Cultural Studies
"The Sutras of Abu Ghraib"Notes From a Conscientious Objector in Iraq
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Notes From a Conscientious Objector in Iraq. Hardback, 224 pages. Size: 216 x 140 mm. Weight: 432g.
Author: Delgado, Aiden
ISBN: 0807072702
Publisher: Beacon Press
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Cultural Studies
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"Female Adolescence in American Scientific Thought, 1830-1930"
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"New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History" series; Questions how scientific experts conceptualized female adolescence in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Revisiting figures like G Stanley Hall and Margaret Mead and exploring disciplines of biology, psychology, and anthropology, this work examines the process by which youthful femininity in America became a contested cultural category. Hardback, 296 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 607g.
Author: Deluzio, Crista
ISBN: 0801886996
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Cultural Studies
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"Globalization on the Ground"New Media and the Transformation of Culture, Class, and Gender in India
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Suggests that the primary effects of globalization in India have followed from economic changes rather than fresh media. Focusing on the middle classes in India, this book suggests how globalization has transformed culture, class, and gender in India in the years since economic liberalization. Hardback, 228 pages. Weight: 391g.
Author: Derne, Steve D.
ISBN: 8178298260
Publisher: Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd
Date: 2008 (India)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Cultural Studies
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"Archive Fever"A Freudian Impression
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"Religion & Postmodernism" series; Prenowitz, Eric (trans.) In this work, Jacques Derrida guides the reader through an extended meditation on remembrance, religion, time, and technology - all occasioned by a deconstructive analysis of the notion of archiving. Paperback, 122 pages. Size: 215 x 139 mm. Weight: 170g.
Author: Derrida, Jacques
ISBN: 0226143678
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Date: 1998 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Cultural Studies
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"On Cosmopolitanism and Pardon"
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"Thinking in Action" series; Is it possible to uphold international hospitality and justice in the face of nationalism and civil strife in so many countries? Using examples of treatment of minorities in Europe, Derrida probes the thinking behind cosmopolitanism. Paperback, 80 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 96g.
Author: Derrida, Jacques
ISBN: 0415227127
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2001 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Cultural Studies
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"Social Class in America and Britain"
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Social Class in America and Britain is the first introductory textbook to combine a clear, comparative study of social class with the latest research. Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 512g.
Author: Devine, Fiona
ISBN: 0748606661
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Date: 1997 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Cultural Studies
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"Social Darwinism"Linking Evolutionary Thought to Social Theory
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"Concepts in the Social Sciences" series; Social Darwinism. With references, index. Paperback, 141 pages. Size: 215 x 137 mm. Weight: 196g.
Author: Dickens, Peter
ISBN: 0335202187
Publisher: Open University Press
Date: 2000 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Cultural Studies
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"Culture on Display"The Production of Contemporary Visitability
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Reflecting on the proliferation of sites displaying culture in visitable form, this book offers various ways of thinking about tourism, leisure and heritage. It locates diverse exhibitionary locations within different social, economic and cultural transformations, including contemporary practices of tourism and travel. Paperback, 240 pages. Size: 223 x 172 mm. Weight: 438g.
Author: Dicks, Bella
ISBN: 0335206573
Publisher: Open University Press
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Tertiary Education (Us: College) Cultural Studies
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"Things Modern"Material Culture and Everyday Life in China
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Maps many changes in the material landscape of China from the mid nineteenth century to the advent of communism in 1949. This book analyses how a very pragmatic attitude towards material goods prevailed, as most consumers bought the new and discarded the old without misgivings. With 90 b/w. Hardback, Size: 256 x 196 mm. Weight: 1464g.
Author: Dikotter, Frank
ISBN: 1850658153
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Cultural Studies
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"Modern Life"As Good as It Gets?
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We have wealth that would have seemed inconceivable to previous generations, but many people find their lives deeply unsatisfying. The author examines this paradox: he looks beneath the surface to see how we understand, are affected by, and deal with the world in our minds. He also identifies some common causes of our malaise. Paperback, 160 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 350g.
Author: Docwra, Richard
ISBN: 1903998972
Publisher: Green Books
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Cultural Studies
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"Self-Help Books"Why Americans Keep Reading Them
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Using methods associated with folklore studies, this book argues that self-help books continue the established American penchant for self-education, articulate problems of daily life and supposed solutions for them, and present content in an accessible form and style. Paperback, 208 pages. Size: 227 x 158 mm. Weight: 311g.
Author: Dolby, Sandra K.
ISBN: 0252075188
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Cultural Studies
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"Dead Boys Can't Dance"Sexual Orientation, Masculinity, and Suicide
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Presents an exploration of the double taboos of homosexuality and suicide and their effect on males from fourteen to twenty-five. By examining first-person accounts from teenage boys and young men, this title focuses on why some of them attempt to take their own lives. With illustrations. Paperback, 136 pages. Size: 228 x 154 mm. Weight: 159g.
Author: Dorais, Michel Lajeunesse, Simon Louis
ISBN: 0773526544
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Date: 2004 (Canada)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Cultural Studies
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"Myths of Modernity"Peonage and Patriarchy in Nicaragua
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Provides a history of daily life on coffee plantations in central Nicaragua between 1870 and 1950, and uses that history to argue that coffee boom impeded rather than expedited the country's transition to capitalism. This work combines archival research, oral history, and a theoretical approach that unites political economy with social history. With 17 illustrations. Paperback, 268 pages. Size: 230 x 161 mm. Weight: 85g.
Author: Dore, Elizabeth W.
ISBN: 082233674X
Publisher: Duke University Press
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Cultural Studies
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"Discourse and Community"Multidisciplinary Studies of Canadian Culture
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"Essay" series; Provides a range of essays dealing with political, social, cultural and literary themes, such as the shift from pioneer life to the connection to empire, as well as technological developments, the domination of nature, and the social power of the internet. This book also examines various, interconnected aspects of contemporary Canadian society. Paperback, 178 pages. Size: 205 x 125 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: Doughty, Howard A. Tuzi, Marino
ISBN: 155071256X
Publisher: Guernica Editions,Canada
Date: 2006 (Canada)
Readership: Undergraduate Cultural Studies
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"Thought Styles"Critical Essays on Good Taste
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Takes the reader through a range of thought styles from the vulgar to the refined, and leads them to an understanding of the rules of thought styles. This book shows how thought styles work and how outsiders can learn the styles of insiders. With illustrations. Paperback, 240 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 340g.
Author: Douglas, Mary
ISBN: 0803976569
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Date: 1996 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Cultural Studies
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