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Hardback. This book investigates trans-historical and international instances of performance that arise directly out of situations of crisis and extremity to ask what performance is for in such contexts. It explores how people living in oppressive, dangerous or deprived conditions use performance to survive, to express dissent or a desire for change. Editor(s): Peschel, Lisa. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137454263
ISBN
9781137454263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Paperback. This book investigates trans-historical and international instances of performance that arise directly out of situations of crisis and extremity to ask what performance is for in such contexts. It explores how people living in oppressive, dangerous or deprived conditions use performance to survive, to express dissent or a desire for change. Editor(s): Duggan, Patrick; Peschel, Lisa. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349568574
ISBN
9781349568574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.85

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138789029
ISBN
9781138789029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 29.03

Paperback. Performativity and Event in 1960s Japan considers the artists and events in 1960s Japan. In response to the social upheavals of the 1960s, it shows how art interacted with society in unique and transformational ways, nterweaving arguments about the critical role of performance as an artistic medium and as a social dramaturgy. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349437078
ISBN
9781349437078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.48

Paperback. Offers an account of critical debates around the idea of performativity. This work also traces the history of the concept through the work of influential theorists. It examines the implications of performativity for fields such as literary and cultural theory, philosophy, performance studies, and the theory of gender and sexuality. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415329262
ISBN
9780415329262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.63

Hardcover. Discussing crises through diverse examples, including the UK's National Theatre, public art installations, Occupy LSX, repatriation ceremonies and performances of the everyday, this book asks how performance captures and resists what is considered (politically, ideologically, culturally or socially) 'inside' or 'outside' Europe. Editor(s): Zaroulia, Marilena; Hager, Philip. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1DVG; AN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137379368
ISBN
9781137379368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.40

Paperback. Throughout this text the author shows his awareness that the actual past remains fundamentally irreplicable. He asserts all histories to be culturally crafted artifacts, commensurate with folk tales, stage plays, or films. Num Pages: 312 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: HBA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226142982
ISBN
9780226142982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.39

Hardcover. The Muslim-majority nations of Malaysia and Indonesia are known for their extraordinary arts and Islamic revival movements. This collection provides an extensive view of dance, music, television series, and film in rural, urban, and mass-mediated contexts and how pious Islamic discourses are encoded and embodied in these public cultural forms. Editor(s): Daniels, Timothy P. Num Pages: 236 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRH; JFCA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137320025
ISBN
9781137320025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.80

Paperback. Editor(s): Daniels, T. Num Pages: 236 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRH; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349457595
ISBN
9781349457595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.81

Paperback. A border is a force of containment that inspires dreams of being overcome and crossed; motivates bodies to climb over; and threatens physical harm. This book critically examines a range of cultural performances produced in relation to the tensions and movements of/about the borders dividing North America, including the Caribbean. Editor(s): Young, H. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; JFC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349365418
ISBN
9781349365418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.99

Hardback. A border is a force of containment that inspires dreams of being overcome and crossed; motivates bodies to climb over; and threatens physical harm. This book critically examines a range of cultural performances produced in relation to the tensions and movements of/about the borders dividing North America, including the Caribbean. Editor(s): Rivera-Servera, Ramon H.; Young, Harvey. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; ASZ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2011th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230574601
ISBN
9780230574601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.76

Hardback. * This is a new study of the relationship between performance and power from one of the world s leading social theorists * In this volume, Jeffrey Alexander develops a cultural pragmatics that shifts cultural sociology from texts to gestural meanings and examines the elements of social performance. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648170
ISBN
9780745648170
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Paperback. Features the story of America's transformation from a nation of honest appetites into an obedient market for instant mashed potatoes. This work investigates a band of reformers at the turn of the twentieth century who were determined to modernize the American diet through a 'scientific' approach to cooking. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; HBTB; JFCV; JFSJ1; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257382
ISBN
9780520257382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. Editor(s): Constable, Liz; Denisoff, Dennis; Potolsky, Matthew. Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216783
ISBN
9780812216783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Examines drumming and beating as musical practice (musicological meaning), as the channelling of violence or shock (sociological meaning), and as a subjective, embodied agent (psychoanalytic meaning). This title contributes to the cultural studies, popular and critical musicology, the theorisation of the body, and the sociology of music. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; AVRJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822329190
ISBN
9780822329190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; HPQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349349630
ISBN
9781349349630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.08

Hardback. Editor(s): Dawson, Beatrice. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; TDCT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 232 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634848398
ISBN
9781634848398
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.89
€ 127.54

Paperback. This book provides a critical perspective on people's response to disasters in the Philippines. It draws upon an array of case studies to discuss people's vulnerability, capacities and resilience in facing a wide range of different hazards. Series: Disaster Studies. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JHB; RGC; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349503452
ISBN
9781349503452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.64

Paperback. First full-length history of the Colca Valley in southern Peru from pre-Hispanic times to the present. Num Pages: 336 pages, 41 b&w photos, 12 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339717
ISBN
9780822339717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 229 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1958
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
3rd Impression 1958
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226676333
ISBN
9780226676333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.91

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