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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Editor(s): Constable, Liz; Denisoff, Dennis; Potolsky, Matthew. Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216783
ISBN
9780812216783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Schwegler-Rohmeis, Wolfgang; Segbers, Professor Klaus. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810009418
ISBN
9783810009418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 293 pages, 41 halftones, 2 maps, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226293189
ISBN
9780226293189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc) United States
Edition
Original
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781400074792
ISBN
9781400074792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 531 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; JFSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Trine Day United States
Edition
F First Paperback Edition Used
Number of pages
515
Condition
New
SKU
V9780977795383
ISBN
9780977795383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRCS; HRCV; HRCV4; HRCV9; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Zondervan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310345336
ISBN
9780310345336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.59

Hardback. When Britain agreed to 'restore' Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China in 1984, British spokesmen explained that the Communist Chinese were reforming and would allow Hong Kong to continue its dynamic capitalist ways. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPCH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFN; JPS; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Ethics & Public Policy Center Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896331624
ISBN
9780896331624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.94

Paperback. This book, now in paperback and with a new preface, explores performance projects in disaster and war zones to argue that joy, beauty and celebration should be the inspiration for the politics of community-based or participatory performance practice, seeking to realign the field of Applied Theatre away from effects towards an affective role. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: AN; GTJ; JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2009 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230354326
ISBN
9780230354326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.53

Hardback. * This is a new study of the relationship between performance and power from one of the world s leading social theorists * In this volume, Jeffrey Alexander develops a cultural pragmatics that shifts cultural sociology from texts to gestural meanings and examines the elements of social performance. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648170
ISBN
9780745648170
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Hardback. This book explores the culture of performance anxiety in the media-saturated contemporary world. It uses comparative case studies including film, social media, and popular music to examine the ways that personal concern regarding self-presentation becomes transformed into shared cultural expressions through the use of media technologies. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137557889
ISBN
9781137557889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.45

Hardback. A border is a force of containment that inspires dreams of being overcome and crossed; motivates bodies to climb over; and threatens physical harm. This book critically examines a range of cultural performances produced in relation to the tensions and movements of/about the borders dividing North America, including the Caribbean. Editor(s): Rivera-Servera, Ramon H.; Young, Harvey. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; ASZ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2011th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230574601
ISBN
9780230574601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.94

Hardcover. How has contemporary American theatre presented so-called undocumented immigrants? Placing theatre artists and their work within a context of on-going debate, Guterman shows how theatre fills an essential role in a critical conversation by exploring the powerful ways in which legal labels affect and change us. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137412485
ISBN
9781137412485
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.63
€ 44.87

Paperback. Throughout this text the author shows his awareness that the actual past remains fundamentally irreplicable. He asserts all histories to be culturally crafted artifacts, commensurate with folk tales, stage plays, or films. Num Pages: 312 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: HBA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226142982
ISBN
9780226142982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.12

Hardcover. Num Pages: 258 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JFSL3; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 266 x 185 x 23. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608761746
ISBN
9781608761746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.15
€ 116.54

Paperback. Offers an account of critical debates around the idea of performativity. This work also traces the history of the concept through the work of influential theorists. It examines the implications of performativity for fields such as literary and cultural theory, philosophy, performance studies, and the theory of gender and sexuality. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415329262
ISBN
9780415329262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.27

Hardback. Num Pages: 27 colour illustrations, 27 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: AS; DSB; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319544502
ISBN
9783319544502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.55

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138789029
ISBN
9781138789029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.52

Hardback. This book investigates trans-historical and international instances of performance that arise directly out of situations of crisis and extremity to ask what performance is for in such contexts. It explores how people living in oppressive, dangerous or deprived conditions use performance to survive, to express dissent or a desire for change. Editor(s): Peschel, Lisa. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137454263
ISBN
9781137454263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.23

Paperback. The jali - a member of a hereditary group of Mandinka professional performers - is a charismatic but contradictory figure. This book shows how the jali's talents at performance make him a genius at representation - the ideal figure to tell us about the "Africa" that the world imagines, which is always a thing of illusion, magic, and contradiction. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; AS; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691074894
ISBN
9780691074894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.26

paperback. Creating gender on page, stage, and screen Editor(s): Watson, Elwood; Shaw, Marc Edward. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFCA; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222701
ISBN
9780253222701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.25

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