Moving from People magazine to publicists' offices to tours of stars' homes, Joshua Gamson investigates the larger-than-life terrain of American celebrity culture.
The Kapalikas and Kalamukhas delves into the mysterious histories and practices of the Kapalikas and Kalamukhas, two aivite sects that thrived in medieval India before fading into obscurity.
The Kapalikas and Kalamukhas delves into the mysterious histories and practices of the Kapalikas and Kalamukhas, two aivite sects that thrived in medieval India before fading into obscurity.
En la 'Historia del consumo en la España contemporánea (1973-2020)', Fernando Conde Gutiérrez del Álamo aborda la historia de la sociedad de consumo en España dividida en cuatro grandes etapas: la del consumo de masas entre 1973 y 1985, la de consumos segmentados entre 1985 y la crisis del 1993-1994, la de los consumos glocales financiarizados entre esta crisis y la de las 'subprime' de 2008, y la de los consumos glocales digitalizados entre esta crisis y la emergencia de la pandemia.
How the entertainment narrative of upward mobility distorts the harsh economic realities in AmericaIn an age of growing wealth disparities, politicians on both sides of the aisle are sounding the alarm about the fading American Dream.
An ';engrossing, unputdownable' (Amanda Montell, New York Times bestselling author) pop history that explains why the eccentric doomsday beliefs of our Puritan founders are still driving American culture today, contextualizes the current rise in far-right extremism as a natural result of our latent indoctrination, and proposes that the United States is the largest cult of all.
Explore an A-Z of everything you need to know about the masterful movies of Quentin Tarantino, from AK-47 to "e;Zed's dead, baby"e; and everything in between.
No puede entenderse la teoría junguiana si no se comprende el lugar de la alquimia en la misma, porque la alquimia constituyó su orientación hermenéutica fundamental durante los últimos treinta años del desarrollo de su concepción.
Highlighting the pinnacle achievements of Chinese culture, this book presents the authors' profound insights into the concepts and passions that have shaped the Chinese nation over the past 5,000 years.
Highlighting the pinnacle achievements of Chinese culture, this book presents the authors' profound insights into the concepts and passions that have shaped the Chinese nation over the past 5,000 years.
Palabrandar es una noción y una práctica del pueblo indígena nasa, en el Cauca colombiano, que proviene de la expresión yuwe u'jya, cuya traducción literal es el camino de la palabra', es decir, la capacidad de tejer comunidad, territorio y autonomía por medio de la lengua.
