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Hardcover. This fascinating study explores the multifarious erotic themes associated with the magic lantern shows, which proved the dominant visual medium of the West for 350 years, and analyses how the shows influenced the portrayals of sexuality in major works of Gothic fiction. Series: Palgrave Gothic. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASZG; DSA; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137298911
- ISBN
- 9781137298911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.68
€ 143.68
Hardcover. One of the cultural phenomena to occur in Ireland in the last two decades has been the highly successful growth of stand-up comedy as a popular entertainment genre. This book examines stand-up comedy from the perspective of the narrated self, through the prism of the fabricated comedy persona, including Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran and Maeve Higgins. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; ASZB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343895
- ISBN
- 9781137343895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.97
€ 63.97
Hardcover. By tracing the effects of unprecedented immigration, the advent of the new woman, and the little-known vaudeville careers of performers like the Elinore Sisters, Buster Keaton, and the Marx Brothers, DesRochers examines the relation between comedic vaudeville acts and progressive reformers as they fought over the new definition of "Americanness." Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; ASZH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137357427
- ISBN
- 9781137357427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.77
€ 63.77
Hardcover. Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner have been partners in life and work for more than 40 years. Over those years they have been comedic pioneers in television, sound recording, film, theater, and animation. This book explores the ways they have used and expanded notions of queer to make their unique impact on American culture. Num Pages: 202 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZB; JFCA; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137358233
- ISBN
- 9781137358233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.53
€ 132.53
Hardcover. Exotic animals were coveted commodities in nineteenth-century Britain. Spectators flocked to zoos and menageries to see female lion tamers and hungry hippos. Helen Cowie examines zoos and travelling menageries in the period 1800-1880, using animal exhibitions to examine issues of class, gender, imperial culture and animal welfare. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZX; HBTB; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384430
- ISBN
- 9781137384430
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.68
€ 143.68
Hardcover. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASZB; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137415134
- ISBN
- 9781137415134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.34
€ 64.34
Hardcover. Vaudeville is often viewed as the source of some of the crude stereotypes that positioned the Irish immigrant in America as the antithesis of native-born American citizens. Using primary archival material, Mooney argues that the vaudeville stage was an important venue in which an Irish-American identity was constructed, negotiated, and refined. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; ASZH; JFCA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137482648
- ISBN
- 9781137482648
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.97
€ 132.97
Hardcover. Through an autoethnographic examination of his own experiences in clowning, David Carlyon offers a close reading of the education of a professional circus clown. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASZW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137554819
- ISBN
- 9781137554819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.11
€ 143.11
hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies in Comedy. Num Pages: 230 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 11 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKP; ASZB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137566300
- ISBN
- 9781137566300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.20
€ 133.20
Paperback. A fun and fully accessible step-by-step guide to brilliant illusions, tricks, puzzles and stunts, including close-up magic, stage magic, optical illusions and party tricks. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: ASZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 220 x 18. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- Anness Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780194493
- ISBN
- 9781780194493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.61
€ 16.61
Paperback. Convince your audience that you can read their minds, predict their futures, and control their thoughts. Learn 17 tricks that anyone with a little guile and patter can perform to entertain and amuse. " Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ASZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- IMM Lifestyle Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781504800747
- ISBN
- 9781504800747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.38
€ 11.38
Hardback. Editor(s): Meyer, Regina G. Num Pages: 182 pages, b/w photos, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; ASZP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612098258
- ISBN
- 9781612098258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.91€ 90.52
€ 133.91
€ 90.52
Hardback. Ho-Chunk powwows are the oldest powwows in the Midwest and among the oldest in the US, beginning in 1902 outside Black River Falls in west-central Wisconsin. Grant Arndt examines Wisconsin Ho-Chunk powwow traditions and the meanings of cultural performances and rituals in the wake of North American settler colonialism. Num Pages: 376 pages, 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; ASZP; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 278 x 33. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803233522
- ISBN
- 9780803233522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.36
€ 69.36
Paperback. Takes a comprehensive view of short-subject slapstick comedy in the early sound era. Challenging the received wisdom that sound destroyed the slapstick tradition, the author explores the slapstick short's Depression-era development against a backdrop of changes in film industry practice, comedic tastes, and moviegoing culture. Num Pages: 259 pages, 39 b/w, 5 video, 2 audio. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APFN; ASZB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288119
- ISBN
- 9780520288119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.50
€ 38.99
€ 28.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 8 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ASZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 198 x 1. Weight in Grams: 42.
- Publisher
- Icon Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 8
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780500171
- ISBN
- 9781780500171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.97
€ 4.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: ASZG; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Harbour Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550176070
- ISBN
- 9781550176070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.73
€ 27.99
€ 24.73
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 270 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APB; APF; ASZB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349949854
- ISBN
- 9781349949854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.49
€ 133.49
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1. BIC Classification: AJB; AJC; ASZP; JFSS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1708.
- Publisher
- powerHouse Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781576877630
- ISBN
- 9781576877630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.24€ 54.17
€ 55.24
€ 54.17
Paperback. Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; ASZM; JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896803046
- ISBN
- 9780896803046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.33
€ 36.99
€ 33.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; ASZH; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226215150
- ISBN
- 9780226215150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.55
€ 36.99
€ 28.55