Cultural studies

Ever wondered whether plant-based commercial products really are the healthy option?

An examination of the profound and unexpected ways in which your culture affects your body and your choices.

This book contains updated versions of a set of papers presented at the International Conference on Agriculture and Economic Development-A Symposium on Japan's Experience which was held in Tokyo, July, 1967.

This book traces 300 years of sumo's economic and social history, examining how it survived and evolved through major historical upheavals including the Great Fire of Edo, the Meiji Restoration, and World War II.

This book traces 300 years of sumo's economic and social history, examining how it survived and evolved through major historical upheavals including the Great Fire of Edo, the Meiji Restoration, and World War II.

This handbook represents the first structured, academic overview of constructed languages, including not only well-known examples like Esperanto and Klingon, but also those created for educational, philosophical, and communication purposes.

Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2025 im Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaft, Note: 1,6, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit befasst sich mit der Rolle der Frau als spirituelle Vermittlerin in Nikos Kazantzakis Werk „Die griechische Passion“.

"e;Jewish culture in America is creating a genuinely new archive---a powerful admixture of texts old and new, Jewish and gentile, sacred and secular, on which our writers and critics offer creative commentary and to which they make compelling response.

Written over a century ago when Japan was abandoning its rich traditions to embrace the hysteria of colonization, this classic written by Okakura Kakuzo helped preserve the masterpieces of Japanese art and culture by illuminating the spirit of the Japanese Tea Masters.

Streit in Familien um Bildschirmzeit.

That Was the Wild East presents critical insight into popular film culture and art house cinema in Germany from 1990-1999.

That Was the Wild East presents critical insight into popular film culture and art house cinema in Germany from 1990-1999.

Today's moviegoers and critics generally consider some Hollywood products--even some blockbusters--to be legitimate works of art.

Performing Democracy explores aspects of a developing form of performance that works to change social conditions for marginalized groups or to preserve the traditions and cohesion of the community.

Performing Democracy explores aspects of a developing form of performance that works to change social conditions for marginalized groups or to preserve the traditions and cohesion of the community.

This book is written for restaurant owners, operators, and entrepreneurs who want to open their first location with limited capital, are renovating an existing space while keeping the doors open, feel overwhelmed by architects, contractors, and city codes, but want to stay in control, and believe their concept deserves great design but need practical, affordable solutions.

A little over two decades ago, Zimbabwe undertook its Fast Track Land Reform Programme.

A little over two decades ago, Zimbabwe undertook its Fast Track Land Reform Programme.

Containing photographs of everyday, antique objects along with insightful commentary, Things Korean is a useful guide to traditional life in Korea.

Shakespeare in Theory: The Postmodern Academy and the Early Modern Theater offers a provocative, highly original premise: that present-day literary criticism and theory have been shaped by the same institutional forces that shaped the theater of Shakespeare's day.

East Asia: the world's most dangerous flash point brought to life by a true insider.

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2024 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Medien, Kunst, Musik, Note: 1,1, Universität Bielefeld (Fakultät für Soziologie), Veranstaltung: Bachelorarbeit im Bereich der Mediensoziologie, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Bachelorarbeit „Journalistische Mediennutzung junger Erwachsener unter dem Einfluss der Herkunftsfamilie und Peers“ untersucht, wie Familie und Freundeskreis das Medienverhalten junger Menschen prägen.

"e;Few peoples have drawn the 'us' and 'them' line so clearly and maintained it for so long.

Diplomas and Thatch Houses examines the people of Pulap, a tiny atoll just north of the Equator in the western Pacific.

"e;Race relations"e; are a controversial topic in today's Germany.

Glasnost and the collapse of the Soviet Union revolutionized Russian society.

Diplomas and Thatch Houses examines the people of Pulap, a tiny atoll just north of the Equator in the western Pacific.

"e;The Artificial Paradise shows how science fiction is a powerful purveyor of cultural myths rooted in the history of the West, myths that shape American attitudes toward nature, technology, and the pursuit of happiness.

Contesting Cultural Rhetorics is a groundbreaking and original study that demonstrates how "e;education"e; is viewed as a contested term and a set of contested practices in American culture because it is inevitably linked to highly contested, value-laden terms.

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This edited anthology critically engages with the intersection of feminism, politics, and popular culture, with an emphasis on how shifts in cultural discourse have shaped the perception, understanding, and practice of feminist thought in contemporary society.

Lavishly decorated manhole covers, pink polka-dotted backhoes, toilets with warmable seats, blow dryers (and other bells and whistles).

In 1859 high grade silver bullion was discovered on the Comstock Lode.

How does one envision the sequel to communist rule in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union?

How does one envision the sequel to communist rule in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union?

The Bastard Instrument chronicles the history of the electric bass and the musicians who played it, from the instrument's invention through its widespread acceptance at the end of the 1960s.

The Bastard Instrument chronicles the history of the electric bass and the musicians who played it, from the instrument's invention through its widespread acceptance at the end of the 1960s.

Working Time collects essays by prize-winning poet Jane Miller on the subjects of poetry, travel, and culture.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2023 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Medien, Kunst, Musik, Note: 1,0, Universität zu Köln (Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, zu analysieren, wie sich die Figureneigenschaften zweier letzten weiblichen Überlebenden verändern.

As Deirdre Clemente shows in this lively history of fashion on American college campuses, whether its jeans and sneakers or khakis with a polo shirt, chances are college kids made it cool.

Millions of tourists visit Washington, D.

The phrase dude food likely brings to mind a range of images: burgers stacked impossibly high with an assortment of toppings that were themselves once considered a meal; crazed sports fans demolishing plates of radioactively hot wings; barbecued or bacon-wrapped .

This insightful book explores the intense and ultimately fleeting moment in 1980s America when the future looked Japanese.

France is often held up as a bastion of gastronomic refinement and as a model of artisanal agriculture and husbandry.

The rate of interfaith marriage in the United States has risen so radically since the sixties that it is difficult to recall how taboo the practice once was.

Jesusita Aragon earned the title "e;la partera,"e; or midwife, at the age of fourteen.

Today, vaudeville is imagined as a parade of slapstick comedians, blackface shouters, coyly revealed knees, and second-rate acrobats.

In this book, Ashant M.

In this surprising new look at how clothing, style, and commerce came together to change American culture, Jennifer Le Zotte examines how secondhand goods sold at thrift stores, flea markets, and garage sales came to be both profitable and culturally influential.

This book is written for restaurant owners, operators, and entrepreneurs who want to open their first location with limited capital, are renovating an existing space while keeping the doors open, feel overwhelmed by architects, contractors, and city codes, but want to stay in control, and believe their concept deserves great design but need practical, affordable solutions.