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Book SynopsisSteinert applies Horkheimer and Adornoa s theory of the a culture industrya to contemporary culture and demonstrates the relevance of the analysis for the twenty--first century. Sets out to explain precisely what is meant by the term a culture industrya , providing an accessible exposition of the key themes and concepts.Trade Review"Adorno and Horkheimer’s analysis of the cultural industry remains an important model for understanding contemporary media culture. Heinz Steinert provides an excellent presentation of Adorno and Horkheimer’s perspectives on media culture and useful instructions on how to read their text and the products of culture industry, helping to enable his readers to become cultural critics of contemporary culture and theoretical discourse." --Douglas Kellner, University of California at Los Angeles "Understanding "culture industry" is central to both critical theory and contemporary public life. Heinz Steinert's account is both the best introduction to the subject and an important update for a new era. It should be read widely." --Craig Calhoun, New York UniversityTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Introduction: the pleasures of criticism. Chapter 1: Approaching culture industry: recommended equipment. Tools 1: The text: Horkheimer and Adorno’s ‘Culture Industry’ of 1944/1947. Tools II: Cultural experience: analysing the products of culture industry. Tools III: Reflexivity: writing field notes. Field notes I: Why are you smiling, Leonardo?. Autonomy and mass deception – a case of Dialectic of Enlightenment. Field notes II: The President as the bad guy – Clint Eastwood’s ‘absolute power'. The structure of the ‘Culture Industry’ essay. Field notes III: Heartburn and Telephone Sex. Chapter 2: On method: look carefully, think thoroughly, and do not let yourself be taken in. Skoteinos, or how to read Adorno. Texts that do not need readers. Authoritarian realism versus reflexive dialectics. Field notes IV: Woody Allen, or the film critics’ blindness to irony. Countertransference and analysing the working alliance. The everyday and the reflexive approach to texts. Analysing the working alliance. How to conduct a thorough and skilful interpretation. Field notes V: Talk Radio – insulting the audience. Chapter 3: The production of cultural commodities. Problems involved in producing cultural commodities. Fordist standardization: ‘Uniform as a whole and in every part. False identity. Reality doubled. Fordist cultural commodities. Organized markets – organized production. Developments in the mode of production. Field notes VI: Exoticism and Music. Working alliances in the cultural history of the twentieth century: bourgeois, modern, avant-garde and reflexive. The development of reflexivity in the twentieth century. Field notes VII: The obsolescence of high culture’s critique of society: the case of Carolee Schneemann. Chapter 4: What is wrong with consensual entertainment?. Amusement – ‘released from every restraint’ or the ‘prolongation of work’?. Field notes VIII: Clowns, performers and shows – the not quite so respectable arts. Culture as advertising – advertising as potlatch. Field Notes IX: Ahlers Collection on Tour: The Art Event. Chapter 5: The conditions of belonging: the appropriation of the audience. ‘Ironically, man as a member of a species has been made a reality by the culture industry [monopoly capitalism]’. Field notes X: Can we find Hitler funny?. What can the public want?. ‘It’s good to see you here in such numbers tonight!’. Culture industry’s impact on consumers. Analysing ‘the audience’ from the audience’s perspective. Field notes XI: Total control of your life. Chapter 6: Culture industry politics. Structural populism. Field notes XII: Why Princess Diana’s death was so moving. Chapter 7: Intellectuals in the supermarket: perplexed. Professional and lay critics of media and society. Wrong television cannot be viewed rightly. Social criticism and culture. Critical theory in enhanced culture industry. Field Notes XIII: Woody Allen’s Manhattan Operettas. Notes. Select bibliography of works by Adorno and Horkheimer. Index

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Book SynopsisThis absorbing book unravels the reasons for the enduring respect and reverence that Muhammad Ali commands long after the end of his athletic career. It will appeal to those teaching and studying cultural studies, social theory, sports studies, and sociology, as well as to general readers interested in Muhammad Ali.Trade Review"A brilliant meditation on celebrity and spectatorship and an astute cultural analysis of race and sport, Charles Lemert's Muhammad Ali is also an affectionate biography of one of the most significant figures of our age." Barry Glassner, University of Southern California, author of The Culture of Fear "Ali's fame was launched on the tide of his astonishing athletic prowess, but it was borne along by the spurting cross-currents of culture, race and politics which boiled so fiercely during the 1960s and 1970s. Lemert is excellent on Ali in relation to these cross-currents, but he also dares to dive deeper, into the secret waters of myth, totem and taboo which still underlie more of human thought and feeling than we may like to admit … This is a remarkably interesting and re-readable essay." Financial TimesTable of Contents1. From the Beginnings : GG is Gonna Whip Everybody. 2. Celebrity, Tricks, and Culture: Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee. 3. Trickster Queers the World: I Don’t Have to Be What You Want Me to Be. 4. The Irony of Global Cultures: No Viet Cong ever Called me Nigger. 5. Coming Home to the Heart of Darkness: When we were Kings. 6. Trickster Bodies and Cultural Death: You’ll Die One Day So Better Get Ready. Ali and the World: A Chronology. Notes. Acknowledgments. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis absorbing book unravels the reasons for the enduring respect and reverence that Muhammad Ali commands long after the end of his athletic career. It will appeal to those teaching and studying cultural studies, social theory, sports studies, and sociology, as well as to general readers interested in Muhammad Ali.Trade Review"A brilliant meditation on celebrity and spectatorship and an astute cultural analysis of race and sport, Charles Lemert's Muhammad Ali is also an affectionate biography of one of the most significant figures of our age." Barry Glassner, University of Southern California, author of The Culture of Fear "Ali's fame was launched on the tide of his astonishing athletic prowess, but it was borne along by the spurting cross-currents of culture, race and politics which boiled so fiercely during the 1960s and 1970s. Lemert is excellent on Ali in relation to these cross-currents, but he also dares to dive deeper, into the secret waters of myth, totem and taboo which still underlie more of human thought and feeling than we may like to admit … This is a remarkably interesting and re-readable essay." Financial TimesTable of Contents1. From the Beginnings : GG is Gonna Whip Everybody. 2. Celebrity, Tricks, and Culture: Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee. 3. Trickster Queers the World: I Don’t Have to Be What You Want Me to Be. 4. The Irony of Global Cultures: No Viet Cong ever Called me Nigger. 5. Coming Home to the Heart of Darkness: When we were Kings. 6. Trickster Bodies and Cultural Death: You’ll Die One Day So Better Get Ready. Ali and the World: A Chronology. Notes. Acknowledgments. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn this new book, Slavoj i ek and Glyn Daly engage in a series of entertaining conversations which illustrate the originality of i ek's thinking on psychoanalysis, philosophy, multiculturalism, popular/cyber culture, totalitarianism, ethics and politics.Trade Review"Slavoj Žižek has put the Soul back into philosophy." TLS "Audacious and vertiginous, this book is everything one expects from him, a heady mix of psychoanalysis, politics, theology, philosophy, and cultural studies that will leave the reader both exhausted and exhilarated. For those wishing to gain a brief overview of his central thesis or his application of Lacan to cultural studies, this is an informal and opportune text, an excellent introduction to Žižek by Žižek." -Marcus Pound, Bristol University "I am very impressed by how Žižek continues book after book to clarify, revise and deepen his thinking. This volume-ideal for the beginner, but with plenty to offer the practiced reader of Žižek as well- is a superb snapshot of where this most restless, iconoclastic and essential of contemporary theorists stands at the moment." – Henry Staten, University of Washington, Seattle. "Glyn Daly succeeds here in punctuating the febrile forward rush of one of the most distinctive and influential voices of our time, making it curl a little more deliberately around questions many would want to ask Žižek responds with wily candour, offering up original and substantive theoretical speculation alongside bits of professional biography and new glosses on his favorite cultural examples. As invigorating and substantial a conversation as any one is likely to come upon. – Joan Copjec, author of Imagine There’s No WomanTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Contexts and horizons: Opening the Space of Philosophy. 2. The Madness of Reason: Encounters of the Real Kind. 3. Subject of Modernity: Virtuality and the Fragility of the Real. 4. Tolerance and the Intolerable: Enjoyment, Ethics and Event. 5. Miracles do happen: Globalization(s) and Politics

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Book SynopsisIn this new book, Slavoj i ek and Glyn Daly engage in a series of entertaining conversations which illustrate the originality of i ek's thinking on psychoanalysis, philosophy, multiculturalism, popular/cyber culture, totalitarianism, ethics and politics.Trade Review"Slavoj Žižek has put the Soul back into philosophy." TLS "Audacious and vertiginous, this book is everything one expects from him, a heady mix of psychoanalysis, politics, theology, philosophy, and cultural studies that will leave the reader both exhausted and exhilarated. For those wishing to gain a brief overview of his central thesis or his application of Lacan to cultural studies, this is an informal and opportune text, an excellent introduction to Žižek by Žižek." -Marcus Pound, Bristol University "I am very impressed by how Žižek continues book after book to clarify, revise and deepen his thinking. This volume-ideal for the beginner, but with plenty to offer the practiced reader of Žižek as well- is a superb snapshot of where this most restless, iconoclastic and essential of contemporary theorists stands at the moment." – Henry Staten, University of Washington, Seattle. "Glyn Daly succeeds here in punctuating the febrile forward rush of one of the most distinctive and influential voices of our time, making it curl a little more deliberately around questions many would want to ask Žižek responds with wily candour, offering up original and substantive theoretical speculation alongside bits of professional biography and new glosses on his favorite cultural examples. As invigorating and substantial a conversation as any one is likely to come upon. – Joan Copjec, author of Imagine There’s No WomanTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Contexts and horizons: Opening the Space of Philosophy. 2. The Madness of Reason: Encounters of the Real Kind. 3. Subject of Modernity: Virtuality and the Fragility of the Real. 4. Tolerance and the Intolerable: Enjoyment, Ethics and Event. 5. Miracles do happen: Globalization(s) and Politics

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Book SynopsisThis major new book offers a much-needed introduction to the work of Siegfried Kracauer, one of the main intellectual figures in the orbit of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory.Trade Review"Our Companion in Misfortune is an evocative and engaging portrait with much fresh insight into Kracauer’s wide-ranging and imaginative work as theorist and critic of media and metropolitan experience. Gilloch successfully captures Kracauer’s distinctive voice in its mix of melancholy and sharp wit. Much more than an introduction, this book gives its due to Kracauer as a major figure in the orbit of Frankfurt School Critical Theory." Andreas Huyssen, Columbia University "Kracauer may “rest a while in peace”, but only for a while. Gilloch’s magisterial study, forces a return to Kracauer. Music, film, the city and his own literary attempts tie Kracauer to the modern. The book reveals a thinker who, in responding to the demands of his own time, writes and thinks in a way that addresses the contemporary. There is an acuity of thought that allows Kracauer to engage our modernity. Gilloch’s own power as a writer and a thinker is to stage that engagement. This is an invaluable book whose presence should be both welcomed and celebrated." Andrew Benjamin, Monash UniversityTable of ContentsOur Companion Introduced: An Intellectual Schwejk Part I From Inner Life: Sociological Expressionism Chapter 1 Small Mercies: The Spirit of our Times Chapter 2 Portraits of the Age Part II From Our Weimar Correspondent: The “Newest Germany” and Elsewhere Chapter 3 On the Surface: The Dialectics of Ornament Chapter 4 Berlin Impromptus Part III From the Boulevards: Paris of the Second Empire in Kracauer Chapter 5 Offenbach in Paris Chapter 6 Orpheus in Hollywood Part IV From the New World: Monstrous States, Mental Images Chapter 7 The Caligari Complex Chapter 8 Re-Surfacing Work Part V From the Screen: Redeeming Images, Remembered Things Chapter 9 Film, Improvisation and “The Flow of Life” Chapter 10 Film, Phantasmagoria and the Street Inconclusive: Penultimate Things

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Book SynopsisThis major new book offers a much-needed introduction to the work of Siegfried Kracauer, one of the main intellectual figures in the orbit of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory.Trade Review"Our Companion in Misfortune is an evocative and engaging portrait with much fresh insight into Kracauer’s wide-ranging and imaginative work as theorist and critic of media and metropolitan experience. Gilloch successfully captures Kracauer’s distinctive voice in its mix of melancholy and sharp wit. Much more than an introduction, this book gives its due to Kracauer as a major figure in the orbit of Frankfurt School Critical Theory." Andreas Huyssen, Columbia University "Kracauer may “rest a while in peace”, but only for a while. Gilloch’s magisterial study, forces a return to Kracauer. Music, film, the city and his own literary attempts tie Kracauer to the modern. The book reveals a thinker who, in responding to the demands of his own time, writes and thinks in a way that addresses the contemporary. There is an acuity of thought that allows Kracauer to engage our modernity. Gilloch’s own power as a writer and a thinker is to stage that engagement. This is an invaluable book whose presence should be both welcomed and celebrated." Andrew Benjamin, Monash UniversityTable of ContentsOur Companion Introduced: An Intellectual Schwejk Part I From Inner Life: Sociological Expressionism Chapter 1 Small Mercies: The Spirit of our Times Chapter 2 Portraits of the Age Part II From Our Weimar Correspondent: The “Newest Germany” and Elsewhere Chapter 3 On the Surface: The Dialectics of Ornament Chapter 4 Berlin Impromptus Part III From the Boulevards: Paris of the Second Empire in Kracauer Chapter 5 Offenbach in Paris Chapter 6 Orpheus in Hollywood Part IV From the New World: Monstrous States, Mental Images Chapter 7 The Caligari Complex Chapter 8 Re-Surfacing Work Part V From the Screen: Redeeming Images, Remembered Things Chapter 9 Film, Improvisation and “The Flow of Life” Chapter 10 Film, Phantasmagoria and the Street Inconclusive: Penultimate Things

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Book SynopsisBeast. Monster. Savage. Psycho. The glowering menace of Mike Tyson has spooked us for almost two decades. And still we remain fascinated. Why? Ellis Cashmorea s answer is disturbing: white society has created Tyson as vengeance for the loss of privilege produced by civil rights.Trade Review“A terrific read! This a fascinating study of a central figure in American life. Meticulously researched and perfectly timed, Tyson does more than any previous work to put Mike Tyson's story in its proper sprawling context.” Grant Wahl, Sports Illustrated “Ellis Cashmore has gone beneath the persona of Tyson with intelligent sensitivity. He has pointed us towards the motives in the psyche of an extraordinary figure in the history of sport and analysed why Tyson remains such a figure of fascination to so many people.” John Goodbody, The Times “Ellis Cashmore’s book will fascinate and frustrate an unusually wide range of readers. He juxtaposes the biography of Mike Tyson against mini-narratives of other prominent athletes and celebrities, African American leaders, and contemporaneous incidents, allowing biographical narrative to unfold almost seamlessly into analysis and cultural history. In situating Tyson in his times, Cashmore offers an uncompromising critique of late twentieth-century US race relations, as well as presenting a compelling account of an intriguing career and life story.” Douglas Hartmann, University of Minnesota "His account is a well-written and fascinating attempt to help us understand this. It will undoubtedly appeal to a large readership. It is not a purely academic read, but neither is it a trashy hagiography. As such it deserves a broad audience outside of what is traditional for an 'academic' book." Guy Osborn, University of WestminsterTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii one INTRODUCTION: I WILL KILL YOU. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THIS? 1 two IF YOU’D BE KIND ENOUGH, I’D LOVE TO DO IT AGAIN 13 three ARE YOU AN ANIMAL? IT DEPENDS 29 four LIKE WATCHING A SERENGETI LION RIP INTO A WARTHOG 43 five HIS VITAL ORGANS IN EXCHANGE FOR FORGIVENESS 60 six GOD’S PLANNING TO SCREW HIM 87 seven TO RAPE THE VIRGINAL BLACK PRINCESS 108 eight IN HANDCUFFS IN THE BACK OF A POLICE CRUISER 131 nine THEY BELIEVE WHITE MEN HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR BLACK SUCCESS 144 ten TIME TO LEAVE THE WHITE MAN’S WORLD 162 eleven FACTS ARE LOST IN THE PRECONCEPTIONS OF RACIAL GRIEVANCE 191 twelve GIVE HIM ENOUGH TIME AND THE NIGGER WILL COME OUT IN HIM AGAIN 213 thirteen THE DEBT OF THE GHETTO BOUND 231 fourteen YOU’D STILL LOOK AT ME AS A SCUMBAG 245 Bibliography 256 Index 260

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Book Synopsis''Baudrillard and the Media'' is the first in-depth critical study of Jean Baudrillard''s media theory. Rejecting the common positioning of Baudrillard within the discipline as a postmodernist it argues instead for the necessity of a fuller reading of his ideas and critical project. Merrin offers an overview and evaluation of his key arguments and themes, focusing especially upon the organising principle of his work: his theory of symbolic exchange and critique of the semiotic and of simulation. Upon this basis the book also resituates Baudrillard within media theory, developing an original, critical re-reading of his relationship with McLuhanism and arguing for the significance instead of hitherto neglected influences such as Boorstin. Emphasizing his critical value and contemporary relevance, ''Baudrillard and the Media'' also provides the most detailed exploration yet of Baudrillard''s theory of the non-event, considering its applicability throTrade Review‘Finally we have a book-length study of Baudrillard’s writing from the vantage point of media studies. Merrin is an excellent guide to what is arguably the central thread in the work of the theorist of simulations.’ – Mark Poster, University of California, Irvine ‘William Merrin has written a significant and original book that will transform conventional understandings of Jean Baudrillard’s alleged "postmodern" media theory. His radical Durkheimian interpretation, critique and conclusions will be seriously debated in media and communications studies and deserved so. Baudrillard and the Media is essential reading for anyone interested in Baudrillard or contemporary theories of media and simulation, symbolic exchange and semiotics.’ –John Armitage, Northumbria UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: 'There is No Theory of the Media': Baudrillard and Media Studies 1. Television is Killing the Art of Symbolic Exchange: Baudrillard's Theory of Communication 2. To Play With Phantoms: The Evil Demon of the Simulacrum 3. Are Friends Electric?: Baudrillard's Critique of McLuhan 4. The Delirious Spectacle of the Non-Event 5. Shreds of War Rotting in the Desert 6. 'Total Screen': 9/11 and The Gulf War: Reloaded 7. 'The Matrix Has You': Virtuality and Social Control 8. 'The Saving Power': The 'Reflex Miracle' of Photography Conclusion: 'Speculation to the Death': Baudrillard's Theoretical Violence Notes References Index

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Book Synopsis* a major new analysis of the hidden networks and alliances that lie behind George W. Busha s power * uncovers the ideological sources of the Bush Administration and its highly controversial a war on terrora * written by the celebrated French reporter and author of the best--selling book Busha s War. .Trade Review"Only Christians have their place in paradise, explained George W. to his own mother. If it is populated by people like him, then after reading this book one would rather go to hell." Le Canard enchaîné "The rise of the one-time alcoholic and business failure is fascinating reading." Defence Focus "In this scrupulously researched book based on a wealth of documents, the current President of the United States comes across as nothing other than a man under the influence." France Soir "What is new about Eric Laurent's book is that he puts names to the faces of those who haunt the corridors of the White House and lays bare the machinations that were set in motion more than thirty years ago, in the days following the Vietnam War, by certain multimilllionares who wanted to see the United States stripped of its image as a modern and open country and returned to an almost surrealist orthodox morality." Dernier HeureTable of ContentsChapter 1 Towards Apocalypse. Chapter 2 The 'Heritage' Connection. Chapter 3 The War of Ideas. Chapter 4 Enter the Moonies. Chapter 5 The Question of Israel. Chapter 6 Hawks and Doves. Chapter 7 The Middle East in Focus. Chapter 8 The New Jerusalem?. Chapter 9 The New Arms Race. Chapter 10 Cheney and Company. Chapter 11 A Corrupt Administration?. Notes. Index.

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Book Synopsis* a major new analysis of the hidden networks and alliances that lie behind George W. Busha s power * uncovers the ideological sources of the Bush Administration and its highly controversial a war on terrora * written by the celebrated French reporter and author of the best--selling book Busha s War. .Trade Review"Only Christians have their place in paradise, explained George W. to his own mother. If it is populated by people like him, then after reading this book one would rather go to hell." Le Canard enchaîné "The rise of the one-time alcoholic and business failure is fascinating reading." Defence Focus "In this scrupulously researched book based on a wealth of documents, the current President of the United States comes across as nothing other than a man under the influence." France Soir "What is new about Eric Laurent's book is that he puts names to the faces of those who haunt the corridors of the White House and lays bare the machinations that were set in motion more than thirty years ago, in the days following the Vietnam War, by certain multimilllionares who wanted to see the United States stripped of its image as a modern and open country and returned to an almost surrealist orthodox morality." Dernier HeureTable of ContentsChapter 1 Towards Apocalypse. Chapter 2 The 'Heritage' Connection. Chapter 3 The War of Ideas. Chapter 4 Enter the Moonies. Chapter 5 The Question of Israel. Chapter 6 Hawks and Doves. Chapter 7 The Middle East in Focus. Chapter 8 The New Jerusalem?. Chapter 9 The New Arms Race. Chapter 10 Cheney and Company. Chapter 11 A Corrupt Administration?. Notes. Index.

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Book SynopsisProphet of the apocalypse, hysterical lyric poet, obsessive recounter of the desolation of the postmodern scene and currently the hottest property on the New York intellectual circuit. The Guardian A sharp-shooting lone-ranger from the post-Marxist left. New York Times The most important French thinker of the past twenty years. J.Trade Review"Prophet of the apocalypse, hysterical lyric poet, obsessive recounter of the desolation of the postmodern scene..." The Guardian "A sharp-shooting lone-ranger from the post-Marxist left." New York Times "An international, intellectual superstar." Salon.com

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Book SynopsisNo other country in the world evokes such contrasting sentiments as the United States of America. This is not new, but it has become particularly virulent in recent years. The reason is simple: after the end of the cold war America has remained the only super power in the world.Trade Review"If you want to understand American politics, its origins, development, and contemporary character, this is the book to read. Fabbrini possesses a masterful command of the complexities of the American political order, yet manages to convey them clearly and memorably. Throughout this compact book, he compares and contrasts American politics with West European politics, delivering broader insight into variations among democracies, while distinguishing his own perspectives from those of both America’s harshest critics and its most ardent apologists. An enormously engaging and satisfying read." George Breslauer, University of California, Berkeley "This is a work of the highest intellectual level. It reflects a mastery of the fields of American politics and of West European comparative politics. The author has the distinctive ability to be a past master of both subjects while retaining a vital critical distance from each. The book is exhaustively researched and clearly presented. After reading it, no American or European will look at the American political system in quite the same way again." Allen Lynch, University of VirginiaTable of ContentsPREFACE. CHAPTER. 1 - ANTI-AMERICANISM IN EUROPE. 1.1. Introduction. 1.2 Anti-Americanism in European Context. 1.3. America and the European Left. 1.4. America and the European Right. 1.5. America and the European Catholic Center. 1.6. Misunderstanding America. 1.7. Conclusion. CHAPTER 2 – A PLEBISCITARY DEMOCRACY?. 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. The Origins of Separated Government. 2.3. Congressional Government. 2.4. The Crisis of Congressional Government. 2.5. Presidential Government. 2.6. The Difficulties of Presidential Government. 2.7. Conclusion. CHAPTER 3 – A DEMOCRACY WITHOUT THE PEOPLE?. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. The Characteristics of the Electoral System. 3.3 The Developments of the Electoral Process. 3.4. Why Americans don’t vote: the debate. 3.5. Political Parties from Decline to Transformation?. 3.6. Conclusion. CHAPTER 4 – A DEMOCRACY FOR THE RICH?. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. The American Commercial Republic. 4.3. The Neo-conservative Revolution. 4.4. The Weakness of the Democrats: The Two Clinton Presidencies. 4.5. The Anti-politics of the Elites: Term Limits and Recall. 4.6. The Social Implications of American Liberalism. 4.7 Conclusion. CHAPTER 5 – AN IMPERIAL DEMOCRACY?. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. Foreign and Domestic Policy in America. 5.3. Hegemonic America and the Cold War. 5.4. The End of the Cold War and the First Gulf War. 5.5. The 1990s and the Schizophrenic Power. 5.6. George W. Bush’s America and the Second Gulf War. 5.7. Conclusion. CHAPTER 6. CONCLUSIONS – AMERICA AS A METHOD. 6.1 Introduction. 6.2. American Exceptionalism. 6.3 The Societal and Institutional Antinomies. 6.4. Political Change and American Antinomies. 6.5. America: a Model or a Method?. 6.6. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisNo other country in the world evokes such contrasting sentiments as the United States of America. This is not new, but it has become particularly virulent in recent years. The reason is simple: after the end of the cold war America has remained the only super power in the world.Trade Review"If you want to understand American politics, its origins, development, and contemporary character, this is the book to read. Fabbrini possesses a masterful command of the complexities of the American political order, yet manages to convey them clearly and memorably. Throughout this compact book, he compares and contrasts American politics with West European politics, delivering broader insight into variations among democracies, while distinguishing his own perspectives from those of both America’s harshest critics and its most ardent apologists. An enormously engaging and satisfying read." George Breslauer, University of California, Berkeley "This is a work of the highest intellectual level. It reflects a mastery of the fields of American politics and of West European comparative politics. The author has the distinctive ability to be a past master of both subjects while retaining a vital critical distance from each. The book is exhaustively researched and clearly presented. After reading it, no American or European will look at the American political system in quite the same way again." Allen Lynch, University of VirginiaTable of ContentsPREFACE. CHAPTER. 1 - ANTI-AMERICANISM IN EUROPE. 1.1. Introduction. 1.2 Anti-Americanism in European Context. 1.3. America and the European Left. 1.4. America and the European Right. 1.5. America and the European Catholic Center. 1.6. Misunderstanding America. 1.7. Conclusion. CHAPTER 2 – A PLEBISCITARY DEMOCRACY?. 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. The Origins of Separated Government. 2.3. Congressional Government. 2.4. The Crisis of Congressional Government. 2.5. Presidential Government. 2.6. The Difficulties of Presidential Government. 2.7. Conclusion. CHAPTER 3 – A DEMOCRACY WITHOUT THE PEOPLE?. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. The Characteristics of the Electoral System. 3.3 The Developments of the Electoral Process. 3.4. Why Americans don’t vote: the debate. 3.5. Political Parties from Decline to Transformation?. 3.6. Conclusion. CHAPTER 4 – A DEMOCRACY FOR THE RICH?. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. The American Commercial Republic. 4.3. The Neo-conservative Revolution. 4.4. The Weakness of the Democrats: The Two Clinton Presidencies. 4.5. The Anti-politics of the Elites: Term Limits and Recall. 4.6. The Social Implications of American Liberalism. 4.7 Conclusion. CHAPTER 5 – AN IMPERIAL DEMOCRACY?. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. Foreign and Domestic Policy in America. 5.3. Hegemonic America and the Cold War. 5.4. The End of the Cold War and the First Gulf War. 5.5. The 1990s and the Schizophrenic Power. 5.6. George W. Bush’s America and the Second Gulf War. 5.7. Conclusion. CHAPTER 6. CONCLUSIONS – AMERICA AS A METHOD. 6.1 Introduction. 6.2. American Exceptionalism. 6.3 The Societal and Institutional Antinomies. 6.4. Political Change and American Antinomies. 6.5. America: a Model or a Method?. 6.6. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisA critical overview of one of the most pervasive digital technologies in the contemporary world. Written by two leading researchers in the field, with international renown and both industrial and academic experience.Trade Review"Storied mobile communication researchers Jonathan Donner and Richard Ling have given us a savvy, panoramic view of how mobile communication has changed and is changing lives around the world. They reveal how portable communication technology is affecting every level of human endeavor, from socioeconomic transformations in the developing world to mischief in the classroom. Their adroit treatment is required reading for anyone interested in the subject." James E. Katz, Rutgers UniversityTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Chapter 1. Introduction: the quarter century beyond the Maitland commission report. Chapter 2. Short history of mobile communication. Chapter 3. Mobile communication in everyday life: 3 Billion New Phones. Chapter 4. Mobile communication in everyday life: New Choices, New Challenges. Chapter 5. Debates surrounding mobile communication. Chapter 6. Conclusion: Individual addressability, interlacing and the spillover of the control revolution

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Book Synopsis* A clear and authoritative introduction to the emerging Arab media industries. * Covers a range of industries, with particular focus on broadcasting, press, publishing, cinema and new media. * Written by an experienced author team, with broad language and subject coverage.Trade Review"What makes Arab Media a particularly engaging book is the fact that it does not shy away from placing Arab social and cultural politics at the heart of discussions on technology and its uses ... It is accessible, focused and presents engaging arguments on a range of crucial topics."New Formations"Provides an in-depth, comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of all forms of Arab media in light of the current technological, political and socio-economic leaps that are being witnessed in the globalization era. A highly needed contribution and a great read for media scholars and students."Mohammed el-Nawawy, Queens University of Charlotte "Offers a useful overview of an array of media channels in the Arabic-speaking world. Authored by leading scholars in the field, the book discusses the trials and tribulations of the Arab media, their role in state-building, regional inter-state rivalries, social change and counter-hegemony. It will be of great interest to regional specialists and others from a variety of inter-disciplinary backgrounds."Yasir Suleiman, Cambridge UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction. Chapter One - Arab media: an overview of recent trends. Chapter Two - Arabic books. Chapter Three - Arab Press. Chapter Four - Radio Broadcasting in the Arab World. Chapter Five - Television Broadcasting in the Arab World. Chapter Six - Arab cinema. Chapter Seven - Arab Internet: Schizophrenic Trilogy. Chapter Eight - When Global Meets Local. References.

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Book SynopsisThe first volume in a new textbook series from Polity: key themes in family communication. The volumes are designed to introduce key topics in more depth than the standard overview textbook treatment.Trade Review"This comprehensive and thoughtful book has much to offer anyone striving to get a better understanding of children's communication development and how to capitalize on family communication strengths to nurture children as communicators. This book is a must read for family communication students as well as developmental researchers interested in relational processes across the lifespan."Michelle Miller-Day, Penn State University "Childhood takes center stage as Thomas Soch and Julie Yingling address the communication competencies and needs of that family's youngest members. This long awaited text positions children's positive relational outcomes as central to a child's communication development. The authors envision the family as the first communication environment where parents prepare children to interact competently and positively across developmental stages. the text focuses special attention on diverse family forms, optimal communication environments and child communicative development through an exploration of roles, rules, conflict and decision making."Kathleen Galvin, Northwestern UniversityTable of ContentsList of Tables and Figures. Preface. Chapter 1 Children are Family Communicators Too. Chapter 2 Children's Communication Development at Home. Chapter 3 Children's Communication in Family Units and Family Relationships. Chapter 4 Children and Family Roles & Rules. Chapter 5 Children and Family Decisions, Problems & Conflicts. Chapter 6 Children and Positive Communication Development at Home. Glossary. References. Author Index.

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Book SynopsisFamily Conflict takes a life course approach as it provides an accessible discussion of family conflict issues, processes, and outcomes. Chapters draw on recent theory and research regarding sub-systems and stages in family life to give readers resource-rich overviews of conflict in contemporary families. After the initial chapter presents the landscape of family conflict theory and research, chapters focus on conflict in couple relationships, parent-child relationships, sibling relationships, and in stepfamilies. The book concludes with a discussion of how specific work, health, and disability challenges facing today's families influence, and are influenced by, conflict interactions. Family Conflict will be essential reading for students of family communication, family researchers, professionals who work with families in various stages of life, and anyone who desires a deeper understanding of their own family conflict processes.Trade Review"Scholars and students alike will appreciate this highly accessible volume. The authors masterfully weave together multiple perspectives to cogently capture the state of the art on family conflict."Brett Laursen, Florida Atlantic University"This is an excellent piece of well-balanced, integrative scholarship. The writing is precise yet engaging and the book will be an excellent introduction to family conflict for people new to the area and a useful resource for people already familiar with the topic."John Caughlin, University of IllinoisTable of ContentsDetailed Contents viiiTables and Figures xPreface xi1 Introduction to Family Conflict 12 Marital Conflict 223 Interparental Conflict, Post-Divorce, and Stepfamilies 524 Conflict between Parents and Children 825 Siblings in Conflict 1136 Conflict in the Face of Family Challenges: Work-Family Interface, Health & Disability, and Family Resilience 141Appendices 166References 175Index 197

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Book Synopsis* The first book to focus on the changes digital technologies have made on the production, circulation and consumption of photography. * Considers a range of digital cameras and their contexts, from prosumer SLRs to cameras embedded in mobiles.Trade Review"Hand proves to be a reliable guide in taking us throughwhat remains a rather bewildering landscape."European Journal of Communication"Photography is no longer a hobby or a discrete activity, and Martin Hand sets out in his lucid and engaging study just how it has become 'ubiquitous', modifying and making more visual a whole range of existing social practices."Tim Dant, Lancaster University"Hand's book sets contemporary photographic practices in the context of information technologies, changing cultural and economic forms, and a media-saturated society, and provides a lucid analysis of how these constitute "ubiquitous photography". Its combination of cultural theory, analytic insight, and ethnographic sensibility makes it indispensable reading for anyone seeking to understand contemporary visual culture."Anne Beaulieu, University of GroningenTable of ContentsDetailed Contents vi List of Figures viii Acknowledgements ix 1 Ubiquitous Photography: A Short Introduction 1 2 Visual Culture, Consumption and Technology 25 3 Images and Information: Variation, Manipulation and Ephemerality 59 4 Technologies and Techniques: Reconfiguring Camera, Photographer and Image 96 5 Memory and Classification: Between the Album and the Tag Cloud 143 6 Conclusion: Ubiquitous Photography and Public Culture 185 References and Bibliography 198 Index 215

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Book SynopsisWhy do citizens demand that their political systems be democratic, but tolerate autocratic rule within their organizations? Why do governments spend trillions to aid corporations in spite of intense opposition by the vast majority of their citizens? Why do most people accept cultural myths about economies and organizations in spite of contradictory evidence, while others resist them? This book argues that the answers lie in the power of organizational rhetoric--the strategic use of symbols to manipulate popular opinion and political power. Organizational Rhetoricmines the mythical systems that underlie corporate influence and explains how corporate rhetors use these mythologies to create and sustain preferential public policies and favorable images. Each chapter also examines resistance to these mythologies, and concludes with an illustrative case study. This accessible and engaging book asks readers to think carefully and critically about domination and resistance. MTrade Review"This book is smart, insightful, sometimes funny, sometimes alarming, and always engaging. Professor Conrad opens up space and offers useful guidelines for how to think more critically, carefully and responsibly about the rhetoric produced by and about organizations. The book is intellectually sophisticated yet accessible and Professor Conrad has chosen timely and compelling examples to help illustrate and clarify key ideas."Kathleen Krone, University of NebraskaTable of ContentsChapter 1: What is Rhetoric? What is Organizational Rhetoric? Why are they important? Chapter 2: Creating Topoi for Organizational Rhetoric Chapter 3: Constructing the Leadership Mythos Chapter 4: Organizational Rhetoric and Public Polity Making Chapter 5: Rhetoric and the Management of Organizational Identities, Images and Crises Bibiliography

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Book SynopsisWhy do citizens demand that their political systems be democratic, but tolerate autocratic rule within their organizations? Why do governments spend trillions to aid corporations in spite of intense opposition by the vast majority of their citizens? Why do most people accept cultural myths about economies and organizations in spite of contradictory evidence, while others resist them? This book argues that the answers lie in the power of organizational rhetoric--the strategic use of symbols to manipulate popular opinion and political power. Organizational Rhetoric examines the mythical systems that underlie corporate influence and explains how corporate rhetors use these mythologies to create and sustain preferential public policies and favorable images. Each chapter also examines resistance to these mythologies, and concludes with an illustrative case study. This accessible and engaging book asks readers to think carefully and critically about domination and resistancTrade Review"This book is smart, insightful, sometimes funny, sometimes alarming, and always engaging. Professor Conrad opens up space and offers useful guidelines for how to think more critically, carefully and responsibly about the rhetoric produced by and about organizations. The book is intellectually sophisticated yet accessible and Professor Conrad has chosen timely and compelling examples to help illustrate and clarify key ideas."Kathleen Krone, University of NebraskaTable of ContentsChapter 1: What is Rhetoric? What is Organizational Rhetoric? Why are they important?Chapter 2: Creating Topoi for Organizational RhetoricChapter 3: Constructing the Leadership MythosChapter 4: Organizational Rhetoric and Public Polity MakingChapter 5: Rhetoric and the Management of Organizational Identities, Images and CrisesBibiliography

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Book Synopsis* An internationally renowned scholar presents a new theory for understanding the role the media play in political scandals * Counter to received wisdom, the book argues that the media neglect, rather than pursue, scandals involving politicians * Uses a broad range of cases from 1988 onwards, including George W.Trade Review"This book combines insightful theoretical analysis with interesting empirical research, and is a major contribution to the field."Discourse and Communication"This is the definitive work on political scandal in the modern American press. The reader will find engaging and richly detailed accounts of dozens of scandals, along with explanations of why in some cases they became so overblown, and, in others, did not develop at all despite available evidence. The book raises important questions about how journalists tell stories, and why those stories so often fail to embody the ideals we associate with a free press in a democracy."Lance Bennett, University of Washington "Robert Entman has long been one of the most insightful analysts of the news media. Scandal and Silence will add to his reputation. Anyone who thought they had a reasonable understanding of how the media handle scandal will have to think again. A brilliant book that is a must read for those in the classroom, the newsroom, and the political cloakroom."Thomas E. Patterson, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsDedicationChapter 1: High Crimes or Misdemeanors?Chapter 2: Analyzing Media and Presidential ScandalChapter 3: Private Lives in the Public Sphere. What Do Journalists Know, and When Do They Tell It?Chapter 4: Secret Sins of 2008: The McCain, Edwards and Clinton Families' ValuesChapter 5: Dodging Scandals - and the DraftChapter 6: Rathergate: From a Scandal of Politics to a Scandal of JournalismChapter 7: Harkening to Other Matters: What News Looks like When a Scandal is SilencedAppendix to Chapter 7: Harken Data TablesChapter 8: Silenced Scandals of Grave MisconductChapter 9: Recalibrating Scandal and SilenceReferencesNotes

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Book Synopsis* New introductory text on communication in marriages and other long-term romantic relationships. * Covers key topics such as communication across the lifespan, communication and intimacy and conflict. * Written as a textbook but also draws on the author s experience as a marriage counsellor.Trade Review"A valuable foundational text"Communication Research Trends"Douglas Kelley thoughtfully and wisely weaves together his years as a communication researcher, counsellor, and teacher. He bundles all this knowledge and experience into a book that is accessible and insightful to students, professionals, and couples seeking a deeper understanding of marriage and communication."Dawn O. Braithwaite, University of Nebraska - Lincoln"In Marital Communication, Dr. Kelley brings the same deep research, interdisciplinary focus, and degree of conceptual, theoretical, and methodological care familiar from his work on forgiveness. From the outset, he is careful to consider marriage as a recent and cultural phenomenon and takes pains to reflect how this relationship has taken form and the forces that are at play within and outside of it. He seamlessly blends more psychological theories on relationships into the stream of everyday communication, reflecting well the potential influence of communication on relational satisfaction or the erosion of relational quality."Valerie Manusov, University of Washington"Marital Communication offers an expert blend of research, theory, and practice. Dr. Kelley has a unique talent for translating complex concepts into recognizable everyday issues in marriage. He offers a definable roadmap for couples to follow in unpacking intimacy issues, conflict, and relational pitfalls. His insightfulness offers a complement of information for students, practitioners, and scholars."Sandra Petronio, Indiana University - Purdue University IndianapolisTable of Contents1: The Uniqueness of Marital Communication 2: Living and Working Together 3: Closeness: Achieving Intimacy and Love in Marriage 4: Close Conflict 5: Couple Communication Across the Life Cycle 6: Destructive and Restorative Marital Processes References Index

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Book SynopsisCommunicating Emotion at Work chronicles the rich emotional experiences of employees drawn from a broad cross-section of industries and occupations. It takes a decidedly positive approach, recognizing that emotional communication is a vital and creative response to the challenges of life in complex organizations.Trade Review"This book promises to be required reading for students of organizational communication. No one is better suited than Vince Waldron to provide a state-of-the-art explanation of this important set of issues." Ted Zorn, University of Waikato, New Zealand "This book offers a rich tapestry of the emotional fabric of organizational life. Drawing on recent research, it situates emotional communication as an essential feature of occupational roles, work relationships, and moral judgment. Its superb examples entice the reader through sharing the joys and traumas of the modern workplace." Linda L. Putnam, University of California, Santa Barbara "As someone who has studied and taught about emotions in organizations for many years, I have been consistently disappointed that most books gloss over communication when exploring the issues of work and feelings. Well, I am no longer disappointed! Vince Waldron's book Communicating Emotion at Work presents a thoughtful and meaningful treatment of how emotions, communication, and work intersect to complicate work life in recognized and unrecognized ways. Waldron also goes beyond looking solely at individual-level communication by exploring the organizational, societal, and global factors impacting communication and emotion in organizations. If you're a serious scholar of emotions and communication at work, this book is a key resource you must have on your shelf. Bravo!" Professor Pam Lutgen-Sandvik, University of New Mexico, USA "A thorough and thoroughly engaging read, Communicating Emotion at Work provides an up-to-date overview of the complex role of emotion in the workplace. The cases and illustrations, along with the author's accessible writing style, make this an ideal book for undergraduate and advanced undergraduate classes. It is also a ‘must have' for practitioners and scholars interested in the topic." Patricia Sias, Washington State UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables. Preface 1 Emotional Connections: Intersections of Communication, Work, and Feeling. 2 Communicating Emotion: Levels of Organization and Forms of Expression. 3 Emotional Occupations. 4 Work Relationships: Getting Emotional with Peers, Supervisors, and Others. 5 Emotion and Organizational Morality. 6 Emotional Trends. References.

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Book SynopsisCommunicating Emotion at Work chronicles the rich emotional experiences of employees drawn from a broad cross-section of industries and occupations. It takes a decidedly positive approach, recognizing that emotional communication is a vital and creative response to the challenges of life in complex organizations.Trade Review"This book promises to be required reading for students of organizational communication. No one is better suited than Vince Waldron to provide a state-of-the-art explanation of this important set of issues." Ted Zorn, University of Waikato, New Zealand "This book offers a rich tapestry of the emotional fabric of organizational life. Drawing on recent research, it situates emotional communication as an essential feature of occupational roles, work relationships, and moral judgment. Its superb examples entice the reader through sharing the joys and traumas of the modern workplace." Linda L. Putnam, University of California, Santa Barbara "As someone who has studied and taught about emotions in organizations for many years, I have been consistently disappointed that most books gloss over communication when exploring the issues of work and feelings. Well, I am no longer disappointed! Vince Waldron's book Communicating Emotion at Work presents a thoughtful and meaningful treatment of how emotions, communication, and work intersect to complicate work life in recognized and unrecognized ways. Waldron also goes beyond looking solely at individual-level communication by exploring the organizational, societal, and global factors impacting communication and emotion in organizations. If you're a serious scholar of emotions and communication at work, this book is a key resource you must have on your shelf. Bravo!" Professor Pam Lutgen-Sandvik, University of New Mexico, USA "A thorough and thoroughly engaging read, Communicating Emotion at Work provides an up-to-date overview of the complex role of emotion in the workplace. The cases and illustrations, along with the author's accessible writing style, make this an ideal book for undergraduate and advanced undergraduate classes. It is also a ‘must have' for practitioners and scholars interested in the topic." Patricia Sias, Washington State UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables. Preface 1 Emotional Connections: Intersections of Communication, Work, and Feeling. 2 Communicating Emotion: Levels of Organization and Forms of Expression. 3 Emotional Occupations. 4 Work Relationships: Getting Emotional with Peers, Supervisors, and Others. 5 Emotion and Organizational Morality. 6 Emotional Trends. References.

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Book Synopsis* First single authored introduction to an emergent area of media studies. * Media Archaeology is a hot topic which is principally concerned with providing more of a historical view of new media and technology. * This book lays out the key ideas, thinkers and examples to give readers an entry point to this complex area.Trade Review"Provides the urgently needed map into this new field's extensive domain, but also for those already familiar the book is an excellent read." New Formations "Essential reading for anyone interested in the interdisciplinary ties between art, technology and media … Dr Parikka's cutting-edge text contextualizes media archaeology in relation to other key media studies debates while also presenting an engaging and accessible overview for students of media, film and cultural studies." Creative Boom "An exciting and excitable contribution to cultural theory." Reviews in History "A lively introduction to its subject that illuminates exciting avenues for both scholarship and aesthetic practice, and the book should be of interest to Parikka’s fellow travelers as well as anyone wanting a critical overview of this challenging approach to modern media culture." New Media and Society "What Is Media Archaeology? offers important methodological drives that direct our attention to the artistic, mathematical, and non-written ways in which this truly interdisciplinary field is developing." Literary & Linguistic Computing "Jussi Parikka offers a lucid, concise, and highly readable account of a new and exciting field - media archaeology. He demonstrates that contemporary media forms are rooted to the past by multiple threads - untangling them helps us understand the media frenzy that currently surrounds us." Erkki Huhtamo, University of California Los Angeles "A fabulous map of media archaeology that, as its subject compels, produces its territory anew." Matthew Fuller, Goldsmiths "Parrika's adroit combination of depth and brevity takes readers rapidly on wide ranging journeys into exploring contemporary media." Journal of American Studies of Turkey "A welcome fresh perspective on methodologies to carry out research on contemporary media cultures – a real antidote to the hype of new technologies that is characteristic not only of technology journalism but also of so much media studies work. A worthy read." Media, Culture & Society "The most comprehensive coverage to date of this fascinating area of study. Parikka's book offers an excellent overview of connections between the material and social aspects of media technology. He provides a thorough review of the diverse and sometimes contrasting theoretical foundations and provides a host of concrete examples of media-archaeological practice that serve to bridge the gap between heady theoretical trajectories and the concerns of practicing artists, users and other readers who take their technology seriously." Paul DeMarinis, Stanford UniversityTable of ContentsList of Images page vi Acknowledgements vii 1 Introduction: Cartographies of the Old and the New 1 2 Media Archaeology of the Senses: Audiovisual, Affective, Algorithmic 19 3 Imaginary Media: Mapping Weird Objects 41 4 Media Theory and New Materialism 63 5 Mapping Noise and Accidents 90 6 Archive Dynamics: Software Culture and Digital Heritage 113 7 Practising Media Archaeology: Creative Methodologies for Remediation 136 Conclusions: Media Archaeology in Digital Culture 159 Notes 168 Bibliography 181 Index 197

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Book Synopsis* Synthesizes literature from a wide variety of disciplines to examine family interaction in the context of stressful situations. * Designed as a textbook within Polity s Key Themes in Family Communication series. * Looks at the topic of stress and coping across the individual, relational and family levels.Trade Review"Maguire's Stress and Coping in Families is currently the only available textbook in the family communication literature to focus exclusively on the importance of managing the wide range of stressors experienced in contemporary family life. The work provides a solid foundation to help students understand the nature of stress and the significance of communication in positive coping."Thomas J. Socha, Old Dominion University "Stress and Coping in Families weaves together a comprehensive and accessible synthesis of the processes by which families and family members experience and cope with stress. This well-balanced resource supplements research across disciplines with the bright and dark sides of communicative stress and coping, innovates a heuristic communication model, and breathes life into concepts through well-conceived examples and authentic case studies."Jody Kellas, University of Nebraska-Lincoln "In this important new volume, Katheryn Maguire illustrates the complex role that family interaction plays in creating, maintaining, and relieving stress. Maguire synthesizes research from diverse fields including communication, psychology, and family sociology, and offers a unique model of communication-based coping processes. She provides fascinating analyses of stress in three distinct family contexts that will bring both laughter and tears to her readers. Researchers, teachers, and practitioners interested in stress and family interaction should read this book."Anita L. Vangelisti, University of Texas at AustinTable of ContentsDetailed Table of ContentsList of Figures and TablesPrefaceAcknowledgementsPART I FAMILY STRESS THEORY AND RESEARCHChapter 1 Stress in the Mind and BodyChapter 2 Stress and the FamilyChapter 3 Coping with Family StressChapter 4 Communication within the Stress and Coping ProcessesPART II FAMILY STRESS AND COPING IN CONTEXTChapter 5 Stress and Coping during a Wartime DeploymentChapter 6 Stress and Coping during Catastrophic IllnessChapter 7 Stress and Coping during the Transition to ParenthoodReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisWhile disagreement persists in most contemporary organizations, how employees express dissent at work and how their respective organizations respond to it vary widely. This book provides students, scholars, and practitioners with an understanding of dissent as an important aspect of workplace communication.Trade Review"This scholarly acknowledgement of the vital role of dissent is refreshing and long overdue." Choice "Kassing convinces the reader that the question of organizational dissent is of singular importance in the study of organizational communication. The book provides an interesting synthesis of the attitude research designed to tease out the intricacies of dissent, and it is replete with the stories of some of our most important dissenters." Tim Hegstrom, San Jose State University "Dissent in Organizations is an important book for students, scholars, and indeed citizens in general. Kassing widens and deepens our understanding of why and how dissent occurs in organizations. Above all, this book helps to build an important bridge between our understanding of what we do during a huge proportion of the hours of our lives - that is, work - and our common commitment to democratic practices." George Cheney, University of Texas at Austin "Dissent in Organizations is a ‘must read' if you have ever made suggestions for change and been surprised at others' reactions. The book provides an insightful and interesting integration of research on dissent across multiple disciplines. It is full of excellent examples that have immediate relevance to managers and employees across all types of organizations." Linn Van Dyne, Michigan State UniversityTable of ContentsDetailed Table of ContentsList of Tables and FiguresPrefaceChapter 1: Why is Organizational Dissent Relevant?Chapter 2: What is Organizational Dissent?Chapter 3: How Do We Make Sense of Organizational Dissent?Chapter 4: What Triggers Organizational DissentChapter 5: How Do Employees Express Dissent?Chapter 6: Upward Dissent Anyone?Chapter 7: Can Organizational Dissent Be Managed Well?References

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Book Synopsis* Concise introduction to the key thinker Manuel Castells and his relation to media and communication. * As with all volumes in the theory and media series, this book is written specifically for undergraduate students of media and communication.Trade Review"Howard has traced for us the often invisible elements of an intellectual trajectory by a major thinker on the new technologies. It is a wonderful and often surprising account - bringing to life the multiple and messy ways in which these new technologies are shaped, sharpened, undermined by the social conditions within which they get used."Saskia Sassen, Columbia University and author of Territory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemblages "The network perspective is proving to be the most important contemporary frame with which to understand the forces shaping technology, economics and society in the 21st century. Howard provides a clear, comprehensive and critical explanation of the work of the world's pre-eminent network theorist, Manuel Castells. Using accessible language the reader is introduced to Castells' ideas about media, globalization, digitalization, and, most importantly, power. Castells and the Media shows just how important and central Castells is for anyone who wishes to understand contemporary society and media."Steve Jones, University of Illinois at Chicago "Howard's Castells and the Media offers a comprehensive introduction to the work of one of the key social scientists of our time pertaining to the study of media. This is a highly readable and inviting text, engaging students with a warm welcome to Castells' work."Mark Deuze, Indiana UniversityTable of ContentsDetailed Table of Contents List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Castells and the Theory of the Network Society Chapter 2: Media Economics and Life Online Chapter 3: Networks of Power and Politics Chapter 4: Cultural Industries in a Digital Century Chapter 5: Mobile and Social Media Chapter 6: ConclusionÑMedia Rules and The Rules of Media Appendix Glossary and Index References

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Book SynopsisCreative industries in China provides a fresh account of China s emerging commercial cultural sector. The author shows how developments in Chinese art, design and media industries are reflected in policy, in market activity, and grassroots participation.Trade Review"It is unusual for a modern scholar to truly capture a field; there are so many running in the same direction. But Keane is the man who noticed, shaped and now writes with huge authority on the creative industries in China. This is an important and scholarly addition to the project."Stephanie Donald, University of New South Wales"In this pioneering book, Michael Keane provides a broad introduction to the Chinese discourse of media, arts and design industries. Using substantial fieldwork observation, Keane offers unique insights into the development of concepts of innovation and their relationship with intellectual property, culture, commerce and politics in China."Anthony Fung, Chinese University of Hong Kong"Michael Keane pioneered the study of creative industries in China. This book opens up access to fundamental but hitherto unexplored areas of a young industry whose rise was closely entwined with international lobbying, a burgeoning design culture, and fluctuating policy directives. Nobody can unravel those multi-faceted debates and discourses more deftly than Keane. This is a must read for anybody interested in the future of innovation in China."Jing Wang, New Media Action Lab, MITTable of ContentsMap ix Abbreviations x Figures and Tables xi Chronology xii Acknowledgements xv Introduction 1 1 Culture in Flux 12 2 Culture and Creativity 49 3 The Cultural Innovation Timeline 70 4 Desperately Seeking Innovation 97 5 Art 125 6 Design 149 7 Media 177 Notes 202 References 208 Index 230

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Book SynopsisCreative industries in China provides a fresh account of China's emerging commercial cultural sector. The author shows how developments in Chinese art, design and media industries are reflected in policy, in market activity, and grassroots participation. Never has the attraction of being a media producer, an artist, or a designer in China been so enticing. National and regional governments offer financial incentives; consumption of cultural goods and services have increased; creative workers from Europe, North America and Asia are moving to Chinese cities; culture is increasingly positioned as a pillar industry. But what does this mean for our understanding of Chinese society? Can culture be industrialised following the low-cost model of China's manufacturing economy. Is the national government really committed to social liberalisation? This engaging book is a valuable resource for students and scholars interested in social change in ChiTrade Review"It is unusual for a modern scholar to truly capture a field; there are so many running in the same direction. But Keane is the man who noticed, shaped and now writes with huge authority on the creative industries in China. This is an important and scholarly addition to the project."Stephanie Donald, University of New South Wales"In this pioneering book, Michael Keane provides a broad introduction to the Chinese discourse of media, arts and design industries. Using substantial fieldwork observation, Keane offers unique insights into the development of concepts of innovation and their relationship with intellectual property, culture, commerce and politics in China."Anthony Fung, Chinese University of Hong Kong"Michael Keane pioneered the study of creative industries in China. This book opens up access to fundamental but hitherto unexplored areas of a young industry whose rise was closely entwined with international lobbying, a burgeoning design culture, and fluctuating policy directives. Nobody can unravel those multi-faceted debates and discourses more deftly than Keane. This is a must read for anybody interested in the future of innovation in China."Jing Wang, New Media Action Lab, MITTable of ContentsMap ix Abbreviations x Figures and Tables xi Chronology xii Acknowledgements xv Introduction 1 1 Culture in Flux 12 2 Culture and Creativity 49 3 The Cultural Innovation Timeline 70 4 Desperately Seeking Innovation 97 5 Art 125 6 Design 149 7 Media 177 Notes 202 References 208 Index 230

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Book SynopsisRe-imagining Social Work broadens the imaginative horizons for social workers and acquaints readers with their potential to creatively contribute to global change. This book motivates readers to think outside the box when it comes to linking theory to their social work practice to construct innovative solutions to prominent social problems.Table of Contents1. Setting the Scene; 2. Centering the human: the importance of humanities; 3. Decentering the Human: Social Work in the Anthropocene; 4. Epistemologies of the South and Indigenous Epistemologies; 5. Decolonising social work; 6. Beyond (Social) Science: Artistic Social Work and Creativity; 7. Social Work and the Sacred; 8. Technology; 9. Social work, resistance and alternatives.

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Book SynopsisDiscusses the challenges of intercultural communication in engineering, technical, and related professional fields Given today''s globalized technical and engineering environment, intercultural communication is an essential topic for engineers, other technical professionals, and technical communicators to learn. Engineering programs, in particular, need to think about how to address the ABET requirement for students to develop global competence and communication skills. This book will help readers learn what intercultural communication is like in the workplace?which is an important first step in gaining intercultural competence. Through narratives based on the real experiences of working professionals, Negotiating Cultural Encounters: Narrating Intercultural Engineering and Technical Communication covers a range of design, development, research, and documentation projects?offering an authentic picture of today''s international workplace. Narrative contribTrade Review“The book may be interesting for those already working in the field of technical communication, but would be perhaps more useful to students or to those preparing to become professionals dealing with textual (including graphical) material of various kinds.” (Computing Reviews, 8 September 2014) Table of ContentsPreface xi A Note from the Series Editor xiii INTRODUCTION 1 Han Yu and Gerald Savage CHAPTER 1 Changing Times, Changing Style Guides 17 Jennifer O'Neill CHAPTER 2 Concinnity of Assorted Nuts 41 Marina Lin CHAPTER 3 Learning Curve 61 Vaishnavi Thogttluva Vijayaram CHAPTER 4 Lost in Translation 81 Elena Groznaya CHAPTER 5 Collective Learning in East Africa: Building and Transferring Technical Knowledge in Livestock Production 103 K. Alex Ilyasova and Cheryl Birkelo CHAPTER 6 That's Worth Waiting For: GLDD's Spanish JSA Booklet 123 Christina Schulz CHAPTER 7 Making Excellence a Habit across Intercultural Barriers 143 Saurabh Kudesia CHAPTER 8 Crash of Cultures 167 Sam Racine CHAPTER 9 Collaboration on a Pan-European Project Spanning 35 National Research and Education Networks across the European Union 185 Warren Singer CHAPTER 10 Are Chinese Documents Ready for Global Audiences? 209 Melanie G. Flanders CHAPTER 11 Subject Matter Expert Meets Technical Communicator: Stories of Mestiza Consciousness in the Automotive Industry 227 Angela M. Haas CHAPTER 12 My Life as an EFL Trainer/Technical Translator in Shanghai, China 247 Huiling Ding Index 263

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Book SynopsisThe tools nonprofits need to measure the impact of their social media Having a social media measurement plan and approach can no longer be an after-thought. It is a requirement of success. As nonprofits refine their social media practice, their boards are expecting reports showing results. As funders provide dollars to support programs that include social media, they too want to see results. This book offers the tools and strategies needed for nonprofits that need reliable and measurable data from their social media efforts. Using these tools will not only improve a nonprofit?s decision making process but will produce results-driven metrics for staff and stakeholders. A hands-on resource for nonprofit professionals who must be able to accurately measure the results of their social media ventures Written by popular nonprofit blogger Beth Kanter and measurement expert Katie Delahaye Paine Filled with toTable of ContentsFigures and Tables xi Foreword by Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen xiii Preface: The Queen of Nonprofits Meets the Goddess of Measurement xvii Acknowledgments xxiii The Authors xxvii Part One : Introduction of Concepts 1 One The Secret Sauce for Nonprofits: Networked Strategies + Measurement = Amazing Success 3 Two The Rise of the Networked Nonprofit: A New Paradigm for Nonprofit Success 13 Part Two : Basic Measurement Principles, How-Tos, and Best Practices 27 Three Creating a Data-Informed Culture: How Your Organization Can Embrace the Data and Use What It Can Teach You 29 Four Measurement is Power: How to Take Control of Your Programs and Progress with the Art and Science of Measurement 41 Five Don’t Confuse Activity with Results: The Value of Expressing Your Results in Terms of Organizational Goals 59 Six The Ladder of Engagement: How to Measure Engagement and Use It to Improve Relationships with Your Stakeholders 77 Seven How to Turn Your Stakeholders into Fundraisers: Social Fundraising and How Measurement Can Make It More Effective 99 Eight Measurement Tools: How to Choose and Use the Right Tool for the Job 119 Nine Measurement and the Aha! Moment: Using Your Data to Tell Stories, Make Decisions, and Change the World 151 Part Three : Advanced Measurement Concepts and Practices for Networked Nonprofits 171 Ten Measuring What Really Matters: The Importance and Measurement of Relationships 173 Eleven Understanding, Visualizing, and Improving Networks 187 Twelve Infl uence Measurement: How to Determine Your Influence and That of Your Organization, Free Agents, and Nonprofit Champions 203 Thirteen How to Be Naked and Measure It: Transparency is a Networked Nonprofit’s Best Friend 221 Fourteen Measuring the Impact of the Crowd 235 Epilogue: With Measurement and Learning, Networked Nonprofits Can Change the World 245 Appendix A: Measuring Relationships and Relationship Research 247 Appendix B: Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly Assessment Tool for Networked Nonprofits 251 Appendix C: Social Media Measurement Checklist 255 Appendix D: A Checklist for Monitoring Services 261 Notes 269 Glossary 281 Resources for Tools, Tutorials, and Assistance 287 Index 289

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Book SynopsisThe International Encyclopedia of Media Effects presents a comprehensive collection of the most up-to-date research on the uses and impacts of media throughout the world. Provides the definitive resource on the most recent findings of media effects research Covers all aspects of the uses and impact of media, utilizing empirical, psychological, and critical research approaches to the field Features over 200 entries contributed by leading international scholars in their associated fields Offers invaluable insights to for students, scholars and professionals studying and working in related fields, and will stimulate new scholarship in emerging fields such as the Internet, Social Media and Mobile Communication Part of The Wiley Blackwell-ICA International Encyclopedias of Communication series, published in conjunction with the International Communication Association. Online version available at

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Book SynopsisA multidisciplinary, authoritative outline of the current intellectual landscape of the field. Over the past three decades, the term diaspora' has been featured in many research studies and in wider theoretical debates in areas such as communications, the humanities, social sciences, politics, and international relations. The Handbook of Diasporas, Media, and Culture explores new dimensions of human mobility and connectivitypresenting state-of-the-art research and key debates on the intersection of media, cultural, and diasporic studies This innovative and timely book helps readers to understand diasporic cultures and their impact on the globalized world. The Handbook presents contributions from internationally-recognized scholars and researchers to strengthen understanding of diasporas and diasporic cultures, diasporic media and cultural resources, and the various forms of diasporic organization, expression, production, distribution, and consumption. Divided into seven sections,Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix Notes on Contributors xi Series Editors’ Preface xix Acknowledgments xxi 1 Diasporas, Media, and Culture: Exploring Dimensions of Human Mobility and Connectivity in the Era of Global Interdependency 1Roza Tsagarousianou and Jessica Retis Part I Roots and Routes: The Nature of “Diaspora(s)”: Their Relation to Nation, Ethnicity, Religion, Societies of Provenance, and Societies of Settlement 21 2 Diasporas: Changing Meanings and Limits of the Concept 23Robin Cohen 3 Digital Diasporas: Beyond the Buzzword: Toward a Relational Understanding of Mobility and Connectivity 31Laura Candidatu, Koen Leurs, and Sandra Ponzanesi 4 The Tragedy of the Cultural Commons: Cultural Crossroads and the Paradoxes of Identity 49Thomas Hylland Eriksen 5 Diaspora and the Plurality of Its Cosmopolitan Imaginaries 63Myria Georgiou 6 Beyond the Concept of Diaspora?: Reevaluating our Theoretical Toolkit Through the Study of Muslim Transnationalism 77Roza Tsagarousianou 7 Doing Diasporic Media Research: Methodological Challenges and Innovations 97Kevin Smets Part II Home and Away: Transnationalism, Localism, and the Construction of Diasporic Identity 113 8 Homogenizing Heterogeneity in Transnational Contexts: Latin American Diasporas and the Media in the Global North 115Jessica Retis 9 Unraveling Diaspora and Hybridity: Brazil and the Centrality of Geopolitical Context in Analyzing Culture in Global Postcolonial Space 137Niall Brennan 10 Media, Racism, and Haitian Immigration in Brazil 151Denise Cogo and Terezinha Silva 11 China’s Vessel on the Voyage of Globalization: The Soft Power Agenda and Diasporic Media Responses 165Wanning Sun 12 Digital Diaspora: Social Alliances Beyond the Ethnonational Bond 179Saskia Witteborn 13 Transnational Mediated Commemoration of Migrant Deaths at the Borders of Europe 193Karina Horsti Part III Cultural Politics in the Diaspora: Diasporic Public Spheres/Spaces, Identity Politics, and Diasporic Activism 207 14 The Politics of Diasporic Integration: The Case of Iranians in Britain 209Annabelle Sreberny and Reza Gholami 15 Scripting Indianness: Remediating Narratives of Diasporic Affiliation and Authenticity 225Radha S. Hegde 16 Media Representations of Diasporic Cultures and the Impact on Audiences: Polarization, Power, and the Limits of Interculturality 239Miquel Rodrigo‐Alsina, Antonio Pineda, and Leonarda Garcia‐Jimenez 17 Toward a Democratization of the Public Space?: Challenges for the Twenty‐First Century 255Alicia Ferrandez Ferrer 18 Decolonizing National Public Spheres: Indigenous Migrants as Transnational Counterpublics 269Antonieta Mercado 19 The Power of Communication Networks for the Political Formation of a New Social Actor in Chile: The Case of Migrant Action Movement 283Ximena Poo Part IV Nation and Diasporas: Diasporas, Nationalism, and the Making of National Cultures 295 20 Making National Cultures: Sindhis in Indonesia’s Media Industries 297Thomas Barker 21 Reporting Violence and Naming Migrants in Assam: The Coverage of Anti‐“Bengali Muslim” Violence in Assam by The Assam Tribune Newspaper 311Musab Iqbal 22 Media and Nationalism Beyond Borders 329Janroj Yilmaz Keles 23 Online Diasporas: Beyond Long‐Distance Nationalisms 343Angeliki Monnier 24 Somali Development Agents as Development Communicators: Visions and “Religious” Challenges 359Michele Gonnelli 25 The Mediation of Migration and States of Exception 373Miyase Christensen and Christian Christensen Part V Gender and Generation: How Do Gender and Generation Intersect with the Diasporic Condition and Impact on Diasporic Cultural Politics? 385 26 Intersections and (Dis)Connections: LGBTQ Uses of Digital Media in the Diaspora 387Alexander Dhoest 27 Sri Lankan Migrant Women Watching Teledramas in Melbourne: A Social Act of Identity 401Shashini Ruwanthi Gamage 28 Digital Diasporas: Accounting for the Role of Family Talk in Transnational Social Spaces 415Gabriel Moreno‐Esparza 29 Italian Post‐war Migration to Britain: Cinema and the Second Generation 429Margherita Sprio Part VI New Technologies, New Experiences: Changing Media and Information and Communication Technologies, and Their Impact on Diasporic Cultures 443 30 Between Access and Exclusion: Iranian Diasporic Broadcasting in Open TV Channels in Germany 445Christine Horz 31 Low Frequencies in the Diaspora: The Black Subaltern Intellectual and Hip‐Hop Cultures 461Bryce Henson 32 Facebook for Community, Direct Action, and Archive: Diaspora Responses to the 2014 Floods in the Balkans 475Deborah James 33 The Romanian Scientific E‐Diaspora: Online Mobilization, Transnational Agency, and Globalization of Domestic Policies 491Mihaela Nedelcu 34 Refugees, Information Precarity, and Social Inclusion: The Precarious Communication Practices of Syrians Fleeing War 503Melissa Wall, Madeline Otis Campbell, and Dana Janbek 35 Racial and Class Distinctions Online: The Case of the Mexican European Diaspora on Social Networking Sites 515Lorena Nessi and Olga Bailey Part VII Redefining Social Spaces in the Diaspora: The Transformation of Urban, Physical, and Virtual Spaces 529 36 Physical and Virtual Spaces Among the Palestinian Diaspora in Malmo 531Fanny Christou and Spyros Sofos 37 Developing and Defending Mixed Identity: Lessons from the Caribbean Diaspora 547Charisse L’Pree Corsbie‐Massay and Raven S. Maragh-Lloyd 38 Latino and Asian as Pan‐Ethnic Layers of Identity and Media Use Among Second‐Generation Immigrants 563Joseph Straubhaar, Laura Dixon, Jeremiah Spence, and Viviana Rojas 39 Migration, Transnational Families, and New Communication Technologies 577Mirca Madianou Index 591

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Book SynopsisA Companion to 20th-Century America is an authoritative survey of the most important topics and themes of twentieth-century American history and historiography. Contains 29 original essays by leading scholars, each assessing the past and current state of American scholarship Includes thematic essays covering topics such as religion, ethnicity, conservatism, foreign policy, and the media, as well as essays covering major time periods Identifies and discusses the most influential literature in the field, and suggests new avenues of research, as the century has drawn to a close Trade Review"This superb book is a treasure and a delight. Penetrating interpretive essays by almost thirty distinguished historians offer thoughtful perspectives on a turbulent century that brought sweeping changes to the United States even as the nation surged to global dominance. A Companion to 20th-century America is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the forces that have shaped contemporary America."—Paul S. Boyer, University of Wisconsin-Madison "This is an important contribution to our understanding of modern American history, with illuminating contributions by many first-rate American historians."—Richard Pells, University of Texas-Austin "An indispensable book for anyone who wants to learn what America's best historians have written about the American century and its critics. The breadth of topics is dazzling, and fresh insights appear on nearly every page."—Michael Kazin, Georgetown UniversityTable of ContentsNotes on the contributors viii Introduction xiiiStephen J. Whitfield PART I: TIME-FRAMES 1 1900 - 1914 3Eugene E. Leach 2 1914 - 1929 19Glen Gendzel 3 1929 - 1941 36Michael E. Parrish 4 1941 - 1950 54Allan M. Winkler 5 1950 - 1960 71Richard M. Fried 6 1960 - 1974 87Jama Lazerow 7 1974 - 1988 102Leo P. Ribuffo 8 1988 - 2000 123Steven M. Gillon PART II: PLACES 9 The South 141Raymond Arsenault 10 The West 163Anne M. Butler 11 The Environment 179Paul S. Sutter 12 The City 198Jon C. Teaford PART III: PEOPLE 13 Immigration 215Roger Daniels 14 Ethnicity 233Hasia R. Diner 15 Labor 249Joseph A. McCartin 16 Race 266Reed Ueda 17 Women 283June Sochen PART IV: THE POLITY AND THE ECONOMY 18 The Military 301Jerry Cooper 19 Foreign Policy 317Justus D. Doenecke 20 Consumption 336Charles McGovern 21 Law 358Norman L. Rosenberg 22 Business 377David B. Sicilia PART V: IMAGES AND "ISMS" 23 Journalism and Broadcasting 397James L. Baughman 24 Religion 413Charles H. Lippy 25 Ideas 430Wilfred M. McClay 26 Science and Technology 449Carroll Pursell 27 Conservatism 462Edward S. Shapiro 28 Liberalism 478Hans Vorlander 29 The Visual Arts 493Douglas Tallack Bibliography 510 Index 557

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Book SynopsisThis collection provides a genuinely fresh outlook on the Italian interior and will form a rich resource for scholars and students of the Renaissance.Trade Review"In all, this is a lucid, concise, up-to-date, yet comprehensive account of intellectual debates about the existence of God. It is easy enough to be used by senior high school students, and could certainly be useful in undergraduate courses in philosophy of religion. It's not the be-all-end-all of the subject, has its thinner passages, and should not be cited as an unchallengeable authority. But again ... The God Debates is an accessible, thoughtful, cogent book. Shook has filled an important gap." (Metamagician and the Hellfire Club, 30 October 2010) "This is a strong and unified collection of essays that offers not only numerous examples, nicely illustrated with a wide selection of images, but also dearly situates the findings in the historiographical literature." (Sixteenth Century Journal, September 2009)Table of ContentsEditorial: John E. Law. 1. Approaching The Italian Renaissance Interior: Sources, Methodologies, Debates: Marta Ajmar-Wollheim, Flora Dennis and Ann Matchette. 2. 'Contrary To The Truth And Also To The Semblance Of Reality'? Entering A Venetian 'Lying-In' Chamber (1605): Patricia Allerston. 3. Sacred To Secular, East To West: The Renaissance Study And Strategies Of Display: Maria Ruvoldt. 4. Domestic Sacral Space In The Florentine Renaissance Palace: Philip Mattox. 5. Bathing All'antica: Bathrooms In Genoese Villas And Palaces In The Sixteenth Century: Stephanie Hanke. 6. To Have And Have Not: The Disposal Of Household Furnishings In Florence: Ann Matchette. 7. Creating Sacred Space: The Religious Visual Culture of the Renaissance Venetian Casa: Margaret A. Morse. Index

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Book SynopsisA Companion to African American History is a collection of original and authoritative essays arranged thematically and topically, covering a wide range of subjects from the seventeenth century to the present day.Trade Review"This recent addition to the Blackwell Companions to American History series attests to the maturity of African American history as a discipline and its movement from the margins of academia to its role as a central component of the historical profession ... [It] stands as a useful introduction to the study of African American history and its development. No doubt, students will benefit from this exposure to the breadth of African American historiography." Journal of Southern History "Provide[s] good introductions to the writing on the subject ... just the right balance between historiography and a survey incorporating quotations and illustrations." History “A Companion to African American History is a valuable contribution of original essays. Its comprehensive coverage of themes and topics make this an important volume and essential reading for scholars, students, and general interest readers.” Darlene Clark Hine, Northwestern University “Professor Hornsby has assembled a remarkable array of scholars whose essays tell the story of African Americans from African roots to present day struggles for identity and a place in American society. These exceptional essays illustrating the critical role that race and African American culture played in forming American culture are essential reading for anyone seeking to understand America.” James Oliver Horton, George Washington UniversityTable of ContentsNotes on the Contributors x Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Alton Hornsby, Jr Part I Africa and Other Roots 3 1 Life and Work in West Africa 5 Augustine Konneh 2 Africans in Europe prior to the Atlantic Slave Trade 23 Maghan Keita 3 The African and European Slave Trades 48 Walter C. Rucker 4 Africans in the Caribbean and Latin America: The Post-Emancipation Diaspora 67 Frederick D. Opie Part II Africans in Early North America 87 5 Ethnicity, Nationality, and Race in Colonial America 89 Jeffrey Elton Anderson 6 Not Chattel, Not Free: Quasi-Free Blacks in the Colonial Era 105 Antonio F. Holland and Debra Foster Greene 7 Africans and Native Americans 121 Tiya Miles and Barbara Krauthamer Part III In the House of Bondage 141 8 Origins and Institutionalization of American Slavery 143 Jason R. Young 9 Labor in the Slave Community, 1700–1860 159 Frederick C. Knight 10 Spirituality and Socialization in the Slave Community 176 Jason R. Young 11 Slave Rebels and Black Abolitionists 199 Stanley Harrold Part IV: Transculturation 217 12 The Americanization of Africans and the Africanization of America 219 Samuel T. Livingston 13 African Americans and an Atlantic World Culture 235 Walter C. Rucker Part V: The Civil War, Emancipation, and the Quest for Freedom 255 14 African Americans and the American Civil War 257 Oscar R. Williams III and Hayward “Woody” Farrar 15 Jim Crowed – Emancipation Betrayed: African Americans Confront the Veil 271 Charles W. McKinney, Jr and Rhonda Jones Part VI: The Maturation of African American Communities and the Emergence of Independent Institutions 283 16 African American Religious and Fraternal Organizations 285 David H. Jackson, Jr 17 The Quest for “Book Learning”: African American Education in Slavery and Freedom 295 Christopher M. Span and James D. Anderson 18 The Growth of African American Cultural and Social Institutions 312 David H. Jackson, Jr 19 African American Entrepreneurship in Slavery and Freedom 325 Anne R. Hornsby 20 The Black Press 332 Shirley E. Thompson Part VII: African Americans and Wars “For Democracy” 347 21 The Black Soldier in Two World Wars 349 Hayward “Woody” Farrar 22 Identity, Patriotism, and Protest on the Wartime Home Front, 1917–19, 1941–5 364 Hayward “Woody” Farrar Part VIII: Gender and Class 379 23 Gender and Class in Post-Emancipation Black Communities 381 Angela M. Hornsby 24 African American Women since the Second World War: Perspectives on Gender and Race 395 Delores P. Aldridge 25 Striving for Place: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) People 412 Juan J. Battle and Natalie D. A. Bennett Part IX: Migration, Renaissance, and New Beginnings 447 26 Exodus from the South 449 Mark Andrew Huddle 27 Development, Growth, and Transformation in Higher Education 463 Abel A. Bartley 28 Identity, Protest, and Outreach in the Arts 476 Julius E. Thompson Part X: Searching for Place 497 29 Searching for a New Freedom 499 Hasan Kwame Jeffries 30 “Race Rebels”: From Indigenous Insurgency to Hip-Hop Mania 512 Marcellus C. Barksdale and Samuel T. Livingston 31 Searching for Place: Nationalism, Separatism, and Pan-Africanism 529 Akinyele Umoja Index 545

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Internet Studies brings together scholars from a variety of fields to explore the profound shift that has occurred in how we communicate and experience our world as we have moved from the industrial era into the age of digital media.Trade Review“Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty.” (Choice, 1 April 2012) "Together, the comprehensive and quite thought-provoking individual essays provide richly insightful perspectives into the extent to which the internet is shaping and being shaped by human cultures and societies, and the various ways in which scholars might consider and approach such processes.” (Digital Journalism, 19 August 2014) Table of ContentsNotes on Editors and Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction (Charles Ess and Mia Consalvo). Part I: Beyond the Great Divides? A Primer on Internet Histories, Methods, and Ethics. Introduction to Part I (Charles Ess). 1. Studying the Internet Through the Ages (Barry Wellman). 2. Web Archiving – Between Past, Present, and Future (Niels Brügger). 3. New Media, Old Methods – Internet Methodologies and the Online/Offline Divide (Klaus Bruhn Jensen). 4. The Internet in Everyday Life: Exploring the Tenets and Contributions of Diverse Approaches (Maria Bakardjieva). 5. Internet Research Ethics: Past, Present, and Future (Elizabeth A. Buchanan). Part II: Shaping Daily Life: The Internet and Society. Introduction to Part II (Mia Consalvo). 6. Assessing the Internet’s Impact on Language (Naomi S. Baron). 7. Internet Policy (Sandra Braman). 8. Political Discussion Online (Jennifer Stromer-Galley and Alexis Wichowski). 9. Does the Internet Empower? A Look at the Internet and International Development (Deborah L. Wheeler). 10. Internet and Health Communication (Lorna Heaton). 11. Internet and Religion (Heidi Campbell). 12. Indigenous Peoples on the Internet (Laurel Dyson). 13. Queering Internet Studies: Intersections of Gender and Sexuality (Janne Bromseth and Jenny Sundén). Part III: Internet and Culture. Introduction to Part III (Mia Consalvo). 14. Community and the Internet (Lori Kendall). 15. MOOs to MMOs: The Internet and Virtual Worlds (Mia Consalvo). 16. Internet, Children, and Youth (Sonia Livingstone). 17. Internet and Games (T. L. Taylor). 18. Social Networks 2.0 (Nancy K. Baym). 19. Newly Mediated Media: Understanding the Changing Internet Landscape of the Media Industries (P. David Marshall). 20. Online Pornography: Ubiquitous and Effaced (Susanna Paasonen). 21. Music and the Internet (Robert Burnett). 22. Why and How Online Sociability Became Part and Parcel of Teenage Life (Marika Lüders). Index.

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Book SynopsisIn Development Communication, top media scholars explore the details of communication in areas where modernization has failed to deliver change. Offers a complete introduction to the history of development communication - the process of systematically intervening with either media or education in order to promote positive social change Discusses themajor approaches and theories in development communication, including educational issues of training, literacy, schooling, and use of media from print and radio to video and the internet Explores the role of NGOs, the CNN Effect, and the power of grass-roots movements and ''bottom-up'' approaches that challenge the status quo in global media Trade Review"I think that this book offers an astute look at how the field of development communication has changed over time and why it has so much potential as a tool in development. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and found it very helpful in developing my understanding of the past, present, and future of the field of development communication." (Canadian Journal of Communication, 2011) "It fills the need for a readable approach to decades of development history, and gives a range of issues that any student of development communication should know, with thoughtful contexts and case studies designed to stimulate discussion." (European Journal of Communication, July 2010)Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figure. Notes on Contributors. Preface. 1. Introduction to Development Communication (Thomas L. McPhail, University of Missouri-St. Lewis). 2. Major Theories Following Modernization (Thomas L. McPhail, University of Missouri-St. Lewis). 3. United Nations and Specialized Agencies (Thomas L. McPhail, University of Missouri-St. Lewis). 4. The Roles of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) (Thomas L. McPhail, University of Missouri-St. Lewis). 5. Differing Views of World Culture (Thomas L. McPhail, University of Missouri-St. Lewis). 6. A Framework for Conceptualizing Technology in Development (Renée Houston, University of Puget Sound and Michele H. Jackson, University of Colorado and Boulder). 7. The Global Digital Divide (Mitchell F. Rice, Texas A&M University). 8. Feminism in a Post-Development Age (Luz Estella Porras, University of Oregon and H. Leslie Steeves, University of Oregon). 9. Sonagachi Project: A Case Study Set in India (Satarupa Dasgupta, Temple University). 10. Roma Project: A Case Study Set in Europe (Eva Szalvai, Colby-Sawyer College). 11. Summary and Conclusions (Thomas L. McPhail, University of Missouri-St. Lewis). Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers an expert synthesis of the scholarly literature on approaches to decolonial psychology.Table of ContentsContributors Series ForewordFrederick T. L. Leong ForewordGayle Skawen:nio Morse and Marie C. Weil Acknowledgments Introduction: Decoloniality as a Transformative Force in Psychology: An Orientation to This BookHector Y. Adames, Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas, and Lillian Comas-DíazPart I. History and Knowledge Chapter 1. Colonial Mentality: Manifestations, Operations, and Psychological ImplicationsHannah L. Rebadulla, Jonathan U. Guerrero, and E. J. R. David Chapter 2. Naming and Unlearning Psychological ColonialityCristalís Capielo Rosario, Eduardo Lugo-Hernández, and Loíza A. DeJesús Sullivan Chapter 3. Engaging With Decoloniality, Decolonization, and Histories of Psychology OtherwiseSunil Bhatia, Wahbie Long, Wade Pickren, and Alexandra RutherfordPart II. Science, Methods, and Epistemic Justice Chapter 4. Decolonizing and Building Liberatory Psychological SciencesHelen A. Neville, B. Andi Lee, and Amir H. Maghsoodi Chapter 5. Beyond Decolonization: Anticolonial Methodologies for Indigenous Futurity in Psychological Research Jillian Fish and Joseph P. Gone Chapter 6. Disciplinary Disruptions: Strategies Toward a Decolonial Community Psychology PraxisJesica Siham Fernández Chapter 7. Decolonizing in a Transnational Feminist Commons Perched Precariously Between the Academy and Movements for JusticeAdreanne Ormond, Puleng Segalo, María Elena Torre, and Michelle FinePart III. Education, Professional Training, and Mentoring Chapter 8. Decolonizing the High School and Undergraduate CurriculumEdil Torres Rivera and Ivelisse Torres Fernandez Chapter 9. Unlearning Colonial Practices and (Re)envisioning Graduate Education in Psychology Carrie L. Castañeda-Sound, Miguel Gallardo, and Susana O. Salgado Chapter 10. The Decolonial Mentoring Framework: Advancing an Anticolonial Future in Psychology and BeyondMackenzie T. Goertz, Hector Y. Adames, Chelsea Parker, Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas, Radia DeLuna​, and Jessica G. Perez-Chavez Chapter 11. Wise Face, Firm Heart: Ethics and Decolonial PsychologyMelinda A. GarcíaPart IV. Psychotherapies Chapter 12. Decolonial Psychotherapy: Joining the Circle, Healing the WoundLillian Comas-Díaz and Frederick M. Jacobsen Chapter 13. Decolonizing Psychoanalysis: Anti-Blackness, Coloniality, and a New Premise for Psychoanalytic TreatmentDaniel Jose Gaztambide, Fabo Feliciano-Graniela, Jose Luiggi-Hernandez, and Edlyane Veronica Medina Escobar Chapter 14. Decolonizing Feminist TherapyThema Bryant, Carolyn Zerbe Enns, and Yuying TsongPart V. Queer Futures, Self-Care, and Community Care Chapter 15. Moving Psychology Toward Anticolonial Queer FuturesDella V. Mosley, Pearis L. Jean, Brittany Bridges, Maria Sobrino, Jeannette Mejia, Sunshine Adam, Garrett Ross, and Roberto Abreu Chapter 16. Your Self-Care Is Made of Capitalism: A Decolonial Approach to Self and Community CareArianne E. Miller and Nellie Tran Index About the Editors

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Book SynopsisMindful of divisive labels in constructions of the ‘Middle East and North Africa’ (MENA) and of ‘Europe’, the editors and contributors of Knowledge production in higher education reflexively immerse themselves in an investigation of how knowledge about these regions is produced at higher educational establishments. Zooming in on mutual scholarship about ‘Europe’ and/or ‘the MENA’ opens up a wide range of possibilities for supplanting visions of so-called traditional Orientalists, to abandon the sets of magnifying glasses through which the Other is studied. For those interested in the decolonisation of academia and issues of positionality this is a must read.This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4, Quality educationTrade Review‘This book addresses one of the key questions of our time – how research on the MENA and Europe has been influenced by the differing perspectives of educational traditions in a range of countries. The scholars brought together here elucidate the importance of not only bringing but also understanding diverse perspectives that emanate from the systems of training in Europe and the MENA, making clear that this impacts both the questions we ask and the hypotheses we consider. A must-read for scholars as they reflect on their own positionality and those of others in the field.’Michael Robbins, Project Director, Arab Barometer‘In this insightful volume, the editors and their co-authors critically highlight what readers already think they know about “Orient-al” or “Occident-al” knowledge production in higher education. The result offers intelligent interventions that point out what students – and sometimes also faculty – do not actually know about knowledge reproduction of the “other”. This is a timely thought-provoking treatise!’Larbi Sadiki, Professor of Arab Democratization, University of Qatar‘While a growing literature focuses on knowledge production and higher education in and on the Middle East, this timely volume is unique for considering the Middle East and Europe together. It explores the deeply political and expressly dialogic relationships that have produced fields, paradigms and perspectives, while eschewing unilinear genealogies and histories and focusing not only on epistemologies but crucially also on pedagogies.’Seteney Shami, Founding Director, Arab Council for the Social Sciences'Curiosity about the other has been a drive towards creating disciplines, expeditions, and exchange between various parts of the world. Among those parts – but not limited to them – are what is predominantly referred to as the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and/or Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region, and Europe. Seeking knowledge, learning, and literature on those regions has been regulated by state and capitalist interests that shaped how these regions are represented. In the recently edited volume by Michelle Pace and Jan Claudius Volkel, the authors outline how the MENA creates knowledge on Europe and vice-versa. The different chapters examine various elements from methodological limitations to funding on both ‘sides,’ while maintaining the initial argument that there are nuances to knowledge creation. Thus, the diversity and variety of knowledge and its means of production should be borderless.' Dafne Carletti & Sara Tonsy, Journal of European Integration -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction – Michelle Pace and Jan Claudius Völkel Part I: History 1 Between nostalgia and the colonies: the evolution of French scholarship on the Middle East – Timo Behr 2 Orient-ations: German scholarship on the Middle East since the nineteenth century – Sonja Hegasy, Stephan Stetter and René Wildangel 3 Middle Eastern Studies in Italy: a field in search of an identity and recognition within and outside academia – Giulia Cimini and Claudia De Martino Part II: Liminality 4 Malta: Boundaries, identity and positionality in the teaching of the Middle East – James Sater 5 Teaching Europe in Palestine: resisting the ‘new normal’? – Asem Khalil 6 Teaching Europe and the Middle East at universities in Turkey – Aylin Güney, Emre Iseri and Gökay Özerim Part III: Orientalism 7 Is decolonisation the decisive factor – or even the relevant term? 250 years of Middle East Studies in Denmark – Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen 8 Challenges to a transformative education: ‘EUrientalism’ at Egyptian universities – Bassant Hassib and Jan Claudius Völkel 9 Teaching the enlightened student: political polarisation and the ongoing quest for critical thinking – Anne de Jong Part IV: Hierarchies 10 Knowledge production at a time of pandemic: navigating between Syria and the UK – Juline Beaujouan 11 Who teaches the Middle East in Europe? A gender perspective – Merve Özdemirkiran-Embel 12 ‘In-between’ the academic and policy communities: the position(ality) of think tank(er)s in knowledge production in and on the Middle East and Europe – Daniela Huber A potential paradigm shift in knowledge production: some concluding reflections – Michelle Pace and Jan Claudius VölkelIndex

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Book SynopsisFor those interested in continuing the struggle for decolonization, the word “multiculturalism” can seem like a sad joke. After all, institutionalized multiculturalism today is a muck of buzzwords, branding strategies, and virtue signaling that has nothing to do with real struggles against racism and colonialism. But Decolonize Multiculturalism unearths a buried history. The book focuses on the student and youth movements of the 1960s and 1970s, inspired by global movements for decolonization and anti-racism, which aimed to fundamentally transform their society, as well as the fierce repression of these movements by the state, corporations, and university administrations. Part of the response has been sheer violence—campus policing, for example, only began in the ’70s, paving the way for the militarized campuses of today—with institutionalized multiculturalism acting like the velvet glove around the iron fist of state violence. And yet today’s multiculturalism also contains residues of the original radical demands of the student and youth movements that it aims to repress: to open up the university, to wrench it from its settler colonial, white supremacist, and patriarchal capitalist origins, and to transform it into a place of radical democratic possibility.Trade Review“This book boldly calls for a multiculturalism that is deep and committed rather than one that is superficial and institutionally driven. Alessandrini shows how we can produce a radical multiculturalism if we build from the ongoing legacies of decolonization. May we all heed its rallying cry.”—Roderick A. Ferguson, author of We Demand: The University and Student Protests “Written with wit and imagination . . . it also provides us with a timely reminder as to how the study of multiculturalism can resist the platitudes of pundits who pontificate about political correctness, critical race theory, wokeism, or some other moral panic.”—Daniel McNeil, author of Thinking While Black: Translating the Politics and Popular Culture of a Rebel GenerationDecolonize Multiculturalism seeks to steal the project of multiculturalism from the clutches of opportunistic elites aboard “armed lifeboats” and put it back into the hands of young rebels—past, present, and future—for the sake of destroying the world to build it anew. In prose, so playful and fun, that makes decolonization irresistible, Tony Alessandrini weaves together a history of the present to chart out a future worth fighting for.—Noura Erakat, Associate Professor of Africana Studies and the Program in Criminal Justice, Rutgers University

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