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Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781548318215Author Jim BlanchardFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

As a TV Producer and host of the smash late night show Watch What Happens Live, Andy Cohen has a front row seat to an exciting world not many get to see. In this dishy, detailed diary of one year in his life, Andy goes out on the town, drops names, hosts...

The idea of authenticity - deliciously vague and as ubiquitous as Starbucks - has hit the spot in almost every sector of 21st-century life. But can we trust the authentic image of Nigel 'man-of-the-people' Farage, Sarah 'hockey mom' Palin or Gwyneth...

Visit the lush, sugar-coated township of Pollilop Drop and follow the journey of one lil' rotter kid, Pukeboy, who struggles to overcome his fear of playing guitar in front of an audience. He seeks advice from other rot-pack kids. Creatively frustrated,...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599540900Author Guida GeorgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Bordighera PressPublisher Bordighera PressWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Wild Science investigates the world-wide boom in 'health culture'. While self-help health books and medical dramas are popular around the globe, we are bombarded with daily media images of DNA research, and news reports about cloning, the fight against...

Buy This Book is an important contribution to the history and understanding of consumption and advertising. This book brings together an outstanding collection of writing on the study of advertising, consumer practices and the future directions of...

The phenomena of `enterprise' and `heritage' might at first thought seem unrelated: this book sets out to show that the two concepts are not only related but deeply interdependent. If `enterprise' can be used to define the official encouragement of the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683831884Author Monique PetersonFormat HardbackPage Count 154Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight EditionsWeight(grams) 885gDimensions(mm) 152mm * 305mm...

While the questions of ethics have become increasingly important in recent years for many fields within the humanities, there has been no single volume that seeks to address the emergence of this concern with ethics across the disciplinary spectrum...

Now relaunched with a striking new coverThis issue is a survey of Cultural Studies in Australia - one of the most important and vibrant areas for the subject worldwideAbout the AuthorIen Ang, John HartleyBook InformationISBN 9780415081160Author Ien...

Peter Fraser revisits stories told onscreen that in different ways all convey clear and ringing truths and touch the deepest human chords. Spanning different time periods and cultures, Twelve Films about Love and Heaven speaks to the hearts of those who...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865622319Author Carlos ValenzuelaFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint S Q Publications,USPublisher S Q Publications,USWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781419757686Author Naomi ParryFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Harry N. AbramsPublisher Harry N. AbramsWeight(grams) 1728gDimensions(mm) 293mm * 227mm * 33mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593744178Author Michael FinkelFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House Large PrintPublisher Diversified PublishingWeight(grams) 346gDimensions(mm)...

Before there was Drake, there was The 6. The genesis and rise of Toronto's Hip Hop culture.Amongst the algorithmic pulsations that remap informational networks at the whim of any giant tech company, hip hop culture produces ways of knowing (and being in)...

Join little rot-rocker Pukeboy and graffiti artist Gumshoe as they search for Gumshoe's missing paintings in this second book from The Sweet Rot series. This lost art quest leads our two heroes through the vividly lush town of Pollilop Drop encountering...

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.About the AuthorAlan SinfieldBook InformationISBN 9780415145657Author Alan SinfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814214763Author Daniel SteinFormat HardbackPage Count 306Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University PressSeries Studies in Comics and...

This Companion documents and celebrates artistic journeys within the framework of rich and complex cultural heritages and traditional dance practices of the Asia-Pacific region. It presents various dance forms from Australia, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong,...

Focusing on the art and literary form of manga, this volume examines the intercultural exchanges that have shaped manga during the twentieth century and how manga's culturalization is related to its globalization. Through contributions from leading...

This, the fourth book in the series 'Celebrating Dance in Asia and the Pacific', explores the current dance scene in Australia from a wide perspective that mirrors the creative engagement of artists with Australian culture and the landscape. It looks at...

Despite the prominence of "awkwardness" as cultural buzzword and descriptor of a sub-genre of contemporary film and television comedy, it has yet to be adequately theorized in academic film and media studies. Documentary's Awkward Turn contributes a new...

As social, locative, and mobile media render the intimate public and the public intimate, this volume interrogates how this phenomenon impacts art practice and politics. Contributors bring together the worlds of art and media culture to rethink their...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781008987050Author Ruth FinneganFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 5mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979139369Author H B KoplowitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Dome PublicationsPublisher Dome PublicationsWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780978592417Author Jose ArguellesFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Foundation for the Law of TimePublisher Foundation for the Law of TimeWeight(grams)...

There's "western", and then there's "Western" - and where history becomes myth is an evocative question, one of several questions posed by Josh Garrett-Davis in What Is a Western? Region, Genre, Imagination. Part cultural criticism, part history, and...

A probing and holistic meditation on the key question: Why do we continue to make art, and thus beauty, out of war? Beautiful War: Studies in a Dreadful Fascination is a wide-ranging exploration of armed conflict as depicted in art that illustrates the...

This book, Evolving Synergies: Celebrating Dance in Singapore, is a noteworthy contribution to the discourse of the Singapore dance scene. It discusses the evolution of Singapore's dance landscape, and its place in the city-state's social, cultural and...

A region explained through its tourist attractions and souvenirs. This collection of ten essays focuses on how southerners have marketed themselves to outsiders. The cultural ironies and contradictions that have arisen from southerners' efforts to...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578733821Author Drake MastersFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Drake MastersPublisher Drake MastersWeight(grams) 122gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 6mm

Engaging Art explores what it means to participate in the arts in contemporary society - from museum attendance to music downloading. Drawing on the perspectives of experts from diverse fields (including Princeton scholars Robert Wuthnow and Paul...

After numerous infidelities and a messy break-up, a burnt-out attorney joins the Peace Corps to reform and redeem himself. He finds peace in the serene plains and mountains of Tanzania, teaching villagers to fish--until he becomes attached to one of his...

Art criticism is spurned by universities, but widely produced and read. It is seldom theorized and its history has hardly been investigated. The State of Art Criticism presents an international conversation among art historians and critics that considers...

The Total Work of Art provides a broad survey that incorporates many canonical artists into a single narrative. With particular attention to the influence of the Total Work of Art on modern theatre and performance, this brief introduction will also be of...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399579806Author Jon BonneFormat HardbackPage Count 152Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 185mm * 133mm *...

This is the first scholarly collection to examine the social and cultural aspects on the worldwide interest in the faded remains of advertising signage (popularly known as 'ghost signs'). Contributors to this volume examine the complex relationships...

This second book in the Routledge Docalogue series continues to model a new form for the discussion of documentary film, focusing on a new film and a different set of critical questions.Kedi (2016) is the first feature documentary by Turkish-American...

Bringing together twenty-nine of Lawrence Alloway's most influential essays in one volume, this fascinating collection provides valuable perspectives on the art and visual culture of the second half of the twentieth century.Lawrence Alloway ranks among...