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Society & culture: general
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 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
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Arab cultural discourse has been slow to respond to changing sexual behaviour. The contributors to this collection pick up the slack, ranging across such disciplines as literature, history, sociology and psychology. Editor(s): Khalaf, Samir; Gagnon, John H. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSJ; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Saqi Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863569487
- ISBN
- 9780863569487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.59
€ 49.99
€ 41.59
paperback. Editor(s): Wilkinson, Carol W. Num Pages: 283 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHBL; KNXC; VFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Government Institutes Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865875425
- ISBN
- 9780865875425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 173.43
€ 173.43
Hardback. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Editor(s): Jones, Richard C. Num Pages: 242 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Roman & Allanheld United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865981300
- ISBN
- 9780865981300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.01
€ 153.01
Hardback. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 134 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Roman & Allanheld United States
- Number of pages
- 134
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865981591
- ISBN
- 9780865981591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.65
€ 106.65
Hardback. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 134 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Roman & Allanheld United States
- Number of pages
- 134
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865981614
- ISBN
- 9780865981614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.66
€ 56.66
Paperback. Winner of the Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award. One of the American West's bloodiest-and least-known-massacres is searingly re-created in this generation-spanning history of native-white intermarriage. Num Pages: 368 pages, 35 illustrations; 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871408570
- ISBN
- 9780871408570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.51
€ 18.99
€ 17.51
paperback. The literary and poetic genius of Latin America's greatest living writer/rebel. Num Pages: 308 pages, music. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- City Lights Books United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872864788
- ISBN
- 9780872864788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.64
€ 18.99
€ 18.64
Paperback. Tim Wise addresses whites' anxiety about cultural shifts displacing their power and privilege--and offers ideas on how to move forward. Series: City Lights Open Media. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 177 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- City Lights Books United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872865211
- ISBN
- 9780872865211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.64
€ 15.99
€ 14.64
paperback. Num Pages: 107 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; GPJ; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 254 x 6. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishing Llc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 107
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780873585132
- ISBN
- 9780873585132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.57
€ 19.99
€ 18.57
Paperback. One of the texts to emerge from the Althusserian tradition, this book analyzes the ideological unconscious that always exists, without becoming explicit, in any discursive field. Editor(s): Read, Malcolm K. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: AN; CFG; DSB; GTE; JFC; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874130560
- ISBN
- 9780874130560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.29
€ 71.29
Hardback. Challenging the assumption that the biblical text is absolutist, this study renders the wall of division between Christian absolutism and cultural relativism indefensible. Its encouraging argument draws upon sociology, anthropology, and analysis of the biblical text. Num Pages: 174 pages, Plans transparencies :Bibliography: p. 166-170. - Includes index. BIC Classification: HRA; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874133301
- ISBN
- 9780874133301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.74
€ 109.74
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6ill. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JNMT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874135459
- ISBN
- 9780874135459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.49
€ 115.49
Hardback. This annotated edition of Clio makes available in a well-documented and illustrated modern text the autobiography of Martha Fowke Sansom. This lively account of Fowke's life is filled with illuminating material on her family background, education, and emotional and social experiences. Editor(s): Guskin, Phyllis J. Num Pages: 210 pages, 11ill. BIC Classification: BGHA; DCQ; DSBD; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874136074
- ISBN
- 9780874136074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.92
€ 109.92
hardcover. Leikin draws on his own translations of trial transcripts (found in the personal library of his father, who served as chief rabbi in the town of Kazan, Russia) to chronicle a 1911 trial in Kiev that was trumped up to launch a vicious anti-Jewish campaign. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portla Editor(s): Leikin, Ezekiel. Num Pages: 241 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson, Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780876681794
- ISBN
- 9780876681794
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.48
€ 123.48
Hardback. To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 688 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876682098
- ISBN
- 9780876682098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 241.85
€ 241.85