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MUSIC AND THE POETICS OF PRODUCTION IN THE BOLIVIAN ANDES

(H/B) TAKING POPULAR MUSIC SERIOUSLY: SELECTED ESSAYS

(P/B) PHILOSOPHY AND REVELATION

(H/B) RADIO MODERNISM

(H/B) REGULATING THE NIGHT
The promotion of night-time economies in town centres across Britain has sparked new fears about disorder, violence and binge-drinking. However, there has been little consideration of the social and cultural benefits of a diverse urban nightlife. This timely work examines the processes that have led to a mainstreaming of subcultural expression at night, and the impact of legislation aimed at providing the police and councils with new powers to manage and contain the ‘social problem’ of contemporary nightlife. Based on an ethnographic study...
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(P/B) ENGAGEMENT WITH PLATO'S REPUBLIC

(H/B) STUDIES IN PRE-OTTOMAN TURKEY AND THE OTTOMANS

(H/B) HANS KELLER AND THE BBC. - THE MUSICAL CONSCIENCE OF BRI

(H/B) COLLECTIVE MEMORY AND EUROPEAN IDENTITY

(H/B) POLITICAL SYMBOLS, SYMBOLIC POLITICS

(H/B) SOCIAL CAPITAL AND DEMOCRATISATION

(P/B) NETWORKS TRUST & SOCIAL CAPITAL (0754636364)

(H/B) LAW AND LEGAL THEORY IN CLASSICAL AND MEDIEVAL ISLAM

(P/B) KOREAN SHAMANISM
Why do Koreans use shamanic ritual even though prejudice against shamanism is universal? Why do so many Koreans employ a practice that is widely stigmatised and despised as superstition? Shamanism has a contradictory position within the Korean cultural system. This has led to the periodical suppression of shamanism and has also, paradoxically, ensured its survival throughout Korean history. This book examines the place of shamans within contemporary society, exploring shamanism as a cultural practice in which people make use of shamanic ...
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(H/B) ART MARKETS IN EUROPE 1400-1800

(H/B) TIME AND PLACE: ESSAYS IN THE GEOHISTORY OF ART

(H/B) ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY IN ROMAN MEDIEVAL AND POST-MEDIEVAL

(H/B) QUR'AN AND ITS INTERPRETATIVE TRADITION

(H/B) ARABS AND ARABIA ON THE EVE OF ISLAM

(H/B) BYZANTINE WOMEN: VARIETIES OF EXPERIENCE 800-1200