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Unleash the Girls - The Untold Story of the Invention of the Sports Bra and How It Changed the World (And Me) (Hardcover): Lisa... Unleash the Girls - The Untold Story of the Invention of the Sports Bra and How It Changed the World (And Me) (Hardcover)
Lisa Z Lindahl
R698 R625 Discovery Miles 6 250 Save R73 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Wins - Canadian Hockey Summareliquary (Hardcover): Andrew Tidman Wins - Canadian Hockey Summareliquary (Hardcover)
Andrew Tidman
R975 R837 Discovery Miles 8 370 Save R138 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Canadian Wheelman; v.2 - no.1-14 (Oct.1884-Aug.1885) (Hardcover): Cyclists' Touring Club, Canadian Wheelmen's... Canadian Wheelman; v.2 - no.1-14 (Oct.1884-Aug.1885) (Hardcover)
Cyclists' Touring Club, Canadian Wheelmen's Association
R865 Discovery Miles 8 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
First Annual Catalogue of the East Carolina Teachers' Traning School, 1909-1910; 1 (Hardcover): East Carolina Teachers... First Annual Catalogue of the East Carolina Teachers' Traning School, 1909-1910; 1 (Hardcover)
East Carolina Teachers Training School
R788 Discovery Miles 7 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Official National Baseball Guide; Rules and Records ..; For holdings check shelf (Hardcover): George L Moreland Official National Baseball Guide; Rules and Records ..; For holdings check shelf (Hardcover)
George L Moreland
R1,037 Discovery Miles 10 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Modern Greece - A Captivating Guide to the History of Greece, Starting from the Greek War of Independence Through the Balkan... Modern Greece - A Captivating Guide to the History of Greece, Starting from the Greek War of Independence Through the Balkan Wars, World War I and II, to the Present (Hardcover)
Captivating History
R637 R575 Discovery Miles 5 750 Save R62 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Making of Goddess Durga in Bengal: Art, Heritage and the Public (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Samir Kumar Das, Bishnupriya... The Making of Goddess Durga in Bengal: Art, Heritage and the Public (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Samir Kumar Das, Bishnupriya Basak
R3,631 Discovery Miles 36 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines the making of the Goddess Durga both as an art and as part of the intangible heritage of Bengal. As the 'original site of production' of unbaked clay idols of the Hindu Goddess Durga and other Gods and Goddesses, Kumartuli remains at the centre of such art and heritage. The art and heritage of Kumartuli have been facing challenges in a rapidly globalizing world that demands constant redefinition of 'art' with the invasion of market forces and migration of idol makers. As such, the book includes chapters on the evolution of idols, iconographic transformations, popular culture and how the public is constituted by the production and consumption of the works of art and heritage and finally the continuous shaping and reshaping of urban imaginaries and contestations over public space. It also investigates the caste group of Kumbhakars (Kumars or the idol makers), reflecting on the complex relation between inherited skill and artistry. Further, it explores how the social construction of art as 'art' introduces a tangled web of power asymmetries between 'art' and 'craft', between an 'artist' and an 'artisan', and between 'appreciation' and 'consumption', along with their implications for the articulation of market in particular and social relations in general. Since little has been written on this heritage hub beyond popular pamphlets, documents on town planning and travelogues, the book, written by authors from various fields, opens up cross-disciplinary conversations, situating itself at the interface between art history, sociology of aesthetics, politics and government, social history, cultural studies, social anthropology and archaeology. The book is aimed at a wide readership, including students, scholars, town planners, heritage preservationists, lawmakers and readers interested in heritage in general and Kumartuli in particular.

The Children's Film Foundation - History and Legacy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Robert Shail The Children's Film Foundation - History and Legacy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Robert Shail
R2,505 Discovery Miles 25 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From the 1950s to the 1980s the Children's Film Foundation made films for Saturday morning cinema clubs across the UK - entertaining and educating generations of British children. This first history of this much-loved organisation provides an overview of the CFF's films, interviews with key backstage personnel, and memories of audience members.

The Crowd [electronic Resource] - a Study of the Popular Mind (Hardcover): Gustave Le Bon, London Library S University College The Crowd [electronic Resource] - a Study of the Popular Mind (Hardcover)
Gustave Le Bon, London Library S University College
R900 Discovery Miles 9 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
German Universities - a Narrative of Personal Experience Together With Recent Statistical Information, Practical Suggestions,... German Universities - a Narrative of Personal Experience Together With Recent Statistical Information, Practical Suggestions, and a Comparison of the German, English and American Systems of Higher Education (Hardcover)
J M (James Morgan) 1839-1916 Hart
R1,040 Discovery Miles 10 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island (Hardcover): Howard Kroplick Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island (Hardcover)
Howard Kroplick; Foreword by Florence Ogg
R674 Discovery Miles 6 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Armenian Genocide - A Captivating Guide to the Massacre of the Armenians by the Turks of the Ottoman Empire (Hardcover):... The Armenian Genocide - A Captivating Guide to the Massacre of the Armenians by the Turks of the Ottoman Empire (Hardcover)
Captivating History
R721 R637 Discovery Miles 6 370 Save R84 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Light of Knowledge (Hardcover): Jeff Aupperle The Light of Knowledge (Hardcover)
Jeff Aupperle
R894 R766 Discovery Miles 7 660 Save R128 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Understanding Conflict and Change in a Multicultural World (Hardcover): H. Roy Kaplan Understanding Conflict and Change in a Multicultural World (Hardcover)
H. Roy Kaplan
R2,156 Discovery Miles 21 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Learning about the history of cultural conflict helps teachers reduce it in classrooms. This book shows our common origins and reviews sources of conflict in the former Yugoslavia, Northern Ireland, and the Middle East. It reveals how prejudice and stereotypes about racial and religious minorities create problems in our schools. Beginning with the human exodus out of Africa 60,000 years ago, tension arose among ethnic groups separated by geographic barriers. Changes in population, immigration, work and the role of religion are creating clashes in society and schools. Students from different cultural backgrounds are being thrown together as mass transportation and telecommunications shrink our world. Inclusive classrooms with respectful learning environments can be achieved when we identify the sources of tension that separate and divide us. Students are more alike than different. Knowing about our common origin and challenges will help teachers become more effective.

Annual Report of the New Jersey State Board of Education; 1870 (Hardcover): New Jersey State Board of Education, New Jersey... Annual Report of the New Jersey State Board of Education; 1870 (Hardcover)
New Jersey State Board of Education, New Jersey Superintendent of Public, New Jersey Dept of Education
R900 Discovery Miles 9 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Belgian Cookbook (Hardcover): Brian Luck The Belgian Cookbook (Hardcover)
Brian Luck
R791 Discovery Miles 7 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
From Young Braves to Mighty Warriors (Hardcover): Ron Bales From Young Braves to Mighty Warriors (Hardcover)
Ron Bales
R733 Discovery Miles 7 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Speedway (Hardcover): Jane Carroll Routte Speedway (Hardcover)
Jane Carroll Routte
R781 R686 Discovery Miles 6 860 Save R95 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society for the Year ..; v.49 (1918) (Hardcover): Royal Asiatic Society... Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society for the Year ..; v.49 (1918) (Hardcover)
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britai
R900 Discovery Miles 9 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The History of St. Louis Writers Guild (Hardcover): Brad R Cook The History of St. Louis Writers Guild (Hardcover)
Brad R Cook
R667 R610 Discovery Miles 6 100 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Black Manhood on the Silent Screen (Hardcover): Gerald R. Butters Black Manhood on the Silent Screen (Hardcover)
Gerald R. Butters
R1,420 Discovery Miles 14 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In early-twentieth-century motion picture houses, offensive stereotypes of African Americans were as predictable as they were prevalent. Watermelon eating, chicken thievery, savages with uncontrollable appetites, Sambo and Zip Coon were all representations associated with African American people. Most of these caricatures were rendered by whites in blackface.


Few people realize that from 1915 through 1929 a number of African American film directors worked diligently to counter such racist definitions of black manhood found in films like D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation, the 1915 epic that glorified the Ku Klux Klan. In the wake of the film's phenomenal success, African American filmmakers sought to defend and redefine black manhood through motion pictures.

Gerald Butters's comprehensive study of the African American cinematic vision in silent film concentrates on works largely ignored by most contemporary film scholars: African American-produced and -directed films and white independent productions of all-black features. Using these "race movies" to explore the construction of masculine identity and the use of race in popular culture, he separates cinematic myth from historical reality: the myth of the Euro American-controlled cinematic portrayal of black men versus the actual black male experience.

Through intense archival research, Butters reconstructs many lost films, expanding the discussion of race and representation beyond the debate about "good" and "bad" imagery to explore the construction of masculine identity and the use of race as device in the context of Western popular culture. He particularly examines the filmmaking of Oscar Micheaux, the most prolific and controversial of all African American silent film directors and creator of the recently rediscovered Within Our Gates-the legendary film that exposed a virtual litany of white abuses toward blacks.

"Black Manhood on the Silent Screen" is unique in that it takes contemporary and original film theory, applies it to the distinctive body of African American independent films in the silent era, and relates the meaning of these films to larger political, social, and intellectual events in American society. By showing how both white and black men have defined their own sense of manhood through cinema, it examines the intersection of race and gender in the movies and offers a deft interweaving of film theory, American history, and film history.


Mosley's Blackshirts - The Inside Story of the British Union of Fascists 1932-1940 (Hardcover): Jeffrey Hamm Mosley's Blackshirts - The Inside Story of the British Union of Fascists 1932-1940 (Hardcover)
Jeffrey Hamm
R752 Discovery Miles 7 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Trojans 1972 - An Immortal Team of Mortal Men (Hardcover): Bill Block Trojans 1972 - An Immortal Team of Mortal Men (Hardcover)
Bill Block
R802 Discovery Miles 8 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Bill Block's Trojans 1972: An Immortal Team of Mortal Men captures the story of 47- USC football players, beyond their glory days on campus and into their everyday lives as men. The 1972 Trojans are considered one of the greatest teams in the history of college football. They defeated Ohio State 42-17 in the 1973 Rose Bowl to complete an undefeated 12-0 season and were crowned national champions. Each chapter is a mini biography told through the eyes of each player. Each and every player from that '72 team whether as powerful as fullback Sam "Bam" Cunningham, as intellectually gifted as defensive back Marvin Cobb, or as massive as offensive lineman Pete Adams, eventually became one of us. A mortal. You'll find humor; you'll find sorrow; and you'll find football. Most of all you'll fi nd lessons about being mortal.

Scotland School for Veterans' Children - An Enduring Legacy (Paperback): Sarah Bair Scotland School for Veterans' Children - An Enduring Legacy (Paperback)
Sarah Bair
R544 R503 Discovery Miles 5 030 Save R41 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Exploring the Spatiality of the City across Cultural Texts - Narrating Spaces, Reading Urbanity (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020):... Exploring the Spatiality of the City across Cultural Texts - Narrating Spaces, Reading Urbanity (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Martin Kindermann, Rebekka Rohleder
R3,639 Discovery Miles 36 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Exploring the Spatiality of the City across Cultural Texts: Narrating Spaces, Reading Urbanity explores the narrative formations of urbanity from an interdisciplinary perspective. Within the framework of the "spatial turn," contributors from disciplines ranging from geography and history to literary and media studies theorize narrative constructions of the city and cities, and analyze relevant examples from a variety of discourses, media, and cities. Subdivided into six sections, the book explores the interactions of city and text-as well as other media-and the conflicting narratives that arise in these interactions. Offering case studies that discuss specific aspects of the narrative construction of Berlin and London, the text also considers narratives of urban discontinuity and their theoretical implications. Ultimately, this volume captures the narratological, artistic, material, social, and performative possibilities inherent in spatial representations of the city.

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