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  • Youth Subcultures in Postwar and Contemporary Fiction

    Making a Scene

    by Nick Bentley ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This bookoffers a unique interdisciplinary examination of how youth subcultures have been articulated and constructed in selected fiction from the post-war period to the twenty-first century. It provides a theoretical underpinning for the analysis of subcultures and scenes in literary fiction, identifying approaches set against key theories from subcultural studies, sociology, and criminology as ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • The 1950s

    A Decade of Modern British Fiction

    Edited by Nick Bentley, Dr Alice Ferrebe, Dr Nick Hubble ...
    Series series The Decades Series
    How did social, cultural and political events in Britain during the 1950s shape modern British fiction?As Britain emerged from the shadow of war into the new decade of the 1950s, the seeds of profound social change were being sown. Exploring the full range of fiction in the 1950s, this volume surveys the ways in which these changes were reflected in British culture. Chapters cover the rise of the ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

  • Contemporary British Fiction

    by Nick Bentley ...
    Series series Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism
    This essential guide provides a comprehensive survey of the most important debates in the criticism and research of contemporary British fiction. Nick Bentley analyses the criticism surrounding a range of British novelists including Monica Ali, Martin Amis, Pat Barker, Alan Hollinghurst, Kazuo Ishiguro, Ian McEwan, David Mitchell, Ali Smith, Zadie Smith, Sarah Waters and Jeanette Winterson. ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • The 2010s

    A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction

    Edited by Emily Horton, Nick Bentley, Dr Nick Hubble, Professor Philip Tew ...
    Series series The Decades Series
    This volume relates the British fiction of the decade to the contexts in which it was written and received in order to examine and explain contemporary trends, such as the rise of a new working-class fiction, the ongoing development of separate national literatures of Scotland, Wales and Ireland, and shifts in modes of attention and reading.From the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crash to ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • The 2000s: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction

    Edited by Nick Bentley, Dr Nick Hubble, Dr Leigh Wilson ...
    How did social, cultural and political events in Britain during the 2000s shape contemporary British fiction?The means of publishing, buying and reading fiction changed dramatically between 2000 and 2010. This volume explores how the socio-political and economic turns of the decade, bookended by the beginning of a millennium and an economic crisis, transformed the act of writing and reading. ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • British Fiction of the 1990s

    Edited by Nick Bentley ...
    The 1990s proved to be a particularly rich and fascinating period for British fiction. This book presents a fresh perspective on the diverse writings that appeared over the decade, bringing together leading academics in the field. British Fiction of the 1990s:traces the concerns that emerged as central to 1990s fiction, in sections on millennial anxieties, identity politics, the relationship ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Youth Subcultures in Fiction, Film and Other Media

    Teenage Dreams

    Edited by Nick Bentley, Beth Johnson, Andrzej Zieleniec ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This collection explores the representation, articulation and construction of youth subcultures in a range of texts and contexts. It brings together scholars working in literary studies, screen studies, sociology and cultural studies whose research interests lie in the aesthetics and cultural politics of youth. It contributes to, and extends, contemporary theoretical perspectives around youth and ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • My Guitar Is a Camera

    by Watt M. Casey Jr., Mark Seal, Joe Nick Patoski, Herman Bennett, Bill Bentley, Susan Antone, Denny Freeman, Lindsay Holland, Craig Hopkins, Geoff Ice, Jamey Ice, Geoff Ice (son), Diane Lee, Tom Reynolds ...
    Series series John and Robin Dickson Series in Texas Music, sponsored by the Center for Texas Music History, Texas State University
    The evening of May 10, 1970, found a young Watt M. Casey Jr. standing awestruck, only a few feet from Jimi Hendrix as the legendary guitarist tore into his unique arrangement of “The Star-Spangled Banner” on the stage of San Antonio’s Hemisphere Arena during the Texas leg of his Cry of Love Tour. Bemoaning the fact that he had no camera to document the amazing experience or the visionary musicians ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Audiobook

    Someone I Used to Know

    by Patty Blount ...
    Narrated by Nick Mondelli, Amy Melissa Bentley ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 3 min

    From the award-winning author of Some Boys comes an unflinching examination of rape culture that delves into a family torn apart by sexual assault.It's been two years since the night that changed Ashley's life. Two years since she was raped by her brother's teammate. And a year since she sat in a court and watched as he was given a slap on the wrist sentence. But the years have done nothing to ... Read more

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  • The Transgressive Iain Banks

    Essays on a Writer Beyond Borders

    Edited by Martyn Colebrook, Katharine Cox ...
    This collection of 12 new essays brings together prominent literary experts to explore the importance of Scottish writer Iain (M.) Banks, both his mainstream and science fiction work. It considers Banks as a habitual border crosser who makes things fresh and new by subversive and transgressive strategies. The essays are divided into four thematic areas--the Scottish context, the geographies of his ... Read more

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  • The Cinema of Michael Winterbottom

    Borders, Intimacy, Terror

    by Bruce Bennett ...
    Series series Directors' Cuts
    This comprehensive study of prolific British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom explores the thematic, stylistic, and intellectual consistencies running through his eclectic and controversial body of work. This volume undertakes a close analysis of a TV series directed by Winterbottom and sixteen of his films ranging from television dramas to transnational co-productions featuring Hollywood stars, and ... Read more

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  • Children's Literature

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Kimberley Reynolds ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Children's literature takes many forms - works adapted for children in antiquity, picture books and pop-ups - and now includes the latest online games and eBooks. This vast and amorphous subject is both intimately related to other areas of literary and cultural investigation but also has its own set of concerns, issues and challenges. From familiar authors including Beatrix Potter and Roald Dahl, ... Read more

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