Cultural and media studies

In Imagining America, historian Alan M.

Key changes have emerged in Bollywood in the new millennium.

Hannah Arendt is regarded as one of the most important political philosophers of the twentieth century.

This book examines the role of 24/7 television news channels in Bangladesh.

A bold new literary history that says women's writing is defined less by domestic concerns than by an engagement with public lifeIn a bold and sweeping reevaluation of the past two centuries of women's writing, At Home in the World argues that this body of work has been defined less by domestic concerns than by an active engagement with the most pressing issues of public life: from class and religious divisions, slavery, warfare, and labor unrest to democracy, tyranny, globalism, and the clash of cultures.

This book considers David Hanson's robots as a performative expression of our cultural moment, serving as a paradigm for the evolution of humanoid social robots.

Covering topics ranging from the establishment of the Gulf Coast shrimping industry in 1800s to the Korean taco truck craze in the present day, this book explores the widespread contributions of Asian Americans to U.

This book provides a comprehensive account of community newspapers in India discussing their reach, practices, management and influence on communities.

The Chinese are among Europe's oldest immigrant communities, and are now, in several countries, among the biggest and, economically, the most powerful, drawing increasing interest from other ethnic minorities, governments, and researchers.

This anthology of hard-to-find primary documents provides a solid overview of the foundations of American media studies.

The essays in this book demonstrate the breadth and vitality of American intellectual history.

What are the key 50 events you really need to understand to grasp the developments of our world?

WILD MEDICINE FOR APOCALYPTIC TIMES This Witchs devotional is a collection of nature-inspired prayers, mythic incantations, stories, and pagan poetry that can be enjoyed slowly or all at once.

The book is based on original research on the entrepreneurial leaders in the Malay community and on the author's own participation in Malay business ventures.

This book focuses on the almost entirely neglected treatment of empire and colonialism in videogames.

The 1970s is often considered the period that design forgot.

The culmination of William Wells Browns long writing career, My Southern Home is the story of Browns search for a home in a land of slavery and racism.

This edited collection examines art resulting from cross-cultural interactions between Australian First Nations and non-Indigenous people, from the British invasion to today.

The Communication Yearbook annuals publish diverse, state-of-the-art literature reviews across the field of communication.

Some 22 years after its creation, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is still held in high critical regard as one of the finest examples of the video game medium.

A collection of newspaper columns by Marty Gervais, published in The Windsor Star.

This book investigates the hostile environment and politics of visceral and racial denigration which have characterised responses to refugees and migrants within the UK and Europe in recent years.

Explores the emphasis that contemporary novels, films and television series place on the present, arguing that hope emerges from the potentiality of the here and now, rather than the future, and as intimately entangled with negotiations of structures of belonging.

Recent years have seen a growing emphasis upon the need for universities to contribute to the economic, social and environmental well-being of the regions in which they are situated, and for closer links between the university and the region.

The importance of early childhood care and education (ECCE) in the lives of very young children is gaining increasing attention around the globe and yet there is a persistent lack of diverse knowledge perspectives on this critical phase.

Wer sich einen Überblick über die Geschichte der deutschsprachigen Soziologie und über soziologiehistorische Konzepte und Methoden verschaffen möchte, wird in diesem Handbuch umfassend fündig.

Shortlisted for the Association of Dress Historians Book of the Year Award, 2021From West African masquerades to Venetian carnivals and New York society galas, fancy dress has long been used to convey important social and political messages.

Informed by the interdisciplinary approach of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and theories of identity, nation, and media, the study investigates the ways Kurds, the world's largest stateless nation, use satellite television and Internet to construct their identities.

Political Correctness Geoffrey Hughes has brought together with great panache the very many manifestations of political correctness, both absurd and vicious, and shown how they express a single collective mind-set.

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"e;This is an insightful book that will please anyone interested in midcentury American history and politics.

Die menschliche Lebensführung ist weder durch Wesenheiten vorherbestimmt noch eine beliebige Konstruktion.

Drawing on the core values of western civilization, the author refines the counterparts in Chinese civilization, summarized as four core principles: duty before freedom, obedience before rights, community before individual, and harmony before conflict.

Pope Francis confuses many observers because his papacy does not fit neatly into any pre-established classificatory schemes.

This book explores, through a multidisciplinary approach, the immense influence exerted by Bernard Shaw on the Spanish-speaking world on both sides of the Atlantic.

Studies of multimodality have significantly advanced our understanding of the potential of different semiotic resources-verbal, visual, aural, and kinetic-to make meaning and allow people to achieve various social purposes such as persuading, entertaining, and explaining.

In the nineteenth century many Canadians took pride in their country's policy of liberal treatment of Indians.

How do musicians play and talk to audiences?

This book reports on cutting-edge findings and developments in physical, social and occupational ergonomics.

Holocaust Images and Picturing Catastrophe explores the phenomenon of Holocaust transfer, analysing the widespread practice of using the Holocaust and its imagery for the representation and recording of other historical events in various media sites.

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