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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Offers a range of approaches and case studies whose organizing principle is the developing idea of polycentrism as applied to cinema. In this title, the authors refine and redefine key concepts in film studies, including identification and identity, narrative and realism, allegory and the national project, auteurism and the popular, art and genre. Editor(s): Nagib, Lucia; Perriam, Chris; Dudrah, Rajinder. Series: Tauris World Cinema Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 bw integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848854932
- ISBN
- 9781848854932
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Condition: New
€ 36.45
€ 36.45
Paperback. Argues for the importance of recognizing - and archiving - accounts of trauma that belong as much to the ordinary and everyday as to the domain of catastrophe. This title contends that the field of trauma studies, limited by too strict a division between the public and the private, has overlooked the experiences of women and queers. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 368 pages, 41 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330882
- ISBN
- 9780822330882
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.26
€ 32.99
€ 31.26
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845203603
- ISBN
- 9781845203603
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.64
€ 42.99
€ 35.64
Paperback. This title takes a linguistic and poststructuralist approach to discourse analysis, and argues for a textual meta-language for cultural studies and a re-evaluation of methodolody. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742500594
- ISBN
- 9780742500594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.90
€ 63.90
Paperback. A liberal society stands on the proposition that we should all take seriously the idea that we might be wrong. The author makes a persuasive argument for the value of "liberal science" and the idea that conflicting views produce knowledge within society. The answer to bias and prejudice, he argues, is pluralism - not purism. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMD; JPVH1; JPVH2; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Enlarged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226145938
- ISBN
- 9780226145938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.16
€ 20.99
€ 18.16
Hardback. In this volume, author offers new critical editions and translations of three shorter Ismaili works by the Persian polymath Nasir al-Din Tusi, namely Aghaz wa anjam (The Beginning and the End), Tawalla wa tabarra (Solidarity and Dissociation), and Matlub al-mu'minin (Desideratum of the Faithful). Editor(s): Badakhchani, S. J. Series: Ismaili Texts and Translations. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRHT; JFSR2. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848855946
- ISBN
- 9781848855946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 43.78
€ 52.99
€ 43.78
Paperback. How can Ramakrishna's saintly status be reconciled with his eroticized language and actions? This book argues that the key to understanding him lies in Tantra and its equation of the mystical and the erotic, and that his homosexulity is linked to every aspect of his life and teachings. Num Pages: 408 pages, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: HRG; HRLK2; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226453774
- ISBN
- 9780226453774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.10
€ 47.99
€ 37.10
Hardback. How did Iran remain distinctively Iranian in the centuries which followed the Arab Conquest? How did it retain its cultural distinctiveness after the displacement of Zoroastrianism - state religion of the Persian empire - by Islam? This title traces that critical moment in Iranian history. Editor(s): Herzig, Edmund; Stewart, Sarah. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 integrated bw. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLC1; HRHP; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 209 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780760612
- ISBN
- 9781780760612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.82€ 69.18
€ 76.82
€ 69.18
Paperback. A textbook introduction to the history of the American South, from slavery to the civil rights movement. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTS; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 602. From Slavery to Civil Rights. 392 pages, 1 b/w. A textbook introduction to the history of the American South, from slavery to the civil rights movement. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTS; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPVH1. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 22. Weight: 602.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748613755
- ISBN
- 9780748613755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.07
€ 41.99
€ 37.07
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 integrated bw, 10 colour in 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1FB; ASD; JFSJ1; JPWF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Sew
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784532482
- ISBN
- 9781784532482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.83€ 125.03
€ 141.83
€ 125.03
Paperback. This collection brings together scholars and artists in disability studies, sexuality, queer theory, and feminism, to show how much sexuality studies and disability studies have to learn from each other. Editor(s): McRuer, Robert; Mollow, Anna. Num Pages: 432 pages, 11 illustrations, 3 figures. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351542
- ISBN
- 9780822351542
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.47
€ 37.99
€ 30.47
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784537623
- ISBN
- 9781784537623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.86
€ 171.86
Paperback. This book traces the history of television journalism in Britain from its austere roots in the BBC's post-war monopoly to the present-day plethora of 24 hour channels and celebrity presenters. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFD; KNTD; KNTJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849666114
- ISBN
- 9781849666114
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.44
€ 42.99
€ 35.44
Hardback. Based on 216 in-depth interviews of Muslims in Britain, the book examines how British Muslim youths and young adults, 15-30 years old, define their identities, their values and their culture and whether these conflict either with those of their parents or with the dominant non-Muslim British culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HRHP; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748641338
- ISBN
- 9780748641338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.28€ 106.42
€ 112.28
€ 106.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 26, 25 black & white halftones, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JFD; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479755
- ISBN
- 9780801479755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.62
€ 37.99
€ 35.62
Hardback. All memories invoke imagined pasts, but do the ways we remember share a common imaginary? In seeking to interpret Scottish culture in the recent past as a series of encounters with modernity, this study draws on a wide range of sources to explore relationships between perceptions of place, belonging and identity in one nation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748617869
- ISBN
- 9780748617869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.37€ 101.60
€ 106.37
€ 101.60
Hardback. A study of lesbian desire in French and Francophone films. Num Pages: 232 pages, 10 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APFA; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748621651
- ISBN
- 9780748621651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.19€ 112.50
€ 118.19
€ 112.50
Hardcover. Examines the role of women in Egyptian society, looking both at the legal system and how they themselves understand their rights. Series: Library of Modern Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Sew
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784532451
- ISBN
- 9781784532451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.83€ 124.28
€ 141.83
€ 124.28
Hardback. "A Cultural History of Food presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. This set of six volumes covers nearly 3,000 years of food and its physical, spiritual, social and cultural dimensions."-- Editor(s): Montanari, Professor Massimo (Universitites of Catania and Bologna.). Series: Cultural Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HBTB; JFCV; JHBT; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857850249
- ISBN
- 9780857850249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.19€ 104.10
€ 118.19
€ 104.10
Hardback. Series: War, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 bw illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW; JFSJ1; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474238038
- ISBN
- 9781474238038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.65€ 135.20
€ 153.65
€ 135.20