The Art of Scandal advances a relatively simple claim with far-reaching consequences for modernist studies: writers and readers throughout the early twentieth century revived the long-despised codes and habits of the roman `a clef as a key part of that larger assault on Victorian realism we now call modernism.
In this new book, Bauman examines how we have moved away from a 'heavy' and 'solid', hardware-focused modernity to a 'light' and 'liquid', software-based modernity.
In this book an effort has been made to present a complete picture of multidimensional status of Indian women, after considering and analysing their status regarding all the aspects of their life.
Despite the nearly three decades since German reunification, there remains little understanding of the ways in which experiences overlapped across East-West divides.
Despite the nearly three decades since German reunification, there remains little understanding of the ways in which experiences overlapped across East-West divides.
"e;In early '79 I was already engaged in what eventually turned out to be a lengthy photographic study of the New Romantics (though back then they were not known as such).
These poems by a well-known philosopher and literary theorist take a lead from Plato's intriguing account of how Socrates turned to composing verse during his last few days despite having famously denounced its corrupting moral, social and political effects.
*Shortlisted for the Bread and Roses Prize, 2015* *Winner of the ICA Bookshop Book of the Year 2014*Stitched Up delves into the alluring world of fashion to reveal what is behind the clothes we wear.
Islam in World Cultures analyzes differences in Islamic culture and practice by looking not simply at matters of doctrine, but also at how Islam interacts with local cultures.
In this book an effort has been made to present a complete picture of multidimensional status of Indian women, after considering and analysing their status regarding all the aspects of their life.
Fashion is ever-changing, and while some styles mark a dramatic departure from the past, many exhibit subtle differences from year to year that are not always easily identifiable.
This book is a detailed and wide-ranging account of the birth of social theory as a distinctive and modern intellectual genre, providing a brilliant account of the "e;pre-history"e; of sociology and a vivid portrayal of intellectual culture between the Enlightenment and the age of Romanticism.
In this new book, Slavoj i ek and Glyn Daly engage in a series of entertaining conversations which illustrate the originality of i ek s thinking on psychoanalysis, philosophy, multiculturalism, popular/cyber culture, totalitarianism, ethics and politics.
A radical reinterpretation of three controversial works that illuminate racism and national identity in the United StatesCitizenship on Catfish Row focuses on three seminal works in the history of American culture: the first full-length narrative film, D.
In this book Peter Burke adopts a socio-cultural approach to examine the changes in the organization of knowledge in Europe from the invention of printing to the publication of the French Encyclop die.
Rhetoric appears to be a marginal topic for the Bakhtin School and for most Bakhtin scholars, but many rhetorical critics, theorists, and teachers have nonetheless found the school's work compelling and challenging.
