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Cultural studies
Hardback. Kaj Ilmonen was a pioneer in the third wave of the sociology of consumption. This book provides a balanced overview of the sociology of consumption, arguing that the enthusiasm of 'the third wave' exaggerated the role of the symbolic and imaginary at the expense of the materiality of human societies. Editor(s): Ilmonen, Kaj. Translator(s): Kivinen, David. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFFT; JHBA; JPA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230244108
- ISBN
- 9780230244108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.83
€ 128.83
Hardcover. Jonathan Wheeldon offers a rare and unusually reflective insider account of the transformational challenges of the music industry, and the cultural industries in general, over the past 15 years. He also makes a potentially valuable contribution to loosening the industrial-political deadlock in the debate over copyright reform. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230249431
- ISBN
- 9780230249431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.00
€ 68.00
Paperback. Confusion about governance abounds. Many lack appreciation of how different traditions of thought in the social sciences contribute to our understanding. This book tackles these weaknesses head on and aims to provide a wider vision of the area, examining three critical areas of practice: environmental, corporate and participatory governance. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JPA; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230250390
- ISBN
- 9780230250390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 162.73
€ 162.73
Hardback. This book explores the origins of the so-called 'punitive turn' in penal policy across Western nations over the past two decades. It demonstrates how the context of neoliberalism has informed penal policy-making and argues that it is ultimately neoliberalism which has led to the recent intensification of punishment. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JKVP; JPQB; JPV; LNFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230251977
- ISBN
- 9780230251977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.77
€ 128.77
Hardback. Single Women in Popular Culture demonstrates how single women continue to be figures of profound cultural anxiety. Examining a wide range of popular media forms, this is a timely, insightful and politically engaged book, exploring the ways in which postfeminism limits the representation of single women in popular culture. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230273825
- ISBN
- 9780230273825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.93
€ 67.93
hardcover. Examining the role of memory in the transition from totalitarian to democratic systems, this book makes an important contribution to memory studies. It explores memory as a medium of and impediment to change, looking at memory's biological, cultural, narrative and socio-psychological dimensions. Editor(s): Assmann, Aleida; Shortt, Linda. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301993
- ISBN
- 9780230301993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.21
€ 67.21
Hardcover. Offering a uniquely 'psycho-cultural' take on the emotional dynamics of UK political culture this book uses theories and research in psychoanalysis, cultural and media studies and political sociology. It explores the cultural and emotional processes that shape our relationship to politics in a media age, referencing Joanna Lumley to Nigel Farage. Series: Studies in the Psychosocial. Num Pages: 201 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302525
- ISBN
- 9780230302525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.97
€ 94.97
Hardcover. A fresh theory on how individuals respond to inequalities occurring within their own communities. This original and insightful study draws on empirical research on the Santal people of Asia, examining power relations within social fields, and the state, to reveal a typology of power practices, and applies these to forced marriage in the West. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Socio-Legal Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; LAQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230304536
- ISBN
- 9780230304536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Hardcover. Jan De Vos's second book on psychologization argues that psychology IS psychologization, a phenomenon traced back from Late-Modernity to the Enlightenment. Engaging with seminal thinkers such La Mettrie, Husserl, Lasch and Agamben, the book teases out the limits of psychoanalysis as a critical tool. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JFCX; JHBA; JMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 221 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230308466
- ISBN
- 9780230308466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardback. Why do we share so much about our lives on social media when we often have little idea who might be reading or viewing? David R. Brake examines the causes and consequences of moving towards a radically open society. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 383.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230320291
- ISBN
- 9780230320291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Hardback. Multiple Normalities enhances sociological understandings of normality by illustrating it with the help of British novels. It demonstrates commonalities and differences between the meanings of normality in these two periods, exemplifying the emergence of the multiple normalities and the transformation of ways in which we give meaning to the world. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230336957
- ISBN
- 9780230336957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. Utilizing an ethnographic study of a public university and its users, Cicalo analyzes the practical and symbolic potential that affirmative action has to redress historically-produced and territorialized inequalities in the urban space. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JFSL3; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338524
- ISBN
- 9780230338524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.41
€ 67.41
Hardback. Gives long overdue attention to O'Neill's one-acts, this edited collection offers a variety of lenses through which to better understand both his one-act plays and entire oeuvre. Editor(s): Bennett, Michael Y.; Carson, Benjamin D. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339811
- ISBN
- 9780230339811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.51€ 47.23
€ 52.51
€ 47.23
Hardcover. This timely book examines austerity's conflicted meanings, from austerity chic and anti-austerity protest to economic and eco-austerity. Bramall's compelling text explores the presence and persuasiveness of the past, developing a new approach to the historical in contemporary cultural politics. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JFFA; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230360471
- ISBN
- 9780230360471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.17
€ 67.17
Hardcover. Young people are regularly posited as a threat to social order and Deconstructing Youth explores why. Applying Derridean deconstruction to case studies on youth sexuality, violence and developmental neuroscience, Gabriel offers a fresh perspective on how we might attend to 'youth problems' by recasting the foundations of the concept of 'youth'. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFJ; JFSG; JFSP; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230363335
- ISBN
- 9780230363335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardback. Explores the theoretical concerns of literary and cultural studies through a reappraisal of three innovative women writers of the modernist period: Djuna Barnes, Mina Loy and Gertrude Stein. In its provocative combination of cultural methodologies, this work significantly expands on existing aesthetic cartographies of modernism. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230500495
- ISBN
- 9780230500495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardback. Why do the dead return? Do they remain part of the world of the living? This book examines these questions as they emerge in areas as diverse as film, Holocaust testimony, and the works of Jacques Derrida, Nicolas Abraham and Maria Torok. The book suggests it may be as difficult for the living to get rid of the dead as it is to live without them. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HPC; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230507821
- ISBN
- 9780230507821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.24
€ 128.24
Hardback. An international collection of papers focused on media, culture and society in postcommunist Russia. Contributors deploy a wealth of primary data in examining the kinds of issues that are central to our understanding of the kind of system that has been established in the world's largest country after a period of far-reaching change. Editor(s): White, Stephen. Series: Studies in Central and Eastern Europe. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW3; JFC; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230524859
- ISBN
- 9780230524859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. In this significant intervention into the academic and institutional debate on European cultural identity, Monica Sassatelli examines the identity-building intentions and effects of the European Capital of Culture programme, and also looks at the work of the Council of Europe and the recent European Landscape Convention. Num Pages: 247 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; HBJD; HBTB; JFC; JFFS; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230537422
- ISBN
- 9780230537422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.81
€ 128.81
Hardback. Internationally renowned media and literature scholars, social scientists, game designers and artists explore the cultural potential of computer games in this rich anthology, which introduces the latest approaches in the central fields of game studies and provides an extensive survey of contemporary game culture. Editor(s): Jahn-Sudmann, Andreas; Stockmann, Ralf. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; UDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230545441
- ISBN
- 9780230545441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.78
€ 138.78