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Cultural studies
Hardback. Figures of a Changing World develops an account of culture change that is based on the distinction between the two rhetorical figures of metaphor and metonymy. These figures are applied both to the large-scale interpretation of tensions in culture change and to the micro-interpretation of tensions within particular texts. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 147 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823257478
- ISBN
- 9780823257478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.45
€ 93.45
Hardback. The highly-anticipated first English-language edition of the monumental critical anthology of writings from the golden age of the Italian disapora in America is now available. Editor(s): Durante, Francesco. Num Pages: 1032 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 193 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823260614
- ISBN
- 9780823260614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.22
€ 134.22
Paperback. Series: Readings in.. 252 pages, maps, figures. Editor(s): Young, Tom. These readings focus on African politics. The topics covered include: African socialism; the Eritrean war; violence in Nigeria; the social power of religious organization and civil society; and aspects of democracy and democratization in Zambia and Botswana. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1H; JFC; JPA; JPH. Dimension: 233 x 203 x 16. Weight: 570.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780852552575
- ISBN
- 9780852552575
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.92
€ 33.99
€ 32.92
Hardback. The African American at the end of the nineteenth century was described by W E B Du Bois as "two souls in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder." In the United States today, the hyphen between these two souls-African and American, African-American-is still being negotiated. This book deals with this topic. Illustrator(s): Attie, Alice. Num Pages: 80 pages, 24 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AJ; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857420848
- ISBN
- 9780857420848
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.47
€ 19.99
€ 17.47
Hardcover. Crisscrossing the continent, a renowned geneticist provides a groundbreaking examination of America through its DNA. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 pages of color illustrations; 8 pages of black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 240 x 33. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 369
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871404121
- ISBN
- 9780871404121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.19
€ 30.99
€ 28.19
Hardcover. This work traces the construction of Russia's cultural landscape, showing how 19th-century representations of nature reflected and shaped Russians' ideas about themselves and their nation. It should appeal to those who are interested in landscape history and in Russian art and culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AMV; HBJD; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875803036
- ISBN
- 9780875803036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.60
€ 56.60
Paperback. A guide to the art, architecture and timeless human passion of Rome. It focuses on famous and forgotten monuments, and the artists and patrons who brought them into being. For Judith Testa, the ancient wordplay on "Roma" and "amor" holds the key to unravelling some fascinating cultural puzzles. Num Pages: 304 pages, 52 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1QDAR; AC; AM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875805764
- ISBN
- 9780875805764
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. Traces the cultural construction of Russia's landscape during the 19th century. This book shows how artistic and literary representations of nature reflected and shaped Russians' ideas about themselves and their nation. Num Pages: 290 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AMV; HBJD; HBLL; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875809854
- ISBN
- 9780875809854
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.89
€ 32.99
€ 29.89
Paperback. Addresses the tension between expectations for the traditional woman, whose primary value to the state was reproductive, and those for the modern consumer-housewife ideal that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s. This book offers insights to the gender dynamics of authoritarian states. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; HRCC7; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875809977
- ISBN
- 9780875809977
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.66
€ 32.99
€ 29.66
Paperback. Explores the experiences, ideas, and conflicts that have shaped the emergence of modern sexual identities. This work features articles on sexual assault, homosexuality, birth control, venereal disease, sexual repression, pornography, and the AIDS epidemic, which examine the ways that sexuality has become a core element of modern social identity. Editor(s): Peiss, Kathy; Simmons, Christina. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCX; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877226376
- ISBN
- 9780877226376
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.08
€ 37.99
€ 34.08
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896801271
- ISBN
- 9780896801271
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.39
€ 38.99
€ 35.39
Paperback. Written in honor of one of the foremost observers of nationalism and culture in Central and Eastern Europe, this volume brings together 35 eminent scholars from the United States, Canada, Ukraine, and Poland. Supplemented by a bibliography of the work of Roman Szporluk, these fresh, urgent essays mirror Szporluk's broad and comparativist approach. Editor(s): Gitelman, Zvi Y.; etc. Num Pages: 646 pages, 25ill.22tabs. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1110.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 646
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916458935
- ISBN
- 9780916458935
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.89
€ 31.99
€ 26.89
Paperback. A study of contemporary Arab political poetry, this book provides a wide range of insights into the ways that modern media aesthetics are shaped by language and culture. It investigates the audio-recording industry in southern Yemen, showing how various forms of political activism emerge through sensory engagements with Arabic poetry and song. Series: Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs. Num Pages: 512 pages, 13 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFC; JFD; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 36. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780932885326
- ISBN
- 9780932885326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.48
€ 33.99
€ 28.48
Paperback. In this book, his first to appear in English, French sinologistFrancois Jullien uses the Chinese concept of shi--meaningdisposition or circumstance, power or potential--as a touchstone toexplore Chinese culture and to uncover the intricate structureunderlying Chinese modes of thinking. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299953
- ISBN
- 9780942299953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.04
€ 33.99
€ 25.04
Hardcover. An examination of the ideas of space and place as manifested in medieval texts, art, and architecture. Editor(s): Weiss, Julian; Salih, Sarah. Series: King's College London Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 23, 20 colour, 3 black and white. BIC Classification: HBLC1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- King's College London, Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953983872
- ISBN
- 9780953983872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.16
€ 62.16
Paperback. Editor(s): Polk, Patrick Arthur. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJ; AC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 256 x 14. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Fowler Museum at UCLA
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780984755073
- ISBN
- 9780984755073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.65
€ 26.99
€ 24.65
Hardcover. A Companion to Intellectual History provides an in-depth survey of the practice of intellectual history as a discipline. Forty newly-commissioned chapters showcase leading global research with broad coverage of every aspect of intellectual history as it is currently practiced. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to World History. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118294802
- ISBN
- 9781118294802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 221.56
€ 221.56
Hardcover. Offering a rare glimpse of rural life in modern-day Cuba, this book examines how ordinary Cubans carve out their own spaces for appropriate acts of consumption, exchange, and production within the contradictory normative and material spaces of everyday economic life. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 258 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JFCV; RGC; RNFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118302002
- ISBN
- 9781118302002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.56
€ 79.56
Hardcover. Companion to Celebrity presents a multi-disciplinary collection of original essays that explore myriad issues relating to the origins, evolution, and current trends in the field of celebrity studies. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 179 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1150.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118475010
- ISBN
- 9781118475010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 224.27
€ 224.27
Hardcover. Origination: The Geographies of Brands and Branding offers innovative theoretical and conceptual frameworks relating to the ways that actors create meaning and value in commodity brands and branding through processes of geographical association. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFFS; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118556382
- ISBN
- 9781118556382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.50
€ 79.50