Combining current theory and original fieldwork, Queer Visibilities explores the gap between liberal South African law and the reality for groups of queer men living in Cape Town. Explores the interface between queer sexuality, race, and urban space to show links between groups of queer men Focuses on three main 'population groups' in Cape Town—white, coloured, and black Africans Discusses how HIV remains a key issue for queer men in South Africa Utilizes new research data—the first comprehensive cross-community study of queer identities in South Africa

Product Description: Combining current theory and original fieldwork, Queer Visibilities explores the gap between liberal South African law and the reality for groups of queer men living in Cape Town. Explores the interface between queer sexuality, race, and urban space to show links between groups of queer men Focuses on three main 'population groups' in Cape Town—white, coloured, and black Africans Discusses how HIV remains a key issue for queer men in South Africa Utilizes new research data—the first comprehensive cross-community study of queer identities in South Africa...read more

Product Description: What is Fashion Design? is the latest title in the successful Essential Design Handbooks series. Fashion design is directional and commercial; it is at the cutting edge of design globally, while also being a talent-hungry, image-dominated, commercial industry that demands the very best of design professionals, and exposes their work to the world...read more

Looks at the history of fashion and discusses critical personalities, trends, and important influences on fashion.

Product Description: Where does the urge to change one's clothing style come from? Who sets fashion trends, and why do we follow them? This book gives readers a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the fascinating world of haute (and not so haute) couture, complete with garment-industry gossip...read more

Product Description: The Belgian designer Dries van Noten was first spotted in 1986 when he exhibited in London as part of the "Antwerp Six". His highly individual collections for men, women and children are now successful worldwide. This work pays tribute to Van Noten, an artist with fabric, colour and print, demonstrating how his multicultural blend of imagery combines the modern with the exotic, the romantic with the realistic, and the beautiful with the challenging...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Sams Teach Yourself Windows CE Programming in 24 Hours is a step-by-step tutorial that teaches you how to create fully functioning Windows CE applications. The material is presented in a focused, easy to follow manner. Topics covered include standard controls for CE devices, HTML Viewer control, working with icons, fonts, and graphics, persistent storage, threading, serial communications, WinSock, and WinInet, printing, CE Mail, power and system resource management, and debugging...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Journeys into the world of London's fashion scene and captures the colorful characters that have helped create its recent rise in popularity, complete with full-color photos throughout. (view table of contents)