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Cultural studies

Paperback. In a world increasingly dominated by human beings, the survival of other species becomes more and more questionable. This book offers an alternative to an "us or them" mentality, proposing that other species are integral to humanity's evolution and exist at the core of our imagination. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JM; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820319827
ISBN
9780820319827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.82

Hardcover. This text focuses on the Jekyll Island social club's members and the "cottages" they built near the clubhouse between 1888 and 1928. It tells the story of each home, the owners' connections with the island, and their interactions with one another. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; AMK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 204 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1184.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820319285
ISBN
9780820319285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 49.78

Paperback. "The Modern Age" examines the discourses that have come to characterize adolescence and argues that commonplace views of adolescents as impulsive, conflicted, and rebellious are constructions inspired by broader cultural anxieties that characterized American society in early-twentieth-century America. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817356989
ISBN
9780817356989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.62

Paperback. In this collection of fifteen essays, archaeologists and ethnographers explore the material record of food and its consumption as social practice. Editor(s): Dietler, Michael. Num Pages: 444 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817356415
ISBN
9780817356415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.09

Paperback. Through an analysis of seven archaeological sites on the Yucatan peninsula that are open to heritage touring, the author reveals the planned growth of the Maya Riviera since the early 1970s and examines the impact of international tourism on both ancient structures and the contemporary Maya people and culture. Series Editor(s): Curet, L. Antonio. Series: Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HDD; JFC; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817355142
ISBN
9780817355142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.62

Paperback. "Practicing Materiality focuses on the job of applying materiality to anthropological investigations. It demonstrates a practical way to focus on the entangled lives of things without losing sight of their political and social implications"--Provided by publisher. Editor(s): Van Dyke, Ruth M. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11 halftones, 11 line drawings, 1 chart, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Arizona Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816531271
ISBN
9780816531271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHBS; WSJA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816526932
ISBN
9780816526932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; ACX; DSK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 196 x 64. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
First Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816516834
ISBN
9780816516834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.00

Hardcover. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; BGH; HBJF1; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 774.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633587
ISBN
9780815633587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.14

Hardcover. Editor(s): Frawley, Oona. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 black-&-white illustration, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632504
ISBN
9780815632504
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.72

Paperback. A collection of images demonstrating how the myth of the fountain of youth and its magical, restorative waters have been used to promote the state of Florida to tourists and new residents alike. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 260 x 9. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813044873
ISBN
9780813044873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.41

Paperback. An overview of the Caribbean dances, from Abakua and Zouk, and the complex, fused, and layered cultures that gave birth to them. This book describes how dance shapes personal, communal, and national identity. It shows how Caribbean rhythms, dances, fragments of movement, and even attitudes toward movement reach beyond the islands. Num Pages: 432 pages, 26 b&w photos, 6 figures, 2 maps, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KJ; ASDX; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813029047
ISBN
9780813029047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.28

Paperback. Offers a sustained meditation on the role of interruption in modernity. This book departs from and elaborates an important but overlooked dimension of Walter Benjamin's discourse: the question of style as it bears upon temporality and spatiality. This work suggests that the time has come to revise existing paradigms. Series Editor(s): Perloff, Marjorie; Rumold, Rainer. Series: Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; AMA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810123342
ISBN
9780810123342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.91

Paperback. This work seeks to probe the distinctive character of the postmodern situation and the philosophical problem of representation. Brockelman juxtaposes critics and art historical figures to conduct a debate about issues such as truth in art, perspectivism, theatricality and urbanism. Series: Philosophy, Literature & Culture S. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810117761
ISBN
9780810117761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.63

Paperback. "Sots-art," the mock use of the Soviet ideological cliches of mass culture, originated in Soviet nonconformist art of the early 1970s. This text examines literary Sots-art on several levels. Editor(s): Balina, Marina; etc.; Condee, Nancy (University of Pittsburgh, USA); Dobrenko, Evgeny (Amerst College, USA). Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Num Pages: 336 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JJPL; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810117679
ISBN
9780810117679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.91

Paperback. This work offers an account of the Russians' 400 years of experience in Siberia. Rasputin looks at the the peculiar physical and character traits of the Siberian Russian type, and at the gap between dreams and reality that have plagued Russians in Siberia. Translator(s): Winchell, Margaret; Mikkelson, Gerald. Num Pages: 443 pages, 16 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCS; HBJF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
Translated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810115750
ISBN
9780810115750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.36

Paperback. With a combination of classic and new essays and perspective on the theoretical avant-garde/modernism debate in the United States, Sheppard's volume provides an insight into scholarly discourse on this debated subject. Series: Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD7; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 665.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810114937
ISBN
9780810114937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.63

Paperback. Eugene Gendlin's contribution to the theory of language is the focus of this collection of essays Each essay is followed by a comment from Gendlin himself. The work investigates how concepts grow out of experience, and compares Gendlin's work to that of Wittgenstein, Dilthey and Heidegger. Editor(s): Levin, David Michael. Series: Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810113596
ISBN
9780810113596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810107588
ISBN
9780810107588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.27

Hardcover. Compares industrial management in two late-industrializers Japan and Russia as a basis for an original theory of institution-building" Series: Interests, Identities & Institutions in Comparative Politics S. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FPJ; JFC; JFF; JP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472112227
ISBN
9780472112227
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.27

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