Cultural studies Books
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The German Reformation
Book SynopsisThis text illustrates how the Continental Reformation movement was bound and shaped by the society in which it was broadcast, how the reformers interacted with the trends and tensions of the period, and how the forces of religious change came to influence European culture and society.Trade Review"A collection which is likely to become a standard point of reference in years to come." German History "These are truly "essential" readings for the study of the German Reformation and early modern Europe in general ...This book is an excellent introduction to the study of the German Reformation." Sixteenth Century Journal "Dixon's book ... offers its readers a fine balance of work on both ... the Reformation as a theological event and the Reformation as a social/ cultural/ political event. This volume is a very helpful and useful text for those teaching or studying the subject." Westminster Theological Journal "Dixon has brought together and, in his commentary, illuminated the significance of eight pieces revealing some of the most important documents in recent scholarship on the relation of the Reformation to society. The work is a resounding success." Protestantismus "... it would be hard to imagine a more readable and informative collection of new work on the German Reformation." German Studies ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. 1. Introduction: Narratives of the German Reformation: C. Scott Dixon. 2. What was Preached in German Towns in the Early Reformation?: Bernd Moeller. 3. What was the Reformation Doctrine of Justification?: Berndt Hamm. 4. The Reformation of the Common Man, 1521-1542: Thomas A. Brady Jr. 5. Reformation and the Communal Spirit: Peter Blickle. 6. The Reformation and the Modern Age, an attempt: Richard Van Dulman. 7. Forced Confessionalization? Prolegomena for a Theory of the Confessional Age: Wolfgang Reinhard. 8. Success and Failure in the German Reformation: Gerald Strauss. 9. The Reformation, Popular Magic and the Disenchantment of the World: Robert W. Scribner. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Companion AngloSaxon Literature
Book SynopsisThis acclaimed volume explores and unravels the contexts, readings, genres, intertextualities and debates within Anglo-Saxon studies. Brings together specially-commissioned contributions from a team of leading European and American scholars. Embraces both the literature and the cultural background of the period. Combines the discussion of primary material and manuscript sources with critical analysis and readings. Considers the past, present and future of Anglo-Saxon studies Trade Review"The latest addition to Blackwell's comprehensive surveys of literature and culture, this volume offers an impressive array of essays by reputable scholars ... This Companion will be a valuable introduction for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students and useful resource for faculty." Choice "A Companion to Anglo-Saxon Literature is an impressive anthology of erudite essays written by scholars around the world on the topic of Anglo-Saxon literature, particularly that of the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries. Prose, poetry, religious, and secular literature are all discussed at length in this college-level analysis and presentation, which is very highly recommended for academic literary studies in general, and medieval studies in reference collections in particular." The Midwest Book Review "Many of the world's leading Anglo-Saxonists have contributed to this volume which provides a very useful overview of current preoccupations of those who study and teach Old English literature." Literature and History "Stimulating introductions that bring out the wider potential of their topics for understanding the Anglo-Saxon past ... much to offer the more experienced reader as well as the novice." Literature and HistoryTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Part I. Contexts and Perspectives:. 1. An Introduction to the Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Vernacular English: Elaine Treharne (Florida State University) and Phillip Pulsiano (Villanova University). 2. An Introduction to the Corpus of Anglo-Latin Literature: Joseph P. McGowan (University of San Diego). 3. Transmission of Literature and Learning: Anglo Saxon Scribal Culture: Jonathan Wilcox (University of Iowa). 4. Authorship and Anonymity: Mary Swan (University of Leeds). 5. Audience(s), Reception, Literacy: Hugh Magennis (Queen’s University Belfast). 6. Anglo-Saxon Manuscript Production: Issues of Making and Using: Michelle P. Brown (British Library). Part II. Readings: Cultural Framework and Heritage:. 7. The Germanic Background: Patrizia Lendinara (University of Palermo). 8. Religious Context: Pre-Benedictine Reform Period: Susan Irvine (University College London). 9. The Benedictine Reform and Beyond: Joyce Hill (University of Leeds). 10. Legal and Documentary Writings: Carole Hough (University of Glasgow). 11. Scientific and Medical Writings: Stephanie Hollis (University of Auckland). 12. Prayers, Glosses and Glossaries: Phillip Pulsiano (Villanova University). Part III.Genre and Modes:. 13. Religious Prose: Roy M. Liuzza (University of Tennessee at Knoxville). 14. Religious Poetry: Patrick W. Conner (West Virginia University). 15. Secular Prose: Donald G. Scragg (University of Manchester). 16. Secular Poetry: Fred C. Robinson (Yale University). 17. Anglo-Latin Prose: Joseph P. McGowan (University of San Diego). Part IV. Intertextualities: Sources and Influences:. 18. Biblical and Patristic Learning: Tom Hall (University of Illinois at Chicago). 19. The Irish Tradition: Charles D. Wright (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). 20. Germanic Influences: Rolf Bremmer (University of Leiden). 21. Scandinavian Relations: Robert E. Bjork (Arizona State University). Part V. Debates and Issues:. 22. English in the Post-Conquest Period: Elaine Treharne (Florida State University). 23. Anglo-Saxon Studies: Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries: Timothy Graham (University of New Mexico). 24. Anglo-Saxon Studies in the Nineteenth Century: England, Denmark, America: J. R. Hall (Notre Dame University in Indiana). 25. Anglo-Saxon Studies in the Nineteenth Century: Germany, Austria, Switzerland: Hans Sauer (LM University, Munich). 26. By the Numbers: Anglo-Saxon Scholarship at the Century's End: Allen Frantzen (Loyola University Chicago). 27. The New Millennium: Nicholas Howe (Ohio State University). Selected Further Reading. Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Culture and Development
Book SynopsisThis book introduces students to new ways of thinking about development. It integrates the recent scholarship of cultural studies within the existing frameworks of development studies, which have primarily focused on issues of political economy and structural transformation.Trade Review"...a well written and researched textbook for the turn of the millenium....refreshing, readable, topical and relevant." Elsbeth Robson, Keele University "Culture and Development is an important text for introductory nd midlevel undergraduate classes and development practitioners looking for a comprehensive, critical and interdisciplinary alternative to "business as usual" Economic Geography "Overall, the book is an excellent introduction to anthropological and development studies literature on representations, power and culture. While this literature boomed in the 1990s, its theoretical language and disciplinary dispersal made it difficult for students and practitioners to keep up with the debates. Culture and Development provides just such a readable account for student and teacher alike." Progress in Human Geography "Culture and development takes a wide-ranging, yet in-depth approach to its subject which lends it both coherence and authority. As an innovative introduction to these themes, this book is to be highly recommended." The Journal of the Royal Anthropological InstituteTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables vii Preface: The Cross-overs of Culture and Development ix 1 Investing in the Asian snake pit ix 2 Culture and development xi 3 Points of contact xii 4 Outline of the book xiii Acknowledgments xvii 1 Thinking about Culture and Development 1 1 Overview and introduction 1 2 What do we mean by development? 2 3 What do we mean by culture? 16 4 Summary 29 2 Bringing Culture and Development Together 33 1 Introduction 33 2 Third World models of development 40 3 The crisis of development and the new neo-liberal hegemony 50 4 Summary 53 3 Globalization and the Politics of Representation 57 1 Introduction 57 2 Globalization, culture, and development 58 3 Postcolonial challenges 66 4 The deconstruction of development discourse 72 5 Problems of deconstruction 77 6 Hybrid modernities and post-development discourse 79 7 Summary 81 4 Feminism, Development, and Culture 85 1 Introduction 85 2 Women, development, and feminist development theory 87 3 Postcolonial feminisms and feminist development theory 102 4 "Chucking the baby out with the bath water": counter-arguments 109 5 Building bridges 110 6 Summary 113 5 Inventing Traditions, Constructing Nations 118 1 Introduction 118 2 Fixed traditions? 121 3 Inventing traditions 128 4 Contesting traditions 136 5 Globalization and the politics of identity 142 6 Summary 150 6 Human Rights, Cultural Difference, and Globalization 154 1 Introduction 154 2 The human rights discourse and the discourse of development 158 3 Human needs and human rights -- a trade-off? 162 4 Gender, cultural difference, and the universality of human rights 171 5 Human rights of ethnic minority groups 179 6 Summary 188 7 Culture, Development, and the Information Revolution 192 1 Introduction 192 2 Media and modernity 196 3 Cultural imperialism revisited 202 4 Communication technologies, knowledge, and development discourse 206 5 Communicating modernization 208 6 Knowledge and development 210 7 Wired for change 214 8 Summary 216 Index 220
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Postmodern Urban Condition
Book Synopsis* Provides an new way of understanding cities. * Gives students a critical history of postmodernism and its consequences for cities and spaces. * Reveals the importance of space and place in our understanding of social process. * Looks ahead to the urban agenda for the twenty--first century.Trade Review"An instant classic that belongs in every college and research library in the English-speaking world." CHOICE "...a thoughtful, wide ranging, and ardent analysis of urbanisation at the end of the millenium." Mike Samers, University of Liverpool. "Michael Dear's book has surely achieved its objective: to be not only provocative, but also deeply engaging, its evocations and intellectual traces raising issues of the greatest importance for reflection and action by urban scholars and other citizens." ANNALS of the Association of American GeographersTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Taking Los Angeles Seriously. 2. Mapping the Postmodern. 3. Postmodern Bloodlines: From Lefebvre to Jameson. 4. The Premature Demise of Postmodern Urbanism. 5. Reading the Modern City: A Colonial History of Los Angeles 1781-1991. 6. Deconstructing Urban Planning. 7. Postmodern Urbanism. 8. A Tale of Two Cities 1. Tijuana. 9. Film, Architecture and Filmspace. 10. A Tale of Two Cities 2. Las Vegas. 11. From Sidewalk to Cyberspace (and Back to Earth Again). 12. The Personal Politics of Postmodernity. 13. The Power of Place. 14. The Geopolitics of Postmodernity. 15. Epistemological Politics. Epilogue: Beyond Postmodernism. A Beginner's Guide to Postmodernism. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Invention of Race
Book SynopsisArgues that many forms of African-American cultural expression display resistance through appropriation, and reconstitution, of denigrating representations fostered by the dominant racist culture. The text includes chapters on DuBois, Alain Locke and Sargent Johnson.Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Racist Discourse and the Negro-Ape Metaphor. 2. Slavery, Modernity and the Reclamation of Anterior Cultures. 3. Frederick Douglass on the Myth of the Black Rapist. 4. Du Bois on the Invention of Race. 5. Black Consciousness in the Art of Sargent Johnson. 6. Black Vernacular Representation and Cultural Malpractice. 7. Marooned in America: Black Urban Youth Culture and Social Pathology. 8. Black Marxist in Babylon: Bayard Rustin and the 1968 UFT Strike. 9. A No-Theory Theory of Contemporary Black Cinema. 10. Prime Time Blackness. Notes. Bibliography. Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Race Identity and Citizenship
Book SynopsisIn recent years, race and ethnicity have been the focus of theoretical, political, and policy debates. This comprehensive and timely reader covers the range of topics that have been at the center of these debates including critical race theory, multiracial feminism, mixed race, whiteness, citizenship and globalization. Contributors include Angela Davis, Stuart Hall, Richard Delgado, Robert Miles, Michael Eric Dyson, Saskia Sassen, Etienne Balibar, Patricia Hill Collins, Renato Rosaldo, Stanley Aronowitz, and Collette Guillaumin.Trade Review“Race, Identity, and Citizenship provide a much-needed critical perspective on race and radicalized inequalities in contemporary capitalist society. It is an outstanding collection which will prove enormously useful to both established scholars in the field and young students.” Avery Gordon, University of California, Santa Barbara "A thoughtful introduction to current intellectual discourse and decisive policy issues regarding race and ethnicity in a global context." Jose Hernandez, City University of New York Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Table of Contents. Part I: Mapping The Languages of Racism:. 1. Does "Race" Matter? Transatlantic Perspectives on "Race Relations": Robert Miles and Rodolfo D. Torres. 2. I know it's not nice, but..."The changing face of 'race'": Colette Guillaumin. 3. The contours of racialization: Private structures, representations and resistance in the United States: Stephen Small. 4. Marxism, racism, and ethnicity: John Solomos and Les Back. 5. Postmodernism and the politics of racialized identities: Louis F. Mir¢n. Part II: Critical Multiracial Feminism:. 6. Theorizing difference from multiracial feminism: Maxine Baca Zinn and Bonnie Thornton Dill. 7. Ethnicity, gender relations and multiculturalism: Nira Yuval-Davis. 8. What's in a name? Womanism, black feminism, and beyond: Patricia Hill Collins. Part III: Fashioning Mixed Race:. 9. The colorblind multiracial dilemma: Racial categories reconsidered: John A. Powell. 10. Multiracial Asians: Models of ethnic identity: Maria P. P. Root. 11. Cipherspace: Latino identity past and present: J. Jorge Klor de Alva. Part IV: The Color(s) of Whiteness:. 12. Establishing the fact of whiteness: John Hartigan, Jr. 13. Constructions of whiteness in European and American anti-racism: Alastair Bonnett. 14. The labor of whiteness, the whiteness of labor, and the perils of whitewashing: Michael Eric Dyson. 15. The trickster's play: Whiteness in the subordination and liberation process: A¡da Hurtado. Part V: Cultural Citizenship, Multiculturalism, And The State:. 16. Citizenship: Richard Delgado. 17. Cultural citizenship, inequality, and multiculturalism: Renato Rosaldo. 18. Cultural citizenship as subject making: Immigrants negotiate racial and cultural boundaries in the United States: Aihwa Ong. Part VI: Locating Class:. 19. The site of class: Edna Bonacich. 20. Between nationality and class: Stanley Aronowitz. 21. Class racism: Etienne Balibar. Part VII: Globalized Futures And Racialized Identities:. 22. Multiculturalism and flexibility: Some new directions in global capitalism: Richard P. Appelbaum. 23. Analytic Borderlands: Race, gender and representation in the new city: Saskia Sassen. 24. Globalization, the racial divide, and a new citizenship: Michael C. Dawson. Part VIII: Critical Engagements:. 25. Interview Stuart Hall: Cultural and power: Peter Osborne and Lynne Segal. 26. Angela Y. Davis: reflections on race, class, and gender in the USA: Lisa Lowe. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Cultural Sociology in Practice
Book Synopsis* Presents a concise, accessible introduction to the filed of cultural sociology. * Provides excellent empirical examples of cultural sociology in practice. * Covers both the theoretical bases and methodology of current research. .Trade Review"Cultural Sociology in Practice is a shockingly good book. Edles achieves the almost impossible task, a highly accessible book for students that provides a powerful and sophisticated disciplinary statement for their teachers. This is a wide-ranging survey of the vast and surging new field of cultural sociology. It is also a deep and penetrating theoretical and methodological argument in its own right. Moreover, Edles does not just write about the work of others; she provides numerous and compact cultural-sociological studies of her own. Filled with wisdom, fairness, and creativity, this is one of the very best statements of cultural sociology ever written." Jeffrey Alexander, University of California at Los Angeles "Cultural Sociology in Practice brightly illuminates the practices of studying culture in all of its forms for readers seeking a map of the field. Laura Desfor Edles writes intelligent, critical, and lucid prose as she explores the specifically sociological chartings of such cultural phenomena as religion, race, and the mass media. An eminently useful survey." Robin Wagner-Pacifici, Swarthmore CollegeTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction: What is Culture and How Does Culture Work?. Part I: Culture and Society:. 2. Religion and Ideology: Systems of Meaning in the Modern (and Postmodern) World. 3. The Media and Popular Culture. 4. Race and Representation. Part II: Cultural Methodology: Getting a Handle on Culture:. 5. Naturalistic Inquiry: Ethnography, Ethnomethodology, and Dramaturgical Research. 6. Discourse Analysis and Audience/Reception Research: Constructing and Deconstructing Texts, Talk, and Meaning. 7. Structure, Agency, and "Comprehensive" Cultural Sociology. References. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Cultural Sociology in Practice
Book SynopsisThis is a concise introduction to the burgeoning new field of cultural sociology. It sorts out the various definitions of the word culture in a sociological context. It then applies these various meanings to cultural events, artefacts, and practices.Trade Review"Cultural Sociology in Practice is a shockingly good book. Edles achieves the almost impossible task, a highly accessible book for students that provides a powerful and sophisticated disciplinary statement for their teachers. This is a wide-ranging survey of the vast and surging new field of cultural sociology. It is also a deep and penetrating theoretical and methodological argument in its own right. Moreover, Edles does not just write about the work of others; she provides numerous and compact cultural-sociological studies of her own. Filled with wisdom, fairness, and creativity, this is one of the very best statements of cultural sociology ever written." Jeffrey Alexander, University of California at Los Angeles "Cultural Sociology in Practice brightly illuminates the practices of studying culture in all of its forms for readers seeking a map of the field. Laura Desfor Edles writes intelligent, critical, and lucid prose as she explores the specifically sociological chartings of such cultural phenomena as religion, race, and the mass media. An eminently useful survey." Robin Wagner-Pacifici, Swarthmore CollegeTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction: What is Culture and How Does Culture Work?. Part I: Culture and Society:. 2. Religion and Ideology: Systems of Meaning in the Modern (and Postmodern) World. 3. The Media and Popular Culture. 4. Race and Representation. Part II: Cultural Methodology: Getting a Handle on Culture:. 5. Naturalistic Inquiry: Ethnography, Ethnomethodology, and Dramaturgical Research. 6. Discourse Analysis and Audience/Reception Research: Constructing and Deconstructing Texts, Talk, and Meaning. 7. Structure, Agency, and "Comprehensive" Cultural Sociology. References. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The American Century
Book SynopsisPresents studies of Americanization and American imperialism to assess how far the twentieth century can be seen as the American Century. This book provides a critical evaluation of the extent of the diffusion and adoption of the American way of life and the very concept of America itself.Trade Review"[A] lively and insightful collection of essays ... by and large readable and succinct, suggesting a strong editorial hand. They are accessible to non-specialists and will prove useful in the classroom." Progress in Human GeographyTable of ContentsList of Contributors. Preface. . Part I: Introductions: American Destiny?. 1. Locating the American Century: A World-systems Analysis (Peter J. Taylor). 2. Locating the American Century: Themes for a Post-colonial Perspective (David Slater) . Part II: Economic Capacities: American Know-how? . 3. Global Shift - the Role of United States Transnational Corporations (Peter Dicken). 4. The Dynamics of US Managerialism and American Corporations (Michael Taylor). 5. Overseas Investment by US Service Enterprises (P.W. Daniels). 6. The Rise and Decline of US International Monetary Hegemony (Mark Holmes and Eric Pentecost). 7. The 'New' Developmentalism: Political Liberalism and the Washington Consensus (Kate Manzo) . Part III: Political Capacities: The Arsenal of Democracy? . 8. Inaugurating the American Century: 'New World' Perspectives on the 'Old' in the Early Twentieth Century (Michael Heffernan). 9.European Integration and American Power: Reflex, Resistance and Reconfiguration (Michael Smith). 10. The United States, the 'Triumph of Democracy' and the 'End of History' (R.J. Johnston). 11. Taking the Cold War to the Third World (Klaus Dodds). 12. US Influence in the Making of the Contemporary Amazon Heartland (Berta K. Becker and Roberto S. Bartholo, Jr). 13. American Power and the Portuguese Empire (James Sidaway). 14. The Reality of American Idealism (Gillian Youngs). 15. Contradictions of a Lone Superpower (David Campbell). Part IV: Cultural Capacities: The American Dream?. 16. Occult Hollywood: Unfolding the Americanization of World Cinema (Marcus A. Doel). 17. Global Disney (Alan Bryman). 18. 'The Kind Of Beat Which is Currently Popular': American Popular Music in Britain (Tim Cresswell and Brian Hoskin). 19. American Philanthropy as Cultural Power (Morag Bell). 20. Between North and South: Travelling Feminisms and Homeless Women (Claudia de Lima Costa). 21. Americanization of the World (Pablo Gonzalez Casanova). Part V: Conclusion: American Centuries?. 22. Multiple Themes, One America; One Theme, Multiple Americas (David Slater and Peter J. Taylor. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Adorno
Book SynopsisAdorno: A Critical Reader presents a collection of new essays by many of the world''s top critics that examine Adorno''s lasting impact on the arts, politics, history, philosophy, psychoanalysis, and sociology.Trade Review"There is a kind of poetic justice in the fact that Adorno is the great survivor of the Frankfurt School, the only one whose thought retained its full actuality. However, the same thing he said for psychoanalysis – that its truth resides in its very exaggerations – goes for his own thought: he is at his most subversive when he gets involved in a deadlock. For this reason, this critical reader, focused on these deadlocks, is not just a commentary on his thought, but literally part of it. In short, this book is simply a must!" Slavoj Zizek, Kulturwissenschaftliches Institute, Essen "Against all odds, Adorno has emerged at the dawn of the twenty-first century as arguably the leading theoretical inspiration of our time. These stimulating essays, written by fresh as well as familiar commentators on his oeuvre, go a long way towards explaining the power of his ideas and demonstrating their abiding relevance." Martin Jay, University of California, BerkeleyTable of ContentsContributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction: Adorno and the Autonomous Intellectual: Nigel Gibson and Andrew Rubin (both Columbia University). Part I: Politics and Culture:. 1. Adorno in Reverse: From Hollywood to Richard Wagner: Andreas Huyssen (Columbia University). 2. Mass Culture as Hieroglyphic Writing: Adorno, Derrida, Kracauer: Miriam Hansen (University of Chicago). 3. Theodor W. Adorno and the Dialectics of Mass Culture: Douglas Kellner (University of California, Los Angeles). 4. Adorno's Politics: Russell Berman (Stanford University). 5. "Why were the Jews Sacrificed?": The Place of Antisemitism in Adorno and Horkheimer's Dialectic of Enlightenment: Anson Rabinbach (Princeton University). 6. Demythologizing the Authoritarian Personality: Reconnoitering Adorno's Retreat from Marx: Lou Turner (North Central College, Illinois). 7. The Adorno Files: Andrew Rubin (Columbia University). Part II: Aesthetics:. 8. Adorno as Lateness Itself: Edward W. Said (Columbia University). 9. Immanent Critique, or Musical Stocktaking? Adorno and the Problem of Musical Analysis: Max Paddison (University of Durham). 10. Adorno and the New Musicology: Rose Rosengard Subotnik (Brown University). Part III: Critical Theory and After:. 11. Rethinking an Old Saw: Dialectical Negativity, Utopia, and Negative Dialectic in Adorno's Hegelian Marxism: Nigel Gibson (Columbia University). 12. Hegel on Trial: Adorno's Critique of Philosophical Systems: Mauro Bozzetti (University of Urbino, Italy). 13. The Dialectic of Theory and Praxis: On Late Adorno: Henry W. Pickford. 14. Radical Art: Reflections after Adorno and Heidegger: Krzysztof Ziarek (University of Notre Dame). 15. Queerly Amiss: Sexuality and the Logic of Adorno's Dialectics: Jennifer Rycenga (San José State University). 16. "As though the end of the world had come and gone" or Allemal ist nicht immergleich – Critical Theory and the Task of Reading: Samuel Weber (University of California, Los Angeles). Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Globalizing Cities A New Spatial Order
Book SynopsisThis text provides students and professionals with an international and comparative examination of changes in global cities, to reveal a growing pattern of social and spatial division or polarization. Case studies of New York, Johannesburg, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Calcutta and Rio are included.Trade Review"This book is a welcome addition to the rapidly growing literature on global cities ... The individual contributors remain closely on-message and the editors are to be commended for providing a very clear statement of the central argument and for distilling the arguments into a comprehensive and convincing conclusion...The specialised nature of the topic, and the fact that this volume will be of most interest to research and final-year students of urban studies rather than to first-or second-year undergraduates. Among such an audience, it merits a wide readership." David Clark, Coventry University "This is a highly valuable book, combining theoretical arguments with detailed empirical work. This book broadens the scholarly discussion of global cities and offers important insights into the interpretation of local and global processes in a wide range of settings." H-Urban by Mark D. Bjelland, Department of Geography, Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota. "Globalizing cities, a new spatial order? is a welcome addition to a growing scholarly literature on the processes of globalization ... this volume is a substantial contribution to what is perhaps one of the most important issues confronting the future of cities." Progress in Development Studies "These excellent essays focus primarily on recent changes in the spatial organization of selected large metropolitan areas ... By concentrating on the details, the authors have liberated us from the glosses of the global cities literature and prepared us to revise our generalizations. The debate they have opened will engage us for at least the next decade." European Planning StudiesTable of ContentsList of Figures vii List of Maps viii List of Tables x List of Contributors xii Series Editors' Preface xv Preface xvii 1 Introduction 1Peter Marcuse and Ronald van Kempen 2 The Unavoidable Continuities of the City 22Robert A. Beauregard and Anne Haila 3 From the Metropolis to Globalization: The Dialectics of Race and Urban Form 37William W. Goldsmith 4 From Colonial City to Globalizing City? The Far-fromcomplete Spatial Transformation of Calcutta 56Sanjoy Chakravorty 5 Rio de Janeiro: Emerging Dualization in a Historically Unequal City 78Luiz Cesar de Queiroz Ribeiro and Edward E. Telles 6 Singapore: the Changing Residential Landscape in a Winner City 95Leo van Grunsven 7 Tokyo: Patterns of Familiarity and Partitions of Difference 127Paul Waley 8 Still a Global City: The Racial and Ethnic Segmentation of New York 158John R. Logan 9 Brussels: Post-Fordist Polarization in a Fordist Spatial Canvas 186Christian Kesteloot 10 The Imprint of the Post-Fordist Transition on Australian Cities 211Blair Badcock 11 The Globalization of Frankfurt am Main: Core, Periphery and Social Conflict 228Roger Keil and Klaus Ronneberger 12 Conclusion: A Changed Spatial Order 249Peter Marcuse and Ronald van Kempen List of References 276 Index 302
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Raymond Williams Reader
Book SynopsisThis volume offers an insight into the formative influence of the 20th century's most distinguished oppositional public intellectuals, Raymond Williams. This reader presents a survey of the whole body of Williams' existing work,Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Part I: Culture Wars (1954-1961):. Introduction. 1. Culture is Ordinary (1958). 2. Film and The Dramatic Tradition (1954). 3. The Masses (1958). 4. Individuals and Societies (1961):. Part II: Countering The Canon (1962-71):. Introduction. 5. Tragedy and Revolution (1966). 6. Literature and Rural Society (1967). 7. Thomas Hardy and The English Novel (1970). 8. Orwell (1971). Part III: Theory and Representation (1972-80):. Introduction. 9. Base and Superstructure in Marxist Cultural Theory (1973). 10. Television and Representation (1974). 11. Language as Sociality (1977). 12. The Writer: Commitment and Alignment (1980). Part IV: Cultural Materialism in Action (1978-1988):. Introduction. 13. The Bloomsbury Fraction (1978). 14. Crisis in English Studies (1981). 15. Writing, Speech and The "Classical" (1984). 16. Language and The Avant-Garde (1986). Works Cited. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Raymond Williams Reader
Book Synopsis* Provides an unparalleled insight into the influence of one of the centurya s exemplary public intellectuals. * Includes a detailed historical and theoretical introduction. * Incorporates extracts from key works as well as less well--known texts and seminal essays. .Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Part I: Culture Wars (1954-1961):. Introduction. 1. Culture is Ordinary (1958). 2. Film and The Dramatic Tradition (1954). 3. The Masses (1958). 4. Individuals and Societies (1961):. Part II: Countering The Canon (1962-71):. Introduction. 5. Tragedy and Revolution (1966). 6. Literature and Rural Society (1967). 7. Thomas Hardy and The English Novel (1970). 8. Orwell (1971). Part III: Theory and Representation (1972-80):. Introduction. 9. Base and Superstructure in Marxist Cultural Theory (1973). 10. Television and Representation (1974). 11. Language as Sociality (1977). 12. The Writer: Commitment and Alignment (1980). Part IV: Cultural Materialism in Action (1978-1988):. Introduction. 13. The Bloomsbury Fraction (1978). 14. Crisis in English Studies (1981). 15. Writing, Speech and The "Classical" (1984). 16. Language and The Avant-Garde (1986). Works Cited. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Hollywood Cinema
Book SynopsisThis extensively revised second edition offers a comprehensive introduction to Hollywood cinema, providing a fascinating account of the cultural and aesthetic significance of the world's most powerful film industry. Provides a fascinating account of Hollywood history. Examines the cultural and aesthetic significance of the world''s most powerful film industry. Explores and interprets Hollywood cinema in history and in the present, in theory and in practice. Extensively revised and updated with new chapter features including box sections, further reading lists, Notes and Queries, and chapter summaries. Trade Review"Hollywood Cinema is an important book, one to be included in any consideration of American film and its influence in world cinema." Journal of Film and Video “This updated and enhanced edition of Richard Maltby's Hollywood Cinema is quite simply the best single textbook on the subject. In clear, user-friendly fashion, Maltby provides an astonishing amount of basic information about Hollywood while explaining how both the movies and the critical/theoretical discourse of film study have evolved over time. The book is not only an extremely useful overview but also an important intervention in current debates. An intelligent blending of formal and historical analysis, it should become essential reading for every serious student of film, whether beginner or advanced.” James Naremore, Indiana University "In its first edition, Hollywood Cinema quickly became a ‘must-have’ volume for anyone interested in film. Beautifully reorganized, expanded, and updated with features that enhance its usefulness for research and teaching, this revised edition shows how truly indispensable Maltby’s work on Hollywood is to media studies." Barbara Klinger, Indiana UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xii List of Boxes xiv Introduction 1 Part I The Commercial Aesthetic 1 Taking Hollywood Seriously 5 “Metropolis of Make-Believe” 5 Art and Business 7 The Commercial Aesthetic of Titanic 10 A Classical Cinema? 14 Hollywood and its Audiences 19 Ratings and Franchises 22 Hollywood’s World 28 Summary 30 Further Reading 31 2 Entertainment 1 33 Escape 33 Money on the Screen 40 The Multiple Logics of Hollywood Cinema 46 Summary 52 Further Reading 53 3 Entertainment 2 54 The Play of Emotions 54 Regulated Difference 59 Singin’ in the Rain: How to Take Gene Kelly Seriously 66 Summary 71 Further Reading 72 4 Genre 74 Genre Criticism 83 Genre Recognition 86 The Empire of Genres: Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 93 Genre and Gender 101 Summary 107 Further Reading 108 Part II Histories 5 Industry 1: To 1948 113 Industry 113 Distribution and Exhibition 114 Exporting America 126 Divorcement 128 The Studio System 130 The Star System 141 How Stars are Made: A Star is Born 146 Summary 154 Further Reading 156 6 Industry 2: From 1948 to 1980 159 The Effects of Divorcement 161 Roadshows and Teenpix 165 Independents, Agents, and Television 170 Corporate Consolidation and the “New Hollywood” 173 Ratings 177 Hollywood in the Multiplex 181 Summary 186 Further Reading 187 7 Industry 3: Since 1980 189 Video and New Markets 191 The Pursuit of Synergy 205 Globalization 212 Independence 217 Summary 224 Further Reading 225 8 Technology 227 Realism and the Myth of Total Cinema 229 Sound 238 Sunny Side Up 241 Color 248 Widescreen 251 Technology and Power 255 The Triumph of the Digital 259 Summary 264 Further Reading 265 9 Politics 268 The Politics of Regulation 270 Hollywood Goes to Washington 276 Washington Goes to Hollywood 280 Representing the Political Machine 287 Controversy with Class: The Social Problem Movie 292 Ideology 300 Summary 306 Further Reading 307 Part III Conventions 10 Space 1 311 The Best View 312 Making the Picture Speak: Representation and Expression 313 The Optics of Expressive Space 319 Deep Space: Three-Dimensionality on a Flat Screen 326 Mise-en-Scène 328 Editing 332 Summary 339 Further Reading 340 11 Space 2 343 The Three “Looks” of Cinema 343 Points of View 346 Safe and Unsafe Space 353 Ordinary People 358 Summary 365 Further Reading 365 12 Performance 1 368 The Spectacle of Movement 372 The Movement of Narrative 375 Acting as Impersonation 377 The Actor’s Two Bodies 380 Star Performance 384 Summary 390 Further Reading 391 13 Performance 2 393 The Method 393 Acting as a Signifying System 398 Valentino 401 The Son of the Sheik 406 Summary 410 Further Reading 411 14 Time 413 Time Out 414 Film Time 419 Movie Time 423 Deadlines and Coincidences: Madigan 426 Mise-en-Temps 429 Tense 432 Back to the Present: History as a Production Value 436 The Politics of History: Forrest Gump 440 The Lessons of History: Juárez 443 Summary 449 Further Reading 450 15 Narrative 1 452 Narrative and Other Pleasures 452 Show and Tell 454 Theories of Narration 458 Plot, Story, Narration 462 Clarity: Transparency and Motivation 465 Summary 469 Further Reading 470 16 Narrative 2 471 Regulating Meaning: The Production Code 471 Clarity and Ambiguity in Casablanca 475 Narrative Pressure 484 Summary 488 Further Reading 489 Part IV Approaches 17 Criticism 493 From Reviewing to Criticism 494 Early Theory and Criticism in America 496 From Criticism to Theory 501 Criticism in Practice: Only Angels Have Wings 511 Summary 521 Further Reading 523 18 Theories 526 Entering the Academy 526 Structuralism and Semiology 528 Cinema, Ideology, Apparatus 531 Psychoanalysis and Cinema 535 The Spectator 537 Feminist Theory 540 Poststructuralism and Cultural Studies 542 Neoformalism and Cognitivism 546 From Reception to History 549 Summary 553 Further Reading 555 Chronology 557 Glossary 578 Appendices 593 1 The Motion Picture Production Code 593 2 The Code and Rating System, 1968 598 3 The Classification and Rating System: “What the Ratings Mean” 601 Notes 603 Bibliography 644 Index 666
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Cultural Sociology
Book Synopsis* Collects 31 articles by renowned scholars illustrating key ideas in the canon and the currency of cultural sociology. * Surveys the most important approaches and developments in the field. * Contains an editora s introduction and notes on further reading after each essay. .Trade Review"Cultural Sociology radiates with the vitality of today's cultural analysis. The selections and editor's notes offer a mapping of the field that will ehlp students and scholars alike find their ways." John R. Hall, University of California at Davis "Lyn Spillman has rendered an enormous service to one of the most important developments in American social science, the full incorporation of the cultural dimension into its frameworks of analysis. It will be extremely valuable for students and for the profession as a whole." Vera Zolberg, New School University.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction: Culture and Cultural Sociology: Lyn Spillman. Part I: Analyzing Culture in Society: Key Ideas:. 1. The Diversity of Cultures: Ruth Benedict. 2. The Metropolis and Mental Life: Georg Simmel. 3. The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception: Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno. 4. Center and Periphery: Edward Shils. 5. Base and Superstructure: Raymond Williams. 6. Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture: Clifford Geertz. 7. Cultural Power: Pierre Bourdieu. Part II: Cultural Repertoires: Identities and Practices:. 8. Boundary Work: Sculpting Home and Work: Christena E. Nippert-Eng (Illinois Institute of Technology). 9. Corporate Culture: Gideon Kunda (Tel Aviv University). 10. Symbolic Boundaries and Status: Michèle Lamont (Princeton University). 11. Symbolic Exclusion and Musical Dislikes: Bethany Bryson (University of Virginia). 12. Raced Ways of Seeing: Darnell Hunt (University of Southern California). 13. "Close to Home": The Work of Avoiding Politics: Nina Eliasoph (University of Wisconsin-Madison). 14. How Culture Works: Perspectives from Media Studies on the Efficacy of Symbols: Michael Schudson (University of California, San Diego). Part III: Cultural Production: Institutional Fields:. 15. Market Structure, the Creative Process, and Popular Culture: Toward an Organizational Reinterpretation of Mass-Culture Theory: Paul DiMaggio (Princeton University). 16. Why 1955? Explaining the Advent of Rock Music: Richard A. Peterson (Vanderbilt University). 17. Art Worlds: Howard S. Becker. 18. American Character and the American Novel: An Expansion of Reflection Theory in the Sociology of Literature: Wendy Griswold (Northwestern University). 19. Behind the Postmodern Façade: Architectural Change in Late Twentieth-Century America: Magali Sarfatti Larson (University of Urbino). 20. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Commemorating a Difficult Past: Robin Wagner-Pacifici (Swarthmore College) and Barry Schwartz (University of Georgia). Part IV: Cultural Frameworks: Categories, Genre, and Narrative:. 21. The Fine Line: Making Distinctions in Everyday Life: Eviatar Zerubavel (Rutgers University). 22. The Discourse of American Civil Society: A New Proposal for Cultural Studies: Jeffrey C. Alexander (University of California, Los Angeles) and Philip Smith (University of Queensland). 23. Cultural Form and Political Meaning: State-Subsidized Theater, Ideology, and the Language of Style in Fascist Italy: Mabel Berezin (University of California, Los Angeles). 24. Deciphering Violence: The Cognitive Structure of Right and Wrong: Karen Cerulo (Rutgers University). 25. Civil Society and Crisis: Culture, Discourse, and the Rodney King Beating: Ronald N. Jacobs (University at Albany, State University of New York). Part V: Social Change and Cultural Innovation:. 26. Constructing the Public Good: Social Movements and Cultural Resources: Rhys H. Williams (Southern Illinois University). 27. The Search for Political Community: American Activists Reinventing Commitment: Paul Lichterman (University of Wisconsin, Madison). 28. Cultural Power and Social Movements: Ann Swidler (University of California, Berkeley). 29. A Theory of Structure: Duality, Agency, and Transformation: William H. Sewell, Jr. (University of Chicago). 30. Communities of Discourse: Ideology and Social Structure in the Reformation, the Enlightenment, and European Socialism: Robert Wuthnow (Princeton University). 31. Postmodernism, or The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism: Fredric Jameson (Duke University). Index.
£32.25
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Spaces of Postmodernity
Book SynopsisThis Reader recounts the story of the emergence and impact of postmodern thought in human geography. The editors have brought together in a single volume the pivotal writings of the period since 1965. Through these, and their connecting narratives, the editors engage what has been the most invigorating intellectual roller-coaster ride in geography''s recent history. Recounts the story of the emergence and impact of postmodern thought in human geography. Brings together in a single volume the pivotal writings of the period since 1965. Engages with what has been the most invigorating intellectual roller-coaster ride in geography''s recent history. Eraces the shift in human geography from a plethora of pre-postmodern paradigms to the emergence of a postmodern consciousness. Outlines an agenda for a postmodern human geographical theory and practice that sympatheticTrade Review"A postmodern perspective on the development of the geographical imagination over the last thirty years. Dear and Flusty provide a timely and provocative account of the significance of space in contemporary social theory." -- Professor Kevin Robins, Goldsmiths College, University of LondonTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Introduction: How to Map a Radical Break. Part I: Fit the First: Excavating the Postmodern:. 1. 1965-83: Pre-Postmodern Geographies:. Locational Analysis in Human Geography: Peter Haggett. Explanation in Geography: David Harvey. Behavioral Models in Geography: KevinR. Cox and Reginald G. Golledge. The Development of Radical Geography in the United States: Richard Peet. Social Justice and the City: David Harvey. Social Geography and Social Action: David Ley. Alternatives to a Positive Economic Geography: Leslie J. King. Eggs in Bird: Gunnar Olsson. Ideology, Science and Human Geography: Derek Gregory. On the Determination of Social Action in Space and Time: Nigel J. Thrift. Towards an Understanding of the Gender Division of Urban Space: Linda McDowell. 2. 1984-89: Postmodern Geographies:. "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman: Harlan Ellison. The Production of Space: Henri Lefebvre. Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism: Fredric Jameson. Taking Los Angeles Apart: Some Fragements of a Critical Human Geography: Edward W. Soja. Postmodernism and Planning: Michael J. Dear. The Condition of Postmodernity: David Harvey. 3. 1990-2000: The Altered Spaces of Postmodernity:. Snow Crash: Neal Stephenson. Anti-Essentialism and Overdetermination: Julie Graham. (Post) Colonial Spaces: Jane M. Jacobs. Zoöpolis: Jennifer Wolch. The Geographical Foundations and Social Regulation of Flexible Production Complexes: Michael Storper and Allen J. Scott. Postmoern Urbanism: Michael J. Dear and Steven Flusty. Toward an Economy of Electronic Representation and the Virtual Sign: John Pickles. Critical Geopolitics: The Politics of Writing Global Space: Gearóid O' Tuathail. Part II: Fit the Second: Geographies from the Inside Out:. 4. The Representation of Space:. The Storyteller with Nike Airs: Kieya Forte-Escamilla. Sounding out of the City: Music and the Sensuous Production of Space: Sarah Cohen. Deconstructing the Map: J. B. Harley. From Berlin to Bunker Hill: Urban Space, Late Modernity, and Film Noir in Fritz Lang's M: Edward Dimendberg. 5. Emplaced Bodies, Embodied Selves:. East, West Stories: Salman Rushdie. Feminism and Geography: The Limits of Geographical Knowledge: Gillian Rose. From Landmarks to Spaces: Mapping the Territory of a Bisexual Genealogy: Clare Hemmings. Thrashing Downtown: Play as Resistance to the Spatial and Representational Regulation of Los Angeles: Steven Flusty. Elvis in Zanzibar: Ahmed Gurnah. 6. From the Politics of Urban Place to a Politics of Global Displacement:. Unlikely Stories, Mostly: Alasdair Gray. Can there be a Postmodernism of Resistance in the Urban Landscape?: David Ley and Caroline Mills. The Spaces that Difference Makes: Some Notes on the Geographical Margins of the New Cultural Politics: Edward W. Soja and Barbara Hooper. Materialities, Spatialities, Globalities: John Law and Kevin Hetherington. Exterminating Angels: Morality, Violence and Technology in the Gulf War: Asu Aksoy and Kevin Robins. Old Antonio Tells Marcos Another Story: Subcommandante Insurgente Marcos. 7. The Spaces of Representations:. Pioneers of the Human Adventure: François Boucq. A Ramble through the Margins of the Cityscape: The Postmodern as the Return of Nature: Kevin Donnelly. La Practique Sauvage: Race, Place, and the Human-Animal Divide: Glen Elder, Jennifer Wolch, and Jody Emel. Window Shopping: Cinema and the Postmodern: Anne Friedberg. Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet: Sherry Turkle. Inconclusion: A Conversation: Michael. J. Dear, Steven Flusty, and Django Sibley. Index.
£116.80
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Spaces of Postmodernity
Book SynopsisThis Reader recounts the story of the emergence and impact of postmodern thought in human geography. The editors have brought together in a single volume the pivotal writings of the period since 1965. Through these, and their connecting narratives, the editors engage what has been the most invigorating intellectual roller-coaster ride in geography''s recent history. Recounts the story of the emergence and impact of postmodern thought in human geography. Brings together in a single volume the pivotal writings of the period since 1965. Engages with what has been the most invigorating intellectual roller-coaster ride in geography''s recent history. Eraces the shift in human geography from a plethora of pre-postmodern paradigms to the emergence of a postmodern consciousness. Outlines an agenda for a postmodern human geographical theory and practice that sympatheticTrade Review"A postmodern perspective on the development of the geographical imagination over the last thirty years. Dear and Flusty provide a timely and provocative account of the significance of space in contemporary social theory." -- Professor Kevin Robins, Goldsmiths College, University of LondonTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Introduction: How to Map a Radical Break. Part I: Fit the First: Excavating the Postmodern:. 1. 1965-83: Pre-Postmodern Geographies:. Locational Analysis in Human Geography: Peter Haggett. Explanation in Geography: David Harvey. Behavioral Models in Geography: KevinR. Cox and Reginald G. Golledge. The Development of Radical Geography in the United States: Richard Peet. Social Justice and the City: David Harvey. Social Geography and Social Action: David Ley. Alternatives to a Positive Economic Geography: Leslie J. King. Eggs in Bird: Gunnar Olsson. Ideology, Science and Human Geography: Derek Gregory. On the Determination of Social Action in Space and Time: Nigel J. Thrift. Towards an Understanding of the Gender Division of Urban Space: Linda McDowell. 2. 1984-89: Postmodern Geographies:. "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman: Harlan Ellison. The Production of Space: Henri Lefebvre. Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism: Fredric Jameson. Taking Los Angeles Apart: Some Fragements of a Critical Human Geography: Edward W. Soja. Postmodernism and Planning: Michael J. Dear. The Condition of Postmodernity: David Harvey. 3. 1990-2000: The Altered Spaces of Postmodernity:. Snow Crash: Neal Stephenson. Anti-Essentialism and Overdetermination: Julie Graham. (Post) Colonial Spaces: Jane M. Jacobs. Zoöpolis: Jennifer Wolch. The Geographical Foundations and Social Regulation of Flexible Production Complexes: Michael Storper and Allen J. Scott. Postmoern Urbanism: Michael J. Dear and Steven Flusty. Toward an Economy of Electronic Representation and the Virtual Sign: John Pickles. Critical Geopolitics: The Politics of Writing Global Space: Gearóid O' Tuathail. Part II: Fit the Second: Geographies from the Inside Out:. 4. The Representation of Space:. The Storyteller with Nike Airs: Kieya Forte-Escamilla. Sounding out of the City: Music and the Sensuous Production of Space: Sarah Cohen. Deconstructing the Map: J. B. Harley. From Berlin to Bunker Hill: Urban Space, Late Modernity, and Film Noir in Fritz Lang's M: Edward Dimendberg. 5. Emplaced Bodies, Embodied Selves:. East, West Stories: Salman Rushdie. Feminism and Geography: The Limits of Geographical Knowledge: Gillian Rose. From Landmarks to Spaces: Mapping the Territory of a Bisexual Genealogy: Clare Hemmings. Thrashing Downtown: Play as Resistance to the Spatial and Representational Regulation of Los Angeles: Steven Flusty. Elvis in Zanzibar: Ahmed Gurnah. 6. From the Politics of Urban Place to a Politics of Global Displacement:. Unlikely Stories, Mostly: Alasdair Gray. Can there be a Postmodernism of Resistance in the Urban Landscape?: David Ley and Caroline Mills. The Spaces that Difference Makes: Some Notes on the Geographical Margins of the New Cultural Politics: Edward W. Soja and Barbara Hooper. Materialities, Spatialities, Globalities: John Law and Kevin Hetherington. Exterminating Angels: Morality, Violence and Technology in the Gulf War: Asu Aksoy and Kevin Robins. Old Antonio Tells Marcos Another Story: Subcommandante Insurgente Marcos. 7. The Spaces of Representations:. Pioneers of the Human Adventure: François Boucq. A Ramble through the Margins of the Cityscape: The Postmodern as the Return of Nature: Kevin Donnelly. La Practique Sauvage: Race, Place, and the Human-Animal Divide: Glen Elder, Jennifer Wolch, and Jody Emel. Window Shopping: Cinema and the Postmodern: Anne Friedberg. Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet: Sherry Turkle. Inconclusion: A Conversation: Michael. J. Dear, Steven Flusty, and Django Sibley. Index.
£44.60
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Derrida Dictionary
Book SynopsisOffers points of entry into Derrida's complex and extensive works. From 'aporia' to 'yes', this dictionary demonstrates that Derrida is not just about philosophy, but also about politics and pop music. It explains why deconstruction matters, and how Derrida can change the way you think.Trade Review"Writing for fans of Dylan, Eastwood, Eminem, and Lou Reed, no less than for readers of Freud, Heidegger, and Nietzsche, Lucy catalogues the ways Derrida has rocked words to their alphabetic core. There is sharpness, wit, and high seriousness in every entry." Peggy Kamuf, University of Southern California "Niall Lucy has written a witty, incisive, timely and highly topical dictionary that deftly characterizes the most important entries in Derrida's lexicon. The book is chock full of references to contemporary film, music and politics and spares us the tediousness of trying to formalize ideas whose very idea is that they cannot be formalized. In addition to making for an insightful read and a pleasurable ride, Lucy does a good job of redefining what a “dictionary” is supposed to mean. A saucy, sparkling success." John D. Caputo, Villanova University "Lucy brings and ironic, iconoclastic, and earthy approach to his teask... Entries are cleverly focused so that major terms and concepts get full attention ... Lucy is unpretentious and plain speaking... This is a well worthwhile purchase for the library where Derrida comes as new and rather threatening to students." Reference ReviewsTable of ContentsList of Terms viii List of Abbreviations x Preface xii Dictionary 1 References (Image – Music – Print) 168 Index 174
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Colonial American History
Book SynopsisThis collection of eight essays and 24 supporting documents concerning mainland British North America includes essays about Native Americans, the transatlantic slave trade, regulation of the sexual behaviour of white and black women, and the creation of new religious practices.Trade Review"Here we have eight eminently discussible articles, each one matched with three substantial, thoughtfully edited primary sources, and introductory notes that invite rather than inhibit analysis. Who could ask for more? A superb reader." Fred Anderson, University of Colorado at Boulder "A deft, highly satisfying collection of original sources and trenchant scholarship that gets to the heart of colonial experience in early America." Jon Butler, Yale UniversityTable of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface. Notes on Contributors. Acknowledgments. A Note on the Texts. Introduction. 1. First Encounters:. Introduction. Article:. King Philip's Herds: Indians, Colonists, and the Problem of Livestock in Early New England: Virginia DeJohn Anderson. Documents:. Reasons to be Considered for ... the Intended Plantation in New England (1629): John Winthrop. Treaty between the Abenaki Indians and the English at Casco Bay (1727). Indian Explanation of the Treaty of Casco Bay (1727): Loron Sauguaarum. Further Reading. 2. Puritan Culture:. Introduction. Article:. A World of Wonders: David D. Hall. Documents:. A Model of Christian Charity (1630): John Winthrop. Trial of Mrs Lucy Brewster at a Court Held at Newhaven (1646): Charles J. Hoadly. Tryal of Susanna Martin in Salem (1692). Further Reading. 3. Making Race:. Introduction. Article:. From "Foul Crimes" to "Spurious Issue": Sexual Regulation and the Social Construction of Race: Kathleen M. Brown. Documents:. Letter to his Parents (1623): Richard Frethorne. Virginia Slave Codes (1661–1705): William Waller Henning. Petition against Zachareah Jordan (1783): Ruth Tillett. Further Reading. 4. Africa Diaspora:. Introduction. Article:. Time, Space, and the Evolution of Afro-American Society on British Mainland North America: Ira Berlin. Documents:. A New and Accurate Description of the Coast of Guinea (1705): William Bosman. The Carolina Chronicle of Dr. Francis Le Jau (1706–1717): Francis Le Jau. A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, A Native of Africa, But Resident above Sixty Years in the Unites States of America (1700s): Venture Smith. Further Reading. 5. European Immigration:. Introduction. Article:. Worlds in Motion: Bernard Bailyn. Documents:. The Infortunate: The Voyage and adventures of William Moraley, an Indentured Servant (1743): William Moraley. Journey to Pennsylvania (1754): Gottlieb Mittelberger. Informations Concerning the Province of North Carolina (1700s): Scotus Americanus. Further Reading. 6. Awakening:. Introduction. Article:. "Pedlar in Divinity": George Whitfield and the Great Awakening, 1737–1745: Frank Lambert. Documents:. The Spiritual Travels of Nathan Cole (1741): Nathan Cole. A Letter ... to Mr. George Wishart (1742): Charles Chauncy. The Distinguishing Marks (1741): Jonathan Edwards. Further Reading. 7. Creating Gentility:. Introduction. Article:. Bodies and Minds: Richard Bushman. Documents. Autobiography and Other Writings (1790): Benjamin Franklin. Gentleman's Progress: The Itinerarium of Dr. Alexander Hamilton (1744): Alexander Hamilton. American Weekly Mercury (Philadelphia), no. 575 (Jan. 5, 1730/1): Generosa (Elizabeth Magawley). Further Reading. 8. Backcountry Worlds:. Introduction. Article:. New Worlds for All: Indian America by 1775: Colin Calloway. Documents:. The Carolina Backcountry on the Eve of the Revolution: The Journal and Other Writings of Charles Woodmason, Anglican Itinerant (1766–8): Charles Woodmason. On Behalf of the Ohio Delawares, Munsies, and Mohicans, to the Governors of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia (December 4, 1771): John Killbuck. A Journal of Two Visits made to Some Nations of Indians on the West Side of the River Ohio, in the Years 1772 and 1773: David Jones. Further Reading. Index.
£48.40
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Victorian Literature and Culture
Book Synopsisaeo Will serve students as a readable introduction and useful reference volume throughout their Victorian studies. aeo Includes extensive bibliographies directing the student to further reading. aeo Examines Victorian literature in its cultural and historical context.Trade Review"Each of the very varied contributions - there are 29 of them in all - is well equipped with exhaustive and up-to-date bibliographies, invaluable for further studies. There is also an excellent index. Altogether, therefore, this is an admirable and enduring book, which should certainly be added to the reference departments of all self-respecting university libraries - and a great many civic and municipal libraries, as well." Languages and Literature"This book has been planned to meet both short-term and long-range needs. It is a reference work for consultation. " The Victorian Newsletter "...Tucker's Companion, with its extensive range of topics (some truly original and rarely dealt with in similar books), its well-documented essays, and constant degree of serious scholarship, apears indeed as an extremely valuable tool for students and scholars alike, and a major contribution to Victorian criticism." The Journal of the South Central Modern Language AssociationTable of ContentsIntroduction x Notes on Contributors xiv Part One History in Focus 1 1832 3 Lawrence Poston 2 1848 19 Antony H. Harrison 3 1870 35 Linda K. Hughes 4 1897 51 Stephen Arata Part Two Passages of Life 5 Growing Up: Childhood 69 Claudia Nelson 6 Moving Out: Adolescence 82 Chris R. Vanden Bossche 7 Growing Old: Age 97 Teresa Mangum 8 Passing On: Death 110 Gerhard Joseph and Herbert F. Tucker 9 Victorian Sexualities 125 James Eli Adams Copyrighted Material Part Three Walks of Life 10 Clerical 141 Christine L. Krueger 11 Legal 155 Simon Petch 12 Medical 170 Lawrence Rothfield 13 Military 183 John R. Reed 14 Educational 194 Thomas William Heyck 15 Administrative 212 Robert Newsom 16 Financial 225 Christina Crosby 17 Industrial 244 Herbert Sussman 18 Commercial 258 Jennifer Wicke 19 Spectacle 276 Joss Marsh 20 Publishing 289 Richard D. Altick Part Four Kinds of Writing 21 Poetry 307 E. Warwick Slinn 22 Fiction 323 Hilary Schor 23 Drama 339 Alan Fischler 24 Life Writing 356 Timothy Peltason 25 Sage Writing 373 Linda H. Peterson Notes Contents Contributors ix 26 Literary Criticism 388 David E. Latané, Jr Part Five Borders 27 Under Victorian Skins: The Bodies Beneath 407 Helena Michie 28 On the Parapets of Privacy 425 Karen Chase and Michael Levenson 29 “Then on the Shore of the Wide World”: The Victorian Nation and its Others 438 James Buzard General Subject Index 456 Index of Victorian Works 481
£38.90
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Shakespeare
Book Synopsisaeo Contains 28 newly commissioned essays written by the most distinguished historians and literary scholars. aeo Situates Shakespeare in the historical and cultural conditions in which he wrote.Trade Review"This collection of 28 essays provides a historical overview of the conditions of Shakespeare's world." Library Journal "No playgoer, reader, teacher or scholar should be without this elegant and indispensable guide to Shakespeare. It brings together the best in recent scholarship on the social history, contemporary reading, and institutions and material practices of writing, playing and printing in early modern England. Kastan has assembled a collection of essays with his peers and presented them with his characteristic intelligence and grace. The definitive Companion to Shakespeare." Karen Newman, Brown University "A worthy companion indeed - every serious student of Shakespeare should carry this adroitly compiled collection of specialist essays on essential background constantly with them. Kastan has brought together a star cast of experts to help us to hear Shakespeare's distinctive voice, with all its historical and intellectual resonances, in a fresh and sharply clarified context." Lisa Jardine, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London "Literally indispensable for anyone interested in Shakespeare." Patricia Parker, University of Stanford "David Kastan has put together a dazzling collection of essays on Shakespeare. And one doesn't expect to be dazzled by that rather sedate animal, a Companion. This Companion represents the very best in recent scholarship and is at the same time lively, accessible, and often surprising. It is indeed indispensible." Peter Stallybrass, University of Pennsylvania "Between them these specialist writers have assembled a series of essays which represent, for the time being at least, the last word in Shakespearean scholarship and research. It is difficult to think of any aspect of the dramatist's life, times and work which is not covered by this companion." "This companion can be confidently recommended as a paragon of Shakespearean research." K.C.Harrison, Reference Reviews "The publication [...] of the monumental Companion to Shakespeare, edited by David Scott Kastan, is a major event and one that should be celebrated for the breadth and depth of scholarship the book makes available to students." Year's Work In English StudiesTable of ContentsIllustrations viii Notes on Contributors ix Part One Introduction Part Two Shakespeare I Part Three Living Part Four Reading Part Five Writing Part Six Playing Part Seven Printing Part Eight Shakespeare II Index 503
£37.95
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Development
Book SynopsisDevelopment studies has tended to neglect culture as a factor in development processes. This volume of readings redresses the balance, gathering together some of the most influential contributions that reflect on the relationship between culture and development.Trade Review"Schech and Haggis' collection is a very good starting point for those interested in teaching and researching the culture and development." South African Geographical JournalTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction: Pathways to culture and development: Jane Haggis and Susanne Schech. Part I: Modernizing Cultures:. 1. The Grocer and the Theif: A Parable: Daniel Lerner. 2. Modernization Ideals: Gunnar Myrdal. 3. A Universal Civilization? Modernization and Westernization: Samuel P Huntington. 4. Divided Market Cultures in China. Gender, Enterprise and Religion: Robert P Weller. Part II: Culture/Power/Knowledge:. 5. Orientalism: Edward W Said. 6. The West and the Rest: Discourse and Power: Stuart Hall. 7. Black Bodies, White Bodies: Toward an Iconography of Female Sexuality in Late Nineteenth Century: Sander L Gilman. Part III: Development as Discourse:. 8. The Problematisation of Poverty: The Tale of Three Worlds and Development: Arturo Escobar. 9. The Constitution of the Object of "Development" - Lesotho as a "Less Developed Country": James Ferguson. 10. Becoming a Development Category: Nanda Shrestha. 11. Knowledge for Development: The World Bank. Part IV: Development Culture and Human Rights:. 12. Universalism, Particularism and the Question of Identity: Ernesto Laclau. 13. Human Rights as Cultural Practice: Ann Belinda Preis. 14. Women's Rights, Human Rights and Domestic Violence in Vanuatu: Margaret Jolly. Part V: Global/Local:. 15. Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy: Arjun Appadurai. 16. Capitalisms, Crises and Cultures II: Notes on Local Transformation and Everyday Cultural Struggles: Alan Pred. 17. Narratives of Masculinity and Transnational Migration: Filipino Workers in the Middle East: Jane A Margold. 18. Learning to be Local in Belize. Global Systems of Commom Difference: Richard Wilk. Part VI: Place and Space:. 19. Geography as Destiny: Cities, Villages and Khmer Rouge Orientalism: Kevin McIntyre. 20. Contesting Cultures: Westernization, Respect for Cultures and Third-World Feminists: Uma Narayan. 21. Gender, Place and Networks. A Political Ecology of Cyberculture: Arturo Escobar. 22. Maya Hackers and the Cyberspatialized Nation-State: Modernity, Ethnostalgia and a Lizard Queen in Guatemala: Diane M Nelson. 23. CyberResistance: Saudi Opposition Between Globalization and Localization: Mamoun Fandy. Part VII: Multiple Modernities:. 24. The Invention of Tradition Revisited: The Case of Colonial Africa: Terence Ranger. 25. Contentious Traditions: The Debate of Sati in Colonial India: Lata Mani. 26. "When the Earth is Female and the Nation is Mother". Gender, the Armed Forces and Nationalism in Indonesia: Saraswati Sunindyo. 27. The Objects of Soap Opera: Egyptian Television and the Cultural Politics of Modernity: Lila Abu-Lughod. 28. The Credible and the Credulous: The Question of "Villagers' Beliefs" in Nepal: Stacy Leigh Pigg. 29. Modernizing the Malay Mother: Maila Stivens. Index.
£116.06
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Development
Book Synopsis* Gathers together key readings on the major themes in the study of development and culture. * Structured clearly and supported by editorial material in order to aid teaching. * Can be used alongside Culture and Development: A Critical Introduction (Blackwell Publishers, 2000). .Trade Review"Schech and Haggis' collection is a very good starting point for those interested in teaching and researching the culture and development." South African Geographical JournalTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction: Pathways to culture and development: Jane Haggis and Susanne Schech. Part I: Modernizing Cultures:. 1. The Grocer and the Theif: A Parable: Daniel Lerner. 2. Modernization Ideals: Gunnar Myrdal. 3. A Universal Civilization? Modernization and Westernization: Samuel P Huntington. 4. Divided Market Cultures in China. Gender, Enterprise and Religion: Robert P Weller. Part II: Culture/Power/Knowledge:. 5. Orientalism: Edward W Said. 6. The West and the Rest: Discourse and Power: Stuart Hall. 7. Black Bodies, White Bodies: Toward an Iconography of Female Sexuality in Late Nineteenth Century: Sander L Gilman. Part III: Development as Discourse:. 8. The Problematisation of Poverty: The Tale of Three Worlds and Development: Arturo Escobar. 9. The Constitution of the Object of "Development" - Lesotho as a "Less Developed Country": James Ferguson. 10. Becoming a Development Category: Nanda Shrestha. 11. Knowledge for Development: The World Bank. Part IV: Development Culture and Human Rights:. 12. Universalism, Particularism and the Question of Identity: Ernesto Laclau. 13. Human Rights as Cultural Practice: Ann Belinda Preis. 14. Women's Rights, Human Rights and Domestic Violence in Vanuatu: Margaret Jolly. Part V: Global/Local:. 15. Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy: Arjun Appadurai. 16. Capitalisms, Crises and Cultures II: Notes on Local Transformation and Everyday Cultural Struggles: Alan Pred. 17. Narratives of Masculinity and Transnational Migration: Filipino Workers in the Middle East: Jane A Margold. 18. Learning to be Local in Belize. Global Systems of Commom Difference: Richard Wilk. Part VI: Place and Space:. 19. Geography as Destiny: Cities, Villages and Khmer Rouge Orientalism: Kevin McIntyre. 20. Contesting Cultures: Westernization, Respect for Cultures and Third-World Feminists: Uma Narayan. 21. Gender, Place and Networks. A Political Ecology of Cyberculture: Arturo Escobar. 22. Maya Hackers and the Cyberspatialized Nation-State: Modernity, Ethnostalgia and a Lizard Queen in Guatemala: Diane M Nelson. 23. CyberResistance: Saudi Opposition Between Globalization and Localization: Mamoun Fandy. Part VII: Multiple Modernities:. 24. The Invention of Tradition Revisited: The Case of Colonial Africa: Terence Ranger. 25. Contentious Traditions: The Debate of Sati in Colonial India: Lata Mani. 26. "When the Earth is Female and the Nation is Mother". Gender, the Armed Forces and Nationalism in Indonesia: Saraswati Sunindyo. 27. The Objects of Soap Opera: Egyptian Television and the Cultural Politics of Modernity: Lila Abu-Lughod. 28. The Credible and the Credulous: The Question of "Villagers' Beliefs" in Nepal: Stacy Leigh Pigg. 29. Modernizing the Malay Mother: Maila Stivens. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd 21stCentury Modernism
Book SynopsisArgues that it is only at the turn of the 21st century that the powerful lessons of the avant-garde - an avant-garde cruelly disrupted by the Great War and subsequent political upheavals - were learned. This book offers readings of T S Eliot, Gertrude Stein, Marcel Duchamp, and Velimir Khlebnikov. It examines various related poetic concerns.Trade Review"Perloff's newest work offers refreshingly frank, controversial, and even inspiring ideas ... Perloff's readings refuse to reaffirm orthodoxies, presenting innovative perspectives on poets, early modernism and its relation to the current scene. Far from being a reactionary call to return to the past, Perloff's work envisions a bold continuation of modernism's earlier revolutionary impulses. 21st-Century Modernism is vital and necessary reading for anyone interested in the history of modern poetry and where it is going." PN Review "The book commands respect, [...], not only for its energy and the precision of its readings, but for its refusal to surrender powers of arbitration from the artist to the teacher or theorist." Times Literary Supplement "The heart of [Perloff's] book is her enthusiasm - a well-researched and carefully argued enthusiasm" The Virginia Quarterly ReviewTable of ContentsList of Plates. Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1 Avant-Garde Eliot. 2 Gertrude Stein’s Differential Syntx. 3 The Conceptual Poetics of Marcel Duchamp. 4 Khlebnikov’s Soundscapes: Letter, Number, and the Poetics of Zaum. 5 “Modernism” at the Millennium. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd American Technology
Book SynopsisThis volume offers a collection of ten key essays selected from contemporary historical scholarship with coverage ranging from the the colonial period to the modern day. The essays add up to an exploration of major technological themes in American history.Trade Review"Carroll Pursell continues his groundbreaking venture into the social history of technology. His selection of essays for American Technology will challenge conventional technological enthusiasm and stimulate constructive controversy." Thomas P. Hughes, author of American Genesis and Rescuing Prometheus "This is a wonderful supplementary text for courses in American history that focus on technological, economic, and social change." Ruth Schwartz Cowan, State University of New York at Stony BrookTable of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface. Introduction. 1. Introduction. "So Much Depends Upon a Red Wheelbarrow: Agricultural Tool Ownership in the Eighteenth-Century Mid-Atlantic": Judith A. McGaw. Document: Selections from American Colonial Wealth: Documents and Methods: Alice Hanson Jones. Further Reading. 2. Introduction. Dam-Breaking in the 19th-Century Merrimack Valley: Water, Social Conflict, and the Waltham-Lowell Mills: Theodore L. Steinberg. Documents A: Winnipissiogee Lake Company v. Worster. Document B: Great Falls Manufacturing Company v. Worster. Further Reading. 3. Introduction. Working Environments: An Ecological Approach to Industrial Health and Safety: Arthur F. McEvoy. Document A: Nicholas Farwell vs. The Boston and Worster Rail Road Corporation. Document B: Edison L. Bowers, Is It Safe to Work? A Study of Industrial Accidents. Document C: Edward J. Beshada et al. V. Johns-Manville Products Corporation. Further Reading. 4. Introduction. Socially Camouflaged Technologies: The Case of the Electromechanical Vibrator: Rachel Maines. Documents A: U.S. Patent No. 175,202, dated March 21, 1876, granted to George H. Taylor for an "Improvement in Medical Rubbing Apparatus.". Document B: M[ary] L.H. Arnold Snow, Mechanical Vibration and Its Therapeutic Application. Document C: Moble M. Eberhart, A Brief Guide to Vibratory Technique. Document D: A. Dale Covey, Profitable Office Specialtie. Document E: "Enjoy Life!", as for White Cross Vibrator. Further Reading. 5. Introduction. Local History and National Culture: Notions on Engineering Professionalism in America: Bruce Sinclair. Document A: J.A.L. Waddell, "Some Notes on Vocational Guidance". Document B: J.P.H. Perry, "New York Engineers' Successful Efforts to Relieve Unemployment". Further Reading. 6. Introduction. Out of the Barns and into the Kitchens: Transformations in Farm Women's Work in the First Half of the Twentieth Century: Christine Kleinegger. Document A: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Social and Labor Needs of Farm Women, Report No. 1903. Document B: Guy E. Tripp, Electric Development as an Aid to Agriculture. Document C: Newell Leroy Sims, Elements of Rural Sociology. Further Reading. 7. Introduction. Advertising the Atom: Michael Smith. Document A: U.S. Congress, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Atomic Power Development and Private Enterprise. Document B: U.S. Congress, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Environmental Effects of Producing Electric Power, Hearings. Document C: U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power. Further Reading. 8. Introduction. Race and Technology: African American Women in the Bell System, 1945-1980: Venus Green. Documents A: Cover, The Telephone Review. Document B: Table 8-1. Further Reading. 9. Introduction. The Rise and Fall of the Appropriate Technology Movement in the United States, 1965-1985: Carroll Pursell. Documents A: Harry S. Truman, "Technical Assistance for the Underdeveloped Areas of the World". Document B: State of California, Press Release, "Office of Appropriate Technology: Purpose, Organization, and Activities," June, 1976. Document C: State of California, logo of Office of Appropriate Technology. Document D: U.S. Department of Energy, National Center for Appropriate Technology, "An Introduction and a History". Document E: Allen L. Hammond and William D. Metz, "Solar Energy Research: Making Solar After the Nuclear Model?". Further Reading. 10. Introduction. Hacking Away at the Counterculture: Andrew Ross. Further Reading. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Civil Rights Movement
Book SynopsisThe Civil Rights Movement is a collection of the best new scholarship on what is arguably the most important American social movement of the twentieth century. Designed for students, the volume contains twelve essays and supporting primary documents arranged chronologically and by topic with a detailed timeline and further reading lists. Emphasizing the wide chronological and geographic scope of the movement, this collection provides a perfect source for teaching the movement with a fresh perspective and new ideas.Trade Review"This volume offers a collection of informative essays and supporting documents on the Civil Rights Movement that will stimulate classroom discussions. It expands coverage of the movement temporally and geographically, venturing away from the standard 1954-1968 time frame and ranging beyond the familiar sites of racial contention to less heralded but important ones, in the North as well as the South." Steven Lawson, Rutgers University "Students and teachers alike will find much here to challenge stereotypical assumptions and to prompt critical thinking and analysis, as interpretative frameworks are constructed and defended ... Davis is able to make clear that the struggle for equal rights for African American people was one that energized and mobilized ordinary people from all walks of life to work for a common goal. The extraordinary efforts of those ordinary people changed the history of a nation forever." History: Reviews of New BooksTable of ContentsIntroduction. List of Acronyms. Chronology. Part I: Sowing Seeds. 1. Foundations. Introduction. Article: Southern Reformers, the New Deal, and the Movement's Foundation. (Patricia Sullivan). Document A: Street Car Petition, Jacksonville, Florida, 1901. Document B: NAACP School Desegregation Petition, 1955. Further Reading. 2. Labor and Civil Rights. Introduction. Article: Organized Labor and the Struggle for Black Equality in Mobile during World War II. (Bruce Nelson). Document A : Transcription of Tape Documentary on Natchez Laundry Workers Strike, October 17, 1965. Document B: Memoirs of a Birmingham Coal Miner, 1964. Further Reading. Part II: Defiance. 3. White Resistance. Introduction. Article: Crabgrass-Roots Politics: Race, Rights, and the Reaction Against Liberalism in the Urban North, 1940-1964. (Thomas J. Sugrue). Document A:Untitled Little Rock Poem, ca. 1957. Document B: Americans for the Preservation of the White Race, Broadside, ca 1960s. Document C: Brumsic Brandon Jr. "Up North, Down South," cartoons, 1963. Further Reading. 4. Anti-Communism, Anti-Civil Rights. Introduction. Article: Race and Red-Baiting. (Adam Fairclough). Document A: Defender's News and View's Aug-Sept 1959. Letter to the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, 1960. Further Reading. Part III: Participants. 5. Liberals and Moderates. Introduction. Article: "South of the South?": Jews, Blacks, and the Civil Rights Movement in Miami, 1945-1960. (Raymond A. Mohl). Documents:. Document A: The Conversion of Peggy Terry, ca 1950s. Document B: "One can not be a Christian and a Segregationist, Too," 1979. Further Reading. 6. Women in the Civil Rights Movement. Introduction. Article: Passing the Torch: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement: LaVerne Gyant. Document A: Fannie Lou Hamer, "The Special Plight and Role of Black Women," 1971. Document B: Septima Poinsette Clark Memoir, 1979, 1984. Clarice T. Campbell Correspondence, summer 1956. Further Reading. Part IV: Local-National Relationships. 7. The NAACP. Introduction. Article: The NAACP in North Carolina during the Age of Segregation. (Raymond Gavins). Document A:NAACP v. Button, 1963. Document B: Jackson, Mississippi, Boycott Campaign, 1962-63. Further Reading. 8. Grassroots. Introduction. Article: Baseball's Reluctant Challenge: Desegregating Major League Spring Training Sites, 1961-1964. (Jack E. Davis). Document A: Siege at Savannah, 1964. Document B: People in Motion: The Story of the Birmingham Movement, 1966. Further Reading. Part V: Empowerment. 9. Black Power and Culture. Introduction. Article: New Day in Babylon: The Black Power Movement and American Culture, 1965-1975. (William L. Van DeBurg). Document A:Robert Williams, Negroes With Guns, 1962. Document B: Stokely Carmichael and Charles Hamilton, "The Search for New Forms," 1967. Document C: Brumsic Brandon Jr. cartoon, 1968. Further Reading. 10. Political Power. Introduction. Article: The Civil Rights Movement as Urban Reform: Atlanta's Black Neighborhoods and a New "Progessivism": Ronald H. Bayor. Document A: Voter Registration Testimonies, ca 1960s. Document B: Petition, August 29, 1965. Document C: Shaw v. Reno, 1993. Part VI: The Continuing Saga. 11. Environmental Injustice. Introduction. Article: From NIMBY to Civil Rights: The Origins of the Environmental Justice Movement. (Eileen Maura McGurty). Document A: Slum Clearance, Community Style, ca 1940s. Document B: Letter Addressing Lead Poisoning, 1957. Further Reading. 12. Affirmative Action. Introduction. Article: Race, History, and Policy, African Americans and Civil Rights Since 1964. (Hugh Davis Graham). Document A: The Kerner Report, Employment Report, Introduction, 1968. Document B: Keyes v. School District No. 1, Denver, Colorado (1973). Further Reading. Index.
£91.76
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Civil Rights Movement
Book SynopsisThis volume offers a collection of 12 essays covering arguably the most important American social movement of the 20th century. The readings cover pre-World War II activism to the era of affirmative action, addressing historiographic problems found in recent studies of the movement.Trade Review"This volume offers a collection of informative essays and supporting documents on the Civil Rights Movement that will stimulate classroom discussions. It expands coverage of the movement temporally and geographically, venturing away from the standard 1954-1968 time frame and ranging beyond the familiar sites of racial contention to less heralded but important ones, in the North as well as the South." Steven Lawson, Rutgers University "Students and teachers alike will find much here to challenge stereotypical assumptions and to prompt critical thinking and analysis, as interpretative frameworks are constructed and defended ... Davis is able to make clear that the struggle for equal rights for African American people was one that energized and mobilized ordinary people from all walks of life to work for a common goal. The extraordinary efforts of those ordinary people changed the history of a nation forever." History: Reviews of New BooksTable of ContentsIntroduction. List of Acronyms. Chronology. Part I: Sowing Seeds. 1. Foundations. Introduction. Article: Southern Reformers, the New Deal, and the Movement's Foundation. (Patricia Sullivan). Document A: Street Car Petition, Jacksonville, Florida, 1901. Document B: NAACP School Desegregation Petition, 1955. Further Reading. 2. Labor and Civil Rights. Introduction. Article: Organized Labor and the Struggle for Black Equality in Mobile during World War II. (Bruce Nelson). Document A : Transcription of Tape Documentary on Natchez Laundry Workers Strike, October 17, 1965. Document B: Memoirs of a Birmingham Coal Miner, 1964. Further Reading. Part II: Defiance. 3. White Resistance. Introduction. Article: Crabgrass-Roots Politics: Race, Rights, and the Reaction Against Liberalism in the Urban North, 1940-1964. (Thomas J. Sugrue). Document A:Untitled Little Rock Poem, ca. 1957. Document B: Americans for the Preservation of the White Race, Broadside, ca 1960s. Document C: Brumsic Brandon Jr. "Up North, Down South," cartoons, 1963. Further Reading. 4. Anti-Communism, Anti-Civil Rights. Introduction. Article: Race and Red-Baiting. (Adam Fairclough). Document A: Defender's News and View's Aug-Sept 1959. Letter to the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, 1960. Further Reading. Part III: Participants. 5. Liberals and Moderates. Introduction. Article: "South of the South?": Jews, Blacks, and the Civil Rights Movement in Miami, 1945-1960. (Raymond A. Mohl). Documents:. Document A: The Conversion of Peggy Terry, ca 1950s. Document B: "One can not be a Christian and a Segregationist, Too," 1979. Further Reading. 6. Women in the Civil Rights Movement. Introduction. Article: Passing the Torch: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement: LaVerne Gyant. Document A: Fannie Lou Hamer, "The Special Plight and Role of Black Women," 1971. Document B: Septima Poinsette Clark Memoir, 1979, 1984. Clarice T. Campbell Correspondence, summer 1956. Further Reading. Part IV: Local-National Relationships. 7. The NAACP. Introduction. Article: The NAACP in North Carolina during the Age of Segregation. (Raymond Gavins). Document A:NAACP v. Button, 1963. Document B: Jackson, Mississippi, Boycott Campaign, 1962-63. Further Reading. 8. Grassroots. Introduction. Article: Baseball's Reluctant Challenge: Desegregating Major League Spring Training Sites, 1961-1964. (Jack E. Davis). Document A: Siege at Savannah, 1964. Document B: People in Motion: The Story of the Birmingham Movement, 1966. Further Reading. Part V: Empowerment. 9. Black Power and Culture. Introduction. Article: New Day in Babylon: The Black Power Movement and American Culture, 1965-1975. (William L. Van DeBurg). Document A:Robert Williams, Negroes With Guns, 1962. Document B: Stokely Carmichael and Charles Hamilton, "The Search for New Forms," 1967. Document C: Brumsic Brandon Jr. cartoon, 1968. Further Reading. 10. Political Power. Introduction. Article: The Civil Rights Movement as Urban Reform: Atlanta's Black Neighborhoods and a New "Progessivism": Ronald H. Bayor. Document A: Voter Registration Testimonies, ca 1960s. Document B: Petition, August 29, 1965. Document C: Shaw v. Reno, 1993. Part VI: The Continuing Saga. 11. Environmental Injustice. Introduction. Article: From NIMBY to Civil Rights: The Origins of the Environmental Justice Movement. (Eileen Maura McGurty). Document A: Slum Clearance, Community Style, ca 1940s. Document B: Letter Addressing Lead Poisoning, 1957. Further Reading. 12. Affirmative Action. Introduction. Article: Race, History, and Policy, African Americans and Civil Rights Since 1964. (Hugh Davis Graham). Document A: The Kerner Report, Employment Report, Introduction, 1968. Document B: Keyes v. School District No. 1, Denver, Colorado (1973). Further Reading. Index.
£40.80
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Culture and Pedagogy
Book SynopsisAgainst the background of globalization and campaigns to provide basic education for all the world's children, this title compares primary and elementary schooling in England, France, India, Russia and the United States. It is structured around three levels of analysis: systems, school and classrooms.Trade Review'A magnificent book...A fresh charter for comparative studies in education...Rich analyses of classroom discourse illustrate the subtle ways culture and discourse come together as pedagogy...Nobody interested in the meaning of education in different cultures can ignore this book.' Professor Jerome Bruner, NYU 'This eagerly awaited study of pre-adolescent schooling will surface quickly as a distinguished, ambitious, comparative analysis of core classroom and instructional issues. There exist few genuinely comparative educational studies, because such work is so challenging and expensive. It is rare for a scholar to take Professor Alexander's posture towards international work and pursue so successfully a set of common questions in pressing for comparable understandings in a diverse group of nations.' Michael W Sedlak, Michigan State University 'This book is unique in offering thick descriptions of education in five countries combined with a sophisticated analytical framework. The uniqueness and boldness of this project thus lies not only in the fact that the author is dealing with five very different education systems, but that he aspires to use these five cases to generate some basic laws or principles of pedagogy which transcend culture and at the same time are intricately tied up with culture.' Joseph Tobin, University of Hawaii 'Robin Alexander's vast and wonderful book ... should instantly become the property of every primary school in the land. Every page of this strikingly well-written, pungently critical and generously humane study testifies to the author's stamina as well as to his intelligence. A work certain to become canonical in many fields'. Book of the Week citation in the TES 'This is an unusually stimulating, well-argued and comprehensive book, and it deserves a very wide readership. It goes far beyond the realm of interest of comparative education, and in fact uses the discipline of comparative studies to express a detailed, cogent and striking critique of the theory and practice of primary education in England, while painting a convincing and knowledgeable picture of primary schools in Michigan, India, France and Russia. Schools in all five of these parts of the world illuminate and are illuminated by each other. The research on which the study is based is truly massive: substantial videotaping of lessons and exhaustive and perceptive analysis of what went on, interviews with practitioners and educationalists, study of a bibliography of about a thousand items. Most striking of all, the presiding intelligence of Professor Alexander provides a strong, but immensely complex attitude, a standpoint from which the data are analysed, and a series of authoritative conclusions which merit very close consideration. 'This is a gloriously opinionated book. It subjects the whole world of education theory, ideology and practice to a withering analysis. No reader comes out without having his cherished ideas questioned, or even, perhaps, mocked. For this reason, the book would be immensely useful to any thoughtful teacher and any trainee-teacher - and not only in the primary field, either. Alexander's devastating remarks about certain writers and activists make enjoyable reading.' J.Y.Muckle, University of Nottingham, Education in Russia, the Independent States and Eastern Europe, Vol. 19, No. 1, Spring 2001. 'This innovative, important book is on the cutting edge of comparative education research. Highly recommended for the intelligent general reader as well as advanced students and professionals.' Choice, September 2001, Vol 39. 'The book is beautifully written...a fascinating read.' Colin Richards, St. Martin's College, Journal of Education for Teaching, Vol. 27, 2001 "Robin Alexander's aspirations for this long book are monumental [...] his work contributes to our better understanding of the nature of teaching and learning, and it should be welcomed in that regard." Marlaine Lockheed, Manager, Evaluation Group, World Bank Institute, Comparative Education Review, May 2002 "an extraordinarily ambitious book...Culture and Pedagogy would be an excellent comprehensive text for a variety of Comparative Education and Anthropology and Education Classes (particularly methods classes and classes focusing on globalization). the multi-methodological approach and the emergent themes informing each chapter expand the possible scope and breadth for future studies in comparative education." Thuy Daojensen and Karen Anijar, Arizona State University, Anthropology and Education Quarterly, Vol. 34, June 2003 "The book offers a good example of how data can be collected and analyzed simultaneously on multiple levels to paint a rich and nuanced picture of how schools work and how the daily work of teachers and pupils links to national policy. It encourages us to realize that, although there may not be 800 distinctive words for school in each culture, there are in fact different grammars of schooling that reflect cultural differences and that strive to deal from those different foundations with essential issues of control, identity, and induction into a larger culture of speakers, readers, and writers." Stephen T. Kerr, University of Washington, APA Review of Books, December 2003Table of ContentsLiset of Plates. List of Figures. List of Tables. Acknowledgements. Note. Introduction. Part I: Settings:. 1. The Comparative Context. Part II: Systems, Policies and Histories:. 2. Primary Education in France. 3. Primary Education in Russia. 4. Primary Education in India. 5. Primary Education in the United States of America. 6. Primary Education in England. 7. Primary Education and the State. Part III: Schools:. 8. Buildings and People. 9. The Idea of a School. 10. Beyond the Gates. Part IV: Classrooms:. 11. Comparing Teaching. 12. Lesson Structure and Form. 13. Organisation, Task and Activity. 14. Judgement, Routine, Rule and Ritual. 15. Interaction, Time and Pace. 16. Learning Discourse. Part V: Reflections:. 17. Culture and Pedagogy. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
£37.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Understanding Cultures
Book SynopsisUnderstanding Cultures confronts the major theoretical issues involved in cross-cultural interpretation. The book introduces students to rationality among the ancestors of anthropology before proceeding to a wide-ranging evaluation of the Anglo-American rationality debates.Trade Review"Understanding Cultures is an exceptional work of anthropological theory, a book which is simultaneously good to think with, good to teach with, good to write with, good to read with. What makes it so good is not merely Robert Ulin's capacity to engage critically and cogently with a wide array of complex ideas, his willingness to root anthropological discourses deeply in their appropriate philosophical and pistemological ground, or his obvious talent for lucid exposition. It is also the intellectual enthusiasm, and the imagination, which he brings to a difficult task. This new edition, which has been thoughtfully revised and updated, is even better than its excellent predecessor." John Comaroff, University of Chicago "In this updated form, one of the most accessable and lucid discussions of rationality takes on new relevance for today's readers. Understanding Cultures will continue to probe and illuminate fundamental issues in social theory for years to come." F. Allan Hanson, University of Kansas "Ulin's justly acclaimed discussion of the rationality debate remains essential reading for any anthropologist interested in epistemology and the politics of representation. For students who wish to learn how the insights of philosophers, social theorists and sociocultural anthropologists can enrich each other in building a critical theory that refuses to take postmodern fragmentation at face value, this judicious and perceptive work remains the ideal source." John Gledhill, The University of ManchesterTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. Anthropological Ancestors and Interpretation Theory: Boas, Malinowski, and Evans-Pritchard. 3. Peter Winch and Ordinary Language Philosophy. 4. The Neo-Popperians and the Logic of One Science: I.C. Jarvie and Robin Horton. 5. Ordinary Language Philosophy in Question: Steven Lukes and Alasdair MacIntyre. 6. Beyond Explanation and Understanding: The Hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer and Paul Ricoeur. 7. Hermeneutics and Critical Anthropology: The Synthesis of Practical and Critical Reason. 8. Modernism and Postmodernism in Anthropology. 9. Bounded Cultures – Bounded Selves: The Challenge of Cultural Diasporas. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Black Feminist Cultural Criticism
Book SynopsisA comprehensive analysis of Black women's creative achievements. Writers and scholars in literature, film, television, theatre, music, spoken word, art, material culture, and other cultural forms explicate Black women's artistry within the context of an activist framework.Trade Review"Jacqueline Bobo helps us to see afresh the conscious creativity underlying Black women's cultural productions. What we have here is not so much 'criticism' as a reframed revelation." Akasha Gloria Hull, University of California, Santa Cruz. "Professor Bobo's text consist of seminal sources on Black women and Black feminist thought that will quicken and enliven contemporary discourse. It is an important work." Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.Table of ContentsPreface: Bearing Witness. Part I: Foundations. Overview. 1. Their Fiction Becomes Our Reality: Black Women Image Makers. (Mary Helen Washington). 2. Toward a Black Feminist Criticism. (Barbara Smith). 3. New Directions for Black Feminist Criticism. (Deborah E. McDowell). 4. But What Do We Think We Are Doing Anyway: The State of Black Feminist Criticism(s) or My Version of a Little Bit of History. (Barbara Christian). Supplementary Readings. Media Resources. Part II: The Moving Image. Overview. 5. Some Reflections on the Negro Actress: The Tattered Queens. (Ruby Dee). 6. Daughters of the Dust. (Jacqueline Bobo). 7. Below the Line: (Re)Calibrating the Filmic Gaze. (C. A. Griffith). 8. In My Mother's House: Black Feminist Aesthetics, Television, and A Raisin in the Sun. (Sheri Parks). Supplementary Readings. Media Resources. Part III: Art. Overview. 9. African-American Women Artists: An Historical Perspective. (Arna Alexander Bontemps and Jacqueline Fonvielle-Bontemps). 10. In Search of a Discourse and Critique/s That Center the Art of Black Women Artists. (Freida High W. Tesfagiorgis). 11. In Their Own Image. (Kellie Jones). 12. The Freedom to Say What She Pleases: A Coversation with Faith Ringgold. (Melody Graulich and Mara Witzling). Supplementary Readings. Media Resources. Part IV: Music and Spoken Word. Overview. 13. Black Women and Music: A Historical Legacy of Struggle. (Angela Y. Davis). 14. Never Trust a Big Butt and a Smile. (Tricia Rose). 15. Divas Declare a Spoken-Word Revolution. (Evelyn McDonnell). 16. 'A Laying on of Hands': Transcending the City in Ntozake Shange's for Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is Enuf. (Carolyn Mitchell). Supplementary Readings. Media Resources. Part V: Material Culture. Overview. 17. The Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power. (Audre Lorde). 18. African American Quilts: Paradigms of Black Diversity. (Cuesta Benberry). 19. Harriet Powers: Portrait of An African-American Quilter. (Gladys-Marie Fry). 20. Empathy, Energy, and Eating: Politics and Power in The Black Family Dinner Quilt Cookbook. (Sally Bishop Shigley). Supplementary Reading. Media Resources. Contributors. Media Resources Directory of Distributors. Bibliography. Index.
£46.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Cinema and the City
Book Synopsis* Integrates urban sociology and film studies literature to show what can be learnt about cities from film. * Provides an innovative and instructive contribution to urban studies. * Includes a wide range of case studies from around the world. .Trade Review"... a welcome addition to the reading-lists of graduate and undergraduate courses in film studies and urban studies/sociology...." (Urban Studies) "... recommended to those who are exploring the exciting reciprocity between the city and the cinema...." (Journal of Urban Technology) "... an exceptional reader that interrogates a range of issues linking cities, film, and globalization... intriguing, engaging, and informed...." (Annals of the Association of American Geographers) "Cinema and the City is an exceptional reader that interrogates a range of issues linking cities, film, and globalization. With essays of exceptionally high quality this is an intriguing, engaging and informed work that should be accessible to an array of disciplines and students."—Leo Zonn, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill "Stitching together the complex and multiple intersections between film, cities, urban cultures and globalisation is no simple task, as any number of very good single-authored works will demonstrate. Despite these difficulties, Shiel and Fitzmaurice's excellent anthology rises to the occasion and, in the process, pushes film studies beyond its usual terrain of textual, audience and production analyses to relocate the subject matter within urban sociology [...] As the relationship between film and the city continue to develop as a focus of critical inquiry, Cinema and the City stands as one of the more accessible and innovative entry-points into the issues"—Shiel and Fitzmaurice, Urban StudiesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations. List of Contributors. Series Editors' Preface. Preface. 1. 'Cinema and the City in History and Theory'. (Mark Shiel). 2. 'Film and Urban Societies in a Global Context'. (Tony Fitzmaurice). Part I: Postmodern Mediations of the City: Los Angeles. 3. 'Bunker Hill. Hollywood's Dark Shadow'. (Mike Davis). 4. 'Film Mystery as Urban History. The Case of Chinatown'. (John Walton). 5. 'Return to Oz. The Hollywood Redevelopment Project, or Film History as Urban Renewal'. (Josh Stenger). Part II. Urban Identities, Production and Exhibition. 6. 'Shamrock. Houston's Green Promise'. (James Hay). 7. 'From Workshop to Backlot. The Greater Philadelphia Film Office'. (Paul Swann). 8. 'Cities: Real and Imagined'. Geoffrey Nowell-Smith. 9. 'Emigrating to New York in 3-D: Stereoscopic Vision in IMAX's Cinematic City'. (Mark Neumann). 10. 'Finding a Place at the Downtown Picture Palace: The Tampa Theater, Florida'. (Janna Jones). 11. 'Global Cities and the International Film Festival Economy'. (Julian Stringer). Part III: Cinema and the Postcolonial Metropolis. 12. 'Streetwalking in the Cinema of the City: Capital Flows through Saigon'. (J. Paul Narkunas). 13. 'Cityscape: The Capital Infrastructuring and Technologization of Manila'. (Rolando B. Tolentino). 14. 'The Politics of Dislocation: Airport Tales, The Castle'. (Justine Lloyd). 15. 'Representing the Apartheid City: South African Cinema in the 1950s and Jamie Uys's The Urgent Queue'. (Gary Baines). 16. 'The Visual Rhetoric of the Ambivalent City in Nigerian Video Films'. (Obododimma Oha). 17. 'MontrÚal Between Strangeness, Home and Flow'. (Bill Marshall). 18. '(Mis-) Representing the Irish Urban Landscape'. (Kevin Rockett). Part IV: Urban Reactions On-screen. Idealism and Defeat. 19. 'Postwar Urban Redevelopment, the British Film Industry and The Way We Live'. (Leo Enticknap). 20. 'Naked: Social Realism and the Urban Wasteland'. (Mike Mason). Escape and Invasion. 21. 'Jacques Tati's Play Time as New Babylon'. (Laurent Marie). 22. 'Poaching on Public Space: Urban Autonomous Zones in French Banlieue Films'. (Adrian Fielder). Index.
£24.70
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Critical Cultural Policy Studies
Book SynopsisCritical Cultural Policy Studies: A Reader brings together classic statements and contemporary views that illustrate how everyday culture is as much a product of policy and economic determinants as it is of creative and consumer impulses.Trade Review“Critical Cultural Policy Studies is a trailblazing collection of first-rate essays by the leading figures in media studies in North America, Britain, and Australia. As we enter the so-called Information Age, cultural policy is becoming a central political and social concern. These essays, splendidly edited by Justin Lewis and Toby Miller, will be required reading for all who negotiate with these issues.” Robert W. McChesney, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign “The contributors to this unabashed book of tendency bring to bear the progressive critical energies of cultural studies and political economy to the study and management of cultural provision in the arts, broadcasting, television, popular music, the Internet, and often neglected areas like sport and urban planning. The entry of progressives into the policy sphere aims at effective reform of state and market institutions in the direction of cultural rights and citizenship and greater parity for developing countries in international spheres of trade-in-culture. The goal is a more democratic cultural policy.” George Yúdice, New York UniversityTable of ContentsList of Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction Justin Lewis and Toby Miller. Part I: Introduction to Critical Cultural Policy Studies:. 1. Introduction to Critical Cultural Policy StudiesLes Barrett and Steve Earle. 2. Cultural Studies from the Viewpoint of Cultural Policy Stuart Cunningham. 3. Cultural Policy Studies Jim McGuigan. Part II: Radio:. 4. The Rise of Military and Corporate Control Susan Douglas. 5. The Backlash against Broadcast Advertising Susan Smulyan. 6. The Effects of Telecommunication Reform on U.S. Commercial Radio Nina Huntemann. Part III: Television and Film:. 7. Embedded Aesthetics: Creating a Discursive Space for Indigenous Media Faye Ginsburg. 8. Doing it My Way-Broadcasting Regulation in Capitalist Cultures: The Case of ‘Fairness'; and ‘Impartiality'; Sylvia Harvey. 9. TV Viewing as Good Citizenship? Political Rationality, Enlightened Democracy and PBS Laurie Ouellette. 10. Burning Rubber's Perfume Isaac Julien. 11. The Film Industry and the Government: ‘Endless Mr Beans and Mr Bonds'? Toby Miller. Part IV: The Internet:. 12. The Marketplace Citizen and the Political Economy of Data Trade in the European Union Richard Maxwell. 13. Television Set Production at the US-Mexico Border: Trade Policy and Advanced Electronics for the Global Market Mari Castañeda Paredes. 14. "That Deep Romantic Chasm": Libertarianism, Neoliberalism, and the Computer Culture Tom Streeter. Part V: The Arts and Museums:. 15. The Political Rationality of the Museum Tony Bennett. 16. Art Owen Kelly. 17. Object Lessons: Fred Wilson Reinstalls Museum Collection to Highlight Sins of Omission Pamela Newkirk. Part VI: Sport:. 18. Hegemonic Masculinity, the State and the Politics of Gender Equity Policy Research Jim McKay. 19. Sports Wars: Suburbs and Center Cities in a Zero-Sum Game Samuel Nunn and Mark S. Rosentraub. Part VII: Music:. 20. Radio Space and Industrial Time: The Case of Music Formats Jody Berland. 21. Musical Production, Copyright and the Private Ownership of Culture Kembrew McLeod. 22. ‘We Are the World';: State Music Policy, and Cultural Roy Shuker. Part VIII: International Organizations and National Cultures:. 23. Trade and Information Policy Sandra Braman. 24. Crafting Culture: Selling and Contesting Authenticity in Puerto Rico's Informal Economy Arlene Dávila. Part IX: Urban Planning:. 25. Re-Inventing Times Square: Cultural Value and Images of ‘Citizen Disney'; Lynn Comella. 26. ‘All the World's a Mall: Reflections on the Social and Economic Consequences of the American Shopping Center Kenneth Jackson. 27. Citizenship and the Technopoles Vincent Mosco. Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Learning for Life in the 21st Century
Book SynopsisWhile conventional approaches tend to view education as the accumlation of knowledge, skill and understanding, there is a growing appreciation that it is concerned with the development of the mind. This book discusses education as enculturation.Trade Review"Throughout, the editors achieve their stated goals, moving from the conceptual to the practical, and from treating younger to older age groups. Chapter contributors, from universities and research centers in seven countries including the US, appear to be experts in their areas. They present both their own research findings and reviews of others' research. [...] The book is generally organized well, with a synoptic afterword by Luis Moll [...] Interested readers should find the book useful. Summing up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." P. M. Socoski, City College, Choice, March 2003 "Learning for Life in the 21st Century is an impressive and ambitious book." Carey Jewitt, University of London, Educational Review, Vol.55, November 2003Table of Contents1. Sociocultural Perspectives on the Future of Education: Gordon Wells And Guy Claxton. 2. Education for the Learning Age: A Sociocultural Approach to Learning to Learn: Guy Claxton. 3. Becoming the Village Education Across Lives: Jay L. Lemke. 4. The Gift of Confidence: A Vygotskian View of Emotions: Holbrook Mahn and Vera John-Steiner. 5. From Activity to Directivity: The Question of Involvement in Education: Pablo Del Río and Amelia Álvarez. 6. Sociocultural Perspectives on Assessment: Caroline Gipps. 7. Teaching, Learning and Development: A Post-Vygotskian Perspective: Anna Stetsenko And Igor Arievitch. 8. Emerging Learning Narratives: A Perspective from Early Childhood Education: Margaret Carr. 9. Semiotic Mediation and Mental Development in Pluralistic Societies: Some Implications for Tomorrow's Schooling: Ruqaiya Hasan. 10. Learning to Argue and Reason Through Discourse in Educational Settings: Clotilde Pontecorvo And Laura Sterponi. 11.Developing Dialogues: Neil Mercer. 12. Supporting Students' Learning of Significant Mathematical Ideas: Paul Cobb And Kay Mcclain. 13. A Developmental Teaching Approach to Schooling: Seth Chaiklin. 14. Standards for Pedagogy: Research, Theory and Practive: Stephanie Stoll Dalton and Roland G. Tharp. 15. Enquiry as an Orientation for Learning, Teaching and Teacher Education: Gordon Wells. 16. Can a School Community Learn to Master Its Own Future? : An Activity-Theoretical Study of Expansive Learning Among Middle School Teachers: Yrjö Engeström, Ritva Engeström and Arja Suntio. 17. Cultural Historical Activity Theory and the Expantion of Opportunities for Learning After School: Katherine Brown And Michael Cole. 18. Building a Community of Educators Versus Effecting Conceptual Change in Individual Students: Multicaultural Education for Preservice Teachers: Eugene Matusov And Renée Hayes. 19.Organising Excursions into Specialist Discourse Communities: A Sociocultural Account of University Teaching: Andy Northedge. 20. Afterword: Luis C. Moll.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the
Book SynopsisFrom slave narratives to the Civil War, and from country music to Southern sport, this book presents the literature and culture of the American South. It includes discussion of the visual arts, music, society, history, and politics in the region. It explores the work of Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, William Faulkner, and Zora Neale Huston.Trade Review"The exhaustive range of part 2, "Themes and Issues" merits praise. Rather than focussing on literature or a narrow definition of culture, the editors have solicited some fine essays in subjects ranging from music and religion to sports and popular culture." (American Studies, April 2009) A CHOICE ‘OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE’ “The latest volume in Blackwell's "Companions to Literature and Culture" series features 33 brief essays that run the gamut of the Southern experience, from the Jamestown settlers to the contemporary era…Like Blackwell guides, the quality of the essays is high, and the authors cover as many points as possible within the space limits given them. Highly recommended. All academic and public libraries.” (Choice) "[T]he many contributors, British and American, to this splendid compendium of fact and opinion demonstrate the rich variety of literature and music that has emanated from the South in the past 150 years [...] The Companion is methodical in its overall structure and is comprehensive, informative and clearly written throughout. Each chapter has extensive lists of references and further reading and the index is full and accurate. This is a work that will remain a vital source for students of the subject and that can be profitably used by readers in general." (Reference Reviews)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments x Notes on Contributors xii List of Plates xviii PART I Introduction 1 1 Writing Southern Cultures 3Richard Gray PART II Themes and Issues 27 2 The First Southerners: Jamestown’s Colonists as Exemplary Figures 29Mary C. Fuller 3 Slave Narratives 43Jerry Phillips 4 Plantation Fiction 58John M. Grammer 5 The Slavery Debate 76Susan-Mary Grant 6 Southern Writers and the Civil War 93Susan-Mary Grant 7 Visualizing the Poor White 110Stuart Kidd 8 Southern Appalachia 130Linda Tate 9 The Southern Literary Renaissance 148Robert H. Brinkmeyer, Jr. 10 The Native-American South 166Mick Gidley and Ben Gidley 11 Southern Music 185John White 12 Country Music 203Barbara Ching 13 The Civil Rights Debate 221Richard H. King 14 Southern Religion(s) 238Charles Reagan Wilson 15 African-American Fiction and Poetry 255R. J. Ellis 16 Southern Drama 280Mark Zelinsky and Amy Cuomo 17 Sports in the South 297Diane Roberts 18 The South Through Other Eyes 317Helen Taylor 19 The South in Popular Culture 335Allison Graham PART III Individuals and Movements 353 20 Edgar Allan Poe 355Henry Claridge 21 Southwestern Humor 370John M. Grammer 22 Mark Twain 388Peter Stoneley 23 Ellen Glasgow 403Julius Rowan Raper 24 Fugitives and Agrarians 420Andrew Hook 25 William Faulkner 436Richard Godden 26 Literature of the African-American Great Migration 454Kate Fullbrook 27 Zora Neale Hurston 472Will Brantley 28 Flannery O’Connor 486Susan Castillo 29 Eudora Welty 502Jan Nordby Gretlund 30 Oral Culture and Southern Fiction 518Jill Terry 31 Recent and Contemporary Women Writers in the South 536Sharon Monteith 32 The South in Contemporary African-American Fiction 552A. Robert Lee 33 Writing in the South Now 571Matthew Guinn PART IV Afterword 589 34 Searching for Southern Identity 591James C. Cobb Index 608
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Postmodern Geography
Book SynopsisThis edited collection brings together some of the most authoritative voices in contemporary debates in geography: Michael Dear, Giuseppe Dematteis, Franco Farinelli, Cindy Katz, Don Mitchell, Gunnar Olsson, Neil Smith and Edward Soja to address the question of ''praxis'' within broader discussions of the postmodern in geography.Trade Review"A fine collection documenting the twists and turns of the debates on postmodernism in geography and urban studies. False god or saviour? You will find both views here. You will also find many fascinating intellectual moments - and not a little controversy." Professor Nigel Thrift, University of Bristol "This impressive anthology brings together the warring factions of American geographical theory - Marxism versus Postmodernism. Key figures of the Italian geographical tradition contribute a bold initiative to move geographical debates into line with current scientific standards. Their work, rarely available in English, is a 'must read' for those concerned with the representation of global flows and with cartographic practice." Professor Rob Shields, Carleton University "What is perhaps genuinely new about the book is its introduction of a number of Italian geographers' 'takes' on the topic, including Giuseppe Dematteis, Franco Farinelli, Vincenzo Guarrasi and Claudio Minca." Eric Laurier, University of Glasgow, Progress in Human Geography, Vol. 26Table of ContentsPreface. (Claudio Minca). 1. The Post Modern Turn. (Michael Dear). Part I: Cities. 2. Exploring the Postmetropolis. (Edward W. Soja). 3. Postmodern Geographical Praxis? Postmodern Impulse and the War against Homeless People in the "Post-Justice" City. (Don Mitchell). 4. Hiding the Target: Social Reproduction in the Privatized Urban Environment. (Cindi Katz). Part II: Scales. 5. Shifting Cities. (Giuseppe Dematteis). 6. Adventures of a Barong: A Worm's-Eye View of Global Formation. (Steven Flusty). 7. Rescaling Politics: Geography, Globalism and the New Urbanism. (Neil Smith). Part III: Mappings. 8. Millenial Geographics. (Denis Cosgrove and Luciana De Lima Martins). 9. Postmodern Temptations. (Claudio Minca). 10. Paradoxes of Modern and Postmodern Geography: Heterotopia of Landscape and Cartographic Logic. (Vincenzo Guarrasi). 11. Mapping the Global, or the Metaquantum Economics of Myth. (Franco Farinelli) 12. Washed in a Washing Machine™. (Gunnar Olsson). Afterword. (Edward W. Soja). Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd World Culture
Book Synopsis* Explores the development, content, and impact of world culture * Traces world culture back from the mid-19th century to the present day * Includes numerous illustrations of key issues and empirical research * Written in lively, accessible language for the student and general scholar .Trade Review"Lechner and Boli's scholarship is extensive, theoretical, abstract and synthetic ... The authors engage in conceptual and theoretical refinement and synthesis of existing scholarship and extend that intellectual frontier with their own substantial contributions. Lechner and Boli ... deserve special commendation for the rich and illuminating historical context and examples." Choice "Lechner and Boli have done their homework and the compendium they offer is valuable in itself." The International History Review "This volume provides a fascinating, and immensely broad-ranging, call to understand the complex inter-relationships between geopolitical forces and those resilient urban lives. Whilst as a source of multiple departures it should be of interest to an equally broad ranging audience, for those particularly curious about the often-neglected ways in which extreme ideologies seek to construct and reconstruct understandings of cities there is much to consider." Andrew Inch, Oxford Brookes UniversityTable of ContentsList of Tables vi Acknowledgments vii List of Abbreviations viii 1 Introduction: The Olympic Games and the Meaning of World Culture 1 2 Analyzing World Culture: Alternative Theories 30 3 Tracing World Culture: A Brief History 60 4 Constructing World Culture: UN Meetings as Global Ritual 81 5 Sustaining World Culture: The Infrastructure of Technology and Organizations 109 6 Differentiating World Culture: National Identity and the Pursuit of Diversity 135 7 Transforming World Culture: The Antiglobalization Movement as Cultural Critique 153 8 Expanding World Culture: Pentecostalism as a Global Movement 173 9 Opposing World Culture: Islamism and the Clash of Civilizations 191 10 Instituting World Culture: The International Criminal Court and Global Governance 215 11 Epilogue: Reflections on World Culture 234 References 241 Index 261
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Comparative Economic Systems
Book SynopsisThis text explains how culture, in various guises, modifies the standard rules of economic engagement, creating systems that differ markedly from those predicted by the theory of general market competition. This analysis is grounded in established principles.Trade Review"Now that the transition is over, Professor Steven Rosefielde is bringing back a new and improved version of comparative economic systems, one that treats culture, politics, and business misconduct explicitly in a market context. Rosefielde's approach is original and sophisticated, producing a theoretically rigorous text still accessible to the advanced undergraduate student. Students will learn a large amount of economic theory and come to appreciate the variety of economic systems and the sources of that variety. This is a signal accomplishment by a serious scholar and student of comparative economics." James Millar, George Washington University "This book is an outstanding text to acquaint students with the differences among the world's major economic systems. Its author is one of the best-informed and most careful scholars in the field." Quinn Mills, Harvard Business School "Thisis an ambitious and innovative work that rigorously and successfully addresses a question that economists often and mistakenly ignore: namely, how do ethics, culture, and politics affect the operation of core economic principles and the relative performance of the major economic systems in the global economy?"Charles Wolf, RAND "Rosefielde provides a forward-looking text that is firmly grounded in the fundamentals of comparative economics but that seizes fully the opportunities offered to the field by the end of the cold war. This is a text that can make comparative economic systems a "must-take" course for every undergraduate and a "must-offer" course for every economics department." Josef C. Brada, Arizona State UniversityTable of ContentsPreface. Glossary. Introduction. Part I: Systems. 1. Comparative Economic Systems. 2. Classification and Principles. 3. Culture, Politics and Ethics. 4. Power. Part II: Perfect Economic Mechanisms. 5. Perfect Competition. 6. Perfect Governance. Part III: Great Powers. 7. America. 8. Continental Europe. 9. Japan. 10. China. 11. Russia. 12. Transition. 13. Comparative Potential. Part IV: Performance. 14. Measurement. 15. Global Performance. Part V: International Relations. 16. Security. 17. Military Balance. 18. Interplay.
£109.76
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Questions of Method in Cultural Studies
Book SynopsisQuestion of Method in Cultural Studies brings together a group of scholars from across the social sciences and humanities to consider one of the most vexing issues confronting the proverbial 'anti-discipline' of cultural studies.Trade Review"A multi-disciplinary intellectual masterpiece that explores the discourses of space, time and objects; the politics of knowledge; and the relationship between cultural studies and traditional as well as emergent disciplines.... Innovative and thought-provoking." (Discourse Studies, October 2008) “White and Schwoch take on the challenge of delineating cultural studies methodology in this highly engaging collection. Leading scholars in the field scrutinize defining issues in theory and practice with penetrating insight. In seeking to forge a common ground for the field, this offers a major breakthrough.” Denise Bielby, University of California at Santa BarbaraTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors.. Acknowledgments.. 1. Introduction: The Questions of Method in Cultural Studies. (James Schwoch and Mimi White). . Part I: Space/Time/Objects. Introduction.. 2. From the Ordinary to the Concrete: Cultural Studies and the Politics of Scale. (Anna McCarthy)3. Raymond Williams’ Culture and Society as Research Method. (John Durham Peters). 4. “Read thy self.” Text, Audience, and Method in Cultural Studies. (John Hartley). . Part II: Production and Reception: The Politics of Knowledge. Introduction.. 5. Cultural Studies of Media Production: Critical Industrial Practice. (John Caldwell). 6. Feminism and the Politics of Method. (Joke Hermes). 7. Taking Audience Research into the Age of New Media: Old Problems and New Challenges. (Andrea Press and Sonia Livingstone). . Part III: Cultural Studies and Selected Disciplines: Anthropology, Sociology, Ethnomusicology, Popular Music Studies. Introduction. 8. Mixed and Rigorous Cultural Studies Methodology--an Oxymoron? (Micaela di Leonardo). 9. Is Globalization Undermining the Sacred Principles of Modernity? (Pertti Alasuutari). 10. Engagement through Alienation: Parallels of Paradox in World Music and Tourism in Sarawak, Malaysia. (Gini Gorlinski)11. For the Record: Interdisciplinarity, Cultural Studies and the Search for Method in Popular Music Studies. (Tim Anderson). Index.
£96.26
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Questions of Method in Cultural Studies
Book SynopsisQuestion of Method in Cultural Studies brings together a group of scholars from across the social sciences and humanities to consider one of the most vexing issues confronting the proverbial 'anti-discipline' of cultural studies.Trade Review“White and Schwoch take on the challenge of delineating cultural studies methodology in this highly engaging collection. Leading scholars in the field scrutinize defining issues in theory and practice with penetrating insight. In seeking to forge a common ground for the field, this offers a major breakthrough.” Denise Bielby, University of California at Santa BarbaraTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors.. Acknowledgments.. 1. Introduction: The Questions of Method in Cultural Studies. (James Schwoch and Mimi White). . Part I: Space/Time/Objects. Introduction.. 2. From the Ordinary to the Concrete: Cultural Studies and the Politics of Scale. (Anna McCarthy)3. Raymond Williams’ Culture and Society as Research Method. (John Durham Peters). 4. “Read thy self.” Text, Audience, and Method in Cultural Studies. (John Hartley). . Part II: Production and Reception: The Politics of Knowledge. Introduction.. 5. Cultural Studies of Media Production: Critical Industrial Practice. (John Caldwell). 6. Feminism and the Politics of Method. (Joke Hermes). 7. Taking Audience Research into the Age of New Media: Old Problems and New Challenges. (Andrea Press and Sonia Livingstone). . Part III: Cultural Studies and Selected Disciplines: Anthropology, Sociology, Ethnomusicology, Popular Music Studies. Introduction. 8. Mixed and Rigorous Cultural Studies Methodology--an Oxymoron? (Micaela di Leonardo). 9. Is Globalization Undermining the Sacred Principles of Modernity? (Pertti Alasuutari). 10. Engagement through Alienation: Parallels of Paradox in World Music and Tourism in Sarawak, Malaysia. (Gini Gorlinski)11. For the Record: Interdisciplinarity, Cultural Studies and the Search for Method in Popular Music Studies. (Tim Anderson). Index.
£37.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Sociology of the Arts
Book SynopsisThis is a comprehensive overview of the sociology of art and an authoritative work of scholarship by a leading expert in the field. The international selection of perspectives, empirical research, and case studies makes this book essential for teaching and studying the sociology of art. Synthesizes the various theoretical models of art sociology. Provides empirical examples of books, films, television shows, dance, and music, as well as exemplars of sociological work on the arts. Discusses works from both fine and popular ends of the cultural spectrum. Explores how art is created, distributed, received, consumed, and used by people who experience it. Trade Review"In the twenty-five years that I have worked and taught in the field of sociology, this is the first textbook that I can remember enjoying and learning a lot from. Alexander’s Sociology of the Arts brings to life both cutting-edge research and classic works in the sociology of literature, music, art, and popular culture. Students will discover what fascinating things researchers have learned by studying the arts sociologically. And specialists will know what is happening in the forefront of the field." Ann Swidler, University of California at Berkeley "Sociology of the Arts is a most welcome addition to the field. With a high level of sophistication, but without unnecessary jargon, Dr. Alexander clearly lays out the different frameworks of analysis that have emerged in recent years." Vera Zolberg, New School for Social Research "This is an informative and thoughtful text for courses in the sociology of art." D. Harper, Univesity of RochesterTable of ContentsPreface. 1. Introduction: What is Art?. Part I: The Relationship between Art and Society. 2. Reflection Approaches. Case Study. The Reflection of Race in Children's Books. 3. Shaping Theory. Case Study. Violence and Television. 4. A Mediated View: The Cultural Diamond. Part II: The Cultural Diamond. A. The Production of Culture. 5. Art Worlds. Case Study. From Academy to Public Sale. 6. Culture Industries. Case Study. Innovation and Diversity in the Production of Music. 7. Networks and Nonprofits. Case Study. Piccolos on the Picket Line: A Strike in the Symphony. 8. Artists. Case Study. Nothing Succeeds Like Success: Careers in the Film Industry. 9. Globalization. Case Study. The Return of the Elgin (or Parthenon) Marbles?. B. The Consumption of Culture. 10. Reception Approaches. Case Study. Romance Novels as Combat and Compensation. 11. Audience Studies. Case Study. Cowboys, Indians, and Western Movies. 12. Art and Social Boundaries. Case Study. Framing Heavy Metal and Rap Music. Part III: Art in Society. 13. The Art Itself. Case Study. The Renaissance Way of Seeing. 14. The Constitution of Art in Society. Case Study. A Strange Sensation: Controversies in Art. Part IV: Conclusion. 15. Studying Art Sociologically. Notes. References.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Art and Its Publics
Book SynopsisBringing together essays by museum professionals and academics from both sides of the Atlantic, Art and its Publics tackles current issues confronting the museum community and seeks to further the debate between theory and practice around the most pressing of contemporary concerns.Trade Review"This book deserves a place on the museum-studies reading list and on the bookshelf of anyone seriously interested in the cultural place of museums today. Its lucid, observant essays take an informed look at a now ubiquitous institution, offering new points of view about the nature of the museum experience. Art and its Publics provides a welcome corrective to the presumption that art museums are monolithic institutions that narrowly control the perceptions and discussions of their visitors." Diana Strazdes, University of California, Davis "Art and its Publics launches a much-needed exploration of art's audiences beginning with McClellan's ‘A Brief History of the Art Museum Public,’ an essay which is well worth the book's price alone." Jeffrey Abt, Wayne State University "A stimulating and provocative review of the range of diverse exhibition strategies used by art museum curators as they endeavor to engage multiple audiences in different aspects of art." Eilean Hooper-Greenhill, University of LeicesterTable of ContentsList of Illustrations. List of Contributors. Series Editor's Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. A Brief History of the Art Museum Public: Andrew McClellan (Tufts University). 3. Having One’s Tate and Eating It: Transformations of the Museum in a Hypermodern Era: Nick Prior (University of Edinburgh). 4. Museums: Theory, Practice and Illusion: Danielle Rice (Philadelphia Museum of Art). 5. Norman Rockwell at the Guggenheim: Alan Wallach (College of William and Mary). 6. The Return to Curiosity: Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Museum Display: Stephen Bann (Bristol University). 7. Museum Sight: Anne Higonnet (Wellesley College). 8. Sacred to Profane and Back Again: Ivan Gaskell (Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University). 9. From Theory to Practice: Exhibiting African Art in the Twenty-first Century: Christa Clarke (Neuberger Museum of Art, SUNY). 10. Reframing Public Art: Audience Use, Interpretation, and Appreciation: Harriet F. Senie (CUNY). Bibliography. Index.
£36.05
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Cultural Geography
Book SynopsisA Companion to Cultural Geography brings together original contributions from 35 distinguished international scholars to provide a critical overview of this dynamic and influential field of study.Trade Review"Finally, a text that brings the major contributions of the ‘new cultural geography’ and its relationship to cultural studies into rich relief. A Companion to Cultural Geography comprises a series of outstanding essays on contemporary cultural geographies of nature, identity, landscape, and power. Each of the essays engages with broader debates in cultural studies and social theory, and with the role of theory, methodology and practice in contemporary human geography. This Companion will be invaluable to students, teachers, and researchers alike." John Pickles, UNC Chapel Hill "A Companion to Cultural Geography provides excellent company for a range of journeys that cultural geographers may be planning to embark upon... This is a book that academics cultural geographers will want to have on their bookshelves, and on the shelves of their libraries, as a resource for themselves and their senior undergraduate and postgraduate students, because these companions will speed many an academic journey." Cultural GeographiesTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii List of Figures and Tables xiii 1 Introduction 1James S. Duncan, Nuala C. Johnson, and Richard H. Schein Part I Introducing Cultural Geographies 9 2 Cultural Traditions 11Richard H. Schein 3 Cultural Turns 24Heidi Scott 4 A Critique of the Cultural Turn 38Clive Barnett Part II Theoretical Intersections 49 5 Historical Materialism and Marxism 51Don Mitchell 6 Feminisms 66Joanne Sharp 7 Poststructuralism 79Deborah P. Dixon and John Paul Jones III 8 Psychoanalytic Approaches 108Paul Kingsbury 9 Performance and Performativity: A Geography of Unknown Lands 121Nigel Thrift Part III Nature/Culture 137 10 Cultures of Science 139David N. Livingstone 11 Nature and Culture: On the Career of a False Problem 151Bruce Braun 12 Cultural Ecology 180Paul Robbins 13 Environmental History 194Gerry Kearns 14 Ethics and the Human Environment 209Jonathan M. Smith Part IV Culture And Identity 221 15 Nationalism 223John Agnew 16 Critical ‘Race’ Approaches to Cultural Geography 238Audrey Kobayashi 17 Social Class 250Nancy Duncan and Stephen Legg 18 Sexuality 265Richard Phillips 19 The Body 279Michael Landzelius 20 Consumption 298James Kneale and Claire Dwyer 21 Public Memory 316Nuala C. Johnson Part V Landscapes 329 22 Economic Landscapes 331Susan Roberts 23 Political Landscapes 347Karen E. Till 24 Religious Landscapes 365Lily Kong 25 Landscapes of Home 382James S. Duncan and David Lambert 26 Landscapes of Childhood and Youth 404Elizabeth A. Gagen 27 Landscape in Film 420Robert Shannan Peckham 28 Landscape and Art 430Stephen Daniels Part VI Colonial and Postcolonial Geographies 447 29 Imperial Geographies 449Daniel Clayton 30 Postcolonial Geographies 469James R. Ryan 31 Diaspora 485Carl Dahlman 32 Transnationalism 499Cheryl McEwan Index 513
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Modernism
Book Synopsis* A judicious selection of key critical works on literary modernism * Helps students to engage with the major debates surrounding literary modernism * Presents a critical history from the earliest reviews to the most recent theoretical assessments * Shows how modernist writers understood and constructed modernism.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Note on the Texts. Part I. Introduction. Part II. 1. Modernism and Romanticism. Romantic Image. Frank Kermode. ‘Pound/Stevens: Whose Era?’. Marjorie Perloff. 2. Realism and Formalism. The Ideology of Modernisim. George Lucas. Reconciliation Under Duress. Theodor Adorno. 3. Modernism and the Avant-Garde. Adorno: A Critical Introduction. Simon Jarvis. Theory of the Avant-Garde. Peter Bürger. 4. Modernism, the Masses, and the Culture Industry. ‘Mass Culture as Woman’. Andreas Huyssen. T.S. Eliot and the Cultural Divide: A 'Black and Grinning Music'. David Chinitz. T.S. Eliot and the Cultural Divide: Down at Tom's Place. David Chinitz. T.S. Eliot and the Cultural Divide: An 'Advant-Garde' Program. David Chinitz. 5. Modernity and the City. ‘The Metropolis and Mental Life’. Georg Simmel. The Mire of Macadam. Marshall Berman. ‘The Invisible Flâneuse: Women and the Literature of Modernity. Janet Wolff. 6. Regendering Modernism. ‘A Tangled Mesh of Modernists’ (diagram). Bonnie Kime Scott. ‘Beyond the Reaches of Feminist Criticism: A Letter from Paris. Shari Benstock. ‘Modernism and Modernity: Engendering Literary History’. Rita Felski. 7. Publishing Modernism. ‘The Price of Modernism. Lawrence Rainey. 8. Late Modernism. ‘The Epistemology of Late Modernism. Alan Wilde. Late Modernism Poetics. Anthony Mellors. Further Reading. Index
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Wiley Encountering Nationalism
Book SynopsisOffers an introduction to the diverse meanings of nationalism and its most important aspects. This title addresses the rise of nationalism in the US post-September 11. It brings together 'culturalist' and state-centered approaches to nationalism. It contains useful examples to illustrate key aspects of nationalism.Trade Review"Puri is particularly good at demonstrating the extent to which nationalisms are gendered ... The book is an interpretative essay that seeks to realign debate on its subject. In this it is challenging and interesting." Ethnic and Racial Studies "The book explicitly discusses the wide array of debates centered around the theme of nationalism and therefore acts as a work that provides a seminal undersatnding of the issue of nationalism." International Journal of Contemporary Sociology "This is a wonderful entry point for students and faculty trying to get a grip on the often slippery but politically fraught idea, and practice, of nationalism. Puri puts earlier discussions of nationalism into a post-September 11 focus. Moreover, she brings the ongoing debates about the nature and uses of nationalism up to date by showing how central to nationalism are presumptions about women, and sexuality." – Cynthia Enloe, Clark University "This is a thoughtful introduction to the field of nationalism. It successfully analyzes the gendered and sexual dimensions of nationalist projects, and contextualizes them within global, economic, and political relations of power during the colonial period and the present day." – Nira Yuval-Davis, University of East LondonTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction. Parades, Flags, and National Pride. Vexed Links: Perspectives on Nationalism, the State, and Modernity. Fraught Legacies: Nationalism, Colonialism, and Race. Redoubtable Essences: Nationalisms and Genders. Checking (Homo)Sexualities at the Nation’s Door: Nationalisms and Sexualities. In the Name of God, Community, and Country: Nationalisms, Ethnicity, and Religion. Conclusion. Speculations on the Future of Nationalisms. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Encountering Nationalism
Book SynopsisIn exploring the subject of nationalism, this work asks three broad questions: what do we mean by nationalism and what are its important cultural aspects?; why is it important to consider issues of nationalism from a critical viewpoint?; and what are the limitations of the construct of nationalism?Trade Review"Puri is particularly good at demonstrating the extent to which nationalisms are gendered ... The book is an interpretative essay that seeks to realign debate on its subject. In this it is challenging and interesting." Ethnic and Racial Studies "The book explicitly discusses the wide array of debates centered around the theme of nationalism and therefore acts as a work that provides a seminal undersatnding of the issue of nationalism." International Journal of Contemporary Sociology "This is a wonderful entry point for students and faculty trying to get a grip on the often slippery but politically fraught idea, and practice, of nationalism. Puri puts earlier discussions of nationalism into a post-September 11 focus. Moreover, she brings the ongoing debates about the nature and uses of nationalism up to date by showing how central to nationalism are presumptions about women, and sexuality." – Cynthia Enloe, Clark University "This is a thoughtful introduction to the field of nationalism. It successfully analyzes the gendered and sexual dimensions of nationalist projects, and contextualizes them within global, economic, and political relations of power during the colonial period and the present day." – Nira Yuval-Davis, University of East LondonTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction. Parades, Flags, and National Pride. Vexed Links: Perspectives on Nationalism, the State, and Modernity. Fraught Legacies: Nationalism, Colonialism, and Race. Redoubtable Essences: Nationalisms and Genders. Checking (Homo)Sexualities at the Nation’s Door: Nationalisms and Sexualities. In the Name of God, Community, and Country: Nationalisms, Ethnicity, and Religion. Conclusion. Speculations on the Future of Nationalisms. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd SameSex Cultures and Sexualities
Book SynopsisThis book demonstrates the centrality of sex, gender, and sexuality to theories of human behaviors and practices. Moves beyond other lesbian and gay studies readers by presenting a broader view of the significance of studying same-sex cultures and sexualities across cultures. Offers readings from all four subfields of anthropology: cultural, biological, linguistic, and archaeological (along with historical and applied anthropology). Includes discussion of biotechnology and bioethics, health and illness, language, ethnicity, identity, politics, post-colonialism, kinship, development, and policymaking. Trade Review“It is volumes like this one that allow us to see all sorts of new connections and possibilities. The vibrant thematic coherence of these articles is intellectually exciting, and one can genuinely say that, in this volume, the whole is far greater than the sum of its parts. It is a particular strength that the articles come from across the anthropological subfields.” Margaret Conkey, University of California, Berkeley “An exquisite collection! The ethnographic reach and theoretical sophistication of this reader ensure that it is destined to become a classic reference and an indispensable tool for teaching. In addition to its contributions to the study of same-sex cultures, it boldly articulates anthropology’s special claims and unique role in the study of human sexualities.” Gayle Rubin, University of Michigan “An exceptionally coherent collection, with uniformly strong contributions. Same-Sex Cultures and Sexualities is a lucid demonstration of the ways that research on same-sex sexualities has intervened in and redefined core problems and debates in anthropology and history.” Mary Hancock, University of California, Santa BarbaraTable of ContentsIntroduction: Sexualizing anthropology’s fields (Jennifer Robertson). Part 1: Anthropology’s Sexual Fields. 1. “Anthropology rediscovers sexuality: A theoretical comment.” (Carole Vance). 2. “Biological determinism and homosexuality.” (Bonnie Spanier). 3. “Feminisms, queer theories, and the archaeological study of past sexualities.” (Barbara Voss). 4. “No.” (Don Kulick). 5. “Resources for lesbian ethnographic research in the lavender archives.” (Alisa Klinger). Part 2: Problems and Propositions. 6. “Erotic anthropology: ‘ritualized homosexuality’ in Melanesia and beyond.” (Deborah Elliston). 7. “Gender, genetics, and generation: reformulating biology in lesbian kinship.” (Corinne Hayden). 8. “Transsexualism: reflections on the persistence of gender and the mutability of sex.” (Judith Shapiro). 9. “Problems encountered in writing the history of sexuality: Sources, theory and interpretation.” (Estelle B. Freedman and John D’Emilio). Part 3: Ethics, Erotics and Exercises . 10. “Choosing the sexual orientation of children.” (Edward Stein). 11. “Yoshiya Nobuko: Out and outspoken in practice and prose.” (Jennifer Robertson). 12. “Outing as performance/outing as resistance: a queer reading of Austrian (homo)sexualities.” (Matti Bunzl). 13. “Tombois in West Sumatra: constructing masculinity and erotic desire.” (Evelyn Blackwood). 14. “Freeing South Africa: the ‘modernization’ of male-male sexuality in Soweto.” (Donald Donham). 15. “Gay organizations, NGOs, and the globalization of sexual identity: the case of Bolivia.” (Timothy Wright).
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Witches and Neighbours
Book SynopsisThis text combines research with the author's investigations to produce an account of the role of witchcraft in the past. It argues that witchcraft - its belief and persecutions - cannot be explained by general causes but was as complex and changing as the society of which it formed a vital part.Trade Review"In this learned and meticulously researched book, Robin Briggs lays to rest many of the modern myths about the witch craze, without in any way diminishing its horror... Briggs skilfully shows how the myths of witchcraft were linked with fundamental human experiences of pain and anxiety... Lucid and important." Karen Armstrong, The Times "Briggs provides a fascinating psychological insight into the ideological system that produced the trials. To understand them within their own historical context, he argues, is to realize that a belief in the witches' power was neither irrational nor absurd... the evidence from this compelling book suggests that human actions are far more determined by irrational fears than our social selves are willing to accept." Julia Wheelwright, New Statesman "I salute [Briggs's] rigorous and thoughtful scholarship." James Morrow, The GuardianTable of ContentsMaps ix Preface to the Second Edition xiv Preface to the First Edition xv Introduction 1 1 Myths of the Perfect Witch 12 2 The Experience of Bewitchment 51 3 Supernatural Power and Magical Remedies 82 4 The Projection of Evil 115 5 Witch-Finders and Witch Cures 146 6 Love and Hatred: Spouses and Kin 191 7 Men against Women: The Gendering of Witchcraft 224 8 The Age of Iron 250 9 The Web of Power 276 10 Internal and External Worlds 321 Conclusion 343 Notes 357 Further Reading 377 Additional Bibliography 386 Index 390
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd American Identities
Book SynopsisAmerican Identities is a dazzling array of primary documents and critical essays culled from American history, literature, memoir, and popular culture that explore major currents and trends in American history from 1945 to the present. Charts the rich multiplicity of American identities through the different lenses of race, class, and gender, and shaped by common historical social processes such as migration, families, work, and war. Includes editorial introductions for the volume and for each reading, and study questions for each selection. Enables students to engage in the history-making process while developing the skills crucial to interpreting rich and enduring cultural texts. Accompanied by an instructor''s guide containing reading, viewing, and listening exercises, interview questions, bibliographies, time-lines, and sample excerpts of students'' family histories for course use. Trade Review“This unique collection has what students (and their teachers) will find absorbing, provocative, and useful in that perennial quest to locate ourselves in a world we may not have made but that we can understand and change.” Paul Lauter, Trinity CollegeTable of ContentsAlternative Contents by Genre x Preface: How to Use This Book xiii Acknowledgments xiv Introduction 1 PART I IDENTITY, FAMILY, AND MEMORY 6 Understanding Identity 1 Identities and Social Locations: Who Am I? Who Are My People? 8Gwyn Kirk and Margo Okazawa-Rey American Families in Historical Perspective 2 What We Really Miss About the 1950s 17Stephanie Coontz Memory and Community 3 Generational Memory in an American Town 29John Bodnar 4 Growing Up Asian in America 39Kesaya E. Noda PART II WORLD WAR II AND THE POSTWAR ERA 1940–1960 46 World War II and American Families 5 War Babies 48Maria Fleming Tymoczko 6 From Citizen 13660 56Mine´ Okubo The Cold War and Domestic Politics 7 Containment at Home: Cold War, Warm Hearth 65Elaine Tyler May 8 The Problem That Has No Name 71Betty Friedan 9 The Civil Rights Revolution, 1945–1960 78William H. Chafe 10 From Like One of the Family: Conversations from a Domestic’s Life 84Alice Childress Family Migrations, Urban and Suburban 11 Songs of the Chicago Blues 90 12 Halfway to Dick and Jane: A Puerto Rican Pilgrimage 93Jack Agüeros 13 From Goodbye, Columbus 103Philip Roth PART III WAR AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, 1960–1975 112 The Civil Rights Movement 14 Letter from Birmingham City Jail 114Martin Luther King, Jr. 15 Message to the Grass Roots 119Malcolm X 16 Songs of the Civil Rights Movement 126 Student Activism 17 Port Huron Statement 130 Students for a Democratic Society 18 The Port Huron Statement at 40 134Tom Hayden and Richard Flacks The Vietnam War 19 From Working-Class War: American Combat Soldiers and Vietnam 138Christian G. Appy 20 From Born on the Fourth of July 143Ron Kovic 21 From Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans 150Richard J. Ford III Black and Puerto Rican Power 22 Black Power: Its Need and Substance 158Stokely Carmichael and Charles V. Hamilton 23 ‘‘Respect’’ 166Aretha Franklin 24 ‘‘Say It Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud)’’ 168James Brown 25 13-Point Program and Platform 170Young Lords Party Women’s Lives, Women’s Rights 26 Sources of the Second Wave: The Rebirth of Feminism 174Sara M. Evans 27 NOW Bill of Rights 185National Organization for Women 28 The Liberation of Black Women 187Pauli Murray 29 Jessie Lopez De La Cruz: The Battle for Farmworkers’ Rights 192Ellen Cantarow The American Indian Movement 30 This Country Was a Lot Better Off When the Indians Were Running It 203Vine Deloria, Jr. The Occupation of Alcatraz Island 208Indians of All Tribes The Gay Liberation Movement 31 Gay Liberation 212John D’Emilio and Estelle B. Freedman 32 The Fighting Irishman 218A. Damien Martin 33 The Drag Queen 226Rey ‘‘Sylvia Lee’’ Rivera The New American Right 34 From Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right 233Lisa McGirr PART IV A POSTINDUSTRIAL AND GLOBAL SOCIETY, 1975–2000 240 Deindustrializing America 35 From The Great U-Turn: Corporate Restructuring and the Polarizing of America 242Bennett Harrison and Barry Bluestone 36 From ‘‘It Ain’t No Sin To Be Glad You’re Alive’’: The Promise of Bruce Springsteen 249Eric Alterman 37 A Musical Representation of Work in Postindustrial America 254 38 Class in America: Myths and Realities (2000) 264Gregory Mantsios Marriage and Family: Modern and Postmodern 39 From Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood 272Kristin Luker 40 The Making and Unmaking of Modern Families 281Judith Stacey Multicultural America 41 From Jasmine 290Bharati Mukherjee 42 Growing Up Biracial and Bicultural 300Claudine Chiawei O’Hearn 43 From The Business of Fancydancing: Stories and Poems 305Sherman Alexie The United States as Borderlands 44 Through a Glass Darkly: Toward the Twenty-first Century 309Ronald Takaki 45 ‘‘To live in the Borderlands means you’’ 316Gloria Anzaldúa 46 From No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies 318Naomi Klein PART V THE FUTURE OF US ALL? 326 47 Brave New World: Gray Boys, Funky Aztecs, and Honorary Homegirls 328Lynell George 48 From The Future of Us All 335Roger Sanjek 49 The Society That Unions Can Build 348David Reynolds Text and Illustration Credits 359 Index 364
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