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Cultural studies

Paperback. Presenting a model of film studies in which films themselves are only one source of information among many, this volume aims to bring together film histories that draw on primary sources including collections of personal papers, popular and trade journalism, fan magazines, studio publications, and industry records. Editor(s): Lewis, Jon; Smoodin, Eric. Num Pages: 400 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338215
ISBN
9780822338215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.42

Paperback. In Looking West, John D. Dorst examines a largely neglected pattern of seeing that stands in contrast to the universally familiar iconography. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812214406
ISBN
9780812214406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

Paperback. An account of three young women who attended the University of California at Berkeley and became caught up in the tumultuous changes of the 60s. It chronicles the hopes, confusion and disillusionment of a generation whose rites of passage defined one of the most contentious decades of this century. Num Pages: 381 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 68.
Publisher
University of California Press Berkeley
Number of pages
381
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520209107
ISBN
9780520209107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.93

Paperback. Editor(s): Mathijs, Ernest. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 662. Popular Culture in Global Context. 224 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Mathijs, Ernest. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: APF; JFCA. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight: 660.
Publisher
Wallflower Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904764823
ISBN
9781904764823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.06

Paperback. What is the fascination that decollation holds for us, as individuals and as a culture? Why does the idea make us laugh and the act make us close our eyes? "Losing Our Heads" explores in both artistic and cultural contexts the role of the chopped-off head. Num Pages: 255 pages, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814742709
ISBN
9780814742709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.89

Paperback. Taking stock of a century of pervasive loss - of warfare, disease, and political strife - this book considers 'what is lost' in terms of 'what remains'. It reveals how melancholia can lend meaning and force to notions of activism, ethics, and identity. Editor(s): Eng, David L.; Kazanjian, David. Num Pages: 498 pages, 9 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 694. The Politics of Mourning. 498 pages, 9 b&w photographs, index. Editor(s): Eng, David L.; Kazanjian, David. Taking stock of a century of pervasive loss - of warfare, disease, and political strife - this book considers 'what is lost' in terms of 'what remains'. It reveals how melancholia can lend meaning and force to notions of activism, ethics, and identity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JFC. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 31. Weight: 686.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
498
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232365
ISBN
9780520232365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.27

Hardback. Linking the study of business and politics, this book reconstructs the debate over the development of the book trade in 19th-century France. It shows how publishers succeeded in transforming the industry from a tightly controlled trade into a free enterprise, with dramatic but paradoxical consequences for literature in France. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 346 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; CBW; HBJD; JFCA; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035768
ISBN
9780674035768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.35
€ 60.01

Hardcover.

R. Dixon Smith has captured the enchanting story of the well known pulp writer Carl Jacobi. Jacobi wrote many fantasy and weird tales, while leading a somewhat bizarre yet magical life. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Popular Press 1
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780879722876
ISBN
9780879722876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.06

Paperback. Group marriages along with prescriptions for sex, pregnancies and births, were a central feature of the remaking of Cambodia society and contributed to the dissolution of the country's ritual practices. This title argues that suffering was intensified by ritual tampering on the part of the Khmer Rouge period (1975-1979) of Cambodia. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations (some col.), map. BIC Classification: 1FMC; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
NUS Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9789971694722
ISBN
9789971694722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.86

Paperback. aeo Georges Duby is one of the most outstanding medieval historians in the world today. aeo This is an important book on the themes of love and marriage in the Middle Ages. aeo The hardback edition was widely reviewed and sold well. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBLC; HBTB; JFC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745614793
ISBN
9780745614793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.05

Hardcover. It has often been assumed that Europeans invented and had the exclusive monopoly over courtly and romantic love, commonly considered to be the highest form of relations between men and women. This view was particularly prevalent between 1770 and the mid-twentieth century, but was challenged in the 1960s.. Series: Remapping Cultural History. Num Pages: 382 pages, 7 ills. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455224
ISBN
9781845455224
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.79

Paperback. Explores the psychology of love from the legend of Tristan and Isolde to Hollywood. Bringing together historical, religious, philosophical, and cultural dimensions, the author traces the evolution of Western romantic love from its literary beginnings as an awe-inspiring secret to its commercialization in the cinema. Translator(s): Belgion, Montgomery. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
394
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691013930
ISBN
9780691013930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.77

hardcover. The first overview of romantic comedy on the small screen. Series: Library of Gender and Popular Culture. Num Pages: 3256 pages. BIC Classification: APT; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
I.B.Tauris United Kingdom
Number of pages
3256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784533465
ISBN
9781784533465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.09
€ 90.59

Paperback. This work looks at why moral values enhance and solidify erotic and marital relationships. In the process, it challenges cynicism about marriage while remaining sensitive to the innumerable problems confronting couples. Its approach to marital love is both traditional and modern. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ; JFC; JHBK; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700607679
ISBN
9780700607679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.28

Hardback. Since the end of the eighteenth century, the pursuit of a true lovea has been enshrined in the expectations of Western societies. We regard this pursuit as our right, and organize our lives around it. However, the possibility that love is becoming more difficult to achieve in the West has begun to attract considerable attention. Num Pages: 184 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JHBK; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745620725
ISBN
9780745620725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.62

Hardcover. Top young fashion designer Luella Bartley celebrates English style and explains how to acquire it. Num Pages: 200 pages, 30 b/w, 75 col illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AKT; JFCK; WJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 159 x 38. Weight in Grams: 852. Missing dustwrapper, otherwise as new
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KCG0000846
ISBN
9780007285310
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardback. Focuses on the study of how humans use high quality, highly pleasurable, and frequently rare products, services, and experiences to distinguish to themselves and others who they are as well as whom they are not - both within and across cultures. Editor(s): Woodside, Arch G.; Ko, Eunju. Series Editor(s): Woodside, Arch G. Series: Advances in Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research. Num Pages: 300 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCK; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781902103
ISBN
9781781902103
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.07

Hardcover. The word 'luxury' has almost lost its meaning. This title takes us on a voyage around the luxury universe, slipping behind the facades of the world's most sophisticated businesses to show the reader how they function. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFDV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Kogan Page Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749452636
ISBN
9780749452636
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.00
€ 35.94

Hardback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199663248
ISBN
9780199663248
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816633661
ISBN
9780816633661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.64

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