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Hardcover. This book delves into the reasons why pop culture, and all of its "X-Rated" features, are so appealing to masses of people, even though they may hate to love it. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF; GTE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230610675
- ISBN
- 9780230610675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Paperback. Presents an introduction to the field of cultural semiotics. This book features practical examples of how semiotics can be used. It is suitable for those who want to understand the whys and wherefores of semiotics. Series: Advances in Semiotics. Num Pages: 432 pages, 7 b&w photos, 53 figures. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253212986
- ISBN
- 9780253212986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Hardback. The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples set key standards for the treatment of indigenous people, and has significantly developed how indigenous rights are viewed and enforced. This commentary thematically assesses all aspects of the Declaration's provisions, providing an overview of its impact. Editor(s): Weller, Marc; Hohmann, Jessie. Series: Oxford Commentaries on International Law. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JPSN1; LBBR; LBBU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199673223
- ISBN
- 9780199673223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 311.35
€ 311.35
Paperback / so. Series: Business of Entertainment. Medien, Markte, Management. Num Pages: 325 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer vs United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658015985
- ISBN
- 9783658015985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.99
€ 77.99
Hardback. A visual and textual journey through the cultural contributions of Puerto Rican artists in the United States Series: Latinos in Chicago and Midwest. Num Pages: 232 pages, 20 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJP; JFC; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252036460
- ISBN
- 9780252036460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Paperback. 'Shows how internally displaced persons are not passive victims of circumstance, and that policy makers and humanitarian organizations should plan accordingly.' Journal of Refugee Studies Editor(s): Vincent, Marc; Sorensen, Birgitte Refslund. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 maps / 6 photographs. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745318189
- ISBN
- 9780745318189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.81
€ 40.99
€ 31.81
Hardcover. Examines the processes and interactions which led to the modernisation and successful co-optation by the British government of this comparatively small branch of Shi'a Islam. The author poses several key questions regarding the wider developing relationship between movements in contemporary Islam and 'The West'. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 153 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press USA
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850659822
- ISBN
- 9781850659822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.61
€ 40.99
€ 36.61
Hardback. Providing an overview of Japanese media theory from the 1910s to the present, this volume introduces English-language readers to Japan's rich body of theoretical and conceptual work on media for the first time, challenging media theory's Eurocentric formation and perspective and redefining its location and practice. Editor(s): Steinberg, Marc. Num Pages: 440 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; APFA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363125
- ISBN
- 9780822363125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.31
€ 129.31
Paperback. Providing an overview of Japanese media theory from the 1910s to the present, this volume introduces English-language readers to Japan's rich body of theoretical and conceptual work on media for the first time, challenging media theory's Eurocentric formation and perspective and redefining its location and practice. Editor(s): Steinberg, Marc. Num Pages: 440 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; APFA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363262
- ISBN
- 9780822363262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardcover. This edited volume explores the crossings, permeations, and constructions of cultural and political borders between peoples and territories, examining how walls, borders, and boundaries signify both interdependence and contact within sites of conflict and separation. Editor(s): Silberman, Marc; Till, Karen E.; Ward, Janet. Series: Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association. Num Pages: 284 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; RGC; RPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502. Spatial and Cultural Practices in Europe. Series: Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association. 388 pages, 19 ills, bibliog., index. Editor(s): Silberman, Marc; Till, Karen E.; Ward, Janet. This edited volume explores the crossings, permeations, and constructions of cultural and political borders between peoples and territories, examining how walls, borders, and boundaries signify both interdependence and contact within sites of conflict and separation. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; RGC; RPC. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 19. Weight: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857455048
- ISBN
- 9780857455048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.95
€ 162.95
Hardback. The twentieth century witnessed genocides, ethnic cleansing, forced population expulsions, shifting borders, and other disruptions on an unprecedented scale. This book examines the work of memory and the ethics of healing in post authoritarian societies that have experienced state-perpetrated violence. Editor(s): Silberman, Marc; Vatan, Florence. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 270 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JFFE; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343512
- ISBN
- 9781137343512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.09
€ 128.09
Hardcover. Reveals wampum's undeniable influence on the cultural, political, and economic foundations of North America. Num Pages: 168 pages, 18 color photographs, 101 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL9; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 190 x 17. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252033667
- ISBN
- 9780252033667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16
paperback. Series: Bildung Und Gesellschaft. Num Pages: 371 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer vs United States
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 371
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658052843
- ISBN
- 9783658052843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.41
€ 78.41
Hardback. Drawing on political writings, religious texts, and other cultural artifacts, as well as comparative examples from other empires and frontiers, this book explores the construction of ethnicity during the Tang dynasty, which reigned for roughly three centuries from 618-907. It offers insights on East Asian and Inner Asian history. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812240528
- ISBN
- 9780812240528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.87
€ 76.87
Paperback. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, did symbolic as well as literal damage. This book includes two interlinked essays that proposes the notion of virtual traumato that describe the cultural wound that this name-date both deflects and relays. It examines the historical and philosophical infrastructure of the notion of war on terror. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFC; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823231249
- ISBN
- 9780823231249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.73
€ 41.99
€ 37.73
Hardback. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, did symbolic as well as literal damage. This book includes two interlinked essays that proposes the notion of virtual traumato that describe the cultural wound that this name-date both deflects and relays. It examines the historical and philosophical infrastructure of the notion of war on terror. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFC; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823231232
- ISBN
- 9780823231232
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Hardcover. The history of the Synagogue and its changing role in American Jewish culture. Num Pages: 259 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMN; HRJC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814775820
- ISBN
- 9780814775820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.03
€ 43.03
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252073601
- ISBN
- 9780252073601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
hardcover. In Unusually Cruel, Mark Morje Howard shows how far outside the norm-and how different from systems in other advanced, industrial democracies-US prisons are. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JKVP1; JPB; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190659332
- ISBN
- 9780190659332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.59
€ 171.59
Hardback. How did wine surpass all other beverages to achieve global domination? In Wine, Marc Millon travels back to the origins of modern man to find the answer, discovering that this heady drink is intertwined with the roots of civilization itself. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 128 pages, 40 colour, 20 black and white. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780231112
- ISBN
- 9781780231112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905047802
- ISBN
- 9781905047802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
€ 19.99
€ 18.68
Paperback. Explores the relationship among identity, interests, and foreign policy, employing contemporary Jordan to explore the changing dynamics of the Arab regional system. This book emphasizes the print media as a barometer of public opinion - one that affects the decision-making of political leaders. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; GTB; HBJF1; JFD; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113236
- ISBN
- 9780231113236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Beginning with a chapter on Jewish beliefs, festivals and life-cycle events, both traditional and non-traditional, this text goes on to explain the enormous variation in practice. It then covers Jewish history in America, from the arrival of the first Jews about 350 years ago to the present. Series: Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120609
- ISBN
- 9780231120609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 134.75
€ 134.75
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Atria Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501124969
- ISBN
- 9781501124969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.61
€ 18.99
€ 16.61