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Cultural studies

Hardcover. In this study of desire in late Imperial China, the author argues that the development of traditional Chinese fiction as a narrative genre was closely related to changes in conceptions of the fundamental nature of desire. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSA; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674005136
ISBN
9780674005136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.27

Paperback. Relations between women - like the branches and roots of the mangrove - twist around, across, and within others as they pervade Caribbean letters. Desire between Women in Caribbean Literature elucidates the place of desire between women in Caribbean letters, compelling readers to rethink how to read the structures and practices of sexuality. Series: New Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349464708
ISBN
9781349464708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.88

Paperback. In the light of poststructuralist theory, and with reference to the work of Lacan and Derrida in particular, Catherine Belsey argues that fiction -- including poetry, drama and film -- is paradoxically the most serious location of writing about desire in Western cultura. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631168140
ISBN
9780631168140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.78

Paperback. This lively, engaging book investigates the relationship between some of our more beloved popular expressions of national identity and the extent to which the interests of the state appeal to the pleasures of citizens, thus shaping our understanding of what it means to be Canadian. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442613911
ISBN
9781442613911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Argues that the creation of such "desiring subjects" is at the core of China's contingent, piece-by-piece reconfiguration of its relationship to a post-socialist, neo-liberal-dominated world. Series: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339472
ISBN
9780822339472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Argues for the possibility of theological thinking in a postmodern secular milieu, equating a desire to think theologically with a desire for thinking that does not disappoint. Winquist suggests that, in the wake of psychoanalysis, theology must elaborate the meaning of desire in its own discourse. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226902135
ISBN
9780226902135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Paperback. Explores the world of second-generation Indian American youth to learn how they manage the contradictions of gender roles and sexuality, how they handle their "model minority" status and expectations for class mobility in a society that still racializes everyone in terms of black or white. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; GTB; JFCA; JFSL1; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566399272
ISBN
9781566399272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.72

Paperback. Provides a unique perspective on cultural life during the German Occupation, & offers crucial insights into the mind and art of one of the most original writers in the second half of the twentieth century Translator(s): Holand, Michael. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; DSBH; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823251001
ISBN
9780823251001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

paperback. A rich and disturbing portrait of the achievement gap that persists more than fifty years after the formal dismantling of segregation. Series: Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780190669829
ISBN
9780190669829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.49

paperback. A critical survey of Hollywood film musicals from the 1960s to the present. This book examines how, in the post-studio system era, cultural, industrial and stylistic circumstances transformed this once happy-go-lucky genre into one both fluid and cynical enough to embrace the likes of Rocky Horror and pave the way for Cannibal! and Moulin Rouge!. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; AV; JFC; JFD; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2010
SKU
V9781349311491
ISBN
9781349311491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.62

Hardcover. A critical survey of Hollywood film musicals from the 1960s to the present. This book examines how, in the post-studio system era, cultural, industrial and stylistic circumstances transformed this once happy-go-lucky genre into one both fluid and cynical enough to embrace the likes of Rocky Horror and pave the way for Cannibal! and Moulin Rouge!. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFN; AVGM; JFCA; JFD; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444. Music, Masculinity and Mayhem. 272 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. A critical survey of Hollywood film musicals from the 1960s to the present. This book examines how, in the post-studio system era, cultural, industrial and stylistic circumstances transformed this once happy-go-lucky genre into one both fluid and cynical enough to embrace the likes of Rocky Horror and pave the way for Cannibal! and Moulin Rouge!. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFN; AVGM; JFCA; JFD; JFSJ. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 20. Weight: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230230491
ISBN
9780230230491
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.52

Paperback. Takes the reader on a journey from ethnological artifacts to kitsch. Posing the question, 'What does it mean to show?' this title explores the agency of display in a variety of settings: museums, festivals, world's fairs, historical re-creations, memorials, and tourist attractions. Num Pages: 311 pages, 98 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: GM; JFC; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 20. Weight in Grams: 952.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
311
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520209664
ISBN
9780520209664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.16

Paperback. "No currently available anthology addresses the topic of the metaphysical detective story so directly, so fully, or so relevantly."-Brian McHale, West Virginia University Editor(s): Merivale, Patricia; Sweeney, Susan Elizabeth. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216769
ISBN
9780812216769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.28

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816629824
ISBN
9780816629824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.82

Hardcover. Intended as a contribution to the debate concerning the extent to which we are living in a 'post-traditional' world, this book draws together various commentators on these issues and provides insights into the complexities of the role of the past and present. Editor(s): Heelas, Paul; Morris, Paul; Lash, Scott. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 169 x 25. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557865540
ISBN
9781557865540
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.90

Paperback. The first book to address criticallly and culturally the theme of "detraditionalization" in modern and postmodern life. Sequel to Lash and Friedman's Modernity and Identity - over 5000 copies sold. Editor(s): Heelas, Paul; Morris, Paul; Lash, Scott. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557865557
ISBN
9781557865557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 118 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: JFC; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 211 x 10. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
REBA, Institut for Tysk Erhvervssprog og Kultur
Condition
New
SKU
V9788799430505
ISBN
9788799430505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.55

Paperback. Editor(s): Boss, Michael; Moller, Jorgen; Skaaning, Svend-Erik. Num Pages: 222 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Aalborg Universitetsforlag
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9788771241167
ISBN
9788771241167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.05

Complete introduction to the history of development communication Overview of major approaches and theories Covers the role of NGOs, the CNN Effect, and the paradigm shift currently underway that stresses the power of grass-roots movements and 'bottom-up' approaches that challenge the status quo in global media. Editor(s): McPhail, Thomas L. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405187954
ISBN
9781405187954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 117.82

Paperback. Complete introduction to the history of development communication Overview of major approaches and theories Covers the role of NGOs, the CNN Effect, and the paradigm shift currently underway that stresses the power of grass-roots movements and 'bottom-up' approaches that challenge the status quo in global media. Editor(s): McPhail, Thomas L. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405187947
ISBN
9781405187947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.41

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