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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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 155.63
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Kuperard
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857338706
- ISBN
- 9781857338706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.46
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 50.99
€ 36.42