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Cultural Studies Bloomsbury Academic Collections
Yankee Go Home (& Take Me with U) : Americanization and Popular Culture (2016, E-book)
by George Mckay
208 Pages, Published 2016 by Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-4742-8784-5, ISBN: 1-4742-8784-0

"The contempt towards these individuals, as in Sens Unik's 'La horde des faux,' ( The horde of the fakes) is as powerful as that expressed towards the police or the politicians (Sens Unik 1993). As far as has been possible to ascertain, no new group claiming to promote the ideals of the French branch of the Zulu Nation has come out in the past years and, if the history of the French branch of the Zulu Nation serves as a blueprint, it ..."






The Pop Festival
History, Music, Media, Culture
by George Mckay
Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2015 by Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN-13: 978-1-62356-820-7, ISBN: 1-62356-820-X

"'I'm going to camp out on the land ...try and get my soul free'. So sang Joni Mitchell in 1970 on 'Woodstock'. But Woodstock is only the tip of the iceberg. Popular music festivals are one of the strikingly successful and enduring features of seasonal popular cultural consumption for young people and older generations of enthusiasts. From pop and rock to folk, jazz and techno, under stars and canvas, dancing in the streets and in the mu ..."






The Pop Festival
History, Music, Media, Culture
by George Mckay
256 Pages, Published 2015 by Bloomsbury Publishing Usa
ISBN-13: 978-1-62892-198-4, ISBN: 1-62892-198-6

"For the first two decades, the festival was connected with the Montreux Jazz Festival (until 2000), and the label of 'International' was (until 2010) one that drew on the cultural cachet of a renowned European festival. However, its internationalism was also at odds with the sense of the city (and its industry) as a cultural repository. Since 2007, the festival has had themes or taglines that touch on the identity of the city and i ..."






Shakin' All Over
Popular Music and Disability (Corporealities: Discourses of Disability)
by George Mckay
Paperback, 242 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of Michigan Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-472-05209-7, ISBN: 0-472-05209-8

"Given the explosion in recent years of scholarship exploring the ways in which disability is manifested and performed in numerous cultural spaces, it’s surprising that until now there has never been a single monograph study covering the important intersection of popular music and disability. George McKay’s Shakin’ All Over is a cross-disciplinary examination of the ways in which popular music performers have addressed disability: in the ..."






Radical Gardening
Politics, Idealism and Rebellion in the Garden
by George Mckay
Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2013 by Frances Lincoln
ISBN-13: 978-0-7112-3538-0, ISBN: 0-7112-3538-4

"War is the natural occupation of man . war-and gardening. Winston Churchill to Siegfried Sassoon, 1918 In the common public perception, contemporary gardening is understood as suburban, as leisure activity, as television makeover opportunity. Its origins are seen as religious or spiritual (Garden of Eden), military (the clipped lawn, the ha-ha and defensive ditches), aristocratic or monarchical (the stately home, the Royal Horticultur ..."






Shakin' All Over(Updated)
Popular Music and Disability (Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability)
by George Mckay
Hardcover, 242 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of Michigan Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-472-07209-5, ISBN: 0-472-07209-9

"Given the explosion in recent years of scholarship exploring the ways in which disability is manifested and performed in numerous cultural spaces, it’s surprising that until now there has never been a single monograph study covering the important intersection of popular music and disability. George McKay’s Shakin’ All Over is a cross-disciplinary examination of the ways in which popular music performers have addressed disability: in the ..."






Corporealities Discourses of Disability
Corporealities : Discourses of Disability: Shakin' All over: Popular Music and Disability
by George Mckay
230 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of Michigan Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-472-12004-8, ISBN: 0-472-12004-2

"... re- search has shown that, of different music genres, “rock and heavy metal was played the loudest by both males and females” (Daniel 2007, 227). Otologists and medical academics confirm each other's findings about the dangers to hearing of popular music consumption in the new loud, mobile era— in particular, around the impact of Walkman and iPod technologies on young people. Writing in a survey of recent research in the field i ..."






Scottish Names
(Waverley Scottish Classics)
by George Mckay, Waverley Books Staff
Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2009 by Waverley Books Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-1-902407-79-1, ISBN: 1-902407-79-2

"This is a guide to names used in Scotland - Scots, Gaelic, international, ancient, modern, and timeless - and their origins and meanings. These names are either popular in modern Scotland, or are chosen because they have some special significance or historical link to the country. With Gaelic pronunciations, and historical and geographical references to the origin of first names and surnames, this book both helps parents choose a name f ..."






"National Geographic Encyclopedia of Animals
Exclusive Expanded Edition"
by Karen Mcghee, George Mckay
Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2007 by National Geographic Society
ISBN-13: 978-0-7922-7458-2, ISBN: 0-7922-7458-X

"Deluxe leather bound edition. Features gold stenciling on cover and spine, gold page edging on all three sides. Place keeper ribbon."






Animals
An Illustrated Encyclopedia
by Karen Mcghee, George Mckay
Hardcover, 96 Pages, Published 2007 by The Five Mile Press Pty Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-1-74178-148-9, ISBN: 1-74178-148-5

"Animals."






Encyclopedia of Animals
by Jessica Fox, Karen Mcghee, George Mckay, National Geographic Society
Leather Bound, 256 Pages, Published 2007 by National Geographic
ISBN-13: 978-0-7922-7460-5, ISBN: 0-7922-7460-1

"New York: National Geographic, 2007. Deluxe 1st ed. . Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 256 pages. Beautiful color drawings highlight this overview of the animal kindom. Deluxe edition in blue padded vinyl over boards, gilt edges and decor, ribbon marker. Great for younger readers."






National Geographic Encyclopedia of Animals
by Karen Mcghee, George Mckay, National Geographic Society
Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2006 by National Geographic Children's Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-7922-5936-7, ISBN: 0-7922-5936-X

"Get ready to take a walk on the wild side! National Geographic Children's Books' brand-new reference work provides families and children with everything they need to know about the animal kingdom. You'll meet more than 1,000 animals as you explore the pages of National Geographic Encyclopedia of Animals. This comprehensive volume introduces the entire animal kingdom: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and all kinds of invert ..."






National Geographic Encyclopedia of Animals
by Karen Mcghee, George Mckay, National Geographic Society
Library, 192 Pages, Published 2006 by National Geographic Society
ISBN-13: 978-0-7922-5937-4, ISBN: 0-7922-5937-8

"A comprehensive volume of more than one thousand animals introduces the entire animal kingdom, touring every corner of the planet and listing scientific and common names, conservation data, habitat, and much more."






Circular Breathing
The Cultural Politics of Jazz in Britain
by George Mckay
357 Pages, Published 2005 by Duke University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-8728-2, ISBN: 0-8223-8728-X

"... other military or pseudo-military moments facili- 1 a normative masculine sociocultural alignment. This link helps :plain the masculinity of jazz in Britain, and can extend to a musilike Dick Heckstall-Smith who for political reasons refused to do Jational Service. Registering as a conscientious objector, Heckstall - :h went before a tribunal that permitted him to undertake alter- re public service in the mid-1950s by working as ..."






Mammals(4th Edition)
by George Mckay, Carson Creagh, Alistair Barnard
Hardcover, 64 Pages, Published 2003 by Barnes & Noble Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-7607-4640-0, ISBN: 0-7607-4640-0






Mammals and Birds
by Edwin Gould, Fog City Press, Hothouse Press, George Mckay, Joseph Forshaw
Hardcover, 464 Pages, Published 2003 by Weldon Owen
ISBN-13: 978-1-877019-59-3, ISBN: 1-877019-59-3

"New. Ships Daily."






The Encyclopedia of Animals
Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians
by Harold G. Cogger, Richard G. Zweifel, George Mckay, C. Colston Burrell, Fog City Press
Hardcover, 687 Pages, Published 2002 by Fog City Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-876778-72-9, ISBN: 1-876778-72-5

"This comprehensive encyclopedia presents a wide-ranging survey of four major groups of living things: mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. The text is written by a team of international experts in the zoological sciences."






Mighty Mammals
(Junior Adventure)
by Sharon Dalgleish, George Mckay
Library, 32 Pages, Published 2002 by Mason Crest Publishers
ISBN-13: 978-1-59084-176-1, ISBN: 1-59084-176-X

"Non-Fiction. Beautiful books with both illustrations and real photography, for Year 3 to 7+. Key skills include: Instructional Text, Understanding fact and opinion, exploring diagrams, scan texts, summarising information, identifying key features of non-fiction texts. Cross-curricular topics include Websites for further research, Life Science, Earth and Space, Social Studies, Health, Physical Science, and ICT. The books are a rich reso ..."






Incredible creatures
(The Nature Company discoveries library)
by Allen E. Greer, Susan Lumpkin, George Mckay, John Else Seidensticker, George Else, Time-Life Books, Greer Else
Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2001 by Time-Life Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-7370-1005-3, ISBN: 0-7370-1005-3

"An illustrated introduction to animals, both common and fantastic, including what they eat, how they move, where they live, and how they defend themselves from predators."






Glastonbury
A Very English Fair 10
by George Mckay
Shrink-Wrapped Pack, Published 2000 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN-13: 978-0-575-06974-9, ISBN: 0-575-06974-0



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