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Mumbai Masti

18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Krsna Mehta, Bachi J. Karkaria

£19.95 18 Aug 2008 Hardback India Book House

The Last of China's Literati

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Music, Poetry and Life of Tsar Teh-Yun

By Bell Yung

£25.50 15 Aug 2008 Hardback Hong Kong University Press

Offers the biography of Tsar Teh-yun, centenarian poet, calligrapher and qin master. This title tells the story of a life steeped in the refined arts faithful to the traditional way of the Chinese literati. Set in the two cities of Shanghai and Hong Kong, it recounts the experiences of an individual who lived through war and displacement.

Icon, Brand, Myth

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Calgary Exhibition and Stampede

By Max Foran

£20.50 15 Aug 2008 Paperback AU Press

Investigates the meanings and iconography of the Stampede: an invented tradition that takes over the city of Calgary for 10 days every July. This work contains essays which examine a facet of the experience - from the images on advertising posters to the ritual of the annual parade. It also reveals the history and sociology of the city of Calgary.

Icon, Brand, Myth

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Calgary Exhibition and Stampede

By Max Foran

£57.95 15 Aug 2008 Hardback AU Press

Investigates the meanings and iconography of the Stampede: an invented tradition that takes over the city of Calgary for 10 days every July. This book contains essays examining a facet of the experience - from the images on advertising posters to the ritual of the annual parade. It also reveals the history and sociology of the city of Calgary.

Pop Charts

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Paul Copperwaite

£7.99 15 Aug 2008 Hardback Cassell Illustrated

A scrutiny of one hundred pop lyrics. It includes pie charts, flow diagrams, checklists, graphs and graphics.

Cartooning in Africa

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lent, John A.

£42.50 15 Aug 2008 Hardback Hampton Press

This volume documents from historical and contemporary perspectives, the situations, trends and issues of cartooning in a number of African countries, and profiles the individuals, forms and phenomena that stand out. All types of cartooning are covered, including comic books, comic strips, gag and political cartoons, and humour magazines.

Playing the Past

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

History and Nostalgia in Video Games

By Zach Whalen, Laurie N. Taylor

£19.50 15 Aug 2008 Paperback Vanderbilt University Press

Brings together an eclectic group of young scholars to examine the complementary notions of history and nostalgia as they are expressed through video games and in gaming culture. By focusing on specific games, historical periods and media ecologies, this work looks at the related topics of nostalgia for classic gaming.

Playing the Past

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

History and Nostalgia in Video Games

By Zach Whalen, Laurie N. Taylor

£40.95 15 Aug 2008 Hardback Vanderbilt University Press

Taking the Town

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Collegiate and Community Culture in the Bluegrass, 1880-1917

By Kolan Thomas Morelock

£37.50 15 Aug 2008 Hardback The University Press of Kentucky

Explores culture and intellectual life in Lexington, Kentucky, at the turn of the twentieth century. This book reveals Lexington to be a city of contradictions: known as a cultural 'Athens of the West,' it also struggled with the poverty, ignorance, and bigotry characteristic of southern communities after the Civil War.

A Rhetoric of Style

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Barry Brummett

£23.95 15 Aug 2008 Paperback Southern Illinois University Press

Illustrates how style is increasingly a global system of communication as people around the world understand what it means to dress a certain way, to dance a certain way, to decorate a certain way, to speak a certain way. This book sees style as a system of signification grounded largely in image, aesthetics, and extrarational modes of thinking.

High Expectations

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Cultural Roots of Standards Reform in American Education

By William A. Proefriedt

£29.50 15 Aug 2008 Paperback Teachers' College Press

Offering an understanding and critique of the standards movement, this book shows how the strengths and weaknesses of the reform movement are rooted in a set of American cultural beliefs about individual possibility and responsibility, about opportunity and merit, and about the role of schooling in creating social change.

Sports Mania

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Essays on Fandom and the Media in the 21st Century

By Paul M. Haridakis, Adam C. Earnheardt

£23.95 15 Aug 2008 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

A collection of essays that tackles a wide range of subjects, including the ways in which people root for their teams, the consumption of sports information, and the uses of technology to cultivate fan communities.

Latin American Popular Culture

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Arthur A Natella

£23.95 15 Aug 2008 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

Designed as an introductory text to popular culture in Latin America, this book details several aspects of Latin American culture as experienced by millions of people living in Central and South America. It provides detailed accounts of daily life in Latin America, including descriptions of contemporary dress and mealtime traditions.

Undercurrents

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Queer Culture and Postcolonial Hong Kong

By Helen Hok-Sze Leung

£66.95 15 Aug 2008 Hardback University of British Columbia Press

Aims to uncover a queer media culture that has been largely overlooked by gay-lesbian critics in the West, and demonstrates the cultural vitality of Hong Kong amidst political transition. This book is of interest to scholars and general readers interested in Asian studies, film studies, and sexuality and gender studies.

Hofmann's Elixir

14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

LSD and the New Eleusis

By Albert Hofmann

£13.99 14 Aug 2008 Paperback Strange Attractor Press

Fly (No. 2)

13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

What a World, What an Issue

By "Fly"

£27.50 13 Aug 2008 Dvd Miss Rosen Editions

The Golden Years of Merseybeat

10 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Eric Woolley

£6.99 10 Aug 2008 Paperback The Bluecoat Press

The Social Impact of the Arts

08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

An Intellectual History

By Eleonora Belfiore, Oliver Bennett

£45.00 08 Aug 2008 Hardback Palgrave Macmillan

Traces an intellectual history of the development of contrasting ideas around the power of the arts to bring about personal and societal change - for the better and for the worse. This book taps into debates in cultural policy concerning the value of art and public funding across a range of Western countries.

Bonfire of the Brands

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

How I Learnt to Live without Labels

By Neil Boorman

£8.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Canongate Books Ltd

On 17th September 2006, Neil Boorman burnt all his branded items. The ones that wouldn't burn, he destroyed with a sledgehammer. Here, he examines the social, historical, economic and psychological ways in which brands have gripped our society, as well as documenting his personal trials and tribulations as he tries to live a life without brands.

The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to "Dracula"

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Mark Dawidziak

£12.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

Looks at various aspects of the Dracula phenomenon, including entries on the psychological and sociological implications of the book and the stage plays; the movies; television versions; and actors and the historical Dracula, Vlad the Impaler.

Deluxe

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

How Luxury Lost Its Lustre

By Dana Thomas

£8.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Penguin Books Ltd

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.

India's Popular Culture

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jain, Jyotindra

£39.95 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Marg Publications,India

Presents essays that explore the role of imagery in Indian popular culture across such diverse topics as religious and social symbolism; national identity; film, theatre and photography; and architecture and urban living. This title also includes: Of Gods and Globes: territorialization of Hindu deities, and The Family Archive: photo-narratives.

Ja1/4dische Mathematiker in Der Deutschsprachigen Akademischen Kultur

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Bergmann, Birgit Epple, Moritz

£32.94 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Springer

Marijuana Home Grower's Manual Marijuana Home Grower's Manual

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By McCann, Bill

£10.99 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Green Candy Press

With Billy McCann's unique cultivation method, marijuana plants mature in just six weeks. This innovative technique allows indoor gardeners to grow as many as 50 plants in a small cupboard, yielding over a pound of prime bud. Here McCann details his method, using clear, step-by-step instructions supplemented by over 90 color photographs and essential growing tips that ensure high production and healthy plants. A special section addresses drug testing and how to beat it.

Burning Man Live!: The Living Spirit of Burning Man as Captured by Piss Clear Magazine

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Roberts, Adrian

£10.96 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Re/Search Publications

The Body: The Key Concepts

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Blackman, Lisa

£14.99 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Berg Publishers

Our changing understanding of the body challenges the ways we conceive power, ideology, subjectivity and social and cultural process. This title highlights and analyses the debates which make the body central to sociological, psychological, cultural and feminist thinking.

The Body: The Key Concepts

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Blackman, Lisa

£50.00 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Berg Publishers

Pop Charts

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Paul Copperwaite

£7.99 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Cassell Illustrated

A scrutiny of one hundred pop lyrics. It includes pie charts, flow diagrams, checklists, graphs and graphics.

Age of American Unreason

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jacoby, Susan

£17.55 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Gale Cengage

Outrageous Texans: Tales of the Rich and Infamous

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Sizer, Mona D.

£9.31 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Taylor Trade Publishing

Outrageous Texans profiles ten larger-than-life, eccentric, extravagant, and interesting personalities to ever come out of the Lone Star State. Mona Sizer, who is the queen of quirky Texas historical writing, details the remarkable lives of notable figures such as Janis Joplin, Miss Texas Guinan's burlesque show that was too hot for Paris, Kinky Friedman, Racehorse Haynes, Stanley Marsh 3's Cadillac Ranch, and more.

Italian Cinema: From the Silent Era to the Present - The 25th Anniversary Edition

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Bondanella, Peter

£54.95 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Continuum International Publishing Group

Italian Cinema is the only complete and up-to-date book on the subjectavailable anywhere, in any language. New coverage from 1989 to the present includes the Italian horror-film genre, Roberto Benigni (Life Is Beautiful), Bernardo Bertolucci (Stealing Be

Do Cats Have Belly Buttons?

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

And Answers to 244 Other Questions on the World of Science

By Paul Heiney

£7.99 01 Aug 2008 Paperback The History Press Ltd

Suitable as a present for quizaholics, science addicts, the insatiably questioning, and those curious about life on earth.

The Facts on Halloween

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ankerberg, John Weldon, John Burroughs, Dillon

£3.29 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Harvest House Publishers

John Ankerberg, John Weldon, and Dillon Burroughs team up to revise and update today's issues regarding Halloween, a widely popular event in which children and progressively more adults participate. 96 pp. (August)

Immigration

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Stavans, Ilan

£31.95 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Greenwood Press

Immigration is a topic on the minds of a large portion of Americans. To what extent are immigrants from Mexico and Central America different from their predecessors from, say, Italy, Poland, and Finland? This volume includes a chronology of events and suggestions for further reading to aid students in their research.

Icons of Latino America [Two Volumes]: Latino Contributions to American Culture

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Latino Contributions to American Culture

By Bruns, Roger

£100.00 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Greenwood Press

Part of the "Greenwood Icons" series, this book offers biographies of various Latino names in music, sports, education, literature, entertainment, journalism, and labour. It features biographical essays telling the story behind each icon, with background including contributions, and circumstances that have led to icon status.

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Latino Literature [Three Volumes]

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Kanellos, Nicolas

£164.81 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Greenwood Press

More than 700 alphabetically arranged entries discuss Latino literature and place it in its historical, political, social, and cultural contexts.

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Wolfe, Tom

£8.79 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Picador USA

Wolfe takes a walk on the wild side with Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters and writes about the 60s hippie culture.

Circus Queen & Tinker Bell: The Memoir of Tiny Kline

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Memoir of Tiny Kline

By Kline, Tiny

£13.99 01 Aug 2008 Paperback University of Illinois Press

A memoir that follows the life and career of circus performer Tiny Kline (1891-1964) from the burlesque house to the circus tent, and on to Disneyland and the silver screen. It documents changes in amusements, while providing insight into circus personalities such as John Ringling, acrobat Lillian Leitzel, and big cat trainer Mabel Stark.

Circus Queen & Tinker Bell: The Memoir of Tiny Kline

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Memoir of Tiny Kline

By Kline, Tiny

£39.00 01 Aug 2008 Hardback University of Illinois Press

A memoir that follows the life and career of the author who was a circus performer. It also documents twentieth-century changes in popular amusements, while providing insight into circus personalities such as John Ringling, acrobat Lillian Leitzel, and big cat trainer Mabel Stark, as well as mainstream entertainers like Florenz Ziegfeld.

Music in the USA

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Documentary Companion

By Judith Tick

£26.99 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Oxford University Press

Music in the USA: A Documentary Companion is an anthology of primary sources, which charts a map of American music and musical life through the words of composers, performers, writers and "the people." The anthology contains about 160 selections from 1540 to 2000 ranging from William Billings to Qbert, from psalmody to rap.

Music in the USA

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Documentary Companion

By Judith Tick

£82.00 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Oxford University Press

One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Mead, Rebecca

£8.24 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Penguin Books

Using the American wedding as a rosetta stone, Mead poses of series of questions that cut to the heart of the country's national identity.

Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Thomas, Dana

£8.24 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Penguin Books

The style and cultural reporter for "Newsweek" takes a hard-hitting look at the world of new luxury, and argues that globalization and corporate greed have ensured that old-time manufacturing has bowed to sweatshops and wild profits to produce mediocre merchandise.

School and Society: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Steven E Tozer

£65.99 01 Aug 2008 Paperback McGraw-Hill Education - Europe

Clublife: Thugs, Drugs, and Chaos at New York City's Premier Nightclubs

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Rob, The Bouncer

£7.66 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Harper Paperbacks

The Science of Michael Crichton

30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

An Unauthorized Exploration into the Real Science Behind the Fictional

By Kevin Grazier

£11.99 30 Jul 2008 Paperback BenBella Books

As each new Michael Crichton book grazes the cutting edge of scientific technology, this innovative guide serves to expose the plausibility behind the inventions of Crichton's thrilling fiction. This fascinating analysis puts Crichton's novels to the test, examining shocking developments--regarding dinosaur cloning, global warming, nanotechnology, time travel, animal behavior, and human genetics--and revealing the validity of the science behind them (or lack thereof). Exposing the truth behind the miracles and nightmares Crichton describes in his work, this tell-all resource dissects the science at the heart of each of his bestselling novels.

The Psychology of Superheroes

30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

An Unauthorized Exploration

By Robin Rosenberg

£11.99 30 Jul 2008 Paperback BenBella Books

Unmasking superhuman abilities and double lives, this analysis showcases nearly two dozen psychologists as their essays explore the minds of pop culture's most intriguing and daring superheroes, including Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, and the X-Men. Exposing the inner thoughts that these reclusive heroes would only dare share with trained professionals, heady experts give detailed psychoanalyses of what makes specific superheroes tick while answering such questions as "Why do superheroes choose to be superheroes?" "Why is there so much prejudice against the X-Men" "mutants?" "What makes Spider-Man so altruistic?" and "Why are supervillains so aggressive?" Additionally, the essays tackle why superheroes have such an enduring effect on American culture.

Bad Mags

30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Tom Brinkmann

£17.99 30 Jul 2008 Paperback Headpress

The strangest, sleaziest, most unusual periodicals ever published! "Bad Mags" illuminates the darker recesses of "pop lit" by providing an extensive overview of the hundreds of magazines and tabloids published since the '60s. The publishers of magazines like "Gunpro," "Crime Detective," "Shocker" and "Go! Go! Big," cared little for good taste or decency and today succeed in presenting a view of America and its pop culture which is far removed-and much more -earnest-than the likes of "Time" and "Life," As well as analyzing trends and key subjects-such as Sharon Tate, punk, "Mad" clones, hippie sex, early adult movies, gore, weird science, strange beliefs and drugs-"Bad Mags" provides full contents listings and background information on each magazine.

The Politics of Caribbean Cyberculture

25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Curwen Best

£42.50 25 Jul 2008 Hardback Palgrave Macmillan

Makes the important observation that Caribbean culture can no longer be considered as an organic whole confined to particular communities, be they societies on the islands or diasporic communities. This book looks at how twentieth and twenty-first century technology has altered our modes of cultural expression.

Televising Queer Women

25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Reader

By Tabetha Adkins, Allison Burgess, Tanya Cochran, Faye Davies, Erin Douglas, Dana Heller, Melissa M Hidalgo, M Catherine Jonet, Kelly Kessler

£45.00 25 Jul 2008 Hardback Palgrave Macmillan

Addresses the representation of lesbian and bi-sexual women in a range of television series. This title provides a framework for a multiplicity of viewpoints on a variety of topics.

Marijuana Pest and Disease Control

24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

How to Protect Plants and Win Back Your Garden

By Ed Rosenthal

£13.99 24 Jul 2008 Paperback Quick American a division of Quick Trading Co ,U.S.

Pests, diseases, and nutrient deficiencies threaten the vitality of both indoor and outdoor cannabis crops. This invaluable reference describes how to prevent and eliminate problems using organic and integrated pest management techniques appropriate for ingestible plants. Over 200 color photographs and extensive illustrations help readers easily identify problems, while a multilevel index and reference system allows them to quickly locate solutions to specific problems. Expert advice on healthy design and garden practices, and checklists of do7;s and don7;ts, help prevent future infections.

Sport in a Changing World

20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Howard L. Nixon

£35.00 20 Jul 2008 Paperback Paradigm

Offers a sociological perspective for understanding the place of sport in society and how it is affected by big business and by demographic, cultural, organizational, and economic change. This work shows how the combined influence of networks of sports organizations, media corporations, and corporate sponsors shape sport around the world.

Icon, Brand, Myth

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Calgary Exhibition and Stampede

By Max Foran

£20.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback AU Press

Icon, Brand, Myth

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Calgary Exhibition and Stampede

By Max Foran

£57.95 15 Jul 2008 Hardback AU Press

Cartooning in Africa

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lent, John A.

£42.50 15 Jul 2008 Hardback Hampton Press

Playing the Past

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

History and Nostalgia in Video Games

By Zach Whalen, Laurie N. Taylor

£19.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback Vanderbilt University Press

Playing the Past

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

History and Nostalgia in Video Games

By Zach Whalen, Laurie N. Taylor

£40.95 15 Jul 2008 Hardback Vanderbilt University Press

High Expectations

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Cultural Roots of Standards Reform in American Education

By William A. Proefriedt

£29.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback Teachers' College Press

Undercurrents

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Queer Culture and Postcolonial Hong Kong

By Helen Hok-Sze Leung

£66.95 15 Jul 2008 Hardback University of British Columbia Press

Transformations

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Identity Construction in Contemporary Culture

By Grant David McCracken

£30.00 15 Jul 2008 Hardback Indiana University Press

Transformation is acknowledged as a defining characteristic of our culture. This title offers the comprehensive view on Transformation. It is an ethnography of the contemporary world.

Transformations

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Identity Construction in Contemporary Culture

By Grant David McCracken

£10.99 15 Jul 2008 Paperback Indiana University Press

Although transformation is widely acknowledged as a defining characteristic of our culture, we have almost no studies on what it is or how it works. This work offers a comprehensive and systematic view. It is an ethnography of the contemporary world.

Television at the Movies

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Cinematic and Critical Responses to American Broadcasting

By Jon Nelson Wagner, Tracy Biga MacLean

£50.00 10 Jul 2008 Hardback Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

Offers an approach to the study of television. This title views television's history and reception not only through important articles about the medium, but also through analyzing how Hollywood auteur cinema has commented on television over the decades, in films such as "Tootsie", "Network", "The Last Picture Show", and "A Face in the Crowd".

The Long-player Goodbye

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

How Vinyl Changed the World

By Travis Elborough

£14.99 10 Jul 2008 Hardback Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Lucha Libre Mexicana

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Grobet, Lourdes

£10.96 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Trilce Ediciones

Photographer Lourdes Grobet shares a selection of photographs that she has taken over several decades while following professional wrestling in Mexico. From el Enmascarado de Plata to Aluxe, each wrestler has been portrayed by the lens of this talented photographer. The photos combine with accompanying texts to reveal why "lucha libre" is so popular in Mexico.
La fotografa Lourdes Grobet comparte una seleccion de las fotografias que ha tomado a lo largo de varias decadas en una practica edicion de bolsillo. Desde El Enmascarado de Plata hasta Aluxe, cada personaje del cuadrilatero ha desfilado frente al lente de esta artista talentosa. Con textos de Gabriel Rodriguez, este libro revela la importancia de la lucha libre en la cultura mexicana.

Linz Texas: A City Relates

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A City Relates

By Fitz, Angelika Heller, Martin

£23.00 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Springer

Material Religion

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Journal of Objects, Art and Belief

By David Morgan, Birgit Meyer, Brent Plate, Crispin Paine

£30.00 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Berg Publishers

From Shinto shrines to rosary beads, thangka paintings to missionary tracts, mass-produced posters to gravestones, religion is a material process. This work seeks to explore how religion happens in material culture - images, devotional and liturgical objects, architecture and sacred space, works of art and mass-produced artifacts.

Textile (v. 6)

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Journal of Cloth and Culture

By Doran Ross, Catherine Harper

£16.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Berg Publishers

Brings together research in textiles in an academic forum. This work provides a platform for points of departure between art and craft; gender and identity; cloth, body and architecture; labour and technology; techno-design and practice - situated within the contexts of material and visual culture.

Invisibility Blues: From Pop to Theory

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

From Pop to Theory

By Wallace, Michele

£60.00 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Verso

Includes recollections of the author's early life in Harlem, an account of her development as a writer in the 1970s, and investigations of the legacy of black artists such as Zora Neale Hurston, Spike Lee and Michael Jackson. This work also includes some photographs from her family's collection documenting the 70s and 80s.

Another Knowledge Is Possible

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Boaventura de Sousa Santos

£24.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Verso

Explores the struggles against moral and cultural imperialism and neoliberal globalization, and the alternatives that have emerged in countries throughout the developing world from Brazil and Colombia, to India, South Africa and Mozambique.

The Mechanical Bride: Folklore of Industrial Man

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Folklore of Industrial Man

By McLuhan, Marshall

£16.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Gingko Press

We live in an age in which legions of highly educated professionals dedicate themselves to the task of getting inside the collective public mind with the object of manipulating, exploiting and controlling. This book details Orphan Annie keeps the world on track, and how an Arabian Nights wonderland of entertainment makes information irrelevant.

Television and Youth Culture: Televised Paranoia

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jagodzinski, Jan

£43.93 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Palgrave MacMillan

Ed Rosenthal's Big Buds Calendar 2009

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

£7.66 01 Jul 2008 Non-Book Item Quick American Archives

Does marijuana get you through long winter months, spring rains, and intense summer heat? Then Ed Rosenthal's got you covered with this year-long commemoration of his favorite flora. Each month features a full-color photograph of a different variety of marijuana, accompanied by further information about it. Also included are significant dates in marijuana history and culture, and even birthdays of famous cannabis enthusiasts. No matter your relation to this celebrated plant, these stunning photographs and amusing tidbits delight year-round.

A Rhetoric of Style

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Brummett, Barry

£19.23 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Southern Illinois University Press

Sports Mania: Essays on Fandom and the Media in the 21st Century

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Hugenberg, Lawrence W. Haridakis, Paul M. Earnheardt, Adam C.

£19.23 01 Jul 2008 Paperback McFarland & Company

American Popular Culture

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Theoretical and Practical Readings

By LOWRY

£49.95 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Blackwell Publishers

A World of Chance: Betting on Religion, Games, Wall Street

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Betting on Religion, Games, Wall Street

By Brenner, Reuven Brenner, Gabrielle A. Brown, Aaron

£16.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Cambridge University Press

A World of Chance shows how some societies created more chances for their members than others and, as a result, prospered.

A TV Guide to Life: How I Learned Everything I Needed to Know from Watching Television

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Alexander, Jeff

£7.69 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Berkley Publishing Group

Some say that entire generations of Americans are being raised by the television--like it's a bad thing. Not so, says author Alexander, long-time television writer and advocate of education by television, who offers the ultimate in life lessons as seen on TV.

A Space of Their Own

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Archaeology of Nineteenth Century Lunatic Asylums in Britain, South

£23.50 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

Discovering Country Music

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Cusic, Don

£22.95 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Praeger Publishers

Chronicles the evolution of country music in America. This book chronicles the incredible evolution of country music in America - from the country fiddle to the pop charts - and provides an account of the reasons and motives that have determined its various transformations and offshoots over the years.

Beating the Odds: A Teen Guide to 75 Superstars Who Overcame Adversity

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Superstars Who Overcame Adversity

By Snodgrass, Mary Ellen

£41.95 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Greenwood Press

Details the troubles and triumphs of 75 well-known individuals from a range of backgrounds and professions. This book highlights the physical, psychological, social, or economic struggles of persons and discusses how they won their battle against adversity.

Books Without Borders Volume 1: The Cross-National Dimension in Print Culture Refer to ISBN: 0230210295

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Fraser, Robert Hammond, Mary

£41.21 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Palgrave MacMillan

In Search of the Black Fantastic

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Richard Iton

£15.99 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Oxford University Press

Prior to the 1960s, when African Americans had little access to formal political power, black popular culture emerged as a tool to forge community and effect political change. And culture did play a key role in the subsequent civil rights era, as African American made remarkable progress toward formal political equality. In the post-civil rights era, however, many observers have noted a steady diminution in black popular culture's influence on the political sphere.

Yet as Richard Iton shows in this trenchant work, despite the changes brought about by the civil rights movement - and contrary to the wishes of those committed to narrower conceptions of politics - black artists have continued to play a significant role in the creation of critical social spaces that mediate between institutionalized politics and the culture of everyday life. Iton applies his remarkably authoritative knowledge of black popular culture to trace the connections between such artists as Paul Robeson, Lorraine Hansberry, Richard Pryor, Bob Marley, and Erykah Badu and activists working in the protest, electoral, and policymaking arenas from the late 1960s to the present. With an emphasis on questions of class, gender, sexuality, diaspora, and coloniality, Iton also illustrates how creative artists destabilize modern notions of both the proper location of politics and politics itself.

Ranging from theater to film, comedy to serious literature, and soul to hip hop, In Search of the Black Fantastic is a trailblazing account of how the black popular culture of our time poses fundamental challenges to our understanding of the relationship between aesthetics and politics.

Dope

30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A History of Performance Enhancement in Sports from the Nineteenth Century

By Daniel M. Rosen

£25.95 30 Jun 2008 Hardback Greenwood Press

In modern times, doping - the use of performance-enhancing drugs - has been one method athletes and their trainers have used to beat their competition. This book chronicles the types and developments in doping techniques used by athletes over the twentieth century.

Food Culture in Germany

30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ursula Heinzelmann

£27.95 30 Jun 2008 Hardback Greenwood Press

Offers an overview of Germany's revived and invigorated food culture. This book provides an understanding of Germans and their food - the history, ingredients, cooking, special occasions, lifestyle eating habits, and diet and health.

Sports Scandals

30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Peter Finley, Laura Finley, Jeffrey Fountain

£25.95 30 Jun 2008 Hardback Greenwood Press

Offers students a guide to the most notorious scandals in American sports history.

The Africanist Aesthetic in Global Hip Hop

27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Power Moves

By Halifu Osumare

£40.00 27 Jun 2008 Hardback Palgrave Macmillan

Explores how a vital, expressive culture, which began in a New York black and Latino impoverished community, has become a global delineating sign. This book investigates the collision and collusion between two globally pervasive forces: transnational media and capital and African American popular culture.

Women of the Underground: Music

26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Cultural Innovators Speak for Themselves

By Zora von Burden

£10.99 26 Jun 2008 Paperback Manic D Press,U.S.

The Underground Guide to San Francisco

26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jennifer Joseph

£10.99 26 Jun 2008 Paperback Manic D Press,U.S.

A hipster view of the Golden Gate City, this guide reveals budget travel tips and lifestyle secrets of those who call foggy San Fran home. Gives the lowdown on the hippest, weirdest, coolest stuff to do, buy and experience.

Glamour

26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A History

By Stephen Gundle

£20.00 26 Jun 2008 Hardback Oxford University Press

Glamour is one of the tantalizing and bewitching aspects of contemporary culture - but also one of the most elusive. This book captures the excitement and sex appeal of glamour while exposing its mechanisms and exploring its sleazy and sometimes tragic underside.

Eye Mind

25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators

By Paul Drummond

£12.99 25 Jun 2008 Paperback Process

Bad Mags

20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Tom Brinkmann

£17.99 20 Jun 2008 Paperback Headpress

Worlds of Difference

20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Rethinking the Ethics of Global Education for the 21st Century

By Trifonas, Peter Pericles

£22.50 20 Jun 2008 Paperback Paradigm

The varying interests of competing minority groups often part company with regard to how to achieve an equitable community. This book rethinks the traditional interpretation of the principle of educational equity in light of this difficulty.