Cultural studies

This book explores the phenomenon of "e;mum fans"e;: fans who identify themselves as their idols' mothers and participate in online, data-related fan activities termed "e;parenting.

*; Introduces key ideas in linguistics and semiotics to reveal how magic works*; Reveals how to apply effective communication techniques to your magical practice*; Includes case studies of magical schools, such as Hermetic magic, sigil magic, Thelema, the Church of Satan, Chaos Magic, and the Temple of SetIn this illuminating and deeply informative guide, practicing magician Toby Chappell takes readers on a journey into the heart of what it means to transform reality by exploring what magic is.

Die Wandlungsprozesse unserer Zeit gehen an der Kirche nicht einfach voruber.

This book explores the radical reform experienced by universities worldwide, as reformers, inspired by extreme economic thinking, seek to transform the university into part of a global academic industry.

Mobile Heritage explores how diverse digital technologies (such as apps, GPS, games, social platforms, NFTs, drones, AR, MR, and AI, among others) have allowed for new types of mobilities and introduced a novel set of practices, interventions, and politics for heritage collections, archives, exhibitions, entertainment, conservation, management, commerce, education, restitution, activism, and regulation.

This book presents the findings from original research about court interpreting in the disciplines of humanities and social sciences from a linguistic perspective.

Have you ever wondered why your tap water tastes the way it does?

Originally published in 1870, this unusual work is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition.

Over the past thirty years, Stephen King has received enormous attention from both the popular press as well as academics seeking to explain the unique phenomenon of his success.

This sixth volume in the Docalogue series explores the significance of Flee, the award-winning and critically acclaimed 2021 animated documentary about one man's journey from child refugee in Afghanistan to building a stable home as an adult with his soon-to-be husband in Denmark.

Revoicing Intangible Cultural Heritage draws upon an original, wide-ranging dataset to show that the dynamics and ethics of participation in European national minority cultures' intangible cultural heritage (ICH) are more nuanced than has previously been articulated.

The Superhero Blockbuster: Adaptation, Style, and Meaning builds an innovative framework for analyzing one of the most prominent genres in twenty-first-century Hollywood.

Islamic schools are growing exponentially in the West to meet the demands of Muslim learners and their parents.

This edited collection of contributions explores non-normative genders, sexualities, and relationality among Autistic people.

This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.

Mobile Heritage explores how diverse digital technologies (such as apps, GPS, games, social platforms, NFTs, drones, AR, MR, and AI, among others) have allowed for new types of mobilities and introduced a novel set of practices, interventions, and politics for heritage collections, archives, exhibitions, entertainment, conservation, management, commerce, education, restitution, activism, and regulation.

How Black Latinx communities are using digital technology to achieve visibility and social justiceThis volume presents examples of how digital technologies are being used by people of African descent in South America and the Caribbean, a topic that has been overlooked within the field of digital humanities.

Written by a diverse team of experts, this third volume of A Cultural History of Youth explores themes such as rites of passage, ideas about morality, youthful engagement with religion and the Reformations, and the experiences of young people.

Growing Down explores the theological and psychological implications of humanity's fascination with technology.

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Prepare to be hooked by the most gripping thriller of the year, perfect for fans of shows Severance and Dark Matter.

The book is a Festschrift celebrating the 70th birthday of Ziauddin Sardar, a scholar and public intellectual known for his work on postnormal times theory and Islamic thought.

This book critically considers how and why centring race in the analysis of journalism deepens our understanding of how race is constructed and experienced in society.

This book is about the role of emotions in the creation and dissipation of feminist collectives and grapples with difficult questions that have been circulating for a while in activist circles but are far from answered.

This book examines the complex relationships between young masculinities and sexual health within Southern Africa.

With limited resources to contextualize masculinity in colonial Mexico, film, literature, and social history perpetuate the stereotype associating Mexican men with machismo-defined as excessive virility that is accompanied by bravado and explosions of violence.

Basic income can no longer be dismissed as a utopian idea - it's being tested worldwide.