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paperback. An anthology that provides a prismatic look at the cross-fertilization between Chinese film and global popular culture. It explores how issues of immigration, class, race and economic displacement are viewed on a global level, providing an understanding of the impact of Chinese filmmaking at home and abroad. Editor(s): See-Kam, Tan; Feng, Peter X.; Marchetti, Gina. Num Pages: 311 pages, 25 halftones, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
311
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592132683
ISBN
9781592132683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.19

Hardcover. Editor(s): Nyiri, Pal; Tan, Danielle. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 maps, 9 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white tables, 9 b&w illus., 4 maps, 3 ta. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FPC; HBJF; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 629.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295999296
ISBN
9780295999296
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.83

Paperback. Editor(s): Nyiri, Pal; Tan, Danielle. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 maps, 9 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white tables, 9 b&w illus., 4 maps, 3 ta. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FPC; HBJF; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295999302
ISBN
9780295999302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 22 colour images & 8 b/w images. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9789881774217
ISBN
9789881774217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.28

Hardback. Presents a look into the secretive world of the "snakeheads" (human smugglers), whose ingenious endeavors have transported hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants into the United States and other Western countries. This book presents accounts of how social circles to accomplish seemingly complex transnational negotiations are formed. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 tables, 4 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFFN; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804757416
ISBN
9780804757416
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.77

Paperback. During Suharto's New Order (1966-1998), the ethnic Chinese expanded the nation's economy (and their own wealth), but, paradoxically, were marginalised and discriminated against in all social spheres. This book sets out to unpack the complex meanings of 'Chineseness' in post-1998 Indonesia. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 1FPC; 3JJPR; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194741
ISBN
9781845194741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.64

Hardback. Aims to unpack the complex meanings of 'Chineseness' in post-1998 Indonesia, including the ways in which the policy of multiculturalism enabled such a 'resurgence', the forces that shaped it and the possibilities for 'resinicisation'. This book examines ethnic Chinese self-identify. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845192686
ISBN
9781845192686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.03

Paperback. Editor(s): McGiffert, Carola. Series: Significant Issues Series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Centre for Strategic & International Studies,U.S. United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892064656
ISBN
9780892064656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HDD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813049212
ISBN
9780813049212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.28

Hardback. This ethnographic account invites readers to consider a fascinating case of globalized labor -- a Korean-owned and managed factory in China, operated by Chinese laborers, where the clash of cultures, traditions, and classes threatens both productivity and peace on the factory floor. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; GTF; JFFS; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804784542
ISBN
9780804784542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.62

From yellow-face performance in the 19th century to Jackie Chan in the 21st, this book examines articles of clothing and modes of adornment as a window on how American views of China have changed in the past 150 years. It provides a cultural history of three iconic objects in theatrical and cinematic performance. Num Pages: 316 pages, 35 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFCK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253012470
ISBN
9780253012470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.99

Paperback. This is the fully-researched account of the historical and contemporary development of the traditional martial arts genre in the Chinese cinema known as wuxia. The book unveils rich layers of the wuxia tradition as it developed in early Shanghai cinema in the late 1920s, and from the 1950s onwards, in the Hong Kong and Taiwan film industries. Series: Traditions in World Cinema. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474400084
ISBN
9781474400084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.83

hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 451.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804717823
ISBN
9780804717823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.62

Hardback. Series: Critical Issues in World and International History. Num Pages: 254 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742567634
ISBN
9780742567634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.68

Paperback. Series: Significant Issues Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Centre for Strategic & International Studies,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892064960
ISBN
9780892064960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 94.25

Paperback. Suitable for students and scholars of modernism, Chinese literature and history, film studies, and cultural studies, this book offers both a historical narrative and a critical analysis of the cultural visions and experiences of China's post-Mao era. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 448 pages, 12 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; HBJF; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 778.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822318460
ISBN
9780822318460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.43

Hardcover. Presents a multimedia, interdisciplinary study of Chinese modernity in the context of globalization since the late nineteenth century. This book draws on Chinese literature, film, art, photography, and video to broadly map the emergence of modern China in relation to the capitalist world-system in the economic, social, and political realms. Num Pages: 264 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; AB; DSBH; JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824831110
ISBN
9780824831110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.07

Paperback. The result is an unprecedented guide to the study of Chinese myth for specialists and nonspecialists alike. Num Pages: 344 pages, 10, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 172 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Fourth Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801861833
ISBN
9780801861833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.74

Paperback. Provides conceptual insights that put the reader in a position to come to grips intellectually with the complex weave of Chinese nationalist sentiment today and in the future. Num Pages: 240 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 353.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
M.E. Sharpe
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563248108
ISBN
9781563248108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.88

paperback. Editor(s): Palmer, David A; Shive, Glenn; Wickeri, Philip L. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRAM2; HRAX; HRLM; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199731381
ISBN
9780199731381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.31

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