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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Informed, controversial, ranging from a melancholy study of rock and roll's descent into show business to a hilarious look at the spectacle that is the "Jerry Lewis Telethon, " these twenty essays offer an unusual and (ironically) entertaining study of American media by one of its foremost critics. Num Pages: 349 pages, samples. BIC Classification: APT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810107922
- ISBN
- 9780810107922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.27
€ 41.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 913.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810110830
- ISBN
- 9780810110830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.27
€ 41.27
Paperback. Eugene Gendlin's contribution to the theory of language is the focus of this collection of essays Each essay is followed by a comment from Gendlin himself. The work investigates how concepts grow out of experience, and compares Gendlin's work to that of Wittgenstein, Dilthey and Heidegger. Editor(s): Levin, David Michael. Series: Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810113596
- ISBN
- 9780810113596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99
€ 53.99
Paperback. With a combination of classic and new essays and perspective on the theoretical avant-garde/modernism debate in the United States, Sheppard's volume provides an insight into scholarly discourse on this debated subject. Series: Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD7; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 665.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810114937
- ISBN
- 9780810114937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Paperback. This work offers an account of the Russians' 400 years of experience in Siberia. Rasputin looks at the the peculiar physical and character traits of the Siberian Russian type, and at the gap between dreams and reality that have plagued Russians in Siberia. Translator(s): Winchell, Margaret; Mikkelson, Gerald. Num Pages: 443 pages, 16 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCS; HBJF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- Translated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810115750
- ISBN
- 9780810115750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.36
€ 32.36
Paperback. Series: European Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; FA; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810117068
- ISBN
- 9780810117068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.36
€ 32.36
Paperback. A psychosocial study of the female intelligentsia in Russia which seeks to show how and why women radicals of the 19th century diverged from their male counterparts and to describe the forces that led women to rebel. It also discusses their legacy to future generations. Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810117402
- ISBN
- 9780810117402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.00
€ 26.00
Paperback. "Sots-art," the mock use of the Soviet ideological cliches of mass culture, originated in Soviet nonconformist art of the early 1970s. This text examines literary Sots-art on several levels. Editor(s): Balina, Marina; etc.; Condee, Nancy (University of Pittsburgh, USA); Dobrenko, Evgeny (Amerst College, USA). Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Num Pages: 336 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JJPL; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810117679
- ISBN
- 9780810117679
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Condition: New
€ 34.91
€ 34.91
Paperback. This work seeks to probe the distinctive character of the postmodern situation and the philosophical problem of representation. Brockelman juxtaposes critics and art historical figures to conduct a debate about issues such as truth in art, perspectivism, theatricality and urbanism. Series: Philosophy, Literature & Culture S. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810117761
- ISBN
- 9780810117761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Paperback. The story of the orchestra at Auschwitz told by its conductor. Laks recounts the iconceivable spectacle of SS guards growing teary-eyed at the sound of familiar melodies and in the next moment giving themselves up to the furies of extermination. Translator(s): Kisiel, Chester Adam. Series: Jewish Lives S. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; AVH; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 224 x 10. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810118027
- ISBN
- 9780810118027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.46
€ 23.46
Paperback. Offers a sustained meditation on the role of interruption in modernity. This book departs from and elaborates an important but overlooked dimension of Walter Benjamin's discourse: the question of style as it bears upon temporality and spatiality. This work suggests that the time has come to revise existing paradigms. Series Editor(s): Perloff, Marjorie; Rumold, Rainer. Series: Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; AMA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810123342
- ISBN
- 9780810123342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.91
€ 34.91
Paperback. Journalism in the twentieth century was marked by the rise of literary journalism. This work traces more than a century of its history, examining the cultural connections, competing journalistic schools of thought, and innovative writers that have given literary journalism its power. Num Pages: 430 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810124691
- ISBN
- 9780810124691
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Condition: New
€ 34.91
€ 34.91
Paperback. "The publication also includes a DVD of video samples for each of the performances documented, discussed, and analyzed within"--Introduction. Editor(s): Johnson, E. Patrick; Rivera-Servera, Ramon H. Num Pages: 432 pages, photographs (black and white). BIC Classification: ANB; DSG; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810129474
- ISBN
- 9780810129474
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Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Paperback. An overview of the Caribbean dances, from Abakua and Zouk, and the complex, fused, and layered cultures that gave birth to them. This book describes how dance shapes personal, communal, and national identity. It shows how Caribbean rhythms, dances, fragments of movement, and even attitudes toward movement reach beyond the islands. Num Pages: 432 pages, 26 b&w photos, 6 figures, 2 maps, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KJ; ASDX; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813029047
- ISBN
- 9780813029047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 616 pages, 53 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HDD; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813033860
- ISBN
- 9780813033860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.59
€ 48.59
Hardback. Series: History of African American Religions. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813037325
- ISBN
- 9780813037325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.84
€ 81.84
Hardback. A historical biography of Mary Musgrove. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; BGH; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813042213
- ISBN
- 9780813042213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.67
€ 37.99
€ 33.67
Paperback. A collection of images demonstrating how the myth of the fountain of youth and its magical, restorative waters have been used to promote the state of Florida to tourists and new residents alike. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 260 x 9. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813044873
- ISBN
- 9780813044873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.41
€ 17.41
Paperback. Editor(s): Perrone, Charles A.; Borim, Dario, Jr.; Bianconi, Celia R. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813049427
- ISBN
- 9780813049427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.67
€ 34.67
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813060330
- ISBN
- 9780813060330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.25
€ 38.25