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Cultural studies
Paperback. Many authors who discuss the idea of globalization see it as continuing pre--established paths of development of modern societies. Post--modernist writers, by contrast, have lost sight of the importance of historical narrative altogether. Martin Albrow argues that neither group is able to recognize the new era which stares us in the face. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; JH; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745611891
- ISBN
- 9780745611891
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Condition: New
€ 26.02
€ 26.02
Paperback. Analyzing the rise of art in the 18th century, this treatise demonstrates how painting, sculpture and literature were not regarded as valuable art forms before the emergence of a new bourgeois culture. The author reveals how Romantic poets and philosophers invented "art" as we know it today. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 3JF; ABA; ACV; HPN; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231106016
- ISBN
- 9780231106016
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780235875
- ISBN
- 9781780235875
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€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Documents the lives and practices of mixed-race, Black, Spanish, and Maya women sorcerers, spell-casters, magical healers, and midwives in the social relations of power in Santiago de Guatemala, the capital of colonial Central America. Num Pages: 202 pages, 3 b&w illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JD; 3JF; HRQX; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 331. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292725492
- ISBN
- 9780292725492
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Sex is beyond reason, and yet we constantly reason about it. So, too, did the peoples of Ancient Greece and Rome.This work considers how erotic experience is understood in classical texts, and what ethical and philosophical arguments are made about sex? Editor(s): Nussbaum, Martha C.; Sihvola, Juha. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA; JFCX; JFSJ; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226609157
- ISBN
- 9780226609157
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.57
€ 47.99
€ 37.57
Hardback. Why it is a mistake to let commercial entertainment serve as America's de facto ambassador to the world Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300123388
- ISBN
- 9780300123388
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
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Paperback. This text traces popular music back to its roots in jazz, blues, and country through the rise of rock 'n' roll and the emergence of heavy metal, punk, and rap. The author argues that despite the balance of these origins, something has gone seriously wrong with the sound and sensibility of music. Num Pages: 462 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; AVGL; AVGP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 35. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226039596
- ISBN
- 9780226039596
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.01
€ 36.99
€ 30.01
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, TBD. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 244 x 27. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465036622
- ISBN
- 9780465036622
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.18
€ 29.99
€ 24.18
Paperback. Drawing from her years of activism and anthropological scholarship, influential thinker Marta Lama offers invaluable insight into the theoretical and political tensions that have shaped Mexican feminism and the world at large. This important book covers topics such as the political development of the feminist movement and affirmative action. Translator(s): Pluecker, John. Series: Theory in the World. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3J; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137449863
- ISBN
- 9781137449863
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Condition: New
€ 65.60
€ 65.60
Paperback. Translator(s): Pluecker, John. Series: Theory in the World. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 251.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349289493
- ISBN
- 9781349289493
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Editor(s): Tawil Kuri, Marta. Series: Middle East Today. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFC; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137601308
- ISBN
- 9781137601308
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Condition: New
€ 127.96
€ 127.96
Paperback. Offers an overview of persuasive strategies and propaganda techniques. How do individuals and organisations exert influence to build communities and networks? What role do media play in communicating persuasive messages? How do we use recent discoveries in cognitive science to promote a cause, advocate social change or market ideas and products? Series: Media Topics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFF; JPVN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748644155
- ISBN
- 9780748644155
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.00
€ 33.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. The theme of McLuhan's book is the distinction between two quite different traditions of reasoning which have grown up in Western and Eastern countries, and how global communications have brought these two traditions into contact. Series: Communication and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages, halftones, line illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 236
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195079104
- ISBN
- 9780195079104
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Condition: New
€ 33.72
€ 33.72
Paperback. Understanding Media: the most important book ever written on communication. Ignore its message at your peril. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415253970
- ISBN
- 9780415253970
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Condition: New
€ 23.37
€ 23.37
paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; JFC; KCM; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349622702
- ISBN
- 9781349622702
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Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 47.16
€ 53.36
€ 47.16
paperback. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFC; JPA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United States
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1998th Edition
- SKU
- V9780312214456
- ISBN
- 9780312214456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
Hardback. Turning Points demonstrates the role of style and form in promoting and shaping cultural development by studying important critics, and analyzing cultural change in literature, music, art, and philosophy. Num Pages: 360 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: AB; DSB; HP; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727082
- ISBN
- 9780804727082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.04
€ 106.04
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137533234
- ISBN
- 9781137533234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.28€ 46.84
€ 129.28
€ 46.84
Paperback. Examines the films of such key directors as Bunuel, Saura, Erice, and Almodovar, as well as works from the popular cinema and television, exploring how they manifest political and cultural tensions related to the production of Spanish national identity within a changing global context. Num Pages: 568 pages, 103 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DSE; APFA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520081574
- ISBN
- 9780520081574
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.31
€ 41.99
€ 30.31
Paperback. Vibrant photographs and moving quotes give tangible expression to a rich heritage of Native American beliefs and customs, and demonstrate how Native groups maintain viable cultures within modern-day America. Series: Native American Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages, 318 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 253 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1071.
- Publisher
- Roberts Rinehart
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570981975
- ISBN
- 9781570981975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.86
€ 28.86