Material culture books

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The Book of the Mirror: An Interdisciplinary Collection Exploring the Cultural Story of the Mirror

The Book of the Mirror: An Interdisciplinary Collection...

Author: Miranda Anderson
ISBN: 9781847181930
Format: Hardback
$90.54

The essays in this book are gathered together from the realms of art, literature, history, archaeology, philosophy...  Read More >>

Anthropology, Art and Cultural Production

Anthropology, Art and Cultural Production

Author: Maruska Svasek
ISBN: 9780745317946
Format: Paperback
$79.20

An introduction to anthropological perspectives on art that links the production of art to political and cultural...  Read More >>

Anthropology, Art and Cultural Production

Anthropology, Art and Cultural Production

Author: Maruska Svasek
ISBN: 9780745317953
Format: Hardback
$264.00

An introduction to anthropological perspectives on art that links the production of art to political and cultural...  Read More >>

Visualizing Rituals: Critical Analysis of Art and Ritual Practice

Visualizing Rituals: Critical Analysis of Art and Ritual...

Author: Julia Werts
ISBN: 9781847180766
Format: Hardback
$103.47

Diverse aspects of art-from its inception to its eventual display-have continuously been connected to rituals and...  Read More >>

The Melancholy Android: On the Psychology of Sacred Machines

The Melancholy Android: On the Psychology of Sacred...

Author: Eric G. Wilson
ISBN: 9780791468463
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Explores the cultural significance of Androids.  Read More >>

The Melancholy Android: On the Psychology of Sacred Machines

The Melancholy Android: On the Psychology of Sacred...

Author: Eric G. Wilson
ISBN: 9780791468456
Format: Hardback
$188.76

Explores the cultural significance of androids.  Read More >>

Game Cultures: Computer Games as New Media

Game Cultures: Computer Games as New Media

Author: Jon Dovey ,  Helen Kennedy
ISBN: 9780335213573
Format: Paperback
$68.95

This book introduces the critical concepts and debates that are shaping the emerging field of game studies. Exploring...  Read More >>

Medievalism and the Gothic in Australian Culture

Medievalism and the Gothic in Australian Culture

Author: Senior Lecturer in English Stephanie Trigg (University of Melbourne)
ISBN: 9782503517025
Format: Hardback
$229.68

This collection opens up a new field of academic and general interest: Australian medievalism. That is, the heritage...  Read More >>

Europe at Home: Family and Material Culture, 1500–1800

Europe at Home: Family and Material Culture, 1500–1800...

Author: Raffaella Sarti ,  Allan Cameron
ISBN: 9780300102598
Format: Paperback
$97.68

If we could go back to earlier centuries and step inside any house in Europe, what kind of furnishings would it...  Read More >>

Science, Social Theory & Public Knowledge

Science, Social Theory & Public Knowledge

Author: Alan Irwin ,  Mike Michael
ISBN: 9780335209477
Format: Paperback
$152.99

This topical and unique book draws together the three key perspectives on science-society relations.  Read More >>

Science Education for Citizenship

Science Education for Citizenship

Author: Mary Ratcliffe ,  Marcus Grace
ISBN: 9780335210862
Format: Hardback
$332.51

Explores the effective teaching and learning of issues relating to the impact of science in society. This book uses...  Read More >>

The World Guide 2003/2004: An Alternative Reference to the Countries of Our Planet

The World Guide 2003/2004: An Alternative Reference...

Author: New Internationalist
ISBN: 9781551930466
Format: Paperback
$108.11

Drawing on UN and other mainstream data, it includes the facts, history, political and economic analysis found in...  Read More >>

Aging: Canadian Perspectives

Aging: Canadian Perspectives

Author: Victor Marshall ,  Barry McPherson
ISBN: 9781551110127
Format: Paperback
$62.99

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The World's Eye

The World's Eye

Author: Albert M. Potts
ISBN: 9780813113876
Format: Hardback
$105.60

Greek vases and Peruvian bottles, Chinese bronzes and African masks, Tel Brak idols and Egyptian tomb paintings...  Read More >>

Materializing the East in Early Modern English Drama

Materializing the East in Early Modern English Drama...

Author: Murat Ögütcü (Adiyaman University, Turkey) ,  Aisha Hussain (University of Salford, UK)
ISBN: 9781350300491
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Despite the popularity of plays about the East, the representation of the East in early modern drama has been either...  Read More >>

Intimate Interiors: Sex, Politics, and Material Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Bedroom and Boudoir

Intimate Interiors: Sex, Politics, and Material Culture...

Author: Tara Zanardi ,  Christopher M. S. Johns
ISBN: 9781350277632
Format: Paperback
$59.99

A desire for intimacy in domestic spaces – motivated by a growing sense of individualistic expression, an incentive...  Read More >>

A History of Polar Exploration in 50 Objects: From Cook’s Circumnavigations to the Aviation Age

A History of Polar Exploration in 50 Objects: From Cook’s...

Author: Anne Strathie
ISBN: 9781803991054
Format: Paperback
$57.99

The first 'objects' book to explore the history of polar exploration  Read More >>

Memories of Dress: Recollections of Material Identities

Memories of Dress: Recollections of Material Identities...

Author: Alison Slater (Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) ,  Susan Atkin (Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
ISBN: 9781350370463
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Memories of clothing feature prominently in auto/biographies, yet traditionally they have not been subjected to...  Read More >>

Shanghai Housewares

Shanghai Housewares

Author: Zhou Qi
ISBN: 9787560852409
Format: Paperback
$33.51

A showcase of 120 selected items of everyday use and the stories and culture behind them. Text in English and Chinese....  Read More >>

Anna of Denmark: The Material and Visual Culture of the Stuart Courts, 1589–1619

Anna of Denmark: The Material and Visual Culture of...

Author: Jemma Field
ISBN: 9781526182500
Format: Paperback
$68.99

This book examines Anna of Denmark's engagement with visual and material goods, including architecture, garden design,...  Read More >>

Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live-and How Their Wealth Harms Us All

Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live-and How Their...

Author: Michael Mechanic
ISBN: 9781982127213
Format: Hardback
$49.99

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A Revolution in Colour: Natural Dyes and Dress in Europe, c. 1400-1800

A Revolution in Colour: Natural Dyes and Dress in Europe,...

Author: Prof. Giorgio Riello ,  Dr Maria Hayward
ISBN: 9781350405622
Format: Hardback
$170.00

This major volume aims to re-colour the European world of dress, c.1300-1800. New dyes created one of the most important...  Read More >>

Fragmentary Forms: A New History of Collage

Fragmentary Forms: A New History of Collage

Author: Freya Gowrley
ISBN: 9780691253749
Format: Hardback
$110.00

A beautifully illustrated global history of collage from the origins of paper to today. While the emergence of...  Read More >>

Embodied Experience in British and French Literature, 1778–1814: Women and Belonging

Embodied Experience in British and French Literature,...

Author: Jillian Heydt-Stevenson (University of Colorado Boulder)
ISBN: 9781009463980
Format: Hardback
$232.88

Combining feminist, materialist, and comparatist approaches, Jillian Heydt-Stevenson reveals evocative and hidden...  Read More >>

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