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Cultural studies

Paperback. This book is about the question of existence, the meaning of life . It is an enquiry into the contemporary human situation as disclosed by television. Passionate and sweeping in scale, this new book from a leading media scholar is a major contribution to our understanding of the media today. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; HP; JFC; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745662558
ISBN
9780745662558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.06

Paperback. China has a tourist industry, characterized by a style with deep roots in traditional Chinese culture. This title argues that China's brand of tourism is distinct from the traditions of both Western bourgeois tourism, which values authenticity, and Soviet tourism, with its emphasis on rugged and selfless experience. Series: China Program Books. Num Pages: 152 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 9. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987613
ISBN
9780295987613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

Paperback. Ranging across American culture of the middle 20th century this study depicts the shifting characterizations of teens from invisible young adults to young soldiers in training, to bobby soxers and zoot suiters, to rock'n'rollers and juvenile delinquents, from hippies to savvy consumers. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFC; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465007660
ISBN
9780465007660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.93

Paperback. Provides both students and professionals in health care and social service with the skills to develop respectful, smooth relationships with their clients and with the community at large. This book offers strategies for connecting with people across differences related to ethnicity, religion, nationality, disability, age, gender, and class. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFC; JMH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 9. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United States
Edition
Csm
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781452217918
ISBN
9781452217918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.29

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
€ 29.40

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

€ 37.99
€ 34.08

Paperback. From the arrival of Italian ice-cream vendors and German pork butchers, to the rise of curry as the national dish, this book reveals the fascinating multicultural history of British food over the last 150 years, showing how a combination of immigration, increased wealth and globalization have transformed the eating habits of the British. Num Pages: 288 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFCV; JFSL1; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861896582
ISBN
9781861896582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.01

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

€ 32.99
€ 29.95

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
€ 29.31

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

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
€ 25.05

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

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

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
€ 27.01

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

€ 83.20

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
€ 11.60

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
€ 18.54

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

€ 63.28

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 342 pages, 44 halftones 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; JFC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691634913
ISBN
9780691634913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 216.56

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

€ 88.88

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

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

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