Cultural studies
Results 2041 - 2060 of 6241
Cultural studies
Paperback. Providing an introduction to cultural studies, regardless of chronological or geographic focus, and presenting various readings from Latin American writers, this book brings the concepts of cultural studies and postmodernism. It guides readers through five identity constructs, including nation, race, and gender. Num Pages: 368 pages, 19 b&w illus., 2 line drawings, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292717503
- ISBN
- 9780292717503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.40
€ 38.99
€ 35.40
Paperback. A critical analysis of the important ways in which La Llorona--the Weeping Woman--has shaped Mexican cultural identity, from folktales to acts of political resistance. Num Pages: 302 pages, 30 halftones, 12 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFCA; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292718128
- ISBN
- 9780292718128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.13
€ 33.99
€ 31.13
Paperback. A richly satisfying journey into the world of barbecue as food and culture Series: Bridwell Texas History Series. Num Pages: 108 color and 12 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292719989
- ISBN
- 9780292719989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.59
€ 24.99
€ 23.59
Hardback. The newest volume of the benchmark bibliography of Latin American studies Editor(s): McCann, Katherine D.; North, Tracy. Series: Handbook of Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 649 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GBCR; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1043.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 649
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292722637
- ISBN
- 9780292722637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.90
€ 140.90
Paperback. Combines a modern folkloric perspective with literary analysis of ghost stories from classical antiquity to shed light on the stories, and folk roots. This book examines ancient Greek and Roman beliefs about death and the departed and the various kinds of ghost stories that arose from these beliefs. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; DSBB; JFC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292725089
- ISBN
- 9780292725089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.40
€ 21.99
€ 21.40
Hardback. This magnificent ethnographic photo-essay presents the modern Maya of Yucatan who - resilient, resourceful, creative, and armed with intimate knowledge of the place where they live - have survived centuries of upheaval Series: The William and Bette Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 368 pages, 385 duotones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AJC; HBJK; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7747 x 5817 x 915. Weight in Grams: 2212.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292726932
- ISBN
- 9780292726932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.43
€ 62.43
Paperback. This pathfinding ethnography investigates how Indian concepts of the soul offer a new way of understanding personhood and historical memory in highland Chiapas, Mexico. Series: The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies. Num Pages: 284 pages, 18 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292737471
- ISBN
- 9780292737471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.95
€ 31.99
€ 28.95
Paperback. This colourful examination of "translated" television characters in Italy looks at the implications for transnational intersections of commerce and culture. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; HRJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292737556
- ISBN
- 9780292737556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.15
€ 21.99
€ 21.15
Paperback. Presents a history and ethnography of Puerto Rican brujeria (witch-healing). This book explores how brujeria emerged from a blending of Catholicism, Afro-Latin religions, French Spiritism, and folk Protestantism and also looks at how it has adapted to changes in state policies and responded to global flows of ideas and commodities. Num Pages: 335 pages, 50 b&w figures. BIC Classification: 1KJP; HRQX5; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 509. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292771260
- ISBN
- 9780292771260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.66
€ 36.99
€ 32.66
Paperback. Since 1993, metaphorical language has permeated mainstream media reporting on the United States' growing Latino population. In this book, the author reveals how metaphorical language portrays Latinos as invaders, outsiders, burdens, parasites, diseases, animals, and weeds. Num Pages: 424 pages, 2 figures, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; JFC; JFFN; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292777675
- ISBN
- 9780292777675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.78
€ 46.99
€ 41.78
Paperback. Celebrates Shakespeare's influence on American culture. This book contains essays which explore Shakespeare's influence on America's cultural history from a variety of perspectives. It includes essays from the colonial period, to the adoption of Shakespeare as an "American genius" in the nineteenth century, to twentieth-century musical comedy. Editor(s): Vaughan, Prof. Virginia Mason; Vaughan, Alden T. Num Pages: 192 pages, 88 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSGS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 14. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987156
- ISBN
- 9780295987156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.13
€ 33.99
€ 31.13
Paperback. China has a tourist industry, characterized by a style with deep roots in traditional Chinese culture. This title argues that China's brand of tourism is distinct from the traditions of both Western bourgeois tourism, which values authenticity, and Soviet tourism, with its emphasis on rugged and selfless experience. Series: China Program Books. Num Pages: 152 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 9. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987613
- ISBN
- 9780295987613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.25
€ 36.99
€ 33.25
Paperback. Imagination is unruly. It creates the mind's world, linking the sensory realm to the realm of the intellect by oscillating between mind and body, self and world, ideal and real. This title demonstrates that this ambivalence in conceptions of imagination informs fundamental philosophical and aesthetic projects of European modernity. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 344 pages, n/a bw photos, n/a color photos, n/a line drawings, n/a maps, n/a tables. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988931
- ISBN
- 9780295988931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.10
€ 33.99
€ 31.10
Hardcover. Analyses socio-cultural phenomena in their historical and contemporary contexts Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 295 pages, 35 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991252
- ISBN
- 9780295991252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.95
€ 116.95
Paperback. Utilizing the cross-disciplinary approach of global studies, contagion emerges as a vexed trope for globalization itself Editor(s): Magnusson, Bruce. Series: Global Re-Visions. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991733
- ISBN
- 9780295991733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.25
€ 36.99
€ 33.25
Hardback. Series Editor(s): Keyes, Charles F.; Sears, Laurie J.; Rafael, Vicente. Series: Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 3 maps, 27 b&w illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295996677
- ISBN
- 9780295996677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.66
€ 118.66
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
€ 118.39
€ 118.39
Paperback. Editor(s): Santos, Goncalo; Harrell, Stevan. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 black & white tables, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; HBJF; JFC; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295999821
- ISBN
- 9780295999821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.19
€ 36.99
€ 33.19
Paperback. Examines how people acquired and read books from the sixteenth century to the present, focusing on the personal relationships between readers and the volumes they owned. This title also investigates the means by which books were sold, and lends insights into the ways booksellers and publishers marketed their wares. Num Pages: 304 pages, 90 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: GL; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300164046
- ISBN
- 9780300164046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.98
€ 18.99
€ 14.98
Paperback. "A heroically imaginative account of gay metropolitan culture, an elegy and an apologia for a generation."-New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 40. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780393326406
- ISBN
- 9780393326406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.20
€ 21.20