Cultural studies Books
NUS Press Champions of Buddhism: Weikza Cults in Contemporary Burma
Book SynopsisHidden at the margins of Burmese Buddhism and culture, the cults of the weikzaweikza in relation to the Vipassana insight meditation movement and conventional Buddhist practices, as well as the contemporary rise of Buddhist fundamentalism. Featuring research based on fieldwork only possible in recent years, paired with reflective essays by senior Buddhist studies scholars, this book situates the weikza cult in relation to broader Buddhist and Southeast Asian contexts, as the Burmese expressions of the weikza cults themselves. Champions of Buddhismopens the field to new questions, new problems, and new connections with the study of religion and Southeast Asia in general.
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NUS Press Migration Revolution: Philippine Nationhood and
Book SynopsisSince the 1960s, overseas migration has become a major factor in the economy of the Philippines. It has also profoundly influenced the sense of nationhood of both migrants and nonmigrants. Migrant workers learned to view their home country as part of a plural world of nations, and they shaped a new sort of Filipino identity while appropriating the modernity of the outside world, where at least for a while they operated as insiders.The global nomadism of Filipino workers brought about some fundamental reorientations. It revolutionized Philippine society, reignited a sense of nationhood, imposed new demands on the state, reconfigured the class structure, and transnationalized class and other social relations, even as it deterritorialized the state and impacted the destinations of migrant workers.Philippine foreign policy now takes surprising turns in consideration of migrant workers and Filipinos living abroad. Many tertiary education institutions aim deliberately at the overseas employability of local graduates. And the ""Fil-foreign"" offspring of unions with partners from other nationalities add a new inflection to Filipino Identity.
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Emerald - Information Age Publishing Tell Me This Voices Stories and Scholarship of
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HardPress Publishing The History of Java
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Alianza Editorial Los mitos germanicos The Germanic myths Alianza
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Taylor & Francis Australian Television
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Taylor & Francis Ltd OffCentre Feminism and Cultural Studies Cultural Studies Birmingham
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Taylor & Francis FeminineMasculine and Representation
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Taylor & Francis Romanticism
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The TouristHistoric City Retrospect and Prospect of Managing the Heritage City Advances in Tourism Research
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Taylor & Francis Beating the Dragon
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Taylor & Francis Europe Lives in Transition
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Politics of Domestic Consumption Critical Readings
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Oxford University Press In Search of Julián Carrillo and Sonido 13 Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music
Book SynopsisEschewing traditionally linear historical frameworks, In Search of Julián Carrillo and Sonido 13 employs an innovative transhistorical narrative in which past, present and future are explored dialogically in order to understand the politics of performance and self-representation behind Carrillo and Sonido 13.Table of ContentsAbout the Companion Website ; List of Figures ; List of Music Examples ; Acknowledgements ; Chapter 1. Introduction: A Cultural Complex's ; Non-Linear Story ; Chapter 2. Imitation, Ideology, Performativity, and ; Carrillo's Symphony No. 1 ; Chapter 3. '...y hermosisima patria sera': National and ; Post-National Transfigurations in Matilde ; Chapter 4. Modernism, Teleology, and Identity: Toward ; a Cultural Understanding of Early Sonido 13 ; Chapter 5. Reading Carrillo: The Future that Never Was ; Chapter 6. Continuities and Discontinuities in an Imaginary ; Cycle: The Thirteen String Quartets ; Chapter 7. Experimentalism, Mythology, the Intermundane, ; and Sonido 13 after Julian Carrillo ; Chapter 8. Estrangement, Performance, and Performativity: ; Musicking Sonido 13 ; Bibliography
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Oxford University Press Feminisms
Book Synopsis`A feminist is a woman who does not allow anyone to think in her place.'' Michele Le DoeuffSpanning nearly two decades (1980-1996), the six sections of this reader investigate the debates which have most characterized feminist theory to date.Including articles such as `Pornography and Fantasy'', `The Body and Cinema'', `Nature as Female'', and `A Manifesto for Cyborgs'', the extracts in Feminisms explore thoughts on sexuality as a domain of exploration, the visual representation of women, what being a feminist means, and why feminists are increasingly involved in political struggles to negotiate the context and meaning of technological development. With writing by bell hooks, Alice Jardine, and Andrea Dworkin, this multi-cultural Oxford Reader reflects the dynamic nature of feminist debates and the genuine diversity within current feminist theory.Trade Reviewa very impressive collection ... a remarkably thorough cross-section of texts ... essays that are readable and exciting ... The section on Technologies is especially original, provocative, and forward looking. * Elaine Showalter, Princeton University *rich and comprehensive collection of diverse and challenging essays * Lynne Segal, Middlesex University *a comprehensive, ambitious and brilliantly thought-out collection ... This reader is the ideal companion for anyone who is engaged in research or reflection on contemporary feminism * Rosi Braidotti, Utrecht University *a wonderfully diverse sampling of the richness that is feminisms ... a valuable text for classes and an equally valuable reference tool * Jean F. O'Barr, Duke University *exceptionally clear and useful thematic introductions that highlight debates and diversity * Barbara D. Miller, George Washington University *One could not have a more comprehensive guide to western feminist theory of the last sixteen years than Feminisms provides. Their introductions to the materials convey the excitement that this diversity brings. * Jennifer Hornsby, Birkbeck College, London *Feminisms is that ideal text and reference book ... Paced with substantive (and in some cases highly original) introductions throughout ... while it might be less than academic to label Feminisms "a great read", it is. * Linda Wagner-Martin, University of North Carolina *Innovative, inclusive, interesting. * Shulamit Reinharz, Brandeis University *an anthology which will no doubt influence scholarship for years to come * Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Columbia University *Table of Contents[XEROX LISTING EXTRACTS INCLUDED ALSO AVAILABLE]
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Oxford University Press The Global Village
Book SynopsisThe theme of McLuhan's book is the distinction between two quite different traditions of reasoning which have grown up in Western and Eastern countries, and how global communications have brought these two traditions into contact.Trade ReviewHighly readable and valuable ... I would unreservedly recommend [this] book as the best available information to and summary of McLuhan's thinking. * Journal of Communication *studded with the controversial genius, insight and originality for which McLuhan was famous * Telecommunications Policy *
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Oxford University Press All Shook Up
Book SynopsisRock 'n roll seemed to be everywhere during the decade, exhilarating, influential, and an outrage to those Americans intent on wishing away all forms of dissent and conflict. As vibrant as the music itself, All Shook Up reveals how rock 'n roll challenged and changed American culture and laid the foundation for the social upheaval of the sixties.Trade Review"One of the first to do rock-and-roll the significant service of locating it within the cultural and political maelstrom it helped to create. Altschuler does so with a good ear for the music and a deft hand, making this account a pleasure to read and ponder. He is not a flashy writer, but so much the better for his storytelling, which shows intelligence and narrative discipline.... Altschuler surpasses the admittedly sparsely populated field in the nuanced way he places the music within the conflicts--racial, sexual, commercial, and political--that it variously helped to encourage, exacerbate, and (occasionally) ameliorate. Altschuler tells a story of liberation and fear, of inspiration and exploitation, of repeated attempts to homogenize a form of cultural expression that sprang from somewhere so authentic in Western youth culture that it proved bigger and more powerful than any combination of its myriad opponents."--Eric Alterman, The Atlantic Monthly"A well thought out, well researched work, peppered with evocative archival photos and full of terse, sharp comment and considerable feel for the music and its performers."--Toronto Globe and Mail"In All Shook Up, Glenn C. Altschuler vividly demonstrates that Rock 'n' Roll--as music, lyric, and gesture--provides the guide, the Ariadne's thread, through the labyrinth of social, cultural, generational, and sexual upheaval that was post-World War II America."--Kevin Starr, author of Americans and the California Dream"While incorporating extensive research and quotes from the most astute rock music critics, past and present, he manages to craft prose that will suit a general audience."--Library Journal"A book rich with shocking and humorous anecdotes.... Also offers insight into the often complicated racial and legal issues surrounding rock 'n' roll in the 1950s."--AP Weekly"A soulful, scholarly, and thoroughly fascinating examination of the transforming power of rock and roll in American culture. Brandishing the chops of a loving fan and a scrupulous historian, Altschuler nimbly tracks the rock-propelled revolutions in manners and morality that first rumbled forth from the 1950s, a decade that seems ever more the epoch of Elvis not Eisenhower. His is a finely tuned, perfectly pitched appreciation of the rhythms of a music that became not only a soundtrack but a heartbeat to American life."--Thomas Doherty, Brandeis University"Includes enough tantalizing tales along with thumbnail sketches of the forefathers and key moments from the annals of pioneer rock to keep the narrative lively and flowing.... This PhD is such an enthusiastic fan, my '50s generation awards him our ultimate accolade: he's obviously a 'Good Rockin' Doc.'"--Miami Herald"A fascinating and important look at a pivotal decade in American history.... Put on those old 45s and curl up for an enlightening and eminently readable story."--PW Daily"A remarkably thorough short history of the birth of rock and roll and its cultural contexts. Glenn Altschuler manages to weave the stories of musicians and record producers, cultural critics and legislators, psychologists and sociologists, businessmen and teenaged consumers into a lively, astute narrative of cultural change. The result is not just an especially informative history of rock, but an important cultural history of the 'long' 1950s."--Tom Lutz, author of Crying: A Natural and Cultural History of Tears and American Nervousness, 1903: An Anecdotal History
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Oxford University Press A World of Standards
Book SynopsisIn the modern world there is no shortage of people who know what is best for others. Self-appointed experts, consultants, and organizations try to convince states, corporations, and individuals that they would be better off if they only followed some specific rules about what to do. These rules are presented as being voluntary and advisory. They are standards, not mandatory directives, and in modern life standards abound.Standards may concern what characteristics a telephone should have, how a company should report its financial transactions, how organizations should be managed, how states should treat their citizens, how children should be raised, and so forth. Even organizations as powerful as states and large corporations follow standards on how to organize, which policies to pursue, what kinds of services to provide, or how their products should be designed. Standards enable a higher degree of global order in the modern world than would exist without them. They facilitate coordinatTrade ReviewIn this insightful book, Brunsson, Jacobsson and associates propose that standardization provides a viable alternative to market forces and to organizational forms as an institutional arrangement for coordinating and controlling complex exchanges. Their arguments illuminate important facets of current developments in our rapidly globalizing world. * W. Richard Scott, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Stanford University *The authors do a masterful job of highlighting why the study of standardization merits research attention. . . . this is a valuable book that will guide many future empirical studies. * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsPART I: REGULATING BY STANDARDS; PART II: PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING STANDARDS; PART III: ADOPTING STANDARDS
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Taylor & Francis Ltd French Resistance Individuals Versus the Company in French Corporate Life
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Taylor & Francis Global Change in the Holocene
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Taylor & Francis Milton Keynes in British Culture Imagining England Routledge Studies in Modern British History
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Taylor & Francis Multiculturalism in Contemporary Britain
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Taylor & Francis Culture and Emotional Economy of Migration
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Taylor & Francis Gender and Labour in New Times
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Taylor & Francis Triangulating Methodological Approaches in Corpus Linguistic Research
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Taylor & Francis Africa and the Indian Ocean Region
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Taylor & Francis Childhood and the Production of Security
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Europe and the AsiaPacific Culture Identity and Representations of Region
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Taylor & Francis Reconfiguring Antiracism
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Taylor & Francis All My Relations Understanding the Experiences of Native Americans with Disabilities
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Taylor & Francis Mountain Arapesh
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Taylor & Francis Deleuze and Guattaris Philosophy of Freedom Freedoms Refrains
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Taylor & Francis Doing Gender Diversity
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Taylor & Francis Ltd What Holds Us Together
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Nigerian Studies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Postnational Memory Peace and War Making Pasts Beyond Borders Memory Studies Global Constellations
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Taylor & Francis Postnational Memory Peace and War Making Pasts Beyond Borders Memory Studies Global Constellations
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Encountering the Past within the Present Modern Experiences of Time Memory Studies Global Constellations
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Modern Industry and the African
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Taylor & Francis Asian Women Leadership A CrossNational and CrossSector Comparison
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Taylor & Francis Asian Women Leadership A CrossNational and CrossSector Comparison
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Taylor & Francis Oral History and Australian Generations
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Dynamics of the Pictured Page
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Taylor & Francis Exploring South Asian Urbanity
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Taylor & Francis Media Nationalism and Globalization The Telangana Movement and Indian Politics
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Heritage Photography and the Affective Past UCL
Book SynopsisHeritage, Photography, and the Affective Past critically examines the production, consumption, and interpretation of photography across various heritage domains, from global image archives to the domestic arena of the family album. Through original ethnographic and archival research, the book sheds new light on the role photography has played in the emergence, expansion, and articulation of heritage in diverse sociocultural contexts. Drawing on wide-ranging experience across the heritage sector and two international case studies â Angkor in Cambodia and the town of Famagusta, Cyprus â the book makes a major contribution to our understanding of the role photography has played and continues to play in shaping experiences and conceptualisations of heritage. One of the core aims of the book is to problematise and potentially redirect the varied usages of photography within current practice, usages which remain woefully undertheorised, despite their often-central role in shaping heritage. Ultimately, by focusing attention on a hitherto underexamined aspect of the heritage phenomenon, namely its manifold interconnections with photography, this book provides fresh insight to the making and remaking of the past in the present, and the alternative heritages that might come into being around emergent photographic forms and approaches.Heritage, Photography, and the Affective Past uses photography as a method of enquiry as well as a tool of documentation. It will be of interest to scholars and students of heritage, photography, anthropology, museology, public archaeology, and tourism. The book will also be a valuable resource for heritage practitioners working around the globe.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Critical Heritage and Photography 1. Memory 2. Site 3. Archive 4. Performance Conclusion: Uncertain Frames
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Taylor & Francis Musicians Migratory Patterns The African Drum as Symbol in Early America
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