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Cultural studies

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Cultural studies

Based upon historical and archival research, as well as the author's fieldwork in indigenous communities, this work analyzes value from the perspective of the Napo Runa people of the Amazonian Ecuador. It views that Napo Runa personifies value by transforming things into people through a process of subordinating them to human relationships. Series: Interpretations of Culture in the New Millennium. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 photographs; 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252072550
ISBN
9780252072550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.57

paperback. Editor(s): Bauer, Brian S. Translator(s): Bauer, Brian S.; Smith, Vania. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 284 pages, 63 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292714854
ISBN
9780292714854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.09

Paperback. Stephanie Merrim offers a dynamic interdisciplinary approach to colonial Hispanic writing based on the spectacular city, a model that encompasses three driving forces of New World literary culture: cities, festivals & wonder. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 377 pages, 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DSB; HBG; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
377
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292737464
ISBN
9780292737464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.33

Hardback. This book brings readers up to date on the newest avenues in the study of culture in psychology by focusing on different forms of culture and processes of cultural transmission. Editor(s): Cohen, Adam B. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 183 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
American Psychological Association United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781433815874
ISBN
9781433815874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.92
€ 85.54

Paperback. This insightful selection, features four discourses from The Idea of a University: Knowledge Its Own End; Knowledge Viewed in Relation to Learning; Knowledge Viewed in Relation to Professional Skill; and Knowledge Viewed in Relation to Religion. Series: Crofts Classics. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 188 x 126 x 8. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1948
Publisher
Harlan Davidson
Condition
New
SKU
V9780882950631
ISBN
9780882950631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.07

paperback. This up-to-date selection of the most important published work lays out the principles of reception study and its major theoreticians. Editor(s): Machor, James L.; Goldstein, Philip. Num Pages: 367 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
367
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415926508
ISBN
9780415926508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.57

Paperback. A discussion of television and changes in the media over the last two decades of the 20th century. Having spent most of his career working with the British Broadcasting Corporation, Martin Esslin appraises American television with the eyes of both a detached outsider and a concerned insider. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; APT; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 239.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Transaction Publishers
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765808882
ISBN
9780765808882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.13

hardcover. These essays-which consider a wide variety of cultures from ancient Egypt to contemporary Japan- describe the conditions under which cultures that do not dominate each other may yet achieve a limited translatability of cultures. Editor(s): Budick, Sanford; Iser, Wolfgang. Series: Irvine Studies in the Humanities. Num Pages: 364 pages, 2 half-tones. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804724845
ISBN
9780804724845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.23

paperback. Explores the founding discourses of race, hybridity, savagery, and degenercy in the seventeenth and eighteenth century French Caribbean, in particular the way many of these discourses were used to describe French settlers. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 408 pages, 19 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822334651
ISBN
9780822334651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.58

paperback. Designed as an answer to the question of the inclusiveness of the popular culture, this book argues that the values of popular music, media, politics, debates over social issues, and international trade have become everyday propaganda to which everyone relates in some way. Series: Routledge Communication Series. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780805808926
ISBN
9780805808926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.30

Hardback. Combining literary analysis, legal history, and visual culture, this book traces the evolution of the "fantasy of identification" - the powerful belief that embodied social identities are fixed, verifiable, and visible through modern science. Series: Cultural Front. Num Pages: 273 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9781479812981
ISBN
9781479812981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.86

paperback. "Talking turkey" about the bird you thought you knew Num Pages: 264 pages, 22 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252076879
ISBN
9780252076879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.74

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

€ 193.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, index. BIC Classification: BG; JFC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 245.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815602477
ISBN
9780815602477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.08

paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APW; JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816644230
ISBN
9780816644230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.98

Paperback. aeo A clearly written critical assessment of recent approaches to the technical, social and cultural dimensions of technology. aeo This book sheds new light on the implications of new theories for existing ideas about the nature of technology, especially the relation between technology and work. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBL; JHM; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745609256
ISBN
9780745609256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.05

hardcover. This volume of twelve essays focuses on two interrelated issues: first, it addresses the historical and cultural determinants that have given rise to what frequently has been described as the French exception; second, the contributors assess the exhaustion of this tradition in recent years. Editor(s): Goux, Jean-Joseph; Wood, Philip R. (QC (Hon)). Num Pages: 236 pages, index, reference. BIC Classification: HBJD; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 515.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804729697
ISBN
9780804729697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.74

Paperback. Challenges the dominant legal history of American Indians and their tribes - a history that concedes far too much power to the laws and courts of the 'conqueror'. This book makes an urgent call for the advancement of tribal sovereignty and of tribal court systems that are based on Indian culture and values. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFCX; JFSL9; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520208940
ISBN
9780520208940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.75

Paperback. Asserts that concepts of race, Orient, and nation have been crucial to efforts across the world to create a sense of place, belonging, and solidarity in the midst of the radical discontinuties wrought by global capitalism. This book includes essays that explore aspects of modernity within societies of South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Editor(s): Kaiwar, Vasant; Mazumdar, Sucheta. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822330462
ISBN
9780822330462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.62

Paperback. Plucked from tropical America, the pineapple was brought to European tables and hothouses before it was conveyed back to the tropics, where it came to dominate US and world markets. This title presents the history of the world's tropical and temperate zones told through the pineapple's illustrative career. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 7 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QMT; HBG; HBTB; JFCV; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520265905
ISBN
9780520265905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.13

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