Cultural studies
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Cultural studies
Hardcover. In Herbs, Gary Allen tells the story of these oft-overlooked plants, which have become such a staple in our lives. Allen's truly global history examines herbs in a way never seen before. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 128 pages, 37 colour illustrations, 67 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; WBTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 126 x 10. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861899255
- ISBN
- 9781861899255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.91
€ 17.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. Seeking to understand adolescents as social actors, this work considers the benefits and drawbacks of the debating experience. It analyzes the training of debaters in rapid-fire speech, rules of logical argumentation, the strategic use of evidence, and how this training instills the core values of such American institutions as law and politics. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSP2; JNW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691074504
- ISBN
- 9780691074504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.17
€ 80.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226249377
- ISBN
- 9780226249377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.29
€ 46.29
hardcover. Evolution of Mind, Brain, and Culture draws together studies in archaeology, anthropology, psychology, philosophy, genetics, neuroscience, and environmental science to investigate the evolution of the human mind, the brain, and the human capacity for culture. Editor(s): Hatfield, Gary; Pittman, Holly. Num Pages: 496 pages, 27 illus. BIC Classification: JFC; JMH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1076.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934536490
- ISBN
- 9781934536490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.80
€ 110.80
Hardcover. From the first fully fledged review of his screen debut in November 1928 to the present day, Mickey Mouse has won millions of fans and charmed even the harshest of critics. Ranging from the playful to the fact-filled and thoughtful, this collection tracks the fortunes of Walt Disney's flagship character. Editor(s): Apgar, Garry. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFV; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628461039
- ISBN
- 9781628461039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.07
€ 48.07
Paperback. Discusses the photogram not only as the undertext of screen images but also in its unexpected links to the early modernist writings of James, Conrad, Forster, Joyce and others. It pursues the suppressed photogram as it ripples the narrative surface of several dozen films from Chaplin to Coppola. Num Pages: 398 pages, 344 halftones. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 215 x 23. Weight in Grams: 940.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226774121
- ISBN
- 9780226774121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.98
€ 63.98
Hardback. Focusing on the work of several food justice groups - including Community Services Unlimited, a South Los Angeles organization founded as the nonprofit arm of the Southern California Black Panther Party - this title explores the possibilities and limitations of the community-based approach, and more. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 b/w line art. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; JFFA; JHB; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287440
- ISBN
- 9780520287440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.37
€ 126.37
Paperback. Highlighting the work of several food justice groups-including Community Services Unlimited, a South Los Angeles organization founded as the nonprofit arm of the Southern California Black Panther Party, this title explores the possibilities and limitations of the community-based approach, and more. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 b/w line art. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; JFFA; JFFJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287457
- ISBN
- 9780520287457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.70
€ 41.70
Crossing the Water: A Photographic Path to the Afro-Cuban Spirit World
Garoutte, Claire; Wambaugh, Anneke
paperback. In the summer of 2000, the authors were in Santiago de Cuba, a city on the southeastern coast of Cuba. A chance encounter led them to the home of Santiago Castaneda Vera, a priest-practitioner of Santeria and Palo Monte. This book includes images of elaborate Santeria altars and Palo spirit cauldrons, as well as of Santiago and his godchildren. Num Pages: 280 pages, 157 photographs (incl. 39 in color). BIC Classification: 1KJC; HRKT; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 266 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1120.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke Univ Pr (Tx) United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340393
- ISBN
- 9780822340393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.56
€ 52.56
paperback. Focusing on the close relationship between complex cultural shifts and the development of the neoliberal nation-state, this title argues that the modern Latin American nation was built upon the idea of 'the people', a citizenry with common interests transcending demographic and cultural differences. Num Pages: 392 pages, 13 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329411
- ISBN
- 9780822329411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.69
€ 50.69
Paperback. A multidisciplinary study of green and its significance from multiple perspectives: aesthetic, architectural, environmental, political, and social. It is centered on the Kingdom of Bahrain, where green has a long and deep history of appearing cooling, productive, and prosperous-a radical contrast to the hot and hostile desert. Num Pages: 216 pages, 26 color, 3 tables. BIC Classification: AMV; JFC; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285026
- ISBN
- 9780520285026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.70
€ 41.70
paperback. Editor(s): Gannon, Martin J. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FMNB; 1FP; 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780761913375
- ISBN
- 9780761913375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 105.30
€ 105.30
Paperback. Suitable for sinologists, literary critics, anthropologists, cultural studies scholars, and others curious about the semiotics of food, this book examines the twentieth-century Chinese political experience as it is represented literature through hunger, cooking, eating, and cannibalising. It includes chapters on Xiao Hong, Wang Anyi, and Li Ang. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CFG; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822323419
- ISBN
- 9780822323419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.69
€ 50.69
Paperback. ""The Work of Culture" is the product of two decades of field research by Sri Lanka's most distinguished anthropological interpreter, and its combination of textual analysis, ethnographic sensitivity, and methodological catholicity makes it something of a blockbuster."--Arjun Appadurai, "Journal of Asian Studies" Num Pages: 380 pages, xxvi, 354 p. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226615998
- ISBN
- 9780226615998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.47
€ 49.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1F; HRA; JFC; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226616018
- ISBN
- 9780226616018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.13
€ 38.13
Paperback. In this interdisciplinary study of drama, arts, and spirituality, Gail Gibson provides a reappraisal of 15th-century England through a detailed portrait of the flourishing cultures of Suffolk and Norfolk. Num Pages: 268 pages, 52 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; HRC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226291024
- ISBN
- 9780226291024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.30
€ 43.30
Hardback. * A novel introduction to American literature and culture from 1900-1960. * Illustrates the artistic and social climate in the USA during this period. * Organized by four ideas about America: that it is "big", "new", "rich" and "free". Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405101264
- ISBN
- 9781405101264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.20
€ 148.20
Paperback. Via military conquest, Catholic evangelization, and intercultural engagement and struggle, a vast array of knowledge circulated through the Spanish viceroyalties in Mexico and the Andes. This book highlights the critical role that indigenous intellectuals played in this cultural ferment. Editor(s): Ramos, Gabriela; Yannakakis, Yanna P. Num Pages: 344 pages, 29 photographs, 5 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSX; HBTB; HBTQ; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356608
- ISBN
- 9780822356608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.06
€ 46.06
Hardback. Via military conquest, Catholic evangelization, and intercultural engagement and struggle, a vast array of knowledge circulated through the Spanish viceroyalties in Mexico and the Andes. This book highlights the critical role that indigenous intellectuals played in this cultural ferment. Editor(s): Ramos, Gabriela; Yannakakis, Yanna P. Num Pages: 344 pages, 29 photographs, 5 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSX; HBTB; HBTQ; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 595.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356479
- ISBN
- 9780822356479
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.16
€ 188.16
Paperback. A study of Japanese wartime writer Shimao Toshio. The book assesses his literary legacy and considers broader issues of his work relating to the nature of the Japanese postwar sense of identity, concluding that Toshio challenges common readings of Japanese war literature. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824820893
- ISBN
- 9780824820893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.28
€ 32.28