Cultural and media studies

From Benjamin Franklin to Ragged Dick to Jack Kelly, hero of the Disney musical Newsies, newsboys have long intrigued Americans as symbols of struggle and achievement.

Taking seriously the practice and not just the theory of music, this ground-breaking collection of essays establishes a new standard for the interdisciplinary conversation between theology, musicology, and liturgical studies.

How is religion portrayed on prime time entertainment television and what effect does this have on our society?

Three themes are drawn together in this book: gender and sexuality, the organisation of work, and the impact of technological change.

FR continues to challenge the subjects of the day, this issue features a lead article on Perestroika and Prostitution

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This book explores the impact of global change in China in what is considered in the West as 'the Asian century' and what this in turn means for visual culture.

Grub Street was a real place, a place of poverty and vice.

Chinese Discourse Studies presents an innovative and systematic approach to discourse and communication in contemporary China.

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Born and raised on the windswept prairies of northwest Wyoming, Alan Swallow (1915-1966) nurtured a passion for literature and poetry at an early age.

Liberal democracies have always accepted the need to go to war, despite the fact that war can undermine liberal values.

This study of Manchester football, by leading football historian Gary James, considers the sport's emergence, development and establishment through to its position as the city's leading team sport.

Countless children throughout the world grow up without fathers.

Examines how urban citizenship gave many people a real stake in their own communities, even before the rise of modern democracy.

Economic Structures of the Ancient Near East (1985) is a political economy of antiquity which applies the universal conclusions of theoretical economics to the interpretation of economic life.

Social media initiatives, when effectively used and correctly monetized, can engage customers better and provide higher ROI rates than traditional marketing and sales initiatives.

The new edition of this influential work updates and expands the scope of the original, including more sustained analyses of individual films, from The Birth of a Nation to The Wolf of Wall Street.

This book examines the relationship between inequalities and identities in the context of an unprecedented state advocacy of human rights with a distinct emphasis on (ethnic) group rights in post-civil war Ethiopia.

The European Film Production Guide sets out in one comprehensive volume the major economic, financial and business considerations which independent producers need to bear in mind when making films in or with other countries within Europe.

A working guide on how to find love and sexual fulfillment by working with the lwa, the spirits of Haitian Vodou *; The first book on wanga (love magic) by an actual Vodou initiate *; Provides spells and spirit work for many different problems associated with affairs of the heart *; Spells included are detailed and easy to follow Haitian Vodou, like other folk traditions, is an eminently practical craft.

Are humans unwitting partners in evolution with psychedelic plants?

As an example of convergence, the mobile phone-especially in the form of smartphone-is now ushering in new promises of seamlessness between engagement with technology and everyday common experiences.

Sustainability is one of the great problems facing food production today.

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This book examines, through the case study of Indonesia over recent decades, how the reporting of violence can drive the escalation of violence, and how journalists can alter their reporting practices in order to have the opposite effect and promote peace.

This book provides a uniquely positioned contribution to the current debates on the integration of immigrants in Europe.

This book draws on the stories of female educators and young Muslim women to explore issues of identity, justice and education.

The Oxford Handbook of German Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century is the first collective critical study of this important period in intellectual history.

Dubai's audacious architecture and photographic locations attract social media 'influencers' from around the world.

This book explores the phenomenon of Saturnism, namely the belief that the planet Saturn, the seventh known planet in ancient astrology, was appointed upon the Jews, who celebrated the Sabbath, the seventh day of the Jewish week.

How do intellectuals engage with and affect their publics?

This collection explores how creators extend the commercial life of their creative endeavours, and the impact of these legal developments.

The purpose of this book is twofold.

This unique textbook offers a comprehensive overview of European and international media law, and how globalised communication has shaped it.

From mass murder to genocide, slavery to colonial suppression, acts of atrocity have lives that extend far beyond the horrific moment.

What is Buddhist Feminism?

What is celebrity?

How was Africa seen by the West during the colonial period?

The United Methodist Church has been in conflict over lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender inclusion issues since 1972.

This book provides a historical and analytical account of changes in the seafood supply chain in Britain from the mid-twentieth century to the present, looking at the impact of various types of governance.

While film and video has long been used within psychological practice, researchers and practitioners have only just begun to explore the benefits of film and video production as therapy.

This study of children's literature as knowledge, culture, and social foundation bridges the gap between science and literature and examines the interconnectedness of fiction and reality as a two-way road.

At least 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, many of them teenagers.

A Companion to Food in the Ancient World presents a comprehensive overview of the cultural aspects relating to the production, preparation, and consumption of food and drink in antiquity.

Soviet Literature in the Sixties (1965) examines the Soviet literary scene and its changes following the death of Stalin.

This book is a groundbreaking study of one of the greatest science fiction writers, the Polish master Stanislaw Lem.

Escape Routes: Contemporary Perspectives on Life After Punishment addresses the reasons why people stop offending, and the processes by which they are rehabilitated or resettled back into the community.