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La Marca Editora Visual
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Melissa Publishing House Leksiko Hellenon Kallitechnon Tomos 1: Zographoi,
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£999.99
Melissa Publishing House Leksiko Hellenon Kallitechnon Tomos 2: Zographoi,
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£999.99
Melissa Publishing House Leksiko Hellenon Kallitechnon Tomos 4: Zographoi,
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£999.99
Melissa Publishing House Leksiko Hellenon Kallitechnon Tomos 3: Zographoi,
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£999.99
Kapon Editions STONE RELIEFS AND STONEMASONS FROM WEST THESSALY
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£20.90
Wooden Books Sacred Geometry
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Insight Editions Harry Potter Owl Post Super Valentines
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£15.65
Liverpool University Press Entangled Otherness: Cross-gender Fabrications in
Book SynopsisEntangled Otherness explores the dynamics of cross-dressing and gender performance in contemporary francophone Caribbean cultures through a range of visual and textual media. Original in its comparative focus on the islands of Haiti, Martinique, Guadeloupe and their diasporic communities in France, this study reveals how opaque strategies of crossing, mimicry and masquerade have enabled resistance to the racialised, gendered and patriarchal classifications of bodies that characterized Enlightenment thought during the French transatlantic slave trade. It engages with archival texts of pre-revolutionary Haiti to offer a historical understanding of current constructions of Caribbean gender most influenced by French colonial legacies. The author argues that cross-dressing, as a form of ‘self-fabrication’, complicates inherently entangled colonial binaries of identity and resists France’s paternalistic gaze. The book’s multidisciplinary approach to gender analysis weaves a dialogue between cross-cultural voices garnered from textual and historical analysis, ethnographic interviews and theoretical insight to foreground the continued need to decolonize Eurocentric readings of gender identity in the francophone and creolophone islands, and the Caribbean region more generally. Works of art, film, photography, carnival, performance, and dress, including depictions of fluid identities in the binary-resistant Afro-Creole religion of Vodou, are examined using contemporary performance, gender and social theory from within the region. Entangled Otherness thus makes a unique and timely contribution to the growing body of knowledge and debate in the areas of gender, sexuality and the body in Caribbean Studies.Trade Review'[Entangled Otherness] conducts a courageous inquiry into “gender” in Guadeloupe, Haiti, and Martinique [...] With such seemingly divergent disciplinary agendas, the book’s extreme originality is to contextualize analyses of gendered identities, using oral history, discourse analysis, and ethnography to better shape the contours of decolonializing a misrepresentation of gender dynamics in the Caribbean islands that have been, at least explicitly, the most influenced by French colonial legacies.'Alessandra Benedicty-Kokken, CUNY'Charlotte Hammond’s groundbreaking interdisciplinary research has produced a monumental book on mimicry and masquerade.'Rachel Douglas, University of GlasgowReviews 'Hammond weaves (if I might permit myself such a metaphor) an elaborate web of connections that create a network, indeed a mapping, of the various intersectionalities under consideration. Rather than overworking a wordplay that might seem to lack a correspondingly rich conceptual content, this semantic wealth instead matches the intricacy of the book’s readings and theorizations.' Jarrod Hayes, Bulletin of Francophone Postcolonial StudiesTable of ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTSA NOTE ON TRANSLATIONSINTRODUCTIONCHAPTER ONE: Costuming Colonial Resistance in the New WorldCHAPTER TWO: Fanmi se dra: Cross-gender Fabrications of Identity in Des hommes et des dieuxCHAPTER THREE: Visual Détours: Refracting the Blan Female Gaze in Haitian VodouCHAPTER FOUR: Spectatorial TravestismeCHAPTER FIVE: Dressed to Kill: Opacity and Masquerade in Claire Denis’s J’ai pas sommeilCONCLUSION: Past Scripts, Future VisionsWORKS CITED
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Arc Humanities Press Inclusive Curating in Contemporary Art: A
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AUP - Arc Humanities Press The PreModern Manuscript Trade and its
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£175.79
AUP - Arc Humanities Press The Economics of the Manuscript and Rare Book
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£29.66
Luath Press Ltd Demarcos Scotland
Book SynopsisDiscover the essence of Scotland's cultural brilliance with Demarco's Scotland, an immersive journey into the heart of one of the world's most captivating nations. Experience the richness of Scottish identity, woven with threads of history, art and tradition.This, the compelling sequel to Demarco's Edinburgh, is where the soul of Scotland is laid bare through the eyes of Richard Demarco and Roddy Martine. Explore the profound connections between art, culture and history as you trace Scotland's evolution from ancient pilgrimage routes to modern-day artistic endeavours.Whether you are a seasoned Scot or a newcomer to its shores, Demarco's Scotland is a celebration of the country's enduring spirit and timeless quest for meaning. The perfect read for Festival enthusiasts, cultural explorers and history buffs.
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Columbia University Press Shifting Shorelines
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Trolley Books Mario Tauchi Mariomandala Colouring Book
Book SynopsisMario Tauchi is a Japanese artist based in Tokyo. He grew up observing the forms of nature in a rural area of Saitama, surrounded by plants, trees, and living creatures. He was also fascinated by religious art, tribal art, street art, and psychedelic art while he spent his childhood and youth in Paris, Melbourne and Philadelphia. All of those shaped the foundation of his style and thoughts. In addition to creating art, he works in publishing as a translator and a writer. He started creating art in 2001, when he was 28 years old. Mario also works as a performance artist, and has performed in London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, and in various parts of Japan. He often collaborates with musicians, poets and other performance artists. Recently, he has exhibited at galleries in Japan and abroad, including his solo exhibition "MARIO" at CADAN Yurakucho (2022), and in the past, he was in charge of the mural project "Wishing for the realization of Keith's wish for peace" at
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The University Press of Kentucky The Evolution of the Gospelettes
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£36.00
De Gruyter Sich mit Sammlungen anlegen: Gemeinsame Dinge und
Book SynopsisSich mit Sammlungen anlegen untersucht das Thema des Sammelns aus einer kritischen Perspektive, die bisherige Vorstellungen von Museen und Archiven hinterfragt und erweitert. Ausgangspunkt sind Reklamationen, die bestehende Ausschlüsse und Zuschreibungen in Sammlungen adressieren; dann werden diverse Sammlungsstrategien neu gedacht. Es gilt das Sammeln gegen den Trend zu medienwirksamen Ausstellungen und zur Ökonomisierung von Sammlungen wieder wichtig zu nehmen, um es im Hinblick auf Demokratisierung, Vermittlung, Relationalität und Immaterialität anders zu denken und langfristig zu verankern. Neben theoretischen Texten und künstlerischen Beiträgen umfasst die Publikation schlaglichtartige Erörterungen: Statements von Sammlungsmacherinnen und -machern, die Sammlungen anlegen – und sich zugleich mit ihnen anlegen.
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De Gruyter Dance Spreads Its Wings: Israeli Concert Dance
Book SynopsisWhy did dance and dancing became important to the construction of a new, modern, Jewish/Israeli cultural identity in the newly formed nation of Israel? There were questions that covered almost all spheres of daily life, including “What do we dance?” because Hebrew or Eretz-Israeli dance had to be created out of none. How and why did dance develop in such a way? Dance Spreads Its Wings is the first and only book that looks at the whole picture of concert dance in Israel studying the growth of Israeli concert dance for 90 years—starting from 1920, when there was no concert dance to speak of during the Yishuv (pre-Israel Jewish settlements) period, until 2010, when concert dance in Israel had grown to become one of the country’s most prominent, original, artistic fields and globally recognized. What drives the book is the impulse to create and the need to dance in the midst of constant political change. It is the story of artists trying to be true to their art while also responding to the political, social, religious, and ethnic complexities of a Jewish state in the Middle East.
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De Gruyter Gifts from Jerusalem Jews to the Austro-Hungarian
Book SynopsisPresentations of offerings to the emperor-king on anniversaries of his accession became an important imperial ritual in the court of Franz Joseph I. This book explores for the first time the identity constructions of Orthodox Jewish communities in Jerusalem as expressed in their gifts to the Austro-Hungarian Kaisers at the time of dramatic events. It reveals how the beautiful gifts, their dedications, and their narratives, were perceived by gift-givers and recipients as instruments capable of acting upon various social, cultural and political processes. Lily Arad describes in a captivating manner the historical narratives of the creation and presentation of these gifts. She analyzes the iconography of these gifts as having transformative effect on the self-identification of the Jewish communities and examines their reception by the Kaisers and in the Austrian and the Palestinian Jewish press. This groundbreaking book unveils Jewish cultural and political strategies aimed to create local Eretz-Israel identities, demonstrating distinct positive communal identification which at times expressed national sentiments and at the same time preserved European identification.
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De Gruyter Konzeptionen zeitgenössischer Kunst
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Tredition Gmbh Die Lichtschreiberin: Wie Fotografieren mein
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£24.50
Reimer, Dietrich Licht Natur Melancholie
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Hansebooks Die deutschen Maler-Radirer des 19. Jahrhunderts:
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Books on Demand United Buddy Bears im Tierpark Berlin
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£25.17
Books on Demand Schpelleoomnd: Oole Schnurrn nuuwe un nuuwe
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Hirmer Zigi BenHaim
Book SynopsisZigi Ben-Haim is a painter and sculptor who works with aluminum, wire mesh, burlap, newsprint, and unconventional materials. His constant reinvention gives his work a dynamic and powerful vibration that sparks curiosity in its viewers and never fails to surprise. The creative essence of Ben-Haim's work lies in balancing the tension between opposites, keeping the work exciting while constantly introducing new materials and images. He finds ways to introduce new personal, natural, and urban environments to highlight his direct and unpredictable concepts. Observing his paintings, sculptures, or drawings on paper, one can feel the movement of the colors that are inspired from our natural world. His art is a blend of recycled materials and profound symbolism, inviting viewers to explore the layers of meaning in each piece. Including 175 color images, this book explores Ben-Haim's five decades as a global artist.
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Prestel Poor Artists
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Schwabe Form- Und Gestaltungslehre / Unendliche
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Schwabe Handbuch Der Geographie: Erganzungsband Mit Einer
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£152.95
Schwabe Verlagsgruppe AG Basler Goldschmiedekunst: Katalog Der Werke
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Schwabe Verlagsgruppe AG Die Aura Des Seriellen
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Schwabe Verlagsgruppe AG Schwabe Verlag Shifting Horizons: A Line and Its Movement in
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Schwabe Verlag Basel Vincentiusfreundliche Schweiz
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Schwabe Verlag Basel Heidi Pinocchio und der Tod
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Logos Verlag Berlin Da Wurde Der Wunsch Zur Begierde: Uber
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Iudicium Verlag Ernst Grosse
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Vero Verlag Führer durch die Konzertmusik
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Spectormag GbR Henry Martin An Active Ear
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£30.60
Hartmann Books Stages
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Pagïs Editors, S.L. La pintura dels Osona una cruïlla dhispanismes
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Leiden University Press The Exposition of Artistic Research: Publishing
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£38.25
Manohar Publishers and Distributors Indian Serpent-Lore or the Nagas in Hindu Legend
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£55.99
Valiz Commonism: A New Aesthetics of the Real
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£21.38
The Chinese University Press Art and Politics in China, 1949-1984
Book SynopsisThis book examines the complex relationship between art and politics in the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1984. It focuses in particular on three important aspects of this relationship - the organizational structure of China's art establishment, the ideological scheme that set the guidelines for all art work, and the use of political movements or campaigns to ensure that artists complied with the official policy.
£26.21
Brepols Publishers The Royal Albert Hall
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£89.30
De Gruyter Annaberg Marienberg Potosí
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£81.00
Bod Third Party Titles In the footsteps of German culture and identity
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£25.64
tredition Vom Sturm zur Stille
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