Cultural and media studies

This monograph presents a detailed analysis of the beginning and rapid establishment of blood group research in the first half of the twentieth century.

The Social Value of Art (1939) is a thorough examination of art activity, using the knowledge of the workings of the mind and of the attractions of pleasure.

Nation Branding in the Americas: Contested Politics and Identities provides an overview of nation branding in the Americas, an often neglected continent(s) in debates about the creation, dissemination and management of national images.

Humor and Masculinity in U.

This book examines the discourse of Muslim televangelism in the West, particularly looking at the emergence of 'home-grown' televangelists who grew up in the West and deliver their sermons in English, addressing audiences in contexts such as the UK and the USA.

Media and Society: An Introduction, offers an interdisciplinary approach to media as means of social connection in everyday life and beyond.

In this provocative book, Thomas Chatterton Williams, one of the most revered and reviled social commentators of our time, paints a clear and detailed picture of the ideas and events that have paved the way for the dramatic paradigm shift in social justice that has taken place over the past few years.

This book draws together the scientific research on how we process and interpret emoji.

This book explores the complexities and nuances of reparations for victims and survivors of settler colonial violence.

How is fashion linked to our identity?

Manuel Castells analiza las transformaciones que se han producido en la industria global de los medios de comunicacion y, basandose en una diversidad de enfoques sociales y psicologicos, ofrece una investigacion original de procesos politicos y movimientos sociales -los acontecimientos que siguieron al atentado del 11 de marzo en Madrid, la desinformacion del publico estadounidense sobre la guerra de Irak, el movimiento ecologista global contra el cambio climatico, el control de la informacion en Rusia y China y el papel de Internet en las campanas electorales, como la de Obama- que ilustran la relacion entre comunicacion y el poder del siglo XXI.

Der ehemalige Pastor, Theologe und Autor Jürgen Mette schreibt in seinem neuen Buch "Zwischen Himmeltag und Vaterfahrt" über Sinn und Unsinn von Feiertagen.

Barbara Bray (1924-2010) was an English woman of letters who translated some hundred novels, plays, and essays from French to English and was Marguerite Duras's preferred translator.

Our understanding of lycanthropy is limited by our association of it with contemporary portrayals of werewolves in horror films and gothic fiction.

This book focuses on the cinema of the 1950s in India and analyzes the work of seven filmmakers from mainstream Hindi cinema and how they responded to the independent Indian nation after 1947.

This book enables readers to confidently discuss and understand disability as part of the broader societal conversation on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The appearance of ghosts in art and popular culture has transformed throughout history.

This two-volume work brings together studies focusing on the Greek realities of class as they appear in and through the Greek media realm.

Lately, everybody is talking about medicinal cannabis.

Drawing on studies of international communication and late Qing and Republican newspapers, this book examines the intellectual and practical development of communication from a global and historical perspective.

This book offers an examination of an expanding set of options for being Jewish in contemporary American society.

This book offers an examination of an expanding set of options for being Jewish in contemporary American society.

Supporting the theory that there is no singular 'Bible', and the idea that biblical literacy is demonstrated in a multitude of ways beyond confessional interpretations of biblical texts, the contributors of this volume explore how multiple 'Bibles' coexist simultaneously in popular cultures.

June Roberts explores the complicated post-colonial infrastructure of Caribbean society and life as an African American through the work of Erna Brodber.

The regions and the people of the southern cone of South America have been identified as wild and at the edge of the world.

During the chaos and devastation of armed conflict, children and youth often emerge as powerful agents of change and resilience.

Communicating in Intercultural Spaces is a unique contribution to literature in intercultural communication from two authors who bring distinct socio-cultural voices to this work.

Lilith – eine der faszinierendsten und umstrittensten Gestalten der Menschheitsgeschichte.

This edited book explores the practice of transcreation in a variety of contexts, from audiovisual material to digital and marketing material.

Digital Film and Television Culture introduces a new framework for the aesthetic and cultural analysis of contemporary film and serial drama, stars on social media and movie awards shows.

Black British Music in America 1967-2000: Atlantic Crossover historically examines musical and cultural relationships through popular music recordings, exploring the transatlantic journeys via academic, critical, and commercial reception of the music.

Participation and the Post-Museum discusses the concept of participation in museum practice, as well as ideas that constitute the paradigm of the post-museum.

Queer Theory, Lacanian Psychoanalysis, Sexual Politics is a consideration of the relationship between LGBTQIA+ politics, Lacanian psychoanalytic theory, and queer theory.

Discover the New Frontier of RomanceImagine a world where the mysteries of love are decoded by artificial intelligence, where swipes translate into connections, and algorithms unravel the intricacies of attraction.

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

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In this book, Daina Sanchez examines how Indigenous Oaxacan youth form racial, ethnic, community, and national identities away from their ancestral homeland.

In this book, Daina Sanchez examines how Indigenous Oaxacan youth form racial, ethnic, community, and national identities away from their ancestral homeland.