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Amy Schumer and Philosophy by Charlene Elsby (Editor); Rob Luzecky (Editor)
$34.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion | Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy Ser.
Why read a book about Amy Schumer and philosophy? After all, Amy Schumer is primarily known as a comedian, though she is also an actor, writer, and producer. One reason is that it will be enlightening. Amy Schumer is one of a handful of contemporary comedians filling the role of public philosopher. To b ...Show more
Art Quake - The Most Disruptive Works in Modern Art by Susie Hodge
$28.00 NZD
Category: Art & Design | Series: Culture Quake Ser.
Discover art that dared to be different, risked reputations and put careers in jeopardy. This is what happens when artists take tradition and rip it up. ArtQuake tells the stories of 50 pivotal works that shook the world, telling the fascinating stories behind their creation, reception and legacy. Causi ...Show more
Bad Girls, Dirty Bodies - Sex, Performance and Safe Femininity by Gemma Commane
$55.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion | Series: Library of Gender and Popular Culture Ser.
What makes a woman 'bad' is commonly linked to certain 'qualities' or behaviours seen as morally or socially corrosive, dirty and disgusting. In Bad Girls, Dirty Bodies, Gemma Commane critically explores the social, sexual and political significance of women who are labelled 'bad', sluts or dirty. Throu ...Show more
Better Call Saul and Philosophy by Heter Joshua
$44.99 NZD
Category: Add Remove in Bulk test | Series: Pop Culture and Philosophy Ser.
Better Call Saul and Philosophy: I Think Therefore I Scam is a collection of twenty-three essays exploring the philosophical themes in the hit television show Better Call Saul, a prequel to the TV show Breaking Bad. The sixth and final season of Better Call Saul, with thirteen episodes, began airing in ...Show more
Consider Phlebas (#1 Culture) by Iain M. Banks
$27.99 NZD
Category: Science Fiction | Series: Culture Ser. | Reading Level: good
The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction, cold-blooded, brutal, and worse, random. The Idirans fought for their Faith; the Culture for its moral right to exist. Principles were at stake. There could be no ...Show more
Consider Phlebas: A Culture Novel #1 by Iain M. Banks
$28.00 NZD
$34.00 (17% off)
Category: No Category | Series: Culture Ser.
A stunning new reissue edition of Consider Phlebas - a space opera of stunning power and awesome imagination from Iain M. Banks, one of the most important and influential writers in modern science fiction.The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the ...Show more
Engaging with Irigaray - Feminist Philosophy and Modern European Thought by Carolyn Burke (Editor); Naomi Schor (Editor); Margaret Whitford (Editor)
$72.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion | Series: Gender and Culture Ser.
Engaging with Irigaray is the first collection of essays that attempts to go beyond the question of essentialism in order to provide a full critical assessment of Irigaray's contribution to a number of fields, notably philosophy. By reconsidering Irigaray's writings in the field of European thought and ...Show more
Excession (#3 Culture) by Iain M. Banks
$28.00 NZD
Category: Science Fiction | Series: Culture Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The fifth Culture book from the awesome imagination of Iain M. Banks, a modern master of science fiction. Two and a half millennia ago, the artifact appeared in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion-year-old dying sun from a different universe. It was a perfect black-body sphere, and it did nothin ...Show more
Family Guy and Philosophy by J.Jeremy Wisnewski
$32.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
Stewie: What the deuce? The fat man and philosophy? Philosophy and the fat man? You simply can't be serious. And I thought the French resistance was laughable! Peter: I'm gonna be in a book? That's freakin' sweet! Brian: Well, it's about time. I mean, whose leg do I have to hump to get some humanism aro ...Show more
FashionQuake: The Most Disruptive Moments in Fashion by Caroline Young
$25.00 NZD
$27.99 (10% off)
Category: Fashion | Series: Culture Quake Ser.
FashionQuake presents fashions most disruptive, rebellious and ground-breaking moments. This is what happens when fashion designers take tradition and rip it up. FashionQuake introduces 50 pivotal moments that shook the world and changed mainstream fashion forever, telling the fascinating stories behi ...Show more
Game of Thrones and Philosophy: Logic Cuts Deeper Than Swords by William Irwin
$24.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
An in-depth look at the philosophical issues behind HBO's Game of Thrones television series and the books that inspired it George R.R. Martin's New York Times bestselling epic fantasy book series, A Song of Ice and Fire, and the HBO television show adapted from it, have earned critical acclaim and inspi ...Show more
Gender and the Politics of History by Joan Wallach Scott (Contribution by)
$68.00 NZD
Category: Feminism | Series: Gender and Culture Ser.
This landmark work from a renowned feminist historian is a foundational demonstration of the uses of gender as a conceptual tool for cultural and historical analysis. Exploring topics ranging from language and class to the politics of work and family, Joan Wallach Scott offers a trenchant critique of th ...Show more