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Book SynopsisCultural Theory: An Anthology is a collection of the essential readings that have shaped and defined the field of contemporary cultural theory Features a historically diverse and methodologically concise collection of readings including rare essays such as Pierre Bourdieu's Forms of Capital (1986), Gilles Deleuze Postscript on Societies of Control (1992), and Fredric Jameson's Reification and Utopia in Mass Culture (1979) Offers a radical new approach to teaching and studying cultural theory with material arranged around the central areas of inquiry in contemporary cultural study the status and significance of culture itself, power, ideology, temporality, space and scale, and subjectivity Section introductions, designed to assist the student reader, provide an overview of each piece, explaining the context in which it was written and offering a brief intellectual biography of the author A large annotated bibliography of primary and secondarTrade Review"Even if it does not engage this question of the animal, Cultural Theory constitutes a valuable resource for scholars, as well as a springboard for fur¬ther discussion." (Snell Review, 2011)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction. Part 1 Reforming Culture. Introduction to Part I. 1. Matthew Arnold, "Sweetness and Light" (1869). 2. Thorstein Veblen, "Conspicuous Consumption" (1899). 3. Herbert Marcuse, "The Affirmative Character of Culture" (1937). 4. Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno, "The Culture Industry" (1944). 5. Raymond Williams, "Culture Is Ordinary" (1958). 6. Fredric Jameson, "Reification and Utopia in Mass Culture" (1979). 7. Stuart Hall, "Notes on Deconstructing 'the Popular'" (1981). 8. Pierre Bourdieu, "The Forms of Capital" (1986). Additional Readings. Part 2 Power. Introduction to Part 2. 9. Karl Marx, Preface to "A Contribution to a Critique of Political Economy" (1859). 10. Carl Schmitt, "Definition of Sovereignty" (1922). 11. Frantz Fanon, "The Trials and Tribulations of National Consciousness" (1961). 12. Michel Foucault, "Society Must Be Defended, 17 March 1976" (1976). 13. Michel Foucault, "Method" (1976). 14. Gilles Deleuze, "Postscript on the Societies of Control" (1992). 15. Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, "Biopolitical Production" (2000). Additional Readings. Part 3 Ideology. Introduction to Part 3. 16. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, "The German Ideology" (1845). 17. Georg Lukács, "Reification and the Consciousness of the Proletariat" (1923). 18. Antonio Gramsci, "Hegemony" (1929). 19. Louis Althusser, "Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses" (1970). 20. Stuart Hall, "Recent Developments in Theories of Language and Ideology" (1980). 21. Slavoj Zizek, "The Spectre of Ideology" (1989). Additional Readings. Part 4 Space and Scale. Introduction to Part 4. 22. Dick Hebdige, "The Function of Subculture" (1979). 23. Michel de Certeau, "Walking in the City" (1980). 24. Benedict Anderson, "Imagined Communities" (1983). 25. Arjun Appadurai, "Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy" (1990). 26. Doreen Massey, "Politics and Space/Time" (1992). 27. David Harvey, "The Body as an Accumulation Strategy" (2000). 28. Mike Davis, "Planet of Slums" (2004). Additional Readings. Part 5 Temporality. Introduction to Part 5. 29. Michel Foucault, "Nietzsche, Genealogy, History" (1977). 30. Raymond Williams, "Dominant, Residual, and Emergent" (1977). 31. Jean-Francois Lyotard, "Answering the Question: What Is Postmodernism?" (1979). 32. Fernand Braudel, "History and the Social Sciences: The Longue Durée" (1980). 33. Fredric Jameson, "Periodizing the 60s" (1984). 34. Roberto Schwarz, "Brazilian Culture: Nationalism by Elimination" (1992). 35. Ranajit Guha, "A Dominance without Hegemony and Its Historiography" (1997). Additional Readings. Part 6 Subjectivity. Introduction to Part 6. 36. Frantz Fanon, "The Lived Experience of the Black Man" (1952). 37. Jacques Lacan, "The Instance of the Letter in the Unconscious, or Reason since Freud" (1957). 38. Luce Irigaray, "This Sex Which Is Not One" (1977). 39. Donna Haraway, "A Cyborg Manifesto" (1985). 40. Judith Butler, "Subjects of Sex/Gender/Desire" (1990). 41. Paul Gilroy, "It Ain't Where You're From, It's Where You're At" (1990). 42. Eve Sedgwick, "Axiomatic" (1990). Additional Readings. Glossary of Terms. Sources. Index.

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Book SynopsisAn outstanding entry level text aimed at those with little or no cultural studies knowledge... Innovative, creative and clever. - Times Higher Education The ideal textbook for FE and first year HE cultural studies students. Its quality and character allow the reader to feel' the enthusiasm of its author which in turn becomes infectious, instilling in the reader a genuine sense of ebullient perturbation. - Art/Design/Media, The Higher Education Authority An introduction to the practice of cultural studies, this book is ideal for undergraduate courses. Full of practical exercises that will get students thinking and writing about the issues they encounter, this book offers its readers the conceptual tools to practice cultural analysis for themselves. There are heuristics to help students prepare and write projects, and the book provides plenty of examples to help students develop their own ideas.Trade ReviewAn outstanding entry level text aimed at those with little or no cultural studies knowledge... Innovative, creative and cleverTHETimes Higher Education What a weird and wonderful book. It is the Ronseal of Cultural Studies Literature; it does what it says on the tin... the ideal textbook for Further Education and first year Higher Education Cultural Studies Students... It is also a brilliant revision and essay writing tool for more advanced learners. It is concise, honest and straightforward in its aims and content and witty in its approach... This does not mean however that its content is ‘dumbed down′. It valiantly manages to retain all the highly academic information required for this area of study and does not shy away from using the appropriate terminology and language that Cultural Studies students must familiarise themselves with. The ‘Oversimplification Warnings’, ‘Practice Exercises’, illustrations and ‘Notes’ act as practical or cognitive revision for the body of text rather than as a ‘gutter press’ substitute... this is a highly successful book, in that it has accomplished its intentions, but it is also a motivational book. Its quality and character allow the reader to ‘feel’ the enthusiasm of its author which in turn becomes infectious, instilling in the reader a genuine sense of ebullient perturbationArt/Design/MediaThe Higher Education Authority It does not attempt to be in any way exhaustive, as it shows a constant awareness of "what′s been left out", but, working towards "interpretive independence", it aims to provide students with sufficient notional skills to start doing their own cultural criticism… Like the best cultural studies works, Walton′s exhilarating book may leave the student wondering what cultural studies actually is, perhaps undecided about a final definition, but nonetheless confident enough to start practising itATLANTISJournal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies Ideal for courses linked to the ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) laid down by the Bologna process that is transforming university education in Europe, epecially as the author shows a constant awareness of teaching in terms of developing students′ critical competenciesJ. Rubén Valdés MiyaresUniversidad de OviedoTable of ContentsPART ONE: HIGH CULTURE GLADIATORS: SOME INFLUENTIAL EARLY MODELS OF CULTURAL ANALYSIS Culture and Anarchy in the UK A Dialogue with Matthew Arnold The Leavisites and T.S. Eliot Combat Mass Urban Culture Adorno, the Frankfurt School and the ′Culture Industry′ PART TWO: THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF WORKING-CLASS CULTURE From a Day Out at the Seaside to the Milk Bar Richard Hoggart and Working-Class Culture E.P. Thompson and Working-Class Culture as a Site for Conflict, Consciousness and Resistance Towards a Recognizable Theory of Culture Raymond Williams PART THREE: CONSOLIDATING CULTURAL STUDIES: SUBCULTURES, THE POPULAR, IDEOLOGY AND HEGEMONY Introducing Stuart Hall The Importance and Re-evaluation of Popular Mass Culture Youth Subcultures and Resistance A Dialogue with Quadrophenia Subcultures and Widening Horizons Further Strategies for Practice How to Dominate the Masses Without Resorting to the Inquisition Antonio Gramsci and Hegemony Theory A Few Ways You Might Adapt Ideas from Louis Althusser to Cultural Studies a Dialogue with Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde PART FOUR: PROBING THE MARGINS, REMEMBERING THE FORGOTTEN: REPRESENTATION, SUBORDINATION AND IDENTITY Crying Woolf! Thinking with Feminism Adapting Theory to Explore Race, Ethnicity and Sexuality The Case of East is East PART FIVE: HONING YOUR SKILLS, CONCLUSIONS AND ′BEGIN-ENDINGS′ Consolidating Practice, Heuristic Thinking, Creative Cri-tickle Acts and Further Research

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Book SynopsisDrawing on wide-ranging scholarship in fields as diverse as media ecology and German-language media studies, Foucauldian historiography, and even archaeological research, The Textbook and the Lecture is a fascinating investigation of educational media.Trade ReviewThrough its multiple examples and case studies, The Textbook and the Lecture shows the philosophical assumptions underpinning longstanding debates and serves to inform and perhaps even empower educational workers by helping them understand why they do what they do.—LSEFriesen's book should be attractive to students and instructors of curriculum and instruction as well as instructional designers and educational technology professionals. Educational start-ups and entrepreneurs might fnd it particularly helpful in placing new products in the context of the longue durée of education history.—Donald Lankiewicz, Emerson College, Publishing Research QuarterlyTable of ContentsPrefacePart I1. No More Pencils, No More Books?2. Writing Instruction in the Twenty-First CenturyPart II3. Psychology and the Rationalist4. The Romantic Tradition5. Romantic versus Rationalist Reform6. Theorizing Media—by the BookPart III7. A Textbook Case8. From Translatio Studiorum to “Intelligences Thinking in Unison”9. The Lecture as Postmodern PerformanceConclusionNotesBibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFans used to be seen as an overly obsessed fraction of the audience. In the last few decades, shifts in media technology and production have instead made fandom a central mode of consumption. A range of ideas has emerged to explore different facets of this growing phenomenon. With a foreword by Matt Hills, Understanding Fandom introduces the whole field of fan research by looking at the history of debate, key paradigms and methodological issues. The book discusses insights from scholars working with fans of different texts, genres and media forms, including television and popular music. Mark Duffett shows that fan research is an emergent interdisciplinary field with its own key thinkers: a tradition that is distinct from both textual analysis and reception studies. Drawing on a range of debates from media studies, cultural studies and psychology, Duffett argues that fandom is a particular kind of engagement with the power relations of media culture.Trade Review[Duffett’s] strategy is primarily educative: to usefully and clearly explain the methods, discourses and debates that emerge from thinking about a body of work on fandom … The book [has] immense value as an introduction to media fandom. Duffett’s authoritative voice and theoretical acumen are much needed as fan studies becomes a pressing subject for more than a few graduate researchers. -- Daniel Cavicchi * Popular Music, Vol. 34.2 *A well-researched, clearly organized, and forcefully argued revisionist treatise. [Duffett] has crafted an innovative, positive study on media fan culture that challenges the previous negative interpretations of Theodor Adorno and many other 20th-century writers. Duffett’s arguments are both convincing and ground-breaking … a massive stride forward in recognizing the flexibility, imagination, multi-generational make-up, and synergy among media fans. -- B. Lee Cooper, Newman University * Popular Music and Society *In a world in which digital media are near ubiquitous, facilitating unprecedented access to and participation in mediated content, the affective preferences and attachments by which fans choose to engage with certain content over others out of the digital plethora of texts become central to understanding contemporary life and culture. Understanding Fandom offers an impressive overview of unparalleled scope in examining the many traditions, concepts and methodologies in the study of fans. It is an indispensable text for students and scholars alike. -- Cornel Sandvoss, Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, UKAn accessible overview that defines, organizes and develops fan studies as an area of inquiry. Mark Duffett is inclusive in his assessments and insightful in his suggestions. He offers a valuable compendium of what fandom can tell us about how we make--and are made by--our connections to popular culture. -- Joli Jensen, Hazel Rogers Professor of Communication, University of Tulsa, USTable of ContentsForeword - Matt Hills Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2. Fan Stereotypes and Representations Chapter 3. Beyond the Text Chapter 4. The Pathological Tradition Chapter 5. How do People become Fans? Chapter 6. Fan Practices Chapter 7. Fandom, Gender and Sexual Orientation Chapter 8. Myths, Cults and Places Chapter 9. The Fan Community: Online and Offline Chapter 10. Researching Fandom Conclusion: The Frontiers of Fan Research Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFrom Bay Ridge to Astoria, explore political action in Arab New York Arab Americans are a numerically small proportion of the US population yet have been the target of a disproportionate amount of political scrutiny. Most non-Arab Americans know little about what life is actually like within Arab communities and in organizations run by and for the Arab community. Big political questions are central to the Arab American experiencehow are politics integrated into Arab Americans' everyday lives? In Arab New York, Emily Regan Wills looks outside the traditional ideas of political engagement to see the importance of politics in Arab American communities in New York. Regan Wills focuses on the spaces of public and communal life in the five boroughs of New York, which are home to the third largest concentration of people of Arab descent in the US. Many different ethnic and religious groups form the overarching Arab American identity, and their political engagement in the US is complex. RegaTrade Review"A highly readable ethnographic account offering a refreshing perspective on everyday politics and Arab American communities. It has much to offer scholars in a wide range of disciplines, as well as those who are curious about the ways silenced communities find and raise their voices." -- Louise Cainkar,Author of Homeland Insecurity: The Arab American and Muslim American Experience After 9/11"Wills has written an extraordinary book that captures the politics underlying the everyday lives of Arab Americans. By focusing on the ways in which Arab Americans understand and assign meaning to their political roles in society, [she] offers a compelling, rich and fascinating account of Arab American political experiences." -- Amaney A. Jamal,Author of Of Empires and Citizens: Pro-American Democracy Or No Democracy at All?"A solid example of how ethnographic research can help political leaders, scholars, and the public to understand the reality of Arab American communities in urban America. Arab New York provides a credible picture of a community interacting with politics while also celebrating its ethnic values. Through her interpretive research and participation in everyday social spaces, Wills played a role closer to an insider and accessed public and private moments of contestation and conversation. She provides a multidimensional perspective on American Arab communities and highlights how politics impact their everyday lives." * Journal of Urban Affairs *"Engages the general reader and wrestles with primary questions of Arab American identity." * Al Jadid *

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Book SynopsisIn the fully updated Sixth Edition of Understanding Global Cultures: Metaphorical Journeys Through 34 Nations, Clusters of Nations, Continents, and Diversity, authors Martin J. Gannon and Rajnandini Pillai present the cultural metaphor as a method for understanding the cultural mindsets of individual nations, clusters of nations, continents, and diversity in each nation. A cultural metaphor is any activity, phenomenon, or institution that members of a given culture consider important and with which they identify emotionally and/or cognitively, such as the Japanese garden and American football. This cultural metaphoric approach identifies three to eight unique or distinctive features of each cultural metaphor and then discusses 34 national cultures in terms of these features. The book demonstrates how metaphors are guidelines to help outsiders quickly understand what members of a culture consider important.Trade Review"Each one of these chapters is very detailed and the metaphor is sensible… This is a great introduction to cultural diversity for many different reasons, such as economy (Italy), religion (Malaysia), language (Belgium, plus Canada and Switzerland among many others). It meets the demand for a business cultural geography companion text." -- Jorge A. Gonzalez"This text more thoroughly increases cultural awareness to broaden students′ perspectives of what they may encounter as they travel to different parts of the world. The chapters are well written; my students are challenged by, and maintain an interest in, the level of the book. It is a book that provides a challenge for the level of students in my course." -- Nancy Lyons"This is the only textbook that I have found that actually discusses relevant information about contemporary cultures from all over the world…This is a wonderful text! I actually encourage other instructors to use it for their comparative cultures classes. It is easy to read and understand, discusses relevant information, and helps students become more aware of cultures that they may very well come in contact with. I will be using the next editions of this text, as it is the best I′ve found." -- Heather M. Smith"Overall I have enjoyed the text and have found it a useful resource for myself. Students who have used it as recommended reading have also found it helpful in developing a more colorful understanding of issues from the module. The structure of the book is good, with an appropriate break up of countries as it demonstrates that despite major visible differences the cultures in each category actually have important base characteristics. I am glad this text is available as it supports the broad themes of my course admirably well." -- Patrick Meehan"It is one of the most interesting textbooks in the marketplace. The authors KNOW what they are doing. I love this textbook and have been using it for years now. It is one of the only textbooks that many of my students do NOT sell back to the campus bookstore!" -- Patrice Hughes"I enjoy using this book in my classes and students also seem to like it. I get positive comments on the text in student evaluations." -- Alexandre Ardichvili"The book is a very useful resource for any one traveling to a foreign country because it provides unique in-depth insights to cultures. Thus, I encourage students to hang onto the book as a resource in dealing with customers from these countries. What I like about the current format is that the questions and the associated answers are infinite once you dig deeper into the metaphor and then start comparing/contrasting metaphors." -- Brad Koch"This is a fantastic book and I will continue to use it in whatever format." -- Jennifer BasquiatTable of ContentsPreface: Understanding Cultures in Depth Part I. Introduction Chapter 1. Understanding Cultural Metaphors Language Barriers Using Cultural Metaphors Constructing Cultural Metaphors Using Metaphor Reading and Using This Book A Two-Dimensional Typology of Cultures A Scaling Perspective Defining Culture or Identifying Its Determinants? When Culture Does, and Does Not, Matter Part II. Authority-Ranking Cultures Chapter 2. The Thai Kingdom Loose Vertical Hierarchy Freedom and Equality The Thai Smile Chapter 3. The Japanese Garden Corporate Cultures Garden as Metaphor Wa and Shikata Seishin Training Combining Droplets or Energies Aesthetics Similarities and Contrasts Chapter 4. Bedouin Jewelry and Saudi Arabia History and Geography The Desert Bedouins Bold Form Handcrafted Appearance Traditional Design Female Ownership Chapter 5. Dòn Gánh: The Two Sides of Vietnam History of Occupation The French Defeat and Division Into Two The Metaphor: The Dualities of Dòn Gánh Chapter 6. Kimchi and Korea South Korea Kimchi The 60th Birthday Strangers by Day, Lovers by Night Kimchi’s Public Role The Irish of Asia Part III. Scandinavian Egalitarian Cultures Chapter 7. The Swedish Stuga Early History Modern Evolution Social Democracy The Swedish Summer Home Love of Untrammeled Nature and Tradition Individualism Through Self-Development Equality Chapter 8. The Finnish Sauna From Survival to Political and Economic Success Sauna: A Secular “Holy” Place of Equality Communication: Comfort With Quietude Chapter 9. The Danish Christmas Luncheon Interdependent Individualism Geographic Ambivalence Coziness Part IV. Other Egalitarian Cultures Chapter 10. The German Symphony Postwar Evolution The Symphony Orchestra Diversity of Musical Instruments Positional Arrangements of the Musicians Conductors and Leaders Precision and Synchronicity The Unfinished Symphony Chapter 11. Irish Conversations Early History English Oppression Identifying Links Intersection of Gaelic and English Prayer as Conversation A Free-Flowing Conversation: Irish Hospitality Places of Conversations: Irish Friends and Families Ending a Conversation Chapter 12. The Canadian Backpack and Flag Historical Background Egalitarianism and Outlook The Canadian Mosaic Canadians as Non-U.S. Americans Chapter 13. Australian Outdoor Recreational Activities Capturing the Imagination New Realities: Beyond Stereotypes Barbecue Equality Matching Among the Tall Poppies Chapter 14. French Wine Pureness Classification Composition Suitability The Maturation Process The Changing Portrait Part V. Market-Pricing Cultures Chapter 15. American Football The Tailgate Party Pregame and Halftime Entertainment Strategy and War Selection, the Training Camp, and the Playbook Individual Specialized Achievement Within the Team Structure Aggression, High Risks, and Unpredictable Outcomes Huddling The Church of Football and Celebrating Perfection Chapter 16. The Traditional British House The Traditional House History, Politics, Economics: Laying the Foundations Growing Up British: Building the House Being British: Living in the House Part VI. Cleft National Cultures Chapter 17. The Malaysian Balik Kampung Returning to Nearby Roots Authority Ranking Reinforcing Common Values Chapter 18. The Israeli Kibbutzim and Moshavim Zionism, Types of Judaism, and the Palestinians A New Country Continuous War Religious Conflict Explicit Values Size and Behavioral Outcomes Traumas, Worldview, and Personality Chapter 19. The Italian Opera North and South The Opera Metaphor The Overture Pageantry and Spectacle Voice Externalization Chorus and Soloists Chapter 20. Belgian Lace Wallonian Versus Flemish History of Lace A Land of Contrasts Control Cooperation and Harmony Part VII. Torn National Cultures Chapter 21. The Mexican Fiesta Historical Background The Mexican Fiesta Primary Focus on People The Emphasis on Religion Experiencing the Present Freedom Within the Social Order Chapter 22. The Turkish Coffeehouse A Unique History Islam and Secularity Recreation, Communication, and Community Integration A Male Domain A Modest Environment Life Outside the Coffeehouse Looking Ahead Part VIII. The Base Culture and Its Diffusion Across Borders (Clusters of Nations): The Example of China Chapter 23. China’s Great Wall and Cross-Cultural Paradox The Great Wall: Long, Tortuous, and Complex History Confucianism and Taoism Sun Tzu, War, and the Marketplace Chapter 24. The Chinese Family Altar: The Expatriate Chinese Outside of China The Importance of Family The Expatriate Chinese Roundness Harmony Fluidity Chapter 25. The Singapore Hawker Centers Origins of the Hawker Centers Singapore’s History Ethnic Diversity but Unity Efficiency The Power of Women Safety Synthesizing Traditional and New Values Part IX. India: Tradition, Modernity, and Diversity Chapter 26. India: The Dance of Shiva Shiva’s Dance Indian Culture: Early History Cyclical Hindu Philosophy The Cycle of Life The Family Cycle The Cycle of Social Interaction The Work and Recreation (Rejuvenation) Cycle Chapter 27. India: A Kaleidoscope of Diversity The Kaleidoscope of Religions and Cultural Celebrations Images of Festivals and Feasts Cell Phones, Call Centers, and Curriculum: Images of Change The Changing Image of Cricket Part X. An African Perspective Chapter 28. The Nigerian Marketplace Diversity Social Dynamism Balancing Tradition and Change Chapter 29. South African Townships An Insider’s View An Outsider’s View Chapter 30. The Sub-Saharan African Bush Taxi Basic Operations A Short History of Africa African Time Orientation and Fatalism Communalism and Community Sharing Hierarchy in African Society: Seating Arrangements in the Bush Taxi Part XI. The Struggle for Cultural Identity and the Splintering of Nations: The Case of the Russian Empire Chapter 31. Russian Ballet An Apt Metaphor A Flourishing Art Echelons of the Ballet Drama and Realism The Russian Soul Chapter 32. Estonian Singing Lyrics, or the Painful History of the Proud Nation Vocalists, or Simple Pleasures Inspired by Nature Performance, or Singing as a Weapon Audience, or Estonia on the Global Stage Chapter 33. The Polish Village Church Historical Background Central Place of the Catholic Church The Partitioning and Polish Identity Survivors Part XII. Same Metaphor, Different Meanings Chapter 34. The Spanish Bullfight The Bullfight Begins Cuadrillas Sol y Sombra The Pompous Entrance Parade Audience Involvement The Ritual of the Bullfight Chapter 35. The Portuguese Bullfight Pride in Traditions Stratification Amid Unity Artistry and Human Gore Profitless Bravery Part XIII. Popular Music as Cultural Metaphors Chapter 36. The Brazilian Samba Evolution of the Samba Small-Step Circularity Physical Touch Undulation Spontaneous Escape Paradox of Dancers Chapter 37. The Argentine Tango The Tango’s Evolution Tango Music and Composers The Dynamics of the Dance Tango Singers and Their Lyrics Gender Relations Applying What We’ve Learned Summary Part XIV. Overlapping Cultural Metaphors for Geographically Related Nations Chapter 38. Cultural Metaphors for the Caribbean A Brief History of the Caribbean Region Cultural Metaphors for the Caribbean Personal Experiences With Caribbean Metaphors Developing Complementary Cultural Metaphors Conclusions References Index About the Authors

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Book SynopsisObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Cropping up everywhere, whether steel latticework or tapered monopoles, encrusted with fiberglass antennas, cell towers raise up high into the air the communications equipment that channels our calls, texts, and downloads. For security reasons, their locations are never advertised. But it's our romantic notions of connectivity that hide them in plain sight. We want the network to be invisible, ethereal, and ubiquitous. The cell tower stands as a challenge to these desires. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.Trade ReviewAs Steven E. Jones observes, we imagine that our mobile devices connect us to each other, and to a certain version of the world, in a manner that’s invisible and ethereal. But in fact, this illusion depends on a great multiplicity of 200-foot-tall structures that we see, or decline to see, wherever we go: cell towers. Briskly deconstructing these enablers of our digital lives as physical objects, and as quasi-magical connectors of the immaterial, Jones reveals them as secret object-icons of our time. Once you’ve read this, you won’t be able to stop seeing--and thinking about--the cell phone tower. * Rob Walker, author of The Art of Noticing (2019) *Table of Contents1. Cellspotting 2. Invisible waves 3. Camouflage 4. Ethereal connections 5. Design 6. Coverage 7. On Earth List of Figures Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA WIRED 2020 Book of the YearObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Nothing''s bulletproof, the salesman said. The thing''s only bullet resistant. The New York Times journalist Kenneth R. Rosen had just purchased his first bulletproof vest and was headed off on assignment. He was travelling into Mosul, Iraq, when he realized that the idea of a bulletproof vest is more effective than the vest itself. From its very inception, poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide, or Kevlar, was meant for tires. Its humble roots and mundane applications are often lost, as it is now synonymous with body armor, war zones, and domestic terrorism. What Rosen learned through intimate use of his vest was that it acts as a metaphor for all the precautions we take toward digital, physical, and social security. Bulletproof Vest is at once an introspective journey into the properties and precisions of a bulleTrade ReviewIn Bulletproof Vest, Rosen explores the significance of this war zone accessory with compelling nuance and knowledge of military history. Perhaps more impressive, though, is his willingness to explore the relationship between military protective gear and human vulnerability. * LA Review of Books *For the author, a lifelong sufferer of anxiety, the idea of a bulletproof vest (or a ‘bullet resistant’ one, as the salesman reminded him) suggested a potent metaphor for humanity’s relationship to violence, security, and mortality. His book mixes his own wartime accounts from Iraq and Syria with discussions of anxiety and the history of body armor; along the way, Rosen seeks to describe just what he was trying to banish when he put on his vest. The author’s prose alternates between being confessional and informative … Over the course of this reliably tense book, Rosen does a wonderful job of emphasizing the destructive power of warfare by framing his thoughts around account of being a noncombatant in a war zone. Overall, it’s a quick read but one with great impact, as it asks its audience not only to think about protective vests, but also about the soft, vulnerable things that they’re meant to protect. A compelling, thoughtful dive into the pursuit of being bulletproof. * Kirkus Reviews *Kenneth Rosen, war-reporter, journalist, abyss-looker, intuiter of the human spirit, presents the materials of war, stitches them together in a fascinating story that shows no matter how tight and polymeric the jacket, the true dangers of war are the mental wounds that go straight to your head. His insights into war do what they can to protect us from those wounds--but like the vest, offer an imperfect protection. Thankfully, Kenneth’s words are near perfect and perfectly moving. * Nicole Walker, Professor of English at Northern Arizona University, USA, and author of Sustainability: A Love Story (2018) *A tense but beautifully written frontlines study of war in the fashion of Michael Herr's Vietnam era book 'Dispatches.' * The Day (Conn.) *Table of ContentsPreface: Notes from My Suicide 1. Every Day Was Striking 2. A Thin Metal Sheet 3. Enjoy the War 4. Wholly Aromatic Carbocylic Polycarbonamide Fiber Having Orientation Angle of Less Than About 45 Degrees 5. PPE for Your Thoughts? 6. Support Your Local War Correspondent 7. A Cult of Anxiety 8. Safety is a Cabin in the Woods References Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisThis collection brings together scholars from disciplines including Children’s Literature, Classics, and History to develop fresh approaches to children’s culture and the uses of the past. It charts the significance of historical episodes and characters during the long nineteenth-century (1750-1914), a critical period in children's culture. Boys and girls across social classes often experienced different pasts simultaneously, for purposes of amusement and instruction. The book highlights an active and shifting market in history for children, and reveals how children were actively involved in consuming and repackaging the past: from playing with historically themed toys and games to performing in plays and pageants. Each chapter reconstructs encounters across different media, uncovering the cultural work done by particular pasts and exposing the key role of playfulness in the British historical imagination.Trade Review‘Pasts at play makes a valuable contribution to scholarship on informal learning, revealing how much more we understand about the history of education when we look beyond the school gates.’ Siân Pooley, Victorian Studies -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: pasts at play – Rachel Bryant Davies and Barbara GriblingPart I: Biblical and archaeological pasts1 Noah’s Ark-aeology and nineteenth-century children – Melanie Keene2 Bringing Egypt home: children’s encounters with ancient Egypt in the long nineteenth century – Virginia ZimmermanPart II: Classical pasts3 Didactic heroes: masculinity, sexuality and exploration in the Argonaut story of Kingsley’s The Heroes – Helen Lovatt4 ‘Fun from the Classics’: puzzling antiquity in The Boy’s Own Paper – Rachel Bryant DaviesPart III: Medieval and early modern pasts5 Youthful consumption and conservative visions: Robin Hood and Wat Tyler in late Victorian penny periodicals – Stephen Basdeo6 A tale of two ladies? Stuart women as role models for Victorian and Edwardian girls and young women – Rosemary MitchellPart IV: Revived pasts7 Tarry-at-home antiquarians: children’s ‘tour books’ 1740–1840 – M. O. Grenby8 Playing with the past: child consumers, pedagogy and British history games, c. 1780–1850 – Barbara Gribling9 Re-enacting local history in the Stepney Children’s Pageant, 1909 – Ellie ReidAppendix A: A list of 'tour books' – M. O. GrenbyAppendix B: A list of British history-themed toys and games – Barbara GriblingIndex

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Book SynopsisAs nations reel from the effects of poverty, inequality, climate change and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, it feels as though the world has entered a period characterized by pessimism, cynicism and anxiety. This edited collection challenges individualized understandings of emotion, revealing how they relate to cultural, economic and political realities in difficult times. Combining numerous empirical studies and theoretical developments from around the world, the diverse contributors explore how dystopian visions of the future influence, and are influenced by, the emotions of an anxious and precarious present. This is an original investigation into the changing landscape of emotion in dark and uncertain times.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Feeling of Dystopia - Jordan McKenzie 1. Borderland Emotions: A Case Study of Youths in Kinmen, Taiwan - Gina Chin-Yi Yang 2. Beyond Wicked Facebook: A Vital Materialism Perspective - Deborah Lupton and Clare Southerton 3. Detangling Online Dystopias: Emotional Reflexivity and Cyber-Deviance - Vern Smith 4. Mass Emotional Events: Rethinking Emotional Contagions after COVID-19 - Jordan McKenzie, Roger Patulny, Rebecca E. Olson and Marlee Bower 5. Between the Nationalists and the Fundamentalists, Still We Have Hope! - Kiran Grewal and Hasanah Cegu Isadeen 6. ‘The New Economy and the Privilege of Feeling’: Towards a Theory of Emotional Structuration - Roger Patulny 7. Neo-Villeiny University - Geraint Harvey and Simon Williams 8. Resuscitating the Past: Zygmunt Bauman’s Critical Analysis of the Recent Rise of Retrotopia - Michael Hviid Jacobsen 9. Hope Out of Stock: Critical and Melancholic Hope in Climate Fiction - Briohny Doyle Conclusion: A Critical Mass of Emotions - Reflexivity, Loneliness and Hope? - Roger Patulny and Jordan McKenzie

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Book SynopsisThe concept of ’subculture’ is an invaluable tool to frame the study of non-normative and marginal cultures for social and cultural scholars. This international collection uncovers the significance of meaning-making in the processes of defining, studying and analyzing subcultural phenomena. Examining various dimensions of interpretivism, the book focuses on overarching concerns related to interpretation as well as day-to-day considerations that affect researchers’ and members’ interpretations of subcultural phenomena. It reveals how and why people use specific conceptual frames or methods and how those shape their interpretations of everyday realities. This is an unprecedented contribution to the field, explaining the interpretive processes through which people make sense of subcultural phenomena.Table of ContentsPart 1: Approaching Interpretive Practice 1. Making Sense of Subcultures: Interpretive Practice and/in Subcultural Theory - J. Patrick Williams 2. Subculture, Scene, Lifestyle, or Movement? Conceptualizing Straight Edge from Insider and Academic Perspectives - Ross Haenfler 3. Ghosts in the Machine: (Post)subculture and the ‘Problem’ of Contemporary Youth - Andy Bennett and Daniel Bennett Part 2: Contextualizing Interpretive Practice 4. No More Heroes: Portuguese Punk and the Notion of Subculture in the Global South - Paula Guerra 5. Still Crazy After All Those Years: A Trajectory of Discourses on Youth Subcultures in Korea, from Exclusion to Recognition to Legitimization - Hyunjoon Shin 6. Interpreting Chinese Punk: From Doing Nothing to Hermit Lifestyle - Jian Xiao and Xinxin Dong 7. The Dynamic Meaning of Subculture among DIY Indonesian Musicians - Oki Rahadianto Sutopo Part 3: Embodying Interpretive Practice 8. “That’s Not Punk!” Authenticity, Older Punk Women, and the ‘Doing’ of Punk Scholarship - Laura Way 9. “Let’s All Be Friends”: Emotional Labor and Insider Research of Punk Subculture - Stanislav Vysotsky and Donna Manion 10. Intimacy, Exchange, and Friendship as Sensitizing Concepts: Interpreting and Teaching Subcultures through Ethnographic Fieldwork - Shane Blackman and Laura Barnett Part 4: Conclusion 11. Approaching, Contextualizing, and Embodying Interpretive Practice in Subcultural Studies - J. Patrick Williams and Samuel Judah

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Book SynopsisThis fascinating book examines continuity and change in food consumption and eating patterns since the 1950s. The culinary landscape of Britain is explored through discussion of commodification, globalisation and diversification enabling an understanding of both developing trends and enduring habits.

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Book SynopsisWe’re accustomed to seeing humour as a diversion from the serious side of life, but humour also permeates some of the most troubling political developments in recent years. From the resurgence of white nationalism to the erosion of democratic norms, jokes force-feed us objectionable ideologies while we gasp and splutter at all the side-splitting shenanigans. This book explores the relationship between humour and offensiveness in contemporary society. Drawing on examples from philosophical thinkers and popular culture, it invites readers to consider the dark side of humour. Weaving together cultural analysis, political discussion and philosophical reflection, the book provides an antidote to positive thinking about laughter and a roadmap for navigating different types of offensive humour.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Content Warning 2. Laugh Track 3. Prankster Diplomacy 4. Evil Clowns 5. Body Double 6. Gender Reveal Conclusion

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Book SynopsisAdjusting to a new culture and getting along with the local people can be a challenge for everyone who lives and works abroad. Whether in business, diplomacy, education, or as a long-term visitor, anyone can be blind-sided by a lack of international knowledge and experience and be caught at a disadvantage.In this completely revised and expanded third edition, Craig Storti outlines the personal challenges of adjusting to the change - anticipating differences, managing the temptation to withdraw, and gradually adjusting expectations of behaviour to fit reality - and shows what it takes to encounter a new culture head-on and succeed. Now an established bestseller, The Art of Crossing Cultures is a one-of-a-kind guidebook to bridging the cultural divide, incorporating an easy-to-understand model of cultural adjustment, and tips on how to master the process and develop adaptive strategies. This timely new edition focuses on how to deal with country and culture shock and includes many examples of cross-cultural misunderstandings. As well as revisions throughout, it includes a brand new chapter on crossing cultures at home."As enlightening to the university student as it is to the practical-minded businessperson." L. Robert Kohls, author of Survival Kit for Overseas LivingTrade ReviewAs enlightening to the university student as it is to the practical-minded businessperson...the selected quotations from literary sources are themselves worth the price of the book. -- L. Robert Kohls, author of Survival Kit for Overseas LivingAny person facing the prospect of going abroad...would do well to start with [The Art of Crossing Cultures]. -- Soundview Executive Book SummariesA masterful, credible overview of the reentry process. Corporations, government bureaus, the military, and missionary groups would be wise to purchase a copy of Craig's book for each expatriate family. -- Clyde Austin, Professor, Abilene Christian University

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Book SynopsisIn this volume, Hui Zou analyzes historical, architectural, visual, literary, and philosophical perspectives on the Western-styled garden that formed part of the great Yuanming Yuan complex in Beijing, constructed during the Qing dynasty. Designed and built in the late eighteenth century by Italian and French Jesuits, the garden described in this book was a wonderland of multistoried buildings, fountains, labyrinths, and geometrical hills. It even included an open-air theater. Through detailed examination of historical literature and representations, Zou analyzes the ways in which the Jesuits accommodated their design within the Chinese cultural context. He shows how an especially important element of their approach was the application of a linear perspective to create the jing, the Chinese concept of the bounded bright view of a garden scene. Hui Zou's book demonstrates how Jesuit metaphysics fused with Chinese cosmology and broadens our understanding of cultural and religious encounters in early Chinese modernity.

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Book SynopsisTwenty-five years of Charles Cantalupo's writing, collected in one title for the first time.

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Book SynopsisA reassessment of the journey Germans in East and West have taken during the past two and a half decades: even today, an open-ended, unfinished journey. On October 3, 1990, just a year after the Berlin Wall fell, the German Democratic Republic was absorbed into the Federal Republic of Germany, officially ceasing to exist. What was the GDR and how do we remember it? According to the dominant Western narrative, it was a country that brought neither unity nor justice nor freedom to its citizens. But if so, why does a virtual wall still seem to exist in Germany today between the erstwhile citizens of the GDR and FRG? The GDR very much remains in the public debate, and while political integration is well on its way, the cultural integration of the two former states has proven much more challenging. This volume analyzes the culturaltransformation - or lack thereof - that has followed political unification. The contributions are interdisciplinary: essays on history and politics provide a framework and others on art, film, literature, museums, music, and education provide specific examples. These case studies allow us to examine the state of unification beyond statistics, opinion polls, and glib generalizations. The volume, then, is a reassessment of the journey Germans in East and West have taken during the past two and a half decades. Even today, it is an open-ended, unfinished journey. But such journeys tend to be the most interesting. Contributors: Kerstin Barndt, Stephen Brockmann, Michael Dreyer, Andreas Eis, April A. Eisman, Peter Hayes, Franziska Lys, Charles S. Maier, Andreas Niederberger, Mary-Elizabeth O'Brien, Daniel Ortuno-Stühring. Franziska Lys is Professor of German at Northwestern University. Michael Dreyer is Professor in the Institute for Political Science at the University of Jena.Trade ReviewThe essays succeed both in presenting a mass of material and in raising questions that will interest anyone concerned with contemporary Germany...A very good basis for a student seminar at either undergraduate or graduate level. * JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN STUDIES *Table of ContentsIntroduction: United Politics-Divided Culture? - Franziska Lys and Michael Dreyer Lost in Transition: Reflections on the Spectral History of the GDR - Charles S. Maier Reconstituting the Federal Republic? Constitutional Law and Politics before and since 1989 - Andreas Niederberger East German Literature and Reunification: Continuities and Discontinuities - Stephen Brockmann The Afterlife of the GDR in Post-Wall German Cinema - Mary-Elizabeth O'Brien Exhibiting 1989/2009: Memory, Affect, and the Politics of History - Kerstin Barndt Reexamining the Staatskünstler Myth: Bernhard Heisig and the Post-Wall Reception of East German Painting - April A. Eisman East German Orchestras and Theaters: The Transformation since the Wende - Daniel Ortuno-Stühring What Do German High School Students Think about the GDR? Memory Culture between Glorification and Evaluation - Andreas Eis The Ongoing Significance of East Germany and the Wende Narrative in Public Discourse - Michael Dreyer Epilogue: The Wende and the End of "the German Problem" - Peter Hayes Notes on the Contributors Index

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Book Synopsis Combining the perspectives of 18 international scholars from Europe and the United States with a critical discussion of the role of culture in international relations, this volume introduces recent trends in the study of Culture and International History. It systematically explores the cultural dimension of international history, mapping existing approaches and conceptual lenses for the study of cultural factors and thus hopes to sharpen the awareness for the cultural approach to international history among both American and non-American scholars. The first part provides a methodological introduction, explores the cultural underpinnings of foreign policy, and the role of culture in international affairs by reviewing the historiography and examining the meaning of the word culture in the context of foreign relations. In the second part, contributors analyze culture as a tool of foreign policy. They demonstrate how culture was instrumentalized for diplomatic goals and purposes in different historical periods and world regions. The essays in the third part expand the state-centered view and retrace informal cultural relations among nations and peoples. This exploration of non-state cultural interaction focuses on the role of science, art, religion, and tourism. The fourth part collects the findings and arguments of part one, two, and three to define a roadmap for further scholarly inquiry. A group of" commentators" survey the preceding essays, place them into a larger research context, and address the question "Where do we go from here?" The last and fifth part presents a selection of primary sources along with individual comments highlighting a new genre of resources scholars interested in culture and international relations can consult.Trade Review “... expertly edited ... [this book] offers the reader an impressive, scholarly, seminal, thoughtful, and thought-provoking series of observations, assessments, and interpretations.”“ · The Midwest Book Review “Advocates of a linkage between cultural studies and international history will find much to interest them in this book...The role of culture in international history has increasingly been accepted in the academic community as a crucial topic of study. A new generation of scholars, in a challenge to more traditional historians, has posted its theses at Wittenberg. Let the debate continue, and the reformation begin." · Journal of Cold War Studies "Overall, this is a skilfully constructed collection which fulfils the ambitions of the editors in offering an insightful introduction to this emergent field. (It is also particularly useful in mediating the work of continental, and notably German, scholars to the Anglophone world.) ‘Culturalist’ work in international history has rejuvenated the sub- discipline and has created new opportunities for productive interdisciplinary interchange" · European History QuarterlyTable of Contents List of Illustrations Editors’ Preface List of Contributors PART I: METHODOLOGY Introduction: On the Diversity of Knowledge and the Community of Thought: Culture and International History Jessica C.E. Gienow-Hecht Chapter 1. The Power of Culture in International Relations Beate Jahn PART II: CULTURE AND THE STATE Chapter 2. The Great Derby Race: Strategies of Cultural Representation at Nineteenth-Century World Exhibitions Wolfram Kaiser Chapter 3. Manliness and “Realism”: The Use of Gendered Tropes in the Debates on the Philippine-American and Vietnam Wars Fabian Hilfrich Chapter 4. A Family Affair? Gender, the U.S. Information Agency, and Cold War Ideology, 1945-1960 Laura A. Belmonte PART III: CULTURAL TRANSMISSION, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS Chapter 5. France and Germany after the Great War: Businessmen, Intellectuals and Artists in Non-Governmental European Networks Guido Müller Chapter 6. Small Atlantic World: U.S. Philanthropy and the Expanding International Exchange of Scholars after 1945 Oliver Schmidt Chapter 7. Atlantic Alliances: Cross-Cultural Communication and the 1960s Student Revolution Philipp Gassert Chapter 8. Forecasting the Future: Future Studies as International Networks of Social Analysis in the 1960s and 1970s in Western Europe and the United States Alexander Schmidt-Gernig PART IV: COMMENTS AND CRITICISM OR WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Chapter 9. Cultural Approaches to International Relations – A Challenge? Volker Depkat Chapter 10. States, International Systems, and Intercultural Transfer: A Commentary Eckart Conze Chapter 11. “Total Culture” and the State-Private Network: A Commentary Scott Lucas Chapter 12. Gender, Tropes, and Images: A Commentary Marc Frey Chapter 13. Internationalizing Ideologies: A Commentary Seth Fein PART V: ANNOTATED SOURCES Chapter 14. The Invention of State and Diplomacy: The First Political Testament of Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg (1698) Volker Depkat Chapter 15. The Rat Race for Progress: A Punch Cartoon of the Opening of the 1851 Crystal Palace Exhibition Wolfram Kaiser Chapter 16. Race and Imperialism: An Essay from the Chicago Broad Ax Fabian Hilfrich Chapter 17. A Document from the Harvard International Summer School Scott Lucas Chapter 18. Max Lerner’s “Germany HAS a Foreign Policy” Thomas Reuther Chapter 19. Excerpt from Johan Galtung’s “On the Future of the International System” Alexander Schmidt-Gernig Chapter 20. The “Children and War” Virtual Forum: Voices of Youth and International Relations Marie Thorsten Index

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Book SynopsisThese 11 essays are the writings that galvanized the 60s youth revolution, written when Leary was at the peak of his popularity, influence and visionary intensity. The book opens with "Start Your Own Religion", revealing the true meaning of his immortal slogan "turn on, tune in, drop out", while "Neurological Politics" - the last essay - is a more scientific elaboration of the same theme.

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Book Synopsis“This kaleidoscopic collection will help you see and comprehend the world anew—which is, in my book, what good art should do.” —Astra Taylor It is a scary and disorienting time for art, as it is a scary and disorienting time in general. Aesthetic experience is both overshadowed by the spectacle of current events and pressed into new connection with them. The self-image of art as a social good is collapsing under the weight of capitalism’s dysfunction. In these incisive essays, art critic Ben Davis makes sense of our extreme present as an emerging "after-culture"—a culture whose forms and functions are being radically reshaped by cataclysmic events. In the face of catastrophe, he holds out hope that reckoning with the new realities of art, technology, activism, and the media, can help us weather the super-storms of the future.Trade Review”Ben Davis understands that you can't truly understand art without an analysis of the economic system that created the artist. He understands that movements create change and that artists only create change if they are involved with that movement in other ways than being the expert observer. Here's to art criticism with an axe to grind.” —Boots Riley “Ben Davis is the only art critic I read. These erudite and entertaining essays take the reader on a mind-bending tour through our fragmented, confounding, and commodified cultural landscape, providing welcome historical and political context to many of the high-profile controversies and existential challenges that define our age. Ever attuned to questions of power and profit, Davis never yields to cynicism or forecloses the possibility of creativity’s role in our collective liberation. This kaleidoscopic collection will help you see and comprehend the world anew—which is, in my book, what good art should do.” —Astra Taylor “Amid the cultural sandstorm of infinite memes and ravenous engagement algorithms, rare sneakers and mythic NFTs, made-for-Instagram immersive installations and the relentless firehose of TikTok clips, Ben Davis asks a simple question "What about Art?" What follows is an indispensable series of provocations on the future of culture, politics, and society that speak to some of the most urgent issues facing societies where culture, capitalism, and identity have become nearly indistinguishable from one another. Following in the footsteps of theorists like John Berger, Stuart Hall, and Lucy Lippard, Ben Davis is an essential guide to the politics of culture in the 21st Century.” —Trevor Paglen

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Book SynopsisEdited by rising Tunisian literary scholar Hassen Zriba, Postmodernism and Narratives of Erasure in Culture, Literature, and Language is a collection of interdisciplinary essays arguing that the concept of “erasure” is an essential analytical tool/mode of thought in shaping conceptualizations of change and continuity in subjects of human knowledge. It defines “erasure” as the act of deleting, of removing something, following the German philosopher Martin Heidegger in his book Being and Time, and proceeds with the French deconstructionist Jacques Derrida’s meaning of the inadequacy, but “necessariness,” of some words and concepts. In this volume’s working definition, “erasure” is vital to unlocking the paradoxical nature of the very subject under erasure, allowing us to move beyond fixed binary creations of meaning and significance. Accordingly, erasure substitutes the classical “metaphysics of presence” (fixed meaning) with an alternative “metaphysics of absence,” where meaning is always under construction. Signs are relational, not referential.This book is unique in its use of an interdisciplinary approach to detect how “erasure” emerges in language, culture, and literature. It examines how the concept shapes and is shaped by various discursive and critical formations in culture, language, and literature. Its major contribution is to expound a fundamental concept of postmodern theory that has been under-theorized to advance understanding the realities of our post-modern times.

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Book Synopsis“A Meteor of Intelligent Substance”“Something was Missing in our Culture, and Here It Is”"Liberties is THE place to be."Liberties, a journal of Culture and Politics, is essential reading for those engaged in the cultural and political issues and causes of our time. Liberties features serious, independent, stylish, and controversial essays by significant writers and leaders throughout the world; new poetry; and, introduces the next generation of writers and voices to inspire and impact the intellectual and creative lifeblood of today’s culture and politics.In this issue of Liberties: Laura Kipnis on Genders Without Fear; Dorian Abbot’s call to arms - Science to Politics: Drop Dead; Bernard Henri-Lévy on What is Reading?; Bruce D. Jones on today’s reality of Taiwan, China, America; David Greenberg examines The War on Objectivity; Helen Vendler on Art vs. Stereotypes through the work of Marianne Moore; Ingrid Rowland captures Thucydides on our Conflicts; David A. Bell exposes the Greatest Enemy of Democracy in France; Robert Cooper reports on Myanmar, Atrocity in the Garden of Eden; Steven M. Nadler on Bans and Excommunications, Then and Now; Morten Høi Jensen on the State of Literary Biography; Clara Collier on Women with Whips — Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich, Barbara Stanwyck; Celeste Marcus on Unknown Heroes of Modern Art; Leon Wieseltier reveals Christianism in Modern Politics; and, new poetry from Durs Grünbein, Nathaniel Mackey, and Haris Vlavianos.

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Book SynopsisThe belief of many in the early sexual liberation movements was that capitalism’s investment in the norms of the heterosexual family meant that any challenge to them was invariably anti-capitalist. In recent years, however, lesbian and gay subcultures have become increasingly mainstream and commercialized — as seen, for example, in corporate backing for pride events — while the initial radicalism of sexual liberation has given way to relatively conservative goals over marriage and adoption rights. Meanwhile, queer theory has critiqued this ‘homonormativity’, or assimilation, as if some act of betrayal had occurred. In Sex, Needs and Queer Culture, David Alderson seeks to account for these shifts in both queer movements and the wider society, and argues powerfully for a distinctive theoretical framework. Through a critical reassessment of the work of Herbert Marcuse, as well as the cultural theorists Raymond Williams and Alan Sinfield, Alderson asks whether capitalism is progressive for queers, evaluates the distinctive radicalism of the counterculture as it has mutated into queer, and distinguishes between avant-garde protest and subcultural development. In doing so, the book offers new directions for thinking about sexuality and its relations to the broader project of human liberation.Trade ReviewAlderson’s overview of queer theory and its relation to resistance, as well as his reading of the work of Marcuse, is thorough, absorbing and readable for an audience beyond queer theory students and academics. * LSE Review of Books *The book is marked by an enduring faith in the positive and subversive potential of subcultures, autonomous collectives and anti-consumerist movements. * Morning Star *Alderson offers a carefully constructed, critical analysis of contemporary notions of sexual freedom in the historical context of a nascent neoliberal capitalism and era of flexible accumulation. * Red Pepper *'Honest, thoughtful and continuously insightful, Alderson’s socialist-humanist perspective and commitment to moving beyond the identity politics of recent times makes this an indispensable book’. * Jonathan Dollimore, author of Sex, Literature, and Censorship and Sexual Dissidence *Erudite, elegantly written and passionately argued, Sex, Needs and Queer Culture offers a timely and urgently needed reassessment of gay liberation. Alderson’s book will be an enriching and invaluable resource for all working in this field. * Michael G. Cronin, Maynooth University *By placing the economic so directly next to the sexual, Sex, Needs and Queer Culture is able to cut through the ideologies of both the academy and the world at large. Alderson's careful eye avoids the excesses of one-sided polemic while remaining firmly critical, and he cleverly and optimistically re-opens the questions of freedom and liberation for an often all-too-cynical age. * Nina Power, author of One Dimensional Woman *With nuance, passion and considerable lucidity, David Alderson deftly examines the myths and realities of the one-dimensional gay. Sex, Needs and Queer Culture is an astute analysis of our contemporary moment, and a potent call to both reclaim and reinvigorate subcultural queer praxis. * Richard Hornsey, University of Nottingham *‘A genuinely distinctive, highly considered, and important book. The writing is beautifully articulate, and it offers an ambitious and original contribution to queer theory. * Stephen Maddison, University of East London *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Transitions 2. Is Capitalism Progressive (For Queers)? 3. Feeling Radical: Versions of Counterculture 4. Subculture and Postgay Dynamics Postscripts

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Book SynopsisWe tend to believe we have agency over our bodies, our minds and even our deaths. Yet emerging science challenges our assumptions of mastery: at the microscopic level, the cells in our bodies facilitate tumours and attack other cells, with life-threatening consequences. In this revelatory book, Barbara Ehrenreich argues that our bodies are a battleground over which we have little control, and lays bare the cultural charades that shield us from this knowledge. Challenging everything we think we know about life and death, she also offers hope - that we find our place in a natural world teeming with animation and endless possibility.

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Book SynopsisAre we doomed? Is an almighty power or an earth-shattering meteor waiting for us just around the corner?; In this thought-provoking book, Professor Adam Roberts explores our many different cultural visions of the end of the world - likely and unlikely, mundane and bizarre - and what they say about how we see ourselves and our societies. What is it is that we are really afraid of? An uncaring universe; an uncontrollable environment; the human capacity for destruction; or just our own, personal apocalypse - our mortality?; From last man and dying earth fiction to zombies swarming on screen and the ruined landscapes of immersive gaming, via sweeping contagions, invading aliens, falling bombs and rising robots, buckle up for the end of the world.

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Book Synopsis‘Funny, wise, learned and compulsive’ - GQ Bill Bryson turns away from travelling the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid and Notes from a Big Country, for a fast, exhilarating ride along the Route 66 of American language and popular culture.In Made in America, Bryson tells the story of how American arose out of the English language, and along the way, de-mythologizes his native land - explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn’t won, why Americans say ‘lootenant’ and ‘Toosday’, how they were eating junk food long before the word itself was cooked up - as well as exposing the true origins of the words G-string, blockbuster, poker and snafu.‘A tremendously sassy work, full of zip, pizzazz and all those other great American qualities’Will Self, Independent on Sunday

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Book SynopsisIslam in France is often regarded as a political ‘issue’ and much of the scholarly and public debates about Islam in contemporary France over the last three decades have concentrated on the supposedly ‘antagonistic’ relationship between France, Islam and its Muslims. Against such a troubled backdrop, however, this book looks at the ways in which certain prominent French Muslim intellectuals seek to articulate a vision of multi-faith co-existence, which embraces a critical secularism, and which simultaneously draw on religious and secular humanist traditions. Intellectuals have historically played a major part in French public life, yet relatively little is known about the work of Abdelwahab Meddeb, Malek Chebel, Leïla Babès, Dounia Bouzar and Abdennour Bidar, whose writings and public interventions this book examines. Secularism, Islam and public intellectuals in contemporary France will be of particular interest to specialists, undergraduate and post-graduate students working across the Humanities and Social Sciences from disciplines such as Francophone Studies, Anthropology, Religious Studies or Sociology.Trade Review'Nadia Kiwan’s book, Secularism, Islam and Public Intellectuals in Contemporary France, addresses a topic that receives little attention in the social sciences: the position of Muslim intellectuals in France and their relationship to secularism. The interest of this work stretches beyond her object of study, and the problems she addresses speak to broader topics in preceding work on secularism and on the sociology of intellectuals. Kiwan’s goal is to shed light upon how knowledge production among secular Muslim intellectuals can be affected by hegemonic political discourses that casts Islam as contradictory to French values. Kiwan gives an extensive overview of French Muslim intellectuals in an original way.'Europe Now'In Secularism, Islam and Public Intellectuals in Contemporary France, Nadia Kiwan offers a detailed account of the works of five French Muslim secular intellectuals who diversely aim at articulating a "vision of multi-faith existence with universalist of vivre ensemble".'Hamza Esmili, Ethnic and Racial Studies'With a study devoted to key figures of the secular Muslim intellectual field in France, Nadia Kiwan addresses a significant lacuna in the literature on French and Francophone public intellectuals.'Dimitri Almeida, Modern & Contemporary France, 30:3 -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Abdelwahab Meddeb: post-foundational Islam2 Malek Chebel: Enlightenment Islam3 Leïla Babès: spirituality, affect and women4 Dounia Bouzar: public intellectuals as policy experts in times of crisis5 Abdennour Bidar: existentialist Islam as intercultural translationConclusionBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisProgrammes! Programmes! Football and Life from Wartime to Lockdown is a fascinating archaeological dig through a collection of 2,000 programmes. From the bleak wartime era when players had to shelter from air raids and depend on army leave, to tragedies and the 'Slum Game', through to the glitz of today's global stars, noodle partners and fan-owned, community-based clubs - every aspect of football's evolution, its highs and lows can be found in match-day programmes, along with a dose of bad poetry, adverts for sex magazines, boy bands who never made it and explanations of a 'magic sponge' for American fans. There are unforgettable games, World Cup winners, schoolboy internationals destined for stardom and others whose glimpse of glory proved fleeting. The stories play out against a backdrop of technological, economic and social change in Britain and beyond, rekindling the memories of generations of fans. Programmes! Programmes! is a 'must' for lovers of football nostalgia, with fascinating, funny and quirky tales galore.

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding China and the Chinese is of paramount importance in today's world. With China's rapid economic growth and increasing political influence, there has been significant interest in learning the Chinese language around the world. While we constantly hear about China in political and economic terms, we rarely come across a book that explains what Chinese culture or a Chinese person is like today.This book offers a critical overview of Chinese culture intended for college students as well as for general readers interested in the topic. While 'Chinese culture' is often deployed in terms of kung fu, Confucius or calligraphy, this book refers to the traditional and modern experiences out of which contemporary Chinese people have grown. Internationally renowned scholar in China Studies, Professor Qian Suoqiao invites readers to join him on an exciting intellectual journey to critically explore important issues including history, language, governmentality, self-cultivation, aesthetics of life, nationalism, cosmopolitanism, communism, the rise of China and her soft power which contribute to the formation of what we call 'Chinese'.

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Book SynopsisThis Research Handbook explores contemporary intangible cultural heritage (ICH) from the perspectives of both law and heritage. It questions, probes and interrogates many different aspects of contemporary ICH, including the definitions and legal frameworks designed to safeguard it. In doing so the Research Handbook highlights not only gaps and inconsistencies, but also questions the relevance, of the legal framework as it applies to ICH itself.Each chapter is concerned with a different aspect of contemporary ICH, international treaties and the law, including the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. A diverse range of contemporary examples are explored, ranging from the local and global identity of migrant children, to language and the Berlin techno music scene. Taken collectively, and with its focus on ?'contemporary?' culture, this Handbook is a departure from the established discourse that tends to include some forms of heritage to the exclusion of others. The authors challenge the authority of existing legal instruments, expose their limitations and propose innovative ways in which contemporary forms of ICH can be safeguarded, whether via the law or other means.This innovative Handbook will be of great interest to academics researching the legal protection of ICH and the relationship between ICH, human rights, communities, identity and international trade. Those with an interest in the protection of a-typical intellectual property will also find this Handbook to be a source of valuable information.Contributors include: L. Belder, J. Blake, M. Blakely, A. Brown, J. Brown, N. Chipangura, L. Colomer, C. Cummings, Y. Donders, H. Enright, A. Figaroa, S. Harding, L. Lixinski, F. Macmillan, M. Pavis, J. Schofield, V. Vadi, J. van Donkersgoed, A. Vavaide, C. WaeldeTrade Review'This excellent Research Handbook focuses on contemporary forms of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) which are too often neglected in current discussions. The Research Handbook is varied in its geographical scope with case studies and examples drawn from countries as diverse as the UK, the Netherlands, Indonesia and Zimbabwe amongst others. It explains the framework of contemporary ICH, the major debates within the field and how use is being made of ICH in many different areas such as minority politics, trade, human rights, copyright, cultural landscapes and by national governments as well as local communities. This is an important book for anyone seeking a thorough understanding of the law and politics of contemporary ICH and the often uneasy co-existence of global, national and local interests and policy making in this field.' --Christoph Antons, Newcastle Law School, Australia'This remarkable interdisciplinary collection is a tour de force. The stellar cast of authors offers unique critical discourses on how tradition, heritage, and contemporary culture interact with each other and with cultural policy and law including intellectual property and human rights - as viewed from both international and communitarian perspectives.' --Uma Suthersanen, Queen Mary, University of London, UK'This Research Handbook provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary discussion on a number of important aspects of intangible cultural heritage. It considers not only matters of (legal) definition and problems of protection or the notion of 'protecting', but also issues like human rights, identity of individuals and communities, or the preservation of living cultural heritage in art and language. This volume is a must-have for academics and policy makers, including for those who are not lawyers but need to deal with them.' --Andreas Rahmatian, University of Glasgow, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Research Handbook on Contemporary Intangible Cultural Heritage Charlotte Waelde, Catherine Cummings, Mathilde Pavis and Helena Enright Part I The Framework of Contemporary Intangible Cultural Heritage 1. Regional and International Treaties on Intangible Cultural Heritage: Between Tradition and Contemporary Culture Lucas Lixinski 2. Contemporary ICH: Between Community and Market Fiona Macmillan 3. Protection and Promotion of Cultural Heritage and Human Rights though International Treaties: Two Worlds of Difference? Yvonne Donders 4. Contemporary ICH and the Right to Exclude Sarah Harding Part II Debates Within Contemporary Intangible Cultural Heritage 5. ICH, Cultural Diversity and Sustainable Development Abbe E. L. Brown 6. ICH and Human Rights: ICH, Contemporary Culture and Human Rights Charlotte Waelde 7. ICH as a Source of Identity: International Law and Deontology Anita Vaivade 8. ICH and Identity: the use of ICH Among Global Multicultural Citizens Laia Colomer 9. ICH and Authority: Lawless ‘DIY’ Approaches to Contemporary ICH John Schofield 10. ICH and Authority: The Welsh Language and Statutory Change Megan Rae Blakely 11. ICH and Safeguarding: Legal Dimensions of Safeguarding the ICH of Non-dominant and Counter-Culture Social Groups Janet Blake 12. ICH and safeguarding: Museums and Contemporary ICH (Let the Objects out of their Cases and Make them Sing) Catherine Cummings 13. ICH and Safeguarding: Uncovering the Cultural Heritage Discourse of Copyright Mathilde Pavis Part III Contemporary Intangible Cultural Heritage and its Uses 14. Living Cultural Heritage in the Netherlands: the Debate on the Dutch tradition of Sinterklaas Lucky Belder and Aydan Figaroa 15. ICH as the Prime Asset of a Cultural Landscape and Seascape: A Case Study of the Banda Islands, Indonesia Joëlla van Donkersgoed and Jessica Brown 16. Cultural Heritage Sites and Contemporary Uses: Finding a Balance between Monumentality and Intangibility in Eastern Zimbabwe Njabulo Chipangura 17. ICH and Trade Valentina Vadi Index

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Book SynopsisReporter Chang Frick grew up dark-haired in a nation of blonds. Ostracised as a child, in adulthood he set out to expose the hypocrisy of Swedish society. When he revealed the cover-up of mass sexual assaults on teen girls at a 2015 music festival, he provoked a chain reaction that rattled the nation. Sweden’s elites shirked responsibility and rushed to discredit him. Although Sweden boasts the world’s oldest free press, its history of homogeneity and social engineering has created a culture where few dare dissent from consensus, those who do are driven to extremes, and there is no place for outsiders—even those who conform. In this groundbreaking book, investigative journalist Kajsa Norman turns her fearless gaze on the oppressive forces at the heart of Sweden's 'model democracy'. Weaving the history of its social politics with the stories of Frick and other outcasts, Norman exposes the darkness in the Swedish soul.Trade Review‘Kajsa Norman’s account of Sweden’s real-life hypocrisy and contradictions is subtler and more gripping than any thriller. . . the author’s outrage bubbles from the page . . . [a] lucid and insightful book.' * The Times *‘This hard-hitting book is permeated by a deep sense of disillusionment . . . [Norman is] a powerful writer.’ * The Guardian *'Norman has turned a reporter’s gaze on her home country . . . [revealing] a conspiracy of silence by an establishment anxious not to lift the lid on the growing cultural tensions.' * The Financial Times *‘Richly informative . . . fascinating.’ * Literary Review *‘[Norman’s account of] the ongoing influence of the country’s totalitarian social democratic origins [is] interesting and original.’ -- Times Literary SupplementAs compelling as Swedish noir . . . [Norman’s] incisive study mesmerises, amazes, shocks.’ * The Hindu *‘Written in the best tradition of Stieg Larsson, but with the difference that everything here is real, Sweden’s Dark Soul vividly describes all that’s nasty about the welfare state, from racism and psychopathic bureaucracy to media cover-ups of atrocities against children.’ * The Telegraph India *Thought-provoking . . . Norman shows why it takes courage to speak the truth in a country with the world’s oldest free press . . . her book deserves our attention.’ * Acton Institute *'What happens to a society when national virtue-seeking becomes institutionalised, and the country's image and ideology become more important than its individuals? What happens to national debates when the media ceases to publish stories deemed too controversial? Sweden’s Dark Soul is not a comfortable read, but it is an important one.' * Sigrid Rausing, publisher and editor of Granta *'[Kajsa Norman offers] fresh perspectives on what the world is really like.' * Henning Mankell, social critic and author *Sweden is often held up as a thriving, rich democracy that other nations aspire to replicate. Weaving together history with fascinating personal narratives, Kajsa Norman shines a light into the hidden darkness lurking at the edges of Swedish society and the oppressive groupthink that threatens to eclipse its enduring brightness. * Brian Klaas, University College London, author of 'The Despot’s Apprentice' *Praise for the author: ‘[Kajsa Norman offers] fresh perspectives on what the world is really like.’ — Henning Mankell, social critic and author

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Book SynopsisMisogyny and ‘toxic masculinity’ are increasingly implicated in radicalisation. From the men’s incel (‘involuntary celibate’) movement online, to jihadist groups like Islamic State, to radical right ‘Free Speech’ protests —radicalisation spans ideologies. Though an often-used term, the process of radicalisation is not well understood, and the role of gender and masculinities has often been ignored. This book uses primary research among two of Britain’s key extremist movements: the banned Islamist group al-Muhajiroun, and those networked to it; and the anti-Islam radical right, including the English Defence League and Britain First, to reveal radicalisation as a masculinity project. Through interviews with leaders including Anjem Choudary, Jayda Fransen and Tommy Robinson, as well as their followers, Extreme Britain explores the emergence of extreme misogyny and masculinities. Pearson situates extreme identities in wider social norms, showing how masculinities are mobilised into action. The book cautions against oversimplifying extreme masculinity as ‘toxic’. It demonstrates how both men and women ‘do’ extreme masculinities and the costs and benefits to them both of activism. Understanding the men and women involved in extreme movements will better equip us to counter them. This fascinating study offers invaluable insight into some of their lives and motivations.Trade Review'A page-turning, exemplary recent history of the roles of masculinities in different extremisms found in Britain. Elegantly blending engaging first-hand accounts with accessible conceptualisations, this sets a standard with which all future work on gender and extremism will be compared.' -- Paul Gill, Professor of Security and Crime Science, University College London, and author of 'Lone-Actor Terrorists''"Extreme Britain" combines powerful research, smart analysis and timely intervention to show that radicalisation is always and necessarily gendered--producing a must-read text for anyone who is interested in understanding contemporary extremism, in Britain and globally.' -- Laura Sjoberg, British Academy Global Professor of Politics and International Relations, Royal Holloway University of London, and author of 'Gendering Global Conflict''The first in-depth comparative account of how masculinities shape participation in extremist movements in the UK. Empirically rich, compelling and beautifully written, it should be widely read.' -- David Duriesmith, Lecturer in Gender and Politics, University of Sheffield, and author of 'Masculinity and New War''A compelling and very readable study of how gender informs and shapes extremism in contemporary Britain. With its in-depth focus on the specific local, national and international discourses of extremism, it fills an important gap in the literature. A necessary and extremely well-executed book.' -- Leonie B. Jackson, Assistant Professor of International Relations, Northumbria University, and author of 'The Monstrous and the Vulnerable: Framing British Jihadi Brides''In "Extreme Britain", Pearson fills the long-lamented gap in terrorism studies on masculinities, misogyny and extremism. This is an exceptionally researched, sensitively written candid examination of the relationship between the far-right in its various forms, masculinities and extremist engagement.' -- Caron Gentry, Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor for Arts, Design and Social Sciences, Northumbria University, and author of 'Disordered Violence: How Gender, Race and Heteronormativity Structure Terrorism'

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Book SynopsisEthnographic fieldwork is something which is often presented as mysterious and inexplicable. How do we know certain things after having done fieldwork? Are we sure we know? And what exactly do we know? This book describes ethnographic fieldwork as the gradual accumulation of knowledge about something you don’t know much about. We start from ignorance and gradually move towards knowledge, on the basis of practices for which we have theoretical and methodological motivations. Jan Blommaert and Dong Jie draw on their own experiences as fieldworkers in explaining the complexities of ethnographic fieldwork as a knowledge trajectory. They do so in an easily accessible way that makes these complexities easier to understand and to handle before, during and after fieldwork. The 2nd edition of this bestselling book updates the 1st edition and includes a new postscript on ethnography in an online world.Trade ReviewThis book takes the reader into a wonderfully complex, multivocal conversation on ethnographic practice. The new edition successfully extends these conversations into the ever more ‘ethnographically thick’ realm of online socialisation and subjectivation. It provides guidance and insights which are edifying and superbly didactic for beginners while profoundly inspiring for advanced scholars. * Karel Arnaut, KU Leuven, Belgium *This book provides a precise and practical approach to linguistic fieldwork. It does so not only by reaffirming ethnography’s core principles but also by updating this method to study communicative practices in the online-offline nexus. Blommaert and Dong provide a welcome reframing of the discipline, in which theoretical reasoning equals practical problem-solving and ‘subjectivity’ is an indispensable and crucial tool. * Marco Jacquemet, University of San Francisco, USA *This is a beautiful book. It presents a highly readable and insightful account of how doing ethnography helps us build theories of language in social life. For novices, it offers rich accounts that model and exemplify the doing of ethnography. For more experienced researchers, this second edition illuminates the challenges and rewards of exploring the online-offline nexus. * Zane Goebel, The University of Queensland, Australia *The authors have created a humorous, honest, reassuring, and heartfelt book that can help us to remember the true reasons we conduct research: our curiosity to understand and analyze complex interactions. * Manuela Vida-Mannl, Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany, LINGUIST List 32.2373 *Jan Blommaert & Dong Jie’s book is an easy-to-use, practical guide for students and researchers who want to use ethnography as a research method [...] In this second edition, the authors further a vivid discussion of ethnographic practice in both offline and online contexts. To do so, they track the theoretical and methodological changes that emerged since the book was first published ten years ago [...] An important advance of the book is its focus on the inseparability of life offline and online. The authors highlight the affordances and difficulties this nexus presents for ethnographers. * Carlos Henrique Bem Gonçalves, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Language in Society 50 (2021) *Table of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition 1. Introduction 2. Ethnography 3. The Sequence 1: Prior to Fieldwork 4. The Sequence 2: In the Field 5. The Sequence 3: After Fieldwork 6. By Way of Conclusion 7. Postscript: When Your Field Goes Online References

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Book SynopsisThe British public school is an iconic institution, a training ground for the ruling elite and a symbol of national identity and tradition. But beyond the elegant architecture and evergreen playing fields is a turbulent history of teenage rebellion, sexual dissidence, and political radicalism. James Brooke-Smith wades into the wilder shores of public-school life over the last three hundred years in Gilded Youth. He uncovers armed mutinies in the late eighteenth century, a Victorian craze for flagellation, dandy-aesthetes of the 1920s, quasi-scientific discourse on masturbation, Communist scares in the 1930s, and the salacious tabloid scandals of the present day.Drawing on personal experience, extensive research, and public school representations in poetry, school slang, spy films, popular novels, and rock music, Brooke-Smith offers a fresh account of upper-class adolescence in Britain and the role of elite private education in shaping youth culture. He shows how this central British institution has inspired a counterculture of artists, intellectuals, and radicals — from Percy Shelley and George Orwell to Peter Gabriel and Richard Branson — who have rebelled against both the schools themselves and the wider society for which they stand.

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Book Synopsis During the nineteenth century, a change developed in the way architectural objects from the distant past were viewed by contemporaries. Such edifices, be they churches, castles, chapels or various other buildings, were not only admired for their aesthetic values, but also for the role they played in ancient times, and their role as reminders of important events from the national past. Architectural heritage often was (and still is) an important element of nation building. Authors address the process of building national myths around certain architectural objects. National narratives are questioned, as is the position architectural heritage played in the nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries.Trade Review “The book Forging Architectural Tradition is an excellent contribution for anyone interested in the creation of national narratives around architectural buildings. It is suitable for architects, art historians, historians, sociologists, cultural researchers, and the general cultural public, as well as anyone interested in the national narratives of ‘small’ nations. The topics explored in the book should not be viewed as a part of the distant past but as still current as the historical processes described in the book can help us deal with problems related to the politicization of heritage that is still evident today.” • Prostor “The scholarly essays in this book present a sweeping panorama of this fascinating development based on new research, otherwise virtually inaccessible in English.” • József Sisa, Institute of Art History, ELKH Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest, HungaryTable of Contents List of Figures and Tables Introduction: Forging Architectural Tradition Aleksander Łupienko
 Part I: Architectural Conservation and National Narratives

 Chapter 1. The Cathedral of Citizenship: Race and National Identity in Eugène Viollet-le-Duc’s Work and Discourse Bérénice Gaussuin

 Chapter 2. Identity Written in Stone?: Gothicising Renovation of Estonian Churches at a Second Glance Kristina Jõekalda

 Chapter 3. Architecture as a Weapon: The Gothic and the National Ideal in Nineteenth-Century Polish Discourse Aleksander Łupienko

 Chapter 4. Before and After Emile-André Lecomte du Nouÿ or the Birth of National Style in Romanian Architecture Anda-Lucia Spânu Chapter 5. On the Articulation and Popularization of Christian Built Heritage: Representing National Continuity in Nineteenth-Century Athens Georgios Karatzas Part II: Styles for the Nation and State 

Chapter 6. Creating a Monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I in Berlin: Tensions between National, Prussian and Dynastic Identities Douglas Klahr Chapter 7. History, National Identity and Architecture in the Last Royal Palaces in Europe (1861–1930): Turin, Budapest, Bucharest Paolo Cornaglia
 Chapter 8
. Renaissance Architecture and the Search for the Hungarian National Style in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
 Gábor György Papp Chapter 9. Vernacular Versus Historical: National Style(s) in the Architecture of Austro-Hungarian Croatia Dragan Damjanović

 Part III: Appropriation of Heritage(s)

 Chapter 10. Architectural Heritage in the National Discourse of the Nineteenth Century Russia: Kazan Antiquities Gulchachak Nugmanova 

Chapter 11. Hungarian Nation-Building and the Use of Medieval Archaeology: Interpreting the Székesfehérvár Excavations in the Nineteenth Century Andrea Kocsis Chapter 12. Architectural Heritage of Silesia in the Purview of Prussian History (1740–1918) Monika Ewa Adamska

 Chapter 13. Madonna del Pascolo: Ruthenian Heritage in the Baroque Rome and the Development of the National Church of the Ukrainians, 1640s‒1960s Anatole Upart Afterword: For the Glory of Nation: Architectural Heritage in Nineteenth-Century Europe Dragan Damjanović Index

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