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Cultural studies

Paperback. In this text, Lea Jacobs uses the "fallen woman" film, which served as a focal point for public criticism of the film industry, to explore Hollywood's system of self-censorship and the evolution of the rules governing representations of sexuality. Num Pages: 220 pages, 49. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; APF; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780520207905
ISBN
9780520207905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.53

Hardcover. The life and times of polymath, scholar, author and folk hero, Hamish Henderson (1919-2002), poses, and helps us to answer, these questions. This book examines his life long commitment to finding a form of artistic expression suitable for post was Europe. It explores his ideas in their intellectual, cultural and political contexts. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748696574
ISBN
9780748696574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.10
€ 107.83

Paperback. Offers an account of life at the heart of the fashion industry, from photo shoots and celebrity interviews to the ugly truth behind the glamour - infighting, back-stabbing and the dangerous pursuit of beauty. This title tells the story of an illustrious career in fashion, from receptionist to the editor's chair. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFCK; KNSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Guardian Faber Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781783350155
ISBN
9781783350155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. Editor(s): Mirzoeff, Nicholas. Num Pages: 736 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1480.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
736
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415782623
ISBN
9780415782623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 87.14

paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2AB; DSBD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Chinese University Press Hong Kong
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9789622016088
ISBN
9789622016088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 36.78

Paperback. From fetal photography and mammography to mental retardation and chronic fatigue syndrome, this title reveals how identities are constructed in medical research and public health initiatives, as well as in popular press accounts of health. Editor(s): Treichler, Paula A.; Cartwright, Lisa; Penley, Constance. Num Pages: 408 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1; MMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814715680
ISBN
9780814715680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.53

Paperback. Series: Richard Lectures. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813932460
ISBN
9780813932460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.68

Paperback. Guides you through Paul Virilio's concepts with headwords including Accident, Body, Cinema, Deterritorialization and Eugenics. This title helps you explore the edge of Virilio's pioneering thought in cultural and social theory with the entries on Foreclosure, Grey Ecology, Polar Inertia and the Overexposed City. Editor(s): Armitage, John. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748646838
ISBN
9780748646838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 216 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633787
ISBN
9780691633787
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.90

Hardback. This volume explores the nature and function of the coffee house in the social, cultural, and political world of fin-de-siecle Vienna. Just as the cafeserved as a creative meeting place within the city, so this volume initiates conversations between different disciplines focusing on Vienna 1900. Editor(s): Ashby, Charlotte; Gronberg, Tag; Shaw-Miller, Simon. Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 41 ills. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456. Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies. 256 pages, 41 ills. Editor(s): Ashby, Charlotte; Gronberg, Tag; Shaw-Miller, Simon. This volume explores the nature and function of the coffee house in the social, cultural, and political world of fin-de-siecle Vienna. Just as the cafeserved as a creative meeting place within the city, so this volume initiates conversations between different disciplines focusing on Vienna 1900. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFC. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 17. Weight: 456.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857457646
ISBN
9780857457646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.64

Paperback. Takes a look at the ways that the twentieth century reacted to and reimagined its predecessor. This work considers how the Victorian inheritance has been represented in literature, politics, film, and visual culture; and the ways in which modernists and progressives have sought to differentiate themselves from an image of the Victorian. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821417621
ISBN
9780821417621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.59

Paperback. Fern Fever was popular in Britain between 1837 and 1914. This book looks at the how the craze developed, the ways in which ferns were incorporated into garden and home, and the spread of the fern through Victorian material and visual culture. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; AGNB; HBTB; JFCD; WMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 148 x 5. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Shire Publications
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747807469
ISBN
9780747807469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.36

Paperback. BIC Classification: BM; DNF; JFCV; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Greystone Books,Canada
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771642743
ISBN
9781771642743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.43

Paperback. The book that launched America's urban legend obsession! Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBC; JFCA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393951691
ISBN
9780393951691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.76

Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JFCD; WCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 261 x 18. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935623809
ISBN
9781935623809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.20

Paperback. When a society becomes more affluent, does it lose other values? Are the skills that education and literacy gave millions wasted on consuming pop culture? Do the media coerce us into a world of the superficial and the material - or can they be a force for good? This book asks these questions. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; CFC; JFCA; JFD; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191584
ISBN
9780141191584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.82

Paperback. In this volume, K.S. Brown and Yannis Hamilakis bring together scholars of history, archaeology, and anthropology to explore the located and contextual nature of historical narratives through the lens of twentieth-century Greece. Editor(s): Brown, K.S.; Hamilakis, Yannis. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVG; GTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739103845
ISBN
9780739103845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.33

Hardback. Offers an account of geopolitics and industrialization in Japan. This book traces the meteoric rise of ramen from humble fuel for the working poor to international icon of Japanese culture. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 b/w illus., 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition, 1 ed.
SKU
V9780520277564
ISBN
9780520277564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.52
€ 46.84

Paperback. A rich, salty, and steaming bowl of noodle soup, ramen Offers an account of geopolitics and industrialization in Japan. It traces the meteoric rise of ramen from humble fuel for the working poor to international icon of Japanese culture. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282353
ISBN
9780520282353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.20

Paperback. This ethnography explores the links between a violent historical and political legacy, and the production of secrecy in everyday material culture. The focus is on Mende-speaking southeastern Sierra Leone and the surrounding region. Num Pages: 299 pages, 6 b/w photos, 3 line figures. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; GTB; HBJH; HBLW; JFC; JHMP; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520225435
ISBN
9780520225435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.54

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