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Cultural studies
Hardcover. Louisa Hadley examines the range of responses to Margaret Thatcher's death in relation to the cultural discourses surrounding Thatcher in the 1980s and since her resignation. The responses examined include the anticipation of Thatcher's death in anti-Thatcher songs, social media responses, obituaries, picture tributes and the ceremonial funeral. Num Pages: 120 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
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- New
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- V9781137428240
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- 9781137428240
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€ 66.00
€ 66.00
Hardcover. This interdisciplinary project draws on a wealth of sources (visual, material, literary and theatrical) to examine Austen's depiction of female performance, display and desire through her deployment of a culturally and symbolically charged accessory: the muff. Num Pages: 94 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSG; DSK; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
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- Hardback
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- 2014
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- Palgrave Pivot
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- New
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- V9781137427922
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- 9781137427922
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€ 65.76
€ 65.76
Hardcover. An interdisciplinary collection of essays exploring the complex and conflicted topic of beauty in cultural, arts and medicine, looking back through the long cultural history of beauty, and asking whether it is possible to 'recover beauty'. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; DSB; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137426734
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- 9781137426734
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€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Culture, Economy and Politics: The Case of New Labour (New Directions ...
Hesmondhalgh, David, Oakley, Kate, Lee, David...
Hardcover. This book focuses on cultural policy in the UK between 1997 and 2010 under the Labour party (or 'New Labour', as it was temporarily rebranded). It is based on interviews with major figures and examines a range of policy areas including the arts, creative industries, copyright, film policy, heritage, urban regeneration and regional policy. Series: New Directions in Cultural Policy Research. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JFC; JPH; JPL; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137426376
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- 9781137426376
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€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Interrogating the Theory and Practice of Communication for Social Chan...
Thomas, Pradip Ninan, Van de Fliert, Elske
Hardcover. A new addition to the Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change series, this book sets the stage for subsequent books by identifying and analysing the current gaps in the field. It critically reviews the theory, practice and strategies of Communication for Social Change in relation to occurring structures, policies and discourses. Series: Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change. Num Pages: 164 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
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- Hardback
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- 2014
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137426307
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- 9781137426307
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€ 104.89
€ 104.89
Hardcover. Through nine seasons the TV show Supernatural has delved into social, philosophical, literary, and theological themes that not only add depth to the show, but reflect our era's intellectual concerns. This book contextualizes Supernatural within the renaissance of the fantastic in pop culture and traces its roots in folklore and Biblical narrative. Num Pages: 235 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APT; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137412553
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- 9781137412553
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€ 66.50
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Hardcover. Literature and Encyclopedism in Enlightenment Britain tells the story of long-term aspirations to comprehend, record, and disseminate complete knowledge of the world. It draws on a wide range of literary and non-literary works from the early modern era and British Enlightenment. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD; HPCD; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137411532
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- 9781137411532
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€ 67.11
€ 67.11
The Literature of Waste: Material Ecopoetics and Ethical Matter
Morrison, Susan, Morrison, Susan Signe
Hardcover. Tracing the material and metaphoric waste through the western canon, Morrison disrupts traditional perceptions to understand how we theorize, manage, and are implicated in waste. A major contribution to the growing field of Waste Studies, this book urges the reader to see disposal as the creation of waste literature itself. Num Pages: 314 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 536.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137405661
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- 9781137405661
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€ 150.50
€ 150.50
Hardcover. Yar examines the autobiographies of fallen sports stars, exploring their fall from grace and the stigma it entails. Drawing upon sociological and criminological perspectives, it illuminates how fallen stars use confessional acts of story-telling to seek forgiveness, vindication and redemption. Num Pages: 116 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHBA; JHBS; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 278.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137403742
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- 9781137403742
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€ 65.84
€ 65.84
Hardcover. People play mobile games everywhere and at any time. Tobin examines this media practice through the players directly using the lens of the players and practice of the Nintendo DS system. He argues for the primacy of context for understanding how digital play functions in today's society, emphasizing location, "killing-time," and mobile communities. Num Pages: 136 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137396587
- ISBN
- 9781137396587
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€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Hardcover. The present book is a journey of many women across the world who have struggled to give women's studies visibility. Drawing upon the contributors' diverse experiences and concerns, it explores the metamorphosis of women's studies from the early days to date. Editor(s): Pande, Rekha. Series: Gender, Development and Social Change. Num Pages: 362 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137395733
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- 9781137395733
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€ 68.00
€ 68.00
Hardcover. Kurt Cobain and Ian Curtis. Through death, they became icons. However, the lead singers have been removed from their humanity, replaced by easily replicated and distributed commodities bearing their image. This book examines how the anglicised singers provide secular guidance to the modern consumer in an ever more uncertain world. Series: Pop Music, Culture and Identity. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137393524
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- 9781137393524
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€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. A social tragedy is a collective representation of injustice. Baker demonstrates how social tragedies facilitate moral action and discusses a series of contemporary case studies - the death of Princess Diana, Zinedine Zidane's 2006 World Cup scandal, KONY 2012 - to examine their social and political effects. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JHBA; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 221 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137386137
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- 9781137386137
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€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. This collection explores the representation and performance of queer youth in media cultures, primarily examining TV, film and online new media. Specific themes of investigation include the context of queer youth suicide and educational strategies to avert this within online new media, and the significance of coming out videos produced online. Editor(s): Pullen, Christopher. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA; JFD; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137383549
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- 9781137383549
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€ 128.51
€ 128.51
Hardcover. Placing struggles for communication rights within the broader context of human rights struggles in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, this broad-based collection offers a rich range of illustrations of national, regional and global struggles to define communication rights as essential to human needs and happiness. Editor(s): Padovani, Claudia; Calabrese, Andrew. Series: Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research - A Palgrave and IAMCR Series. Num Pages: 377 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFFJ; JPV; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137378293
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- 9781137378293
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€ 68.31
€ 68.31
Hardcover. American Sociology has changed radically since 1945. This volume traces these changes to the present, with special emphasis on the feminization of sociology and the decline of the science ideal as well as the challenges sociology faces in the new environment for universities. Series: Sociology Transformed. Num Pages: 145 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCX; JHB; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 337.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137377166
- ISBN
- 9781137377166
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€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Hardcover. This book offers a unique and accessible way of conceptualizing the vocations of art, science, and politics in the capitalist world through an examination of some neglected features of the work of the scholar who first traced their origins and consequences in 'the West': Max Weber. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFCX; JHB; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137377135
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- 9781137377135
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€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Hardcover. How and when did the kiss become a vital sign of romance and love? In this wide-ranging book, pop culture expert Marcel Danesi takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the history of the kiss, from poetry and painting to movies and popular songs, and argues that its romantic incarnation signaled the birth of popular culture. Series: Semiotics and Popular Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 376.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137376831
- ISBN
- 9781137376831
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€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. What does it mean to live as a ghost? Exploring spectrality as a metaphor in the contemporary British and American cultural imagination, Peeren proposes that certain subjects - migrants, servants, mediums and missing persons - are perceived as living ghosts and examines how this figuration can signify both dispossession and empowerment or agency. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APT; DSBH; DSK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137375841
- ISBN
- 9781137375841
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€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Theological Reflections on "Gangnam Style": A Racial, Sexual, and Cult...
Cheah, Joseph, Kim, Grace Ji-Sun
Hardcover. As we listen to Psy's music are we laughing at him or with him? This book responds to this question from historical and theological perspectives and tackles the pressing issues concerning racial stereotypes, imposed masculinity, and imitating another in order to ridicule him/her. Series: Asian Christianity in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 107 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRLB; JFCA; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137373472
- ISBN
- 9781137373472
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Condition: New
€ 65.84
€ 65.84