Cultural studies
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Cultural studies
Paperback. Examines the relation between humanism and science, referring to such seminal figures as Poliziano, Scaliger, Kepler and Wolf. this text demonstrates that humanism was neither a simple nor an impractical enterprise, but worked hand-in-hand with science in developing modern learning. Num Pages: 340 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HRQA; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674195455
- ISBN
- 9780674195455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.38
€ 46.99
€ 39.38
Paperback. When early Christians began to study the Bible, and to write their own history and that of the Jews, they used scholarly methods invented by the librarians and literary critics of Hellenistic Alexandria. But Origen and Eusebius, scholars of late Roman Caesarea, produced books in which parallel columns made possible critical comparisons. Num Pages: 384 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HRAX; HRC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674030480
- ISBN
- 9780674030480
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.55
€ 35.99
€ 30.55
Paperback. The sexual revolution: an evocative term, but what meaning can be given to it today? How does sexuality come into being and what connections does it have with the changes that have affected personal life on a more general plane? This book answers such questions and disputes many of the interpretations of the role of sexuality in modern culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745612393
- ISBN
- 9780745612393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.96
€ 24.99
€ 24.96
Paperback. Drawing upon research conducted in Europe, America and Australasia, this title investigates the rise and rise of cosmetic surgery, reviewing the various developments in celebrity culture and the consumer industries, which many argue are responsible for the popularity of cosmetic and surgical forms of extreme reinvention. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; MNPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861893710
- ISBN
- 9781861893710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.64
€ 27.64
Hardback. aeo Highly readable and bold defence of the relevance and importance of Freuda s theories to contemporary culture. aeo A lucid application of Freudian concepts to current theoretical issues in the social sciences and the humanities. aeo Includes contributions from highly distinguished scholars in the social sciences and the humanities. Editor(s): Elliott, Anthony. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition-Signed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745619088
- ISBN
- 9780745619088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.30
€ 72.30
Paperback. Contributors focus on such key media texts of the 1960s as The Avengers, This Sporting Life, Panorama, The Apartment and Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, demonstrating what close textual investigation can reveal about the great social and cultural transformation of the decade. Editor(s): Aldgate, Anthony; Chapman, James (Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, Open University); Marwick, Arthur (Professor of History, Open University). Num Pages: 232 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; JFC; JFD; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860643835
- ISBN
- 9781860643835
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Condition: New
€ 36.58
€ 36.58
Paperback. Making the new politics of craft and sustainability Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AFT; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784538248
- ISBN
- 9781784538248
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.60
€ 32.99
€ 27.60
Paperback. Examines how developments in physics, biology, medicine, psychology, politics, and art employed the metaphor of the working body as a human motor. This title demonstrates how the utopian obsession with energy and fatigue shaped social thought across the ideological spectrum. Num Pages: 432 pages, 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 238 x 31. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520078277
- ISBN
- 9780520078277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.01
€ 52.01
Paperback. Editor(s): Lang, Anouk. Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558499539
- ISBN
- 9781558499539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.19
€ 44.19
Paperback. This work argues that the "clash of civilizations" that is thought to be a feature of the post-Cold War environment is not necessarily caused by the dogma of world religions or cultural incompatibilities but by the hegemonic universalisms that have characterized world history since 1492. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804749817
- ISBN
- 9780804749817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.60
€ 42.60
Paperback. Here, for the first time, is a simple, single explanation for the major problems facing the world today. Environmental superstar Annie Leonard has already reached millions worldwide with her message about the way stuff is ruining our lives. It's time she reached you, too. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFT; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 348. How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health - and a Vision for Change. 400 pages. Tells the story of the 'stuff' we use everyday - where our bottled water, mobile phones and jeans come from, how they're made and distributed, and where they really go when we throw them away. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFT; RNK. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 20. Weight: 406.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849010382
- ISBN
- 9781849010382
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.40
€ 17.99
€ 13.40
Paperback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 368 pages, 36 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFCV; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136525
- ISBN
- 9780231136525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.09
€ 33.09
Hardcover. Annie Coleman has written the first cultural history of skiing in the United States, telling how this European sport evolved into an American industry combining recreation, tourism, consumption, and wildness. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25ill. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; JFCA; WSWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700613410
- ISBN
- 9780700613410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.95
€ 46.95
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691636832
- ISBN
- 9780691636832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.38
€ 187.38
Hardcover. As the first book to examine these ambitious and participatory photographic phenomena, Mass Photography makes a valuable contribution to photographic history and theory by taking a fresh look at amateur practice on an unprecedented scale. Series: International Library of Visual Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 bw integrated, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Sew
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784530112
- ISBN
- 9781784530112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.70
€ 147.70
Paperback. This book strips away modern myths about the Druids Num Pages: 272 pages, 60 b&w illustrations, 20 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBTB; HRKP2; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752425764
- ISBN
- 9780752425764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.43
€ 17.99
€ 16.43
Hardback. The idea that respect for cultural diversity conflicts with gender equality is now a staple of both public and academic debate. Yet discussion of these tensions is marred by exaggerated talk of cultural difference, leading to ethnic reductionism, cultural stereotyping, and a hierarchy of traditional and modern. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647999
- ISBN
- 9780745647999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.30
€ 72.30
Paperback. Democracy and democratization are now high on the political agenda, but there is growing indifference to the gap between rich and poor. Political equalities matter more than ever, while economic inequality is accepted almost as a fact of life. It is the separation between economic and political that lies at the heart of this book. Num Pages: 168 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JFSL1; JHM; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 9. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745621098
- ISBN
- 9780745621098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.39
€ 28.39
Paperback. Multiculturalism has been blamed for encouraging oppression of women. Many critics opportunistically deploy gender equality to justify the retreat from multiculturalism, hijacking the equality agenda to perpetuate cultural stereotypes. The author offers a way of addressing dilemmas of justice and equality in multiethnic, multicultural societies. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1; JFSL1; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141152
- ISBN
- 9780691141152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.29
€ 47.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226595139
- ISBN
- 9780226595139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.49
€ 39.49