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Cultural studies

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Cultural studies

Hardcover. This text utilizes an analysis of mortality to acknowledge shifts of emphasis in cultural and religious traditions. A central concern is the diversity of representations of death to be found within the varying cultural, religious, medical and legal systems of contemporary western societies. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JFC; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 1. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333638620
ISBN
9780333638620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.84

Hardback. This work argues that attitudes to death and to disposal are formed culturally. It examines the factors in the formation and decline of such attitudes by analyzing specific issues from the 15th to the 20th century. Editor(s): Howarth, Glennys; Jupp, Peter C. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFC; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333638637
ISBN
9780333638637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.60

Hardback. The Victorian period was one of enormous cultural diversity with places for figures as different as Alfred Tennyson and Oscar Wilde. This text examines that diversity whilst drawing out the connections between disparate voices. Editor(s): Robbins, Ruth; Wolfreys, Julian. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333638866
ISBN
9780333638866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.36

Hardcover. What happens after the "clash of civilizations?" Through the application of a new theory of postcolonial international relations, the author explores this fundamental question. Cultures clash but they also borrow from, absorb and ultimately transform one another. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QFH; JFC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333641552
ISBN
9780333641552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.15

Hardback. Surveys the history of American allegorical writing from the Puritans through the period of American romanticism to postmodernism. In a series of theoretical chapters, this text discusses the cultural function of allegory in relation to the mythology of American exceptionalism. Series: Studies in Literature and Religion. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333646182
ISBN
9780333646182
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.45

Hardback. Exploring the issues raised by genetic counselling across cultures, this text explores the meaning and relevance of kinship and ethnicity in the context of genetic disease and cultural issues that have arisen in practice, and the wider social and political context of genetics and genetic disease. Editor(s): Clarke, Angus; Parsons, Evelyn. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBK; JHMC; MFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333647028
ISBN
9780333647028
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.17

Paperback. This work discusses the social crisis Japan is undergoing in the 1990s, a crisis affecting nearly every social unit: family, school, company, political parties, religions and the nation. Among other things, it asks why Japanese politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen are increasingly ineffective. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333650257
ISBN
9780333650257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.97

Hardcover. This is a survey contribution to the worldwide discussion of political self-determination as a source of socio-cultural and political hope, conflict and confusion. Editor(s): Clark, Donald; Williamson, Robert. Num Pages: 472 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPHC; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 35. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333650943
ISBN
9780333650943
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 197.71

Hardback. This sociological study examines the issue of enchantment in terms of habitus and charisma. It attempts to supply theology with its own sociological self-understanding of religious belief and culture, but also to give to sociology a basis of theological reflexivity. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333651674
ISBN
9780333651674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.36

Hardback. This text draws upon a variety of sources to show how different ideas of youth were constructed in East and West Europe in the course of modernization under both Communism and welfare capitalism. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1DV; JFC; JFSP2; JKS; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333652251
ISBN
9780333652251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.90

Hardback. Through the analysis of examples taken from America, the Caribbean and Western and East-Central Europe, this book addresses one of the greatest challenges for the immediate future: the impact of migration, displacement and minority cultures and peoples within the space of larger multicultural states. Editor(s): Hudson, Robert; Reno, Fred. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JHBC; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 28. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333653425
ISBN
9780333653425
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.63

hardcover. An international set of scholars collaborate in this volume to explore policy alternatives which can contribute towards the accommodation of cultural diversity. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JHMP; JPQB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
Edition
1998th Edition
SKU
V9780333653890
ISBN
9780333653890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.90

Paperback. This text studies the social issues related to the status of women in Saudi Arabia and the extent to which Saudi Arabian women participate in their country's development. It also focuses on the education and work outside the home as they affect the role of the woman as wife, mother and homemaker. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; JFC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333654811
ISBN
9780333654811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.40

Hardback. This volume explores the relationship between the poetry of the mainstream and kinds of modernist poetry that have had to make their way outside it. In its examination, the text argues that the mainstream has been infiltrated by modernist and postmodernist estrangement effects. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 1. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333655658
ISBN
9780333655658
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.08

Paperback. This volume explores the relationship between the poetry of the mainstream and kinds of modernist poetry that have had to make their way outside it. In its examination, the text argues that the mainstream has been infiltrated by modernist and postmodernist estrangement effects. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333655665
ISBN
9780333655665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Hardback. Examines the debate about the meaning of the Falklands War. Using literary critical methods, this book examines how the Thatcherite reading of the war as a myth of British greatness reborn was developed through political speeches and journalistic writing. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; DSBH; HBJM; JFC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333655818
ISBN
9780333655818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.66

Hardback. Covering classic texts such as "Frankenstein" and "Wuthering Heights" and contemporary fiction by authors including Iain Banks and William Gibson, this study focuses on the opposition between the Gothic tradition and the law, suggesting that at all points it produces transgression. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333658017
ISBN
9780333658017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.96

Paperback. Covering classic texts such as "Frankenstein" and "Wuthering Heights" and contemporary fiction by authors including Iain Banks and William Gibson, this study focuses on the opposition between the Gothic tradition and the law, suggesting that at all points it produces transgression. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 393.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333658024
ISBN
9780333658024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.36

Hardcover. This book looks at neo-classicism as a context for understanding early-modern English historical writing, and traces the implications of neo-classical history for English political culture at large. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLL; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333659403
ISBN
9780333659403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.27

Paperback. An study of the theory and politics of representation in narrative film. Questioning current accounts of cinema's pleasures for men and women, this text draws on the psychoanalytic theory of Freud and Lacan to propose a new understanding of the relation of identification, fantasy and the drives. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 397 pages, 73 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JFD; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 507.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
397
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333660133
ISBN
9780333660133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.98

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