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Cultural studies

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Hui Hanai
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780961673802
ISBN
9780961673802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.47

Based upon historical and archival research, as well as the author's fieldwork in indigenous communities, this work analyzes value from the perspective of the Napo Runa people of the Amazonian Ecuador. It views that Napo Runa personifies value by transforming things into people through a process of subordinating them to human relationships. Series: Interpretations of Culture in the New Millennium. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 photographs; 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252072550
ISBN
9780252072550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.57

Paperback. Harry Hendrick shows how broader social changes, including neoliberalism, feminism, the collapse of the social-democratic ideal, and the 'new behaviourism', have led to the rise of the anxious and narcissistic parent, In this provocative history of parenting. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447322566
ISBN
9781447322566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.55

Paperback. Narratology has been conceived as a project that transcends disciplines and media. This book investigates how the intrinsic properties of the supporting medium shape the form of narrative and affect the narrative experience. It addresses the question of how narrative migrates, mutates, and creates meaning as it is expressed across various media. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803289932
ISBN
9780803289932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.08

Paperback. Following the cognitive approaches that have rehabilitated immersion as the product of fundamental processes of world-construction and mental simulation, she details the many forms that interactivity has taken-or hopes to take-in digital texts, from determining the presentation of signs to affecting the level of story. Num Pages: 304 pages, 22, 10 black & white halftones, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417974
ISBN
9781421417974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.69

Paperback. The past, we know, informs us. And yet, despite its immense importance for understanding our identity, the reality of the past is curiously inaccessible. This book debates the issues of truth and fiction raised by attempts to recreate the past. The debate highlights the formal mechanisms, the ideological commitments whereby history is constructed. Editor(s): Borch, Marianne. Num Pages: 148 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DS; HB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9788778384973
ISBN
9788778384973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.40

paperback. A history of Russia's mighty culture. It covers the lives of those who have shaped its culture, and the enduring spirit of a people. Num Pages: 768 pages, 32pp colour illustrations, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AB; HBJD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140297966
ISBN
9780140297966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.68

Hardback. This is the first detailed study in English of the city of Canton (Guangzhou), the cradle of the Chinese revolution, in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 half-tones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; JFC; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804733618
ISBN
9780804733618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.53

Paperback. Scholarship on translation has moved well beyond the technicalities of converting one language into another and beyond conventional translation theory. This title covers a range of topics, from simultaneous translation to legal theory, from the language of exile to the language of new nations, and from the press to the cinema. Editor(s): Bermann, Sandra; Wood, Michael. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 424 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: CFP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691116099
ISBN
9780691116099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 42.52

Paperback. Explores the fashioning and refashioning of modern Chinese subjectivity as it relates to the literal and figurative body of the nation. This book contains essays that reveal the particular temporality of the modern Chinese nation-state. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822319696
ISBN
9780822319696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JPFN; JPS; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761854517
ISBN
9780761854517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.19

Paperback. This work focuses on the development of a unique style of music - combining the electric guitar with indigenous Shona music - that emerged in Zimbabwe during the 1980s. Turino examines this emergence of cosmopolitan culture among the black middle classes, and how it influenced politics. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 halftones, 2 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJ; AVGW; JFC; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226817026
ISBN
9780226817026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 46.13

paperback. Investigates the concepts of nation, identity, and culture as they have evolved within the contexts of exile and the ethnicisation of the political. This book explores various theoretical issues involved in reconfiguring these concepts since the nineteenth century. It is aimed at readers engaged in postcolonial and cultural studies. Editor(s): Mudimbe, V. Y. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780822320654
ISBN
9780822320654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.98

Paperback. Editor(s): Sullivan, Tristan L. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 8. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634634854
ISBN
9781634634854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.02
€ 70.74

Hardback. Editor(s): Mendoza, Jerome. Num Pages: 90 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 165 x 240 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634831840
ISBN
9781634831840
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.17
€ 143.11

Hardback. Editor(s): Hughes, Albert O.; Sanders, Eric A. Num Pages: 151 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 232 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634835268
ISBN
9781634835268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.77
€ 173.74

Hardback. Hills identifies the need for cross-cultural orientation for non-Native field workers, for libraries and librarians to become more community-minded, and for library education to be more field-responsive and active. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: GLC; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 30. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810831384
ISBN
9780810831384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.39

Paperback. Here, a dozen Native American writers reclaim their rightful role as influential "voices" in the debates about Native communities at the dawn of a new millennium, They examine the issues of politics, law and religion in the context of ongoing Native American resistance to the dominant culture. Editor(s): Grounds, Richard A.; Tinker, George E.; Wilkins, David E. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612598
ISBN
9780700612598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JFCA; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Paperback edition 2006
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226738697
ISBN
9780226738697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.79

Hardcover. For most of history, people trusted mythology or religion to provide an answer to the pressing question of the earth's age. This title tells the fascinating story of how scientists and philosophers examined those clues and from them built a chronological scale that has made it possible to reconstruct the history of nature itself. Translator(s): Venerella, John. Num Pages: 481 pages, 12 halftones, 27 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFCX; RBGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 32. Weight in Grams: 796.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
481
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226712871
ISBN
9780226712871
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 27.01

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