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Cultural studies
This book provides a clear and concise introduction to the concept of consumption and to the wide--ranging debates about the nature and consequences of consumer society. Community and social class appear to be in irreversible decline. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745625294
- ISBN
- 9780745625294
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Culture, Raymond Williams once wrote, is one of the most difficult words in language. Since then the concept has become part of our everyday vocabulary; it is used in a variety of different contexts: to describe the behaviour of corporations or criminals; to provide personal and national identity; it even gives its name to a Department of State. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 370. Series: Key Concepts. 200 pages. Culture, Raymond Williams once wrote, is one of the most difficult words in language. Since then the concept has become part of our everyday vocabulary; it is used in a variety of different contexts: to describe the behaviour of corporations or criminals; to provide personal and national identity; it even gives its name to a Department of State. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFC. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 21. Weight: 370.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745623801
- ISBN
- 9780745623801
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Explores how science became increasingly important in nineteenth-century British culture and how the systematic study of insects permitted entomologists to engage with the most pressing questions of Victorian times: the nature of God, mind, and governance, and the origins of life. Num Pages: 384 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB; JFCX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 34. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300150919
- ISBN
- 9780300150919
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.58
€ 43.99
€ 31.58
Listen to David Hesmondhalgh discuss the arguments at the core of 'Why Music Matters' with Laurie Taylor on BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed here. Num Pages: 204 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192422
- ISBN
- 9781405192422
Condition: New
€ 88.47
€ 88.47
- Publisher
- United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812243956
- ISBN
- 9780812243956
Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
The Rise and Fall of Soul and Self. An Intellectual History of Persona...
Martin, Raymond; Barresi, John
Traces the development of Western ideas about personal identity and reveals the larger intellectual trends, controversies, and ideas that have revolutionized the way we think about ourselves. This title considers ancient Greece, where the ideas of Plato, Aristotle, and the materialistic atomists laid the groundwork for future theories. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231137447
- ISBN
- 9780231137447
Condition: New
€ 111.66€ 86.38
€ 111.66
€ 86.38
Our era is defined by the model. From Victoria's Secret and America's Next Top Model to the snapshots we post on Face-book and Twitter, our culture is fixated on the pose, the state of existing simultaneously as artifice and the real thing. The author shows us the very meaning of the arts in the process of transformation. Num Pages: 232 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226772196
- ISBN
- 9780226772196
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.86
€ 36.99
€ 29.86
Offers a comprehensive, concise guide to the marae, including the space and how it is arranged, the buildings on a marae, the functions of and gatherings held at marae, and the cultural understandings and values underpinning marae custom and protocol. Num Pages: 48 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Huia Publishers New Zealand
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781775501947
- ISBN
- 9781775501947
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.90
€ 20.99
€ 15.90
Dynamic Fair Dealing presents a range of insightful and provocative essays that rethink our relationship to Canadian fair dealing policy. Num Pages: 456 pages, 4, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFC; LNRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442646407
- ISBN
- 9781442646407
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
In Confronting the Blue Revolution, Md Saidul Islam uses the shrimp farming industry in Bangladesh and across the global South to show the social and environmental impact of industrialized aquaculture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442646384
- ISBN
- 9781442646384
Condition: New
€ 70.55
€ 70.55
paperback. Family values are central to our society, but as John Gillis points out in this book, most of our images of home-sweet-home are of a very recent vintage. He questions idealized notions of "the family" and the political construction of family rituals and argues these images must be open to change. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674961883
- ISBN
- 9780674961883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.20
€ 41.99
€ 35.20
paperback. Was punk just another moment in music history, a flash in time when a group of young rebels exploded in a fury of raw sound? Greil Marcus delves into the afterlife of punk as a much richer phenomenon - a form of artistic and social rebellion that continually erupts into popular culture. Num Pages: 448 pages, 9 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; AVGP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674445772
- ISBN
- 9780674445772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.34
€ 46.99
€ 39.34
Paperback. "Fans of Douglas Hofstadter, Daniel Bennet, and Richard Dawkins (as well as science buffs and readers of Wired Magazine ) will revel in Aaron Lynch's groundbreaking examination of memetics--the new stud" Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JH; JMR; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465084678
- ISBN
- 9780465084678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.81
€ 24.81
From yellow-face performance in the 19th century to Jackie Chan in the 21st, this book examines articles of clothing and modes of adornment as a window on how American views of China have changed in the past 150 years. It provides a cultural history of three iconic objects in theatrical and cinematic performance. Num Pages: 316 pages, 35 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFCK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012470
- ISBN
- 9780253012470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AVGR; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226348759
- ISBN
- 9780226348759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.03€ 79.61
€ 94.03
€ 79.61
paperback. Written by an Englishwoman, living in Paris at the beginning of the twentieth century, this work includes 137 household recipes. It also contains menus with recipes from the best Paris chefs and restaurants. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138974654
- ISBN
- 9781138974654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.09
€ 40.09
Paperback. Explains the history of British occupational dress from around 1750 to 1950, a period that saw the decline of many traditional forms of employment, the emergence of new types of job and the alteration of various existing roles to meet the changing demands of the workplace. This guide demonstrates the adaptation of regular clothes for manual tasks. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, 70 b/w; 41 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; AKTH; JFCK; WQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 153 x 5. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Shire
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747811978
- ISBN
- 9780747811978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.46
€ 12.46
hardcover. Ann Cvetkovich combines memoir and cultural critique in search of ways of writing about depression as a public cultural and political phenomenon rather than as a personal medical pathology. Num Pages: 296 pages, 38 illustrations, including 14 in color. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352235
- ISBN
- 9780822352235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.23
€ 111.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807043233
- ISBN
- 9780807043233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.18
€ 18.99
€ 15.18
hardcover. Lindow Man, the famous Pete Marsh discovered in Cheshire in the 1980s, has been joined by new finds from Ireland and elsewhere. Who were these unfortunate people, and why were they killed? Num Pages: 224 pages, 78 illustrations, 15 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKENC; HDD; JFC; JKVF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500051825
- ISBN
- 9780500051825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.19
€ 33.99
€ 24.19