Cultural studies

While the importance of collections has been evident in the sciences and humanities for several centuries, the social and cultural significance of collecting practices is now receiving serious attention as well.

As of 2012, Twitter has over 100 million active users worldwide, generating close to 230 million Tweets per day.

Rock 'n' roll infuses the everyday life of the American adult, but for the first, complete generation of rock 'n' roll fans-baby boomers born between 1946 and 1964-it holds a special kind of value, playing a social personality-defining role that is unique to this group.

In an era of Twitter and televised therapy, it may seem that classic theatre has little place in contemporary society.

As they transition into adulthood, many American boys and young men spend a considerable amount of time engaging in physical sports, playing violent video games, and watching action movies, including war films.

Few philosophers have been as popular, prolific, and controversial as Friedrich Nietzsche, who has left his imprint not only on philosophy but on all the arts.

What is Hip-Hop?

During the second half of the 20th century, the Caribbean island of Barbados emerged as a key player in the creation and nurturing of Caribbean popular music.

When writer and director Joss Whedon created the character Buffy the Vampire Slayer, he could hardly have expected the resulting academic interest in his work.

At one time, Italian wines conjured images of cheap Chianti in straw-wrapped bottles.

Thomas Berry is one of the most eminent cultural historians of our time.

At a time where, after decades of progress in gender and sexual rights, people in many parts of the world are facing new forms of resistance and opposition to gender equality, this timely publication confirms the continuing importance and relevance of gender and women's studies.

This work sets forth the argument that in the age of (neoliberal) globalization, black people around the world are ever-so slowly becoming "e;African-Americanized"e;.

Since the early days of film, the representation of masculinity has changed considerably.

From Altar-Throne to Table: The Campaign for Frequent Holy Communion in the Catholic Church investigates what the celebrated scholar of liturgy Robert A.

Much has been written about the history of Communism in America, including the Party's appeal to many in the Hollywood community of the 1930s and 40s.

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) is one of the most important early modern thinkers.

By the time Martin Heidegger passed away on May 26th, 1976, he had become the most important and controversial philosopher of his age.

In the mid-eighteenth century, many British authors and literary critics anxiously claimed that poetry was in crisis.

Surrealism was a broad movement, which attracted many adherents.

The Historical Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Nubia covers the period from the Paleolithic, all the periods of ancient Nubia (Predynastic, Kerma, Dynasty XXV, Napatan, Meroitic, Post-Meroitic) and to the end of medieval Christianity in Nubia (Sudan).

In our troubled world, looking back to ancient wisdom can shed light on fresh solutions.

This reference contains more than 600 cross-referenced dictionary entries on utopian thought and experimentation that span the centuries from ancient times to the present.

From the highly entertaining and global online phenomenon, Brother, comes a perfect how-to for millennial men everywhere.

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.

This is the 20th anniversary edition of WITCH: A MAGICKAL JOURNEY.

From prehistoric Scotland to the Brexit referendum, this little book covers all of the main events in Scottish history.

'This is a funny and beautiful book.

At a time where, after decades of progress in gender and sexual rights, people in many parts of the world are facing new forms of resistance and opposition to gender equality, this timely publication confirms the continuing importance and relevance of gender and women's studies.

Contradictory ideals of egalitarianism and self-reliance haunt America's democratic state.

Recent years have seen an increased interest in Jewish life, its culture, and its celebrations.

One of the oldest monotheistic religions known to humankind, Judaism has withstood the tests of time.

With Mathilde Blind: Late-Victorian Culture and the Woman of Letters, James Diedrick offers a groundbreaking critical biography of the German-born British poet Mathilde Blind (1841-1896), a freethinking radical feminist.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY WIREDIn this brilliant smart-thinking book about the power and influence of social media, Professor Sinan Aral shows how 'hyper-socialization' has profoundly changed us.

Something has gone wrong.

Seventy years ago, an Ivy League-educated lawyer, his wife from a prominent Midwestern media family, and their four children moved to a small town in Southwestern Colorado.

"e;Three Agriculture-related problems"e; is a social problem of public concern in China since its reform and opening up program.

Modern Freemasonry in the United States and Great Britain celebrates its 300th anniversary in 2017 tracing its direct history from the Grand Lodge of England founded in 1717.

This book is dedicated to the research of the "e;pleasure phenomenon"e; as the most important factor in individual and socio-cultural development.

A Generation Abandoned explores the disruptive cultural events especially of the past half century as these have undermined the confidence of the young in themselves and in civil society, and finally in our place in the universe.

This book is a study of Salpuri-Chum, a traditional Korean dance for expelling evil spirits.

'One of the most articulate cultural anthropologists of this generation.

Interpreting Masonic Ritual endeavors to addresses the depth of the ritualistic experience through a discussion of what ritual means to man as well as what man means to ritual.

This book argues that vegetarian and vegan people should be guaranteed the right to eat according to their beliefs.

His tenth book, The Progressive Revolution (Volume V)-continues his legal, historical and literary series based on Natural Law, Natural Rights and the original political philosophy of the constitutional Framers and original jurisprudence of the U.

In today's world, we are witnessing both the spread of a hopeful secular humanism and the persistence of cultural traditions that mindlessly glorify humans and are paving the path to environmental collapse.

In Naturalness, Dieter Birnbacher delves into an argument common in everyday thinking and ethics-the argument of naturalness.

This book illustrates the value of the cross-fertilisation of literary criticism with philosophy, something Leavis advocated in his later writings.

Novelty is real.

The search for happiness has been an enduring quest for us all.