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"Full Metal Apache"Transactions Between Cyberpunk Japan and Avant-Pop America
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"Post-Contemporary Interventions" series; Introduces English-language readers to a vast array of Japanese writers and performers and considers their work in relation to the output of William Gibson, Thomas Pynchon, HG Wells, Jack London, JG Ballard, and other Westerners. This book looks at the work of artists from both sides of the Pacific. With 15 illustrations. Paperback, 264 pages. Size: 235 x 157 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: Tatsumi, Takayuki
ISBN: 0822337746
Publisher: Duke University Press
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Popular Culture
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"Play Between Worlds"Exploring Online Game Culture
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A study of EverQuest that provides a snapshot of multiplayer gaming culture, questions the truism that computer games are isolating and alienating, and offers insights into broader issues of work and play, gender identity, technology, and commercial culture. With 13 illustrations. Hardback, 264 pages. Size: 232 x 180 mm. Weight: 450g.
Author: Taylor, T. L.
ISBN: 0262201631
Publisher: Mit Press Ltd
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Popular Culture
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"Tiki Road Trip"A Guide to Tiki Culture in North America
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A Guide to Tiki Culture in North America. 2nd edition. With illustrations. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 312 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 461g.
Author: Teitelbaum, James
ISBN: 1595800190
Publisher: Santa Monica Press
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Popular Culture
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"The Brotherhood of Eternal Love"From Flower Power to Hippie Mafia - the Story of the Lsd Counterculture
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From flowerpower to hippie mafia - the story of the LSD counterculture. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 288 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author: Tendler, Stewart May, David
ISBN: 1904879950
Publisher: Cyan Books
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Popular Culture
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"Deluxe"How Luxury Lost Its Lustre
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Goes inside the workings of profit margins and market share to discover the fate of real luxury. This book shows how far illustrious houses have moved from their roots. It witnesses how these 'luxury' handbags are no longer one in a million, discovers why luxury brand clothing doesn't last as long, and finds out just who is making your perfume. With illustrations. Paperback, 384 pages. Weight: 290g.
Author: Thomas, Dana
ISBN: 0141019670
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Popular Culture
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"Deluxe"How Luxury Lost Its Lustre
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What is the new definition of luxury when the advertising for the luxury lifestyle is targeted mainly towards the middle-class masses? What are we paying for when quality is no longer quality? How did luxury lose its luster? This book describes the real world behind the glossy spreads in magazines and fantastic dresses on the red carpet. With illustrations. Hardback, 384 pages. Weight: 720g.
Author: Thomas, Dana
ISBN: 0713998237
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Popular Culture
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"Belching Out the Devil"Global Adventures With Coca-Cola
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Coca-Cola and its logo are everywhere. In our homes, our workplaces, and even our schools. It is a company that sponsors the Olympics, backs US presidents and even re-brands Santa Claus. A truly universal product, it has even been served in space. This work investigates the stories and people Coca-Cola's iconic advertising campaigns don't mention. Paperback, 384 pages. Size: 214 x 135 mm. Weight: 415g.
Author: Thomas, Mark
ISBN: 0091922933
Publisher: Ebury Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Popular Culture
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"Counterknowledge"How We Surrendered to Conspiracy Theories, Quack Medicine, Bogus Science and Fake History
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From 9/11 conspiracy theories to Holocaust denial, we are experiencing an epidemic of demonstrably untrue descriptions of the world. This work demonstrates that unless the defenders of enlightenment values fight back soon, the counterknowledge industry has the potential to create new political, social and economic disasters. With ill. Hardback, 176 pages. Size: 190 x 135 mm. Weight: 303g.
Author: Thompson, Damian
ISBN: 1843546752
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Popular Culture
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"Hell's Angels"
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"Essential Penguin" series; Huge bikes, filthy denim and an aura of barely contained violence; the Hell's Angels could paralyse whole towns with fear, so terrible was their reputation. But how much of that reputation was myth and how much was brutal reality? Only one man could discover the truth about these latter-day barbarians; Hunter Stockton Thompson. New ed. Paperback, 336 pages. Size: 180 x 110 mm. Weight: 14g.
Author: Thompson, Hunter S.
ISBN: 0140285555
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date: 1999 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Popular Culture
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"Cyborgs and Barbie Dolls"Feminism, Popular Culture and the Posthuman Body
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Explores the idea of the 'posthuman' and the ways in which it is represented in popular culture. Drawing on the work of thinkers including Baudrillard, Donna Haraway and Rosi Braidotti, this book explores the nature of the human - and its ambiguous gender - in an age of biotechnologies and digital worlds. With illustrations. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 216 x 134 mm. Weight: 311g.
Author: Toffoletti, Kim
ISBN: 1845114671
Publisher: I B Tauris & Co Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Undergraduate Popular Culture
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"The Mole People"Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City
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Talks about the thousands of people who live in the subway, railroad, and sewage tunnels of New York City. With ill.. Paperback, 280 pages. Size: 230 x 155 mm. Weight: 400g.
Author: Toth, Jennifer
ISBN: 155652241X
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Date: 1993 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Popular Culture
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"Talk to the Hand"
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'Talk to the hand' cause the face ain't listening' the saying goes. When did the world become so rude? It's a topic that has been simmering for years. This book is useful for those who's fed up with the brutality of modern manners. Paperback, 240 pages. Weight: 183g.
Author: Truss, Lynne
ISBN: 1846680360
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Popular Culture
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"Crisis, What Crisis?"Britain in the 1970S
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In 1978 London Weekend Television launched a new series, The South Bank Show, announcing that it would cover the consumed arts. It was an acknowledgement that if you wanted to understand modern Britain, you had to look at popular culture. This title follows that lead telling the story of Britain in the 1970s through the soaps and the fashions. With 16pp b/w illustrations. Hardback, 320 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 640g.
Author: Turner, Alwyn W.
ISBN: 1845133277
Publisher: Aurum Press Ltd
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Popular Culture
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"Frankenstein's Footsteps"Science, Genetics and Popular Culture
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The Frankenstein story speaks of deep fears of biological science. Tracing the history of the development of biological science and how it has been received over two centuries, this work argues that the Frankenstein story governs much of today's debate about the new age of biotechnology. With 40 illustrations. New ed. Paperback, 304 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 480g.
Author: Turney, Jon
ISBN: 0300088264
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date: 2000 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Popular Culture
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"Where Men Hide"
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Documents both traditional and contemporary male haunts, such as bars, barbershops, lodges, pool halls, strip clubs, garages, deer camps, megachurches, the basement Barcalounger, and examines their provenance, purpose, and appeal. With 79 photographs. Paperback, 264 pages. Size: 229 x 178 mm. Weight: 482g.
Author: Twitchell, James B.
ISBN: 0231137354
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Popular Culture
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