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Paperback. Since its founding in 1964 Tanzania has used music, dance and other cultural productions as ways of imagining and legitimizing the new nation. Focusing on the politics surrounding Swahili performance, Kelly Askew demonstrates the crucial role of popular culture in Tanzania's history. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 392 pages, 22 halftones, 5 maps, 4 line drawings, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 1M; ASZ; AVGE; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
74
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226029818
ISBN
9780226029818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.64
€ 44.14

Hardcover. During the 1970s a wave of "counter-culture" people moved into rural communities in many parts of Australia. This study focuses in particular on the town of Kuranda in North Queensland and the relationship between the settlers and the local Aboriginal population, concentrating on a number of linked social dramas.. Series: Space and Place. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JFSS; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512. Aboriginal Australians, Hippies and the State. Series: Space and Place. 284 pages, 17 ills, 3 maps. During the 1970s a wave of "counter-culture" people moved into rural communities in many parts of Australia. This study focuses in particular on the town of Kuranda in North Queensland and the relationship between the settlers and the local Aboriginal population, concentrating on a number of linked social dramas. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JFSS; JHMC. Dimension: 161 x 229 x 19. Weight: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857455086
ISBN
9780857455086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.04

Hardback. Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Num Pages: 213 pages, 11 colour illustrations, 11 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; AVGL; JHBS; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137504807
ISBN
9781137504807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.77

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292717084
ISBN
9780292717084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.43

Hardcover. Providing a unique insight into how gender is performed in contemporary high-tech work and introducing a creative and novel way of analyzing the fluidity and rigidity of gender at work through discourse analytic methods the author highlights how changes in the world of work interact with changes in gender relations. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBL; KJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230577817
ISBN
9780230577817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Paperback. This book examines the life and art of those contemporary artists who by force or by choice find themselves on other shores. It argues that the exilic challenge enables the emigre artist to (re)establish new artistic devices, new laws and a new language of communication in both his everyday life and his artistic work." Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; AV; JHB; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 557.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349307036
ISBN
9781349307036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.19

Hardcover. This text provides an analysis of the social and cultural impacts of war, social unrest and political violence in two societies that have undergone traumatic conflict and upheaval. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1HFMS; JFSJ; JHB; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633433
ISBN
9780815633433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.36

Paperback. Visitors to Cuba will notice that Afro-Cuban figures and references are everywhere. In this book, the author examines how the animation of Cuba's colonial past and African heritage through such figures and performances not only reflects but also shapes the Cuban experience of Blackness. Num Pages: 344 pages, 56 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226119052
ISBN
9780226119052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.00

Paperback. The jali - a member of a hereditary group of Mandinka professional performers - is a charismatic but contradictory figure. This book shows how the jali's talents at performance make him a genius at representation - the ideal figure to tell us about the "Africa" that the world imagines, which is always a thing of illusion, magic, and contradiction. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; AS; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691074894
ISBN
9780691074894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.12

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138789029
ISBN
9781138789029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 29.03

Paperback. Throughout this text the author shows his awareness that the actual past remains fundamentally irreplicable. He asserts all histories to be culturally crafted artifacts, commensurate with folk tales, stage plays, or films. Num Pages: 312 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: HBA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226142982
ISBN
9780226142982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.92

Hardcover. The Muslim-majority nations of Malaysia and Indonesia are known for their extraordinary arts and Islamic revival movements. This collection provides an extensive view of dance, music, television series, and film in rural, urban, and mass-mediated contexts and how pious Islamic discourses are encoded and embodied in these public cultural forms. Editor(s): Daniels, Timothy P. Num Pages: 236 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRH; JFCA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137320025
ISBN
9781137320025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.80

Paperback. Editor(s): Daniels, T. Num Pages: 236 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRH; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349457595
ISBN
9781349457595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.81

Paperback. Editor(s): Hopkins, D.; Solga, K. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; JHB; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349348329
ISBN
9781349348329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. * This is a new study of the relationship between performance and power from one of the world s leading social theorists * In this volume, Jeffrey Alexander develops a cultural pragmatics that shifts cultural sociology from texts to gestural meanings and examines the elements of social performance. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648170
ISBN
9780745648170
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Paperback. An insight into the meaning and value of popular forms of expression during a time of political and social change in East Africa. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219121
ISBN
9780253219121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in Complexity. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9 halftones. 21 line illus. 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156262
ISBN
9780691156262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.68

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Czech Institute of Egyptology Czech Republic
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861591886
ISBN
9780861591886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.43

Hardcover. This collection examines how the EU is seen in the two regions that are at the centre of its geopolitical interest. Focusing on Eastern Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, it provides a critical assessment of how their external perceptions relate to EU policy towards them. Editor(s): Muller, Martin L.; Bachmann, Veit. Series: Europe in a Global Context. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1HF; 1QFE; JFFS; JHB; JPSL; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137405463
ISBN
9781137405463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.77

Hardback. Addresses questions about how feminist scholars conceptualize gender and view it in relationship to other attributes of individuals and of social systems. This book strives for intersectional analyses broadening that approach beyond the gender, race and class paradigm to include sexuality, employing a variety of methodologies. Editor(s): Demos, Vasilikie P.; Segal, Marcia Texler. Series Editor(s): Demos, Vasilikie P. Series: Advances in Gender Research. Num Pages: 322 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848557529
ISBN
9781848557529
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.28

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