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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Ranging from black slaveholders and frontier outlaws to serial killers and gangsta rappers, this title examines the pivotal role of black villains in American society and popular culture. It offers the extensive treatment to date of the black badman and the challenges that this figure has posed for race relations in America. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSL3; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226104638
ISBN
9780226104638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.38

Paperback. This work examines the emergence of the ethnic hero within popular culture. It looks at the dynamic rise of African-American pop icons, the social and historical contexts in which they flourished, and their powerful impact on the African-American community. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226847177
ISBN
9780226847177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.98

Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226847191
ISBN
9780226847191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, facsims. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 14. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816622535
ISBN
9780816622535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.52

paperback. Twelve essays provide a nuanced portrait of why public sexual activity is such an integral part of gay culture. Contributors explore issues such as visibility and secrecy, as well as economic status and social class, and interrogate the historical trajectories through which certain locations come to be favored sites for sexual encounters. Editor(s): Leap, William L. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 photos. BIC Classification: JFSK2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231106917
ISBN
9780231106917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.65

Hardcover. Contains tales collected from dozens of lawyers and judges from throughout the Volunteer State, ranging from stories of a custody battle over a family dog that garnered national media attention to the self-proclaimed "smartest man in Clay County." Recorded exactly as the lawyers tell them, these stories are sometimes funny and sometimes sad. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; JFHF; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813123691
ISBN
9780813123691
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.14

Paperback. Series: New Books for New Readers S. Num Pages: 66 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 4. Weight in Grams: 96.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
66
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813109091
ISBN
9780813109091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.57

Paperback. This text examines the role of the news media during the Vietnam War. The author aims to demystify the subject, using military documents and news reports to explore how the press contradicted themselves and each other and how the war came to be seen as a hopeless effort. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages, 60 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; HBWS2; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700609956
ISBN
9780700609956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 540 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 143 x 32. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
540
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520049550
ISBN
9780520049550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 31.50

Hardback. This book focuses on three authors coming of age at an important moment in Spanish literary history and in world history at large. These authors incorporated into their novels the new ideas that they found in the writing of many foreign authors that were essential to their development. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1DS; 2ADS; CJB; DSB; HBJD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761857990
ISBN
9780761857990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.26

Paperback. A contribution to the history of American violence. It focuses on the bedrock issues of race and class, analysising the quick of urban-industrial life in the early twentieth century. Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st THUS
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252065866
ISBN
9780252065866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.37

Paperback. 'Refugee' is a commonplace term that obscures myriad personal stories, many contradictions and a more complex history than most people imagine, as William Maley demonstrates. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFFD; LBBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 279 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849046794
ISBN
9781849046794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.77

Paperback. Maxwell uncovers both black literature's debt to Communism and Communism's debt to black literature, reciprocal obligations first incurred during the Harlem Renaissance. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; JFSL3; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press New York
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231114257
ISBN
9780231114257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.47

Hardback. At the intersection of anthropology, media studies, and critical theory, Censorium is a pathbreaking analysis of Indian film censorship. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APF; JFD; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353744
ISBN
9780822353744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.56

Paperback. Cinema and the Open Edge of Mass Publicity. 296 pages. At the intersection of anthropology, media studies, and critical theory, Censorium is a pathbreaking analysis of Indian film censorship. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APF; JFD; JFMD. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 20. Weight: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353881
ISBN
9780822353881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.33

Hardback. Who is responsible for squandering the finest legacy in American journalism? Can the "The New York Times" recover from the Jayson Blair's deception? McGowan ponders such questions in the inside story of what happened to America's "Paper of Record." Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JPFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Encounter Books,USA United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594034862
ISBN
9781594034862
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Offers a history of the Bollingen Foundation that confirms its pervasive influence on American intellectual life. This title includes portraits of the central figures, including the Mellons, Jung himself, Heinrich Zimmer, Joseph Campbell, D T Suzuki, Natacha Rambova, Vladimir Nabokov, Gershom Scholem, Herbert Read, and Kurt and Helen Wolff. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 364 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Updated edition with a New Preface
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691018850
ISBN
9780691018850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.57
€ 42.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black & white photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; AB; DS; HBJK; JFC; JFSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813062310
ISBN
9780813062310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.57

Paperback. BIC Classification: ACXJ; BM; JFFE1; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Old Street Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910400494
ISBN
9781910400494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.45

Hardback. 'Baudrillard and the Media' is the first in-depth critical study of Jean Baudrillard's media theory. Rejecting the common positioning of Baudrillard within the discipline as a postmodernist it argues instead for the necessity of a fuller reading of his ideas and critical project. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745630724
ISBN
9780745630724
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.18

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