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"Unexplained Oxford and Oxfordshire"

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With 25ill.. Paperback, 144 pages. Weight: 278g.
Author:  Yurdan, Marilyn
ISBN:  190374721X
Publisher:  The Book Castle
Date:  2002  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Controversial Knowledge

"The Affective Turn"

Theorizing the Social

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Theorizing the Social. Linking cultural studies and sociology, this collection explores the role of affect in the theorization of the social. Paperback, 344 pages. Size: 233 x 168 mm. Weight: 465g.
Author:  (Clough, Patricia Ticineto, ed.)
ISBN:  0822339250
Publisher:  Duke University Press
Date:  2007  (United States)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Cultural Studies

"Africa, Brazil and the Construction of Trans Atlantic Black Identities"

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Full title: Africa, Brazil and the Construction of Trans Atlantic Black Identities. Paperback, 360 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 544g.
Author:  (Barry, Boubcar, ed.)
ISBN:  1592215270
Publisher:  Africa Research & Publications
Date:  2008  (United States)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Cultural Studies

"The African Diaspora"

African Origins and New World Identities

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How black identities were forged in New World cultures. With 33 b&w photographs. New ed. Paperback, 899 pages. Size: 235 x 156 mm. Weight: 839g.
Author:  (Okpewho, Isidore, ed.)
ISBN:  0253214947
Publisher:  Indiana University Press
Date:  2002  (United States)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Cultural Studies

"After Identity"

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"Soundings" series; A Journal of Politics and Culture. Paperback, 192 pages. Weight: 277g.
Author:  (Hall, Stuart, ed.)
ISBN:  1905007167
Publisher:  Lawrence and Wishart Ltd
Date:  2005  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Cultural Studies

"After Rome"

C.400-C.800

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"Short Oxford History of the British Isles" series; The chapters in this volume analyse the different nationalities and kingdoms that existed in the British Isles from the end of the Roman empire to the coming of the Vikings, the process of conversion to Christianity, the development of art and of a written culture, and the interaction between this written culture and the societies of the day. With maps, halftones and line drawings. Paperback, 368 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 472g.
Author:  (Charles-Edwards, Thomas, ed.)
ISBN:  0199249822
Publisher:  Oxford University Press
Date:  2003  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Tertiary Education (Us: College) Cultural Studies

"Against Automobility"

Social Scientific Analyses of a Global Phenomenon

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"Sociological Review Monographs" series; Despite its promise of freedom and autonomy, the ubiquity of the automobile has influenced unforeseen ecological, social, and political change. This title looks at the contradiction of the automobile. It provides a critical account of the impact of the car on society, which is both liberated by and reliant upon motor vehicles. With illustrations. Paperback, 268 pages. Size: 229 x 153 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author:  (Bohm, Steffen, ed.)
ISBN:  1405152702
Publisher:  Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Date:  2006  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Cultural Studies

"Animal Subjects"

An Ethical Reader in a Posthuman World

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"CS" series; Questions the boundaries that divide humans from animals. This work focuses on the medical, biological, cultural, philosophical, and ethical concerns between non-human animals and ourselves. It includes the non-human animal question as part of the ethical purview of Cultural Studies and explores the question in interdisciplinary terms. With b/w illus. Paperback, 312 pages. Size: 230 x 155 mm. Weight: 501g.
Author:  (Castricano, Jodey, ed.)
ISBN:  0889205124
Publisher:  Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Date:  2006  (Canada)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Cultural Studies

"The Anthropology of Europe"

Identities and Boundaries in Conflict

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"Explorations in Anthropology" series; An anthropological study of Europe post-1989. The contributors examine the social, cultural and political implications of European integration, with particular emphasis on changing European identities, concepts of citizenship and levels of participation. Paperback, 310 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 414g.
Author:  (Goddard, Victoria A., ed.)
ISBN:  0854969047
Publisher:  Berg Publishers
Date:  1996  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Cultural Studies

"At Home With the Empire"

Metropolitan Culture and the Imperial World

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How was Britain's empire lived through everyday practices? Paperback, 348 pages. Size: 228 x 152 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author:  (Hall, Catherine, ed.)
ISBN:  0521670020
Publisher:  Cambridge University Press
Date:  2006  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Cultural Studies

"Autopia"

Cars and Culture

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Autopia explores the culture of the motor car in the widest possible sense. Featuring commissioned essays by writers, critics, historians, artists and film-makers, as well as reprinting key texts, it examines the effect of the car throughout the world. With 150 colour and 250 b&w illustrations. Paperback, 296 pages. Size: 250 x 210 mm. Weight: 1416g.
Author:  (Wollen, Peter, ed.)
ISBN:  1861891326
Publisher:  Reaktion Books
Date:  2002  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Cultural Studies

"Baudrillard"

A Critical Reader

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"Blackwell Critical Readers" series; Offers an assessment of Jean Baudrillard's contributions to contemporary thought. This book interrogates Baudrillard's positions in terms of specific topics, fields and debates - from his early work on the 'system of objects' to his metaphysical speculations on the fatality of the subject. With 0. Paperback, 352 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 564g.
Author:  (Kellner, Douglas, ed.)
ISBN:  1557864667
Publisher:  Blackwell Publishers
Date:  1994  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Cultural Studies

"Be the Change"

Action and Reflection From People Transforming Our World

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Presents the stories of 28 people who are standing up and taking action for a better world. This book features interviews with individuals working on various scales - from global and national to local and grassroots levels - to describe how and why they are bringing positive change. Each interview is presented as a first-person narrative. Paperback, 304 pages. Size: 228 x 152 mm. Weight: 555g.
Author:  (Cormack, Trenna, ed.)
ISBN:  0955521300
Publisher:  Love Books Ltd
Date:  2008  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Cultural Studies

"Beautiful/Ugly"

African and Diaspora Aesthetics

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Exploring sculpture, music, fiction, food, photography, fashion, and urban design, this title demonstrates that beauty cannot be understood apart from ugliness. It suggests that beauty is in some sense future-oriented and that taking beauty in Africa and its diasporas seriously is a way of rekindling hope. With 126 photographs (112 in colour). New ed. Paperback, 416 pages. Size: 221 x 174 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author:  (Nuttall, Sarah, ed.)
ISBN:  0822339188
Publisher:  Duke University Press
Date:  2007  (United States)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Cultural Studies

"Beyond Boundaries"

Clr James and Postnational Studies

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Brings together critics to explore the work of CLR James, the world-famous Carribean intellectual. Useful for students of post-colonial studies, this book examines points where James crosses with other theorists, such as Lacan and Gramsci. It relates James to contemporary debates, especially with regard to postnationalism and cultural studies. Paperback, 216 pages. Size: 220 x 136 mm. Weight: 253g.
Author:  (Gair, Christopher, ed.)
ISBN:  0745323421
Publisher:  Pluto Press
Date:  2006  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Cultural Studies

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