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Cultural studies
Paperback. This book tests the proposition that the humanities can, and at their best do, represent a commitment to ethical reading. And that this commitment, and the training and discipline of close reading that underlie it, represent something that the humanities need to bring to other fields: to professional training and to public life. Editor(s): Brooks, Peter. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JNA; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823257058
- ISBN
- 9780823257058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.47
€ 27.47
paperback. In this book Peter Burke adopts a socio-cultural approach to examine the changes in the organization of knowledge in Europe from the invention of printing to the publication of the French Encyclopedie. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745624853
- ISBN
- 9780745624853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.64
€ 32.64
Paperback. However we react to it, the global trend towards mixing or hybridization is impossible to miss, from curry and chips to Thai saunas, Zen Judaism, Nigerian Kung Fu, 'Bollywood' films or salsa or reggae music. Some people celebrate these phenomena and others condemn them. This book considers these phenomena. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 121 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646978
- ISBN
- 9780745646978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.31
€ 26.31
Paperback. What is the history of knowledge? This engaging and accessible introduction explains what is distinctive about the new field of the history of knowledge (or, as some scholars say, knowledges in the plural ) and how it differs from the history of science, intellectual history, the sociology of knowledge or from cultural history. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745669847
- ISBN
- 9780745669847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.55
€ 21.55
Hardback. Re-examines the place of the Renaissance in European and World history. Views the culture of Western Europe in co-existence with it's neighbours especially Byzantium and Islam. Examines the Renaissance movement in the whole of Europe from the centre to the peripheries. Series: Making of Europe. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631198451
- ISBN
- 9780631198451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.37
€ 66.37
Hardback. However we react to it, the global trend towards mixing or hybridization is impossible to miss, from curry and chips to Thai saunas, Zen Judaism, Nigerian Kung Fu, 'Bollywood' films or salsa or reggae music. Some people celebrate these phenomena and others condemn them. This book considers these phenomena. Num Pages: 154 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646961
- ISBN
- 9780745646961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.14
€ 72.14
Hardcover. What is the history of knowledge? This engaging and accessible introduction explains what is distinctive about the new field of the history of knowledge (or, as some scholars say, knowledges in the plural ) and how it differs from the history of science, intellectual history, the sociology of knowledge or from cultural history. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745669830
- ISBN
- 9780745669830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.25
€ 65.25
Paperback. The first comprehensive examination of the early blues industry and the music it produced Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 280 pages, 31 photographs; 9 tables; 688 lines of music. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; AVGK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 18. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252076763
- ISBN
- 9780252076763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.60
€ 47.60
Paperback. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138931626
- ISBN
- 9781138931626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.93
€ 32.99
€ 32.93
Paperback. Part of the "Animal" series, this book relates the natural and cultural history of the salmon, a symbol of fortitude, fecundity, self-sacrifice, loyalty to place, and unwavering pursuit of destiny. Introducing the reader to the 'king of fish', it encompasses the salmon's evolutionary, ecological and human stories. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 216 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, 48 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861892959
- ISBN
- 9781861892959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.55
€ 30.55
Paperback. This text is an attempt to deal comprehensively with all the various theories and ideas which, during the course of the last two hundred years, have made modern architecture what it is today. Num Pages: 368 pages, 72 illus. BIC Classification: AC; AMA; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 173 x 26. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen´s University Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773517752
- ISBN
- 9780773517752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.04
€ 43.04
Hardcover. Experts of diverse disciplines join forces to analyse the new publication cultures in the humanities. Editor(s): Davidhazi, Peter. Num Pages: 212 pages, 0 black and white; 5 full color. BIC Classification: AB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089645647
- ISBN
- 9789089645647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.31
€ 173.31
Paperback. Now available in b-format paperback, this is an acclaimed exploration of the conception of 'north' as represented in art, literature and myth. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780235981
- ISBN
- 9781780235981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.90
€ 21.90
Hardback. Peter Davidson's The Last of the Light is a meditation on twilight in the Western arts and imagination, in thought, painting and literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: AB; DS; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780235103
- ISBN
- 9781780235103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.76
€ 53.76
Paperback. The Education of the Eye examines the origins of visual culture in eighteenth-century Britain, setting out to reclaim visual culture for the democracy of the eye and to explain how aesthetic contemplation may, once more, be open to all who have eyes to look. Num Pages: 296 pages, 63 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; ACQ; AFC; AM; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804748001
- ISBN
- 9780804748001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.20
€ 42.20
Paperback. This study examines 17th-century mathematical sciences - astronomy, optics and mechanics - not as abstract ideas, but as vital enterprises that involved practices related to both experience and experiment. Mersenne, Descartes, Pascal, Barrow, Newton, Boyle and the Jesuits are discussed. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JD; JFCX; PB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226139449
- ISBN
- 9780226139449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.77
€ 64.77
Paperback. 'An extraordinary book..Doggett emerges triumphant. Grab a copy - By Any Means Necessary.' (5 stars)-Mojo Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 46. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847671141
- ISBN
- 9781847671141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.37
€ 16.37
Paperback. The evolution and reception of the Renaissance was mediated by, amongst other influences: the Protestant Reformation; the development of science or natural philosophy; and an interest in witchcraft and demonology. These are evaluated alongside the influence of Montaigne's "Essays". Editor(s): Elmer, Peter. Series: Open University: The Renaissance in Europe. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; JFCX; PDX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300082203
- ISBN
- 9780300082203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 6.23
€ 24.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. A collection of 10 original essays that explore the social context in which paintings, statues, textiles, maps, and other artifacts were produced and consumed in Renaissance England. Editor(s): Erickson, Peter; Hulse, Clark. Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 408 pages, 133 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; AC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812217346
- ISBN
- 9780812217346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.82
€ 56.82
Paperback. Looking at the sexual metaphors that are so pervasive in American culture, such as: "jock"; "tool"; "shooting blanks"; and "gang bang", this work argues that men are trapped and damaged by language that constantly intertwines sexuality and friendship with images of war, machinery, sports and work. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; CFFD; JFC; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299171346
- ISBN
- 9780299171346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.92
€ 21.99
€ 19.92
Paperback. An absorbing account of the influence of African rhythms on contemporary black Brazilian music and the development of music worldwide. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 maps/ 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVA; AVGE; AVGH; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 177 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745307312
- ISBN
- 9780745307312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.77
€ 44.77
Hardcover. From figurines to bumper stickers, Broadway to prime-time TV, angels have taken over America. This study looks objectively at the place of angels in American culture. It mixes theology, psychology, sociology of religion, gender theory, and even film criticism to create an unusually well-rounded survey of a uniquely American phenomenon. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615377
- ISBN
- 9780700615377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.83
€ 55.83
Paperback. Freudian thought permeates many aspects of 20th-century life, and to understand Freud is to explore not only his scientific papers but also his writings on art, literature, politics, religion and culture. This collection of 51 texts, with introductions by Peter Gay, spans Freud's entire career. Num Pages: 880 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; JFC; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 46. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 880
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099577119
- ISBN
- 9780099577119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.79
€ 21.99
€ 15.79
Paperback. Series: Culture Smart!. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Kuperard
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857338676
- ISBN
- 9781857338676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.29
€ 12.29