Adorned in Dreams. Fashion and Modernity, Paperback - ***

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Elizabeth (Independent Scholar, UK) WilsonNumber of pages: 344Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 216 ...

No account of 20th Century British art can overlook the numerous works of the period that were essentially "religious" in their content. Art, Faith...

A reinterpretation of thinkers from Benjamin and Rosenzweig to Simone Weil and Derrida, not as secular figures who happened to be Jewish, but as Je...

In this book, Donatella Di Cesare argues that terrorism is not an aberration but intrinsic to the struggle for sovereignty in the modern world. The...

Reducere. Defending Middle-Earth: Tolkien: Myth and Modernity, Paperback

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Tracing the emergence and evolution of the modern discourse on boredom in French and German literary, philosophical, and sociological texts, this b...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Fazlur RahmanNumber of pages: 182Publication date: 1984Dimensions: 139 x 213 x 7Cover type: Pa...

Understanding China and the Chinese is of paramount importance in today's world. With China's rapid economic growth and increasing political influe...

Reducere. Everywhere, life seems to be speeding up: we talk of "fast food" and "speed dating." But what does the phenomenon of social acceleration really ent...

Reducere. The doctrine of the Trinity was settled in the fourth century, and maintained, with only very minor disagreement or development, by all strands of ...

Publisher: Hatje CantzIllustration(s): 120 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 178 x 242 x 23Cover type...

Showcases 100 colour illustrations of stunning evening gowns by emerging illustrator Eris Tran. Focuses on detailed close-ups, with insightful desc...

A compilation of case studies about Japanese intellectuals' relationships to modernity in three majors arenas of art (art and aesthetics, theater, ...

Reducere. Founder and editor of The Fashion Doll Review, Alison Rasmussen guides you through the world of ball-jointed dolls. These gorgeous works of art hav...

Reducere. "I am waking up, moving through deep layers of sleep--my dream changes--a lively band is playing over in the corner of the room--a small dance floo...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PlcAuthor(s): Professor Yuri (Dalhousie University, Canada) LevingIllustration(s): approx 30-40 b/wNumber of pages...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Claudia E. (University of Manchester, UK) HenningerIllustration(s): 60 Line drawings, color; 8 Tables, co...

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This book traces the influence of the changing political environment on Czech art, criticism, history, and theory between 1895 and 1939, looking be...

Publisher: Manor House Publishing IncAuthor(s): Elizabeth GrandboisNumber of pages: 127Publication date: 2015Dimensions: 209 x 136 x 9Cover type: P...

Publisher: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty LtdAuthor(s): Qiyao DengIllustration(s): 698 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 400Publication...

Exploring representations of the feminine and masculine body - from super-vamp to super-waif, from buffalo boy to new man - this book considers the...

Exploring the conflict between China's rapid modernisation and the west, as well as its own traditional values -- KOPublisher: Pluto PressNumber of...

DescriptionRenowned interior designer Cathy Kincaid's first book provides a fresh approach to combining classic and contemporary design with a refi...

Creating sustainable fashion has never been more important. Circular Fashion provides an accessible, practical, and holistic approach to this key t...

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Watercolor is a wonderful medium for figure and fashion as it creates loose, impressionistic results that capture the essence of a look without get...

An exhilarating scrapbook of the 1990s fashion-art scene in New York and Paris, with Bernadette Corporation, Susan Cianciolo, BLESS and DISIn this ...

Merging the histories of capitalism with political and cultural analysis, Gibbings demonstrates how the struggle between indigenous people and sett...

This edited volume presents an interdisciplinary collection of texts that examine the practice of gamification, the use of game design elements in ...

This book introduces fashion's myriad influences and manifestations. Fashion is explored as a creative force, a business, and a means of communicat...

Reducere. In this fascinating collection of essays, an international group of scholars explores the sonic consequences of transcultural contact in the early ...

Reducere. Whether in characterizing Catharine MacKinnon's theory of gender as itself pornographic or in identifying liberalism as unable to make good on its ...

DescriptionFor the past thirty to forty years, cultural analysis has focused on developing terms to explain the surpassing of modernity. Discussion...

Modernity at Large is an edited collection of the essays that made Appadurai an influential figure in cultural anthropology. Collectively, these no...

The Magical Imagination: Magic and Modernity in Urban England, 1780–1914 - Karl Bell

Is African Christianity a religious marketplace now dominated by only two big players, the Catholic Church and Pentecostals?