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Cultural studies
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; JFCA; WHP; WJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Dey Street Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062657992
- ISBN
- 9780062657992
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.81
€ 21.99
€ 20.81
Paperback. From a modernist/postmodernist perspective, this title addresses questions of literary and cultural nationalism. It reveals that since 17th century, American writing has reflected the political and historical climate and helped define America's cultural and social parameters. It argues that American literature has always been essentially modern. Num Pages: 480 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ACG; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140144352
- ISBN
- 9780140144352
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.53
€ 21.99
€ 19.53
Paperback. Presents an account of the scientific achievements and lives of cosmologists from Babylonians to Newton. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX; PGK; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140192469
- ISBN
- 9780140192469
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.77
€ 23.99
€ 20.77
Hardcover. The central concern of this ambitious study is to understand the impact of social change on people's lives - in the vital areas of economy, politics and civil society. Combining social science rationality with the understanding of emotions through works of imagination, John Girling investigates international economic, political and social problems. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JHBA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 465.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230000193
- ISBN
- 9780230000193
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Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. This timely study breaks new ground in exploring how recent film and television horror texts articulate a female rite of passage, updating the cautionary concerns found in fairy tales of the past, particularly in warning against predatory men, treacherous females and unhappy family situations. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230000209
- ISBN
- 9780230000209
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Condition: New
€ 116.48
€ 116.48
Hardcover. This book presents a landmark in-depth study of how mass media contributes to the making and remaking of male identity. It concludes that, unless addressed, the effects of negative discourse on the self-identity and self-esteem of men, are potentially devastating and that the longer-term and wider social implications will also be costly. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230001671
- ISBN
- 9780230001671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Hardcover. This is an original study of the sociological imagination in regard to visual culture. It explores the reflexive dimensions of choice over seeing or not seeing in relation to paintings, images and islands. Bourdieu, Goffman and Simmel provide the basis for insights into how reflexivity in sociology has unexplored theological implications. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSB; HRLP5; JFCX; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230002654
- ISBN
- 9780230002654
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Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Hardcover. Mediating Madness examines how mediations of madness emerge, disappear and interleave, only to re-emerge at unexpected moments. Drawing on social and cultural histories of madness, history of art, and popular journalism, the book offers a unique interdisciplinary understanding of historical and contemporary media representations of madness. Num Pages: 213 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JFFH; JKSM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230005310
- ISBN
- 9780230005310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. This detailed study of Williams unlocks his late sociology of culture. It covers previously overlooked aspects, such as his critique of Birmingham cultural studies, his use of an Adorno-like approach to 'cultural production', his 'social formalist' alternative to structuralism and post-structuralism and his approach to 'the media'. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230006706
- ISBN
- 9780230006706
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Your guest at dinner kisses you. What does it mean? Where does it lead? Does kissing necessarily imply more, and if so how much? These and similar questions of amorous ethics and erotic disquisition are central to our everyday intimate public lives and they are the lost object of the law of love, the lex amatoria collated and presented here. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230007185
- ISBN
- 9780230007185
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Condition: New
€ 149.95
€ 149.95
Hardcover. This collection explores popular culture in Ireland and Ireland in popular culture, from Fanfic to Orange Parades; from boybands to the Blessed Virgin Mary; from celebrity tourism to the Gaelic Athletic Association. The essays examine local and global Irishness, focusing on how gender, sexuality and race shape Irish 'postmodernity'. Editor(s): Mulhall, Anne; Sullivan, Moynagh. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230008700
- ISBN
- 9780230008700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.75
€ 138.75
Hardcover. This collection of essays and articles from Mark Nash, one of the former editors of Screen magazine, explores the classical period of Screen theory and film culture, as well as that of contemporary art. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230008748
- ISBN
- 9780230008748
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Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. This study suggests that it was the representation of anxiety, rather than trauma and memory, that emerged most forcefully in mid-century wartime culture. Thinking about anxiety, Lyndsey Stonebridge argues, was a way of imagining how it might be possible to stay within a history that frequently undermined a sense of self and agency. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSA; DSBH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230013278
- ISBN
- 9780230013278
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Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Hardcover. Through a wide-ranging study of labour in the cultural industries, this book critically evaluates how various sociological traditions - including critical theory, governmentality and liberal-democratic approaches - have sought to theorize the creative cultural worker, in art, music, media and design-based occupations. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; KCF; KCP; KNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230019218
- ISBN
- 9780230019218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.67
€ 138.67
Hardcover. The most comprehensive and empirically grounded analysis of the institutional and attitudinal factors that have shaped Panamanian politics since the 1989 U.S. invasion. Panama offers a unique opportunity to understand the long-term effects of United States policy and the challenges of building democracy after a military invasion. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCP; JFC; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230102514
- ISBN
- 9780230102514
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardcover. In her latest book, Gillian Howie offers a bold new way to make sense of the relationship between feminist theory and capitalism. This exciting combination of existentialism, phenomenology, and critical theory delivers a proactive feminism ready to respond to the challenges presented by our thoroughly modern times. Series: Breaking Feminist Waves. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426. A Question of Method. 280 pages, 0. In her latest book, Gillian Howie offers a bold new way to make sense of the relationship between feminist theory and capitalism. This exciting combination of existentialism, phenomenology, and critical theory delivers a proactive feminism ready to respond to the challenges presented by our thoroughly modern times. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFFK; JFSJ1. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 19. Weight: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230102699
- ISBN
- 9780230102699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardcover. This book addresses how Saturday Night Live's confrontational, boundary-pushing approach spilled over into film production, contributing to some of the biggest hits in Hollywood history. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103580
- ISBN
- 9780230103580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Hardcover. Combines the styles of memoir, history, anthropology, and theory to develop an innovative reflection on the materiality of culture. Through its style and content, the text challenges the Orientalist bifurcation between tradition and modernity in the Arab world, revealing instead tradition's own dynamism and its coexistence alongside modernity. Translator(s): Selim, Samah. Series: Theory in the World. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103610
- ISBN
- 9780230103610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. Cyborgs in Latin America explores the ways cultural expression in Latin America has grappled with the changing relationships between technology and human identity. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSK; JFC; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103900
- ISBN
- 9780230103900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.00
€ 34.99
€ 29.00
Hardcover. "This volume is the first full-length study on pioneering sexologist and sexual rights activist, Magnus Hirschfeld, that examines his impact on the politics and culture of late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century Germany and the value of his rationalist humanist approach for contemporary debates on sexual rights"-- Series: Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ; JHB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104266
- ISBN
- 9780230104266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.65
€ 160.65