of how scientists and philosophers examined those clues and from them built a chronological scale that has made it possible to reconstruct the history of nature itself. Translator(s): Venerella, John. Num Pages: 481 pages, 12 halftones, 27 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFCX; RBGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 32. Weight in Grams: 796.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
481
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226712871
ISBN
9780226712871
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 27.05

Paperback. Posits an underlying religious impetus for modernity in Mexico, claiming that the Catholic Church nursed a reform movement that ultimately affected many of the same changes as the Protestant Reformation. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HRCC7; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822329435
ISBN
9780822329435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Suitable for students, teachers, and general readers interested in the future of history, this book includes such topics as diverse as parades in 19th-century America, 16th-century Spanish texts, English medical writing, and the visual practices implied in Italian Renaissance frescoes. Editor(s): Hunt, Lynn. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 244 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
244
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520064294
ISBN
9780520064294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. How can America be so powerful and yet so innocent? How can a nation so clever at business and selling its products overseas be so oblivious to how outsiders regard it? This book explains to Americans what the world really thinks of their nation and why, and to non-Americans why America is the way it is. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and yellowing
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KOC0017836
ISBN
9780747563952
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Tottering her way through the history of women's footwear, the author writes 'Shoes possess magic powers,' and wonders why it is that women love their shoes so much. She also has plenty of advice on choosing the right heel for your physique, how to keep shoes lasting long and how to judge a man by his footwear. Translator(s): Wenkert, Simonetta. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFCK; VSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 120 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747582465
ISBN
9780747582465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.93

Paperback. Series Editor(s): Melikoglu, Koray. Series: Studies in English Literatures. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838200750
ISBN
9783838200750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. Analyzing the first Exposition Coloniale Internationale, held in Paris in 1931, this title shows how the exhibition's display of architecture gave a vision to the colonies that justified France's cultural prejudices, while stimulating the desire for further expansionism. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QSP; AB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822317876
ISBN
9780822317876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.38

Paperback. Rethinks films including Pillow Talk and Rear Window by identifying the apartment plot as a distinct genre, one in which the urban apartment figures as a central narrative device. Num Pages: 328 pages, 55 illustrations, incl. 23 in color. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822347736
ISBN
9780822347736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

paperback. Through a variety of texts - novels, memoirs, film, drama, theory, museum exhibits, legal cases - this title demonstrates the dynamics of passing, presenting it not as the assumption of a fraudulent identity but as the recognition that the assumption of any identity, including for the purposes of teaching, is a form of passing. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 photographs. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252067709
ISBN
9780252067709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Paperback. This volume presents an exploration of the origins of nationalism and cultural identity in China, tracing the ways in which a large, early modern empire of Eurasia, the Qing, incorporated neighbouring, but disparate, political traditions into a new style of emperorship. Num Pages: 417 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
417
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234246
ISBN
9780520234246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382. An excellent, clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press Vancouver
Number of pages
256
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
KRS0018753
ISBN
9781551521435
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

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