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Cultural studies

Hardback. For the second edition of this work, James Watson has added a new chapter on "McDonald's as Political Target," as well as reflections on the dark side of globalism. Editor(s): Watson, James. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; JFCA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749886
ISBN
9780804749886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.70

Paperback. Tracing the rise of the California teen as a national icon in the 1950s and 60s, Kirse May shows how idealized images of a suburban youth culture soothed America's post-war nerves while denying racial and urban realities. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807853627
ISBN
9780807853627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.30

Paperback. "Golf balls embody the complex human relation to the natural world, a will to control nature, but the action of balls in play reveals the futility of the endeavor"-- Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFD; WSJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 126 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628921380
ISBN
9781628921380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 11.70

Paperback. This work suggests that gossip has unexpected virtues. The contributors argue that gossip contributes to community cohesion and helps individuals better understand their own predicaments, problems and personal idiosyncrasies in the light of knowledge about the life experiences of others. Editor(s): Goodman, Robert F.; Ben-Ze'ev, Aaron. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC; JH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700606702
ISBN
9780700606702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.62

Paperback. Presents a social history, a diary of a nation's changing culture, and an in-depth appraisal of one of our greatest broadcasters, a man who can legitimately be called the most influential figure in post-war British popular music. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; APW; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 42. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571327898
ISBN
9780571327898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. Since it first emerged from Britain's punk-rock scene in the late 1970s, goth subculture has haunted postmodern culture and society, reinventing itself inside and against the mainstream. This title offers a collection of scholarly essays devoted to this enduring yet little examined cultural phenomenon. Editor(s): Goodlad, Lauren M. E.; Bibby, Michael. Num Pages: 456 pages, 67 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339212
ISBN
9780822339212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.67

Paperback. Jillian Venters was a fairly spooky and morbid child, with parents who never objected to her eccentric taste in clothing. When she discovered the existence of the whole Gothic subculture, she clapped her hands with glee. Eventually she came to realise that excellent clothes were not a substitute for excellent manners. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061669163
ISBN
9780061669163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.36

Paperback. The Gothic has taken a revolutionary turn in this century. Today's Gothic has fashioned its monsters and devils into heroes and angels and is reviving supernaturalism in popular culture. The author argues that this mainstreaming of a spiritually driven supernaturalism is a harbinger of what a post-Christian religion in America might look like. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; VXQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725928
ISBN
9780674725928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.05

Paperback. This text contends that Helen of Troy, and in particular the use of her image, is a crucial emblem for much of Western thought and literature and suggests that it has been stolen, appropriated, imitated, extorted and coveted throughout the course of history. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HBG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299171247
ISBN
9780299171247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 22. BIC Classification: 1H; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801472831
ISBN
9780801472831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.99

Paperback. At the end of a century whose catastrophic violence has irreparably damaged the human capacity for hope, our knowledge of the origins of life has so deepened that we can create life artificially. In this book the author seeks to articulate our experience of the present condition. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002136
ISBN
9780571206421
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A wide-ranging and important 1994 collection of Gramsci's pre-prison writings. Editor(s): Bellamy, Professor Richard. Translator(s): Cox, Virginia. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780521423076
ISBN
9780521423076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; MBNH3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 196 x 24. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Icon Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785780769
ISBN
9781785780769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.10

Hardback. Plato's "Republic", Hobbes' "Leviathan", and Marx's "Communist Manifesto" are universally acknowledged classics of Western political thought. But how strong are the core arguments on which they base their visions of the good society that they want to bring into being? This book shows where and why they fail. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144764
ISBN
9780691144764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.65

Hardback. This book looks at how American rap/metal has engaged with America's defining role in the world after the Cold War. It offers a highly original approach in relating rap/metal to critical theories of economy and culture and introduces a new method of cultural analysis based on theories of negativity and expenditure. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JHBA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719074639
ISBN
9780719074639
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.63

Paperback. .
Publisher
Kuperard
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
Second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857338706
ISBN
9781857338706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.46

Paperback. Attempts to account for the widespread phenomenon of sport. Drawing upon ethnological findings to demonstrate the ritual character of sport, the text explores the relationship between ancient Greek sport and sacrificial ritual and traces elements common to both back to primitive origins. Num Pages: 136 pages, with 24 figs. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBTB; JFC; JHM; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 36.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520080959
ISBN
9780520080959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.40

Hardcover. In many contexts of Greek social life, Scotch whisky has coincidentally become a symbol of "Greekness," national identity, modernity and middle class. This ethnographic study follows the social life of Scotch in Greece through three distinct trajectories in time and space in order to investigate how the meanings of the beverage are projected.. Series: Food, Nutrition, and Culture. Num Pages: 268 pages, 21 ills, 3 tabs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVG; JFCV; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857458773
ISBN
9780857458773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.57

Paperback. Traces Brazil's complex environmental politics as they have unfolded over time, from their mid-twentieth-century conservationist beginnings to the contemporary development of a distinctive 'socio-environmentalism' which seeks to address ecological destruction and social injustice simultaneously. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5741 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822340317
ISBN
9780822340317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGU; HBJK; JFCA; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837621228
ISBN
9783837621228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.42

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