2101, 2014

Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica – Dec 2012 to November 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|January 21, 2014|Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica|0 comments

Red star over Iraq : Iraqi communism before Saddam / Johan Franzén. Languages of love and hate : conflict, communication, and identity in the medieval Mediterranean / edited by Sarah Lambert and Helen Nicholson. Mongol rule in Seljuk Anatolia. The politics of conquest and history-writing 1243-1282. Sara ur Yildiz. The people want : a radical exploration of the Arab Uprising / Gilbert Achcar ; translated from the French by G.M.

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3004, 2012

Music, Media and Film Studies – April 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 30, 2012|Music, Media and Film Studies|0 comments

Satchmo blows up the world : jazz ambassadors play the Cold War / Penny M. Von Eschen.  Music and globalization : critical encounters / edited by Bob W. White.  Women and popular music : sexuality, identity, and subjectivity / Shelia Whiteley.  Musical elaborations / Edward W. Said.  The challenge of the silver screen : an analysis of the cinematic portraits of Jesus, Rama, Buddha and Muhammad / by Freek L.

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