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Society & culture: general
Hardback. This book charts a genealogy of alternative practices of theatre-making since the 1960s in one particular city - Cardiff. In a series of five itineraries, it visits fifty sites where significant events occurred, setting performances within local topographical and social contexts, and in relation to a specific architecture and polity. Series: Exeter Performance Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 52 illustrations & 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKWS; AN; HDD; JFC; JFSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 253 x 175 x 22. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898751
- ISBN
- 9780859898751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.32
€ 134.32
Hardback. In the first book-length study to concentrate specifically on Britain, Jamie Sexton examines the rise of avant-garde and experimental film-making between the wars. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJG; APF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 259 x 23. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898102
- ISBN
- 9780859898102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.96
€ 133.96
Hardback. In this study of early film exhibition, Joe Kember demonstrates that prior to the emergence of a specific discipline of screen acting and the arrival of picture personalities, the early cinema inherited its human dimensions from diverse earlier traditions of performance, from the magic lantern lecture to the fairground and variety theatre. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; HBJD1; JFCA; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898010
- ISBN
- 9780859898010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.49
€ 134.49
Hardback. Multimedia Histories: From the Magic Lantern to the Internet is the first book to explore in detail the vital connections between today's digital culture and an absorbing history of screen entertainments and technologies. Its range of coverage moves from the magic lantern, the stereoscope and early film to the DVD and the internet. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 302 pages, illustrated with about 30 photographs. BIC Classification: APF; APT; HBT; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897723
- ISBN
- 9780859897723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.83
€ 134.83
Hardback. The Big Show looks at the role played by cinema in British cultural life during World War One. Hammond shows how the British film industry and British audiences responded to the traumatic effects of the War, and contends that the War's significant effect was to expedite the cultural acceptance of cinema into the fabric of British social life. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 316 pages, 20 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; APFA; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897587
- ISBN
- 9780859897587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.83
€ 134.83
Hardback. The extraordinary performers collected here have altered the history of popular entertainment in America and Europe. Some have rarely had their story told, others are familiar figures. The essays explore what made these performers extraordinary. Editor(s): Milling, Dr. Jane; Banham, Martin. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: APB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897358
- ISBN
- 9780859897358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.12
€ 134.12
Hardback. New Arabian Studies is an international journal covering a wide spectrum of topics including geography, archaeology, history, architecture, agriculture, language, dialect, sociology, documents, literature and religion. Editor(s): Smith, Professor G. Rex; Smart, J. R.; Pridham, B. R. Series: New Arabian Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11halftones; 2 col. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 1QFM; GTB; HBJF1; HD; JFC; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897068
- ISBN
- 9780859897068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.60
€ 117.60
Hardback. This is the first full-length study of one of the most popular, profitable and persistent genres in British cinema. It redraws the map of British film history by arguing that comedy was the most successful, and important, genre of the 1930s, and that the very qualities which ensured the comedy film's low status are also its particular strengths. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 303 pages, 20 halftones, 10 line illustrations, filmography, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; APFA; HBT; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859896030
- ISBN
- 9780859896030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.32
€ 134.32
Paperback. The primary aim of this book is to focus on contemporary issues and to promote interdisciplinary approaches within the subject. Written by international scholars and practitioners in fields such as folklore, ethnomusicology, art history, religious studies, tourism and education, the book brings together in one volume a wide range of perspectives. Editor(s): Hale, Amy; Payton, Philip. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: 2AF; DSB; HBTB; HRKP2; JFHF; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895873
- ISBN
- 9780859895873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72
Hardback. This well illustrated book celebrates every aspect of the wide-ranging achievements of William Morris - writer, designer, cultural critic, revolutionary socialist - with particular emphasis on their relevance to our own times. The book makes available up-to-date Morris scholarship in accessible form. Editor(s): Faulkner, Peter; Preston, Peter. Num Pages: 300 pages, 30 illustrations, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; ACVM; AGB; AK; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895774
- ISBN
- 9780859895774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.83
€ 134.83
Hardback. New Arabian Studies is an international journal covering a wide spectrum of topics including geography, archaeology, history, architecture, agriculture, language, dialect, sociology, documents, literature and religion. Editor(s): Smith, Professor G. Rex; Pridham, B. R. Series: New Arabian Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 1QFM; HBG; HBJF1; HD; JFC; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895521
- ISBN
- 9780859895521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.04
€ 116.04
Paperback. In 1810, Stendhal read the sentimental novella "Histoire d'Eleonore de Parme", whose anonymous author was certainly a woman. This text poses the question: can it be asserted that Stendhal took inspiration from this novella when he wrote "La Chartreuse de Parme", and not from real life? Editor(s): Bolster, Richard. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 32 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 300 x 150 x 6. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895361
- ISBN
- 9780859895361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.49
€ 39.49
Hardback. The Exeter English-Russian Dictionary of Cultural Terms is a unique work of reference whose aim is to provide English speakers who possess at least some knowledge of Russian with the Russian equivalents of foreign and cultural terms in widespread use. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2AGR; CBDX; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 183 x 104 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895040
- ISBN
- 9780859895040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.95
€ 37.95
hardcover. New Arabian Studies is an international journal covering a wide spectrum of topics including geography, archaeology, history, architecture, agriculture, language, dialect, sociology, documents, literature and religion. Editor(s): Smart, J. R.; Pridham, B. R. Series: New Arabian Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 b&w and colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 1QFM; HBG; HBJF1; HD; JFC; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 28. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859894791
- ISBN
- 9780859894791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.43
€ 117.43
Hardback. Central to the Enlightenment is the ideal of the Secular City, in militant reply to the Civitas Dei of St Augustine. The essays in this volume illustrate the elaboration of that vision, both in the planning and depiction of actual cities and in the speculation on social justice to which Voltaire in particular devoted himself. Editor(s): Hemming, T. D.; Freeman, Ted; Meakin, David. Num Pages: 259 pages, 6 half-tones. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HRAB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859894166
- ISBN
- 9780859894166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.62
€ 133.62
Paperback. This collection of essays assesses the work of a number of American intellectuals, including Susan Sontag, F.O. Mathieson, Daniel Bell and Hannah Arendt, who have addressed issues of culture and its multifaceted relations to politics, history, sociology and literary criticism. Editor(s): Murray, David. Num Pages: 304 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJH; 3JJP; DSBH; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859894043
- ISBN
- 9780859894043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.59
€ 42.59
Hardback. In this volume some of the world's authorities on embryology trace the tradition of enquiry over two and a half thousand years. The answers given in related cultures reflected the purposes to be served at different times, in medical practice, penitential discipline, canon law, common law, human feeling. Editor(s): Dunstan, G. R. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859893404
- ISBN
- 9780859893404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.65
€ 134.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 100 black and white photos, 8 colour. BIC Classification: AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 171 x 17. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Plexus Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859653978
- ISBN
- 9780859653978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.48
€ 20.48
Hardback. "Nagaland for Christ" and "Jesus Saves" are familiar slogans prominently displayed on public transport and celebratory banners in Nagaland, northeastern India. They express an idealization of Christian homogeneity that belies the underlying tensions and negotiations between Christian and non-Christian Naga.. Num Pages: 356 pages, 36 ills, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRCS; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857455956
- ISBN
- 9780857455956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.62
€ 152.62
Hardback. This volume looks at the fluid and dynamic nature of identity-building among Jews and the many issues that cut across different Jewish groupings. An important contribution to scholarship on contemporary Jewry, it reveals the often unrecognized dynamism in new forms of Jewish identification and affiliation in Israel and in the Diaspora. Editor(s): Goldberg, Harvey E.; Cohen, Steven M.; Kopelowitz, Ezra. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSR1; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452573
- ISBN
- 9780857452573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.29
€ 152.29
Hardback. Representing scholars from different countries and different disciplines, this collection explores Holocaust survivors' return to everyday life and how their experience of Nazi persecution and the Holocaust impacted their process of integration into various countries. Thus, it offers a rich mix of perspectives, disciplines, and communities. Editor(s): Ofer, Dalia; Ouzan, Francoise S.; Baumel-Schwartz, Judith Tydor. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 tables and figs. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 173 x 233 x 24. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452474
- ISBN
- 9780857452474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.72
€ 163.72
Encounters of Body and Soul in Contemporary Religious Practices
. Ed(S): Fedele, Anna; Blanes, Ruy Llera
Hardback. Social scientists and philosophers confronted with religious phenomena have always been challenged to find a proper way to describe the spiritual experiences of the social group they were studying. Editor(s): Fedele, Anna; Blanes, Ruy Llera. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 252 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: HRLK; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452078
- ISBN
- 9780857452078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.83
€ 151.83
Hardback. This volume investigates how the experiences, histories, and relationships of social class are a necessary ingredient for explaining the re-emergence and dynamics of populist nationalism in both Eastern and Western Europe. Featuring in-depth urban and regional case studies, this volume reclaims class for anthropological research. Editor(s): Kalb, Don; Halmai, Gabor. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSC; JHMC; JPFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452030
- ISBN
- 9780857452030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.78
€ 151.78
Hardback. The Asian tsunami in December 2004 was reported on exhaustively all around the world. But this is the first full-length examination of the disaster. Providing an in-depth ethnography of the tsunami and its effects on a fishing village on the coast of Tamil Nadu, India, the author shows how disaster survivors have dealt with the tsunami.. Series: Studies in Environmental Anthropology & Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 176 pages, 12 ills. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFC; RNR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857451996
- ISBN
- 9780857451996
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.34
€ 151.34