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paperback. Using South African cinema as a lens through which to view cultural changes resulting from the end of apartheid in 1994, this title examines how media transformed the meaning of race and nation during this period and argues that, as apartheid was disbanded and new racial constructs allowed, South Africa quickly sought a new mode of representation. Series: New Directions in National Cinemas. Num Pages: 272 pages, 27 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFM; APF; JFC; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221865
ISBN
9780253221865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Casting aside the traditional conception of film as an outgrowth of photography, theatre, and the novel, the essays in this volume reasses the relationship between the emergence of film and the broader culture of modernity. Editor(s): Charney, Leo; Schwartz, Vanessa R. Num Pages: 409 pages, 50 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 586. 409 pages, 50 b&w photographs. Editor(s): Charney, Leo; Schwartz, Vanessa R. Casting aside the traditional conception of film as an outgrowth of photography, theatre, and the novel, the essays in this volume reasses the relationship between the emergence of film and the broader culture of modernity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JHM. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 24. Weight: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
409
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201125
ISBN
9780520201125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.31

Paperback. * Integrates urban sociology and film studies literature to show what can be learnt about cities from film. * Provides an innovative and instructive contribution to urban studies. * Includes a wide range of case studies from around the world. . Editor(s): Shiel, Mark; Fitzmaurice, Tony. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631222446
ISBN
9780631222446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.28

Hardcover. Through the analysis of examples that range from cutting-edge Hollywood blockbusters to viral films on the internet, and from Victorian cinema to the present, the contributors to this volume discuss the ways in which thinking about technology is crucial to understanding cinema's forms, significance and impact upon audiences. Editor(s): Bennett, Bruce; Furstenau, Marc; Mackenzie, Adrian. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230524774
ISBN
9780230524774
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.90

Paperback. In the first book-length study of this topic, D.W. McKiernan examines the way mainstream commercial cinema represents society's complex relationship with the idea and practice of community in the context of rapidly changing social conditions. Films examined include Ae Fond Kiss, The Idiots and Monsoon Wedding . Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; JFD; JHB; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349355235
ISBN
9781349355235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.01

Hardcover. In the first book-length study of this topic, D.W. McKiernan examines the way mainstream commercial cinema represents society's complex relationship with the idea and practice of community in the context of rapidly changing social conditions. Films examined include Ae Fond Kiss, The Idiots and Monsoon Wedding. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230517615
ISBN
9780230517615
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Paperback. Footbinding originated in the dance culture of China's medieval court and spread to gentry families, brothels, maid's quarters, and peasant households. Neither condemning nor defending foot-binding, this work debunks many myths and misconceptions about its origins, development, and its eventual end. Num Pages: 360 pages, 53 b/w photographs, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596. A Revisionist History of Footbinding. 360 pages, Illustrations, map. Footbinding originated in the dance culture of China's medieval court and spread to gentry families, brothels, maid's quarters, and peasant households. Neither condemning nor defending foot-binding, this work debunks many myths and misconceptions about its origins, development, and its eventual end. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFCK. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 25. Weight: 566.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253902
ISBN
9780520253902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. An attractive volume containing 28 substantial studies by John Carey, Maire Herbert, Mairin Ni Dhonnchadha, Maire Ni Mhaonaigh, Sean O Coileain, Donnchadh O Corrain, and other leading Celtic scholars, focusing on the subjects of Celtic Saints, Irish placenames, Irish literature and language of all periods Editor(s): Carey, John; Herbert, Marie; Murray, Kevin. Num Pages: 406 pages. BIC Classification: 2AFR; CF; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 177 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Celtic Studies Publications,U.S. United Kingdom
Number of pages
406
Condition
New
SKU
V9781891271137
ISBN
9781891271137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.77

Paperback. "An eclectic and poetic exploration of the cigarette lighter and its association with romance, magic, art, science, immortality and death in literature and popular culture"-- Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCD; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. Weight in Grams: 457.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501307362
ISBN
9781501307362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. This volume aims to render De Officiis, Cicero's last theoeretical work, more intelligible by explaining its relation to its own time and place. Editor(s): Atkins, E. M. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Num Pages: 243 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 410. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. 245 pages, 1 table. Editor(s): Atkins, E. M. This volume aims to render De Officiis, Cicero's last theoeretical work, more intelligible by explaining its relation to its own time and place. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; JFCX. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 12. Weight: 354.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
227
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521348355
ISBN
9780521348355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.27

Hardback. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9789024712991
ISBN
9789024712991
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.26

Paperback. This volume assesses contemporary church responses to multicultural diversity and resisted categories of social difference, with a central focus on whether or how racial, ethnic, religious, sexual, and gender differences are validated by churches (and especially black churches) torn between competing inclusive and exclusive tendencies. Editor(s): Ackah, William; Reddie, Anthony G. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 303 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRAM; JFC; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349489343
ISBN
9781349489343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.30

Hardback. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
SKU
V9789024702084
ISBN
9789024702084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 197.40

Hardback. Series: China Academic Library. Num Pages: 98 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3B; HPDF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
98
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662480748
ISBN
9783662480748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Description of methods used in long-term anthropological field projects, some extending over half a century. Editor(s): Kemper, Robert V.; Royce, Anya Peterson. Num Pages: 392 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759101944
ISBN
9780759101944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.62

Paperback. This is a study of the development of Christian thought and the doctrine of providential evolution. It examines a school of clergymen and demonstrates how they came to endorse Darwinian biology as early as 1884 in Britain, therefore placing the history of the principle in its English context. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HRAB1; HRCM; JFCX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761802426
ISBN
9780761802426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.17

Paperback. A meditation on the colour spectrum by the painter, poet and film-maker, Derek Jarman. He explains the use of colour in medieval painting through the Renaissance to the modernists. It also discusses the meaning of colour in literature, science, philosophy, psychology, religion and alchemy. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099474913
ISBN
9780099474913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Hardback. A contemporary and lively introduction to the study of popular culture through one central case study. Editor(s): Whiteley, Sheila. Num Pages: 232 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 519.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748628087
ISBN
9780748628087
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.91
€ 114.65

Paperback. Brilliant cartoons on Christmas that will amuse the whole family Series: Christmas Comes to. Num Pages: 64 pages, 64. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 5HC; HBTB; JFCA; WHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 125 x 10. Weight in Grams: 104.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445667003
ISBN
9781445667003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.29

Paperback. Brilliant cartoons on Christmas that will amuse the whole family Series: Christmas Comes to. Num Pages: 64 pages, 64. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 5HC; HBTB; JFCA; WHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 125 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445663708
ISBN
9781445663708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.29

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