Catálogo de libros: Estudios culturales

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  • Cocoa Woman
    Johnny Coomansingh
    COCOA WOMAN: a narrative about cocoa estate culture in the British West Indies speaks to the discomfort, the pain, the suffering, and what a young man now speculates to be the abuse he endured while spending weekends and school vacations on his godmother’s cocoa plantation. In retrospect, it was nothing short of child slave labor. He feels that he stomached 'slave labor' just b...
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    12,78 €

  • Torturous Etiquettes
    Daniel Varndell
    Explores the 'torture' of mannered behavior and the prevalence of etiquette as a theme in classical and contemporary Hollywood and European cinema. ...
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    44,47 €

  • Jazz with a Beat
    Tad Richards
    The neglected small group swing sound of the 1940s-60s takes its place in the pantheon of jazz literature. ...
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    26,78 €

  • Jazz with a Beat
    Tad Richards
    Jazz with a Beat is the first book on the often overlooked but vitally important genre of small group swing jazz. Coming into being in the early 1940s, small group swing answered the need in the Black community for a form of jazz that was more accessible (and more danceable) than the new bebop. An adaptation of the big band Black swing (Erskine Hawkins, Jimmie Lunceford, Chick ...
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    127,15 €

  • The Itching Palm
    William Rufus Scott
    Fed up of walking around like a money sieve, draining money everywhere you go because of the constant pressure to tip? Take a taxi? Tip. Hotel porter? Tip. Baggageman? Tip. Bellboy? Tip. Elevator boy? Tip. Hatboy? Tip. Lunch? Tip. Room service? Tip. Uber? Tip. Parking attendant? Tip. And as if this were not enough, we have now reached the point where even self-checkout machines...
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    39,43 €

  • Your Career in the Media & Creative Industries
    Georgia Stone / Matthew Kerry
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    38,15 €

  • Your Career in the Media & Creative Industries
    Georgia Stone / Matthew Kerry
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    126,71 €

  • Tourists and Trade
    Bruce A. Austin
    How two roadside craft shops in upstate New York transformed American crafts into a fine art. ...
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    29,40 €

  • THE COMPENDIUM OF NUÄR ORIGIN, CULTURE, AND MORAL EVALUATION
    J. TAB CHAROA
    Fr. James Tab Charoa is the Dean of Studies of Theologicum at St. Paul’s Major Seminary both Philosophicum and Theologicum Juba-South Sudan. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Khartoum in 2003. He has pastoral experience in the Archdiocese of Khartoum in Kosti Pastoral Religion. He was appointed by the Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference as Vice-Rector of St. Paul’s...
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    26,68 €

  • Red Reckoning
    Mark Boulton
    Though it ended more than thirty years ago, the Cold War still casts a long shadow over American society. Red Reckoning examines how the great ideological conflict of the twentieth century transformed the nation and forced Americans to reconsider almost every aspect of their society, culture, and identity. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the volume’s contributors examine a...
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    30,86 €

  • Pot Shots The Journey of a HIGH TIMES Photographer
    Malcolm MacKinnon
    Dive into a Visual Odyssey: The Unfiltered Gaze of Cannabis Culture-From Forbidden Foliage to Legal Legacy.'Each of Malcolm’s iconic photographs preserves a special moment in time and tells a story that words can’t express.' - Woody Harrelson'Malcolm’s photography is a chronicle of an age when pot was the banner of the counterculture, when anyone supporting this plant was at ri...
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    36,24 €

  • Doctor Who Psychology (2nd Edition)
    Travis Langley
    How does an immortal deal with death?What can an ancient Time Lord teach us about real human nature?Why does the Doctor say he and Freud 'got on very well'?How do the Daleks and Cybermen reflect concerns about losing our humanity?And what new challenges loom ahead when the Doctor regenerates as a woman?Hailed as the “most successful sci-fi series ever made” (Guinness World Reco...
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    15,95 €

  • Gotta Be Da Shoes
    Tommy Urban D Kyllonen
    Sneaker Culture Is Exploding! Gotta Be Da Shoes Celebrates Sneakers and Fashion, while it creatively challenges you to think critically about Purpose, Identity, Materialism, and Eternity.Sneakerheads own anywhere from 25-75 pairs and buy one to four pairs a month. Sneakers used to just be for sports but now they have become one of the biggest fashion items in the world. Gotta B...
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    39,79 €

  • Voices from the Past
    Peter Mladinic
    Voices from the Past is about memory. It’s about beauty, loss, destruction, despair, and joy. It’s about things both local and universal, the individual and the community. Its words represent people, places, things of yesterday and today. It’s a book about reflecting on the past to live well in the present.How something is said is equally as important as what is said. Poems in ...
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    16,03 €

  • The Twilight Zone Haiku
    Chad Ellis Boykin
    The Twilight Zone Haiku explores the essence of Rod Serling’s iconic, uncanny 1960s television show through haiku, giving us dazzling, spot-on snapshots of each episode. In seventeen syllables, Boykin captures the show’s main objective: to deliver a keen jolt of existential awareness. As you read, you find yourself marooned on an alien planet, lost in time, trapped inside a man...
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    17,49 €

  • The Twilight Zone Haiku
    Chad Ellis Boykin
    The Twilight Zone Haiku explores the essence of Rod Serling’s iconic, uncanny 1960s television show through haiku, giving us dazzling, spot-on snapshots of each episode. In seventeen syllables, Boykin captures the show’s main objective: to deliver a keen jolt of existential awareness. As you read, you find yourself marooned on an alien planet, lost in time, trapped inside a man...
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    27,14 €

  • Tattooing and the Gender Turn
    Emma Beckett
    Drawing on interviews with women and queer tattoo artists from across the US, UK and Australia, this book explores their experiences in what has historically been a male-dominated industry to reveal how tattooing has undergone a ’gender turn’ and a subsequent shift in gender relations. ...
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    143,23 €

  • Marriage, The Iranian Style
    Dr Dariush Pourkian
    Every time I attended a wedding for a reason, I noticed that despite all prior talks and agreements, the wedding ceremony was again carried out with great difficulty, and the couple endured many troubles to be able to get together. It was not because of not having a home and a lack of income, or due to the legal age for marriage, but the customs of the time, the condition of pa...
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    5,44 €

  • A Sociological Examination of the Gift Economy
    Vjeran Katunarić
    On the whole, this book presents gift-giving as an intuitive path toward a viable economy, society, and culture here on Earth, and even toward an amiable engagement with our cosmic surroundings in the future. ...
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    143,11 €

  • Representing the Crusades
    Sandra Gorgievski
    How are the Crusades portrayed in popular culture today? Have the medieval images of chivalric and military heroes survived the eras of Orientalism and decolonization? The first of its kind, this comparative study examines representations of the Crusades in both European and Arab medieval texts and in 20th and 21st century transmedia recreations. It follows the cartography...
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    72,58 €

  • Island in the Sun
    Monica Carly
    An absorbing account of a young English girl experiencing the joys and facing the challenges of her unique pathway through adolescence, against the backdrop of an island people intent on breaking away from their mother country and taking up an independent role in the world. ...
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    13,21 €

  • Dear Sister
    Dannielle
    In this thought-provoking and heartfelt book, Paula Dannielle presents Dear Sister: There’s Something Black Women Want You to Know, a powerful collection of eight letters that amplify the voices and experiences of Black women. Tackling topics covering their experiences, including identity, beauty standards, relationships, mental health, career challenges, and societal expectati...
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    21,72 €

  • Prioritizing Well-being
    Natalie G. Turner
    Discover a World of Fulfillment and Wisdom: 'Prioritizing Well-being: Cultural Approaches'Embark on a captivating journey across cultures and continents as we unveil the timeless secrets of happiness and well-being in 'Prioritizing Well-being: Cultural Approaches.' Delve into a tapestry of diverse cultural paradigms that redefine the very essence of a fulfilling life, inviting ...
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    11,26 €

  • Deadly Rise of Anti-Science
    Peter J Hotez
    Dr. Peter Hotez discusses how an antivaccine movement became a dangerous political campaign promoted by elected officials and amplified by news media, causing thousands of American deaths.During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, one renowned scientist, in his famous bowtie, appeared daily on major news networks such as MSNBC, NPR, the BBC, and others. Dr. Peter J. Hotez ofte...
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    27,92 €

  • Beatlemania Lives On
    Dana Klosner
    Written by a fan, about the fans, and for the fans, this book is about Beatles fandom and excitement for the band as it continues, undiminished, in the 21st century. The author conducted nearly 100 interviews with superfans across the globe, gathering stories that explain their enthusiasm. Readers will meet fans who met and married at Beatlesweek in Liverpool; those who had ...
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    43,45 €

  • 'I fart in your general direction!'
    Don H Corrigan / Don H. Corrigan
    This exhaustive work on flatulence breaks new wind on every aspect of abdominal gas in popular culture. A definitive taxonomy of farts details the characteristics of each variety, including barking spiders, cheek squeakers and green apple dirties. Philosophical positions on colonic expression are examined, from Confucius, Hume, Voltaire and the existentialists. Chapters cove...
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    43,45 €

  • Cultural Pride Perspectives
    Rahul ganguly
    In a world increasingly interconnected, the notion of cultural pride holds profound significance. Rahul Ganguly explores this concept, delving into the multifaceted aspects that shape and define our cultural identities. Cultural pride is more than just celebrating traditions; it encompasses understanding and appreciating the shared history, customs, values, and language that bi...
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    21,98 €

  • The Founding
    Al Michael 22A’66
    In September of 1963, twelve ’non-traditional’, undergraduate Morgan State College (University) students had a slightly different perspective than the norm for college fraternities. ’Non-traditional’ in that they were 4 or 5 years older than the regular students, went part time, had heightened responsibilities such as families and full-time jobs. They promoted the development o...
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    39,42 €

  • The Founding
    Al Michael 22A’66
    In September of 1963, twelve ’non-traditional’, undergraduate Morgan State College (University) students had a slightly different perspective than the norm for college fraternities. ’Non-traditional’ in that they were 4 or 5 years older than the regular students, went part time, had heightened responsibilities such as families and full-time jobs. They promoted the development o...
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    31,63 €

  • On The Origin Of Paranormal Species
    Amy Laurens
    Why do werewolves transform with the moon? When did mermaids get their tails? What sinister history underpins the goblin? Uncover the answers to these questions - and more! - in this collection of seven essays from award-winning author Amy Laurens. First published in the critically acclaimed Aurealis magazine, these essays explore the mythological basis of seven of the most pop...
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    16,35 €


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