Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Integrating three major concerns - television as an industry, a technology, and an art - this book is a basic primer on the complex, and often overlooked story of television and its impact on American life. It also includes interview segments with industry insiders, pictures, and sidebars to illustrate important figures, trends, and events. Num Pages: 152 pages, 1. BIC Classification: HBT; JFD; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631215448
- ISBN
- 9780631215448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.14
€ 45.14
Hardback. Why are young people alienated from television news? This book argues that contemporary trends indicating deepening disconnection from news about public life reflect both problems in the way television news covers politics - the single biggest item on the news - and problems with the nature of politics itself under neo-liberal capitalism. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APT; JFD; JFSP2; JP; KNTJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219359
- ISBN
- 9780230219359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. Editor(s): Barton, J.V. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594540332
- ISBN
- 9781594540332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.70€ 38.20
€ 51.70
€ 38.20
Paperback. Examines the major theories and debates surrounding the production and reception of television over the years. This title considers the role and future of this powerful medium. Series: The Basics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 black & white tables. BIC Classification: APT; JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415774246
- ISBN
- 9780415774246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Hardback. Television Truths considers what we know about TV, whether we love it or hate it, where TV is going, and whether viewers should bother going along for the ride. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405169806
- ISBN
- 9781405169806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.41
€ 111.41
Hardback. An examination of how young African-Americans are impacted by the persuasive negative images of their culture that are regularly portrayed on television. It shows how the American media has engineered a climate of ignorance and disenfranchisement by fostering misinformation and indifference. Num Pages: 192 pages, 9 figures, 11 tables. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819195210
- ISBN
- 9780819195210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.66
€ 106.66
Hardcover. Television was one of the forces shaping the cultural revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, when a blockbuster TV series could reach up to a third of a country's population. This book explores television's impact on social change by comparing three sitcoms and their audiences. Num Pages: 348 pages, 19 illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: APT; JFDT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782386995
- ISBN
- 9781782386995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.05
€ 175.05
Hardback. An innovative and original new study, Television, Memory and Nostalgia re-imagines the relationship between the medium and its forms of memory and remembrance through a series of case studies of British and North American programmes and practices. These include ER, Grey's Anatomy, The Wire, Who Do You Think You Are?, and Life on Mars. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230245983
- ISBN
- 9780230245983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Paperback. Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Warwick. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349319237
- ISBN
- 9781349319237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.57
€ 65.57
Hardback. Series: Library of Gender and Popular Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFDT; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780769769
- ISBN
- 9781780769769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.34
€ 139.34
Paperback. This text was first published in 1974, long before the dawn of multi-channel TV, or the reality and celebrity shows that now pack the schedules. Yet Williams' analysis of television's history, its institutions, programmes and practices, and its future prospects, remains prescient. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415314565
- ISBN
- 9780415314565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.07
€ 21.07
Hardback. Considering issues such as pain and fertility, and exploring both the language of medical discourse and the silence of personal mystery, she reveals the numerous ways in which giving birth is narrated in the contemporary U.S. Pollock draws on cultural criticism, performance studies, and narrative theory to unpack this long-ignored genre. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFHF; JHBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231109147
- ISBN
- 9780231109147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.54€ 90.75
€ 117.54
€ 90.75
Paperback. The 8th Deaf History International Conference featured 27 presentations from members of Deaf communities hailing from 12 different countries around the world who related their own autobiographies as well as the biographies of historical Deaf individuals. This book brings together the best of these stories. Editor(s): Snoddon, Kristin. Num Pages: 264 pages, 34 photographs, 13 figures, 5 tables. BIC Classification: BM; JFFG; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563686191
- ISBN
- 9781563686191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.48
€ 35.99
€ 28.48
Paperback. In Telling Flesh, Vicki Kirby addresses what may be the major theoretical issue in both the social sciences and feminist theory, namely the nature/culture dualism. Her particular focus is on postmodern approaches to corporeality. Num Pages: 210 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415910293
- ISBN
- 9780415910293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.18
€ 53.18
paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 35. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press Distributed for Arl
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780905223872
- ISBN
- 9780905223872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 20.66
€ 25.00
€ 20.66
Paperback. Telling Our Lives explores how three working-class women-from Jewish, African-American, and Irish-American backgrounds connect across their differences through storytelling and conversation. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HP; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742541740
- ISBN
- 9780742541740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.91
€ 67.91
Paperback. This book investigates the continuities and divergences in selected Black autobiographies from Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 261.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349530335
- ISBN
- 9781349530335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403967879
- ISBN
- 9781403967879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Paperback. Editor(s): O'Brien, Ruth; Pempel, T. J.; Ravenhill, John. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ1; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0221024
- ISBN
- 9780801473579
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 664 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: D; DQ; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 65. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781921867460
- ISBN
- 9781921867460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.93
€ 44.99
€ 32.93