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Visual Culture

Visual Culture

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Contributors: Malcolm Barnard; Andrew Barry; Roy Boyne; James Donald; Dick Hebdige; Ian Heywood; Chris Jenks; Justin Lorentzen; David Morley; John O' Neill; Michael Phillipson; Don Slater; John Smith. Chris Jenks is Head of the ...
Subculture: The Fragmentation of the Social

Subculture: The Fragmentation of the Social

Chris Jenks

This illuminating book, which explores the idea of subcultures, traces the concept back to the works of Tonnies and Durkheim. Jenks also analyses subcultures in American urban sociology and criminology.
Childhood

Childhood

Chris Jenks

Best-selling author David Bohm suggests that collective thought and knowledge have become so automated that we are in large part controlled by them, with a subsequent loss of authenticity, freedom and order.
Transgression

Transgression

Chris Jenks

The second half of the book looks at transgression in action in the East End myth of the Kray twins, in Artaud's theatre of cruelty, the spectacle of the Situationists and Bakhtin's analysis of carnival.
Patriot-improvers: 1768

Patriot-improvers: 1768

Whitfield Jenks Bell

Whitfield Jenks Bell. proved "that popular diseases depend on the vicissitudes of the seasons, which every person will in the course of a few years be convinced of , if he applyes himself to such observations." Huxham presented Chalmers' ...
It's a Scandal!: And Other Sketches

It's a Scandal!: And Other Sketches

Derek Haylock

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Urban Culture: Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural ...

Urban Culture: Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural ...

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Source: Chris Jenks, Visual Culture, London: Routledge, l995, pp. l42-l60. Reggie Kray reminiscing about the criminal geography of the l950s and l960s told us that: London being made up of so many areas enabled villains to have what they ...
Master-Servant Childhood: A History of the Idea of Childhood ...

Master-Servant Childhood: A History of the Idea of Childhood ...

P. Ryan

The challenge continued with efforts by Alan Prout,Allison James, Chris Jenks, Jens Qvortrup,Nick Lee, Martin ... Pugh, Longing and Belonging: Parents, Children, and Consumer Culture (Berkeley, CA:University of California Press, 2009).
Science and Society in Early America: Essays in Honor of ...

Science and Society in Early America: Essays in Honor of ...

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Essays in Honor of Whitfield J. Bell, Jr Randolph Shipley Klein Whitfield Jenks Bell ... a naturalized American citizen in 1861. Whitfield Jenks Bell, Jr., has at least one personal reason 393 Louis Agassiz as an Early Embryologist in America.
The Practitioner's Credo: 10 Keys to a Successful ...

The Practitioner's Credo: 10 Keys to a Successful ...

John B. Mattingly

Any employee who thinks he or she has been the victim of sexual harassment should report promptly the alleged discrimination to Dr. John Mattingly, Dr. Chris Mattingly, or Dr. Chris Howell. Dr. John Mattingly, Dr. Chris Mattingly, or Dr. Chris  ...
Chris Matthews Complete Library E-book Box Set: Tip and the ...

Chris Matthews Complete Library E-book Box Set: Tip and the ...

Chris Matthews

Praise for Chris Matthews and Hardball “The best in the business!” —Thomas P. “ Tip” O'Neill, Jr. “Brilliant! God may take care of fools, drunks and the United States , but Chris Matthews has the goods on how Washington politicians take care of ...
The Body of Chris: A Memoir of Obsession, Addiction, and Madness

The Body of Chris: A Memoir of Obsession, Addiction, and Madness

Chris Cole

Body of Chris is the story of one man s struggle with mental illness and his fight against the delusion that he was the second coming of Christ."
Chris Matthews on Politics E-book Box Set: Hardball, Now, ...

Chris Matthews on Politics E-book Box Set: Hardball, Now, ...

Chris Matthews

PRAISE FOR CHRIS MATTHEWS'S PREVIOUS WORKS Hardball “Every so often a writer reads a book so incisive and so good that when he finally puts it down he says, 'Damn, I wish I had written this.' I just finished Chris Matthews's Hardball.
A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex

A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex

Chris Jericho

The controversial story of Chris Jericho, the former undisputed Heavyweight Champion of WWE. From the age of eight, Chris dreamed of becoming a wrestler. But it wasn't until he was 25 that he hit the big time.
Chris Carter at Large: Stories from a lifetime in motorcycle ...

Chris Carter at Large: Stories from a lifetime in motorcycle ...

Chris Carter

... up and looked over my shoulder and said “No, no Chris, a total will do. It's only a game.” As time went on I perhaps took him too much at his word. I was joined by a great lad from Shropshire called Peter Simcock who became my assistant.
A Sojourn Among the Avatars of Wisdom

A Sojourn Among the Avatars of Wisdom

Dudley Mecum

The falconer's horse guides Chris's steed in tandem along the wide field of the King's Court. Soon Chris spots the wizard alongside a stranger. When Chris approaches within earshot, the sage says, “You can dismount here. My acquaintance ...
Chris Powell's Choose More, Lose More for Life

Chris Powell's Choose More, Lose More for Life

Chris Powell

Been carb-cycling but need to shake things up? This book provides four different cycles--Easy, Classic, Turbo, and Fit--to help you find a plan that fits you. Chris also understands that weight loss plateaus when we get bored.
Fire Star

Fire Star

Chris d'Lacey

Another fantastic adventure in NY TIMES bestselling author Chris d'Lacey's dragon saga! In the thrilling third book in Chris d'Lacey's popular series, David Rain is faced with a perilous task.
Chris-Craft in the 1950s

Chris-Craft in the 1950s

Jack Savage

to gain an understanding of not only what characteristics made the boats popular, but also how Chris-Craft could improve them — and build them more cost- effectively, of course. Two products helped Chris-Craft do just that. Reaching back to ...
Before You Know Kindness

Before You Know Kindness

Chris Bohjalian

With this shattering moment of violence, Chris Bohjalian launches the best kind of literate page-turner: suspenseful, wryly funny, and humane. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Chris Bohjalian's The Light in the Ruins.
What It Means to Be a Buckeye: Urban Meyer and Ohio State's ...

What It Means to Be a Buckeye: Urban Meyer and Ohio State's ...

Jeff Snook

That reminds me of the greatest players I played with: Chris Spielman and Cris Carter. Chris Spielman's hard work and dedication was second to none. I remember Chris, as a freshman in the Rose Bowl game against USC, flipping over a ...
Mac Hacks: Tips & Tools for Unlocking the Power of OS X ...

Mac Hacks: Tips & Tools for Unlocking the Power of OS X ...

Chris Seibold

Tips & Tools for Unlocking the Power of OS X Mountain Lion Chris Seibold. Mac Hacks Chris Seibold O'REILLY® Beijing - Cambridge - Farnham - K6|n - Sebastopol - Tokyo Mac Hacks by Chris Seibold Copyright © 2013 Chris Seibold.

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