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Media Systems and Communication Policies in Latin America
. Ed(S): Guerrero, M.; Marquez-Ramirez, Mirey...
Paperback. Media Systems and Communication Policies in Latin America proposes, tests and analyses the liberal captured model. It explores to what extent to which globalisation, marketization, commercialism, regional bodies and the nation State redefine the media's role in Latin American societies. Editor(s): Guerrero, M.; Marquez-Ramirez, Mireya. Series: Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JPA; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349488476
- ISBN
- 9781349488476
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Hollywood Remakes, Deleuze and the Grandfather Paradox explores the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze using the framework of Hollywood's current obsession with remaking and rebooting classic and foreign films. Through an analysis of cinematic repetition and difference, the book approaches remakes from a range of philosophical perspectives. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; HP; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349488346
- ISBN
- 9781349488346
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. Offering a multifaceted approach to the Mexican-born director Guillermo del Toro, this volume examines his wide-ranging oeuvre and traces the connections between his Spanish language and English language commercial and art film projects. Editor(s): Shaw, D.; Tierney, Dolores. Num Pages: 223 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349488261
- ISBN
- 9781349488261
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€ 159.69
€ 159.69
paperback. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- SKU
- V9781349488247
- ISBN
- 9781349488247
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€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback. TransLatin Joyce explores the circulation of James Joyce's work in the Ibero-American literary system. The essays address Joycean literary engagements in Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Mexico, and Cuba, using concepts from postcolonial translation studies, antimodernism, game theory, sound studies, deconstruction, and post-Euclidean physics. Editor(s): Price, B.; Salgado, Cesar A.; Schwartz, J. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349488186
- ISBN
- 9781349488186
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSY; JFC; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349488162
- ISBN
- 9781349488162
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€ 65.66
€ 65.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSJ; JFSR; JHB; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349488100
- ISBN
- 9781349488100
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€ 78.01
€ 78.01
Paperback. An ethnographic study of gender, place and belonging, Affective Intensities introduces readers to the embodied sensations, flows and experiences of being in extreme music scenes in Australia and Japan. Series: Pop Music, Culture and Identity. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; JFC; JFD; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 290.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349488049
- ISBN
- 9781349488049
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€ 65.69
€ 65.69
Paperback. Who owns, who buys, who gives, and who notices objects is always significant in Austen's writing, placing characters socially and characterizing them symbolically. Jane Austen's Possessions and Dispossessions looks at the significance of objects in Austen's major novels, fragments, and juvenilia. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349487929
- ISBN
- 9781349487929
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€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Paperback. The question of whether or not George Eliot was what would now be called a feminist is a contentious one. This book argues, through a close study of her fiction, informed by examination of her life's story and by a comparison of her views to those of contemporary feminists, that George Eliot was more radical and more feminist than commonly thought. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349487844
- ISBN
- 9781349487844
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€ 66.50
€ 66.50
paperback. Pynchon and Philosophy radically reworks our readings of Thomas Pynchon alongside the theoretical perspectives of Wittgenstein, Foucault and Adorno. Rigorous yet readable, Pynchon and Philosophy seeks to recover philosophical readings of Pynchon that work harmoniously, rather than antagonistically, resulting in a wholly fresh approach. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA; DSBH; HP; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- SKU
- V9781349487738
- ISBN
- 9781349487738
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€ 82.66
€ 82.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFSR; JHBS; KJS; KNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349487714
- ISBN
- 9781349487714
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€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Paperback. Friends play a crucial role in international students' lives. This book explores the characteristics of the friendship networks of international doctoral students by analysing the relationships between these students and their friends, both in the country of education and across several national borders. Num Pages: 175 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JNM; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349487677
- ISBN
- 9781349487677
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€ 65.52
€ 65.52
Paperback. Looking at the works of the Bronte sisters through a translingual, transnational, and transcultural lens, this collection is the first book-length study of the Brontes as received and reimagined in languages and cultures outside of Europe and the United States. Editor(s): Qi, Shouhua; Padgett, J. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349487639
- ISBN
- 9781349487639
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€ 65.69
€ 65.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 302 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; APFN; JF; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 387.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349487530
- ISBN
- 9781349487530
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€ 66.29
€ 66.29
paperback. This book offers a fresh look at Taiwan's state workers in from the postwar period to the present day and examines the rise and fall of labor insurgency in the past two decades. Challenging the conventional image of docile working class, it unearths a series of workers resistance, hidden and public, in a high authoritarian era. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; JFF; JHB; JHBL; JPA; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349487462
- ISBN
- 9781349487462
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€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Paperback. Modern men the world over are becoming increasingly fascinated with their image, spending more of their disposable income on beautification products and services. This book examines 'metrosexuality', highlighting the negotiation and construction of masculinities and sexualities in the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMH; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 261.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349487448
- ISBN
- 9781349487448
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€ 65.52
€ 65.52
Paperback. Tracing the history of Africa's relationship to film festivals and exploring the festivals' impact on the various types of people who attend festivals (the festival experts, the ordinary festival audiences, and the filmmakers), Dovey reveals what turns something called a "festival" into a "festival experience" for these groups. Series: Framing Film Festivals. Num Pages: 270 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; JFC; JFD; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349487226
- ISBN
- 9781349487226
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€ 138.54
€ 138.54
Paperback. Idleness, Indolence and Leisure in English Literature is the first study to provide transhistorical perspectives and cutting-edge critical analyses of debates concerning idleness in English literature. The topicality of the subject is emphasized by two pieces of sociological analysis. Editor(s): Fludernik, Monika; Nandi, M. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC; HBTB; JFC; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349487141
- ISBN
- 9781349487141
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Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
paperback. Editor(s): Karim, Karim H.; Eid, Mahmoud. Num Pages: 258 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRH; JFC; JFSL; JFSR; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349487080
- ISBN
- 9781349487080
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€ 65.96
€ 65.96
Re-Imagining the Other: Culture, Media, and Western-Muslim Intersectio...
. Ed(S): Eid, Mahmoud; Karim, Karim H.
paperback. Editor(s): Eid, Mahmoud; Karim, Karim H. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; HRH; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- SKU
- V9781349487066
- ISBN
- 9781349487066
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€ 66.00
€ 66.00
Paperback. Series: Screening Spaces. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; APFN; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349487042
- ISBN
- 9781349487042
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Condition: New
€ 127.06
€ 127.06
Paperback. Editor(s): Kim, N. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JFSL; JPA; JPHV; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349486984
- ISBN
- 9781349486984
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€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Paperback. The middlebrow is a dominant cultural force in the twenty-first century. This book defines the new literary middlebrow through eight key features: middle class, feminized, reverential, commercial, emotional, recreational, earnest and mediated. Case studies include Oprah's Book Club, the Man Booker Prize and the Harry Potter phenomenon. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349486847
- ISBN
- 9781349486847
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Condition: New
€ 65.78
€ 65.78