Cultural studies
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Cultural studies
Hardcover. Inaugurates a trilogy that signals the summation of cultural theorist and Freud scholar Philip Rieff's lifework. Rieff takes aim at significant "deathworks" in modern literature, art, and history and seeks to show what is at stake in the "culture wars" raging over euthanasia, education, medical research, sexuality, race, class, and gender. Editor(s): Piver, Kenneth S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925165
- ISBN
- 9780813925165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.40
€ 76.40
Hardcover. This highly original work reveals the profound impact that the railroad and the cinema have had on Western society and modern urban industrial culture. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 348 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: APFA; HBTB; JFC; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895286
- ISBN
- 9780859895286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.95
€ 91.95
Paperback. Focuses on the integral, interdisciplinary, and intermedial 'compositions' - verbal, visual, musical, theatrical, and cinematic - of the avant-gardes in the period following World War II. This book also considers the artistic politics of these postwar avant-gardes and their works. Series Editor(s): Perloff, Marjorie; Rumold, Rainer. Series: Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810125124
- ISBN
- 9780810125124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.05
€ 38.05
Paperback. This is an up-to-date textbook which takes fully into account recent developments in political sociology. Taking as its starting point the fragmentation of the discipline, it covers a wide range of new issues and debates as well as the more traditional concerns of the subject. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Previous owner's name to half-title page. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Palgrave
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0011621
- ISBN
- 9780333366073
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Takes an ironic look at popular icons in western American culture - cowboy boots and masterpieces in western art - to explore American cultural values and pervasive themes in twentieth century art. This book examines Cowboy boots as markers of western life, as works of art, and subjects of works of art. Num Pages: 124 pages, 69 colour & 70 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AFTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 264 x 19. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890135655
- ISBN
- 9780890135655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 34.59
€ 47.99
€ 34.59
Hardcover. The essays in this volume examine the unforeseen cultural conversions set in motion by Christian missionary activity in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia during the ninetennth and twentieth centuries. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FK; 1H; HRCX7; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633150
- ISBN
- 9780815633150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.53
€ 53.53
Paperback. From the earliest scratches on stone and bone to the languages of computers and the internet, this title offers an investigation into the origin and development of writing throughout the world. It focuses on the emergence of complete writing systems in Mesopotamia in the fourth millennium BC. Series: Globalities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 150 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFL; HBT; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861891679
- ISBN
- 9781861891679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.10
€ 23.10
Paperback. "Henry A. Giroux is one of the most respected and well-known critical education scholars, social critics, and astute observers of popular culture in the modern world. For those who follow his considera" Num Pages: 304 pages, biblio, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Westview Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813332741
- ISBN
- 9780813332741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.49
€ 65.49
Paperback. This work is a cultural history of the Vietnam War and its continuing impact upon contemporary American society. The author presents an investigation of how myths about the war evolved and why people depend on them to answer the confusing questions that have become the legacy of the war. Series: Culture, Politics & the Cold War. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; HBWS2; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558493322
- ISBN
- 9781558493322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.38
€ 38.38
Paperback. Fluid by design, the term Alt Country has forced even the genre's own mouthpiece, the magazine/website "No Depression", to declare its terrain to be 'alternative-country music (whatever that is)'. This book explores the influences, meanings, and identity of this significant contemporary music form. Editor(s): Fox, Pamela; Ching, Barbara. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGL; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472050536
- ISBN
- 9780472050536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.56
€ 40.56
Hardback. Colour permeates contemporary visual and material culture and affects our senses beyond the superficial encounter by infiltrating our perceptions and memories and becoming deeply rooted in thought processes that categorize and divide along culturally constructed lines. Editor(s): Horrocks, Chris. Series: Polygons: Cultural Diversities & Intersections. Num Pages: 198 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448. Visual, Material, Textual. Series: Polygons: Cultural Diversities & Intersections. 196 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Horrocks, Chris. Colour permeates contemporary visual and material culture and affects our senses beyond the superficial encounter by infiltrating our perceptions and memories and becoming deeply rooted in thought processes that categorize and divide along culturally constructed lines. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFD. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 18. Weight: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454645
- ISBN
- 9780857454645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.10
€ 137.10
Paperback. * The first book to focus on the changes digital technologies have made on the production, circulation and consumption of photography. * Considers a range of digital cameras and their contexts, from prosumer SLRs to cameras embedded in mobiles. Series: Digital Media and Society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: AJ; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647159
- ISBN
- 9780745647159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.88
€ 25.88
Hardback. Through an extended reading of the noh play "Aoi ne Ue", as well as briefer examinations of several other plays, this work aims to shed new light on the circulation of power and desire in the middle and late medieval periods in Japan. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; AN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804740708
- ISBN
- 9780804740708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.04
€ 82.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Popular Press 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879722500
- ISBN
- 9780879722500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.98
€ 16.98
Paperback. This reader introduces core cultural and historic themes of Russia's civilisation. Each text has resonance throughout the arts - in Rublev's icons, Meyerhold's theatre, Mousorgsky's operas, and Prokofiev's symphonies. The material is supported by introductions, annotations and bibliographies. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations, multi-media resource guides. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DQ; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 45. Weight in Grams: 921.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563244223
- ISBN
- 9781563244223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.13
€ 59.13
Paperback. This book examines the power of the past upon the present. It shows how generations of Scots have exploited and reshaped history to meet the needs of a series of presents, from the conquest of the Picts to the refounding of Parliament. Editor(s): Cowan, Edward J.; Finlay, Richard J. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748614202
- ISBN
- 9780748614202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.76
€ 42.99
€ 38.76
Paperback. Examining key environmentalist ideas within their social and historical context, this books analyses the different views on the science/nature debate addresses questions of social change and suggests how to establish the desired ecological society. Num Pages: 388 pages, 29 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFCX; RNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562. Very good copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0012628
- ISBN
- 9780415057455
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Denies that punishment is about justice, reason, and law. This book shows that punishment is an essentially irrational act founded in ritual as a means to control evil without creating more of it in the process. It looks at issues ranging from public executions and the development of the prison to the invention of the guillotine. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226766102
- ISBN
- 9780226766102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.08
€ 32.99
€ 26.08
Hardcover. Philip Rieff earned recognition as one of the most profound social theorists of culture. Through such works as "Freud: The Mind of the Moralist", he proved himself an incisive interpreter of Freud and his legacy. Here, he elaborates on his critique of our culture as distinguishable only by its rejection of any and all visions of sacred order. Editor(s): Woolfolk, Alan. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926766
- ISBN
- 9780813926766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.50€ 48.31
€ 51.50
€ 48.31
Hardback. Through the lens of fashion and style, Dressing for the Culture Wars guides us through the competing political and social movements of the culture war. Betty Luther Hillman illustrates how self-presentation influenced the culture and politics of the era and carried connotations similarly linked to the broader political challenges of the time. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HPN; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803269750
- ISBN
- 9780803269750
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 45.53
€ 47.99
€ 45.53