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Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 1991
ISBN 10: 0719032229ISBN 13: 9780719032226
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. "Requiem per un campesino espanol" was first published under the title Mosen Millan in Coleccion Aquelarre,Mexico, 1953. The present text follows the first Spanish edition published by Destino, Barcelona, 1974, which bears a few minor variants, mainly in paragraph structure. It has been reprinted a number of times and translated into many languages and is one of the most widely read Spanish texts in the 20th century. This edition is aimed primarily at sixth-formers and university undergraduates and the introduction and notes have been compiled in the light of recent socio-politial topic-based syllabuses and communication studies courses. The inclusion in the introduction of a substantial section on the now out-of-print "Contraataque" (1937), the wartime narrative which contains the germ of the post-war novel, is intended to provide the student with a context for the study of the process in Sender's writing inspired by the Civil War - from explicit militant propaganda penned in the heat of battle to implicit poetic parable, historical emotion recollected in the comparative tranquillity and distance of exile. It is hoped that such a juxtaposition will illuminate both the content and literary achievement of "Requiem". -- . The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 2003
ISBN 10: 0719066719ISBN 13: 9780719066719
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This is the second of two anthologies designed to accompany the Open University course "From Enlightenment to Romanticism", an interdisciplinary exploration of the changes and transitions in European culture between 1780 and 1830. The collection of extracts in this anthology provides primary and secondary sources on changing landscapes, new forms of knowledge, new conceptions of art and the artist and the exotic and Oriential. Each selection is accompanied by a detailed introduction explaining the context and significance of the sources. Extracts in the anthology stimulate questions rather than provide reassuring answers and offer vital insights to the major events, movements and personalities of the time. -- . The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 1996
ISBN 10: 0719046874ISBN 13: 9780719046872
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Documentary is a controversial and important area of media production. The art of record is a fascinating insight into the function of documentary in film and television. Its attempts to depict reality, and to comment on it, have provoked disagreement from the 1920s to the present day. Recent debates about knowledge and representation, and about the changing character of public culture, have increased its interest and relevance. John Corner presents a clear overview of the theoretical issues and critical debates around documentary, and discusses the development of the main styles and approaches, including dramadocs and fly-on-the-wall. He also looks at the dual identity of work in documentary as both artefact and as reference. The book provides a valuable detailed analysis of specific examples of powerful documentary films and programmes such as Cathy Come Home, Life and Times of Rosie the Rivetter and When the Dog Bites. -- . The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 2000
ISBN 10: 0719050162ISBN 13: 9780719050169
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Makes a compelling argument about the increrased importance of political leaders and the changing style of leadership in Britain and the US. Introduces new concepts and backs them up with a convincing argument about the existence of a British 'presidency'. Completely up-to-date - the first convincing analysis of Tony Blair's leadership style. Locates the emergence of the New Labour project and its defining ideal of strong leadership within the context of Margaret Thatchers conviction politics and the dysfunctional premiership of John Major. Concludes that Blairs rise to power and his dominating presence in government represents a decisive precedent and the standard against which his competitors and successors will be judge. -- . The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 1997
ISBN 10: 0719050200ISBN 13: 9780719050206
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. It is the only guide to the subject written specifically for undergraduates. The authors draw upon many years of teaching experience in this field. The coverage is systematic, and the writing accessible. -- . The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 1998
ISBN 10: 0719050561ISBN 13: 9780719050565
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Politicians still call themselves socialists, conservatives and liberals, but among these groups exist very different understandings of what these terms represent. This new book provides a clear, comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the ideas and doctrines that have shaped, and will continue to shape, British politics. The first section of the book looks at different aspects of the wider context, the nature of political doctrines or ideologies and the role they play in politics in general. The main section of the book examines individual ideologies, broadly grouped into two categories of "mainstream" ideologies--conservatism, socialism, liberalism, and nationalism--and the "fringe"--namely the Greens, the far left and the far right. British democracy, economic policy and consensus, the nature of ideological thinking and its place in politics are also considered. Finally, a short section considers the future: what forces, such as globalization and postmodernity, will shape the further development of those doctrines which are part of British politics today? -- . The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 1996
ISBN 10: 0719043751ISBN 13: 9780719043758
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This play depicts a morally corrupt world where the desire for justice is contaminated by the obsession for revenge. The characters take pleasure in watching adultery, incest and murder. The play's chief moral spokesman, Vindice, is at the same time enamoured of and disgusted by, the luxury of the court. Locating the play in relation to the best recent criticism, and exploring its complexities with a contemporary eye, furthers the reputation of these comprehensive student editions. -- . The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 1995
ISBN 10: 071904393XISBN 13: 9780719043932
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. An invaluable introduction to popular film and the way in which it is studied, this book brings together the critical approaches and issues that have sought to define popular film from the 1950s to the present day. -- . The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 1991
ISBN 10: 0719030811ISBN 13: 9780719030819
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Paperback. Condition: Good. The Great Exhibition of 1851 has become a touchstone for the nineteenth century. The Crystal Palace produced a commodity world, an imperial spectacle, a picture of capitalism, a liberal dream, a vision of modern life. Historians have saturated the Great Exhibition with meanings. This collection of essays exposes how meaning has been produced around the Great Exhibition. It contains a series of critical readings of the official and popular historical record of the Exhibition. Critics and historians of art, culture, design and literature have been brought together to examine the objects, the images, the documents and the fictions of 1851. Their essays explore the determined use of industrial knowledge, the contested definitions of nation and colony, and the actual control of the space of the Crystal Palace after the Great Exhibition closed. The Great Exhibition of 1851 presents new interpretations of one of the most significant exhibitions in the nineteenth century and will be essential reading for anyone studying cultural history, design history, art history and literature. -- . The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 1997
ISBN 10: 071904359XISBN 13: 9780719043598
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. John Ford's tragedy, first printed in 1633, is the first major English play to take as its theme a subject still rarely handled: fulfilled incest between brother and sister. It is one of the most studied and performed of all plays of the period, and has been successfully adapted for film and radio. The Revels plays edition by Derek Roper has been the standard scholarly edition since it appeared in 1975. This new edition uses the same authoritative text, but with notes designed for modern undergraduate use. The substantial introduction has been completely rewritten to take account of the studies and new approaches of the last twenty years. It presents the play as an 'interrogative text', in which subversive meanings are inscribed within an apparently orthodox narrative; as a courageous treatment of forbidden love; and as an achieved work of Baroque art. -- . The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 1980
ISBN 10: 071900764XISBN 13: 9780719007644
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. "This excellent edition is most welcome. A select bibliography, a brief vocabulary, several footnotes to explain points of difficulty, fourteen long endnotes. and even the music of the songs, make the edition an extremely valuable and interesting volume, offering the reader the text of the play itself and important new insights into its structure, its significance and indeed its success." Professor Leo Hickey, 'Modern Languages' Bodas de sangre is arguably the best-known work by the most celebrated of all twentieth-century Spanish writers. A passionate story of family feud and tragic elopement is played out in the setting of a poor country village, building up to a dramatic ending full of the intensely poetic symbolism characteristic of Lorca. -- . The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 2004
ISBN 10: 0719066735ISBN 13: 9780719066733
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Key text for OU course: From Enlightenment to Romanticism. Provides primary and secondary sources on industry and changing landscapes, new forms of knowledge, new conceptions of art and the artist, and the exotic and the Oriental. Each selection is accompanied by a detailed introduction explaining the context and significance of the sources. Extracts in the anthology stimulate questions rather than providing reassuring answers, but provide vital insights to the major events, movements, and personalities of the time. Invaluable resource for all students of European culture in the period. -- . The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 2007
ISBN 10: 0719064139ISBN 13: 9780719064135
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Alfredo Bryce Echenique is one of the most widely-read and most widely translated Latin American authors of recent decades, yet this is the first critical edition that makes his work available to students of Hispanic literatures in the English-speaking world. Combining humour and informal language to explore adolescence in middle-class Peru, this edition provides ready points of engagement for young (and not-so-young) adults. The stories and main themes are explained and analysed through a critical introduction, comprehensive notes and vocabulary prepared by one of the leading international scholars of the authors work. Huerto cerrado offers an ideal point of entry to many of the key issues of contemporary Latin American literature, such as the concern with youth and popular culture, issues relating to sexuality, and challenges to dominant social and political structures. This edition offers insights not only into contemporary Peru and the relationship between that countrys society and its literature, but also the work of one of the continents outstanding literary voices. -- . The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 1988
ISBN 10: 0719022940ISBN 13: 9780719022944
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Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 1992
ISBN 10: 0719030676ISBN 13: 9780719030673
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This work argues that current approaches to pollution not only fail to deal with the challenge of existing and novel types of pollution, but also fail to take into account our changing understanding of its international scale and effects. The authors assert that the new politics of pollution is best understood within the framework of social learning theory and that policy developments need to be seen as attempts on the part of governments to learn how to cope with environmental problems. The problem is examined in an international context - some particular countries cited are the United States, Britain, Germany and the Netherlands. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 2001
ISBN 10: 0719058686ISBN 13: 9780719058684
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This work provides a wide-ranging review of the international and global consequences of advances in the science of biotechnology. It brings together experts in global conflict, international political economy, busines, ethics and gender to assess the impact of biotechnology on the political economy of agriculture, biodiversity, the environment and North-South relations as well as biological warfare. The diversity of biotechnology is matched by the diversity of its international impacts - and this in turn requires a broad expertise to make sense of the issues. There are three sections. The first considers the nature of the science itself, the normative questions rasied and the significance of gender responses. Following these broad issues, the second section addresses biotechnology in relation to international policial economy, trade and the environment, highlighting the politics of food and patents. The final section tackles the question of biological knowledge applied to weapons and the global responses. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester
ISBN 10: 0719038103ISBN 13: 9780719038105
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Aims to set out the detail of what social, political, economic and nationalistic factors are involved in Britain's integration with Europe. It asks what form that integration will take, looking behind the grand declarations of intent to the tedious technicality of the fine print. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 2008
ISBN 10: 0719078245ISBN 13: 9780719078248
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This poem-by-poem guide to Lorcas Romancero gitano was prompted by the need for some form of guidance to the overwhelming amount of critical material published on the book, the relative neglect or misunderstanding of certain poems and a concern to counter a recent tendency to eccentric interpretation. Herbert Ramsdens comprehensive collection of commentaries will be useful both for students and teachers and for the Lorca specialist. With each poem the author offers a brief introduction to relevant background material, a comprehensive commentary, a brief indication of interpretations notably different from his own and a select critical bibliography. In a more general bibliography, the author lists a number of translations of Romancero gitano into English and a selection of commentary-based studies. The great diversity and allusive richness of Lorcas poetic masterpiece demands more space than a compact student edition allows, and all serious students of Romancero gitano will want to use Herbert Ramsdens Eighteen commentaries alongside his simultaneously-published edition of the text. -- . The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 1993
ISBN 10: 071903759XISBN 13: 9780719037597
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The British love of sport is legendary. In this lively and stimulating book Derek Birley looks at the part it played in shaping British society. The book traces the development of sporting conventions from medieval chivalry to modern notions of sportsmanship and fair play. Particular sports from hunting and the tournament to ball-games and athletics are shown against the social background of the emerging nation. The first laws of favourite pastimes such as horse-racing, cricket and boxing were devised by the privileged for gambling purposes, but were enthusiastically followed by the lower orders for pleasure and profit. Amongst the topics explored are the changing fortunes and fashions in field sports, 'gentlemen and players' in cricket, the public school games cult, purity in amateur rowing, the urban middle-class discovery of lawn tennis and golf, and the 'north-south divide' in football. These social issues are cross-threads in the theme of sport's influence on national identity, patriotism and imperialism in the making of Britain. Remarkable in its scope and in its linking of sport to the changing social political scene, this is a splendidly readable history. -- . The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 2004
ISBN 10: 0719067359ISBN 13: 9780719067358
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. During the nineteenth century medicine underwent a radical transformation. In 1800, the body was still understood in terms of humors and fluids, and a wide range of individuals provided medical care. Institutions were marginal to the medical enterprise, and governments took almost no part in providing medical services. By 1930 a recognisably modern medicine had begun to emerge across Europe. New understandings of the body opened up surgery and treatments, and hospitals became centres for care, research and training. In Medicine transformed, original essays by established scholars in the social history of medicine explore these developments and examine topics such as the military and colonial medicine, the role of women and access to care. The essays provide an accessible introduction to the subject, setting nineteenth and early twentieth-century medicine in its political, cultural, intellectual and economic contexts. Medicine transformed is complemented by a companion volume of primary and secondary readings: Health, disease and society in Europe, 1800-1930: A source book. -- . The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 2005
ISBN 10: 0719057957ISBN 13: 9780719057953
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 'Parliament Today' is an up-to-date textbook, explaining Parliament's historical and constitutional context but focusing on how it operates in modern Britain and how it might be reformed. It looks at parliamentary government in theory and practice, drawing widely on academic research and making extensive use of Parliament's own records. Themes and concepts are illustrated by historical, recent and contemporary examples. Where appropriate, comparisons are made with practice in other countries. Parliament is treated as a single political institution, at the same time drawing out the similarities and differences between Commons and Lords. Boxes set out themes and concepts, figures illustrate the physical layout and tables provide detailed information on Parliament's operation. 'Parliament Today' is intended for students of politics from A-level to final year undergraduates, but also for anyone interested in what Parliament does and how it works. -- . The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 2011
ISBN 10: 0719086566ISBN 13: 9780719086564
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The proclamation by the United Nations that 2012 would be the International Year of Co-operatives represents a milestone in the history of the international co-operative movement. It reflects the growth and renewal of co-operatives globally during the past decade and a half, whether the focus is on financial co-operatives in Britain or producer co-operatives across Africa. Co-operatives have proved resilient in the wake of the global financial crisis of 2008-9 compared to the investor led business and financial companies which have been found profoundly wanting, financially and morally. The contributions to The Hidden Alternative demonstrate that co-operation offers a real and much needed alternative for the organisation of human economic and social affairs, one that should establish its place at the forefront of public and academic discussion and policy making. The book includes chapters on education, fair trade, politics and governance, planning and sustainability and on how co-operatives have coped with the global economic crisis. -- . The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 2000
ISBN 10: 0719054621ISBN 13: 9780719054624
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A systematic and comprehensive study of the early performance of New Labour in power. It brings together the results of a co-ordinated research initiative underway in the Department of Government at the University of Manchester, charting the developing relationship between election promise and government policy across the whole sweep of New Labour's manifesto agenda. Each chapter examines New Labour's initial comments, charts opening policy moves, and traces policy trajectories in each major department of state; so generating a comprehensive audit of New Labour's electoral fidelity and an academically-informed assessment of New Labour's likely policy trajectory though its first period of office. -- . The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 1984
ISBN 10: 0719010926ISBN 13: 9780719010927
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 1996
ISBN 10: 0719045967ISBN 13: 9780719045967
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Concerns about the effects of television on young children are a recurrent focus of public controversy. Yet amid all the anxiety, children's voices are rarely heard. In this book, one of Britain's leading television researchers investigates children's own perspectives on what they find frightening, moving and upsetting. From Nightmare on Elm Street to My Girl, from The Colour Purple to The News at Ten, what children find upsetting is often difficult to predict. David Blackburn gives a detailed insight into children's responses to horror films, to weepies and soap operas, to news and to reality programmes. He looks at how they learn to cope with their feelings about such material, and how their parents help or hinder them in doing so. This study offers a new approach to studying the role of television in children's lives, and should be of interest to parents and teachers, as well as policy makers and educationalists. -- . The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 2001
ISBN 10: 0719057221ISBN 13: 9780719057229
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Energetically places modern British drama and contemporary critical and cultural theory in dialogue, demonstrating how theory allows fresh insights into familiar plays. Each chapter pairs a well-known play from the post-war period with a classic theory text, the theoretical text is not simply applied to the dramatic one: instead, the play and the theoretical text reflect on each other in a mutual illumination. Examples include: So Look Back in Anger is read by and reads Lacans Signification of the Phallus Pinters The Homecoming is made uncanny with Freud Stoppards Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead finds affinities with Lyotards The Postmodern Condition Timberlake Wertenbakers Our Countrys Good agrees and disagrees with Edward Said Sarah Kanes Blasted thinks through trauma with Shoshana Felman. In each case, the theoretical position is explained lucidly and economically. The result is a series of new interpretations not only of the plays, but of the theoretical texts, which take on new relevance when linked with modern British drama. The first textbook of its kind, linking contemporary drama with critical and cultural theory. -- . The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Manchester Univ Press, United Kingdom, 1999
ISBN 10: 0719054044ISBN 13: 9780719054044
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Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 1990
ISBN 10: 0719016304ISBN 13: 9780719016301
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Paperback. Condition: Good. An annotated edition of an important Jacobean comedy, which is currently receiving greater attention from critics and on stage because the leading character is based on a famous personality of the time, Moll Cutpurse. The history of Moll Cutpurse and its subsequent influence on the women's movement and feminist concerns make this book relevant to women's study courses and this is edition incorporates variant readings found in only one copy of the quarto. -- . The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 1991
ISBN 10: 0719005566ISBN 13: 9780719005565
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.
Published by Manchester University Press, United Kingdom, Manchester, 1990
ISBN 10: 0719028272ISBN 13: 9780719028274
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Proclamations were frequently made early in the 1980s about the end of the youth culture and the new conformism. Adulthood was in as were postmodernism, flaunting material success and the enterprise culture and the music became safe along with the culture. This book offers an alternative perspective on popular music and youth culture in the 1980s and beyond. Based on interviews with disc jockeys, record magnates, musicians, producers and fans, it describes and analyzes the shift for New Pop in the early 1980s to what it calls Political Pop in the mid-late 1980s. This movement involved a change in pop thinking, a move from an obsession with style, packaging and synthetic sounds to content, socially conscious lyrics and a new rock-oriented authenticity. However spurious and uneven this move, pop and rock definitions and their use changed dramatically during the decade as the rightward surge in social fields gathered pace. The book shows how the pop media formation of Political Pop in turn produced its own deviant offspring, Post-Political Pop. Steve Redhead's analysis is completed by a representative discography and bibliography. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.