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British Football & Social Exclusion

By: Stephen Wagg

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British Football & Social Exclusion

By: Stephen Wagg

The contributors to this book argue that the commercialized PR-driven British football world has either created, exacerbated or continued to ignore serious problems of social exclusion along lines of class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and age.

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242

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Routledge

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ISBN 10

1135763933

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9781135763930

Australian Tax Casebook

By: Stephen Barkoczy

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Australian Tax Casebook

By: Stephen Barkoczy

Provides a comprehensive case law reference on both historic and current Australian taxation issues. The 10th edition presents, in alphabetical order, summaries of 550 leading cases, relevant to students in both undergraduate and post graduate tax programs in law and business schools in Australia.

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1329

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CCH Australia Limited

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ISBN 10

1921593881

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9781921593888

The British Sitcom Spinoff Film

By: Stephen Glynn

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The British Sitcom Spinoff Film

By: Stephen Glynn

This book constitutes the first full volume dedicated to an academic analysis of theatrically-released spinoff films derived from British radio and television sitcoms. Regularly maligned as the nadir of British film production and marginalised as a last resort for the financially-bereft industry during the 1970s, this study demonstrates that the sitcom spinoff film has instead been a persistent and important presence in British cinema from the 1940s to the present day, and includes (occasional) works with distinct artistic merit. Alongside an investigation of the economic imperative underpinning these productions, i.e. the exploitation of proven product with a ready-made audience, it is argued that, with a longevity stretching from Arthur Askey and his wartime Band Waggon (1940) to the crew of Kurupt FM and their recent People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan (2021), the British sitcom spinoff can be interpreted as following a full generic ‘life cycle’. Starting with the ‘formative’ stage where works from Hi Gang! (1941) to I Only Arsked! (1958) establish the genre’s characteristics, the spinoff genre moves to its ‘classic’ stage where, secure for form and content, it enjoys considerable popular success with films like Till Death Us Do Part (1969), On the Buses (1971), The Likely Lads (1976) and Rising Damp (1980); the genre’s revival since the late-1990s reveals a more ‘parodic’ final stage, with films like The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse (2005) adopting a consciously self-reflective mode. It is also posited that the sitcom spinoff film is a viable source for social history, with the often-stereotypical re-presentations of characters and events an (often blatant) ideological metonym for the concerns of wider British society, notably in issues of class, race, gender and sexuality.

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273

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Springer Nature

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3031412222

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9783031412226

Shakespeare and Sexuality in the Comedy of Morecambe & Wise

By: Stephen Hamrick

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Shakespeare and Sexuality in the Comedy of Morecambe & Wise

By: Stephen Hamrick

Contextualizing the duo’s work within British comedy, Shakespeare criticism, the history of sexuality, and their own historical moment, this book offers the first sustained analysis of the 20th Century’s most successful double-act. Over the course of a forty-four-year career (1940-1984), Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise appropriated snippets of verse, scenes, and other elements from seventeen of Shakespeare’s plays more than one-hundred-and-fifty times. Fashioning a kinder, more inclusive world, they deployed a vast array of elements connected to Shakespeare, his life, and institutions. Rejecting claims that they offer only nostalgic escapism, Hamrick analyses their work within contemporary contexts, including their engagement with many forms and genres, including Variety, the heritage industry, journalism, and more. ‘The Boys’ deploy Shakespeare to work through issues of class, sexuality, and violence. Lesbianism, drag, gay marriage, and a queer aesthetics emerge, helping to normalize homosexuality and complicate masculinity in the ‘permissive’ 1960s.

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346

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Springer Nature

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3030339580

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9783030339586

Queer exceptions

Solo performance in neoliberal times

By: Stephen Greer

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Queer exceptions

Solo performance in neoliberal times

By: Stephen Greer

Queer exceptions is a study of contemporary solo performance in the UK and Western Europe that explores the contentious relationship between identity, individuality and neoliberalism. With diverse case studies featuring the work of La Ribot, David Hoyle, Oreet Ashery, Bridget Christie, Tanja Ostojic, Adrian Howells and Nassim Soleimanpour, the book examines the role of singular or ‘exceptional’ subjects in constructing and challenging assumed notions of communal sociability and togetherness, while drawing fresh insight from the fields of sociology, gender studies and political philosophy to reconsider theatre’s attachment to singular lives and experiences. Framed by a detailed exploration of arts festivals as encapsulating the material, entrepreneurial circumstances of contemporary performance-making, this is the first major critical study of solo work since the millennium.

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315

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Manchester University Press

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1526113724

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9781526113726

Keeping the faith

A history of northern soul

By: Keith Gildart,Stephen Catterall

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Keeping the faith

A history of northern soul

By: Keith Gildart,Stephen Catterall

In the 1970s, Northern Soul held a pivotal position in British youth culture. Originating in the English North and Midlands in the late-1960s, by the mid-1970s it was attracting thousands of enthusiasts across the country. This book is a social history of Northern Soul, examining the origins and development of this music scene, its clubs, publications and practices. Northern Soul emerged in a period when working class communities were beginning to be transformed by deindustrialisation and the rise of new political movements around the politics of race, gender and locality. Locating Northern Soul in these shifting economic and social contexts of the English North and Midlands in the 1970s, the authors argue that people kept the faith not just with music, but with a culture that was connected to wider aspects of work, home, relationships and social identities. Drawing on an expansive range of sources, including oral histories, magazines and fanzines, diaries and letters, this book offers a detailed and empathetic reading of a working class culture that was created and consumed by thousands of young people in the 1970s. The authors highlight the complex ways in which class, race and gender identities acted as forces for both unity and fragmentation on the dancefloors of iconic clubs such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester, Blackpool Mecca, the Torch in Stoke-on-Trent, the Catacombs in Wolverhampton and the Casino in Wigan. Marking a significant contribution to the historiography of youth culture, this book is essential reading for those interested in popular music and everyday life in in postwar Britain.

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410

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Manchester University Press

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1526150964

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9781526150967

Choice, Pathways and Transitions Post-16

New Youth, New Economies in the Global City

By: Stephen Ball,Sheila Macrae,Meg Maguire

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Choice, Pathways and Transitions Post-16

New Youth, New Economies in the Global City

By: Stephen Ball,Sheila Macrae,Meg Maguire

This internationally appealing book is based on a two-year case study of a group of young people as they move through their final year of mandatory schooling and into their first year of post-16 experience. It looks at their choices, the market behaviour of local education and training providers and those who help and advise these choices. The authors show that recent and current political policies for post-16 education disadvantage, marginalise and exclude young people rather than improve their life chances. The book draws together the major issues and attempts to suggest alternative ways forward for a more inclusive post-16 education and training system.

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209

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Routledge

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1135403902

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9781135403904

Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture

By: R. Stephen Sennott

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Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture

By: R. Stephen Sennott

For more information including the introduction, a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample pages and more, visit the Encyclope dia of 20th Century Architecture website. Focusing on architecture from all regions of the world, this three-volume set profiles the twentieth century's vast chronicle of architectural achievements, both within and well beyond the theoretical confines of modernism. Unlike existing works, this encyclopedia examines the complexities of rapidly changing global conditions that have dispersed modern architectural types, movements, styles, and building practices across traditional geographic and cultural boundaries.

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522

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Taylor & Francis US

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1579584349

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9781579584344

The Concise Encyclopedia of the Revolutions and Wars of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1639-1660

By: Stephen C. Manganiello

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The Concise Encyclopedia of the Revolutions and Wars of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1639-1660

By: Stephen C. Manganiello

A reference dictionary containing over 1,400 entries covering the period 1639-1660, including 625 biographies of English, Scots, and Irish rulers, politicians, soldiers, sailors, and philosophers, and over 300 battles and skirmishes.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810851008

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9780810851009

Book's by Stephen Wagg

British Football & Social Exclusion

British Football & Social Exclusion

Australian Tax Casebook

Australian Tax Casebook

The British Sitcom Spinoff Film

The British Sitcom Spinoff Film

Shakespeare and Sexuality in the Comedy of Morecambe & Wise

Shakespeare and Sexuality in the Comedy of Morecambe & Wise

Queer exceptions

Queer exceptions

Keeping the faith

Keeping the faith

Choice, Pathways and Transitions Post-16

Choice, Pathways and Transitions Post-16

Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture

Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture

The Concise Encyclopedia of the Revolutions and Wars of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1639-1660

The Concise Encyclopedia of the Revolutions and Wars of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1639-1660

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