Cultural studies
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Cultural studies
Paperback. Celebrating art and interpretation that take on social challenges, the author steers the humanities back to engagement with the world. Alleging that we are all cultural agents, she takes herself to task and creates Pre-Texts, an international arts-literacy project that translates high literary theory through popular creative practices. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 photographs, 2 graphs. BIC Classification: AB; JFC; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822355861
- ISBN
- 9780822355861
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Condition: New
€ 33.93
€ 33.93
Paperback. Explores the myths, ideas, and history that makes up haute couture, the must-have trends over the centuries, and the very concept of fashion itself. This title explores the possible meanings encompassed by the word fashion', probing its elusive place in art, politics, and history. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AKTA; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 121 x 15. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861892911
- ISBN
- 9781861892911
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.07
€ 21.99
€ 17.07
Paperback. Negotiating identity in hip-hop culture Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGR; JFCA; JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 230 x 11. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252078323
- ISBN
- 9780252078323
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.07
€ 27.99
€ 24.07
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861891457
- ISBN
- 9781861891457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.60
€ 34.60
Paperback. Offers a framework for understanding contemporary debates as they have evolved in Europe and the United States. From the visionary museums of Boullee in the eighteenth century to the new Guggenheim in Bilbao and beyond, this book explores various aspects of museum theory and practice: ideals and mission; architecture; the public and commercialism. Num Pages: 364 pages, 112 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AC; GM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 177 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1018. 364 pages, Illustrations. Offers a framework for understanding contemporary debates as they have evolved in Europe and the United States. From the visionary museums of Boullee in the eighteenth century to the new Guggenheim in Bilbao and beyond, this book explores various aspects of museum theory and practice: ideals and mission; architecture; the public and commercialism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AC; GM; JFC. Dimension: 254 x 177 x 24. Weight: 986.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 364
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520251267
- ISBN
- 9780520251267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.69
€ 42.99
€ 31.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Autonomedia
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570270598
- ISBN
- 9781570270598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.51
€ 20.51
Paperback.
The third edition of Popular Music and Society is fully revised and updated, deftly exploring the study of popular music in the context of wider debates in sociology and media and cultural studies. Astute and accessible, it continues to set the agenda for research and teaching in this area. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: AVGN; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653655
- ISBN
- 9780745653655
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Condition: New
€ 26.14
€ 26.14
Paperback. Beautifully illustrated with many captivating images of Paris design, dress, interiors, objects, art and media of the time, Ballets Russes Style is a much-needed account of how Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes influenced Parisian fashion, interior design, advertising and the decorative arts in the early twentieth century. Num Pages: 256 pages, 90. BIC Classification: JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861897572
- ISBN
- 9781861897572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.19
€ 50.19
Hardback. Showcases over a hundred treasures from the collections of the National Museum of Scotland. Editor(s): Souden, David. Num Pages: 320 pages, c300 colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; GM; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 250 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1676.
- Publisher
- NMSE - Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910682050
- ISBN
- 9781910682050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.00
€ 38.99
€ 34.00
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
€ 38.99€ 35.34
€ 38.99
€ 35.34
Paperback. In this book Jeffrey Alexander develops the view that cultural sociology and cultural pragmatics are vital for understanding the structural turbulence and political possibilities of contemporary social life. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509518135
- ISBN
- 9781509518135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.26
€ 23.26
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFCA; WBN; WTHR; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 292 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1284.
- Publisher
- Santa Monica Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595800893
- ISBN
- 9781595800893
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 47.04
€ 49.99
€ 47.04
Hardback. Explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their wine today derives from a cultural mythology that developed between the Renaissance and the Revolution. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520277502
- ISBN
- 9780520277502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.24
€ 129.24
Paperback. Offers a study of how science bears the marks of its place of production. This title establishes the fundamental importance of geography in both the generation and the consumption of scientific knowledge, using historical examples of the many places where science has been practiced. Series: science.culture. Num Pages: 244 pages, 31 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: JFC; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226102849
- ISBN
- 9780226102849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.05
€ 30.05
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: AJC; AKT; AKTA; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 178. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062428301
- ISBN
- 9780062428301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.13
€ 26.99
€ 18.13
Paperback. Wine: A Cultural History is a beautifully illustrated account of the story of wine, from ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia to the new world today. John Varriano examines how wine is made, and how it has been used in rituals, revelries and remedies throughout history. Num Pages: 280 pages, 88 colour illustrations, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; WBXD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 190 x 16. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861897909
- ISBN
- 9781861897909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.17
€ 41.17
Paperback. A survey of over 350 of the key terms central to cultural theory, this edition includes entries on colonialism, cyberculture, globalisation, terrorism and visual studies. Editor(s): Edgar, Andrew; Sedgwick, Peter. Series: Routledge Key Guides. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 33. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 447
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415399395
- ISBN
- 9780415399395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.33
€ 32.33
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
€ 43.29
€ 43.29
Paperback. Splendid..the major overview of Anglo-Saxon clothing and textile from the 5th to 11th centuries. (..) Owen-Crocker has become the authority reconstructors call upon.. A wise and scholarly book. TOEBI Newsletter Num Pages: 428 pages, 263, 12 colour, 13 black and white, 238 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 172 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1092.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 428
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Revised and enlarged ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843835721
- ISBN
- 9781843835721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.84
€ 33.99
€ 28.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 figures. BIC Classification: JFCA; PDR; UBJ; UDBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 231 x 30. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262529877
- ISBN
- 9780262529877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.05
€ 19.99
€ 18.05
Paperback. Looking at alcohol consumption across cultures, this book examines what drinking means to the people who consume or refuse to consume. Drawing on fieldwork, it situates consumption within the context of wider cultural practices and reveals how class, ethnicity, and nationalism are all expressed through this very popular commodity. Editor(s): Wilson, Thomas M. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Berg Publishers
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859738733
- ISBN
- 9781859738733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 37.26
€ 39.00
€ 37.26
Paperback. Offers an account of critical debates around the idea of performativity. This work also traces the history of the concept through the work of influential theorists. It examines the implications of performativity for fields such as literary and cultural theory, philosophy, performance studies, and the theory of gender and sexuality. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415329262
- ISBN
- 9780415329262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.67
€ 29.99
€ 26.67
hardcover. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108416887
- ISBN
- 9781108416887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.04
€ 117.04
Hardcover. Part of the encyclopedia of science and philosophy, "The Healing", this first volume represents arguably the most brilliant mind of late antiquity grappling with and rethinking the entire tradition of natural philosophy inherited from the Greeks as well as the physical thought of Muslim speculative theologians. Translator(s): McGinnis, Jon. Series: Islamic Translation Series. Num Pages: 1168 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPDC; JFCX; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 88. Weight in Grams: 2226.
- Publisher
- Brigham Young University
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842527477
- ISBN
- 9780842527477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.86€ 71.26
€ 82.86
€ 71.26