Cultural studies
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Cultural studies
Paperback. This work focuses on the development of a unique style of music - combining the electric guitar with indigenous Shona music - that emerged in Zimbabwe during the 1980s. Turino examines this emergence of cosmopolitan culture among the black middle classes, and how it influenced politics. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 halftones, 2 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJ; AVGW; JFC; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226817026
- ISBN
- 9780226817026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.53€ 46.16
€ 53.53
€ 46.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JPFN; JPS; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761854517
- ISBN
- 9780761854517
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Condition: New
€ 63.23
€ 63.23
Paperback. Explores the fashioning and refashioning of modern Chinese subjectivity as it relates to the literal and figurative body of the nation. This book contains essays that reveal the particular temporality of the modern Chinese nation-state. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822319696
- ISBN
- 9780822319696
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.56
€ 33.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Series: International Relations and Development Series. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JFFS; JPS; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349344970
- ISBN
- 9781349344970
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Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardcover. When themes of historical and cultural identity appear and repeat in popular film, it is possible to see the real pulse of a nation and comprehend a people, their culture and their history. National Identity in Global Cinema describes how national cultures as reflected in popular cinema can truly explain the world, one country at a time. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 187 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108820
- ISBN
- 9780230108820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Paperback. Editor(s): Taras, Ray. Series: International Council for Central and East European Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1998
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349265558
- ISBN
- 9781349265558
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Condition: New
€ 126.85
€ 126.85
Hardback. In the INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES series,a cross-national analysis of the changing identities of various national and ethnic groups.It features case studies of contemporary Eastern European national identities and ethnic minorities looking at their new political influence and efforts to revive suppressed cultures. Editor(s): Taras, Ray. Series: International Council for Central and East European Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; JFC; JFSL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333695531
- ISBN
- 9780333695531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardcover. The book shows how national days are best understood in the context of debates about national identity. It argues that national days are contested and manipulated, as well as subject to political, cultural and social pressure. It brings together some of the most recent research on national days and sets it in a comparative context. Editor(s): McCrone, David; McPherson, Gayle. Num Pages: 246 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPFN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410. Constructing and Mobilising National Identity. 248 pages, 1 figures, 3 black & white tables. Editor(s): McCrone, David; McPherson, Gayle. The book shows how national days are best understood in the context of debates about national identity. It argues that national days are contested and manipulated, as well as subject to political, cultural and social pressure. It brings together some of the most recent research on national days and sets it in a comparative context. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFC; JPFN. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 19. Weight: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236615
- ISBN
- 9780230236615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Paperback. Editor(s): Guaaybess, Tourya. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; JFD; JPA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349555
- ISBN
- 9781349349555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book offers a provocative theorization of nationhood, focusing on the key role played by dialogic relations of hegemony, resistance and reciprocity in the birth of the modern European nation. The relationship between Greece and Britain at the end of the nineteenth centuryuncovers the linguistic construction of nationalism." Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; JFC; JFSL; JHB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349362561
- ISBN
- 9781349362561
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Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Paperback. Scholarship on translation has moved well beyond the technicalities of converting one language into another and beyond conventional translation theory. This title covers a range of topics, from simultaneous translation to legal theory, from the language of exile to the language of new nations, and from the press to the cinema. Editor(s): Bermann, Sandra; Wood, Michael. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 424 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: CFP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691116099
- ISBN
- 9780691116099
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Condition: New
€ 53.53€ 42.58
€ 53.53
€ 42.58
Paperback. This is the first detailed study in English of the city of Canton (Guangzhou), the cradle of the Chinese revolution, in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14ill.1M. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; JFC; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804748209
- ISBN
- 9780804748209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.29
€ 37.99
€ 34.29
paperback. A history of Russia's mighty culture. It covers the lives of those who have shaped its culture, and the enduring spirit of a people. Num Pages: 768 pages, 32pp colour illustrations, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AB; HBJD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140297966
- ISBN
- 9780140297966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 16.68
€ 24.99
€ 16.68
Paperback. Drawing on new Arabic material, "Nasser at War" analyzes a critical turning point for the Middle East and casts a fresh light on Nasser's era and legacy of conflict. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJH; HBL; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349282241
- ISBN
- 9781349282241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.94
€ 126.94
Hardcover. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 206 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; DSBH; JFC; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403987204
- ISBN
- 9781403987204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB; JFCD; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440303
- ISBN
- 9781137440303
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.84
€ 116.84
Paperback. The past, we know, informs us. And yet, despite its immense importance for understanding our identity, the reality of the past is curiously inaccessible. This book debates the issues of truth and fiction raised by attempts to recreate the past. The debate highlights the formal mechanisms, the ideological commitments whereby history is constructed. Editor(s): Borch, Marianne. Num Pages: 148 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DS; HB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788778384973
- ISBN
- 9788778384973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.42
€ 18.99
€ 15.42
Paperback. Editor(s): Kehde, Suzanne; Pickering, Jean. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JFSJ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349136001
- ISBN
- 9781349136001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.70
€ 126.70
Paperback. The locked room mystery is one of the iconic creations of popular fiction. Michael Cook's critical study reveals how this archetypal form of the puzzle story has had a significant effect in shaping the immensely popular genre of detective fiction.The bookincludes analysis of texts from Poe to the present day." Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349325313
- ISBN
- 9781349325313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Paperback. Stories are told today through many formats and young interpreters bring multimedia experience to bear on every narrative format they encounter. In this book, twelve young people read a novel, watch a film and play a video game from beginning to end. Their responses inform a new framework of contemporary themes of narrative comprehension. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AS; DSA; DSBH; DSY; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332694
- ISBN
- 9781349332694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95