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Cultural studies

Paperback. Sarah Banet-Weiser explores how the cable network Nickelodeon combines an appeal to kids formidable purchasing power with assertions of their political and cultural power. Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 296 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFD; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
50032nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339939
ISBN
9780822339939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Speaking to behavioral scientists and industry experts, yo-yo dieters and people who have gone under the knife, the author builds a picture of an obesogenic society - one where we're constantly bombarded by the twin evils of big budget food marketing and the diet industry. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Guardian Faber Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783350384
ISBN
9781783350384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.09

Paperback. Illustrates how neoliberalism influences the production, branding, and regulation of local foods and drinks. This book also challenges the strategy of relying on "alternative" markets to protect food cultures and rural livelihoods. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20 b/w, 2 maps, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFCV; JHMC; WBXD3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520281059
ISBN
9780520281059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Hardback. Illustrates how neoliberalism influences the production, branding, and regulation of local foods and drinks. This book also challenges the strategy of relying on "alternative" markets to protect food cultures and rural livelihoods. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20 b/w, 2 maps, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFCV; JHMC; WBXD3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520281042
ISBN
9780520281042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.12
€ 73.24

Paperback. This book explores the history, meaning, and sociological implications of awareness campaigns, seeing them as personal displays of compassion in a culture where empathy is a by-word for authenticity. It also highlights how charities use awareness campaigns to reach their audience, and the transformation of charity into a commercial enterprise. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFF; JFSV; JKSN1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268. Charity, Compassion and Public Awareness. 208 pages. This book explores the history, meaning, and sociological implications of awareness campaigns, seeing them as personal displays of compassion in a culture where empathy is a by-word for authenticity. It also highlights how charities use awareness campaigns to reach their audience, and the transformation of charity into a commercial enterprise. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFCA; JFF; JFSV; JKSN1. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230247895
ISBN
9780230247895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.01

Paperback. This book is an analysis of the culture of compassion and a critique of the project of "showing awareness." Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JHB; JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349361601
ISBN
9781349361601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. As they immerse themselves in foreign cultures, trained anthropologists find that accepting difference is one thing, experiencing it is quite another. This title shows how the moral and intellectual challenges of living cross-culturally revealed to them the limits of their perception and understanding. Editor(s): Davis, Sarah H.; Konner, Melvin. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674049277
ISBN
9780674049277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.92

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813568836
ISBN
9780813568836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813568843
ISBN
9780813568843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.16

Hardback. Drawing on science and technology studies and feminist theory, iMedia examines the gendering of imedia or smart technologies such as smart phones and Google glass. Kember puts forward a lively manifesto for refiguring imedia, in reaction to what she identifies as a tendency to celebrate the existence of these often sexist objects. Num Pages: 122 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 258 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
104
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137374844
ISBN
9781137374844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.59

Paperback. Sian Lincoln considers the use, role and significance of private spaces in the lives of young people. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research, she explores the place of 'the private' in youth cultural discourses, both historically and contemporarily, that until now have remained largely absent in youth cultural research. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFSP; JHB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349313327
ISBN
9781349313327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. A richly entertaining, compellingly readable survey of 21st-century England from a sharp-eyed American with a winningly humorous way with words. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
KCG0001118
ISBN
9781847247933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A richly entertaining, compellingly readable survey of 21st-century England from a sharp-eyed American with a winningly humorous way with words. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Quercus
Condition
New
SKU
KCG0001228
ISBN
9781847247933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Redolent of everything sensual and hedonistic, chocolate is synonymous with our idea of indulgence. It is adored around the world and has been since the Spanish first encountered cocoa beans in South America in the sixteenth century. This title explores the origins and growth of this almost universal obsession. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 128 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; WBTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861895240
ISBN
9781861895240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Intends to capture the contradictory mixture of innovation and inertia, of loss, violence and xenophobia as well as experimentation and desegregation, which characterises the present. This title explores the concept of entanglement in relation to readings of literature, new media forms and painting. Num Pages: 240 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 223 x 13. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Wits University Press South Africa
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868144761
ISBN
9781868144761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFDM; CFGR; HBAH; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319514208
ISBN
9783319514208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPS; KCA; KCP; KJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349430338
ISBN
9781349430338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Hardcover. This text examines approaches to cultural policy within the global economy by tapping into the debate on ethical theory and international political economy. It challenges the positions of nationalists and welfare economists, before developing an alternative communitarian ethics for cultural policy. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; KCP; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333981979
ISBN
9780333981979
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349372867
ISBN
9781349372867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.46

Hardcover. Communicating Popular Science addresses the role of science popularization and explains how science writing works can do better at promoting public discussions about science-related issues. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137017574
ISBN
9781137017574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.49

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