Cultural studies
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Cultural studies
Hardcover. A significant collection of essays by the late Nicholas Mansergh, one of the leading historians of twentieth century Ireland, edited by his wife, Diana Series: Irish history. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFC; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 0. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859181058
- ISBN
- 9781859181058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.00€ 52.59
€ 69.00
€ 52.59
Paperback. Explores how contemporary cinema treats state-sponsored atrocity, evoking multiple landscapes of state terror. Investigating the ethical potential of cinematic atrocity images, this book argues that while films help to create and confirm normative perceptions about atrocities, they can also disrupt those perceptions and build alternatives. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; APFA; JFCA; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474400428
- ISBN
- 9781474400428
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.98
€ 33.99
€ 29.98
Paperback. In the 1920s, when film criticism was as new as the cinema itself, a particular way of thinking about the movies developed in Paris. This collection of essays discusses this mystery and others like it: Why did photography and the detective story originate at exactly the same time? Num Pages: 184 pages, 21 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253214386
- ISBN
- 9780253214386
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.99
€ 21.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. Contributors: Mary Thomas Crane, Nancy Easterlin, David Herman, Patrick Colm Hogan, Bruce McConachie, Alan Palmer, Alan Richardson, Ellen Spolsky, G. Gabrielle Starr, Blakey Vermeule, Lisa Zunshine Editor(s): Zunshine, Lisa. Num Pages: 402 pages, 1, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JMR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 151 x 226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894886
- ISBN
- 9780801894886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.79
€ 50.79
Paperback. The language of money has informed medical, psychological and political theories of sexual desire for at least 300 years. Desire, figured as libidinal energy, represented potential work-power and spending-power and hence a form of personal 'capital', an economic resource for both the individual and the collectivity. This book explores how this view Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Lawrence & Wishart Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907103575
- ISBN
- 9781907103575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Hardback. From cookbooks and family recipes to novels, poems, songs and cartoons, this book tells the story of puddings and how they developed from early savoury, sausage - like mixtures to today's sweet and sticky confections. It traces the development of puddings and explains how advances in kitchen equipment have changed them over time. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 128 pages, 60 black & white illustrations, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; WBVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780230429
- ISBN
- 9781780230429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.65
€ 17.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. Translator(s): Schleussner, Laura. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520. A Challenge for Cinema and Theory. Series: Film and Culture Series. 368 pages, 14 black & white halftones. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 19. Weight: 520. Translator(s): Schleussner, Laura.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231151498
- ISBN
- 9780231151498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.51
€ 44.51
Paperback. "Across the Lines" is a study of how language mediates experience across cultures with regard to travel. The study is partly based on the books of various travel writers with no grasp of a foreign tongue and their perceptions using interpreters and guides. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFP; JFC; WT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859181836
- ISBN
- 9781859181836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.00€ 24.15
€ 29.00
€ 24.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSA; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816634590
- ISBN
- 9780816634590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Serves as a history of rap music. This book traces the genre's history from its roots in West African bardic traditions, the Jamaican dancehall tradition, and African American vernacular expressions to its permeation of the cultural mainstream as a major tenet of hip-hop lifestyle and culture. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 336 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGR; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072017
- ISBN
- 9780252072017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.75
€ 30.99
€ 27.75
Paperback. What has it been like to be insane? How have the mad been treated? Is madness real or is it just a label? This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day. Num Pages: 256 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; MBX; MJN; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 121 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192802675
- ISBN
- 9780192802675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.19
€ 18.99
€ 15.19
Paperback. A major voice in transnational American studies addresses politics and culture in post-9/11 America Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- University Press of New England
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611687309
- ISBN
- 9781611687309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.68
€ 43.99
€ 33.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816678969
- ISBN
- 9780816678969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.82
€ 31.82
Paperback. In this collage of essays, meditations, poems and travel reports, the author looks at travel and translation, addressing travel, diaspora, border crossing, self-location and establishing homes away from home. He contemplates a world that whilst looking connected, is, in fact, not. Num Pages: 416 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JHM; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674779617
- ISBN
- 9780674779617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.24
€ 37.99
€ 36.24
Paperback. Suggests that what we have come to understand as the sexual revolution of the late 1960s and early 1970s was actually a media revolution. This title examines a range of mass media - film and television, recorded sound, and publishing - that provide evidence of the circulation of sex in the public sphere, from the mainstream to the fringe. Editor(s): Schaefer, Eric. Num Pages: 456 pages, 58 photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; JFC; JFD; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 29. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356547
- ISBN
- 9780822356547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780235714
- ISBN
- 9781780235714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), one of the most original and perceptive thinkers of the twentieth century, offered a unique insight into the profound impact of the media on modern society. Jaeho Kang s book offers a lucid introduction to Benjamin s theory of the media and its continuing relevance today. Series: Theory and Media. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645216
- ISBN
- 9780745645216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.91
€ 30.91
Paperback. Postmodernism has been a buzzword of contemporary society for the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler challenges and explores the key ideas of postmodernists, and their engagement with theory, literature, the visual arts, film, architecture, and music. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 113 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192802392
- ISBN
- 9780192802392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. An accessible and concise introduction to early European expansion overseas, explaining how and why western seafarers visited the Caribbean, South America and Africa. Num Pages: 108 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QSAS; 3H; 3JB; JFC; JP; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415232067
- ISBN
- 9780415232067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.18
€ 56.18
Hardback. This book engages with the role of dance in Irish culture and society over the course of the twentieth century. The book adopts a perspective that sees dance as a prism through which to view key aspects of Irish society over the period under review. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; ASDX; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Ireland
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782050414
- ISBN
- 9781782050414
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26