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  • America’s National Anthem
    John Vile
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    141,13 €

  • Saving Social
    Ryan Holmes
    Social media is broken - or at least it appears that way. To many, the industry seems to have come undone, but what if, in fact, it’s just coming together? As social media has become integrated into both business and mainstream culture, we’ve seen euphoric novelty give way to hysteria around the ill effects of misinformation, data privacy and polarizing echo chambers. Now, as ...
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    24,07 €

  • The Cultural Qualities YOU must Acquire to Succeed in Higher Education
    Elizabeth Paradiso Urassa
    The Cultural Qualities YOU must Acquire to Succeed in Higher Education is a unique book that can support higher education stakeholders in many ways. The book is meant to help students understand the cultural aspects required of them in the learning community. Although the book is for all higher education stakeholders (including parents, governments, institutions, and financial ...
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    43,88 €

  • Black Metal, Trauma, Subjectivity and Sound
    Jasmine Hazel Shadrack
    This important book weaves together trauma, black metal theory and disability into a story of both pain and freedom. Drawing on her many years as a black metal guitarist, Jasmine Hazel Shadrack uses autoethnography to explore her own experiences of gender-based violence, misogyny and the healing power of performance. ...
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    152,41 €

  • China’s Digital Presence in the Asia-Pacific
    Elaine J Zhao / Elaine J. Zhao / Haiqing Yu / Michael Keane
    This book examines China’s digital economy and its presence in the Asia-Pacific region. Drawing on the political economy of the media, industry analysis, platform studies and cultural policy studies, the book shows that China’s commercial digital platforms are increasingly recognized outside China and can disseminate Chinese culture more effectively than government-supported me...
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    180,36 €

  • Queer Anxieties of Young Adult Literature and Culture
    Derritt Mason
    Young adult literature featuring LGBTQ+ characters is booming. In the 1980s and 1990s, only a handful of such titles were published every year. Recently, these numbers have soared to over one hundred annual releases. Queer characters are also appearing more frequently in film, on television, and in video games. This explosion of queer representation, however, has prompted new f...
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    158,32 €

  • Queer Anxieties of Young Adult Literature and Culture
    Derritt Mason
    Young adult literature featuring LGBTQ+ characters is booming. In the 1980s and 1990s, only a handful of such titles were published every year. Recently, these numbers have soared to over one hundred annual releases. Queer characters are also appearing more frequently in film, on television, and in video games. This explosion of queer representation, however, has prompted new f...
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    50,16 €

  • Medievalist Comics and the American Century
    Chris Bishop
    The comic book has become an essential icon of the American Century, an era defined by optimism in the face of change and by recognition of the intrinsic value of democracy and modernization. For many, the Middle Ages stand as an antithesis to these ideals, and yet medievalist comics have emerged and endured, even thrived alongside their superhero counterparts. Chris Bishop pre...
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    50,16 €

  • K-POP - The Odyssey
    Wooseok Ki
    K-Pop is bigger than it has ever been. Many new artists debut each year and the industry is at an all-time international high. But how did we get here? Is it something more complex and important than mere media headlines?K-POP: The Odyssey - Your Gateway to the Global K-Pop Phenomenon takes you on a journey to explore one of the biggest pop cultural phenomenona in recent histor...
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    13,53 €

  • Belcaro - Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions
    Vernon Lee
    'Belcaro - Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions' is an 1881 collection of essays on the subject of aestheticism written by Vernon Lee. Contents include: 'The Book and its Title', 'The Child in the Vatican', 'Orpheus and Eurydice - The Lesson of a Bas-Relief', 'Faustus and Helena - Notes on the Supernatural in Art', 'Chapelmaster Kreisler - A Study of Musical Romanticist...
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    25,55 €

  • Gendered Domestic Violence and Abuse in Popular Culture
    As binge-watching and streaming lead to increasing amounts of content and screen time, understanding how domestic violence and abuse is portrayed in popular culture and its impact on DVA in our society is more important than ever. This collection demonstrates how networked communication is influencing activism, both online and in the real-world. ...
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    142,73 €

  • Emerging Dynamics in Audiences’ Consumption of Trans-media Products
    Carmen Spano
    The book investigates the new forms of agency possessed by national audiences with reference to two television texts: Mad Men (AMC, 2007-2015) and Game of Thrones (HBO, 2011-2019). Structured as a comparative study between two countries, Italy and New Zealand, the research aims to provide insights into the culturally specific similarities and differences that distinct audiences...
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    180,55 €

  • The Anti-Heroine on Contemporary Television
    Molly J. Brost / Molly JBrost
    In The Anti-Heroine on Contemporary Television: Transgressive Women, Molly Brost explores the various applications and definitions of the term anti-heroine, showing that it has been applied to a wide variety of female characters on television that have little in common beyond their failure to behave in morally 'correct' and traditionally feminine ways. Rather than dismiss the t...
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    122,70 €

  • The Rural Primitive in American Popular Culture
    Karen E. Hayden / Karen EHayden
    The Rural Primitive in American Popular Culture: All Too Familiar studies how the mythology of the primitive rural other became linked to evolutionary theories, both biological and social, that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century. This mythology fit well on the imaginary continuums of primitive to civilized, rural to urbanormative, backward to forward-thinking, and regress ve...
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    122,57 €

  • Las claves de la iniciación
    R. Tresoldi
    Los ritos de iniciación permiten al individuo entrar en la categoría de «adulto» o incluso ser admitido en el conocimiento de algunos «misterios». Que estos ritos sean practicados en el marco de grupos tribales, sociedades secretas o en tantas situaciones cotidianas de sociedades modernas como la nuestra, se apoya en una tradición ancestral que mantiene todavía en nuestros días...
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    16,59 €

  • Proyección astral
    Equipo de expertos Osiris
    ¿Desea conocer los conceptos y las técnicas necesarias para poner en práctica la inolvidable y espiritual experiencia que supone un viaje astral?, ¿y conocer la fórmula para regresar al propio cuerpo? Gracias a este libro usted adquirirá tales conocimientos, acompañados de una detallada descripción de lo que puede encontrarse en el más allá. Se trata, en definitiva, de un libro...
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    12,43 €

  • Diners, Dudes, and Diets
    Emily J. H. Contois / Emily JHContois
    The phrase 'dude food' likely brings to mind a range of images: burgers stacked impossibly high with an assortment of toppings that were themselves once considered a meal; crazed sports fans demolishing plates of radioactively hot wings; barbecued or bacon-wrapped . . . anything. But there is much more to the phenomenon of dude food than what’s on the plate. Emily J. H. Contois...
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    127,20 €

  • Diners, Dudes, and Diets
    Emily J. H. Contois / Emily JHContois
    The phrase 'dude food' likely brings to mind a range of images: burgers stacked impossibly high with an assortment of toppings that were themselves once considered a meal; crazed sports fans demolishing plates of radioactively hot wings; barbecued or bacon-wrapped . . . anything. But there is much more to the phenomenon of dude food than what’s on the plate. Emily J. H. Contois...
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    31,81 €

  • The Voyages of Star Trek
    A. S. Carlisle / ASCarlisle / K.M. Heath / K.MHeath
    Star Trek emerged alongside mini-skirts, bellbottoms, and VW vans; flourished in the shadow of Madonna, big hair, and greed; and expanded with computers, Beanie Babies, and religious revitalization. Star Trek survived the culture shock of 9/11 and experienced a revival in the era of yoga pants, hybrid cars, and Starbucks. After more than 5 decades, Star Trek is alive and well, ...
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    46,05 €

  • Map of the Soul
    Murray Stein
    BTS l’a encore fait! Map of the Soul: 7 est la pierre angulaire d’un projet de 2 albums destiné à révéler le paysage intérieur de l’âme humaine, riche en symbolisme et tissé avec le son et les mouvements caractéristiques de BTS. En commençant par les paroles, ce livre se lance dans un examen approfondi et engageant de l’album à la lumière de la psychologie du psychiatre suisse ...
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    21,39 €

  • Star Wars
    Josef Benson
    Star Wars: The Triumph of Nerd Culture engagingly reveals how the most popular film franchise of all time sprang from the mind of a deeply insecure nerd, who then inspired and betrayed a generation of fans.In Star Wars: The Triumph of Nerd Culture, Josef Benson offers an unauthorized and provocative expose of the most popular film franchise of all time. Fueled by George Lucas’s...
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    46,33 €

  • Map of the Soul
    Murray Stein
    BTS l’a encore fait! Map of the Soul: 7 est la pierre angulaire d’un projet de 2 albums destiné à révéler le paysage intérieur de l’âme humaine, riche en symbolisme et tissé avec le son et les mouvements caractéristiques de BTS. En commençant par les paroles, ce livre se lance dans un examen approfondi et engageant de l’album à la lumière de la psychologie du psychiatre suisse ...
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    37,32 €

  • Long Live the Queen
    Bryan Kozlowski
    For the first time, step behind palace doors to unlock the little-known secrets behind the Queen’s remarkable self-preservation and continued radiance. Extensively researched and delightfully revelatory, it’s the story of how one strong queen can make stronger, happier, healthier subjects of us all. ...
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    34,33 €

  • Long Live the Queen
    Bryan Kozlowski
    For the first time, step behind palace doors to unlock the little-known secrets behind the Queen’s remarkable self-preservation and continued radiance. Extensively researched and delightfully revelatory, it’s the story of how one strong queen can make stronger, happier, healthier subjects of us all. ...
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    20,92 €

  • Garbage in Popular Culture
    Mehita Iqani
    Explores the cultural politics of garbage in contemporary global society. ...
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    127,20 €

  • Godard and Sound
    Albertine Fox
    What happens when we listen to a film? How can we describe the relationship of sound to vision in cinema, and in turn our relationship as spectators with the audio-visual? Jean-Luc Godard understood the importance of the soundtrack in cinema and relied heavily on the impact of carefully constructed sound to produce innovative effects. For the first time, this book brings togeth...
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    54,80 €

  • Tattoos and Popular Culture
    Lee Barron
    The rise of tattoos into the mainstream has been a defining aspect of 21st century western culture. Tattoos and Popular Culture showcases how tattoos have been catapulted from ’deviant’ and ’alternative’ subculture, into a popular culture, becoming a potent signifier of ’difference’ for the millennial generation. ...
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    35,07 €

  • Midlife Creativity and Identity
    Philip Miles
    This book explores the artistic routines and inspirations of amateur and professional musicians, fine artists and literary authors experiencing midlife. Based on ethnographic insight, it argues that creativity is driven by the pursuit of a ’mezzanine’ in-between state where the anarchy of possibility is an antidote to the realities of middle age. ...
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    52,97 €

  • Entertaining Entrepreneurs
    Daniel Horowitz
    The Great Recession threatened the well-being of tens of millions of Americans, dramatically weakened the working class, hollowed out the middle class, and strengthened the position of the very wealthy. Against this backdrop, the hit reality show Shark Tank premiered in 2009. Featuring ambitious entrepreneurs chasing support from celebrity investors, the show offered a version ...
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    126,93 €

  • Entertaining Entrepreneurs
    Daniel Horowitz
    The Great Recession threatened the well-being of tens of millions of Americans, dramatically weakened the working class, hollowed out the middle class, and strengthened the position of the very wealthy. Against this backdrop, the hit reality show Shark Tank premiered in 2009. Featuring ambitious entrepreneurs chasing support from celebrity investors, the show offered a version ...
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    38,07 €