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Book SynopsisWhat is the source of a book's perceived greatness and why do certain books become part of the accepted canon? This book presents a fresh perspective on these questions: against prevalent approaches, it explains a work's reputation in terms of its aesthetic qualities ("the beauty view") or as the result of dictates by social hegemonies ("the power view"). Fishelov argues that the number and variety of echoes and dialogues a book generates with readers, authors, translators, adapters, artists and critics is the most important source of its perceived greatness. Part I -- What is a Dialogue? What is a Great Book -- provides useful distinctions between different kinds of dialogue (genuine dialogue, dialogue-of-the-deaf and echo-dialogue), develops theoretical arguments (why the dialogic approach is not circular), and empirically tests intriguing cases (why has Candide, and not Rasselas won the literary race for fame?). Part II -- Genuine Dialogues with Great Books -- presents in-depth readings of literary and artistic dialogues with well established canonical works, including Monty Python's The Life of Brian, Swift's distortion of More's Utopia and some modern adaptations of Ovid's Pygmalion, providing an opportunity to examine the process by which dialogues contribute to a work's reputation. (A full list of examined works in provided on the Press website.) Through its special blend of theoretical arguments, empirical methods and sensitive interpretations, Dialogues with/and Great Books offers a stimulating invitation to re-think the Literary Canon and Intertextuality -- and the intricate connections between the two.Trade ReviewFishelov's project is of great value. By proposing a quantitative solution to an impossibly complicated problem it fashions a meaningful return to the question of the canon. Though the empirical model presented in the study raises potential objections, the writer repeatedly shows an awareness of the possible limitations associated with the filters and other search tools available to us at present. The need to perfect the method notwithstanding, the book may certainly be read as a pioneering study into a new way of thinking about aesthetics, literature, and classroom curricula in the twenty-first century and as such is sure to draw much interest in years to come. - Yael Levin in Partial AnswersTable of ContentsPreface; Real Life Dialogues; Literary Dialogues; The Battle of the (Great) Books; The Dialogic Approach to Great Books; The Sacrifice Scene -- Kierkegaard & Levin; Samson -- Jabotinsky & DeMille; Jesus Christ -- Monty Python & Saramago; Horace in Pushkin, Owen & Diderot; Juvenal's Satire X -- Johnson & Swift; Pygmalion -- Ovid, Shaw & My Fair Lady via Moliere; More's Utopia -- Bacon, Swift & Voltaire; Robinson Crusoe, the Variety Principle Revisited; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe two essays in the volume follow a long tradition in critical discourse that turns to Art's domain as a source of inspiration, instruction, and as material for the construction of its concepts and the development of its problems. The case study of Suite Grunewald, 159+1 variations, by the artist Titus-Carmel, returns to a subject that has been eclipsed in past decades by the imperative to remember: namely, the creation of the new as an event, or rather, the event of the new as creation. This is an especially vexatious problem following, on the one hand, the massive displacement of the subject as the author and creator of its works and, on the other, the introduction of the influential Deleuzian-Bergsonian notion of the new as immanent continuity rather than -- as the commonsense notion would have it -- a rupture, interruption, and discontinuity. The first essay develops this problematic by working alongside with Titus-Carmel variations / deconstruction of Grunewald's original painting of the "Crucifixion" as an exemplary site where the creation of the new -- at once incalculable and necessary -- finds a living and urgent expression. The second essay stages an encounter and sets free the resonances between the writing of Jean-Luc Nancy on and around the "body" and the cinema of Claire Denis as a cinema that mobilises the force of bodies that it itself invents, and to which it gives a unique form of presence.

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Book SynopsisThe two essays in the volume follow a long tradition in critical discourse that turns to Art's domain as a source of inspiration, instruction, and as material for the construction of its concepts and the development of its problems. The case study of Suite Grunewald, 159+1 variations, by the artist Titus-Carmel, returns to a subject that has been eclipsed in past decades by the imperative to remember: namely, the creation of the new as an event, or rather, the event of the new as creation. This is an especially vexatious problem following, on the one hand, the massive displacement of the subject as the author and creator of its works and, on the other, the introduction of the influential Deleuzian-Bergsonian notion of the new as immanent continuity rather than -- as the commonsense notion would have it -- a rupture, interruption, and discontinuity. The first essay develops this problematic by working alongside with Titus-Carmel variations / deconstruction of Grunewald's original painting of the "Crucifixion" as an exemplary site where the creation of the new -- at once incalculable and necessary -- finds a living and urgent expression. The second essay stages an encounter and sets free the resonances between the writing of Jean-Luc Nancy on and around the "body" and the cinema of Claire Denis as a cinema that mobilises the force of bodies that it itself invents, and to which it gives a unique form of presence.

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Book SynopsisOriginally published in Dutch and translated to Spanish for the fourth centenary celebration of the death of El Greco in 2014, this book is a comprehensive study of the rediscovery of El Greco -- seen as one of the most important events of its kind in art history. The Nationalization of Culture versus the Rise of Modern Art analyses how changes in artistic taste in the second half of the nineteenth century caused a profound revision of the place of El Greco in the artistic canon. As a result, El Greco was transformed from an extravagant outsider and a secondary painter into the founder of the Spanish School and one of the principle predecessors of modern art, increasingly related to that of the Impressionists -- due primarily to the German critic Julius Meier-Graefe's influential History of Modern Art (1914). This shift in artistic preference has been attributed to the rise of modern art but Eric Storm, a cultural historian, shows that in the case of El Greco nationalist motives were even more important. This study examines the work of painters, art critics, writers, scholars and philosophers from France, Germany and Spain, and the role of exhibitions, auctions, monuments and commemorations. Paintings and associated anecdotes are discussed, and historical debates such as El Greco's supposed astigmatism are addressed in a highly readable and engaging style. This book will be of interest to both specialists and the interested art public.Trade Review"The book creates a great argument for the improbability of El Greco as a choice for critics to elevate as a founding father of the Spanish School, and by knowing the multiple and strong reactions to El Grecos oeuvre, it offers art lovers a chance to reencounter the art with fresh eyes". - Barragan, Maite (2017) "Review of Eric Storm, The Discovery of El Greco. The Naturalization of Culture Versus the Rise of Modern Art, 1860-1914," Bulletin for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies: Vol. 42 : Iss. 2 , Article 18.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on an ethnographic study in a multicultural city of Arabs and Jews in Israel, this book examines the models and expressions of power implicated in discourse and conflict resolution practices in cross cultural contemporary community. The author explores community politics expressed in daily life as a contextual background to the analysis of conflict resolution politics, exploring perspectives of state and civic stakeholders. Through case analysis, and addressing the individual, organisational and societal levels, Dr Li-On illustrates that conflict resolution is dominated by politics, with culture, ethnicity, and identity playing a significant role; disputing groups rely on conflict resolution to achieve contesting socio-political goals. The book explores core concerns in the field, illustrating obstacles, challenges and opportunities confronting informal justice in contemporary communities. Informal Justice in Contemporary Society is motivated by the field's research-practice gap and the lack of real world impact research in cross-cultural settings. The book contributes insights towards theory refinement and conflict resolution practice by addressing practical issues confronted by mediators in the field. This innovative research path introduces a holistic approach to the study of informal justice in social context, deploying multilevel ethnographic analysis to broaden the perspectives and understanding of conflict resolution in contemporary communities. Locally, it provides insights into conflict resolution in Israel in a mixed city of Arabs and Jews. This book belongs on the reference shelf of essential reading for educators, researchers and practitioners in conflict resolution and social studies, including anthropological, community, legal and cultural fields.

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Book SynopsisHierarchies and disparities based on sex and gender have characterized nearly all hominid societies over almost the entire world of cultures since time immemorial. Nearly without exception, those disparities have created a hierarchy of male over female. Languages reflect that. For example, in the English language, the word for the fe/male sex is based on the word male; man is the root for wo/man; and indeed man is generally considered the generic for all members of the species. Spanish, on the other hand, does differentiate hombre from mujer, but the masculine is still considered the root and the generic. For the purposes of S/HE: Sex & Gender in Hispanic Worlds, sex refers to biological differences, i.e., reproductive organs and secondary sexual characteristics, which are perceived as oppositional yet collaborative, in the propagation of the species. Gender, on the other hand, refers to culturally-specific expectations and/or stereotypes in terms of an individuals or groups self (re)presentation and/or behaviors. The main title, S/HE, is a nod to the arguably-gender-neutral third-person singular pronoun from the 1960s inclusive English-language movement in the United States, which was concurrent with equal rights movements in terms of race, ethnicity, sex and gender. This book focuses on sex and gender issues in the Hispanic worlds, paying homage to all who do not fit within the strict parameters of previous definitions by including broadened descriptions of identity, both biological and social, and by highlighting aspects of traditional and non-traditional lifestyles as portrayed in art and literature.

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Book SynopsisThe Founders of the American Republic set up a remarkable experiment in self-government. Today, debates rage as to the philosophical legacy of this ongoing experiment. In this fascinating study, Timothy Roth offers a critical analysis of modern liberalism and the economic theory to which it is conjoined - social welfare theory. The author argues that social welfare theory cannot be reconciled with the American Founders' procedurally based, consequence-detached republican self-government project. The book goes on to explore and expound the Founders' desire to promote respect for the moral law, their appreciation of the reciprocal relationship between morality and law, and their commitment to the promotion of justice in the sense of impartial institutions; ideas which find expression in contractarian, constitutional political economy.Scholars and students in economics, political science, law and philosophy will find this marvelous treatise an engaging and thought-provoking read.Trade Review'An emphatic, well-documented and currently relevant restatement of the Founders' vision of the self-governing American Republic, a vision that remains broadly recognizable, even if far from either historical or observed reality. This book should be required reading for any aspirant to public office, whether executive, legislative, or judicial.' -- James M. Buchanan, Nobel Laureate, George Mason University and Virginia Polytechnic and State University, US'Roth has written a powerful, persuasive, and disturbing book that deserves a wide audience.' -- Forrest McDonald, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Founders’ ‘Republican Cause’ 2. The Commercial Republic 3. Autonomy Ascendant 4. The Public Philosophy of Modern America 5. The Economic Analogue 6. A Failed Public Philosophy 7. The Decline of Political Economy 8. ‘Auxiliary Precautions’ in Our Time References Index

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Book SynopsisTourism is an essentially visual experience: we leave our homes so as to travel to see places, thus adding to our personal knowledge about, and experience of, the world. The study of tourism as a complex social phenomenon, beyond simply business, is increasing in importance, and by providing an examination of perceptions of culture and society in tourism destinations through the tourist's eyes, this book discusses how destinations were, and are, created and perceived through the 'lens' of the tourist's gaze.Table of Contents1: The Changing Tourist Gaze in India’s Hill Stations: Vignettes from the Early 19th Century to the Present Kathleen Baker 2: ‘Memory Tourism’ and Commodifi cation of Nostalgia Roberta Bartoletti 3: Edward Hopper: Glancing at Gaze with a Wink at Tourism Teresa Costa 4: A ‘Vice Among Tourists’? Trans-national Narratives of the Irish Landscape, 1886-1914 K.J. James 5: Decolonizing the Gaze: at Uluru (Ayers Rock) Jana-Axinja Paschen 6: Tracking the (Tourists’) Gaze: Using Technology in Visual Analysis of Identificational Strategies Sergej Stoetzer 7: Gazing at the Gallant Gurkha: Glimpsing Nepalese Society Lisa Power and Clive Baker 8: In the Eye of the Beholder? Tourism and the Activist Academic Freya Higgins-Desbiolles 9: Gazes on Levanto: a Case Study on How Local Identity Could Become Part of the Touristic Supply Stefania Antonioni, Laura Gemini and Lella Mazzoli 10: Image, Construction and Representation in Tourism Promotion and Heritage Management Elisabeth Dumont, Mikel Asensio and Manuel Mortari 11: Tourist Immersion or Tourist Gaze: the Backpacker Experience Ketwadee Buddhabhumbhitak 12: Receiving and Shaping the Tourist Appraising Gaze: the Lived Experience of Reception Work in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry Gayathri (Gee) Wijesinghe and Peter Willis 13: Seeing the Sites: Tourism as Perceptual Experience James Moir 14: Goods of Desire: Visual and Other Aspects of Western Exoticism in Postcolonial Hong Kong Hilary du Cros 15: Mauritanian Guestbook: Shaping Culture while Displaying it Maria Cardeira da Silva 16: Transforming Taste(s) into Sights: Gazing and Grazing with Television’s Culinary Tourists David Dunn 17: World in One City: Surrealist Geography and Time and Space Compression in Alex Cox’s Liverpool Les Roberts

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Book SynopsisAs traditional notions of masculinity have been put into question, there have been representational reactions to and articulations of changing masculinities in post-modern culture. Certain contemporary French cultural productions are illustrative of these changing masculinities and this book offers the first comprehensive examination of these manifestations. Acclaimed critic Lawrence Schehr uses analysis of AIDS narratives, mainstream films, popular novels, more mainstream novels, a graphic novel, and rightist polemics to explore the changing meaning of masculinity in French society. French Postmodern Masculinities will appeal to a broad range of researchers and postgraduate students working in French cultural studies, cinema, and twentieth- and twenty-first-century French literature.Trade ReviewThis book makes a valuable contribution to French sexuality studies, and certainly deserves the attention of researchers in the field. * French Studies, Vol 66, no 3 *Table of Contents Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The work of Literature in an age of Queer reproduction 2 Neuromatrices and Networks 3 Topographies of Queer Popular culture 4 Perversions of the real Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAn Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library. French Cycling: a Social and Cultural History aims to provide a balanced and detailed analytical survey of the complex leisure activity, sport, and industry that is cycling in France. Identifying key events, practices, stakeholders and institutions in the history of French cycling, the volume presents an interdisciplinary analysis of how cycling has been significant in French society and culture since the late Nineteenth century. Cycling as Leisure is considered through reference to the adoption of the bicycle as an instrument of tourism and emancipation by women in the 1880s, for example, or by study of the development in the 1990s of long-distance tourist cycle routes. Cycling as Sport and its attendant dimensions of amateurism/professionalism, national identity, the body and doping, and other issues is investigated through study of the history of the Tour de France, the track-racing organised at the Vélodrome d'hiver in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s and other emblematic events. Cycling as Industry and economic activity is considered through an assessment of how cycling firms have contributed to technological innovation at various junctures in France's economic development. Cycling and the Media is investigated through analysis of how cyclesport has contributed to developments in the French press (in early decades) but also to new trends in television and radio coverage of sports events. Based on a very wide range of primary and secondary sources, the volume aims to present in clear language an explanation of the varied significance of cycling in France over the last hundred years.Trade ReviewReviews'The style of writing is clear and accessible to a reader new to the subject, but the multiple dimensions of this work mean that even those readers with specialist knowledge of one kind or another are likely to find much of interest.' Edward Nye'Hugh Dauncey is to be commended for taking on such an ambitious project and for the impressive range of subjects that he integrates into his engaging and informative history of French cycling in all its forms.' H-France Review'This fascinating history will be required reading not simply for sports specialists, but for anyone interested in the social and cultural manifestations of France’s most emblematic form of personal mobility.' French Studies'Dauncey ties together French cycling’s diversity of historical experiences and trends into a single, compelling volume.' Contemporary French Civilization * Contemporary French Civilization 39.1 *'Experts will acknowledge the scholarship and enthusiasts will enjoy an academic work which is both accessible and a really good read. Honoured by the French Education Ministry in 2003 with his appointment as Chevalier dans l’ordre des Palmes académiques, Hugh Dauncey brilliantly continues his distinguished vocation of doing great service to French culture and this book confirms his reputation as an authority on the practice of cycling in France.' European Studies in Sports History'This book is undoubtedly the best English-language introduction to French cycling and the Tour de France. It provides a ‘quick and necessary’ overview, in the words of the author, of the discipline in France since the second half of the nineteenth century.' Patrick Gaboriau and Philippe Gaboriau, French HistoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. French Cycling: Issues and Themes 2. The Early Years: Cycling in Search of an Identity, 1869-1891 3. Towards Sporting Modernity: Sport as the Driver of Cycling, 1891-1902 4. The Belle Epoque and the First World War: Industry, Sport, Utility and Leisure, 1903-1918 5. Cycling between the Wars: Sport, Recreation, Ideology, 1919-1939 6. From Defeat to the New France: Sport and Society, Cycling, and Everyday Life, 1940-1959 7. Cycling's Glory Years and their Mediatization, 1960-1980 8. Cycling in Transformation: Industry, Recreation, Sport, 1980-2000 9. French Cycling in Quest of a New Identity, 2000-2011 10. A Sense of Cycling in France Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCaribbean Critique seeks to define and analyze the distinctive contribution of francophone Caribbean thinkers to perimetric Critical Theory. The book argues that their singular project has been to forge a brand of critique that, while borrowing from North Atlantic predecessors such as Rousseau, Hegel, Marx, and Sartre, was from the start indelibly marked by the Middle Passage, slavery, and colonialism. Chapters and sections address figures such as Toussaint Louverture, Baron de Vastey, Victor Schoelcher, Aimé Césaire, René Ménil, Frantz Fanon, Maryse Condé, and Edouard Glissant, while an extensive theoretical introduction defines the essential parameters of 'Caribbean Critique.'Trade Review'This is a very important and exciting book. Extending to the whole of the French Caribbean his previous work on the philosophical bases of the Haitian Revolution, Nesbitt has produced the first ever account of the region’s writing from a consistently philosophical, as distinct from literary or historical, standpoint.' Celia Britton'… the book fills an important gap in francophone Caribbean studies, which has always had a strong theoretical component but, arguably, has not previously been subject to such a rigorously philosophical critical treatment. … latest study will prove to be a landmark, indeed seminal, work in Caribbean Critique.' French Studies'Nesbitt’s book may be read as a survey, it also offers extremely succinct, complex, and compelling new perspectives on polemical issues that inhabit our work as professors, pedagogues, and intellectuals today…' Contemporary French Civilization'Nesbitt has made an important and highly original contribution to such debates.'New West Indian Guide Reviews 'A prodigiously researched and compelling conceptualisation of francophone Caribbean critical thought.' Gabriella Rodriguez, SX SalonTable of Contents Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: The Caribbean Critical Imperative I. Tropical Equality: The Politics of Principle . 1 Foundations of Caribbean Critique: From Jacobinism to Black Jacobinism . 2 Victor Schoelcher, Tocqueville, and the Abolition of Slavery . 3 Aimé Césaire and the Logic of Decolonization . 4 ‘Stepping Outside the Magic Circle’: The Critical Thought of Maryse Condé . 5 Édouard Glissant: From the Destitution of the Political to Antillean Ultra-leftism II. Critique of Caribbean Violence . 6 Jacobinism, Black Jacobinism, and the Foundations of Political Violence . 7 The Baron de Vastey and the Contradictions of Scribal Critique . 8 Revolutionary Inhumanism: Fanon’s On Violence . 9 Aristide and the Politics of Democratization III. Critique of Caribbean Relation . 10 Édouard Glissant: From the Poétique de la relation to the Transcendental Analytic of Relation . 11 Césaire and Sartre: Totalization, Relation, Responsibility . 12 Militant Universality: Absolutely Postcolonial . Conclusion: Aimé Césaire: The Incandescent I, Destroyer of Worlds Appendix: Letter of Jean-François, Belair, and Biassou/ Toussaint, July 1792 Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCultured Violence explores contemporary South African culture as a test case for the achievement of democracy by constitutional means in the wake of prolonged and violent conflict. The book addresses key ethical issues, normally addressed from within the discourses of law, the social sciences, and health sciences, through narrative analysis. The book draws from and juxtaposes narratives of profoundly different kinds to make its point: fictional narratives, such as the work of Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee; public testimony, such as that of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and Jacob Zuma’s (the former Deputy President’s) 2006 trial on charges of rape; and personal testimony, drawn from interviews undertaken by the author over the past ten years in South Africa. These narratives are analysed in order to demonstrate the different ways in which they illuminate the cultural “state of the nation”: ways that elude descriptions of South African subjects undertaken from within discourses that have a historical tendency to ignore cultural dimensions of lived experience and their material particularity. The implications of these lived experiences of culture are underlined by the book’s focus on the violation of human rights as comprising practices that are simultaneously discursive and material. Cases of such violations, all drawn from the South African context, include humans’ use of non-human animals as instruments of violence against other humans; the constructed marginalization and vulnerability of women and children; and the practice of stigma in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.Trade ReviewRecommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. * Choice, vol. 48 No 9 *Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction: Testifying in and to Cultures of Spectacular Violence 1. ‘Going to the Dogs’: ‘Humanity’ in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace,The Lives of Animals and South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission 2. The State of/and Childhood: Engendering Adolescence in Contemporary South Africa 3. Spectral Presences: Women, Stigma, and the Performance of Alienation 4. Men ‘Not Feeling Good’: The Dilemmas of Hypermasculinity in the Era of HIV/AIDS Conclusion: Constituting Dishonour Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFifty years after Algerian independence, the legacy of France's Algerian past, and the ongoing complexities of the Franco-Algerian relationship, remain a key preoccupation in both countries. A central role in shaping understanding of their shared past and present is played by visual culture. This study investigates how relations between France and Algeria have been represented and contested through visual means since the outbreak of the Algerian War in 1954. It probes the contours of colonial and postcolonial visual culture in both countries, highlighting the important roles played by still and moving images when Franco-Algerian relations are imagined. Analysing a wide range of images made on both sides of the Mediterranean – from colonial picture postcards of French Algeria to contemporary representations of postcolonial Algiers – this new book is the first to trace the circulation of, and connections between, a diverse range of images and media within this field of visual culture. It shows how the visual representation of Franco-Algerian links informs our understanding both of the lived experience of postcoloniality within Europe and the Maghreb, and of wider contemporary geopolitics.Trade ReviewContesting Views is an incisive and timely analysis of visual culture and its role in the mediation of Franco-Algerian relations, and makes a convincing case for the importance of visual image and visual forms in considering the postcoloniality of both France and Algeria. James House, University of LeedsContesting Views is a meticulously researched work, brimming with relevant references to a range of secondary literature on Franco-Algerian relations, and one which also demonstrates a welcome gendered awareness of female invisibility in many of the images discussed. This insightful and wide-ranging study recognizes the significant and, until now, underrepresented role played by the visual in informing pre- and post-colonial views of Franco-Algerian relations, and will thus appeal to both general and specialist readers with an interest in such relations, and in visual culture as a whole.Siobhan McIlvanney, Bulletin of Francophone Postcolonial StudiesTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Visualising the Franco-Algerian Relationship Part One. Algerian Pasts in the French Public Sphere 1. Wish We Were There: Nostalgic (Re)visions of France’s Algerian Past 2. Visions of History: Looking Back at the Algerian War 3. Out of the Shadows: The Visual Career of 17 October 1961 Part Two. Mapping Franco-Algerian Borders in Contemporary Visual Culture 4. War Child: Memory, Childhood and Algerian Pasts in Recent French Film 5. Bridging the Gap: Representations of the Mediterranean Sea 6. A Sense of Place: Envisioning Post-Colonial Space in France and Algeria Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA unique historical and linguistic resource for those in anthropology, art, folklore, history, linguistics, literature, psychology, religion, sociology, and environmental studies, as well as performers and poets. Not simply relics of the past, proverbs are an oral tradition containing historical and anthropological knowledge missing from conventional sources, and as micro-histories, provide a valuable source for the reconstruction of the manners, characteristics, and worldviews of societies. While only a few hundred Kamba proverbs have ever appeared in print, thousands have circulated over time, from the monsoon exchange era of the Roman Empire through the advent of Islam, European imperialism and colonialism to independence. Today, a resurgence of interest in the form has been generated via social media, songs and vernacular radio programmes. This book provides the first, comprehensive collection of Kamba proverbs from Eastern Kenya in their original Kĩkamba language and in translation. Analysing 2,000 proverbs drawn from oral interviews, archival collections, museum artefacts and published sources, the author traces the origins of each and explores their meaning, interpretation and use. Covering a diverse range of subjects that ranges from plants, animals, birds and insects, to weather, land, the roles of men and women, cosmology, ritual and belief, healing, trade, politics and peacemaking, the book offers new insights into Kenya's rural world and the expansion of Kamba society, East African history, language and culture of vital significance for the social sciences. A valuable comparative work for societal change elsewhere in Africa and beyond, the book also suggests an innovative, alternative approach to the study of the African past.Trade ReviewThe book has many strong attributes. ... recommended for lovers of proverbs and those interested in East African history and Kamba culture. -- African Studies QuarterlyTable of ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction PART II: THE NATURAL WORLD 2 Atmosphere and Biosphere 3 Wild Plants 4 Wild Game 5 Wild Birds 6 Predators and Vermin 7 Insects and their role in Kamba History 8 Amphibians and Reptiles PART III: KAMBA AT HOME 9 Farm, Hearth, and Home 10 Crops and Other Plants 11 Domesticated Animals 12 Men and Masculinity 13 Women and Motherhood 14 Children and Adulthood PART IV: KAMBA SOCIETY 15 Place names and Ethnic names 16 Beliefs, Rituals, and Cosmology 17 Wealth and Poverty 18 Cuisine and Consumption 19 Health, Healing, and the Body 20 Trade, Markets, and Industries 21 Politics, Conflict, and Peacemaking

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Book SynopsisCreating Experiences in the Experience Economy focuses on the creation of experience from a business perspective. In doing so, the book establishes a more solid foundation for making better and more complex analyses of experience creation, paving the way for the development of analytically based and innovative experiences in experience firms and institutions. The contributors emphasise that experience creation is not an easy task with a straightforward formula and examine how marketed experiences are constructed, developed and innovated.Presenting diverse and innovative perspectives, the contributors discuss and present models for how experiences are designed, produced and distributed. With its cross-disciplinary approach to experience creation, this fascinating study will appeal to researchers and academics of business administration, services, culture and tourism.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to Experience Creation Per Darmer and Jon Sundbo PART I: EXPERIENCE CREATION DESIGN 2. The Food and Eating Experience Jan Krag Jacobsen 3. Designing Innovative Video Games Erik Kristiansen 4. What makes Rome: ROME? A Curious Traveller’s Multisensory Analysis of Aspects of Complex Roman Experiences Bjørn Laursen PART II: MANAGEMENT OF EXPERIENCE CREATION 5. The Backstaging of Experience Production Jon Sundbo and Peter Hagedorn-Rasmussen 6. Entrepreneurs in Music: The Passion of Experience Creation Per Darmer 7. The Urban Innovation Network Geography of Leisure Experiences Flemming Sørensen 8. Experience Offerings: Who or What Does the Action? Connie Svabo PART III: CONSUMER PERCEPTION OF EXPERIENCE CREATION 9. Performing Cultural Attractions Jørgen Ole Bærenholdt, Michael Haldrup and Jonas Larsen 10. On Sense and Sensibility in Performative Processes Henriette Christrup 11. Experience Production by Family Tourism Providers Ann Hartl and Malene Gram Index

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Book SynopsisIn this insightful book, the contributors focus on the impact of contextual factors on social movements in the developing world, pushing major existing theories beyond their traditional focus. With wide coverage of the developing world, leading academics explore a variety of forms and mechanisms of social movement. They present discussions on resource and institutional endowment for mobilization in Colombia and Thailand, and explore the structure behind political opportunities in Argentina, China and South Africa. The history and reality of identity-making in India, Mexico and Nigeria are also examined.Presenting novel analytical frameworks to study social movements in developing countries, this book will be warmly welcomed by academics and researchers with an interest in sociology, development and political science. It will also strongly appeal to social movement activists.Trade Review'This is a useful book and an important contribution to the literature on social movements and civil society. . . It will be very helpful for those who understand social movement theory but need an orientation to developing societies. . . This book will also be useful to advanced graduate students in sociology, economics, and political science. The case studies could be excellent teaching tools. This would be a good text for a course on social movements. Protests and Social Movements in the Developing World will add new dimensions to your work on social movements. It is a book that every social movement scholar will want on their bookshelf.' -- John McNutt, Voluntas'Protest and Social Movements in the Developing World> is aimed at scholars and social movement activists. Its innovative framework brings a fresh angle to the academic debate on social movements, whilst its meticulous empirical detail will appeal to those involved in a wide variety of social movements. In this sense, Protest and Social Movements in the Developing World will enjoy a warm reception amongst its target audience. . . A useful book for those already well versed in this field.' -- World Entrepreneurship Society'Shinichi Shigetomi and Kumiko Makino have produced an important book, global in scope and incisive in its analysis of social movements in different parts of the world. It will be a major resource for scholars everywhere.' -- James Midgley, University of California, Berkeley, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Rethinking Theories on Social Movements and Development Shinichi Shigetomi PART I: RESOURCE AND INSTITUTIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR MOBILIZATION 2. Community-based Local Development and the Peace Initiative of the PDPMM in Colombia: Resource Mobilization under Extreme Conditions Noriko Hataya 3. Institutional Readiness and Resource Dependence of Social Movements: The Case of Provincial Development Forums in Thailand Shinichi Shigetomi PART II: STRUCTURE BEHIND POLITICAL OPPORTUNITIES 4. Strategies for Fragmentary Opportunities and Limited Resources: The Environmental Protest Movement under Communist China in Transition Kenji Otsuka 5. Institutional Conditions for Social Movements to Engage in Formal Politics: The Case of AIDS Activism in Post-Apartheid South Africa Kumiko Makino 6. Rethinking Political Opportunity Structure in the Argentine Unemployed and Poor People’s Movement Koichi Usami PART III: HISTORY AND REALITY FOR FRAME- AND IDENTITY-MAKING 7. Dynamics of Ideal Values and Social Movement in a Corporatist State: Mexican Indigenous Peoples’ Movements and a Village’s Challenge Akio Yonemura 8. Competition and Framing in the Women’s Movement in India Mayumi Murayama 9. Opposition Movements and the Youth in Nigeria’s Oil-Producing Area: An Inquiry into Framing Katsuya Mochizuki PART IV: CONCLUSION 10. Resources, Organizations and Institutions: Intermediaries for Social Movements in Development Context Kumiko Makino and Shinichi Shigetomi Index

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Book SynopsisThe second edition of this widely acclaimed and extensively cited collection of original contributions by specialist authors reflects changes in the field of cultural economics over the last eight years. Thoroughly revised chapters alongside new topics and contributors bring the Handbook up to date, taking into account new research, literature and the impact of new technologies in the creative industries. The book covers a range of topics encompassing the creative industries as well as the economics of the arts and culture, and includes chapters on: the economics of art (including auctions, markets and prices), artists labor markets, creativity and the creative economy, cultural districts, cultural value, globalization and international trade, the Internet, media economics, museums, non-profit organizations, opera, performance indicators, performing arts, publishing, regulation, tax expenditures and welfare economics. This highly commended reference tool will be warmly welcomed on a wide range of courses in the fields of economics, business, management, arts management and cultural and media studies.Contributors: H. Abbing, K. Acheson, K. Alford, O. Ashenfelter, W.J. Baumol, F. Benhamou, M. Blaug, L. Bonet, A.E. Burke, S. Cameron, D.C. Chisholm, F. Colbert, T. Cowen, T. Cuccia, G. Doyle, J. Farchy, V. Fernandez-Blanco, B.S. Frey, V. Ginsburgh, K. Graddy, C.M. Gray, J. Heilbrun, A. Henten, C. Hjorth-Andersen, M. Hutter, W.M. Landes, L. Levy-Garboua, W.A. Luksetich, C. Maule, I. Mazza, C. Montmarquette, D. Netzer, J. O'Hagan, G. Pignataro, J. Prieto-Rodriguez, I. Rizzo, F. Rochelandet, M. Rushton, D. Sagot-Duvauroux, W. Santagata, G.G. Schulze, B.A. Seaman, J.D. Snowball, M. Taalas, R. Tadayoni, D. Throsby, R. Towse, M. Trimarchi, D. Urrutiaguer, O. Velthuis, N.M. Wijnberg, G. WithersTrade Review‘A Handbook of Cultural Economics is the definitive guide to cultural economics. Short, accessible articles by leading scholars in the field quickly bring the reader up to speed and point them in the right direction for future research. The new edition brings the field to the cutting edge and is a must have for anyone interested in economics and the insights it offers for understanding popular culture and the arts.’ -- Alex Tabarrok, George Mason University and The Independent InstituteTable of ContentsContents: Preface to the Second Edition Introduction Ruth Towse 1. Application of Welfare Economics William J. Baumol 2. Art Auctions Orley Ashenfelter and Kathryn Graddy 3. Art Dealers Olav Velthuis 4. Art Markets Olav Velthuis 5. Art Prices Dominique Sagot-Duvauroux 6. Artistic Freedom Michael Rushton 7. Artists’ Labour Markets Françoise Benhamou 8. Artists’ Rights Michael Rushton 9. Awards Nachoem M. Wijnberg 10. Baumol’s Cost Disease James Heilbrun 11. Broadcasting Glenn Withers and Katrina Alford 12. Cinema Samuel Cameron 13. Contingent Valuation Tiziana Cuccia 14. Copyright William M. Landes 15. Costs of Production Mervi Taalas 16. Creative Economy Tyler Cowen 17. Creative Industries Ruth Towse 18. Creativity Ruth Towse 19. Criticism Samuel Cameron 20. Cultural Capital David Throsby 21. Cultural Districts Walter Santagata 22. Cultural Entrepreneurship Mark Blaug and Ruth Towse 23. Cultural Statistics David Throsby 24. Cultural Tourism Lluís Bonet 25. Cultural Value Jen D. Snowball 26. Demand Louis Lévy-Garboua and Claude Montmarquette 27. Digitalization Anders Henten and Reza Tadayoni 28. Economic Impact of the Arts Bruce A. Seaman 29. Experience Goods Michael Hutter 30. Festivals Bruno S. Frey 31. Globalization Keith Acheson 32. Heritage Françoise Benhamou 33. International Trade Günther G. Schulze 34. The Internet: Culture for Free Joëlle Farchy 35. The Internet: Economics Fabrice Rochelandet 36. Management of the Arts François Colbert 37. Marketing the Arts François Colbert 38. Media Economics and Regulation Gillian Doyle 39. Motion Pictures Darlene C. Chisholm 40. Museums Víctor Fernández-Blanco and Juan Prieto-Rodríguez 41. The Music Industry Andrew E. Burke 42. Non-profit Organizations Dick Netzer 43. Opera and Ballet Ruth Towse 44. Orchestras William A. Luksetich 45. Participation Charles M. Gray 46. Performance Indicators Giacomo Pignataro 47. Performing Arts Ruth Towse 48. Poverty and Support for Artists Hans Abbing 49. Pricing the Arts Michael Rushton 50. Principal–Agent Analysis Michele Trimarchi 51. Public Choice Isidoro Mazza 52. Public Support Bruno S. Frey 53. Publishing Christian Hjorth-Andersen 54. Regulation Ilde Rizzo 55. Resale Rights Victor Ginsburgh 56. Superstars Günther G. Schulze 57. Tax Concessions John O’Hagan 58. Television Christopher Maule 59. Theatre Daniel Urrutiaguer 60. Welfare Economics Mark Blaug Index

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Book SynopsisEven today, many people think of 'social problems' as involving poor and powerless individuals in society. "Research in Social Problems and Public Policy" seeks to improve the balance by adding a focus on important and powerful institutions. Such organizations often play key roles in managing, and mismanaging, the ways in which some of today's most important social problems are handled by the public policy system. The book series are compiled and written by the most highly regarded authors in their fields and are selected from across the globe. The papers discuss policy sciences, public policy analysis and public management. It addresses operations and design issues for government organizations.Table of ContentsCollaboration between science and social science: Issues, challenges, and opportunities. Knowing a Hawk from a Handsaw: Interdisciplinarity and STEM education research. Engineering ethics and STS subcultures. Understanding earth resources: What's sociology got to do with it?. Teaching sociology to science and engineering students: some experiences from an introductory science and technology studies course. Why sociology courses combined with a required STS project are mutually enhancing: The WPI experience. Advancing educational reform: Lessons from a collaborative workshop among engineering educators and sociologists. Pedagogical partnerships: Faculty learning communities as a foundation for linking science and society. Improving educational change agents’ efficacy in science, engineering, and mathematics education. The convergence of sociology and computer science. The social sciences and the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM): Toward the building of improved, two-way bridges. Research in Social Problems and Public Policy. Integrating the sciences and society: Challenges, practices, and potentials. Copyright page. Introduction: The importance and challenge of integrating scientific and societal perspectives. About the Authors.

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Book SynopsisWe all know about giving and receiving gifts: they can be touching or puzzling, either strengthening bonds of friendship or becoming a burden. Gifts are an integral part of human societies and this volume explores how, over the centuries, books and writing describe gifts in all their complexity, but also become precious gifts themselves. In a series of thought-provoking essays, richly illustrated from the Bodleian Library’s collections and beyond, the contributors illuminate some of the striking ways in which writing interacts with those fundamental impulses to give, receive and reciprocate. Each chapter draws on a particular perspective, including archaeology and religion, history, literature and anthropology. From an ancient Sumerian tablet recording the founding of a temple to contemporary children’s literature that highlights the pleasures and troubling histories of exchange and inheritance, the dynamics of the gift are at work across space and time. This book features gorgeous medieval manuscripts, gifts made by and for Queen Elizabeth I, Victorian Christmas tales and a mysterious Scottish book sculpture. Stories of sacrifice, love, loyalty and friendship are woven into these books and objects, showing the ongoing power of the gift to shape the stories we tell about ourselves.

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Book SynopsisCultural studies and modern feminism are contemporaries and their short histories have been closely interwoven. Feminist cultural studies is consequently a particularly rich field for study and research.Feminist Cultural Studies is a key reference collection covering a broad spectrum including ethnographic studies, audiences and reading, culture in the making of subjectivity, and popular culture such as film, television, dance, make-up and advertising. Other areas addressed include contemporary theory and method, the uses of the female body as a cultural product, and the inter-relationship of 'race' and ethnicity in the cultural construction of gender.This collection includes seminal essays by well-known writers such as Susan Bordo, Hazel Carby, Sue-Ellen Case, Rita Felski, Jane Gaines, Susan Gubar, Angela McRobbie, Toril Moi, Toni Morrison, Laura Mulvey, Janice Radway, Jacqueline Rose, Gayatry Spivak, Carolyn Steedman, Catherine Stimpson, Elizabeth Wilson and many others. This authoritative two volume set will be welcomed by students, teachers and researchers as a key reference reader on feminist cultural studies which will improve access to seminal articles, as well as some intriguing and influential papers which have been overlooked in the past.Table of ContentsContents: Volume I PART I: CULTURE IS ORDINARY 1. Micaela di Leonardo (1987), ‘The Female World of Cards and Holidays: Women, Families, and the Work of Kinship’ 2. Barbara Littlewood (1987) ‘Women, Words and Power: A Study of the Language of Magic in Southern Italy’ 3. Peter Bailey (1990), ‘Parasexuality and Glamour: the Victorian Barmaid as Cultural Prototype’ 4. Mica Nava (1992), ‘Outrage and Anxiety in the Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse: Cleveland and the Press’ 5. Janice Winship (1981), ‘Handling Sex’ 6. Jennifer Craik (1989), ‘“I must put my face on”: Making Up the Body and Marking Out the Feminine’ PART II: MAKING SUBJECTIVITIES: MAKING SOCIAL IDENTITIES 7. Carolyn Steedman (1980), ‘The Tidy House’ 8. Jacqueline Rose (1985), ‘State and Language: Peter Pan as Written for the Child’ 9. Mitzi Myers, (1989), ‘“Servants as They are Now Educated”: Women Writers and Georgian Pedogogy’ 10. Regenia Gagnier, (1989), ‘The Literary Standard, Working-Class Lifewriting, and Gender’ 11. Liz Stanley, (1990), ‘Moments of Writing: Is There a Feminist Auto/biography?’ 12. Judith R. Walkowitz (1986), ‘Science, Feminism and Romance: The Men and Women’s Club 1885–1889’ PART III: FEMINISM AND GENDER IN POPULAR CULTURE 13. Charlotte Brunsdon (1991), ‘Pedagogies of the Feminine: Feminist Teaching and Women’s Genres’ 14. Beverley Alcock and Jocelyn Robson (1990), ‘Cagney and Lacey Revisited’ 15. Judith Mayne, (1988), L.A. Law and Prime-Time Feminism’ 16. Susan McClary (1990), ‘Living to Tell: Madonna’s Resurrection of the Fleshly’ 17. Rita Felski (1990), ‘Kitsch, Romance Fiction and Male Paranoia: Stephen King Meets the Frankfurt School’ 18. Frigga Haug (1987), ‘Daydreams’ PART IV: CULTURE AND CONSUMPTION 19. Jane Gaines (1989), ‘The Queen Christina Tie-Ups: Convergence of Show Window and Screen’ 20. Mary Ann Doane (1989), ‘The Economy of Desire: The Commodity Form in/of the Cinema’ 21. Susan Willis (1990), ‘“I want the black one”: Is There a Place for Afro-American Culture in Commodity Culture?’ 22. Ann K. Clark (1987), ‘The Girl: A Rhetoric of Desire’ 23. Danae Clark (1991), ‘Commodity Lesbianism’ PART V: READERS AND AUDIENCES 24. Janice A. Radway (1986), ‘Reading is Not Eating: Mass-Produced Literature and the Theoretical, Methodological, and Political Consequences of a Metaphor’ 25. Gill Frith (1991), ‘Transforming Features: Double Vision and the Female Reader’ 26. Helen Taylor (1993), Anniversaries, Sequels and Bandwagons: Gone With the Wind, 1989–91”, Women: A Cultural Review’ 27. Laura Mulvey (1989), ‘British Feminist Film Theory’s Female Spectators: Presence and Absence’ Volume II PART I: SOME OVERVIEWS 1. Catherine R. Stimpson (1988), ‘Nancy Reagan Wears a Hat: Feminism and Its Cultural Consensus’ 2. Lisa Tickner (1988), ‘Feminism, Art History, and Sexual Difference’ 3. Ginette Vincendeau (1987), ‘Women’s Cinema, Film Theory and Feminism in France: Reflections after the 1987 Creteil Festival’ 4. Chandra Talpade Mohanty (1988), ‘Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses’ PART II: THEORY AND METHOD 5. Barbara Creed (1987), ‘From Here to Modernity: Feminism and Postmodernism’ 6. Mary Poovey (1988), ‘Feminism and Deconstruction’ 7. Sue-Ellen Case (1988-89), ‘Towards a Butch-Femme Aesthetic’ 8. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak with Ellen Rooney, (1993), ‘In a Word. Interview’ 9. Toril Moi (1991), ‘Appropriating Bourdieu: Feminist Theory and Pierre Bourdieu’s Sociology of Culture’ 10. Jenny Taylor (1991), ‘Dreams of a Common Language: Science, Gender and Culture’ 11. Angela McRobbie (1991), ‘New Times in Cultural Studies’ 12. Sarah Franklin, Celia Lury and Jackie Stacey (1991), ‘Feminism and Cultural Studies: Pasts, Presents, Futures’ Part III: THE BODY SIGNIFIES 13. Deborah Cameron, (1992), ‘Naming of Parts: Gender, Culture, and Terms for the Penis Among American College Students’ 14. Sander L. Gilman (1992), ‘Black Bodies, White Bodies: Toward an Iconography of Female Sexuality in Late Nineteenth-Century Art, Medicine, and Literature’ 15. Sally Peters (1992), ‘From Eroticism to Transcendence: Ballroom Dance and the Female Body’ 16. Sandra Kemp (1992), ‘“Let’s Watch a Little How He Dances” – Performing Cultural Studies’ 17. Annette Kuhn (1989), ‘The Body and Cinema: Some Problems for Feminism’ 18. Susan Bordo (1993), ‘“Material Girl”: The Effacements of Postmodern Culture’ 19. Rosi Braidotti (1989), ‘Organs Without Bodies’ PART IV: WORDS AND WORLDS 20. Carol Cohn (1987), ‘Sex and Death in the Rational World of Defence Intellectuals’ 21. Hazel V. Carby (1985), ‘“On the Threshold of Women’s Era”: Lynching, Empire, and Sexuality in Black Feminist Theory’ 22. Katie King (1988), ‘Audre Lorde’s Lacquered Layerings: The Lesbian Bar as a Site of Literary Production’ 23. Toni Morrison, (1989), ‘Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature’ 24. Kathryn Dodd (1990), ‘Cultural Politics and Women’s Historical Writing: The Case of Ray Strachey’s The Cause’ PART V: VISIBLE WORLDS 25. Wendy Kozol, (1988), ‘Madonnas of the Fields: Photography, Gender, and 1930s Farm Relief’ 26. Christine Holmlund (1991), ‘When is a Lesbian Not a Lesbian?: The Lesbian Continuum and the Mainstream Femme Film’ 27. Lynda Nead (1990), ‘The Female Nude: Pornography, Art, and Sexuality’ 28. Susan Gubar (1987), ‘Representing Pornography: Feminism, Criticism, and Depictions of Female Violation’ 29. Elizabeth Wilson (1992), ‘The Invisible Flâneur’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisWhat major long-term factors will shape the European Community post-1992? Who are the central actors, how will they exert influence on Europe's future, and what are their expectations and intentions?In seeking to answer these questions, The European Challenges Post-1992 offers a multidisciplinary, qualitative approach, throwing new light on the aspirations and preoccupations aroused by the promise of the Community. Centring on socio-political and cultural concerns and their interplay with economic phenomena, this important book combines expert opinion from 12 large European research institutes - each of which provides an analysis of the major factors shaping the future of their own country - with the views of leading industrialists and business leaders. The editors bring together these different views and interpretations to offer a comprehensive assessment of the Community's future.The European Challenge Post-1992 includes contributions by the former Commissaire du Plan (Brussels), the Institute of International Economics and Management (Copenhagen), Commissariat General du Plan (Paris), Kiel Institute of World Economics (Kiel), Foundation of Economic and Industrial Research (Athens), Economic and Social Research Institute (Dublin), Centro Studi Investimenti Sociali (Rome), Institut Universitaire International (Luxembourg), Scientific Council for Government Policy (The Hague), Instituto de Prospectiva (Lisbon), Fundacion Empresa Publica (Madrid), McKinsey & Co. and the Policy Studies Institute (London).The product of a major research project, this distinguished book is an invaluable reference point for all those concerned with the future of the European Community.Trade ReviewPreface by Jacques Delors'It cannot be said that any important issue is ignored in this substantial and useful piece of research.'

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Book SynopsisWhat major long-term factors will shape the European Community post-1992? Who are the central actors, how will they exert influence on Europe's future, and what are their expectations and intentions?In seeking to answer these questions, The European Challenges Post-1992 offers a multidisciplinary, qualitative approach, throwing new light on the aspirations and preoccupations aroused by the promise of the Community. Centring on socio-political and cultural concerns and their interplay with economic phenomena, this important book combines expert opinion from 12 large European research institutes - each of which provides an analysis of the major factors shaping the future of their own country - with the views of leading industrialists and business leaders. The editors bring together these different views and interpretations to offer a comprehensive assessment of the Community's future.The European Challenge Post-1992 includes contributions by the former Commissaire du Plan (Brussels), the Institute of International Economics and Management (Copenhagen), Commissariat General du Plan (Paris), Kiel Institute of World Economics (Kiel), Foundation of Economic and Industrial Research (Athens), Economic and Social Research Institute (Dublin), Centro Studi Investimenti Sociali (Rome), Institut Universitaire International (Luxembourg), Scientific Council for Government Policy (The Hague), Instituto de Prospectiva (Lisbon), Fundacion Empresa Publica (Madrid), McKinsey & Co. and the Policy Studies Institute (London).The product of a major research project, this distinguished book is an invaluable reference point for all those concerned with the future of the European Community.Trade ReviewPreface by Jacques Delors'It cannot be said that any important issue is ignored in this substantial and useful piece of research.'

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Book SynopsisThis title appears exactly 20 years after the publication of Altruism, Morality and Economic Theory, an important volume edited by E.S. Phelps which contains the proceeding of a conference where social scientists and philosophers met to speculate on the roles that altruism and morality play in shaping human behaviour and economic institutions within our societies. Until recently this discipline was considered of minor importance - now there is clear evidence of its growing interest.This an important volume contains the major articles on the economics of altruism published since 1975. The articles are grouped under 6 headings: the emergence of altruistic behaviour, varieties of altruism, the relevance of altruism and selfishness, altruism and allocation of resources, evolutionary dynamics of altruism, extended rationality and altruistic behaviour. The Economics of Altruism will be welcomed by all those with an interest in economics, philosophy, psychology and sociology.Trade Review'Professor Zamagni deserves high praise for his efforts bringing together a coherent critique of the conventional formulation of rationality in economics. . . . this volume will serve as a very useful introduction to the broad potential for future work in the economics of altruism.' -- Theodore Tsukahara Jr., Kyklos'The importance of bringing together such a span of ideas regarding one of the most problematic aspects of economic theory cannot be overstated.'– Amos Witztum, The Economic JournalTable of ContentsCONTENTS PART I THE EMERGENCE OF ALTRUISTIC BEHAVIOUR 1. Mordecai Kurz (1978), ‘Altruism as an Outcome of Social Interaction’ 2. Martin L. Hoffman (1981), ‘Is Altruism Part of Human Nature?’ 3. Dennis Krebs (1982), ‘Psychological Approaches to Altruism: An Evaluation’ 4. Robert H. Frank (1987), ‘If Homo Economicus Could Choose His Own Utility Function, Would He Want One with a Conscience?’ 5. Nancy Eisenberg and Paul A. Miller (1987), ‘Empathy, Sympathy, and Altruism: Empirical and Conceptual Links’ PART II VARIETIES OF ALTRUISM 6. Amartya Sen (1985), ‘Goals, Commitment, and Identity’ 7. Jack Hirshleifer (1977), ‘Shakespeare vs. Becker on Altruism: The Importance of Having the Last Word’ 8. David Collard (1975), ‘Edgeworth’s Propositions on Altruism’ 9. Ian Steedman (1989), ‘Rationality, economic man and altruism in P. H. Wicksteed’s Common Sense of Political Economy’ 10. David Miller (1988), ‘Altruism and the Welfare State’ 11. David Collard (1992), ‘Love is Not Enough’ PART III THE RELEVANCE OF ALTRUISM AND SELFISHNESS 12. Thomas C. Schelling (1978), ‘Altruism, Meanness, and Other Potentially Strategic Behaviors’ 13. Peter J. Hammond (1987), ‘Altruism’ 14. Dennis C. Mueller (1986), ‘Rational egoism versus adaptive egoism as fundamental postulate for a descriptive theory of human behavior’ 15. M. Teresa Lunati (1992), ‘On Altruism and Cooperation’ 16. John Hudson and Philip Jones (1994), ‘The Importance of the “Ethical Voter”: An Estimate of “Altruism:”’ PART IV ALTRUISM AND ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES 17. Gary S. Becker (1981), ‘Altruism in the Family and Selfishness in the Market Place’ 18. Robert Sugden (1982), ‘On the Economics of Philanthropy’ 19. David A. Collard (1983), ‘Economics of Philanthropy: A Comment’ 20. Serge-Christophe Kolm (1983), ‘Altruism and Efficiency’ 21. Assar Lindbeck and Jörgen W. Weibull (1988), ‘Altruism and Time Consistency: The Economics of Fait Accompli’ 22. B. Douglas Bernheim and Oded Stark (1988), ‘Altruism Within the Family Reconsidered: Do Nice Guys Finish Last?’ 23. Oded Stark (1989), ‘Altruism and the Quality of Life’ PART V EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF ALTRUISM 24. Gary S. Becker (1976), ‘Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology’ 25. Paul A. Samuelson (1993), ‘Altruism as a Problem Involving Group versus Individual Selection in Economics and Biology’ 26. Theodore C. Bergstrom and Oded Stark (1993), ‘How Altruism Can Prevail in an Evolutionary Environment’ 27. Herbert A. Simon (1990), ‘A Mechanism for Social Selection and Successful Altruism’ 28. Oded Stark (1993), ‘Nonmarket transfers and altruism’ PART VI EXTENDED RATIONALITY AND ALTRUISTIC BEHAVIOUR 29. Albert O. Hirschman (1992), ‘Against Parsimony: Three Easy Ways of Complicating Some Categories of Economic Discourse’ 30. J. Philippe Rushton (1982), ‘Altruism and Society: A Social Learning Perspective’ 31. Elias L. Khalil (1990), ‘Beyond Self-Interest and Altruism, A Reconstruction of Adam Smith’s Theory of Human Conduct’ 32. Israel M. Kirzner (1990), ‘Self-Interest and the New Bashing of Economics: A Fresh Opportunity in the Perennial Debate?’ 33. Robert H. Frank, Thomas Gilovich, and Dennis T. Regan (1993), ‘Does Studying Economics Inhibit Cooperation?’

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Book SynopsisExplores the scope that there is for Indigenous curatorial agency in the relationship of Indigenous contemporary art with the 'art world'. This monograph focuses on the current boom in Indigenous contemporary art in Brazil, exploring in particular the way that this work interfaces with the art world through exhibitions, and the scope that there is for Indigenous curatorial agency in this relationship. After a brief introduction to Indigenous art, it gives an overview of the evolving relationship between Indigenous art and the art world, exploring in particular the nature of decolonial and/or Indigenous curatorial practice both in Brazil and elsewhere in the world. It then hones in on a recent exhibition: 'Arte Eletrônica Indígena' [Indigenous Electronic Art], held at the Museum of Modern Art of Bahia in Salvador in August 2018. Based on participant observation and interviews, it provides an ethnographic reading of the opening weekend of the exhibition, looking at the alternative modalities of Indigenous curatorial agency that were exercised by the Indigenous people present. The conclusion explores the legacy of the 'Arte Eletrônica Indígena' exhibition, particularly for the Indigenous communities involved, and looks to the evidence provided by the exhibition for lessons to be learned for future exhibitions.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Indigenous Art and its Curation in Contemporary Brazil Chapter 2: Decolonial and Indigenous Curatorial Theory and Practice in Brazil Chapter 3: The "Arte Eletrônica Indígena" Exhibition: Scratching the Surface Chapter 4: "AEI: Uma Mostra Interativa": An Ethnographic Reading of Indigenous Curatorial Agency Conclusions: Being Indigenous, Being There Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of how writers, artists, and filmmakers expose the costs and contest the assumptions of the Capitalocene era that guides readers through the rapidly developing field of Spanish environmental cultural studies. From the scars left by Franco's dams and mines to the toxic waste dumped in Equatorial Guinea, from the cruelty of the modern pork industry to the ravages of mass tourism in the Balearic Islands, this book delves into the power relations, material practices and social imaginaries underpinning the global economic system to uncover its unaffordable human and non-human costs. Guiding the reader through the rapidly emerging field of Spanish environmental cultural studies, with chapters on such topics as extractivism, animal studies, food studies, ecofeminism, decoloniality, critical race studies, tourism, and waste studies, an international team of US and European scholars show how Spanish writers, artists, and filmmakers have illuminated and contested the growth-oriented and neo-colonialist assumptions of the current Capitalocene era. Focussed on Spain, the volume also provides models for exploring the socioecological implications of cultural manifestations in other parts of the world. CONTRIBUTORS: Eugenia Afinoguénova, Samuel Amago, Daniel Ares-López, Kata Beilin, John Beusterien, Miguel Caballero Vázquez, Jorge Catalá, Glen S. Close, Jeffrey K. Coleman, Jamie de Moya-Cotter, Ana Fernández-Cebrián, Ofelia Ferrán, Tatjana Gajic , Pedro García-Caro, Santiago Gorostiza, Germán Labrador Méndez, Maryanne L. Leone, Shanna Lino, Jorge Marí, José Manuel Marrero Henríquez, Maria Antònia Martí Escayol, Christine Martínez, Cristina Martínez Tejero, Micah McKay, Pamela F. Phillips, Mercè Picornell, Luis I. Prádanos, Cécile Stehrenberger, John H. Trevathan, Joaquín Valdivielso, William Viestenz, Maite ZubiaurreTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: Spanish Environmental Cultural Studies PART I: ENVIRONMENTAL CULTURAL HISTORY AND POLITICAL ECOLOGY 1.Political Ecology in Spain 2. Modern Iberian History at the Culture-Environment Interface: Cultures of Nature, Modernization, and the Anthropocene PART II: WATER AND POWER 3. Roots Under the Water: Dams, Displacement, and Memory in Franco's Spain (1950-1967) 4. The Message in a Bottle: Waterworks in Modern and Contemporary Spain 5.Soil, Water, and Light: Aerial Photography and Agriculture in Spain PART III: ECOLOGIES OF MEMORY AND EXTRACTIVISM 6.Developmentalism and the Political Unconsciousness: The Spanish Forms of Necro-Extractivism, from the Civil War to Neoliberal Democracy 7.S(h)ifting through the Wreckage 8.The Valley of the Fallen: From Francoist Environmentalism to DemocraticEco-Memorials PART IV: ANIMAL STUDIES AND MULTISPECIES ETHNOGRAPHIES 9.Multispecies Ethnographies in the World of Things (Crematorio and En la orilla by Rafael Chirbes and Óliver Laxe's O que arde): On the Need to Ecologize Humanities 10.What's in a Name? Animals and Humanities Biogeography 11.Ready-to-Hand: The Withdrawal of Animal Life in Francoist Cultural Production PART V: FOOD STUDIES AND EXPLOITATIVE ECOLOGIES 12.Spain's Gastronomy: Capitalism and Reproductive Labor 13.Intensive Industrial Livestock Production: Envisioning the Burden on Animals and the Environment PART VI: ECOFEMINISM 14.Early Ecofeminism in Spain: El metal de los Muertos (1920) and Mineros (1932), (anti)Mining Literary Interventions by Concha Espina, Carmen Conde, and María Cegarra 15. Spanish Ecofeminism PART VII: (NEO)COLONIAL AND RACIALIZED ECOLOGIES 16. Disaster, Coloniality, and the Franco Dictatorship 17. From Racial Contaminant to Nutrient in Spain's Ecological Future PART VIII: TOURISM AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMAGINATION 18. From Pleasant Difference to Ecological Concern: Cultural Imaginaries of Tourism in Contemporary Spain 19.The Gaze on the Tourist: Critical Approaches in Spanish Environmental Humanities PART IX: ECO-MEDIATION AND REPRESENTATION 20.Ecopoetics 21.Spanish Film and the Environment 22.Environmental Politics, Ecological Thought, and Spanish Comics PART X: TRASH AND DISCARD STUDIES 23.Enlightened Waste: Burials, Disease, and Public Health in Eighteenth-Century Spain 24.Aesthetics and the Political Ecology of Spanish Waste Space 25.Discard Studies and Spanish Narrative 26.Everything is Rubbish/Nothing is Rubbish: Basurama and the "Trashformation" of Public Space Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe fall of the Soviet system was hailed in the West as a triumph of liberal and democratic ideals, but this euphoria was to be short lived. The Rise of the Russian Democrats traces the pro-Western democracy movement's development in Moscow and Leningrad from 1987 to 1991 and seeks to explain its eventual loss of direction, inspiration and popularity. Studying the democratic revolution from its grassroots, Judith Devlin focuses on how a civil society emerged in Moscow and Leningrad through the development of political clubs and associations. Their relation to the reform politics of the party leadership is addressed in her authoritative and insightful analysis. Arguing that the movement's origins contributed to its ultimate decline, the author explains how the intelligentsia's leadership of the popular democratic movement was usurped by new politicians who emerged from the lower echelons of the Soviet management system. It was these new politicians who were able to play the key role in the transition to post-communism, shaping the new institutions and focusing political activity and debate. The Rise of the Russian Democrats attempts to characterise the original inspiration, strengths and weaknesses of the democratic movement in order to explain political culture after the 1991 coup. As an exploration of the reasons for the slow and superficial nature of democratization in Russia, this book is of practical, as well as academic, interest for students, researchers, journalists and policymakers.Trade Review'Devlin's book can be strongly recommended as an excellent account of the seeds that were sown for democracy in Russia during the late Soviet period, and in particular for its portrayal of the important role played by the intelligentsia.'Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The Social Context 3. The Party and Reform 4. The Impact of Glasnost 5. The Political Clubs 6. The Rise of the Popular Fronts 7. The Demand for Democracy 8. The New Politics: Actors and Issues 9. Problems of Organisation: The Democratic Parties 10. Problems of Organisation: The Democratic Movement 11. The Problem of Support 12. Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThese volumes contain a spread of influential articles on economic issues arising in all aspects of the cultural sector - the performing and creative arts, (including the art market); the heritage industry (museums and monuments) and the media industry (film, TV, recording etc.). Cultural economics, including in this term the economics of the arts, has developed steadily over the last thirty years, with a literature that is theoretical, empirical and institutional. Some of the most prominent economists have written on subjects in this field - Coase, Baumol, Peacock, Robbins, Scitovsky, West and it is now being developed by their successors, of whom Frey and Throsby are the best established.Trade Review'Ruth Towse's new Edward Elgar set is indispensable - it runs two volumes, covers nearly 1400 pages, and reproduces most of the seminal articles in cultural economics. Towse's selection of articles deserves an A+. . . . they are a must for any cultural economist.' -- Tyler Cowen, Journal of Cultural Economics 'These two volumes should prove very useful to students and others wishing to become acquainted with the defining papers and main themes of Cultural Economics.'– Martin Ricketts, The Economic JournalTable of ContentsContents: Volume I: Introduction Part I: Overture Part II: Tastes and Taste Formation Part III: Demand Studies Part IV: Supply: The Performing Arts Part V: Supply: Museums and the Heritage Part VI: Supply: The Media Industries Part VII: The Art Market • Volume II: Part I: Economic History of the Arts Part II: Artists’ Labour Markets Part III: Baumol’s Cost Disease Part IV: Non-Profit Organizations in the Arts Part V: Public Subsidy for the Arts: Why? Theoretical Arguments Part VI: Public Subsidy for the Arts: How Much? Part VII: Public Subsidy for the Arts: How? Means to Achieve the Ends Part VIII: Economic Impact of the Arts

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Book SynopsisEconomists have often been accused of failing to take full account of culture and social norms in their explanations of human behaviour. Cultural factors are playing an increasingly important role in economic theorizing and are achieving greater recognition as determinants of economic performance. As such these volumes will be a landmark and will provide easy access to the most important articles in this expanding field. The first volume focuses on modelling the social and cultural aspects of an individual's behaviour. In the second volume this theme develops to consider cooperation in the economic system and the role of culture in supporting this system. The articles in these volumes explore a diverse range of issues including: the differences in achievements between ethnic groups the differences between firms from different countries the links between religion, community, ethnicity and economic performance. the influences of leadership, peer pressure, entrepreneurship, envy, status-seeking and self esteem. Trade Review'The two volumes are a welcome source for all interested in the rather successful but somewhat limited and sometimes problematic rational choice approach usually applied by economists (and since some time also by political scientists, sociologists and legal scholars). The reader will find many until now widely dispersed articles, which not only address the application of this method to other subjects than the market economy, but also its shortcomings, and which try to rectify them by widening or transforming it. Thus the two volumes can be strongly recommended. . .' -- Peter Bernholz, KyklosTable of ContentsContents: Volume I: Economic Behaviour Part I: Introduction Part II: Altruism, Envy and Interdependent References Part III: Social Aspects of Preferences: Rank and Status Part IV: Passions and Self-Control • Volume II: Economic Perfornance Part I: Co-operation Part II: Social Order Without Law Part III: Leadership and Peer Pressure Part IV: Religion and the Nature of Belief Part V: Entrepreneurial Culture Part VI: National Culture and Economic Perfornance Name Index

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Book SynopsisThis important book explores the cutting edge of contemporary environmental policy. It examines key issues and proposes innovative strategies for environmental problems facing us in the twenty-first century.The authors argue that the current structure of human activity is not sustainable and that there is a need for fundamental change in the way the environment is perceived and how decisions affecting the environment are made. They address the subject of environmental policy from the perspective of sustainability and issues related to equity. Included in the discussion is an examination of agricultural sustainability and biodiversity, energy productivity, technological change, ecological sustainability and industrial competitiveness, environmental valuation and the role of international finance for environmental settlements. In conclusion the authors argue for greater social assessment in decision making, and a need to involve a wider population in the decision-making process emphasising democracy, transparency, fairness, reciprocity and community.Sustainability and Global Environmental Policy will be of interest to policymakers in government and non-government institutions and academics working in the fields of environmental and development studies.Trade Review'Most of the papers are of good quality and written in a clear style that is also understandable to policymakers. One of the book's advantages is its comprehensive subject and author index. It also has a list of contributors with the authors' current affiliation, something that unfortunately has still not become a standard for comparable books yet.' -- Eric Neumayer, KyklosTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: New Environmental Policy Dimensions (A. Dragun and K. Jakobsson) 2. Reconciling Internal and External Policies for Sustainable Development (H. Daly) 3. Sustainability as the Basis of Environmental Policy (P. Ekins) 4. Biophysical and Objective Environmental Sustainability (R. Goodland) 5. Agricultural Sustainability and Conservation of Biodiversity: Competing Policies and Paradigms (C. Tisdell) 6. Energy Productivity and Sustainability in Swedish Agriculture – Some Evidence and Issues (H.-E. Uhlin) 7. Technological Change, Ecological Sustainability and Industrial Competiteveness (S. Faucheux) 8. Environmental Valuation: From the Point of View of Sustainability (M. O’Connor) 9. Environment, Equity and Welfare Economics (A. Dragun and K. Jakobsson) 10. Evaluation and Environmental Policies: Recent Behavioural Findings and Further Implications (J.L. Knetsch) 11. Tournament Incentives in Environmental Policy (J. Shogren and T. Hurley) 12. The Production of Biodiversity: Institutions and the Control of Land (I. Hodge) 13. Development and Global Finance: The Case for an International Bank for Environmental Settlements (G. Chichilnisky) 14. Dynamic Systems Modelling for Scoping and Consensus Building (R. Constanza and M. Ruth) 15. Conclusions: Future Horizons for Global Environmental Policy (A. Dragun and K. Jakobsson) Index

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the intricate relationship between culture and communication before moving on to intercultural health care, including a detailed look at perception of illness and disability. Two chapters on intercultural speech pathology look at clinical practice, including culturally-focussed assessment and management approaches. Interpreter-mediated speech pathology is covered in detail, including an overview of the process of interpreting, debate on professional versus untrained interpreters, discussion of pre-session briefing, a look at potential barriers to the interpretation process and introduction to a collaborative partnership model for working with interpreters. The final chapter explores the author's thoughts on the future directions in research and education in the field of intercultural and interpreter-mediated speech pathology. The book provides a comprehensive and practical insight into intercultural and interpreter-mediated speech pathology. With its easy to read and practical content, it should be of significant use to undergraduate students and qualified speech-language pathologists new to multicultural/multilingual contexts. However, it would also be suitable for experienced clinicians who find themselves tackling the challenges of intercultural speech pathology everyday.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Chapter 1 Communication and culture. Chapter 2 Miscommunication. Chapter 3 Intercultural health care. Chapter 4 Intercultural speech-language pathology. Chapter 5 Assessment and treatment approaches. Chapter 6 Different culture, different language. Chapter 7 Issues in interpreting - pre-session briefing. Chapter 8 Issues in interpreting - potential barriers. Chapter 9 Models of partnership. Chapter 10 Future directions. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn "The Postmodern Animal", Steve Baker explores how animal imagery has been used in modern and contemporary art and performance, and in postmodern philosophy and literature, to suggest and shape ideas about identity and creativity. Baker cogently analyses the work of such European and American artists as Olly and Suzi, Mark Dion, Paula Rego and Sue Coe, at the same time looking critically at the constructions, performances and installations of Robert Rauschenberg, Louise Bourgeois, Joseph Beuys and other significant late twentieth-century artists. Baker's book draws parallels between the animal's place in postmodern art and poststructuralist theory, drawing on works as diverse as Jacques Derrida's recent analysis of the role of animals in philosophical thought and Julian Barnes' best-selling Flaubert's Parrot.Trade Review'This is a wonderful book ... Steve Baker provides the most cogent explanation so far of how the questioning of human identity ineluctably raises issues about animals ... He has given us a great gift, an understanding of a process unfolding during our own time.' -- Carol J. Adams, author of The Sexual Politics of Meat

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Book SynopsisThe social and cultural history of the Nordic region (including Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland and Greenland), as well as that of outlying former provinces such as Swedish Pomerania and the Caribbean colonies, is examined in this study. Religious and spiritual values, family life and sexuality, health and hygiene, town and country and slavery in the tropical colonies are amongst the topics dealt with in some depth. At the same time, the author also provides an architectural and artistic history of the region.Trade Review'A most ambitious undertaking, made by someone both experienced and learned in the life and art of the Nordic countries' - Independent on Sunday

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Book Synopsis"Cool Rules" introduces the reader to a new cultural category. While the authors do not claim to have discovered Cool, they believe they are the first to attempt a serious, systematic analysis of Cool's history, psychology, and importance. The contemporary Cool attitude is barely 50 years old, but its roots are older than that. "Cool Rules" traces Cool's ancient origins in European, Asian, and African cultures, its prominence in the African-American jazz scene of the 1940s, and its pivotal position within the radical subcultures of the 1950s and '60s. Pountain and Robins examine various art movements, music, cinema, and literature, moving from the dandies and flaneurs of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through to the expropriation of a whole cultural and psychological tradition by the media in the 1980s and '90s. What began as a rebellious posture adopted by minorities mutated to become mainstream itself. Cool is now primarily about consumption, as cynical advertisers have seized on it to create a constantly updated bricolage of styles and entertainments designed to affect the way people think about themselves and their society.Trade Reviewpacked with interesting stuff the authors investigate with a fair measure of their own detachment, and the breadth of their study indicates that they really do know where it's at. Independent on Sunday a fascinating, scholarly work, pinning down a determinedly elusive subject. Literary Review

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Book SynopsisLooks at how social reformers, planners and architects in the early twentieth century tried to remake the European city in the image of a sunlit, ordered utopia. This title focuses on the planning of the spaces - the parks, public squares, open-air museums, promenades, public pools and other public leisure facilities.

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Book SynopsisFrom Salvador Dali to Walt Disney, animals have been a constant yet little-considered presence in film. Indeed, it may come as a surprise to learn that animals were a central inspiration to the development of moving pictures themselves. In "Animals in Film", Jonathan Burt points out that the mobility of animals presented technical and conceptual challenges to early film-makers, the solutions of which were an important factor in advancing photographic technology, accelerating the speed of both film and camera. The early filming of animals also marked one of the most significant and far-reaching changes in the history of animal representation, and has largely determined the way animals have been visualized in the twentieth century. Burt looks at the extraordinary relation-ship between animals, cinema and photography (including the pioneering work of Eadweard Muybridge and Jules-Etienne Marey) and the technological developments and challenges posed by the animal as a specific kind of moving object. "Animals in Film" is a shrewd account of the politics of animals in cinema, of how movies and video have developed as weapons for animal rights activists, and of the roles that animals have played in film, from the avant-garde to Hollywood.Trade Reviewa smart little monograph that ranges across a wide variety of related topics, including the ethics of using animals in entertainment ... Eccentric, but nonetheless intriguing Empire deserves to influence debates about the cultural representation of animals well beyond the bounds of film studies Anthrozoos

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Book SynopsisFrom the pet that we live with and care for, to news items such as animal cloning, and the use of various creatures in film, television and advertising, animals are a constant presence in our lives. Animal is a timely overview of the many ways in which we live with animals, and assesses many of the paradoxes of our relationships with them: for example, why is the pet that sits by the dinner table never for eating? Examining novels such as Charlotte's Web, films such as Old Yeller and Babe, science and advertising, fashion and philosophy, Animal also evaluates the ways in which we think about animals and challenges a number of the assumptions we hold. Why is it, for example, that animals are such a constant presence in children's literature? And what does it mean to wear fake fur? Is fake fur an ethical avoidance of animal suffering, or merely a sanitized version of the unacceptable use of animals as clothing? Neither evangelical nor proselytizing, Animal invites the reader to think beyond the boundaries of a subject that has a direct effect on our day-to-day lives.Trade Review'A brilliant analysis of the ambiguous boundaries that separate and bind humans and animals.' - The Irish Times, Dublin

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Book SynopsisThe dream of a happy life has preoccupied thinkers since Plato, and in modern times it has become one of the signature tunes of our age - the rise of therapists, gurus, New Age cults and the use of Prozac are familiar indicators of how ubiquitous the pursuit of happiness has become within Western culture. "The Happiness Paradox" examines how this modern obsession has evolved. Ziyad Marar shows how the state of mind we seek remains highly elusive, and much of the energy devoted to searching for happiness is wasted or even self-defeating. The author argues that happiness is a deceptively simple idea that will always be elusive because it is based on a paradox: the conflict between feeling good while simultaneously being good. It is the conflict, for example, between the desire to break rules, for adventure or self-expression, and the need to follow them to gain the approval of society; these tensions permeate what Freud called the two central parts of a happy life: love and work. Drawing on a wide and varied range of sources - from psychology, philosophy, history, popular novels, television and films - this book will engage all those who are looking for meaning within their lives. It challenges the conventional search for happiness, while suggesting a bolder way to live with one of the central paradoxes of our time.Trade Review'Thoughtful, and at times unsettling, observations on love and work ... Ziyad Marar's book contains a great deal to enlighten and engage anyone interest in happiness, and that probably includes most of us.' - Times Literary Supplement

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Book SynopsisIs Britain really perceived as a nation of poorly dressed, roast-beef-eating, snaggle-toothed xenophobes? Or do the British perhaps all live in stately homes, and lead supercilious, emotionally repressed, tea-drinking lives? In "Brit-Myth", well-known social and cultural commentator Chris Rojek probes these and other myths, conceptions and misconceptions of Britishness, looking not only at how Britons see themselves, but also at how the British are seen overseas. Moving easily between high and popular culture, from the myths of King Arthur and Albion to national opinion polls on Great and Evil Britons'; and from "Big Brother" to films such as "The Patriot" and "Austin Powers" to international surveys of British national characteristics, Chris Rojek delineates the current state of Britishness in an age of multi-culturalism, multi-ethnicity and globalization. Offering an antidote to both dry scholarly meditations on British identity, and nationalist rants in favour of the British, this book opens up a way of being British that transcends racism, highlights the importance of individualism and non-conformity to the British national character, and defends the proposition that the British are distinctive among nations. Full of thought-provoking insights and engaging anecdotes, "Brit-Myth" will entertain both Anglophiles and Anglophobes as well as those who want to learn more about the land under the Union Jack.Trade Review... the sheer catholicism of its sources is thought-provoking, allowing the reader to engage with the multitudinous facets that are involved in the construction of national identity ... a lively contribution on an urgent issue. ranges expertly and entertainingly over the fields of politics, history, and high and popular culture. The Daily Yomiuri

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Book SynopsisMajestic, noble, brave lions, with their tawny coats and luminous eyes, have inspired countless stories, traditions and beliefs. Whether we are seduced by their beauty or drawn to danger, we want to be near them. No other animal has had such an enduring symbolic resonance; lions have been painted on wood and canvas, chiselled in stone, cast in metal and featured on the pages of medieval manuscripts. In this lavishly illustrated book, Deirdre Jackson draws on the latest scientific research, folklore, travel literature, lion tamers' memoirs and little-known sources to guide readers on a memorable cultural safari. Roaring lions sound invincible, but like other large, wide-ranging predators they are in danger of disappearing. Poised at the top of the ecological pyramid, these adaptable and gregarious animals have always been far less plentiful than those on which they prey. The vulnerable African lion is now confined to the sub-Sahara, and its Asian cousin is critically endangered. "Lion", one of the few books to consider both, traces our relationship with the animals through the centuries and paints a fresh picture of these charismatic creatures.Trade Review'will appeal even to those who would never normally pick up a book on the natural world.' - Mary Beard, The Guardian 'Books of the Year' 'Considering that 30-odd titles have appeared in Reaktion's superbly realised Animals series, it has taken a surprising time to reach the king of beasts. Still, it was worth the wait. Jackson has produced a fascinating volume of leonine revelations ... she provides plenty for big cat lovers to purr about.' - The IndependentTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1 Lions at Large 2 Captive Cats 3 Lion Lore and Legend 4 In Pursuit of the Lion 5 Golden Remnant Timeline References Select Bibliography Associations and Websites Acknowledgements Photo Acknowledgements Index

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Book SynopsisDo South Africans Exist? addresses a gap in contemporary studies of nationalism and the nation, providing a critical study of South African nationalism, against a broader context of African nationalism in general. Narratives of resistance, telling of African peoples oppressed and exploited, presume that 'the people' preceded the period of nationalist struggle. This book explores how an African 'people' came into being in the first place, particularly in the South African context, as a collectivity organised in pursuit of a political, and not simply cultural, end. The author argues that the nation is a political community whose form is given in relation to the pursuit of democracy and freedom, and that if democratic authority is lodged in 'the people', what matters is the way that this 'people' is defined, delimited and produced. He argues that the nation precedes the state, not because it has always existed, but because it emerges in and through the nationalist struggle for state power. Ultimately, he encourages the reader to re-evaluate knee-jerk judgements about the failure of modernity in Africa.Trade ReviewPhilosophically grounded, theoretically nuanced, politically controversial and yet urgently relevant, Do South Africans Exist? contains within its pages the four elements necessary to make it an absolute 'must read'. Focussed on the question of what constitutes South Africanness, what makes us a nation, its argument is relevant to probably every major debate about contemporary South Africa. Ultimately this book is about the South African political experiment and the potential for its consolidation. - ADAM HABIB, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Do South Africans Exist? makes a spiky, original and distinctive contribution to the existing literature on nationalism and nation-building in South Africa. It traverses several disciplines - political philosophy, historicised political science, and critical theory - and in doing so, reintroduces the particular case of African nationalism into the more general understanding of nations and nationalism. Chipkin uses lively, forceful prose to handle complex issues. - COLIN BUNDY, Green College, Oxford, UK This book is a major contribution to political theory, of democracy and of nationalism, drawing upon a perceptive analysis of South African experience. - GORAN THERBORN, University of Cambridge, UKTable of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Acronyms Introduction: The Sublime Object of Nationalism Chapter 1: The Nature of African Nationalism Chapter 2: The Democratic Origin of Nations Chapter 3: African Nationalism in South Africa Chapter 4: The South African Nation Chapter 5: The Impossibility of the National Community Chapter 6: The Production of the Public Domain Chapter 7: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Identity of ‘the People’ Conclusion: Notes Towards a Theory of the Democratic Limit Endnotes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn this book Natasha Distiller explores historic and contemporary uses of Shakespeare in South African society which illustrate the complexities of colonial and post-colonial realities as they relate to iconic Englishness. Beginning with Solomon Plaatje, the author looks at the development of an elite group educated in English and able to use Shakespeare to formulate South African works and South African identities. Refusing simple or easy answers, Distiller then explores the South African Shakespearian tradition postapartheid. Touching on the work of, amongst others, Can Themba, Bloke Modisane, Antony Sher, Stephen Francis, Rico Schacherl and Kopano Matlwa, and including the popular media as well as school textbooks, Shakespeare and the Coconuts engages with aspects of South Africa’s complicated, painful, fascinating political and cultural worlds, and their intersections. Written in an accessible style to explain current cultural theory, Shakespeare and the Coconuts will be of interest to students, academics and the general interested reader.

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Book SynopsisMany universities in South Africa have acquired new works of art for key spaces on their campuses. These works convey messages about the advantages of cultural diversity, but recently acquired sculptures, paintings and tapestries also critically engage with histories of racial intolerance and conflict. A current concern among tertiary South African institutions is the influence of British imperialism or Afrikaner nationalism on aspects of their inherited visual culture. Discussions from within the art world around the curatorship of art, memorials, insignia and regalia has shed light on these outmoded colonial value systems which universities now wish to distance themselves from. In Picturing Change, Brenda Schmahmann explores the implications of deploying the visual domain in the service of transformative agendas. In other words, how do universities reflect, through the visual objects on their campuses, on their revisionist aims and endorsements of cultural diversity? While most new commissions are innovative, there have been instances in which universities in South Africa have acquired works of art with potentially traditionalist – even backward-looking – implications. And while imperatives to remove inherited imagery may be underpinned by a wish to unsettle white privilege, there have in fact been occasions in which such actions have served to maintain the status quo. Further, while many expected that a post-apartheid era would have freed artists from censorship, some images produced or shown under the auspices of universities have in fact been susceptible to proscription for supposedly articulating hate speech. Schmahmann identifies and analyses a range of approaches taken by universities and commissioned artists towards these ‘troublesome’ visual objects .This study is the first to consider imagery at a range of tertiary institutions in the country, and it is unique in its exploration of a transformative ethos in the visual domain at universities. It will be invaluable to readers interested in public art and the politics of curating and collecting, and also to those concerned with the challenges involved in transforming contemporary universities into spaces welcoming of diversity in South Africa.Table of ContentsNegotiating sculptures and memorials from the early twentieth century; Rethinking university insignia; New art acquisitions; Portraits of university officers; Controversies.

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Book SynopsisHow do Muslims fit into South Africa’s well-known narrative of colonialism, apartheid, and postapartheid? South Africa is known for apartheid, but the country’s foundation was laid by 176 years of slavery from 1658 to 1834, which formed a crucible of war, genocide, and systemic sexual violence that continues to shape the country today. Enslaved people from East Africa, India, and Southeast Asia, many of whom were Muslim, would eventually constitute the majority of the population of the colony. Drawing on an extensive popular and official archive, Regarding Muslims analyzes the role of Muslims from South Africa’s founding moments to the contemporary period and points to the resonance of these discussions elsewhere. It argues that the 350-year archive of images documenting the presence of Muslims in South Africa is central to understanding the formation of concepts of race, sexuality, and belonging. In contrast to the themes of extremism and alienation that dominate Western portrayals of Muslims, Regarding Muslims explores an extensive repertoire of picturesque Muslim figures in South African popular culture, which oscillates with more disquieting images that occasionally burst into prominence during moments of crisis. This pattern is illustrated through analyses of etymology, popular culture, visual art, jokes, bodily practices, oral narratives, and literature. The book ends with the complex vision of Islam conveyed in the postapartheid period.Table of ContentsBeginnings in South Africa; Ambiguous Visibility: Islam and the Making of a South African Visuality; "Kitchen Language": Islam and the Culture of Food in South Africa; "The Sea Inside Us": Parallel Universalism and Homemade Cosmopolitanism in the African Oceans; Sexual Geographies: Slavery, Race and Sexual Violence; Regarding Islam: Pagad, Masked Men and Veiled Women; "The Trees Sway North-North-East": South African Visions of Islam.

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Book SynopsisWhat does friendship have to do with racial difference, settler colonialism and post-apartheid South Africa? While histories of apartheid and colonialism in South Africa have often focused on the ideologies of segregation and white supremacy, Ties that Bind explores how the intimacies of friendship create vital spaces for practices of power and resistance. Combining interviews, history poetry, visual arts, memoir and academic essay, the collection keeps alive the promise of friendship and its possibilities while investigating how affective relations are essential to the social reproduction of power. From the intimacy of personal relationships to the organising ideology of liberal colonial governance, the contributors explore the intersection of race and friendship from a kaleidoscope of viewpoints and scales. Insisting on a timeline that originates in settler colonialism, Ties that Bind uncovers the implication of anti-Blackness within nonracialism, and powerfully challenges a simple reading of the Mandela moment and the rainbow nation. In the wake of countrywide student protests calling for decolonization of the university, and reignited debates around racial inequality, this timely volume insists that the history of South African politics has always already been about friendship.Written in an accessible and engaging style, Ties that Bind will interest a wide audience of scholars, students, and activists, as well as general readers curious about contemporary South African debates around race and intimacy.Trade Review"Ties that Bind is an intriguing and long overdue book about race and friendship. It marks a time worldwide when virtual friendships are fast becoming the norm. And yet, after reading the chapters, one is left with a clearer sense of what it takes - or might take in the future - to actually be friends across race." - Sarah Nuttall is author of Entanglement: Literary and Cultural Reflections on Post-apartheidTable of ContentsIntroduction: Times, Scales, and Spaces of Friendship in South Africa Shannon Walsh and Jon Soske; 1. With Friends like These: The Politics of Friendship in Post-Apartheid South Africa Sisonke Msimang; 2. Bound by Violence: Scratching beginnings and Endings with Lesego Rampolokeng Stacy Hardy and Lesego Rampolokeng; 3. 'Friend of the Family': Maids, Madams, and Domestic Cartographies of Power in South African Art Neelika Jayawardane; 4. The Impossible Handshake: The Fault Lines of Friendship in Colonial Natal, 1850-1910 T.J. Tallie; 5. The Problem with 'We': Affi liation, Political Economy, and the Counterhistory of Nonracialism Franco Barchiesi; 6. "A Song of Seeing": Art Education and the place of friendship under Apartheid Daniel Magaziner; 7. Corner Loving: Ways of speaking about Love MADEYOULOOK; 8. Affect and the State: Precarious workers, the law and the promise of friendship Bridget Kenny; 9. The Native Informant speaks back to the offer of friendship in white academia Mosa Phadi & Nomancotsho Pakade; 10. Kutamba Naye: In Search of Anti-Racist and Queer Solidarities Tsitsi Jaji; 11. Afropessimism and Friendship in South Africa: An interview with Frank Wilderson III Shannon Walsh.

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Book SynopsisAmagama Izinyoni: Zulu Names of Birds lists all the bird species found in KwaZulu-Natal and surrounds, gives the proposed standardised Zulu name for each species, and explains the underlying meaning and how the name came into being. All earlier names for these birds, even if no longer in current use, have been recorded here, making this a historical repository of Zulu bird names as well. This book is the result of the six-year Zulu Bird Name Project. Between 2013 and 2018, annual workshops, organised and facilitated by the three authors, brought together a total of eighteen mother-tongue Zulu-speaking bird experts to research the names of bird species present in the Zulu-speaking area of South Africa. At the start of the project, only approximately 40 per cent of the bird species of this area had species-specific Zulu names; by the end of the project all 550 species had unique names. The comprehensive introduction explains the methodology used in the Zulu bird name workshops, providing a template for linguists and ornithologists who might wish to do similar bird-naming exercises in the other African languages of southern Africa. The introduction also provides some linguistic and onomastic insights into bird naming generally and Zulu bird names in particular.

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