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Society & culture: general

This book provides a clear and concise introduction to the concept of consumption and to the wide--ranging debates about the nature and consequences of consumer society. Community and social class appear to be in irreversible decline. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745625294
ISBN
9780745625294
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Paperback. This book provides a clear and concise introduction to the concept of consumption and to the wide--ranging debates about the nature and consequences of consumer society. Community and social class appear to be in irreversible decline. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 178 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745625300
ISBN
9780745625300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.53

Paperback. From the novels of Anne Rice to 'The Lost Boys', from 'The Terminator' to cyberpunk science fiction, vampires and cyborgs have become strikingly visible figures within popular culture. In this work Rob Latham explains why, giving a perspective on youth culture and the media. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226468921
ISBN
9780226468921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.73

Paperback. A study of American love in the twentieth century that unravels the mass of images that define our ideas of love and romance, revealing that the experience of 'true' love is deeply embedded in the experience of consumer capitalism. It studies how individual conceptions of love overlap with the world of cliches and images. Num Pages: 332 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFD; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
332
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First Edition (US) First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520205710
ISBN
9780520205710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.56

Paperback. aeo Written clearly and simply, and devoid of jargon. aeo Covers both the empirical and theoretical ground in a lively manner. aeo Unlike most books on the television audience, this volume looks at the programmes themselves, as well as the production process (including policies which affect television production). Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: APT; JFD; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 176 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631202349
ISBN
9780631202349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.78

Hardback. This course text should encourage students to understand what contemporary audiences are all about. It is based on a recent survey of audiences undertaken by the ITC, and extrapolates from the most recent findings about the future prospects for both terrestrial and satellite/cable broadcasts. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: APT; JFD; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 262 x 189 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631202332
ISBN
9780631202332
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.00

Hardback. Uses the work of contemporary American artist Kara Walker to investigate a range of storytelling traditions with roots in the nineteenth century and ramifications in the present. This book also explores a significant yet neglected aspect of Walker's production: her commitment to examining narrative depictions of race, gender, power, and desire. Num Pages: 216 pages, 24 color photographs, 28 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AGB; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 188 x 263 x 19. Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288928
ISBN
9780520288928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

Hardcover. Engaging in a comprehensive examination of reality TV's advertising and promotional strategies, as well as the commodification of viewers, Consuming Reality dissects the unique and startling relation between mediation and consumption. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFDT; JFDV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230379961
ISBN
9780230379961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.77

Paperback. Engaging in a comprehensive examination of reality TV's advertising and promotional strategies, as well as the commodification of viewers, Consuming Reality dissects the unique and startling relation between mediation and consumption. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APT; JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137575319
ISBN
9781137575319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349350995
ISBN
9781349350995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Publisher
United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812243956
ISBN
9780812243956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.06

Hardback. This book addresses the issue of music consumption in the digital era of technologies. It explores how individuals use music in the context of their everyday lives and how, in return, music acquires certain roles within everyday contexts and more broadly in their life narratives. Series: Pop Music, Culture and Identity. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; JFCA; UGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137492555
ISBN
9781137492555
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.06

Hardback. With the advent of liquid modernity, the society of producers is transformed into a society of consumers. In this new consumer society, individuals become simultaneously the promoters of commodities and the commodities they promote. They are, at one and the same time, the merchandise and the marketer, the goods and the travelling salespeople. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745639796
ISBN
9780745639796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Paperback. With the advent of liquid modernity, the society of producers is transformed into a society of consumers. In this new consumer society, individuals become simultaneously the promoters of commodities and the commodities they promote. They are, at one and the same time, the merchandise and the marketer, the goods and the travelling salespeople. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745640020
ISBN
9780745640020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.01

paperback. Covering a wide range of substances, including opium, cocaine, coffee, tobacco, and kola, since prehistory, this edition explores the analytical category of psychoactive substances from challenging historical and anthropological perspectives. It is a companion for those interested in how different cultures have defined drugs across the ages. Editor(s): Goodman, Jordan; Lovejoy, Paul E.; Sherratt, Andrew. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFH; JHBT. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415425827
ISBN
9780415425827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.05

Hardback. Stressing the variety of ways in which consumption is structured and organized through cultures and showing how these cultural technologies construct the person, the senses and the self, this text stands at the interface of the sociologies of culture and consumption. Editor(s): Hearn, Prof. Jeff; Roseneil, Sasha. Series: Explorations in Sociology. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
301
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333747162
ISBN
9780333747162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.49

Paperback. Stressing the variety of ways in which consumption is structured and organized through cultures and showing how these cultural technologies construct the person, the senses and the self, this text stands at the interface of the sociologies of culture and consumption. Editor(s): Hearn, Prof. Jeff; Roseneil, Sasha. Series: Explorations in Sociology. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
301
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333747179
ISBN
9780333747179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.56

Hardback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFFC; JKSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439913697
ISBN
9781439913697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFFC; JKSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439913703
ISBN
9781439913703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.87

Paperback. 'I consider this book a remarkable achievement. Sophisticated in its use of sociological, anthropological and critical theory, [it] also successfully conveys the direct tangible experience of corporality and the senses. Falk's original, insightful book sets the study of the body onto a new plane' - Roy Porter, The Wellcome Institute Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803989740
ISBN
9780803989740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.43

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