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Cultural studies
Paperback. A first in multimodal/multisemiotic discourse studies this collection of original articles by international scholars focuses primarily on texts from non-English speaking contexts. The illuminating insights enhance our understanding of how language and other semiotic resources construe specific cultural and social concerns. Editor(s): Bowcher, Wendy L. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; DSA; GTC; GTE; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349321407
- ISBN
- 9781349321407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.24
€ 128.24
This insightful study of traditional Mexican clothing is based on authentic dolls made by folk artists in Mexico. With over 550 color photographs, it is a beautiful and comprehensive review that relates customs, language, music, and folk arts to a blendin Num Pages: 224 pages, 370 color photos. BIC Classification: AC; JFCA; WFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1348.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764328879
- ISBN
- 9780764328879
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.89
€ 43.99
€ 39.89
Paperback. Revised and updated, this fifteenth anniversary edition reignites Shalit's claim that we have lost our respect for an essential virtue: modesty. Num Pages: 368 pages, index, notes. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSJ1; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 212 x 23. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Edition
- Anniversary Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476756653
- ISBN
- 9781476756653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.89
€ 19.99
€ 17.89
Paperback. Surveys a wide range of cultural controversies, from the Mapplethorpe affair to Salman Rushdie's death sentence. This book seeks to show that the fear and outrage these events inspired were the result of dangerous misunderstandings about the relationship between art and life. Num Pages: 258 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226772240
- ISBN
- 9780226772240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Our era is defined by the model. From Victoria's Secret and America's Next Top Model to the snapshots we post on Face-book and Twitter, our culture is fixated on the pose, the state of existing simultaneously as artifice and the real thing. The author shows us the very meaning of the arts in the process of transformation. Num Pages: 232 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226772196
- ISBN
- 9780226772196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. Arguing that humans are, in a fundamental sense, social beings, this book articulates that this can be grasped from understanding the complex social processes of evolution. It shows that through looking at the complex emergence of human society and culture, we can get a better understanding of how 'the whole creature' operates. Num Pages: 174 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 238. Complexity, Biosemiotics and the Evolution of Culture. 174 pages, black & white illustrations. Arguing that humans are, in a fundamental sense, social beings, this book articulates that this can be grasped from understanding the complex social processes of evolution. It shows that through looking at the complex emergence of human society and culture, we can get a better understanding of how 'the whole creature' operates. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 13. Weight: 238.
- Publisher
- Lawrence And Wishart Ltd
- Number of pages
- 174
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905007301
- ISBN
- 9781905007301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.66
€ 24.99
€ 24.66
The Public on the Public: The British Public as Trust, Reflexivity and...
Westall, Claire, Gardiner, Michael
Hardcover. In Britain, the resistance to popular determination allowed by the financial construct of the public has been so successful that this term, public, must be re-read as politically paralyzing. The problem, our problem, is the public - which we are so often told will bring us together and provide for us - and it is this we must move beyond. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFF; JHB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137351333
- ISBN
- 9781137351333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.25
€ 66.25
Paperback. Editor(s): Hansen, A. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DSA; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349479085
- ISBN
- 9781349479085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.92
€ 65.92
Hardback. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSGS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403972842
- ISBN
- 9781403972842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Paperback. A study of how digital technology has altered contemporary filmmaking, including audience habits. -- The Chronicle of Higher Education "The Chronicle of Higher Education" Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: APF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813142197
- ISBN
- 9780813142197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.53
€ 27.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 98 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; APFA; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 220 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319471839
- ISBN
- 9783319471839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.50
€ 72.50
Hardback. Num Pages: 116 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 116
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319404806
- ISBN
- 9783319404806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.50
€ 71.50
Hardcover. Question of Method in Cultural Studies brings together a group of scholars from across the social sciences and humanities to consider one of the most vexing issues confronting the proverbial 'anti-discipline' of cultural studies. Editor(s): White, Mimi; Schwoch, James. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631229773
- ISBN
- 9780631229773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.43
€ 139.43
Paperback. Question of Method in Cultural Studies brings together a group of scholars from across the social sciences and humanities to consider one of the most vexing issues confronting the proverbial 'anti-discipline' of cultural studies. Editor(s): White, Mimi; Schwoch, James. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631229780
- ISBN
- 9780631229780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Hardback. A contemporary and lively introduction to the study of popular culture through one central case study. Editor(s): Whiteley, Sheila. Num Pages: 232 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 519.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748628087
- ISBN
- 9780748628087
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.82€ 114.65
€ 118.82
€ 114.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 figures. BIC Classification: JFCA; PDR; UBJ; UDBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 231 x 30. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262529877
- ISBN
- 9780262529877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.37
€ 21.99
€ 19.37
Hardcover. * A judicious selection of key critical works on literary modernism * Helps students to engage with the major debates surrounding literary modernism * Presents a critical history from the earliest reviews to the most recent theoretical assessments * Shows how modernist writers understood and constructed modernism. Editor(s): Whitworth, Michael H. Series: Blackwell Guides to Criticism. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631230779
- ISBN
- 9780631230779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.96
€ 127.96
Paperback. * A judicious selection of key critical works on literary modernism * Helps students to engage with the major debates surrounding literary modernism * Presents a critical history from the earliest reviews to the most recent theoretical assessments * Shows how modernist writers understood and constructed modernism. Editor(s): Whitworth, Michael H. Series: Blackwell Guides to Criticism. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631230786
- ISBN
- 9780631230786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.34
€ 55.34
Paperback. Series Editor(s): Umland, Andreas. Num Pages: 374 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1DVUA; JFCA; JPS; JPWF. Dimension: 210 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838201009
- ISBN
- 9783838201009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.85
€ 45.99
€ 32.85
hardcover. What does cynicism really mean? This book defines the nature of American cynicism and traces its historical roots. It presents an examination of the American mood as it swings from expectation to disappointment, from certainty to uncertainty, in politics, finance, work, religion, family, class, race, ethics, art, and crime. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574889857
- ISBN
- 9781574889857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.88
€ 24.88