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Hardcover. A study of the politics of representation which explores the construction of a city of intensities. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781856494076
ISBN
9781856494076
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.73
€ 88.44

Hardback. Having returned to Russia in 1990 after two decades, the writer known as Abram Tertz creates a vivid picture of today's Russian intelligentsia and its role as conscience and critic since the fall of communism, as well as a chilling portrait of economic and political stagnation under Yeltsin. Translator(s): Visson, Lynn. Series: Harriman Lectures S. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPR; DSA; JFC; JFSC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231107266
ISBN
9780231107266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.21
€ 50.82

Paperback. This study of the contemporary American faith healing movement, the Catholic Charismatic Revival, blends ethnographic details with case histories to provide a cultural analysis of the healing experience. Num Pages: 344 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC7; HRCM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508. A Cultural Phenomenology of Charismatic Healing. 344 pages, 10 b&w photographs. This study of the contemporary American faith healing movement, the Catholic Charismatic Revival, blends ethnographic details with case histories to provide a cultural analysis of the healing experience. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC7; HRCM; JFC. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 23. Weight: 496.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520208841
ISBN
9780520208841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.72

Paperback. Tells the story of the influential group of creative artists - Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick, Ramon Sender, William Maginnis, and Tony Martin - who connected music to technology during a legendary era in California's cultural history. This title presents a comprehensive history of the San Francisco Tape Music Center. Editor(s): Bernstein, David W. Num Pages: 344 pages, 20 color photographs, 29 b/w photographs, 10 line drawings, 1 foldout, DVD. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; AV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 756. 1960s Counterculture and the Avant-Garde. 344 pages. Editor(s): Bernstein, David W. Tells the story of the influential group of creative artists - Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick, Ramon Sender, William Maginnis, and Tony Martin - who connected music to technology during a legendary era in California's cultural history. This title presents a comprehensive history of the San Francisco Tape Music Center. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; AV; JFC. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 22. Weight: 756.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256170
ISBN
9780520256170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.78

Paperback. Surveys a wide range of cultural controversies, from the Mapplethorpe affair to Salman Rushdie's death sentence. This book seeks to show that the fear and outrage these events inspired were the result of dangerous misunderstandings about the relationship between art and life. Num Pages: 258 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226772240
ISBN
9780226772240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.08

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822330486
ISBN
9780822330486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 33.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
New Ed
SKU
V9780814798690
ISBN
9780814798690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.27

Hardcover. Harlem's nightclubs in the 1920s and '30s were a crucible for testing society's racial and sexual limits. Combining performance theory, historical research, and biographical study, this title explores the role of nightlife performance as a definitive touchstone for understanding the racial and sexual politics of the early 20th century. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; JFCA; JFSJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226862514
ISBN
9780226862514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.79

Paperback. Harlem's nightclubs in the 1920s and '30s were a crucible for testing society's racial and sexual limits. Combining performance theory, historical research, and biographical study, this title explores the role of nightlife performance as a definitive touchstone for understanding the racial and sexual politics of the early 20th century. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFCA; JFSJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226862521
ISBN
9780226862521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.21

Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The New Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781565849518
ISBN
9781565849518
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.22

hardcover. In this sequel to "The Concept of Music", Robin Maconie teases out the musical science underlying subjects as diverse as Pythagoras's theorem, Plato's city state, mysteries of religion, myth, and folklore, theories of the mind, and key insights of Newton, Freud, and Einstein. Num Pages: 232 pages, line figures. BIC Classification: AVA; HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032567
ISBN
9780198166481
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1KBC; APT; JFCA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
ECW Press,Canada
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770413801
ISBN
9781770413801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.42

Hardcover. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813930107
ISBN
9780813930107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.94

Paperback. From ritual killings to subtle acts of self-denial, the practice and rhetoric of sacrifice has a special centrality in modern American literature. This book portrays an episode in American cultural history when the literary movement of realism and the fledgling field of sociology both converged in the belief that sacrifice is basic to sociality. Num Pages: 496 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691015064
ISBN
9780691015064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.84

paperback. Examines the body of work on the intellectual, social and cultural origins of early modern science. Cohen surveys a wide range of scholarship since the 19th century, offering new perspectives on how the Scientific Revolution changed the way we understand the natural world and our place in it. Num Pages: 680 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: HBAH; JFCX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 232 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1052. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032455
ISBN
9780226112800
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

Paperback. Blaikie explores how our different ways of seeing influence the relationship between place and belonging. He argues that our memories, however brief or complex, invoke imagined pasts. But do our recollections share a common frame of reference? Blaikie's cross-disciplinary exploration sets out to answer this question. Includes numerous case studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 b+w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 186 x 232 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617876
ISBN
9780748617876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.69

Hardback. All memories invoke imagined pasts, but do the ways we remember share a common imaginary? In seeking to interpret Scottish culture in the recent past as a series of encounters with modernity, this study draws on a wide range of sources to explore relationships between perceptions of place, belonging and identity in one nation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617869
ISBN
9780748617869
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.35

Paperback. Emphasising on the diversity of intellectual discussion taking place in this small country located on the outer edge of Europe, and also the European dimension of this Scottish movement, this book is arranged thematically - Human Nature, Ethics, Aesthetics, Religion, Economics, Social Theory and Politics, Law, Historiography, Language and Science. Editor(s): Broadie, Alexander. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH; HPC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 52. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
Canongate UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862417383
ISBN
9780862417383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.74

Paperback. Examines the implications of new communication technologies. This book evaluates critically the concepts of media and technology in various traditions of cultural theory, with the aim of rethinking the relations of humans to machines. It also examines theories of postmodernity in relation to the new media and the debate over multiculturalism. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JH; PDR; UT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745613963
ISBN
9780745613963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.46

Paperback. Wonder Woman, created in 1941, is the most popular female superhero of all time. This book uncovers a trove of documents, including the private papers of William Moulton Marston, Wonder Woman's creator. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: AKLC; JFCA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 200 x 35. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Scribe Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK edition with new afterword
Condition
New
SKU
V9781925228113
ISBN
9781925228113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 14.54

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