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What are the implications of comics for law? Tackling this question, On Comics and Legal Aesthetics explores the epistemological dimensions of comics and the way this once-maligned medium can help think about - and reshape - the form of law. Traversing...

In the late 1990s "Angels in America", Tony Kushner's epic play about homosexuality and AIDS in the Reagan era, toured the country, inspiring protests in a handful of cities while others received it warmly. Why do people fight over some works...

The photographer and reformer Jacob Riis once wrote, "I have seen an armful of daisies keep the peace of a block better than a policeman and his club." Riis was not alone in his belief that beauty could tame urban chaos, but are aesthetic experiences...

Few topics in 20th century history generate as much interest as the Spanish Civil War. These letter from the Abraham Lincoln Brigade take us back to a time when 2800 Americans took up arms and confronted Hitler's Condor Legion, Mussolini's Black Shirts,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789185639038Author Thomas WiczakFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Dokument PressPublisher Dokument ForlagWeight(grams) 700g

The art of the up-and-coming South African artist Candice Breitz draws on contemporary mass culture, devising new systems for understanding reality. Published in association with the Castello di Rivoli, this book documents Breitz's new work "Mother +...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937222291Author Jophen SteinFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Zero+ PublishingPublisher Zero+ PublishingWeight(grams) 362g

Record of Agarest War is an epic, multi-generational RPG where your decisions affect the power of future generations of heroes. Record of Agarest War 2: Heroines Visual Book collects the gorgeous artwork behind the newest installment in the Record of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606999387Author Jim BlanchardFormat HardbackPage Count 212Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781561634422Author Ted RallFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint NBM Publishing CompanyPublisher NBM Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 441g

Offers insight into the links between the development of print culture and the many dynamic strains of nationalism in dialogue during the Partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. How did inexpensive posters influence nationalism in the decades...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937222260Author Asad FaulwellFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint Zero+ PublishingPublisher Zero+ Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781584235781Author MokiFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Gingko Press, IncPublisher Gingko Press, Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781584235156Author Marci WashingtonFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Gingko Press, IncPublisher Gingko Press, IncWeight(grams) 952g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781584235002Author Sage VaughnFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Gingko Press, IncPublisher Gingko Press, IncWeight(grams) 469g

First published in 2000. This study explores the lives, educational philosophies, and social activism of Anna Julia Cooper and Nannie Helen Burroughs. They were among the most outstanding late 19th and early 20th century Black women educators. The study...

Author's previous titles include Specifying: Black Women Writing the American Experience (Routledge 1990)20 photographs include 11 specially commissionedCurrent interest in patterns of consumption in daily lifeAbout the AuthorSusan WillisBook...

This book brings together for the first time David Morley and Charlotte Brunsdon's classic texts, Everyday Television: Nationwide and The Nationwide Audience. Originally published in 1978 and 1980 these two research projects combine innovative textual...

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.About the AuthorStanley AronowitzBook InformationISBN 9781138179967Author Stanley AronowitzFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis...

Iain Chambers approaches the often overlooked details and textures of popular culture through a series of histories which show how it becomes continually remade as each of us defines our own urban space.About the AuthorIain ChambersBook InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780978873981Author Ian JohnsonFormat HardbackPage Count 60Imprint Paper Museum PressPublisher Paper Museum PressWeight(grams) 686g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780867196665Author Mike McGeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Last Gasp,U.S.Publisher Last Gasp,U.S.Weight(grams) 847g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780867196764Author Jeremy CushnerFormat HardbackPage Count 270Imprint Last Gasp,U.S.Publisher Last Gasp,U.S.Weight(grams) 1482g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780867197358Author David LarkinsFormat HardbackPage Count 116Imprint Last Gasp,U.S.Publisher Last Gasp,U.S.Weight(grams) 844g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780867197228Author Don GoedeFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Last Gasp,U.S.Publisher Last Gasp,U.S.Weight(grams) 359g

All societies are shaped by arts, media, and other persuasive practices that can awe, captivate, enchant or otherwise seem to cast a spell on the audience. Likewise, scholarship itself often is driven by a sense of wonder and a willingness to be open to...

Using a broad definition of the Durkheimian tradition, this book offers the first systematic attempt to explore the Durkheimians' engagement with art. It focuses on both Durkheim and his contemporaries as well as later thinkers influenced by his work...

This vivid art book spotlights 50 artists of the Newbrow art, pop surrealism movement with over 180 striking color photos of their work. Artists from across the US, Denmark, Germany, and Australia are featured. The images themselves are filled with...

Join little rot-rocker Pukeboy and graffiti artist Gumshoe as they search for Gumshoe's missing paintings in this second book from The Sweet Rot series. This lost art quest leads our two heroes through the vividly lush town of Pollilop Drop encountering...

Continuing the tradition of creating the next level of breathtaking pin-up girls in the modern world, internationally acclaimed photographer and pin-up artist Celeste Giuliano presents her classic style of pin-ups in stunning 3-D for the first time ever...

Drawing is not a crime! (TM) The bold and brash ARTtitude is back with another look at some of the most iconic and unusual artists of the moment. Representing countries as far-reaching and distinct as Colombia, Germany, Canada, Italy, France, and the U.S...

Panic envelops the residents of Pollilop Drop when Mystic Miz, using her crystal ball, foresees a purple apocalypse sweeping through the town. As she hurries to warn the other little rotters of this forthcoming purple meltdown, a few of the kids give...

Visit the lush, sugar-coated township of Pollilop Drop and follow the journey of one lil' rotter kid, Pukeboy, who struggles to overcome his fear of playing guitar in front of an audience. He seeks advice from other rot-pack kids. Creatively frustrated,...

As recent history continues to show, France and the United states enjoy a love-hate relationship. Expressions of admiration and dismissal of one culture by the other are usually based on superficial judgments derived from well-worn cliches that do little...

From bottle gardens, the bachelor pad and Batman to designer gnomes and monogamy spray, this book uses a diverse range of objects to explore the changing significance of kitsch. With its unique approach to its subject, Kitsch! Cultural politics and taste...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788120737396Author O P GhaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Sterling Publishers Pvt.LtdPublisher Sterling Publishers Pvt.LtdWeight(grams) 142g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894898799Author John SteilFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Heritage House Publishing Co LtdPublisher Heritage House Publishing Co LtdWeight(grams)...

In Latin America, where even today writing has remained a restricted form of expression, the task of generating consent and imposing the emergent nation-state as the exclusive form of the political, was largely conferred to the image. Furthermore, at the...

Using a broad definition of the Durkheimian tradition, this book offers the first systematic attempt to explore the Durkheimians' engagement with art. It focuses on both Durkheim and his contemporaries as well as later thinkers influenced by his work...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781959411321Author Jack BenderFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Girl Friday ProductionsPublisher Girl Friday Productions