Humanities & Culture
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Writing Around the Ancient Mediterranean: Practices and Adaptations [eBook (PDF)]
Philippa M. Steele(Editor); Philip J. Boyes(Editor)
£0.00ISBN: 9781789258523
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Contexts of and Relations between Early Writing Systems (CREWS)
Volume: 6
Writing in the ancient Mediterranean existed against a backdrop of very high levels of interaction and contact. In the societies around its shores, writing was a dynamic practice that could serve many purposes – from a tool used by elites to... .... Learn More -
Art in the Archaeological Imagination [Paperback]
Dragos Gheorghiu (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789253528
Published by : Oxbow Books
The present volume shows the archaeological thinking as a form of art, revealing the poetics of the archaeological imagination. It shows that, in their work, archaeologists, without being inspired by contemporary artists, use creative methods, and... .... Learn More -
Making the invisible visible: Reclaiming women’s agency in Swedish film history and beyond [Paperback]
Ingrid Stigsdotter (Author)
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ISBN: 9789188661852
Published by : Nordic Academic Press
To describe women in film history as "invisible" may seem strange as throughout film history, women on the silver screen have given audiences their version of what it is to be a woman. And as film stars they have always been associated with the gl... .... Learn More -
Puspika: Tracing Ancient India Through Texts and Traditions: Contributions to Current Research in Indology [Paperback]
Heleene De Jonckheere (Editor); Marie-Hélène Gorisse (Editor); Agnieszka Rostalska (Editor)
£38.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781789252828
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Puspika: Tracing Ancient India through Texts and Traditions
Volume: 5
This volume is the outcome of the Ninth International Indology Graduate Research Symposium held at Ghent University in September 2017, the fifth publication of proceedings from this series of symposiums. Like previous volumes, the current edition ... .... Learn More -
Archaeology in the PPG16 Era: Investigations in England 1990–2010 [eBook (PDF)]
Timothy Darvill(Editor); Kerry Barrass(Editor); Vanessa Constant(Editor); Ehren Milner(Editor); Bronwen Russell(Editor)
£0.00ISBN: 9781789255522
Published by : Oxbow Books
The Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP), funded by English Heritage, systematically collected information about the nature and outcomes of more than 86,000 archaeological projects undertaken between 1990 and 2010. This volume looks at the ... .... Learn More -
Bodies of Clay: On Prehistoric Humanised Pottery [Paperback]
Heiner Schwarzberg (Editor); Valeska Becker (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785706967
Published by : Oxbow Books
Since the earliest use of pottery, vessels have been associated with both the general shape and specific parts of the human body. The production of human-shaped pottery might be understood as one element of the spectrum of figural art in prehistor... .... Learn More -
Welcome Home Mr Swanson: Swedish Emigrants and Swedishness on Film [Paperback]
Ann-Kristin Wallengren (Author)
£31.95Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9789187675119
Published by : Nordic Academic Press
Between 1840 and 1940, over one million people emigrated from Sweden to America. The fact that so many chose to leave to seek a better life across the Atlantic was a major trauma for the Swedish nation. Filmmakers were not slow to pick up on an ex... .... Learn More -
Tracking Discourses: Politics, Identity & Social Change [Hardback]
Annika Egan Sjölander (Editor)
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ISBN: 9789185509393
Published by : Nordic Academic Press
Discourse Theory (DT) and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) are theoretical traditions that have gained intense research interest in recent decades. Both are concerned with critical studies of politics, identity, and social change with a focus on ... .... Learn More -
Swedish Film: An Introduction & Reader [Paperback]
Mariah Larsson (Editor)
£34.95Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9789185509362
Published by : Nordic Academic Press
The Editors give a wide and yet concise presentation of the history of Swedish film through carefully selected articles by Swedish and international film scholars. The book draws upon a rich tradition of research on Swedish cinema, and it offers a... .... Learn More -
Environment and Aggregate-Related Archaeology [Paperback]
Tony Brown (Author)
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ISBN: 9781905223022
Published by : Oxbow Books
This volume provides a synthetic review of the background and archaeology that has emerged through archaeological interventions associated with the quarrying of sand, gravel, and rock for aggregates. The book covers all periods from the Lower ... .... Learn More
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