In this elegiac account that is part travelogue, part memoir, British poet and writer Malcolm Ritchie recounts his and his wife's unforgettable three-year-sojourn in Sora, a remote farming and fishing village on the Japan Sea coast.
Atlas of Remote Sensing for World Heritage: China describes the UNESCO Natural and Cultural Heritage Sites in China and focuses on the interrelationship between culture and nature as well as on the breadth and complexity of China's world heritage sites.
This book considers how the long-standing superhero genre has been reinvigorated in the twenty-first century as an interlocutor of security and surveillance discourses following the events of ‘9/11’.
This collection of killer cocktails is the perfect sidekick for slaying your soirees, enlivening a murder mystery party, or sipping solo with a twisty book or movie.
Discover the Sacred in Your StoryImagine gathering around a dim sum table, a lively setting where stories are shared over flavorful bites and heartfelt moments.
The fascinating story of sophistication in the United States, from the founding to the presentIs there such a thing as ';American sophistication'or is it a contradiction in terms?
The book is about the multiple meanings and instances of masks (and makeup which seems to have a mask-like function such as in Kiss, many black metal bands, and Insane Clown Posse) within popular culture, specifically films and music.
The growing globalization of world business, culture and communicationand Japan's increasingly important role as a leader in that worldmakes understanding Japanese culture critical for business people, diplomats, students, educators and anyone else with an interest in Japan.
An influential introduction to Marxist cultural criticism by the acclaimed literary theoristIn Marxism and Form, Fredric Jameson, one of the most important literary and cultural critics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, offers a pioneering look at major European Marxist and Frankfurt School thinkersAdorno, Benjamin, Marcuse, Bloch, Lukacs, and Sartre.
Scottish-born stylist Ray Petri (1948 1989), founder of the maverick Buffalo collective, defined the look and feel of radical 1980s magazines such as The Face, i-D, and Arena.
The book is about the multiple meanings and instances of masks (and makeup which seems to have a mask-like function such as in Kiss, many black metal bands, and Insane Clown Posse) within popular culture, specifically films and music.
The growing globalization of world business, culture and communicationand Japan's increasingly important role as a leader in that worldmakes understanding Japanese culture critical for business people, diplomats, students, educators and anyone else with an interest in Japan.
The Routledge Companion to Gender and Celebrity offers the first comprehensive global study of how gender shapes celebrity culture across diverse contexts and media landscapes.
Recent reports indicate that atmospheric levels of reactive nitrogen species (RNS) are rising globally, primarily due to increased fossil fuel combustion for energy production and agricultural activities.
This book considers how the long-standing superhero genre has been reinvigorated in the twenty-first century as an interlocutor of security and surveillance discourses following the events of ‘9/11’.
A sweeping history of global interdependence from the late eighteenth to the twenty-first centurywith essential lessons for todayIn The Capitalist Era, leading global historian Jeremy Adelman puts the world's current unwinding in much-needed historical perspective.
White Privilege, 'Anti-white Racism' and White Supremacy in Australia examines the rise of white victimhood narratives in Australia, particularly the growing claims of 'anti-white racism'-the belief that white people are now the targets of prejudice and systemic discrimination.
Recent reports indicate that atmospheric levels of reactive nitrogen species (RNS) are rising globally, primarily due to increased fossil fuel combustion for energy production and agricultural activities.
A sweeping history of global interdependence from the late eighteenth to the twenty-first centurywith essential lessons for todayIn The Capitalist Era, leading global historian Jeremy Adelman puts the world's current unwinding in much-needed historical perspective.
