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Hardback. Dancing at the crossroads used to be young people's opportunity to meet and enjoy themselves on mild summer evenings in the countryside in Ireland - until this practice was banned by law, the Public Dance Halls Act in 1935. This book conveys that Ireland is to be found in a crossroads situation with a firm base in a distinctly Irish tradition. Series: Dance & Performance Studies. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; ASD; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 182 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453282
ISBN
9781845453282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.72

Paperback. This text explores the relationship between dancing bodies and sexual identity on the concert stage, in nightclubs, in film, in the courts and on the streets and tracks the intersections of dance and human sexuality in the twentieth century as the definition of each has shifted and expanded. Editor(s): Desmond, Jane C. Series: Studies in Dance History. Num Pages: 360 pages, 21 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ASD; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299170547
ISBN
9780299170547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.62

Paperback. Includes essays that offer a sophisticated view of the growing power of popular culture and its increasing inseparability from contemporary structures of economic and political power and from our everyday lives. This title reveals the ways in which popular culture is being mobilised in the service of economic and political struggles. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822319177
ISBN
9780822319177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

Paperback. As the author traces the evolution of Motown from a small record company to an international music industry giant, she looks at cultural politics at the grassroots level and sees the music not as a mere soundtrack for its historical moment but as an active agent in politics of the time. Num Pages: 336 pages, 18 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; AVGQ; JFC; JFSL3; KNTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
a
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674005464
ISBN
9780674005464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.01

Paperback. Addresses the conflicted meanings associated with the figure of the action heroine as she has evolved in various media forms since the late 1980s. Jeffrey A. Brown discusses this immensely popular character type, the action heroine, as an example of, and challenge to, existing theories about gender as a performance identity. Num Pages: 278 pages, 13|13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; APT; JFCA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781617039409
ISBN
9781617039409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.72

paperback. Traces the visibility of the Latina body in the media and popular culture by analyzing a broad range of popular media including news, media gossip, movies, television news, and online audience discussions. Series: Critical Cultural Communication. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFCA; JFD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780814757369
ISBN
9780814757369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.86

Paperback. Drawing on social and political history as well as the history of science and popular culture, this book examines how American ideas about dietary reform mirror broader thinking about social reform. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; MBNH3; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287488
ISBN
9780520287488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.40

Hardback. Drawing on social and political history as well as the history of science and popular culture, this book examines how American ideas about dietary reform mirror broader thinking about social reform. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; MBNH3; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520275478
ISBN
9780520275478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.24
€ 73.14

Paperback. The 1980s saw the peak of a moral panic over fantasy role-playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons. This book explores both the history and the sociological significance of this panic. It is suitable for those with an interest in religion, popular culture, and social behavior, both in the classroom and beyond. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM; JFCA; JMH; WDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520284920
ISBN
9780520284920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.64

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Revised edition
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439910443
ISBN
9781439910443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFSJ; JHMP; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 253 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1006.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816626496
ISBN
9780816626496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.64

Hardcover. Daniel Corkery was the most influential and provocative cultural critic of the early Irish Free State. Since the 1960s, Corkery's name, however, has become increasingly synonymous with a narrow-gauge nationalism that, in the eyes of many, has sought to stifle an emerging 'modern' Ireland. Num Pages: 316 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
316
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184554
ISBN
9781859184554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. Entertaining non-fiction from the number one bestselling writer now reissued with a new cover in B format and supported by a marketing campaign for King's entire back catalogue. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DNF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
9781444723267
ISBN
9781444723267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.56

Paperback. Critically engaging the thought of Heidegger, Gadamer and others, this work contributes both to the criticism of Dante's "Divine Comedy", and to the theory of interpretation. It uses hermeneutical theory to provide a reading of the poem, focusing on Dante's address to the reader. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC; HPCB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226259987
ISBN
9780226259987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 180 x 21. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691608532
ISBN
9780691608532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.52
€ 46.89

Paperback. Guides the reader from the source of the Danube in the Bavarian hills through Austro-Hungary and the Balkans to the Black Sea. Along the way, the author raises the ghosts that inhabit the houses and monuments and in so doing sets his finger on the pulse of Central Europe, the vital crucible of a culture that draws on influences of East and West. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DVW; HBJD; JFCX; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 296 x 31. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784871314
ISBN
9781784871314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Series: Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music. Num Pages: 304 pages, 50 music examples, 42 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; ASD; AVGW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199965823
ISBN
9780199965823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.73

paperback. Forget the comfortable platitudes--this is our most likely future. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFR; JFFS; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New Society Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865718333
ISBN
9780865718333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.42

Paperback. Shows how politics and aesthetics merge in American film noirs made between the late 1930s and the mid-1950s; their oft-noted uncanniness betrays the fear that un-American foes lurk within the homeland. Num Pages: 280 pages, 24 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350064
ISBN
9780822350064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.45

Paperback. Argues that the psychoanalytic self was constituted through the specifically national-colonial encounters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and that therefore somewhat paradoxically perhaps, psychoanalysis is crucial for understanding postcoloniality and decolonization. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822330677
ISBN
9780822330677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

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