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Hardcover. Across the world, there has been a growing dissatisfaction with the tempo of modern life. Described simply as the 'slow phenomenon', this volume explores this new brand of living that entails not simply slowing down but an embracing of alternative activities that promote meaning, thoughtfulness, engagement and authenticity. Editor(s): Osbaldiston, Nick. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299764
- ISBN
- 9780230299764
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Crime and criminals are a pervasive theme in all areas of our culture, including media, journalism, film and literature. This book explores how crime is constructed and culturally represented through a range of areas including Spanish, English Language and Literature, Music, Criminology, Gender, Law, Cultural and Criminal Justice Studies. Editor(s): Gregoriou, Christiana. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299771
- ISBN
- 9780230299771
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Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardcover. EPUB Editor(s): Fricker, Karen; Gluhovic, Milija. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVGP; HBJD; JFCA; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299924
- ISBN
- 9780230299924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.20
€ 150.20
Paperback. This collection of interdisciplinary essays examines current cinematic and media landscapes from the perspective of transnational feminist practices and methodologies. Focusing on film, media art, and video essays, the contributors chart innovative strategies for exploring contemporary visual cultures. Editor(s): Marciniak, Katarzyna; Imre, Aniko; O'Healy, Aine. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFCD; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338142
- ISBN
- 9780230338142
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Condition: New
€ 71.74
€ 71.74
Hardcover. This book illuminates our understanding of what happens when different cultures meet. Twelve cultural historians explore the mechanism and inner dynamic of such encounters, and demonstrate that while they often occur on the wave of global forces and influences, they only acquire meaning locally, where culture inherently resides. Editor(s): Rozbicki, Michal Jan; Ndege, George O. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339972
- ISBN
- 9780230339972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardcover. A collection of original articles that explore social aspects of the phenomenon of icon. Having experienced the benefits and realized the limitations of so called 'linguistic turn', sociology has recently acknowledged a need to further expand its horizons. Editor(s): Alexander, Jeffrey C.; Bartmanski, Dominik; Giesen, Bernhard. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 271 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340053
- ISBN
- 9780230340053
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Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Hardcover. A multidisciplinary collection of new research in the humanities and social sciences on the role of consumption and consumers in modern Latin American cultures. Editor(s): Sinclair, John; Pertierra, Anna Cristina. Num Pages: 235 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340732
- ISBN
- 9780230340732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardcover. By identifying and illustrating aspects of American culture that are out of sync with the modest republicanism that gave rise to the United States in the late eighteenth century, the contributors to this volume expose the vulgarity and excess of American culture. Editor(s): Federici, Michael P.; Gamble, Richard M.; Mitchell, Mark T. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340770
- ISBN
- 9780230340770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Hardcover. Documents the many relationships and practices that depend on the suspension of knowledge or the generation, deployment, or recognition of ignorance. Editor(s): High, Casey; Kelly, Ann H.; Mair, Jonathan. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFP; JHM; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340824
- ISBN
- 9780230340824
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Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Hardcover. This book examines the imposition of the western notion of childhood, deemed as universal, on other cultures and explores how local communities react to these impositions in various ways. Editor(s): Twum-Danso Imoh, Afua; Ame, Robert Kwame. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JFSP1; JKSB1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230342323
- ISBN
- 9780230342323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.61
€ 66.61
Hardcover. Ethics of Media reopens the question of media ethics. Taking an exploratory rather than prescriptive approach, an esteemed collection of contributors tackle the diverse areas of moral questioning at work within various broadcasting practices, accommodating the plurality and complexity of present-day ethical challenges posed by the world of media. Editor(s): Couldry, Nick; Madianou, Mirca; Pinchevski, Amit. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230347632
- ISBN
- 9780230347632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. Exposing how memory is constructed and mediated in different societies, this collection explores particular contexts to identify links between the politics of memory, media representations and the politics of justice, questioning what we think we know and understand about recent history. Editor(s): Lee, Philip; Thomas, Pradip Ninan. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230354067
- ISBN
- 9780230354067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. Do Irish superheroes actually sound Irish? Why are Gary Larson's Far Side cartoons funny? How do political cartoonists in India, Turkey, and the US get their point across? These questions and many more are answered in this new collection on linguistics and comics, which explores language and how the verbal and the visual interact. Editor(s): Bramlett, Frank. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 23. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230362826
- ISBN
- 9780230362826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.31
€ 128.31
Hardcover. An interdisciplinary study of skin bridging cultural and psychoanalytic theory to consider how the body's "exterior" is central to human subjectivity and relations. The authors explore racialization, body modification, self-harm, and comedic representations of skin, drawing from the clinical domain, visual arts, popular culture, and literature. Editor(s): Cavanagh, Sheila L.; Failler, Angela; Hurst, Rachel Alpha Johnston. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFCD; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 225 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230365063
- ISBN
- 9780230365063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.19
€ 128.19
Hardcover. This book provides fresh perspectives on the object world, embodied experience and materiality in nineteenth-century literature and culture. Contributors explore canonical works by Austen, Bronte, Dickens and James, alongside less-familiar texts and a range of objects including nineteenth-century automata, scrapbooks, museum exhibits and antiques. Editor(s): Boehm, Katharina. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBTB; JFCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230369382
- ISBN
- 9780230369382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.92
€ 149.92
Hardcover. This book consists of a collection of essays that deal with glocalization in Europe, including the idea of Europeanization as glocalization. The contributors deal with a range of topics including migration, media, football, beauty, Christianity, democracy and the European Union. Editor(s): Robertson, Roland. Series: Europe in a Global Context. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFC; JFFN; JFFS; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230390799
- ISBN
- 9780230390799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Hardcover. This collection of original ethnographically based research from five continents, provides insights into the dynamics of stability and change in our globalizing world. The chapters comprising Live Experiences of Public Consumption give a vivid account of how cultural and economic value intertwine at face-to-face encounters in marketplaces. Editor(s): Cook, Daniel Thomas. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; KJSU; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517042
- ISBN
- 9780230517042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
Hardcover. This volume applies two fashionable theoretical paradigms - "The Other" and "intercultural dialogue" - to Russian film and television. Editor(s): Hutchings, Stephen C. Series: Studies in Central and Eastern Europe. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; APFA; JFC; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517363
- ISBN
- 9780230517363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Paperback. 'Luxury in the 18th Century' explores the political, economic, moral and intellectual effects of the production and consumption of luxury goods, and provides a broadly-based account from a variety of perspectives, addressing key themes of economic debate, material culture, the principles of art and taste, luxury as 'female vice' and the exotic. Editor(s): Berg, Maxine; Eger, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517790
- ISBN
- 9780230517790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardcover. Through the analysis of examples that range from cutting-edge Hollywood blockbusters to viral films on the internet, and from Victorian cinema to the present, the contributors to this volume discuss the ways in which thinking about technology is crucial to understanding cinema's forms, significance and impact upon audiences. Editor(s): Bennett, Bruce; Furstenau, Marc; Mackenzie, Adrian. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230524774
- ISBN
- 9780230524774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90