Cultural studies

This book contributes to various political debates about Central Europe in terms of its literary-symbolic geography.

This exciting volume brings to life the food culture of Mexico, detailing the development of the cuisine and providing practical information about ingredients and cooking techniques so that readers can replicate some of Mexico's most important traditional dishes.

The Routledge Handbook on American Prisons is an authoritative volume that provides an overview of the state of U.

In der Kinder- und Jugendbuchforschung gilt übereinstimmend, dass im Gegensatz zur allgemeinen Literaturgeschichtsschreibung eine verlässliche Materialbasis noch vollständig fehlt und die vorhandenen Lücken nur schrittweise geschlossen werden können.

Pop culture is the heart and soul of America, a unifying bridge across time bringing together generations of diverse backgrounds.

A thought-provoking and much-needed look at how modern masculinity is harming and holding back men-and all of society-and what we can do to promote a new masculinity that allows men of all ages to thrive.

The Reformed Church historian and orientalist Johann Heinrich Hottinger (1620-1667) is a key figure in the history of Arabic and Islamic studies in early modern Europe.

This book uses the concept of the region to introduce traditional Chinese villages in ten typical areas.

This volume brings together a collection of essays by contemporary thinker and social scientist S.

Jacob Kinnard offers an in-depth examination of the complex dynamics of religiously charged places.

An overview of the life, work and continuing importance of the pre-eminent African American intellectual of the twentieth century.

The Soviet Way of Life (1948) is an objective description of the Soviet Russian political and economic systems.

History of the British West Indies (1954) examines the history of the islands of the Caribbean from their first discovery, through the periods of colonisation and slavery, and up to the beginnings of their status as independent nations.

This book considers the challenges related to the effective implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies to the cultural heritage digitization process.

The Everyday Practice of Public Art: Art, Space, and Social Inclusion is a multidisciplinary anthology of analyses exploring the expansion of contemporary public art issues beyond the built environment.

In Lost in the American City , Jeremy Tambling looks at European reactions to America and American cities in the nineteenth-century.

What has philosophy to do with the poor?

Anarchist Socialism in Early 20th Century Spain is the first English translation of and critical introduction to Ideario, a collection of newspaper and journal articles written by Spanish anarchist Ricardo Mella.

How Molyneux''s Question shaped the conflict between empiricism and idealism in nineteenth-century British, American and Australian landscape painting and criticism.

This highly sensitive and beautifully written book looks closely at the way contemporary Western artists negotiate death, both as personal experience and in the wider community.

This book offers a collection of cutting-edge essays on the relationship between crime, harm and consumer culture.

A rich intellectual history of the reinvention of France''s colonial empire in the second half of the eighteenth century.

Cinema, Religion and the Romantic Legacy surveys the ways in which notions of religion and spirituality have impinged upon the cinema.

The revised tenth edition of this core textbook provides an understanding of major world criminal justice systems by discussing and comparing the systems of six of the world's countries - each representative of a different type of legal system.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the development of international cultural heritage law and policy since 1945.

For anyone whos ever picked an apple fresh from the tree or enjoyed a glass of cider, writer and orchardist Diane Flynt offers a new history of the apple and how it changed the South and the nation.

This volume investigates energy as a shaping force in Russian and Soviet literature, visual culture, and social practice.

The First Ethiopians explores the images of Africa and Africans that evolved in ancient Egypt, in classical Greece and imperial Rome, in the early Mediterranean world, and in the early domains of Christianity.

This edited volume on radical dress reforms in East Asia takes a fresh look at the symbols and languages of modernity in dress and body.

This book is a ground-breaking collection on contemporary Arab theatre.

The Peruvian Nobel laureate presents a collection of essays on the decline of intellectual life in the age of media spectacle.

Prostitution is strongly embedded in local cultural practices in Cambodia.

A comprehensive, authoritative, innovative and accessible account of Pythagoreanism, one of the most enigmatic and influential philosophies in the West.

As well as regular Sunday and weekday celebrations and the observance of saints' days, many churches and cathedrals also hold Eucharists for special occasions or intentions.

This book provides theoretical and empirical discussion of migration, identity and Europeanisation.

This edited collection explores family relations in two types of  'migrant families' in Europe: mixed families and transnational families.

Are children today growing up too soon?

This is the first comprehensive exploration of ancient and modern tyranny in the history of political thought.

Divided into three sections on cosmetics, clothes and hairstyling, this book explores how early modern women regarded beauty culture and in what ways skin, clothes and hair could be used to represent racial, class and gender identities, and to convey political, religious and philosophical ideals.

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'a brilliant history' The Sunday Times 'makes for riveting reading' The IndependentModern pagan witchcraft is arguably the only fully-formed religion England has given the world, and has now spread across four continents.

This book addresses the Lusophone Black Atlantic as a space of historical and cultural production between Portugal, Brazil, and Africa.

Heritage's revival as a respected academic subject has, in part, resulted from an increased awareness and understanding of indigenous rights and non-Western philosophies and practices, and a growing respect for the intangible.

Mixed Reality gilt als eine der größten technischen Innovationen der Gegenwart.