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Paperback. What role does ritual play in the lives of modern Africans? How are "traditional" cultural forms deployed by people seeking empowerment in a world where "modernity" has failed to deliver. In this collection of essays, the authors address such concepts as modernity, ritual, power and history. Editor(s): Comaroff, Jean; Comaroff, John L. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 halftone, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1H; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114408
- ISBN
- 9780226114408
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Hardback. This study of urban identity and community looks at selected 20th century literary and film texts in the context of theorizations of modernism, postmodernism, postcoloniality and globalization. Brooker proposes a "reflexive modernism" which rewrites and re-imagines the urban scene. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333801680
- ISBN
- 9780333801680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.61
€ 127.61
Paperback. This book looks at representations of the male body, sexuality and power in the arts in Mexico. It analyses literature, visual art and cinema produced from the 1870s to the present, focusing on the Porfirian regime, the Post-revolutionary era, the decadence of the revolutionary state and the emergence of the neo-liberal order in the 1980s. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349369980
- ISBN
- 9781349369980
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Condition: New
€ 65.58
€ 65.58
paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JPA; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1997
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349142200
- ISBN
- 9781349142200
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Condition: New
€ 65.80
€ 65.80
Hardcover. A blend of political theory, social theory, and philosophy of culture, the book will show the relationship and tension between thought and action, politics and literature, power and dissent in modern politics and culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108790
- ISBN
- 9780230108790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. This book presents critical studies of modern reconfigurations of traditional concepts, of the 'classical', and of national heritage. Its scope is global and inter-disciplinary, it focuses on the complexity of the modernization process and of reactions to it. Editor(s): Humphreys, S. C.; Wagner, Rudolf G. Series: Transcultural Research - Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context. Num Pages: 359 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 551.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 359
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642330704
- ISBN
- 9783642330704
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Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Paperback. Argues that economic development, cultural change, and political change go together in coherent and even, to some extent, predictable patterns. This title provides information from societies representing 70 percent of the world's population. Num Pages: 464 pages, 95 line illus. 30 tables. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691011806
- ISBN
- 9780691011806
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Condition: New
€ 57.07€ 55.15
€ 57.07
€ 55.15
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Plexus Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859651738
- ISBN
- 9780859651738
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. How has the Japanese government persuaded its citizens to save substantial portions of their incomes? How did the public come to support legalized prostitution as in the national interest? The author helps us to understand this mobilizing spirit as he taps into the intimate relationships everyday Japanese have with their government. Series: Princeton Paperbacks. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 halftones 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JFSL; JHM; JMH; JPHC; KF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691001913
- ISBN
- 9780691001913
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Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 42.58
€ 53.51
€ 42.58
Hardback. Suppose that a congenitally blind person has learned to distinguish and name a sphere and a cube by touch. Imagine that this person recovers the faculty of sight. Will he be able to distinguish both objects by sight and to say which is the sphere and which the cube? This book provides a survey of the history of the discussion about this problem. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 164 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792339342
- ISBN
- 9780792339342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.82
€ 130.82
Paperback. A collection of essays that explores magical realism as a momentary interruption of realism in US ethnic literature, showing how these moments of magic realism serve to memorialize, address, and redress traumatic ethnic histories. Editor(s): Sandin, Lyn di Iorio; Perez, R. Num Pages: 289 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 429.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349451135
- ISBN
- 9781349451135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. A collection of essays that explores magical realism as a momentary interruption of realism in US ethnic literature, showing how these moments of magic realism serve to memorialize, address, and redress traumatic ethnic histories. Editor(s): Sandin, Lyn di Iorio; Perez, Richard. Num Pages: 289 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137293299
- ISBN
- 9781137293299
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Condition: New
€ 117.27
€ 117.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 500 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 293 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2020.
- Publisher
- Skira
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857231761
- ISBN
- 9788857231761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 46.08
€ 50.99
€ 46.08
Paperback. An encyclopedic account of the sounds and obsessions of the Space Age/Cold War period and the renewed interest in them evident in contemporary music and design. Translator(s): Pinkus, Karen. Num Pages: 376 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: AV; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341567
- ISBN
- 9780822341567
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Editor(s): Andreoli, Richard. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Publisher
- Alyson Publications Inc
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227130
- ISBN
- 9781555838621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. This text provides an understanding of the life and work of Claude Monet and the myth of the modern artist. Levine analyzes the extensive critical reception of Monet and the artist's own writings in the context of the story of Narcissus, popular in late 19th-century France. Num Pages: 392 pages, 127 halftones. BIC Classification: ACVT; ACX; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 31. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226475448
- ISBN
- 9780226475448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.45€ 50.94
€ 59.45
€ 50.94
Paperback. Series: Culture Smart!. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPM; JFCA; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Kuperard United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857337174
- ISBN
- 9781857337174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.48
€ 13.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPB; JPS; KCP; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349470587
- ISBN
- 9781349470587
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Condition: New
€ 65.53
€ 65.53
Paperback. Offering a dialogue between anthropology and literature, culture, and media, this book presents fine-grained ethnographic vignettes of monsters dwelling in the contemporary world. These monsters hail from Aboriginal Australia, the Pacific, Asia, and Europe, and their presence is inextricably intertwined with the lives of those they haunt. Editor(s): Musharbash, Yasmine; Presterudstuen, Geir Henning. Num Pages: 237 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSR; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 309.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349501298
- ISBN
- 9781349501298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.58
€ 126.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFHF; VXQM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803249943
- ISBN
- 9780803249943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.83
€ 19.99
€ 19.83