Cultural studies

In this major theoretical statement, the author offers a new and provocative interpretation of the institutional transformations associated with modernity.

Experience Africa's vibrant and volatile struggle at the crossroads between tradition and modernity .

America, like other modern nations, is characterized by its diversity and can be seen as a complex and fragmented nation-state.

A star-studded collection of essays from acclaimed and bestselling authors and celebrities that illuminates the lasting power of desire and longing, and celebrates our initiation into the euphoria, pain, and mystery that is our first celebrity crush.

The Spiritual Travelers Travel GuideA must read before a trip.

The creative industries are the subject of growing attention among policy-makers, academics, activists, artists and development specialists worldwide.

“Provocative and diverse” essays on the image—and the reality—of feminism in the twenty-first century (Christine A.

Signataire en 1971 du Manifeste des 343 en faveur de l’avortement libre, Claudine Monteil a eu la chance de militer aux côtés de Simone de Beauvoir pour les droits des femmes.

Of all the topics of interest in the digital humanities, the network has received comparatively little attention.

This book examines the ideas of the Founders with regard to establishing a national university.

What are the relations between feminism and history, feminist politics and historical practice?

Melissa Fuster thinks expansively about the multiple meanings of comida, food, from something as simple as a meal to something as complex as one's identity.

The secret to happiness is to be yourself.

The European Union's origins lie in the ruins of World War Two.

With a focus on historic sites, this volume explores the recent history of non- heteronormative Americans from the early twentieth century onward and the places associated with these communities.

The secret to happiness is to be yourself.

We spend more time shopping than doing anything else, after sleep and work.

Forty years later, the "e;audacious generation"e; takes on the unfinished business of their counter-culture youth.

Forty years later, the "e;audacious generation"e; takes on the unfinished business of their counter-culture youth.

"e;Helga Nowotny's exploration of the forms and meaning of time in contemporary life is panoramic without in any way partaking of the blandness of a survey.

Blockchain and Bitcoin have become household names.

In a culture where the supernatural possessed an immediacy now strange to us, magic was of great importance both in the literary and mythic tradition and in ritual practice.

Performativity has emerged as a critical new idea across the humanities and social sciences, from literary and cultural studies to the study of gender and the philosophy of action.

Advance Praise for Dream-Singers"e;You will find a great storehouse of folk and literary treasures in this ambitious book that speaks to anyone who has ever thought about his or her dreams.

From "e;The Next Generation"e; and "e;The X-Files"e;, to "e;Farscape"e; and "e;Enterprise"e;, sci-fi television series in the US have multiplied since the 1980s.

Our Daily Bread charmingly weaves together the customs, rituals, anecdotes, legends and sayings that tell the story of bread, from Mesopotamia, through Egypt, to the Far East, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and the New World.

In recent years, questions about men and boys have aroused remarkable media interest, public concern and controversy.

Richard Hoggart has been, perhaps, the best-known, and certainly the most affectionately acknowledged, British intellectual of the past sixty years.

The Spiritual Travelers Travel GuideA must read before a trip.

This book examines the implications of new communication technologies in the light of the most recent work in social and cultural theory and argues that new developments in electronic media, such as the Internet and Virtual Reality, justify the designation of a "e;second media age"e;.

This book presents serious academic scholarship on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Sovereign nation states, which were formed in the context of major war, have been deeply exclusionary in their dealings with minority cultures and alien outsiders.

Contemporary society has seen an unprecedented rise in both the demand and the desire to be creative, to bring something new into the world.

A powerful dating advice bible for men.

How adequate are our theories of globalisation for analysing the worlds we share with others?

The arrival of a new style of music and a new type of drug in 1988 ignited a revolution.

The increasing popularity of bande dessinee, or French-language comic strip, means that it is being established on university syllabuses worldwide.

Tony Richardson's 1968 "e;Charge of the Light Brigade"e;, with its star cast, lavish sets and location shoots, was one of the most expensive British films ever made.

A field guide to the new American Roots movement, United States of Americana is a vivid, fascinating, and comprehensive survey of how and why young urban Americans are finding inspiration in the cultural traditions of an earlier time in many areas of contemporary life.

The modern world is faced with a terrifying new disease , that of obesity .

This original book enters the undeveloped territory of feminist metaphysics and offers a bold and unusual contribution to debates about identity, essence and self.

A metaphysical interpretation of the New Testament, which teaches oneness as the only truth, and surrender (or letting go) as the practice that leads to spiritual enlightenment.

The study comprehensively and interestingly discusses Puri, the sacred city of Orissa.

Prophecy is not new.

In this book Jorge Larrain discusses three of the most important concepts in the social sciences: ideology, reason and cultural identity.

Death is the one certainty in life, yet, with the decline of religion in the West, we have become collectively reluctant to talk about it.

From the state of our rivers and our justice system to a new way to fight obesity and how a farmer discovered our unknown warrior in a field in France, this collection of provocative, impassioned essays by smart thinkers will tune up your intellectual engine.