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paperback. "Riveting and certain to become essential reading for anyone looking to understand Central Africa."--Wall Street Journal Num Pages: 416 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; 3JM; HBJH; HBLX; HBWS; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 139 x 28. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781610391078
ISBN
9781610391078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.28

Paperback. Includes essays that offer a sophisticated view of the growing power of popular culture and its increasing inseparability from contemporary structures of economic and political power and from our everyday lives. This title reveals the ways in which popular culture is being mobilised in the service of economic and political struggles. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822319177
ISBN
9780822319177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.51

Hardback. Recounts the tale of a career UN official caught in the turmoil of international and domestic politics swirling around Cambodia after the fall of the Khmer Rouge. Putting a human face on international operations, this book is suitable for those interested in Southeast Asia, and the role of international peacekeeping. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMC; BT; JPSN1; JWLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742555525
ISBN
9780742555525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.82

Paperback. Rejecting traditional distinctions between philosophy, history, and literature, this book traces a broad connection between political identity and narrative in the field of political theory. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804729246
ISBN
9780804729246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Hardback. Rejecting traditional distinctions between philosophy, history, and literature, this book traces a broad connection between political identity and narrative in the field of political theory. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804728188
ISBN
9780804728188
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.15

Hardcover. Dance is more than an aesthetic of life, dance embodies life. This is evident from the social history of jive, the marketing of transnational ballet, ritual healing dances in Italy or folk dances performed for tourists in Mexico, Panama or Canada. Dance often captures those essential dimensions of social life that cannot be easily put into words. Editor(s): Neveu Kringelbach, Helene; Skinner, Jonathan. Series: Dance & Performance Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ASD; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442. Globalization, Tourism and Identity in the Anthropology of Dance. Series: Dance & Performance Studies. 260 pages, 11 ills. Editor(s): Neveu Kringelbach, Helene; Skinner, Jonathan. Dance is more than an aesthetic of life, dance embodies life. This is evident from the social history of jive, the marketing of transnational ballet, ritual healing dances in Italy or folk dances performed for tourists in Mexico, Panama or Canada. Dance often captures those essential dimensions of social life that cannot be easily put into words. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: ASD; JHMC. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 17. Weight: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857455758
ISBN
9780857455758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.12

Paperback. Dancing Boys is one of the few scholarly works that demystify the largely unknown challenges of adolescent males in dance. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30, 8 figures. BIC Classification: ASD; JFSJ2; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442626324
ISBN
9781442626324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.93

Hardback. Dancing Boys is one of the few scholarly works that demystify the largely unknown challenges of adolescent males in dance. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30, 8 figures. BIC Classification: ASD; JFSJ2; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442648678
ISBN
9781442648678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Hardback. Dancing at the crossroads used to be young people's opportunity to meet and enjoy themselves on mild summer evenings in the countryside in Ireland - until this practice was banned by law, the Public Dance Halls Act in 1935. This book conveys that Ireland is to be found in a crossroads situation with a firm base in a distinctly Irish tradition. Series: Dance & Performance Studies. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; ASD; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 182 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453282
ISBN
9781845453282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.80

Paperback. One of the first anthologies to focus on Mexican dance practices on both sides of the border Editor(s): Najera-Ramirez, Olga; Cantu, Norma E.; Romero, Brenda M. Num Pages: 432 pages, 37 black and white photographs; 6 line drawings; 1 map; 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; ASD; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252076091
ISBN
9780252076091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.96

Hardback. For centuries, the rite of the tarantula was the only cure for those 'bitten' or 'possessed' by the mythic Apulian spider. Its victims had to dance to the local tarantella or 'pizzica' for days on end. Today, the pizzica has returned to the limelight, bringing to the forefront issues of performance, gender, identity and well-being. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 19 ills. BIC Classification: 1DST; ASDX; AVG; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845454456
ISBN
9781845454456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.12

Hardback. Dance has proliferated in movies, television, Internet, and retail spaces while the spiritual power of dance has also been linked with mass consumption. Walter marries the cultural studies of dance and the religious aspects of dance in an exploration of consumption rituals, including rituals of being persuaded to buy products that include dance. Num Pages: 204 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: ASD; HRLK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137463524
ISBN
9781137463524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.65

Hardcover. A dazzling exploration of a seductive, glittery culture Num Pages: 294 pages, 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ASDR; JFCA; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814722664
ISBN
9780814722664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.59

Hardcover. This volume aims to equip teachers with clear plans and instructions for introducing dance to school pupils of all ages. Each lesson plan includes explanations as to what skills the pupils will be learning, methods for teaching these skills and ways in which the teachers can customize the plans. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNU; YNDB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 282 x 222 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1434.
Publisher
Human Kinetics Publishers United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780736002400
ISBN
9780736002400
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.37

Paperback. A study of the nineteenth century response in the intersections of dance, literature and medicine, to the connections between illness, madness, poetry and performance with a view to illuminating French literature and culture in the nineteenth century, dance history and feminist performance theory and modern medicine. In the WRITING SCIENCE series. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 half-tones. BIC Classification: ASD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735247
ISBN
9780804735247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Hardback. A study of the nineteenth century response in the intersections of dance, literature and medicine, to the connections between illness, madness, poetry and performance with a view to illuminating French literature and culture in the nineteenth century, dance history and feminist performance theory and modern medicine. In the WRITING SCIENCE series. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 half-tones. BIC Classification: ASD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804729895
ISBN
9780804729895
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.32

Paperback. In Amazonian folktales, dolphins take human form, seduce men and women, and carry them away to a city beneath the river. This book examines these stories, both as folk narratives and as representations of culture and conflict in the Amazon. Num Pages: 326 pages, 24 halftones, 1 map, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; JFC; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226761848
ISBN
9780226761848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.29

Paperback. Marx made creative use of dialectical method to analyze the origins, operation, and direction of capitalism. This book offers an analysis of Marx's use of the dialectical method. It not only sheds new light on what Marx really meant in his varied theoretical pronouncements, but also makes it possible for the reader to put the dialectic to work. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252071188
ISBN
9780252071188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.03

Hardback. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: ASD; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 180. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
366
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634830966
ISBN
9781634830966
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 310.89
€ 230.17

paperback. A fresh new jacket design brings this classic self-help guide up to date for a contemporary readership. One of the forerunners to today's pop psych market along with Women Who Love Too Much, this multimillion bestseller shows us how anger affects women's relationships and explains how to turn this often destructive force into a constructive one. Num Pages: 256 pages, (12 b/w line illustrations). BIC Classification: JFSJ1; MMJT; VFJ; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Element Books
Condition
New
SKU
9780722536230
ISBN
9780722536230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.57

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