Cultural and media studies

Konflikte sind alltäglich, auch in der Feuerwehr und unabhängig von Dienstebene oder Alter.

This book offers an alternative approach to developing media literacy pedagogies for marginalized communities and people in postcolonial countries, especially in the Global South, tackling unexplored issues such as media literacy of war, terrorism, pandemics, infodemics, populism, colonialism, genocide, and intersectional feminism.

A provocative and timely look at how language is used to manipulate the truth, how our gullibility leaves us susceptible to manipulation, and what we can do to reverse these trends.

Peek behind the curtain into the making of Happy Days, the ultimate American sitcom, in this detailed season-by-season history written by two of the show's longest-serving writer-producers.

This edited volume considers the use of African languages for marketing communication.

Hybrid Documentary and Non-Binary Cinema offers an expansive exploration of the contemporary documentary cinema form, aesthetics, and ethics.

In 2022 Wits University Press marked its centenary, making it the oldest, most established university press in sub-Saharan Africa.

How did Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's divorce become the centre of the anti-#MeToo backlash?

Luxury has been associated with superficiality, consumerism and meaninglessness throughout the history of serious philosophical thought.

Genocide is the word Pope Francis used on July 20, 2022, to describe the 150-year history of Canada's involvement in the Residential Boarding School System.

Adventurous Film Making (1980) looks at some more ambitious and interesting techniques and shows how these serve film makers in expressing their ideas.

This accessible, up-to-date textbook covers the history of comics as it developed in the US in all of its forms: political cartoons and newspaper comic strips, comic books, graphic novels, minicomics, and webcomics.

Ronnie Barker has long been known as one of Britain s greatest comedy performers.

Using the works and theories of Carl Gustav Jung and the astrologers Alan Leo, Dane Rudhyar and Liz Greene, this volume provides a cultural history of psychological astrology in the twentieth century, demonstrating the prevalence of 'magic' in modern culture through its presence in astrology.

This book provides a critical overview of the cultural impact of the Murder, She Wrote TV series and its paratextual elements, including board and video games, podcasts, fan conventions, collectible figures, and ghostwritten novels.

Women's Studies investigates the world from women-centred perspectives which cross the boundaries of traditional academic disciplines.

Technology innovations have changed how social work educators teach and students learn.

Aktueller Überblick der Theorien und Gestaltungsempfehlungen zum Lehren und Lernen mit digitalen Medien auf Basis aktueller empirischer Befunde aus Metaanalysen und ExperimentalserienDas Forschungsfeld zum Lehren und Lernen mit digitalen Medien hat sich in den letzten Jahren erheblich weiterentwickelt.

This book reconceptualises the idea of communalism in independent India.

The Routledge Handbook of the Sociopolitical Context of Language Learning is a compelling examination of how language education must adapt to our rapidly changing world.

'Tom is one of my favourite people to taste wine with' - Oz Clarke'Tom's love of wine is matched by his dedication to sharing down-to-earth insights with accessibility and fun' - Olly SmithFrom grape to glass, this highly readable and charismatic guide will teach you everything you need to know to enjoy wine.

Children's picture books from the Romantic period.

The Kit b-i-Aqdas is considered the most important and sacred text of the Bah ' Faith, a religion with some eight million adherents, found in nearly every country of the world.

In den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten erfolgte kaum Grundlagenforschung zu Homosexualität im Allgemeinen und zu Partnerschaften schwuler Männer im Besonderen.

This study considers the performativity of sound-producing sculptures made in the twenty-first century through a cultural history of certain works.

A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF 2025'Essential reading' Irish Independent'Fascinating and powerfully argued' Daily Telegraph'A captivating must-read for anyone who wants to understand how and why misogyny is as powerful a force as ever' KATE MANNE, author of Down GirlCosmetic surgeries are at an all-time high, Ozempic is bringing back 'heroin chic' and TikTok trad-wives are on the rise - after four waves of feminism, what went wrong?

Este trabajo, fruto del proyecto "Reconocimiento de los valores culturales de los afrodescendientes del Pacífico Colombiano y fortalecimiento de su identidad" pretende como objetivos generales el rescate, valoración y difusión del patrimonio urbano y arquitectónico de la región del Pacífico colombiano, el cual incluye desde la vivienda y su arquitectura hasta los modelos urbanos y los componentes del ordenamiento territorial que son específicos del Litoral Pacífico.

Rabaka explores funk as a distinct multiform of music, aesthetics, politics, social vision, and cultural rebellion that has been remixed and continues to influence contemporary Black popular music and Black popular culture, especially rap music and the Hip Hop Movement.

Discover the origins, traditions, and use of the everyday foods served on our plates, from salt to sushi and rice to ravioli.

Qui lors des séjours dans sa résidence secondaire ou en visite auprès d’amis et de la famille n’a réalisé au moins une fois un aller-retour de produits et marques pour soi, à partager ou en faire cadeau aux autres ?

The Routledge International Handbook of Valuation and Society builds on the growing research interest in practices of valuation throughout contemporary society, providing an up-to-date overview of the different facets of research in the sociology of valuation.

Rather than providing a dictionary of superstitions, of which there are already numerous excellent, exhaustive and, in many cases, academic works which list superstitions from A to Z, Bainton gives us an entertaining flight over the terrain, landing from time to time in more thought-provoking areas.

In this Very Short Introduction, Prof Lord John Krebs provides a brief history of human food, from our remote ancestors 3 million years ago to the present day.