×


 x 

Shopping cart

Cultural studies

Results 7921 - 7940 of 9636

Cultural studies

Paperback. Num Pages: 348 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; JFC; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2004th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403964243
ISBN
9781403964243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.81

Paperback. This collection of essays redefines what gothic has become in the contemporary world, examining the idea of an emerging gothic that is inextricable from the broader global context in which it circulates. Globalgothic expands the horizons of the genre in diverse new and exciting ways. Editor(s): Byron, Glennis. Series Editor(s): Bronfen, Elisabeth; Bruhm, Steven; Gelder, Ken; Hogle, Jerrold E.; Horner, Avril; Hughes, William. Series: International Gothic Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526106902
ISBN
9781526106902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.22

Paperback. From the names of cruise lines and bookstores to an Australian ranch and a nudist camp outside of Atlanta, the word serendipity - that happy blend of wisdom and luck by which something is discovered not quite by accident - is ubiquitous. This book traces the word's eventful history from its 1754 coinage into the twentieth century. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 halftone. 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFCX; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126302
ISBN
9780691126302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

Paperback. .
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786630858
ISBN
9781786630858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.63

Hardcover. The hilarious sequel to the international bestseller Darth Vader and Son, following the parenting adventures of Darth Vader as he raises his teenage daughter, Princess Leia. Illustrator(s): Brown, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 64 pages, appx 60 4-colour illustrations, a combo of strips and single illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Number of pages
64
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781452118697
ISBN
9781452118697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Daniel Miller is one of the leading anthropologists in Britain today and is well known for his work on material culture This new book is a manifesto for the study of material culture. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 146 x 5. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644240
ISBN
9780745644240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.76

Paperback. A re-evaluation of the provocative, visually influential work of Salvador Dali. Series: Art & Ideas. Num Pages: 352 pages. Dimension: 218 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 696.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714834115
ISBN
9780714834115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.45

Hardcover. A succinct and engaging history of the olive from antiquity to the present day, this book describes the role that olive trees, olives and their oil have played in myths, legends and literature, as well as in the everyday lives of people living throughout the Mediterranean. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 128 pages, 41 colour illustrations, 48 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861898685
ISBN
9781861898685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

paperback. Addresses the mythical figure of Europe that is often taken to be the original site of modernity in many histories of capitalist transition in non-Western countries. This book proposes that every case of transition to capitalism is a case of translation as well and categories into the categories and self-understandings of capitalist modernity. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTQ; JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New edition with a New preface by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130019
ISBN
9780691130019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Paperback. This book takes a new look at the 'spatial turn' in French cultural and critical theory since 1968. It examines how key thinkers (inc. Henri Lefebvre, Michel de Certeau, Jean Baudrillard, Marc Auge, Paul Virilio, Bruno Latour and Etienne Balibar) reconsider the experience of space in the midst of considerable political and economic turmoil. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 171 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; 3JM; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 10. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781380055
ISBN
9781781380055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.28

Paperback. Decodes the things around us: their hidden meanings, our relationship with them, how they shape our lives and why we desire them. This book makes us part with our money. It defines who we think we are. Num Pages: 224 pages, 100 integrated. BIC Classification: AKP; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 17. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141031170
ISBN
9780141031170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. An account of three young women who attended the University of California at Berkeley and became caught up in the tumultuous changes of the 60s. It chronicles the hopes, confusion and disillusionment of a generation whose rites of passage defined one of the most contentious decades of this century. Num Pages: 381 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 68.
Publisher
University of California Press Berkeley
Number of pages
381
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520209107
ISBN
9780520209107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. Deemed by Heinrich Heine a city of merchants where poets go to die, Hamburg was an improbable setting for a major intellectual movement. This book considers not just the men but also the historical significance of the time and place where their ideas took form. Num Pages: 464 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226272467
ISBN
9780226272467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.73

Paperback. Explores contemporary America's preoccupation with stories about the sexual abuse of children. Claiming that our culture has yet to come to terms with the bungled legacy of Victorian sexuality, this title examines how children and images of youth are idealised, fetishised, and eroticised in everyday culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFE1; JFFE2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822321934
ISBN
9780822321934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Uncovers the hidden influence of Shakespeare in our culture, including these tidbits: Shakespeare coined over 1,700 words, including hobnob, glow, lackluster, and dawn; Paul Robeson's 1943 performance as "Othello on Broadway" was a seminal moment in black history; and, more. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061965548
ISBN
9780061965548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.78

Paperback. An original account of neo-liberalism's intellectual foundations, development and conceptual configuration as an ideology. Newly available in paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBLW3; JFCX; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398. History, Concepts and Policies. 256 pages. An original account of neo-liberalism's intellectual foundations, development and conceptual configuration as an ideology. Newly available in paperback. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBLW3; JFCX; JPFK. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight: 398.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748642991
ISBN
9780748642991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCX; JFHX; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486067
ISBN
9780801486067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Presents the history of twentieth-century lingerie. This book examines the ways cultural meanings are orchestrated by the 'fashion-industrial complex,' and the ways in which individuals and groups embrace, reject, or derive meaning from these everyday, yet significant, intimate articles of clothing. Num Pages: 392 pages, 71 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636. Women, Lingerie, and Sexuality. 392 pages, Illustrations. Presents the history of twentieth-century lingerie. This book examines the ways cultural meanings are orchestrated by the 'fashion-industrial complex,' and the ways in which individuals and groups embrace, reject, or derive meaning from these everyday, yet significant, intimate articles of clothing. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 26. Weight: 558.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520252615
ISBN
9780520252615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardcover. A history of Jewish emigre art publishing in Britain. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714867021
ISBN
9780714867021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 34.96

Paperback. Explores the influence of immigrant cultures on the capital's music scene. This title tells the story of the music and the larger-than-life characters making it, journeying from Soho jazz clubs to Brixton blues parties to King's Cross warehouse raves to the streets of Notting Hill - and onto sound systems everywhere. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJP; 3JMC; AVG; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 144 x 39. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Serpent's Tail United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846687617
ISBN
9781846687617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!