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Fashion: A Very Short Introduction

Fashion: A Very Short Introduction  

Rebecca Arnold

Print Publication Year: 
Oct 2009
Published Online: 
Sep 2013
eISBN: 
9780191777318
DOI: 
10.1093/actrade/9780199547906.001.0001
Item type: 
book
ISBN: 
9780199547906
Fashion: A Very Short Introduction presents fashion's myriad influences and manifestations. Fashion is a dynamic global industry that plays an important role in the economic, ... More
Film Noir: A Very Short Introduction

Film Noir: A Very Short Introduction  

James Naremore

Print Publication Year: 
Feb 2019
Published Online: 
Feb 2019
eISBN: 
9780191834035
DOI: 
10.1093/actrade/9780198791744.001.0001
Item type: 
book
ISBN: 
9780198791744
Film noir is usually associated with a series of darkly seductive Hollywood thrillers from the 1940s and 1950s—shadowy, black-and-white pictures about private eyes, femme fatales, outlaw ... More
Humour: A Very Short Introduction

Humour: A Very Short Introduction  

Noël Carroll

Print Publication Year: 
Jan 2014
Published Online: 
Jan 2014
eISBN: 
9780191779886
DOI: 
10.1093/actrade/9780199552221.001.0001
Item type: 
book
ISBN: 
9780199552221
Humour: A Very Short Introduction considers the relation of humour to emotion and cognition, explores the value of humour in its social functions, and examines the leading ... More
Identity: A Very Short Introduction

Identity: A Very Short Introduction  

Florian Coulmas

Print Publication Year: 
Feb 2019
Published Online: 
Feb 2019
eISBN: 
9780191867033
DOI: 
10.1093/actrade/9780198828549.001.0001
Item type: 
book
ISBN: 
9780198828549
The term identity is used ubiquitously, but rarely explained. What exactly is identity? Identity: A Very Short Introduction provides a survey of the many faces of the concept of identity, ... More
Modern Brazil: A Very Short Introduction

Modern Brazil: A Very Short Introduction  

Anthony W. Pereira

Print Publication Year: 
Sep 2020
Published Online: 
Sep 2020
eISBN: 
9780191850097
DOI: 
10.1093/actrade/9780198812081.001.0001
Item type: 
book
ISBN: 
9780198812081
Modern Brazil: A Very Short Introduction provides an account of modern Brazil, covering some of the major features of the country’s transformation. Brazil is alternately ... More
Modern Italy: A Very Short Introduction

Modern Italy: A Very Short Introduction  

Anna Cento Bull

Print Publication Year: 
Oct 2016
Published Online: 
Oct 2016
eISBN: 
9780191793332
DOI: 
10.1093/actrade/9780198726517.001.0001
Item type: 
book
ISBN: 
9780198726517
Modern Italy: A Very Short Introduction addresses the question of what modernity means to Italy and explores the extent to which modernity still represents a shared vision ... More
Pilgrimage: A Very Short Introduction

Pilgrimage: A Very Short Introduction  

Ian Reader

Print Publication Year: 
Apr 2015
Published Online: 
Apr 2015
eISBN: 
9780191787577
DOI: 
10.1093/actrade/9780198718222.001.0001
Item type: 
book
ISBN: 
9780198718222
Pilgrimage is found in most religious cultures and pilgrimage sites around the world—including Mecca in Saudi Arabia, Lourdes in France, and Shikoku in Japan—attract millions of pilgrims ... More
Superstition: A Very Short Introduction

Superstition: A Very Short Introduction  

Stuart Vyse

Print Publication Year: 
Jan 2020
Published Online: 
Jan 2020
eISBN: 
9780191859854
DOI: 
10.1093/actrade/9780198819257.001.0001
Item type: 
book
ISBN: 
9780198819257
Do you touch wood for luck, or avoid hotel rooms on floor thirteen? Would you cross the path of a black cat, or step under a ladder? Despite the dominance of science in today’s world, ... More

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